Product Description

System Requirements:Running Time: 23 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 883929012466 Manufacturer No: 1000037448

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #102 in DVD
• Brand: Warner Brothers
• Released on: 2008-07-22
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
• Running time: 23 minutes

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.

Customer Reviews

only for a robot chicken fan...
I was somewhat disappointed in the RC-version, especially after having seen the hilarious 'Family Guy' version much earlier. I think maybe I had my hopes too high. Still a pretty decent show for the die-hard Robot Chicken fan...but I wish someone would have burned me a copy so I wouldn't have spent any money on it.

Multiple Skits, A Collectible
This was my first introduction to the ROBOT CHICKEN animated series, and I am glad to add it to my collection. I will also buy seasons 1-3. These are a few classic scenes, but they are accurate in their parody. The "Collect Call from Darth Vader" scene is my favorite.

Stay away from this
If you have no sense of humor, stay away from this. It can only make your day worse.

On the other hand, if you have a sense of humor, buy this. It's close to the funniest thing I have ever seen. It helps if you like twisted humor. Robot Chicken probably offends some people.

This is laugh out funny stuff.

If you watch the extras, which are mostly worth watching, you will realize how much time and effort they put into this. Of course the air this show somewhat frequently, but the extras, and the higher quality video probably make this worth it for $10 (which is what I paid.)

"What's an aluminum falcon?" - Palpatine