Robot Chicken: Star Wars (2007) on Netflix
A Mad Scientist rescues Robot Chicken from Mustafar and remakes it as Darth Vader, then forces it to watch Star Wars sketches featuring a janitor, a Jawa and Admiral Ackbar.
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Plot summary
Thirty sketches are framed by a Mad Scientist who rescues Robot Chicken from Mustafar and remakes it as Darth Vader, then makes it watch the show. In the sketches, an AT-AT pilot sits on a toilet during a battle. Emperor Palpatine takes a collect call from Darth Vader about the Rebel Alliance destroying the Death Star. A Jawa at the cantina asks for a martini. A janitor cleans up Darth Maul's body on Naboo and asks for a transfer to Coruscant. An advertisement promotes Admiral Ackbar's breakfast cereal. Ponda Baba works as an architect and goes to the cantina at lunch with Evazan, where a question in a non-human tongue is taken as a threat.
Cast
- Candace Baileyas Princess Leia Organa / Girl / Various (voice)
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- Dan Milanoas Luke Skywalker (Empire on Ice) / Wuher / Boy (voice)
- Tom Rootas Mas Amedda (archive sound) (uncredited)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Robot Chicken: Star Wars (2007)
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- The special used stop-motion animation of custom-made action figures, and each animator produced only 12 seconds of footage a day; the team, directed by Seth Green, finished the animation in two weeks.
- A sketch parodying the "Han shot first" controversy, in which Han Solo and Greedo repeatedly try to shoot each other but keep missing, was cut from the episode.
- Doug Goldstein wanted James Earl Jones to appear in the special, but they were unable to get him.
