Product Details

• Actors: Seth Green, Candace Bailey, Abraham Benrubi, Bob Bergen, Ahmed Best
• Directors: Seth Green
• Writers: Breckin Meyer, Charles Horn, Douglas Goldstein, Erik Weiner, Hugh Sterbakov
• Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Language: French (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Stereo)
• Subtitles: French
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Cartoon Network
• DVD Release Date: July 22, 2008
• Run Time: 23 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (75 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0012Q3T6S
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #48,800 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• Learn more about "Robot Chicken: Star Wars" on IMDb

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Robot Chicken's finest half hour is more savvy than Spaceballs, more inside than Family Guy: Blue Harvest, and funnier, even, than The Star Wars Holiday Special. This Very Special Episode of Comedy Central's stop-motion animated series parodies and goofs on all things Star Wars, from a disgruntled Empire janitor to an ad for Admiral Ackbar Cereal ("Your tongues can't repel flavor of that magnitude"). Twenty three minutes goes by like the jump to hyperspace with such priceless bits as the collect phone call to Emperor Palpatine from Darth Vadar to inform him of the Death Star's destruction, awkward morning-after pillow talk between Luke and Leia ("That was so wrong"), and George Bush's newfound Jedi powers. Co-creators Seth Green and Matthew Senreich and company immerse viewers in the Robot Chicken universe with generous bonus features, including storyboarded deleted scenes (with self-deprecating commentary), behind the scenes footage of animation meetings, and alternate audio takes. Good sport George Lucas, who gave his blessing to this episode, boldly goes where William Shatner went before by voicing himself in a Star Wars convention sketch that concludes with a Lucas-worshiping geek telling his son that meeting his idol was the best day of his life. What about his son's birth? "Not even close," dad replies. But you don't have to have that kind of devotion to Star Wars to be amused by this weather forecast for Cloud City: "Cloudy, followed by clouds." --Donald Liebenson.

Product Description

This DVD includes the animated special plus 60 minutes of special features. Vocal talent is provided by George Lucas, Conan O'Brien, Seth MacFarlane, Hulk Hogan, James Van Der Beek, Donald Faison, Brecklin Meyer, and Joey Fatone.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 29 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Two hours of extra feature plus the great original show! July 22, 2008

By Valnastar VINE™ VOICE

Format:DVD

I watched this DVD today and laughed as much or more as the first time I saw this show on Adult Swim. This DVD has a number of features to recommend it:
- Two hours of extra features, including deleted scenes, commentary, animation meeting, panel presentations, alternate audio and more.
- Terrific presentation of the original show. It even sounds as though the music to dialogue level has been adjusted on the "Empire On Ice" sketch so that the hilarious lyrics to the songs are much more audible and clear than they were when originally shown on TV.

At less than $10, this DVD is absolutely worth it. A great entertainment value for the price. Even the blurbs on the back of the DVD case are entertaining.

13 of 16 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars DVD Extras July 18, 2008

By A Warm, Close, Personal Friend of Al

Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase

From the Adult Swim forums, the list of extras are supposed to include:

* Chicken Nuggets (Sketch by Sketch Video Commentary)
* Animation Meeting
* On-Air Bumps
* Trailers
* Behind-the-Scenes Featurette
* Deleted Scenes
* Alternate Audio
* Time Lapse Sequences
* Photo Gallery
* STAR WARS Celebration IV Convention Panel Presentation
* Production Design Featurette
* Episode Commentary - more than two hours

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Star Wars + Robot Chicken = Hilarious fun July 23, 2008

By N. Durham HALL OF FAMETOP 1000 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase

Anyone who's watched Robot Chicken knows that creator Seth Green and his crew are big time Star Wars geeks, which makes this marriage of Star Wars and Robot Chicken all the more sensible. Robot Chicken: Star Wars is a half-hour special of shorts and skits that pay wonderful, hilarious homage to the phenomenon that is Star Wars, by poking fun at characters and memorable scenes from entire series. The visual gags and blink-and-you'll-miss-them moments are incredibly funny, and the voice talent assembled (including Green, Seth MacFarlane, Mark "Luke Skywalker" Hamil, Ahmed "Jar-Jar Binks" Best, Donald Faison, Hulk Hogan, Malcolm McDowell, Joey Fatone, Breckin Meyer, Conan O'Brien, James Van Der Beek, and even George Lucas himself in a hilarious bit) is great as well. There are some old bits from the previous two seasons of the series included here (such as President Dub-ya's lightsaber battle with Abe Lincoln) among the newly shot footage, with the only real downside of this special being that it ends. However, this DVD release is still worth picking up thanks to the assortment of extras included, which feature interviews, trailers, and discussions of how the whole thing came together. All in all, Robot Chicken: Star Wars is a sheer blast, and even if you're only a fan of one or the other, you'll surely enjoy this.