If Robot Chicken's Emmy-nominated Star Wars episode wasn't enough, the show will be flying a second edition into orbit November 16, announced just days after nominations were released — and just in time for some Comic-Con kvelling.The show's cocreator Seth Green will direct the second go-around, and many of the original voice cast will be back, too, including Star Wars vets Carrie Fisher and Billy Dee Williams, as Princess Leia and Lando Calrissian. Per the Reporter, returning cast will also feature Seth MacFarlane as Emperor Palpatine and Conan O'Brien as Zuckuss, while Green will voice characters such as Ponda Baba.Is the Robot Chicken approach to Star Wars worth turning into (again) — or would they be better to leave the original alone? — Anna DimondUse our Online Video Guide to taste some Robot Chicken.
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The guys are hanging out and they all go in on a $800 bid on a time machine prop from the original The Time Machine movie. Of course, they'll be outbid. Whew! That was close. What in the world would they do with a time machine? Except they won the auction.Why didn't anyone else bid? Oh, because it's about the size of a Renault. Didn't Leonard say it was miniature?Cut to the best animation/opening sequence in all of television.Step by step, Leonard, Sheldon, Howard and Rajesh push and pull the time machine up the stairs. But they're blocking the stairwell and Penny has to get to work. Sheldon suggests she go upstairs to the roof, hop over a few buildings, but don't look down because she might get vertigo. What? Is he kidding? "Oh, I never joke when it comes to vertigo," deadpans Sheldon.You know what, this time machine looks pretty cool. After all, this is the machine that transported Rod Taylor from Victorian England into the post-apocalyptic future with those subterranean Morlocks...
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Warning: Adult LanguageDo you love yourself some good old fashion Yoda? Well, how about a sick freestylin' Yoda? Get ready because it's the V to the A to D-E-R (Vader!) and all you other Star Wars characters like Chewbacca, Luke and Lando busting out rhymes in the new "Star Wars Gangsta Rap" (an original title indeed). "This is Admiral Biatch to base camp!"
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Two contestants will need the Force with them in a special, Star Wars-themed, winner-take-all edition of Deal or No Deal airing April 28. Deal will be transformed into a Mecca of Star Wars characters and themes, complete with models dressed as Imperial storm troopers and Princess Leia.Contestant Elyse McCrillis will also get some help from none other than Carrie Fisher — the original Princess Leia — who will make a special cameo. Other faves from the franchise — Chewbacca and R2D2 — will also be on hand for some surprise arrivals. Of course, no Star Wars scene would be complete without Darth Vader: The bad guy steps in as the show's villainous banker.Ready to tune in to your inner, space-savvy dealmaker? The two-hour event airs Monday, April 28 (NBC, 8 pm/ET). — Anna Dimond
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With a quartet of Clone Troopers as his escort, George Lucas made a grandiose entrance to the Cartoon Network upfront Thursday morning in Manhattan. Lucas was on hand to plug Star Wars: The Clone Wars, a feature film/animated series combo coming later this year. (As previously announced, the movie premieres August 15, followed by the series on Cartoon, then TNT, in the fall. No date for the TV premiere was made.) It was the key announcement for the network, which is also premiering the Ben 10 relaunch Alien Force, and finally confirmed the rumored series Batman: The Brave and the Bold, which teams the Caped Crusader with a variety of DC Comics superheroes.Calling Star Wars "the greatest brand in entertainment history," Turner Animation COO Stuart Snyder said he personally courted Lucasfilm when he heard about the project (which went into production before a network had signed on), and "after watching five minutes they had me." For his part, Lucas calls the project "Star Wars starrin...
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