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• Star Wars Robot Chicken

  Kashif Ahmed 22 July 2008

  

  "I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced"... but enough about that mass suicide at the Avril Lavigne gig (it usually happens when she does her 'Girlfriend' encore) and back to 'Robot Chicken'. Now 'Star Wars' spoofs have been an Internet staple since 1997 and Kevin Rubio's 'Troops', some of the stand outs since then include re-dubbed movie mash-ups, the 'Chad Vader' series on 'You Tube' and, of course, Seth McFarlene's send up in 'Family Guy: Blue Harvest'. 'Robot Chicken: Star Wars', made with stop motion toys and figures that hark back to 'The Adam & Joe Show', is one of the best skits about 'A Galaxy Far, Far Away' since 'Vader Sessions'. Actors Seth Green ('Austin Powers', Chris Griffin on 'Family Guy') and Breckin Meyer ('Go', 'Road Trip') get their light sabres wet, dipped, as they are in the comedic whirlpool of 'Adult Swim' ('Cartoon Network' for students, insomniacs and the long term unemployed) our dynamic duo run riot with a (rebel) fleet of quality gags, before being well & truly seduced by the dark side. Any sketch featuring Emperor Palpatine (voiced by Seth McFarlene) is a winner; my personal favourite is where Palpatine receives a call from Vader, informing him about the destruction of the Death Star: "What? Oh, oh, "just rebuild it"? Oh, real f***ing original. And who's going to give me a loan, you?...You got an ATM on that torso Lite-Brite? Now get your seven-foot-two asthmatic ass back here, or I'm going to tell everyone what a whiny bitch you were about Padama-may or Panda Bear or whatever the hell her name is!..." Other classics include the 'Star Wars' musical: 'Empire On Ice', the dancing Could City operative and Ahmed Best's vocal return as a fan favourite; this time having Anakin do to Jar-Jar Binks what Lucas should've done to begin with. There's also some hilarious character reinvention with imperial bounty hunter Bobba Fett, who finally reveals how he passed the time whilst ferrying Han Solo to Jabba, an excellent take on the Death Star rescue: "Lets build this reactor!" (look out for Chewie's side-splitting assault roll) whilst the Mos Eisely confrontation is revealed as one giant, booze addled misunderstanding which culminates with Ponda's laugh out loud line: "Look...I'm ambidextrous, see?". All this, and a long overdue tribute to Tattooine's finest lounge act: Max Reebo a.k.a. The Guy Who Looks Like A Blue Elephant, makes 'Robot Chicken: Star Wars' an inspired work of twisted genius that'll leave 'Star Wars' fans and haters alike, in stitches. Now I'm off to watch it again with a bowl of Admiral Ackbar cereal: "Your tongue can't repel flavour of that magnitude!".

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Animated sci-fi spoof featuring an all-star voice cast, including George Lucas, Mark Hamill, Seth MacFarlane, Breckin Meyer, Donald Faison, Hulk Hogan and James Van Der Beek. The story begins not long ago, in a galaxy not very far away where Darth Vader (Abraham Benrubi) announces by reverse charge call the destruction of the Death Star. Meanwhile, George Bush discovers that he has Jedi powers, and Admiral Ackbar (Meyer) makes an advert for his own brand of breakfast cereal.