Robot Chicken: Star Wars (2007)

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

The one big condition to enjoy this short film is that you're already a Star Wars fan in advance. It mainly consists of often unrelated sequences that feature most of the characters in a more volatile, everyday-person manner with struggles known to all of us. If you've seen the Star Wars movies, at least the old ones, and not enjoyed them that much, this one won't give you lots of pleasure. You need to know the characters, their quirks, relations and mannerisms to be fully able to get the most out of this viewing experience. I watched the Star Wars trilogy a while ago, but my reason for watching this is really more being an animation enthusiast. Of course, there are certain parts which make the whole film accessible to a wider audience, like the shamelessly liberal dig at (then-)President George W. Bush who got dedicated a whole couple scenes to himself (including a re-enactment of the epic light saber battle) or the earlier sequence with George Lucas meeting a complete Star Wars geek actually making fun of the target audience playfully.And even if you love Star Wars, there's still a possibility you won't be able to really appreciate these 25 minutes due to Green and the writers frequently reducing the action to the level of the Star wars characters throwing "your mother"-jokes at each other.

This was fantastic, crazy, immature and joyfully stupid/joyously witty parody on all things Star Wars. What's great is that you don't need to be a Robot Chicken fan (though I'm sure it helps) or even have watched it very much to decide either way. If you like your parodies quick and skit-like and random and sometimes just dumb as hell, Robot Chicken: Star Wars is something of a minor masterpiece in the form. Seth Green's collage of classic bits from the movie redone, and then lampooned from all corners (there' "Dr. Ball" featuring the big black orb that tortured Princess Leia, there's Admiral Ackbar cereal, there's George W. Bush thinking he's a Jedi and pitting his "mind-trick" on a WMD question, there's even a running "gag" involving Jar-Jar becoming a "ghost" torturing Darth Vader). There's barely a moment when I didn't laugh out loud, or find something actually really funny and creative in its wit and, as a fan of the saga, obscure bits that only people who've seen the film 10 or 20 times would get (i.e. that blue guy playing the piano at Jabba's palace pushing an album wit songs like "I'm not an elephant!"), or just obvious gags that only come on late at night (i.e. Luke and Leia in bed, "This is so... wrong.") Granted, it may take a certain sense of humor or just familiarity with the Star Wars films to get some of the gags- those who aren't keen on the prequels may not remember what midiclorians (sic) are let alone how the jokes lock in step in the show- but for those that get it, it's priceless. Only minor personal geek-type liability: no Yoda!

Not by a lot though. Anyway, I saw this had come out on DVD Last Night so I decided to pick it up. I was kinda disappointed though by the length of the special (23 Min) but, being a huge fan of Robot Chicken and of Star Wars, I decided to give it a try...and boy was it good. It was a great blend of wit with their humor and the sheer amount of Star Wars references made it so easy to watch. Most of the jokes that were in there were hilarious and really added something to the special (The jokes that were not funny were just not funny not puke inducing like Meet The Spartans or anything like that).I really enjoyed this as a long time fan of Star Wars (I cant help being born only in 1996 so I have been watching SW for only 6 years now but that is long to me). This is the best Robot Chicken thing they have ever made and I hope that the second one is just as good.Overall, fans of Star Wars will LOVE this special, and so will fans of Robot Chicken. I rate this special 88%.

There's REALLY no words to say here. I'm so glad I saw this, it's just so LOL-hilarious. I ain't NEVER saw nobody make fun of Star Wars this way! I just gotta get this on DVD somehow. The funniest skit was probably the second one with the Vader/Emperor phone call. The Emperor just LOST IT on this dude!!! The 'Yo Momma' fight was great! George Bush's whole skit even the one with his daughter Jenna was OFF-THE-HOOK!!!! The fact that George Lucas actually appears in a skit in here (with his ACTUAL VOICE) was a big plus. That was a cool skit as well.Unbelievably funny! That's all.