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After Seth Green and co. made an Emperor Palpatine sketch in Robot Chicken they were called by George Lucas, inviting them to produce a 30 minute special based entirely around Star Wars in their "unique" style of stop-motion animation.

Let me just start by saying that I've never actually watched an episode of Robot Chicken before, but I had seen various clips from this Star Wars special on YouTube in the past.

The entire production is made using crudely designed dolls and action figures in a humorous way. The first clip on the DVD that I found particularly amusing is the one where Darth Vader telephones Emperor Palpatine to explain that the Death Star has been blown up. There are plenty of other memorable scenes too such as the one where George Lucas visits a Star Wars convention and is rescued from the mob of fans by another fan dressed as a Taun Taun. A lot of the sketches are really amusing, but I can't say there were many I really laughed at though this could be because it wasn't quite the same as British humour. The viewing time of the episode is quite short as you'd expect - it's about 30 minutes as opposed to their normal run of about 15 minutes. Family Guy's Blue Harvest may have spoofed Star Wars after Robot Chicken but I think they did a better job of it.

In terms of special features there is actually quite a bit:

• Commentary by Seth Green and Matthew Senreich,
• An animation meeting with Seth Green where he discusses the various sketches,
• "Bumps" where various people from the production talk about the production,
• Promos,
• Behind the scenes,
• Alternate audio,
• Production design,
• Time lapse,
• Photo gallery,
• And Panel presentation.

It then includes 3 bonus episodes: Robot Chicken "The Deep End", Harvey Birdman "The Dabba Don" and Frisky Dingo "Pimp my Revenue".

So, overall it's not bad even though it's not the funniest of Star Wars spoofs I've seen. I'd only recommend this if your are a fan of Robot Chicken or Star Wars.

Rating: 3.0/5