Robot Chicken’s “Star Wars” tribute to debut this weekend
June 15, 2007 Matt News, Television
Set the TiVos to record Robot Chicken on June 17th at 10pm for that’s the date they are going to debut the Robot Chicken Star Wars episodes.
UPDATE: The entire episode can now be streamed
In celebration of the episode’s debut, you can watch previews of the show now.
Watch: Previews of Robot Chicken Star Wars
The half-hour episode is a teaming up of the RC crew and one George Lucas, who was on hand to supervise the progress of the show.
George Lucas and Mark Hamill will reunite for “Robot Chicken: Star Wars,” a 30-minute stop-motion animation special for Adult Swim, Cartoon Network’s programming block.
The special spoofs key scenes and favorite characters from the “Star Wars” universe. It was done in collaboration with Lucas’ production company Lucasfilm. Lucas, the creator of the “Star Wars” franchise, will voice a cartoon version of himself, and Hamill will resurrect Luke Skywalker.