Adult Swim was based on the principle of delivery of the animated and live transgressive media To fill the void on Cartoon Network after the children fell asleep. If you had to compile a handful of shows that serve as a pillar of the end -of -evening programming block, “Robot Chicken” would undoubtedly be one of them. The animated hitchhiker sketch would have more than 11 minutes of pure and not filtered chaos using action figurines, dolls and an assortment of toys to press all kinds of pop cultures. Very few were prohibited the limits after 11:30 p.m.

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As a person who first caught the show by accident after standing late to watch episodes of “Family Guy”, it’s crazy to see the kind of inheritance he had during 11 seasons. There is a plethora of memorable sketches which have become pillars of pop culture, like a Gummeux bear is caught in a bear trap“Beavis and Butthead” joining the “Teen Titans” and the “Peanuts” gang against a large satanic pumpkin. But if there was never an IP which was a huge target for jokes on behalf of the Seth Green and Matt Senreich co-creators, it was “Star Wars”.

The parodies of “Star Wars” are today a penny a dozen. Each possible joke regarding these six original films has been tight 10 times. But in 2005, there was still something new to make fun of the small details of a galaxy far, far. However, when “Robot Chicken” started, they could only sneak a few gags here and there because of being afraid of Lucasfilm to lower the trial hammer. The creative series Tom Root knew that he had to pay attention to this possibility (via Reverse). But everything changed when a “robot chicken” sketch led to an unexpected telephone call.

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One of Best “Robot Chicken” gags came in the second season of the show, when an annoyed and confused emperor Palpatine (Seth MacFarlane) receives a telephone call from Dark Vader informing him about the star of death exploded by an “aluminum falcon”. According to Senreich, it was not necessary too long after the episode was broadcast as a representative of Lucasfilm ended up being on the other line with kind words (via Reverse):

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“I received a call on my phone, and he said Lucasfilm on the caller identifier. I looked at Seth and he said to me:” Oh my God. “So I pick up the phone and say:” Hi, you reached Matthew Senreich and Seth Green’s office. Pretend to be assistant.

Not only the creator of “Star Wars” George Lucas was not upset by their blows in his franchise of several billion dollars, but according to Green, he has become a constant element around the office (via Reverse):

“He had shown it during a meeting of the board of directors as an example of the type of thing he loved because it does not cannibalize the sincere value of the brand. Instead, he held on his sense of humor and helped an audience to find a different access point.

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Learning that you are not about to be prosecuted for the intellectual property lampoon of a powerful filmmaker is an ideal place to resume breathing, but the crew of “Robot Chicken” was about to be treated with something softer: a complete visit to Lucasfilm’s seat, they may not have done it with Lucas at that time, but Senreich took a jump with the advertising services Courus to co-produce to co-support for “Stater Wars”. The rest, let’s say, is history.

The first of three specials was broadcast in 2007 with “Robot Chicken: Star Wars”, “ Who presented sketches like President George W. Bush as a strength of force, the clumsy consequences of the Skywalker brothers and sisters engaging in “Twincest”, and a racing gag about a concierge who must clean all the bodies constantly thrown out of high places. Even Lucas participated in the action, expressing a version of itself surrounded by rabid fans during an agreement and, finally, being saved by the character of Nerd Evergreen of the program (Seth Green).

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All this shows that Lucas had a very good sense of humor and was not a curmudgeon about someone who underlines the integrity of his franchise with a joke. It was also at the time that He gave the green light to “Family Guy”, who also presented Green, to make half-hour parodies of the original trilogy.

Lucas seemed to have such a good time to look at other comic talents to take blows during the events of the galaxy far, far that he decided to take his own catch under the umbrella of Lucasfilm, with Green and Senreich in a trailer. Enter “Star Wars: Detours”, a animated comedy series that took place between “Revenge of the Sith” and “A New Hope”. There were more than 39 episodes finished ready to leave at any time, but the acquisition of Disney led to be prohibited by the mouse. It didn’t look great, but it’s a shame that you could only find only online songs of a very different type of “Star Wars” experience. They could just as easily put it on Disney + for curiosity.

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The 11 seasons of “Robot Chicken”, in addition to the “Star Wars” specials, are currently in difficulty on Max.