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11->[''Homer fighting with some gangsters'']\
12'''Creator/MarkHamill:''' [''strained''] Homer, use the for...\
13'''Homer:''' The Force?\
14'''Mark:''' The '''forks'''! Use the forks!
15-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', [[https://youtu.be/hiX9nbI56DI?t=76 "Mayored to the Mob"]]
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17Many shows have a few references to ''Franchise/StarWars''. It's a popular film series, so [[SmallReferencePools the majority of the audience is likely to understand it]]. However, some shows go a step further, and have an entire ''episode'' that revolves around references to ''Star Wars'', LukeIAmYourFather scenes, [[BigNo Big NOOOOOOOs]], and thinly-veiled [[CaptainErsatz Captain Ersatz]]es of Darth Vader. The focal or point-of-view character usually plays the part of Luke Skywalker, since episodes frequently take most references from primarily ''Film/ANewHope'' and ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' ([[FirstInstallmentWins primarily the former]]).
18
19The episode [[ParodySatirePastiche need not be a parody]], and in many cases is an {{Homage}}, and sometimes a full WholePlotReference.
20
21Compare WhereNoParodyHasGoneBefore, JurassicFarce and CharlieAndTheChocolateParody.
22
23----
24!!Examples:
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27[[folder:Advertising]]
28* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__CTejhHZSU This commercial]] from Duracell, inspired by ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', featuring two siblings in their ImagineSpot.
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31[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
32* ''Manga/CrayonShinChan'' did this. The English dub added more in-jokes, but the episode itself is already riddled with sexual and toilet humor.
33--> ''A long time ago, before WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy and WesternAnimation/RobotChicken, in a land far, far away if you tried to get there by swimming...''
34* ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'' has not only one, but ''two'' entire story arc based around a ''Franchise/StarWars'' parody. Ironically, it got the basic idea of the films down: Japanese samurai (what the Jedi were based off of), a vaguely retro-futuristic setting, and quirky aliens.
35* The little-known series ''Anime/DottoKoniChan'' has an awesome parody of the three movies.
36* The opening of ''Manga/ToLoveRu'' is blatant. And then {{subverted}}: TIE fighters don't have missiles. And they don't [[ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy hit the heroes.]]
37* The copyright-content laden opening for ''Manga/PrincessJellyfish'' has a brief ''Star Wars'' sequence as well.
38* [[Creator/FujikoFujio Fujiko F. Fujio]]:
39** Happens in ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}''--though, in this case, all of the characters involved are about the size of mice, and the day is saved not by the Force, but [[spoiler: Gian and Suneo accidentally breaking the Imperial Star Destroyer-equivalent while playing baseball]].
40** In the short manga ある日…… (''Aru Hi……'' "One Day……"), four amateur filmmakers showcased their amateur films. One of them showed ''Star Walk'', a collaborative effort of him and his son who was into miniature models.
41* One episode of ''Anime/UruseiYatsura'' had Lum and Ataru home alone. Lum wanted to take the opportunity to sleep with Ataru. When [[AbhorrentAdmirer Megane and the rest of Lum's Stormtroopers]] tried to prevent this from happening [[BlatantLies to protect Lum's virginity from the lecherous Ataru]], she told them to stuff it and that she ''wanted'' to sleep with Ataru. Cue a freakout from Megane that ends up being an extended, two-minute parody of the then-current ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''.[[note]]For those wondering, Lum was being quite LiteralMinded when she expressed her desire to [[ExactWords sleep with]] Ataru. Due to her not being able to control her lightning while asleep, Ataru had to wear an insulating suit in bed with her, one that wouldn't allow him the mobility to turn over, much less engage in premarital union.[[/note]]
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44[[folder:Comic Books]]
45* "[[http://coa.inducks.org/story.php?c=D+2004-229 May The Farce Be With You]]", a ComicBook/DonaldDuck / ComicBook/MickeyMouse comic.
46** Zé Carioca of all people also had one of these.
47** There's also [[http://coa.inducks.org/story.php?c=I+TL+1846-AP a 1991 Italian Mickey comic]] which basically retells the story of the first movie, with Mickey and Goofy both taking the role of Luke, and getting dragged into a war between an evil empire and a small rebellion.
48* ''Jinggo'', a Malaysian comic series, has one of the stories spoofing ''Star Wars''. You'd get the impression that Jinggo's creator, Kenny Chua, ''isn't'' a fan of the prequels (or at least, doesn't hold it high in regard) considering he have expies of Darth Maul, Janggo Fett, Jar Jar Binks and Padme Amidala killed off! (Meanwhile, no such thing happens to parodies of the original trilogy)
49* ''ComicBook/MonicasGang'' had ''[[https://web.archive.org/web/20050926043816/http://www.monica.com.br/ingles/comics/coelhada/welcome.htm Star Warp]]'' (in the original Portuguese, ''Coelhada nas Estrelas'' something like "Star Rabbit-[[ImprobableWeaponUser beating]]"), followed 11 years later by an ''Empire'' parody, ''O Feio Contra-Ataca'' (Frayder[[note]]the title refers to the gang's usual BigBad, Captain Fray, who plays the role of Darth Vader in this story, as "Dork Frayder"[[/note]] Strikes Back), and 2 years later by ''O Retorno de Jedito'' (Return of the Jedito). Then just in time for Episode VII, came the first of the prequels, ''A Trapaça Fantasma'' (The Phantom Mess-Up, as in a swindle).
50* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': One ''ComicBook/SpideySuperStories'' featured Doctor Doom as the obvious Vader and involved a giant metal planet. For some reason.
51** And they also have a lightsaber duel. [[RuleOfCool Because that's just awesome]].
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54[[folder:Comic Strips]]
55* ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'' had an arc where Jason sent a script to George Lucas that had him inserted into the series as Luke's MartyStu younger brother. A later ''[=FoxTrot=]'' arc had Jason stuck inside his Darth Vader helmet until his dad rescued him. When Jason marveled at how his father was able to open the helmet, his dad commented that he had that problem with his Vader helmet during the original trilogy.
56-->'''Jason''': Wait, you mean that you were a Star Wars fan before I was?\
57'''Dad''': Search your feelings, you know this to be true.\
58'''Jason''': [[BigNo NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!]]
59* ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty'' once had an extended dream sequence that parodied ''Franchise/StarWars'', with Binkley as Luke Skywalker and other cast members playing various ''Star Wars'' characters. Notably, this sequence parodied academic discussions of Star Wars more than the films themselves. Darth Vader was a pompous film scholar who decried the Star Wars films as "intellectual Jell-O" fit only for the slow-minded masses. Binkley (as Luke) responds by slicing him in two with a lightsaber, and quipping "Jedi Knights aren't fond of critics."
60** [[HilariousInHindsight Even better]], the very next comic has George Lucas telling Binkley that they have six more films, and should get to them by 1998. In the collected edition, Berkeley Breathed remarks "[[Film/ThePhantomMenace I was one year off.]]"
61** While Cutter John and the animals usually rode around in his wheelchair playing ''Franchise/StarTrek'', one Sunday strip involved them playing a variation of ''Franchise/StarWars'' (with Opus wearing "Luke" on his helmet) to take a shot at the recent breakup of the Bell System, with a reminder that the former parent company, AT&T, was [[http://s16.postimg.org/kek53bijn/deathstar.jpg still out there]]. The strip helped to codify the Saul Bass-designed AT&T globe logo's nickname, the Death Star.
62[[/folder]]
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64[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
65* The ShortFilm ''Film/HardwareWars'' replaces all of the ships, and some of the characters, with household appliances and tools. The tagline even quotes the trope name.
66* ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'' is built around this. (It also lampoons many other science-fiction franchises, including ''Franchise/StarTrek''.)
67* Most films in Film/TheViewAskewniverse have ''Franchise/StarWars'' references thanks to Creator/KevinSmith's [[JustForFun/OneOfUs geeky obsessions]]. Most evident in ''Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack'' which has the title and features a lightsaber duel with Creator/MarkHamill at its climax ("Don't [[PrecisionFStrike fuck]] with the Jedi master, son!"), complete with his hand being cut off and him remarking "[[OhNoNotAgain not again]]." The same film has a Creator/CarrieFisher cameo, though her scene has no ''Star Wars'' references.
68* There's a scene in ''Film/ReignOfFire'' where some of the survivors in a PostApocalyptic world with little left in the way of entertainment act out ''Star Wars'' to entertain the kids.
69* The short film ''George Lucas in Love'' may be described as ''Film/ShakespeareInLove'' [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] ''Star Wars''.
70* The first movie by Brazilian comedy group Os Trapalhões as a quartet was ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM7xvuQx1Ug Os Trapalhões na Guerra dos Planetas]]'', known in English as "Film/BrazilianStarWars" (a translation would be ''The Tramps in Planet War'') for being a parody of ''Film/ANewHope''.
71* Done within the ''Star Wars'' franchise itself with ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', which reuses the general structure and many plot points from ''A New Hope'' and features its main characters in supporting roles after a TimeSkip. [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools It worked]], as most viewers considered the movie to be a love letter to the original trilogy.
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74[[folder:Fan Works]]
75
76* While the Glitchsuck Wars miniarc of ''Roleplay/WeAreAllPokemonTrainers'' also has ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' elements, the meat of the plot is based on that of ''Film/TheForceAwakens''.
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80[[folder:Literature]]
81* ''Literature/SpaceBrat'': Book #4 (''Planet of the Dips'') spoofed this. Among other things, there is a Yoda-like hermit with a similar-sounding name (Old Bebop Kenoobie), and his advice to the main character is "Use the farce, Blork!" [[spoiler: During the climax, Blork does indeed use the farce: when he loses his trial by Skwishifroot, he also loses his temper and throws a massive tantrum. The resulting skwishifroot fight causes the Dips to have more fun in one day than they have in years, and they offer him anything he wants -- except his Poodnoobie back. Blork realizes this was the farce that Kenoobie had told him to use, and he figures out a reward that, once it's achieved, lets him keep Lunk after all.]]
82* ''Literature/StarWarped'', by British comedy writer Adam Roberts, which parodies the first six ''Star Wars'' films. The same writer also wrote parodies for ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'' (called ''The Sellamillion'') and ''Film/TheMatrix'' (''The [=McAtrix=]'')
83* ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' did a book called ''Frog Wars''. Larry is Cuke Sandwalker, and also including names like Sweet-Pea-3-0 and Achoo-Bless-U and Dark Visor.
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86[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
87* An episode of ''Series/That70sShow'' was set when ''Franchise/StarWars'' was first in theaters (It wouldn't become ''Film/ANewHope'' until years later). Eric worries about losing Donna to another guy, resulting in a dream sequence that puts the cast in ''Star Wars''. The best part is Red as Obi-Wan: "Jedi Knight? More like Jedi dumbass." (As a result it became one of Eric's defining gags.)
88** Then there is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_KM2o9zgMY this]] scene where Creator/BillyDeeWilliams (Lando Calrissian himself) plays a pastor who is into Star Wars just as much as Eric.
89* "May the Source be with You" from ''Series/{{Quark}}'' is pretty much this.
90* The dodgeball episode of ''Series/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide'' includes Cookie joining [[FaceHeelTurn The Dark Side]] and gaining a roboticized voice and heavy breathing from his dodge ball face shield, an Image Freeze echoing the end of the master-vs.apprentice fight in ''A New Hope'', and a dodgeball called The Force, among others.
91* ''Series/{{Spaced}}'' also featured numerous shot-for-shot parodies of moments in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' movies. They were particularly cutting about the prequel trilogy -- but ironically, because they had been so complementary about the original movies, they were granted the rights to use original music, etc in their parodies of the trilogies.
92* ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' got in on the act when Mark Hamill was a guest on the show. He showed up as himself ''and'' Luke, with [=R2D2=], [=C3PO=] and Chewbacca along for the ride, while Piggy played Leia and Gonzo played Vader.
93* The 1977 revival of ''[[Series/RowanAndMartinsLaughIn Laugh-In]]'' ended with the tagline "May the Farce be with you."
94* ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode "[[Recap/CommunityS2E24ForAFewPaintballsMore For a Few Paintballs More]]" portrayed the GCC paintballers as the Rebels against the Empire of City College.
95[[/folder]]
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97[[folder:Magazines]]
98* The TropeNamer is ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'' Magazine, who naturally created parodies for all the movies in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' franchise, listing them under the "May the Farce be With You Department".
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101[[folder:Radio]]
102* Radio/LoZooDi105 has ''Merde Stellari'', "Star Shits".
103* ''Radio/TheBurkissWay'' is an early example, parodying the first film shortly after its British premiere in 1978. ''Franchise/StarWars'' [Episode IV] is announced as "The biggest thing to hit America since UsefulNotes/GeraldFord fell out of his plane" and "more expensive than building real spaceships".
104-->'''R2-D2:''' (''bleeps'')\
105'''C-3PO:''' If I could walk that way I wouldn't need the Castrol.\
106'''Princess Leia:''' Ben! Are you hit?\
107'''Obi-Wan Kenobi:''' It's all right, I just have a small cut.\
108'''Princess Leia:''' A small cut? ''Two and a quarter per cent''? You jammy devil!
109* ''Radio/TheBobAndTomShow'' skit "Star Warts" was a RealTrailerFakeMovie for a porno version of the original trilogy.
110* ''Radio/BleakExpectations:'' Series 4 episode 6 turns into one when Mr. Benevolent pulls the LukeIAmYourFather routine (via time-travel. "Your father liked to delegate. A ''lot.''") and then pulls Vader's WeCanRuleTogether offer... and Pip Bin accepts.
111-->'''Mr. Benevolent:''' Join me, Pip Bin, and together we can rule the world as father and son!\
112'''Pip:''' ... yeah, okay. That sounds like fun!
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115[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
116* The classic ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}'' module ''[[spoiler:Alpha Complexities]]'' was chock full of ''Star Wars'' references for the GameMaster, though it wouldn't become apparent to the ''players'' until relatively late in the adventure.
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119[[folder:Video Games]]
120* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
121** Although several games of the series have references to ''Star Wars'', ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'' is the least subtle about them. From an EvilEmpire capturing a rebel Princess, to a black-clad warrior with a familial bond to a party member, to a gigantic superweapon with enough power to obliterate a civilization. Special mention goes to Balthier, a Sky Pirate with a CoolShip and a long lived [[BeastMan Beast(wo)man]] companion, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold who hides a heart of gold behind a mercenary exterior]].
122** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' deserves mention in this regard as well, especially for pulling off its own LukeIAmYourFather-esque twist with its TinTyrant villain near the end.
123* One module for the GameMaker ''Megazeux'' was titled [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Oh No, Not Another Star Wars Parody!"]] It had a few other sci-fi parody references thrown in, like basing the personality of their [=C3PO=] {{expy}} on [[Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy Marvin the Paranoid Android]].
124* ''[[VideoGame/{{Interstate76}} Interstate '82]]'' has a level based on the trench run from ''A New Hope'', only with {{weaponized car}}s instead of spaceships. Taurus even encounters a villain who speaks with VaderBreath and is apparently about to tell him he's Taurus' father before his radio cuts out.
125* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'':
126** The series has this across Master Xehanort's incarnations, but Xemnas is strikingly like a Sith Lord with [[DualWielding dual]] crimson [[LaserBlade Ethereal Blades]] and a nearly pitch-black hooded cloak. Much like a powerful Sith Lord, he can bend the laws of physics to perform jaw-dropping feats and similar to [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Sidious]], Xemnas is ''only one'' of the host bodies that Xehanort has to simulate immortality.
127** Vanitas portrays an EvilCounterpart version of both [[spoiler:Sora]] and Ventus, being the darkness of Ventus and having the likeness of [[spoiler:Sora]]. His air-tight mask and RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver outfit conjure Darth Vader's own battle suit and mask, while his pain is used as an advantage to fuel his power to summon The Unversed.
128** From the same game as Vanitas, Terra's character arc can best be summarized as "homage to prequel trilogy Anakin Skywalker", complete with resentment over not getting named Master in an order of magic space knights. Xehanort acts as Terra's Darth Sidious and seduces Terra to the dark side by assuring him that it is alright to dabble in dark arts. While it is indeed possible to use darkness while maintaining a disciplined outlook, Terra is being played by Xehanort and eventually suffers for it.
129* The entire ''VideoGame/LegoStarWars'' series of video games could be seen as an officially licensed ''Star Wars'' parody.
130* The ''VideoGame/SpaceQuest'' series has a number of ''Star Wars'' references, including a desert planet reminiscent of Tatooine which you crash your EscapePod on after your ship is captured by aliens, a defective R2-like droid, a Bow Tie fighter from the Cologne Wars on the garbage freighter in the third game, Imperial Probe Droid-like sentry bots, a [[LukeIAmYourFather Roger, I am Your Son]] revelation, Obi-wan and Darth Vader dueling in the back ground, et. al. The box for ''SQ 4'' even says "May the farce be with you!".
131* The MS-DOS port of ''VideoGame/SpaceWar!'' says this when the player quits the game.
132* The last level of ''VideoGame/TinyToonAdventuresBusterBustsLoose'' is an extended ''Star Wars'' parody, referencing a specific episode of [[WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures the series]] -- see Western Animation, below.
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135[[folder:Webcomics]]
136* ''Webcomic/UserFriendly'' did an arc "a long time ago, in another incarnation" parodying ''A New Hope'', with the Dust Puppy in the Luke role and the Crud Puppy in the Vader role. The Dust Puppy, however, takes a backseat to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_S._Raymond Eric S. Raymond]] ("May the Open Source be with you!") and Lan Solaris, cocky pilot of the Millennium Bug.
137* ''[[http://opticaldynamics.com/~gbk/DCM/dcm.htm Diary of a Crazed Mimbanite]]''
138* The initial setting of ''Webcomic/{{Worse}}'' is a very ''Star Wars''-esque universe.
139* ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'' is a CampaignComic based on the premise of a group of [[TabletopGames tabletop gamers]] playing out the ''Star Wars'' movies as a campaign in a generic science fiction game system, in a world where the actual ''Star Wars'' movies never existed. (As of early 2020, they've completed all six Lucasfilm movies, ''Film/RogueOne'', and the above-mentioned ''Muppet Show'' episode; and are about to start the Disney sequels.)
140* ''Webcomic/BlueMilkSpecial'' is a direct parody of the original trilogy. It is currently up to ''Return of the Jedi''.
141* The AnimatedAdaptation of ''Webcomic/CtrlAltDel'' did a two-episode homage to ''Star Wars''.
142* ''Webcomic/ArthurKingOfTimeAndSpace'''s second [[http://www.arthurkingoftimeandspace.com/0234.htm movie parody arc]].
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145[[folder:Web Original]]
146* ''[[http://www.catb.org/esr/writings/unixwars.html Unix Wars]]'' is a retelling of the first half of ''A New Hope'' with as much names and terms as possible substituted by Unix and programming jargon, i.e. Obi-Wan becomes PDP-1 (a kind of 1960s computer, mostly but not totally obsolete by 1977[[note]]notable for having one of the very first computer games, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacewar_(video_game) Spacewar]], created on it (aficionados still use PDP-1 emulators to play it)[[/note]]), the Death Star is the rm-star (after the Unix command to erase everything).
147* ''[[https://youtu.be/DOUhpBQKw6o Super Console Wars]]'' is a three-episode Flash series which retells the events of ''A New Hope'' from the beginning to the ''Millennium Falcon'''s escape from the Death Star, but replaces the established characters with ones from video games. Examples include [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Lukeegi and Darth Mario]], [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Princess Zeia]], [[Franchise/StreetFighter Moff Bison]], and Obi-Wan VideoGame/{{Shinobi}}.
148* The [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/borderline.jpg soundtrack album cover]] for the WebVideo/ScottTheWoz special ''Borderline Forever'' evokes ''Star Wars'', with the enemy ships in the background and Scott's Pepto-Bismol shooting out a pink stream that resembles a lightsaber. The movie itself isn't a ''Star Wars'' parody, though; the album cover is drawing attention to the climax, [[AstralFinale which takes place in space]].
149* ''WebVideo/SpaceJanitors'' is set in a serial-numbers-filed-off version of Classic ''Star Wars,'' seen from the perspecive of a bunch of nobodies from the lower decks working for TheEmpire.
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152[[folder:Western Animation]]
153* The B plot of the WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens episode “Clubbed” features Bill and Cricket watching Bill’s favorite movie “Constellation Battles”, a quite thinly veiled parody of all the Star Wars movies. It also includes some Creator/MarvelComics references with the galaxy crystals, which seem to be a parody of the infinity stones.
154* The ''WesternAnimation/CBBears'' episode "Disappearing Satellites" takes a number of stylistic cues from the first film. It has a villain loosely inspired by Darth Vader, who flies a spaceship that resembles the Millennium Falcon. His henchman is a beeping robot named X-9 heavily based off R2-D2, although he does speak actual English between his beeps. ''CB Bears'' was one of the first cartoons to do this; the episode debuted on December 3, 1977, barely six months after the first ''Star Wars'' premiered.
155* ''[[WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks The Chipmunks Go to the Movies]]'', in which each episode was a parody of a well-known film, never actually did a ''Franchise/StarWars'' episode, but there was a few seconds of ''Franchise/StarWars'' in the title sequence, with Alvin as Luke, Simon as [=C3PO=], Theodore as [=R2-D2=], and David as Darth Vader.
156* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' has one episode revolving around it. There is a parody of the Darth Vader fight on a catwalk and they even parody "Use the Force" with "Use the soup." Another episode stole the trench run from ''A New Hope'', and another episode had a parody of the Death Star scene in Episode 4. On a gigantic [[IWasToldThereWouldBeCake cake]], no less. The episode's climax was a parody of the Super Star Destroyer's destruction -- it really [[{{Pun}} cut a slice into Father's plans]]. Plus the School Bus Imperial Walkers and the Sled Snowspeeders in a giant Hoth/Snow Day battle.
157* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'': "Duckworth's Revolt" begins with a parody of the ''Star Wars'' opening crawl, "A long time ago, in a garden far, far away . . . ."
158* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' is littered with ''Star Wars'' references: one was when Timmy was trying to win the "Dimmy Awards". One of the scenes he filmed was a parody of the scene where Skywalker was trying to blow up the Death Star. Creator/ButchHartman is a huge ''Star Wars'' fan.
159** There was an episode that combined original trilogy references with allusions to ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' when Timmy wishes for a copy machine that makes things real. One of the things brought to life was Darth Vader parody Dark Laser, who would go on to become a recurring character.
160** The "Abra-Catastrophe" special had a limited example in the opening dream sequence, parodying the LukeIAmYourFather scene while also being a TakeThat towards Jar Jar Binks.
161** The "WesternAnimation/{{Wishology}}" trilogy had the Cantina scene with Timmy as Luke, Dark Laser as Darth Vader, Vicky dressing up as Leia, Mark as R2-D2 in a metal suit that squeaked to imitate R2's beeps, and Crocker as Chewbacca, imitating the latter's growls due to his sinuses acting up from his fur parka.
162** Also done in the episode where Poof went to Spellementary School. Foop and Poof got into a "wandsaber" fight with Foop as Darth Maul and Poof as Young Obi-Wan.
163* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' did ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuyPresentsLaughItUpFuzzball'', a series of double-length specials that managed to cover the ''[[Film/ANewHope entire]]'' ''[[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack Original]]'' ''[[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi Trilogy]]''.
164** With a TakeThat to [[Film/ThePhantomMenace the]] [[Film/AttackOfTheClones Prequel]] [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith Trilogy]] at the end, where Peter breezily dismisses them with "Eh, I think ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'' is doing them."[[note]]Creator/SethMacFarlane admitted that he was kidding when he said that, and he has no plans for doing the prequels. Furthermore, according to the DVD commentary for "Something, Something, Something, Dark Side", they couldn't do the prequels even if they wanted to because there was too much going on in them.[[/note]]
165* ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' combined a parody of ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' with a superhero spoof--the villain turned Bloo into a Darth Vader lookalike and made him fight Mac on a catwalk with a dramatic "unmasking".
166* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' has been known to do this from time to time, the first reference being Hanukkah Zombie's preferred mode of transportation being a TIE Fighter whose wings are shaped like Stars of David. Bonus points in that Hanukkah Zombie is voiced by Creator/MarkHamill.
167* ''WesternAnimation/HelloKittysFurryTaleTheater'' featured an episode based on Star Wars. Instead of lightsabers, it had fleasabers.
168* ''VideoGame/LegoStarWars'' didn't just stop at video games. They have two half-hour episodes that aired on Creator/CartoonNetwork as well. The episodes are full of comedy that takes full advantage of the Lego settings and in-jokes about the series, including the famous [[AdaptationalSelfDefense "Han shot first" debacle]].
169-->'''C-3PO:''' I don't believe it. Han shot first!\
170'''Han:''' Of course I shot first. Why wouldn't I?\
171'''C-3PO:''' [[LampshadeHanging That is a topic of great debate.]]
172** '''The Padawan Menance''' involves a young boy named [[spoiler:Han Solo]] sneaking his way into a group of padawans touring the Galactic High Senate. HilarityEnsues as he soon gets involved with Yoda to recover Secret Battle Plans from Ventress. Meanwhile, C-3PO has to take care of the padawans, but soon finds himself in trouble with Jabba the Hutt. Darth Vader frequently interrupts the production by [[BreakingTheFourthWall breaking into the scene, only to have George Lucas tell him that he doesn't show up in this episode.]]
173** '''The Empire Strikes Out''' takes place immediately after the end of ''A New Hope''. Before the Rebels have time to celebrate, Han and Leia head off to Naboo to ask Boss Nass for help in fighting the Empire. They both soon get washed away by waves of slobber. Luke heads to the capital city on Naboo, but finds himself getting chased by an army of fangirls. Meanwhile, Emperor Palpatine decides to go ahead and rebuild the Death Star, inviting Darth Maul to help out Darth Vader in building it. HilarityEnsues again as Darth Vader soon finds himself the ButtMonkey for the majority of the episode, including getting zapped by Jawas, repainted, and sold as a used droid.
174--->'''Vader:''' Not one of my better days.
175* Done as part of the "Gonzo's Video Show" episode of ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies''.
176* In "The Mega Mall Problem" on ''WesternAnimation/PegPlusCat'', when Peg complains about not being able to see to dance because she's wearing a zebra mask, Cat goes Yoda on her: "[[Film/ANewHope Your eyes can play tricks on you. Trust them, do not.]]" (Though, technically, "Your eyes can deceive you. Don't trust them." was actually Ben Kenobi's line in the original film.)
177* In the wake of buying out Lucasfilm, Disney created ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbStarWars'', featuring the plot of ''Film/ANewHope'' from the perspective of the show's characters with the characters from the film interacting with them at certain points.
178** Before that, there were plenty of other ''Star Wars'' references sprinkled throughout. Most notably, in "Backyard Aquarium", where Perry and Doofenshmirtz have a bratwurst/hot dog fight that mostly mirrors the Dooku/Yoda fight from ''Attack of the Clones''. At one point, Doof stretches out his hand as if he is about to use The Force, and Perry looks at fixed light. Then Doof says, "No, I was just kidding, but I made ya look, didn't I?"
179* The final episode of ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' was a ''Star Wars'' parody featuring the cast of ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'', the show that it spun off from.
180* One story in an animated series of ''ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}'' that ran from the late 1970s to the early 1980s was based on ''Star Wars'' as well.
181* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'' episode "Boogie Frights", the Boogie Man launches a giant disco ball to eclipse the sun so that his fellow nightmare creatures can party in the daytime as well and terrorize humanity forever. The Powerpuff Girls fly out to the disco ball in a dead-on parody of the attack on the Death Star. In the end, Buttercup flies out of the sun like the Millennium Falcon, winging two demons on Bubbles' tail with her heat vision, allowing Bubbles to fire a heat-vision blast that destroys the [[strike:Death Star]] disco ball.
182* ''WebAnimation/RetardedAnimalBabies'' episode 13: "Abandon all Hope."
183* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' has had three ''Star Wars'' specials building on skits from previous episodes.
184* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' does this a ''lot'', although the line between parody and {{Homage}} is often hard to determine. Two episodes where this plays important parts of the plot are "The Scottsman Saves Jack" and "Jack and the Flying Prince and Princess".
185* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
186** The episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E9MayoredToTheMob Mayored to the Mob]]" features AdamWesting guest voice Creator/MarkHamill, who spends about half the episode trying to convince everyone [[IAmNotSpock he is not Luke]], before giving in and playing along with a ''Franchise/StarWars''-reference-heavy adaptation of ''Theatre/GuysAndDolls''. It has the number "Luke Be a Jedi Tonight".
187** Then there are the two animated shorts starring Maggie the series released on Star Wars Day. The first is 2021's ''WesternAnimation/MaggieSimpsonsInTheForceAwakensFromItsNap'', which has Maggie going to a ''Star Wars'' themed daycare and teaming up with BB-8 in a quest to retrieve her pacifier. The second is 2023's ''WesternAnimation/MaggieSimpsonInRogueNotQuiteOne'', where Maggie ends up flying through space in Grogu's stroller and gets chased by TIE Fighters.
188* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow'' did one of these parodies, actually called 'Star Koopa'. It actually had Bowser as Darth Vader, the other characters as other ''Franchise/StarWars'' characters and 'Lightplungers'.
189** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'': "May the Stars shine down on you..."
190* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' has a TrappedInTVLand episode where Control Freak, using his remote, drags himself and the Titans into the world of television, ending with a final confrontation in a Star Wars-esque spoof where Control Freak takes over the show's main villain role by knocking a Darth Vader lookalike into a BottomlessPit before telling the Luke Skywalker {{expy}}, "IAmYourFather…" said episode notably references the prequels as well, when the Titans accidentally runs into a bunch of MechaMooks resembling B1 Battle Droids, that Beast Boy attempts to fool before suddenly remembering the Jedi Mind Trick ''doesn't'' work on robots.
191* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' did this in "A Quack in the Quarks", its first regular episode in syndication. It was later brought into one of the SNES games.
192* Each of the first three ''Franchise/ToyStory'' films has some parts that correspond with the original trilogy:
193** In the first ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'', Buzz mentions that Zurg has a planet-destroying superweapon like the Death Star in ''Film/ANewHope'', and Sid "interrogates" Woody while asking "Where's the Rebel base? Talk!"
194** Zurg in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'' is shown to be a parody of Darth Vader, even quoting "[[LukeIAmYourFather I am your father]]" from ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''.
195** ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'' references ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' in that [[spoiler:Big Baby picks up Lotso and throws him into the garbage just like how Vader threw Palpatine down a pit]].
196* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' loves throwing in ''Star Wars'' references, but the second season episode "Love-Bheits" really takes it over the top and almost becomes nothing but a ''Star Wars'' parody episode.
197* WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder is filled with this, being a science fiction series and all. Particularly notable examples include Lord Hater’s storage station resembling the Death Star, Sylvia’s old partner Ryder being a more shady and self serving {{Expy}} of Han Solo, Dominator’s ship resembling a red and black Star Destroyer, and her minions vaguely modeled after droidekas. And that’s only the tip of the sci-fi parody iceberg.
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