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Reviewer: Lee Griffiths
Issue 107 September 2008
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The Lowdown: The Star Wars universe gets the ‘Robot Chicken’ treatment with 22 minutes of Lucas-related hilarity. The show parodies all six Star Wars films with over 30 sketches and skits starring some familiar faces and some special guest appearances from the likes of George W. Bush and George Lucas himself.

Review: Beginning life on the Internet before achieving cult status on the ‘Cartoon Network’, Seth Green and Matthew Senreich’s bizarre Robot Chicken creation has garnered one hell of a following with its stop animated, pop culture-fuelled sketch show, where a cast of toys are the stars of the show. In fact, the show has achieved such a following that the voice cast cameo list has gone from impressive to outstanding, incorporating such talents as Sarah Michelle Gellar, Scarlett Johansson, Rachael Leigh Cook and Christian Slater.

In this doubly long special episode, Green and co. turn their attention to the Star Wars universe and present a selection of sketches featuring some familiar faces from the movies, some guest stars (such as Jedi George W. Bush), and even more impressive voice talent (featuring Malcolm McDowell and George Lucas himself).

The sketches are a mixed bag, but the brevity very much works in the show’s favour, as some skits fly by within a blink of an eye, and those segments that don’t sit too well are over before you know it. Highlights include the Emperor making Darth Vader cry, an alternative version of the cantina scene from A New Hope and a ‘Star Wars On Ice’ finale.

The special features provide plenty of extra hilarity with additional ‘Robot Chicken’ footage and six, that’s right, six audio commentaries, featuring an endless list of affiliated talent including writers, voice actors, directors of animation and more.

FILM: 7
EXTRAS: 8

DVD Info:
Certificate: 12
Starring: Seth Green, Seth MacFarlane, George Lucas
Directed By: Seth Green, 2007
Distributor: Revolver
Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0
Visuals: 4:3 Fullscreen
Running Time: 22 mins
Price: £12.99

Special Features:
Audio Commentaries With The Cast And Crew
‘Animation Meeting’ Featurette
On Air Bumps (Aired and Unaired) Clips
Trailer
‘Behind The Scenes’ Featurette
Deleted Scenes
Alternate Audio
‘Production Design’ Featurette
‘Time Lapse’ Featurette
Panel Presentations
‘Robot Chicken The Deep End’ Featurette
‘Harvey Birdman Attorney At Law – The Dabba Don’
‘Frisky Dingo – Pimp My Revenue’
Scene Selection 

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It’s undoubtedly one of the craziest shows on TV. Stop-motion action figures take over in a series of skits lampooning everything from TV and film to modern life and anything else the creators can think of. It’s nuts, more than a little bizarre, incredibly funny and named after a dish from a Chinese Takeaway co-creator Seth Green used to go to (if you want to know more, take a look at the trailer below or go to http://www.adultswim.co.uk/dvd/). And now it’s coming to DVD. Robot Chicken – Season 1 is out on digital disc on September 29th for around £19.99, featuring all 20 episodes from the show’s inaugral series, plus a load of equally hilarious special features. And we’re not just giving you a chance to win this rib-ticking release, as the first person out of the hat will also get a DVD player to play it on. Two runners up with get the DVD. It’s one of the funniest programmes on TV, so click the link below and answer the question for your chance to win!

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