Pop is officially devouring itself. The Hollywood Reporter brings us the surreal news that the creators of Robot Chicken — the Adult Swim parodyfest behind two hit Star Wars parodies — will now be working on an actual Star Wars comedy cartoon. This news is completely bananas (a Star Wars sitcom?) but if you ask me, this could be just the adrenaline shot that the Star Wars franchise needs. After all, this Chicken scene is easily smarter than the entirety of Revenge of the Sith.
So, Star Wars fans, give us your 25-word-or-less sitcom pitches for the new animated comedy. Here are some ideas to get you started:
Give Me a Hand: An Office-style mockumentary set in a factory that designs cyborg hands, a business model that starts to fail them after the Empire falls and no one loses their hands in lightsaber duels.
My Three Clones: A family sitcom featuring Jango Fett, his son-clone Boba, and Boba’s heretofore-unknown clone-brothers Mogo and Kruga. The three brother-clones all try to kill each other. Hilarity ensues.
The Life and Times of Jabba the Hutt: A dark comedy about the corpulent slug-gangster and his minions, who all secretly want to kill him. (There was actually a classic comic series about this – check it out, Seth Green!)
That’s No Moon: A Sealab 2021-esque workplace sitcom set on the Death Star. The Death Star will explode at the end of every episode.
Little People, Big Galaxy: A charming buddy sitcom about a Jawa, an Ugnaught, and an Ewok who become friends and travel from world to world. All three are voiced by Warwick Davis.
Bespin City: A political comedy set in Cloud City, starring Lando Calrissian as the narcissistic mayor and Lobot as his straight-faced assistant.
PopWatchers, do you have any better ideas? Please? And what do you think about a sitcom Star Wars?
I thought the prequels were a comedy series.
DARF
Smugglers- The life of Hans Solo after the Clone war.. Winning the Falcon and cheating Jabba.
You could have a series from the perspective of the dead jedi/sith in their ghost states. They travel throughout the saga commenting on the odd points. Like Obi-won rushes to tell Luke that Leia is his sister but comes in at the point where he’s kissing her and hilarity ensues.
Jedi High: A High School comedy in the vein of Welcome Back Kotter but infused with Apatow-esque raunchy humor with Ben Kenobi as the Gym Teacher.
This is awesome….I like it….
Thanks! I think it could work. Although I have this image of “Head of the class” but all the students are wearing rat-tails and Jedi robes.
If you want to know when you are in danger of over-doing it, take a look at the Geico cavemen commercials. Remember how unfunny the whole thing became after it was sitcomed?
I, Lobot – After Lando abandons Bespin City, his assistant decides to start life anew in another city. Think Star Wars meets Mary Tyler Moore.
Jive Talkin Jedi:A series about the home life of Mace Windu. After a day of diplomacy and war, Windu tosses a few back with his bros.
han and lea are married and have a wacky neighbor. they are also always setting up luke on terrible blind dates.
…and all the blind dates turn out to be related somehow.
And all of the blind dates happen to be men. That’s what sister-kissing gets you.
Sam Jackson as Mace Windu…in his cigarette smoking afro sheen awesomeness. Yes they deserved to die, and I hope they burn in hell.
As a lifelong Star Wars fan I don’t need 25 words, I just need two:
Epic Fail.
And since your two words are “epic fail” I’m guessing “lifelong” for you is, what, twelve years? You just got pwned, @darclyte! Tim FTW!
Are you Tim from GA? You sound like my nephew who would also have def snapped this dude/
Talking about how amazing you are makes your witty comment a whole lot less amazing.
A Star Wars Cartoon that is in the vein of The Office. Chancellor Palpatine as Michael, a Senator that is loyal to the Rebels as Jim. The documentary style could be awesome.
Wookiee of the Year. Chewbacca joins a hapless baseball team of misfits which proceeds to go undefeated as opponents are afraid of having their arms ripped out of their sockets. Admiral Akbar is the crusty but lovable manager.
And when a baserunner get’s caught between bases in a rundown, we will Akbar’s cry, “It’s a trap!”
“gets”, not “get’s”!
I love admiral Akbar…for some reason he remains me of Col. Tigh.
Makin’ Wookie: Han and Chewie are actually husband and wife, and Luke and Leia their ragamuffin twin kids also known as “the robot whisperers.”
From the characters on the Muppet Show renamed: Darth “Statler” & “Waldorf” Skywalker where they debased Sidious & Vader on their Dark Side use (see Twitter…)