List of cultural references to Star Wars

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Since its in debut 1977, Star Wars has become part of (Western) pop culture.

Apart from sometimes giving away plot details, the descriptions may also spoil the fun of discovering the references for oneself.

Contents 1 Movies 1.1 Armageddon (1998) 1.2 Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002) 1.3 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) 1.4 Back To The Future (1985) 1.5 Chasing Amy(1997) 1.6 Clerks. (1994) 1.7 Clerks 2(2006) 1.8 Dogma(1999) 1.9 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) 1.10 Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) 1.11 The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (2005) 1.12 Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993) 1.13 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) 1.14 Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) 1.15 Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) 1.16 Mallrats (1995) 1.17 Pokémon: The First Movie (1999) 1.18 Reign of Fire (2002) 1.19 Robots (2005) 1.20 Shrek 3-D (200?) 1.21 Sorority Boys (2002) 1.22 Spaceballs (1987) 1.23 Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) 1.24 Team America: World Police (2004) 1.25 Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) 1.26 Toy Story (1995) 1.27 Toy Story 2 (1999) 1.28 Wrongfully Accused (1998) 2 Television 2.1 Arthur (TV series) (1996 - ?) 2.2 Alias (2001 - 2006) 2.3 Angel (1999 – 2004) 2.4 Arrested Development (2003 – 2006) 2.5 Bones (2005 – ?) 2.6 The Boondocks (2005 - ?) 2.7 Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997 – 2003) 2.8 CatDog 2.9 Chappelle's Show (2003 – 2006) 2.10 Cheers (1982 – 1993) 2.11 Code Lyoko (2003 - ?) 2.12 The Colbert Report (2005 – ?) 2.13 Cold Feet (1997 – 2003) 2.14 Diff'rent Strokes (1978-1986) 2.15 Drake & Josh (2004 - ?) 2.16 Drawn Together (2004 - ?) 2.17 Duck Dodgers (2003 – 2005) 2.18 Family Guy (1999 – ?) 2.19 The Fairly Oddparents (2001 – ?) 2.20 Feel the Force (2006 - ?) 2.21 Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (2004 - ?) 2.22 Freakazoid! (1995 – 1997) 2.23 Friends (1994 – 2004) 2.24 Futurama (1999 – 2003) 2.25 Green Cross Code Public Information Film 2.26 The Goodies (1970 – 1982) 2.27 The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (1980) 2.28 House (2004 ? ) 2.29 Johnny Bravo (1997 - 2003) 2.30 Johnny Test (2005 - ?) 2.31 Lost (2004 – ?) 2.32 Mad About You (1992 – 1999) 2.33 Moonlighting (1985 – 1989) 2.34 Mr. Meaty (2006 - ?) 2.35 MTV Movie Awards 2006 (2006) 2.36 The Muppet Show (1976 – 1981) 2.37 Muppet Babies (1984 – 1991) 2.38 The Office (U.S.) (2005 – Present) 2.39 The Powerpuff Girls (1998 – 2004) 2.40 The Richard Pryor Show (1977) 2.41 Robot Chicken (2005 - ) 2.42 Scrubs (2001 – ?) 2.43 Seinfeld (1990 – 1998) 2.44 That 70's Show (1998-2006) 2.45 The Simpsons (1989 – ?) 2.46 South Park (1997 – ?) 2.47 Spaced (1999-2001) 2.48 Stargate Atlantis (2004 – ?) 2.49 Stargate SG-1 (1997 – 2007) 2.50 Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987 - 1994) 2.51 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993 – 1999) 2.52 Star Trek: Voyager (1995-2001) 2.53 Star Trek: Enterprise (2001 - 2005) 2.54 Supernatural (2005-?) 2.55 Tiny Toon Adventures (1990 – 1992) 2.56 Teen Titans (2003 - 2006) 2.57 Tripping the Rift (2004 – ?) 2.58 Vanishing Son (1995) 2.59 Winx Club (2004 - ?) 2.60 The X-Files (1993 – 2002) 2.61 Yin Yang Yo! (2006 - ?) 3 Anime 3.1 Gundam SEED 3.2 Honey and Clover 3.3 Tenchi Muyo! 3.4 Detective Conan (Case Closed) 4 Video games 4.1 Escape Velocity 4.2 Final Fantasy 4.3 Freelancer 4.4 Halo 2 4.5 Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault 4.6 Maniac Mansion 4.7 Smash Brothers 4.8 Sonic the Hedgehog 4.9 Space Quest 4.10 StarCraft 5 Internet 6 Music 6.1 blink-182 6.2 El Canto del Loco 6.3 Gnarls Barkley 6.4 The Presidents of the United States of America (band) 6.5 Queen 6.6 "Weird Al" Yankovic 7 External links

[edit] Movies

[edit] Armageddon (1998)

A.J. (Ben Affleck) and Oscar (Owen Wilson) are both conversing about what Star Wars Character they would be. A.J. says he would be Han Solo and Oscar would be Chewbacca. Oscar replies asking if he's actually seen Star Wars.

In a later scene, with A.J. and the Russian Cosmonaut, they are wondering how to get over the canyon. A.J. has an epiphany about how to get over the canyon. He asks if he's heard of Evil Knievel, where the Cosmonaut responds: He never saw Star Wars.

[edit] Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002)

When C-Plus thinks about the Roman empire being attacked by the Gauls, he says, the back of his helmet looking like Darth Vader's, 'When the Gauls attack, the empire strikes back. In background, we can hear the first notes of the Imperial March by John Williams, in addition to a brief playback of Vader's trademark mechanical breathing.

[edit] Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)

Towards the end of the film, the showdown between Austin Powers and Dr. Evil climaxes with:

Dr. Evil: Austin, I am your father
Austin: Really?
Dr. Evil: No, not really. I can't back that up.
Austin: Right. Idiot, yes.

Dr. Evil even uses a similar heavy breathing to Darth Vader when he delivers the line. (It was later revealed in Goldmember that they are related, although they are not father and son.)

Additionally, the teaser trailer is SF themed and references a great space battle, climaxing with the advice "If you only see one movie this year, see Star Wars. BUT, if you see two movies, see Austin Powers." This references the fact that The Spy Who Shagged Me was opening at around the same time as The Phantom Menace.

Notably, the film also opens using the classic text-crawl which is synonymous with Star Wars.

[edit] Back To The Future (1985)

When Marty McFly is trying to convince his father-to-be George McFly to ask his mother-to-be Lorraine Baines to go to the dance with him to stop him from not being born, Marty sneaks into his room with a radiation suit on, claiming to be "Darth Vader, from the planet Vulcan". The planet Vulcan however, is a reference to Star Trek.

[edit] Chasing Amy(1997)

When Silent Bob gives advice to the main character Holden McNeil and he says he will try Silent Bob replies "Do or do not, there is no try" (which is what Yoda says to Luke in episode V)

[edit] Clerks. (1994)

The lead character, Dante has a conversation with the Video Store attendant Randal about which of the original Star Wars trilogy they prefer. Conversation develops into a debate about the ethics and consequences of being a construction contractor working to help build the Death Star for the Empire in the midst of a rebellion.

[edit] Clerks 2(2006)

A lead character Randal has an argument with supporting character Elias and a customer over the quality of the Star Wars trilogies and The Lord of the Rings

[edit] Dogma(1999)

After meeting with Bethany, Jay says "It's like I'm Han, you're Chewie, she's Ben Kenobi and we're in that fucked-up bar!"

[edit] E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

Elliott stays home and plays with Star Wars action figures. The kids take ET walking on the street during Halloween. ET sees someone dressed up as Yoda, recognises him, and mentions "Home". In addition, we hear a variation of Yoda's theme.

Also when Elliot is preparing to reveal E.T. to his brother Michael, Elliot insist Michael tells him he has absolute power. Michale does an imitation of Yoda when he says it. ("I have absolute power" )

[edit] Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

When the garage attendants "borrow" the Ferrari and take it for a spin - they jump the car to the strains of the SW opening theme.

[edit] The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (2005)

At one point, a mini lightsaber, complete with sound effect, is used to cut and simultaneously toast bread.

[edit] Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)

When the President of the United States and Saddam Hussein are in Hussein's Palace, they recreate the fight between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader in A New Hope. They use the same lightsaber colors and Saddam Hussein talks like Darth Vader.

[edit] Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

In the beginning, the club that Indiana Jones' goes to is named Club ObiWan.

[edit] Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)

In the ending scene at the set of Bluntman and Chronic, Silent Bob as Bluntman battles the villain CockKnocker with a green "bongsaber", while CockKnocker (played by Mark Hamill) uses a similar weapon with a penis-shaped handle. After Bluntman is defeated, Jay, in the guise of Chronic, uses a double-edged bongsaber, similar to Darth Maul's double-bladed lightsaber. During the fight, Jay cuts off his opponent's hand, to which CockKnocker says to the camera "Oh, not again", referring to Luke Skywalker having his hand cut off in The Empire Strikes Back. In the first conversation with Ben Affleck, he refers to the duel between Greedo and Solo. The security guard in the movie studio also talks to Echo Base with his walkie-talkie.

[edit] Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)

When Bugs Bunny and Daffy go to space to stop Marvin the Martian's actions, Bugs fights against Marvin with a carrot and of there, a lightsaber blade extended out. Also, while Bugs was turning Marvin's assaults aside, he was reading a book called "The Force for Dummies".

[edit] Mallrats (1995)

Silent Bob hanging upside down to put the video tape in the player is a reference to the Wampa ice creature scene Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back. Also, Silent Bob tries to make a cigarette fly using "the Jedi mind trick". when Brody sees this he says "The force is strong in this one". Finally, Silent Bob's only line in the movie is "Adventure, excitement... a Jedi craves not these things" which is the same line Yoda said in episode V.

[edit] Pokémon: The First Movie (1999)

The alternate title "Mewtwo Strikes Back" is a reference to The Empire Strikes Back

[edit] Reign of Fire (2002)

When Quinn Abercromby and his friend are counting a night tale to little kids before they went to sleep, they perform the scene of the fight between Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader in The Empire Strikes Back. When one of the children asks Quinn if he made up the story, Quinn replies "Of course I did."

[edit] Robots (2005)

In the repair-shop when Rodney says that he can fix Fender’s neck very easy, Diesel finds a voice-box which makes him talk like Darth Vader : ”The Force is strong with this one!” (the line from “A New Hope”, when Darth Vader is trying to get a fix on Luke’s X-Wing fighter) This is interesting because Ewan McGregor, who does the voice of Rodney, plays Obi-Wan Kenobi in Episodes I-III.

[edit] Shrek 3-D (200?)

There are events similar to those of the Battle of Yavin in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope:

• When the dragon, with Shrek and Donkey riding, is being chased by a stone dragon, Shrek says "This is Red Dragon, we're going in." and then the dragon flies into a trench.
• Once inside the trench, one of the lines that Donkey says is "Stay on target". This is another line from A New Hope.
• When they come toward the end of the trench, Donkey says "Fire now!", and the dragon shoots a fireball at the trench wall. The sound of a blaster is heard at that moment.

[edit] Sorority Boys (2002)

When the two guys/girls are swordfighting with dildos, the scene is like a lightsaber fight. Star Wars music is even playing in the background.

Also, when one of the guy/girls is cleaning hair out of the sorority's shower drain, he remarks, "Who was showering in here, Chewbacca?"

[edit] Spaceballs (1987)

The entire movie itself is a parody.

[edit] Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

An image of Darth Vader is one of the many split-second images from Earth's media seen inside V'Ger during the spacewalk sequence.

[edit] Team America: World Police (2004)

The bar scene in Cairo is clearly based upon the Cantina scene in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, with the music and the shots of the customers very similar, as well as the background dialogue also sounding like alien voices.

Near the End of the film, the main character Gary approaches the palace while wearing a long brown hooded cloak and proceeds to use a Jedi Mind Trick to distract the guards to enter unopposed. This is a further reference to the scene from Return Of The Jedi, where Luke Skywalker enters Jabba's Palace, while distracting the guards.

[edit] Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

In this James Bond movie, the villain is preparing for Britain to attack China in retaliation for the sinking of Royal Navy ship, and has prepared a newspaper headline reading "The Empire WILL Strike Back!" He says to Bond "What do you think of the title? It isn't even mine..."

[edit] Toy Story (1995)

Buzz Lightyear tells Woody that that Emperor Zurg has been secretly building a weapon with the destructive capacity to annihilate an entire planet (a reference to the Death Star) and that he alone has information that reveals this weapon's only weakness, which is essentially the plot from A New Hope. Also, the scene where Sid Phillips interrogates and tortures Woody is a homage of the scene where Darth Vader does the same to Princess Leia in A New Hope.

[edit] Toy Story 2 (1999)

Many of the sound effects in the opening sequence are directly from the original Star Wars trilogy.

Emperor Zurg identifies himself as Buzz Lightyear's father in a spoof of the same revelation in Empire Strikes Back.

[edit] Wrongfully Accused (1998)

When the usher of a cinema was accommodating a couple, he extracted a lightsaber to indicate their seats to them and when a table falls on Ryan Harrison, it looks like Carbonite Frozen Han Solo's Scene.

[edit] Television

[edit] Arthur (TV series) (1996 - ?)

The episode called Return of the Snowball has a few references. The beginning of the episode says "Recently, in a galaxy far far away...", a reference to the "A long time ago" phrase at the beginning of all six movies. Then, the Return of the Snowball title appears almost in the style of the Star Wars logo, then it zooms off into the distance. Arthur begins narrating, and the resulting scroll resembles the style that also appeared in the movies, as well as in the formal tone of the scrolls. After the scroll finishes, the camera pans down, to a scene that resembles that of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope; however, a UFO appears from the top of the screen and flies off to Earth, in the distance. The episode's title itself is a reference to Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.

Another episode has one scene where Arthur is playing street hockey. An image of Buster appears behind him in robes similar to those of Jedi. Bester tells Arthur to "Use the Force".

[edit] Alias (2001 - 2006)

• In episode 11 of the second season, as Marshall saves the day by deploying a parachute hidden within his suit, he proudly (and eagerly) proclaims to Sydney "I'm Marshall Flinkman and I'm here to rescue you!" - a reference to Luke Skywalker in A New Hope.
• In episode 19 of the second season, as Marshall begins to explain to Jack Bristow his discovery of a hacker in the CIA's network, he hurriedly prefaces the news with, "I was doing some spelunking on the CIA network, mapping it really, just for kicks, and, well, you can relax because 'the death star plans are not in the main computer!'" - a reference to the lower level officer reporting to Darth Vader aboard the Rebel Blockade Runner in A New Hope.

[edit] Angel (1999 – 2004)

In Angel series 2, episode 3 , Gunn talking to Wesley and Cordelia:

Gunn: You two? I find Deevak I'm gonna need more than C3PO and 'stick figure Barbie' backing me up. No offense.
Wesley: Very little taken.

[edit] Arrested Development (2003 – 2006)

George Michael Bluth created a video of himself portraying a Jedi (similar to the infamous Star Wars kid video), which the family watched during George Bluth Sr.'s party. He uses a broom stick, which appears to be a lightsaber. He even quotes certain lines from the movies. The video is used as a comedic reference throughout some episodes.

[edit] Bones (2005 – ?)

A recurring jokes throughout Bones is that Dr. Brennan has no knowledge of popular culture. In one scene Hodgins is wearing a helmet and numerous jokes are made about his resemblance to Darth Vader. When Brennan clearly doesn't get it, Booth says "Please don't tell me you've never seen a Star Wars movie your whole life" to which she replies "I saw one once when I was seven."

[edit] The Boondocks (2005 - ?)

In the episode "Granddad's Fight" Huey recommends that his granddad starts training for his fight with the blind man. Granddad responds "i won't fail you. I'm not afraid." Huey then says "Oh, you will be. You will be. An obvious reference to The Empire Strikes Back. Also, in one scene, the blind man is about to strike Granddad while he is lying on the ground with his cane. Huey blocks the man's strike with his own stick, baring a resemblance to the scene in "Attack of the Clones" in which Anakin saves Obi-Wan from a potentially final blow made by Count Dooku.

[edit] Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997 – 2003)

Numerous references, especially in season 6, where the three nerds - Warren, Andrew and Jonathan team up in an attempt to "... take over Sunnydale ..."

Andrew: And then what? You think your little witch buddy's gonna stop with us? (Xander and Anya glaring at him) You saw her! She's a truck-driving Magic Mama! And we've got maybe seconds before Darth Rosenberg grinds everybody into Jawa-burgers, and not one of you bunch has the midichlorians to stop her.
Xander: You've never had any tiny bit of sex, have you?

[edit] CatDog

[edit] Chappelle's Show (2003 – 2006)

In Episode #107 of Chappelle's Show, the shows recurring "Channel 3 News" sketch featured a report on a Jedi sex scandal in which Jedi were being accused of sexually abusing their Padawans (an obvious reference to the Catholic Church's sex abuse scandal). In the report, Yoda could be seen addressing the issue at a press conference, which is cut short by him disappearing from the conference after a video of him seducing a Padawan while they are sniffing cocaine is shown. Due to these accusations, Yoda decides to step down, leaving Mace Windu in charge of the Jedi Council (although Dave Chappelle portrays this character as looking, acting, and sounding like his usual Samuel L. Jackson impression rather than his character from Star Wars). Later in the sketch, Channel 3 anchorman Chuck Taylor interviews an alleged victim of Jedi Master sexual abuse. The interview takes place in a darkened room with an anonymous interviewee with the alias "Jarth Mader" (obviously Darth Vader) where he tearfully recalls his Jedi Master sexually abusing him as a Padawan.

[edit] Cheers (1982 – 1993)

There were several Cheers episodes with the title "Bar Wars", a reference to Star Wars, in which Cheers competed with a rival local bar. The second and third Bar Wars episode names are further references, "Bar Wars II: The Woodman Strikes Back" (The Empire Strikes Back) and "Bar Wars III: The Return of Tecumseh" (The Return of the Jedi).

[edit] Code Lyoko (2003 - ?)

In one episode, Ulrich is fighting a polymorphic clone masquerading as himself while on Lyoko. Ulrich uses his beam sword against the clone, Ulrich's being blue and the clone's being red, a reference to good and evil lightsabers.

[edit] The Colbert Report (2005 – ?)

On the August 10, 2006 episode, Stephen Colbert was shown jumping around in front of a greenscreen wielding a lightsaber. This was done as part of the Better Know A District segment when he visited California's 6th congressional district where Star Wars creator George Lucas lives. This footage was subsequently edited by fans and their results were posted on the Internet. Colbert featured some of these clips on the August 21 episode and issued the "Greenscreen Challenge" to the public - a contest for who can make the best video from footage originally filmed in the August 10th episode. Lucas himself made an appearance on the October 11 episode to showcase his entry.

[edit] Cold Feet (1997 – 2003)

In one episode Jenny tells her son Adam to take off his "Darth Maul mask" so as not to scare a relative.

[edit] Diff'rent Strokes (1978-1986)

In Arnold and Willis' bedroom, a toy Millenium Falcon was almost always prominently featured in the background.

[edit] Drake & Josh (2004 - ?)

In one episode, on the sign on the theater big letters show a movie called The Empress Fights Back is playing. A reference to The Empire Strikes Back

[edit] Drawn Together (2004 - ?)

• In "Clara's Dirty Little Secret" Wooldoor is trapped inside Clara's vagina. The insides resemble Episode IV's trash compactor. As it closes, Wooldoor shouts "3-PO, 3-PO!."
• In "Requiem for a Reality Show", Toot gains weight and resembles Jabba the Hutt, with Xandir chained to her a' la Slave Princess Leia in Return of the Jedi.
• In "Foxxy vs. the Board of Education", Ling-Ling takes on a beast resembling a Rancor. After he is killed by the beast, he later helps Foxxy Love in ghost form the same way Obi-Wan Kenobi helped Luke Skywalker.
• In "Captain Hero's Marriage Pact, the wedding Captain Hero imagines for himself is based on Luke and Han's medal ceremony in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.
• In "Clum Babies", Foxxy Love masturbates with a dildo made out of a lightsaber.
• In "Xandir and Tim, Sitting in a Tree", during the group's rampage at Entertainment Weekly, Ewoks appear and spring a primitive trap similar to the one they used in Return of the Jedi.
• In "Alzheimer's That Ends Well", a group of angry senior citizens hire Boba Fett to kill Toot Braunstein.

[edit] Duck Dodgers (2003 – 2005)

In a chapter where the young cadet and Duck Dodgers "die", they appear in the shape of ghost of the force like Obi-Wan Kenobi in Episodes V and VI

[edit] Family Guy (1999 – ?)

• In the episode "Don't Make Me Over", Brian carries Stewie across the mall. Stewie quotes Yoda.
• In the episode "And The Weiner Is...", a stormtrooper is seen in the gun club, blasting at a standee of Luke Skywalker and missing horribly.
• In "The Cleveland-Loretta Quagmire", Cleveland is fighting Quagmire, and is about to finish him off. Palpatine is there, and he says, "Good, let the hate flow through you."
• In "Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater", Brian snaps Peter out of his rich snobbery by using a Star Wars Collectible Glass and the story of Lando Calrissian's betrayal. He also does a parody of the famous "I am your father" line.
• In "Brian Wallows and Peter's Swallows", Peter imagines some bird chicks as having the faces of his children. He sees his sons' faces, but at the last one, instead of seeing Meg, he sees Boba Fett's helmet.
• In "Blind Ambition", the Episode ends with Peter at a ceremony very much like the one at the end of A New Hope, even down to the music and appearances by Chewbacca, C-3PO, and R2-D2.
• In "When You Wish Upon a Weinstein", after Lois says she doesn't trust laser eye surgery, it cuts away to a shot of Luke Skywalker getting ready to perform surgery on a woman with a lightsaber. Obi-Wan Kenobi tells Luke to use the force, which results in the lightsaber stabbing through the woman's head.
• In "Screwed The Pooch", Peter says "I'll bet all my Star Wars cards...except Boba Fett...no matter how sure I am, I never risk the Fett man"
• In "He's Too Sexy For His Fat", Peter says his entire family has been fat, and that his Great-Great-Uncle was Jabba the Griffin (Jabba the Hutt)
• In "Breaking Out Is Hard to Do", Joe chases the Griffins into the sewer. Two TIE fighters fly in front of his helicopter and Joe shoots both of them down.
• In "The Courtship of Stewie's Father", Peters says "This is worse than the time i had to conduct the Sandpeople choir!" It cuts to him conducting a choir of Tusken Radiers chanting terribly. Peter says "NO, NO, you've got it all wrong!" The sandpeople then run away, and Peter turns to Obi-Wan, who says "The Sandpeople are easily startled, they will be back soon, and in greater numbers."
• In "PTV", Stewie attacks Osama Bin Laden in the exact manner in which Yoda does when fighting Count Dooku in Episode II. Shortly thereafter, he rides off on his tricycle visiting a number of settings (see episode "PTV" for list) one being a shot from the cockpit of a snowspeeder from the Battle of Hoth in The Empire Strikes Back. The actual movie footage is used.
• In "Brian Sings and Swings", Meg watches as Chris' hair and face is placed on his head, spoofing the scene in The Empire Strikes Back in which Admiral Piett watches Darth Vader's mask being lowered over his deformed head.
• In "Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story", Peter says "Another thing that grinds my gears is when I can't find the droids I'm looking for". Cut to shot of two stormtroopers eating TV dinners, watching Peter's show. "Yeah! Me too! What gives with that?"
• In "Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story", Stewie parks his rental car outside a hotel, later when he and Brian come out three Jawas are all over it scrounging for parts, Stewie yells, “Utinni! Utinni! Filthy creatures."
• In "You May Now Kiss The...Uh...Guy Who Receives", Peter Griffin refers to the time he rescued Luke Skywalker. It then cuts to the scene in The Empire Strikes Back where Han Solo finds Luke collapsed on Hoth. In place of Han's Taun Taun is Peter. Han cuts Peter's stomach with Luke's lightsaber while Peter says it's ok cause he just cut the fat.
• In "Road to Europe", when Brian and Stewie are stranded in the desert, they are forced to cut open a camel to crawl into and stay warm. This is referencing the scene in The Empire Strikes Back, when Han Solo is forced to cut open a Taun Taun and put Luke Skywalker inside to keep him from freezing to death.
• In "Peterotica". Mr. Pewterschmidt when confronted by a lawyer hits a button to drop him into the rancor pit, but when he comes back up after crushing the Rancor under the gate, like Luke did in “Return Of The Jedi”, Mr. Pewterschmidt remarks, "I didn't realize Greenberg was a Jedi name."
• In "Chick Cancer" Stewie remarks he will embarrass Olivia than when Luke Skywalker embarrassed a rebel pilot and it goes to the scene from A New Hope when the rebel briefing on the Death Star is happening on Yavin 4 and after Luke Skywalker remarks that it's not impossible to hit the shaft with a proton torpedo to a rebel he comments "Can I talk to you in private for a minute?" and it leads to an argument between them where the rebel remarks to Luke that he "sandbagged" him out there.

[edit] The Fairly Oddparents (2001 – ?)

The TV movie Abra-Catastrophe! begins with a parody of Star Wars, starring Darth Vader and Jar Jar Binks. It includes the famous "I am your father" line from The Empire Strikes Back, but Cosmo pulls off his mask and adds, "Your Godfather!"

In Hard Copy, Timmy makes a magical copy of everything in his catalogue, including Star Wars toys (referred to as Space Wars). This results in "Dark Laser" attempting to take over the world. The ships that Timmy and Dark Laser use resemble a Y-wing and a Star destroyer, respectively. Dark Laser reappears in "Escape from Unwish Island".

In Microphony, Timmy wishes for a microphone that can disguise people's voices. when Chester uses it he says, "Luke, I am your father", a line similar to that from The Empire Strikes Back.

In Movie Magic, Timmy makes a movie to win a Dimmy movie award. There was a part of both his homemade version and the more professional-looking version, where an off-camera character says, "You turned off your targeting computer", a line in A New Hope. The Death Ball in this episode is a reference to the Death Star. In fact, the clip featured in Timmy's movie(s) is a reference to the last part of the Battle of Yavin.

[edit] Feel the Force (2006 - ?)

The title of the show comes from the expression used by the Jedi, although, "The Force," in this case is, "The Police Force."

[edit] Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (2004 - ?)

• An episode is entitled "Store Wars", a parody of Star Wars.
• In the episode "Challenge of the Super Friends", when Bloo "Unsicore" confronts Mac "Mac Attack", he says, "I am your father!"
• In "One False Movie", you see Mac collects "Rocket Wars" toys.

[edit] Freakazoid! (1995 – 1997)

In the episode "And Fan Boy Is His Name" Freakazoid is finally able to escape from the Fan Boy, an overzealous comic/sci-fi/movie superhero fan seeking to be his sidekick, when they crash into a comic convention and Freakzoid points out Mark Hamil, Jedi- Knighthood trumping being a superhero sidekick. Fanboy and Hamil engage in a variation of the dialogue from the lightsaber duel in Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, ending with Hamil making the "Noooo" scream before trying to flee. Mark Hamil actually voiced himself in this scene, Hamil working for WB as the voice actor for the Joker in the Batman Animated Series produced around the same time.

[edit] Friends (1994 – 2004)

In the opening episode of season 3, Ross asks Rachel to dress up as Princess Leia.

[edit] Futurama (1999 – 2003)

• Space Pilot 3000 (S01E01)

The two policemen who try to arrest Fry at the head museum are using weapons which visually are similar to lightsabers used in the Star Wars film series, however they are functionally more similar to nightsticks.

• Love's Labours Lost in Space (S01E04)

The Vergon 6 animation at the briefing contains among other things a short animation of the dark matter which resembles the graphics used for the Tie-Fighters onboard the Millennium Falcon in "Star Wars - A new hope". The holographic planet itself resembles to great extent the hologram of Endor from "Return of the Jedi".

• When Aliens Attack (S02E03)

The scene where Zapp Brannigan is briefing his pilots before attacking the Omicronians is a parody of the scene from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope where Jan Dodonna briefs the Rebel pilots before attacking the Death Star. In addition, the scene where the Planet Express ship flies onscreen with other starfighters mimics the opening of the Battle of Yavin.

• Brannigan Begin Again! (S02E02)

The game Fry and Bender play at the beginning of the episode is a parody of Dejarik, the game played by R2-D2 and Chewbacca in Star Wars.

• Lesser of Two Evils (S02E06)

The crew of Planet Express visit the theme park "Past-O-Rama". Leela and Fry are mugged outside a cinema playing "Star Wars 9 - Yoda's Bar Mitzvah"

• Raging Bender (S02E08)

When the crew goes to the movies they see movie posters and Marquee listings for a variety of movies, mostly parodies of other films: "Galaxy Wars" is a parody of Star Wars

• A Clone of My Own (S02E10

The clone Cubert is first introduced floating in a water tank resembling the Bacta Tank from "Empire Strikes Back". When realizing he's 160 years old Professor Farnsworth decided to have himself taken away to the "Near-Death Star"

• War is the H-Word (S02E17)

The piñata lightsaber scene parodies the scene where Obi-Wan Kenobi trains Luke Skywalker in Star Wars.

• The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz (S03E05)

Bender thinks he is a Penguin on Pluto. After being thrown by the orca, Bender makes the same sound as R2D2 from Star Wars.

• The Route of All Evil (S03E12)

While flying through the asteroid belt the dog chasing Dwight and Cubert is eaten by a giant worm a reference to a similar scene in The Empire Strikes Back.

• A Pharaoh to Remember (S03E17)

Fry says "I've got a bad feeling about this", a common reference to the Star Wars series. Also the planet of Osiris IV is lit by Twin Suns, just like Tatooine.

• The 30% Iron Chef (S03E22)

Spargel’s character and subsequent death are a parody of Yoda of the Star Wars series, as is the scene in which Bender peels hovering potatoes. A quote in the same episode have Spargel saying: "Elzar was seduced by the dark side of cooking".

• Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch (S04E01)

When seeing the planet express ship on the bridge of the Nexus, Zapp Brannigan proclaims: "I sense a sensual disturbance in the force"

• Crimes of the Hot (S04E08)

One of Farnsworth’s failed robots is a parody of C-3PO from Star Wars. The same robot was crushed afterwards by a hydraulic press, like the Terminator in the end of the movie Terminator I. Farnsworth’s line “The Jedi are going to feel this one!” is a reference to the destruction of Alderaan in Star Wars: A New Hope, after which Obi-Wan Kenobi said, “I sense a great disturbance in the Force.” Also...the very end ceremony does bear a slight resemblance to the ending ceremony in "A New Hope".

• The Why of Fry (S04E10)

The InfoSphere constructed by the Brainspawn bears a striking resemblance to the Death Star.

• Where No Fan Has Gone Before (S04E11)

The introduction to the Star Trek Wars include a short reference to "The time all the Star Wars fans disappeared".

• Obsoletely Fabulous (S04E14)

At the robot trade show at the beginning of the episode a small 'R2-D2 style robot can be seen among other items on the shelves.

[edit] Green Cross Code Public Information Film

A 1982 Green Cross Code PIF featured a Green Cross Code "droid" aiding a pair of schoolchildren in crossing the road. (This may have been inspired by the fact that the Green Cross Code Man in other commercials was played by David Prowse.)

[edit] The Goodies (1970 – 1982)

In the 1980 episode "U-Friend or UFO?", Graeme Garden has constructed a robot called the Electronic Brain of Great Britain, or EB-GB (heebie-jeebie) for short, which is "played" by R2-D2 and Kenny Baker, borrowed from the set of the then-filming The Empire Strikes Back.

[edit] The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (1980)

A line-drawing of R2-D2 is seen in some of the animation sequences.

[edit] House (2004 ? )

In Cane and Able (House episode), an episode of "House", House noted that a child patient obsessed with UFO theories escaped, and told sarcastically told Chase to "take Alpha Centauri, Foreman can look on Tatooine, and Cameron can set up an intergalactic checkpoint. Let's pray he hasn't gone into hyperdrive, we'll never catch him."

[edit] Johnny Bravo (1997 - 2003)

Johnny Bravo had Biff starkiller the game that gets circuited to his head thinking everything is real leaving him also with a funny r2-d2 scene

[edit] Johnny Test (2005 - ?)

In the episode "Johnny Hollywood", one of the movies Johnny and Dukey go into is entitled "Space Wars", however it is only shown briefly as Johnny and Dukey nearly get shot by a laser by some Star Wars-esque creatures.

[edit] Lost (2004 – ?)

In the episode "Exodus: Part 1," during the making of the raft, Michael says to Jin, "No! This one goes here, that one goes there!", a reference to The Empire Strikes Back. Additionally, by the time of Season 2, Sawyer has nicknamed Jin 'Chewie,' due to his inability to communicate with the rest of the cast, and has dubbed Hurley 'Jabba' (among many other equally insulting names).

[edit] Mad About You (1992 – 1999)

Paul is looking for a narrator for his documentary. Ira suggests James Earl Jones. There is a discussion about his impressive turn as Darth Vader's voice. Ira is surprised and does an impression for comparison "Luke, I am your father. THIS is CNN. Oh, yeah, it is!". James Earl Jones also guest stars.

[edit] Moonlighting (1985 – 1989)

In Season 2, Episode 22 (Funeral For a Door Nail), David Addison and the corrupted lawyer that's bent on escaping fight with two brooms like lightsabers (the brooms are even colored red and blue) and the Star Wars main theme plays during the fight.

[edit] Mr. Meaty (2006 - ?)

There is a movie series called Star Raiders that is obviously a parody star wars with characters like buke Starkiller and the emperoress also shock stick that look a lot like light sabers.

[edit] MTV Movie Awards 2006 (2006)

Gnarls Barkley performed live with his entire band dressed up as characters from the Star Wars universe, including Chewbacca, Jango Fett, and miscellaneous Imperial Stormtroopers, Imperial Officers, and Rebel pilots. Barkley himself walked out dressed as Darth Vader and had his mask removed before he began singing.

[edit] The Muppet Show (1976 – 1981)

In season 4, episode 19 (February 29th, 1980), several members of the cast of The Empire Strikes Back guested on the show, including Mark Hamill (as Luke Skywalker's "cousin"), Carrie Fisher, and (in character) Peter Mayhew and Dave Prowse as Chewbacca and Darth Vader respectively. The Pigs In Space segment was also heavily SW-related, with Gonzo the Great appearing as Vader.

Just watched it? No Carrie Fisher to be found?

[edit] Muppet Babies (1984 – 1991)

In the episode "Gonzo's Video Show," The kids borrow Nanny's video camera and make a parody of "Star Wars." The opening to the show also features a clip from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope of Darth Vader's TIE Fighter flying at the camera. They also crash into the Star Destroyer, from Return of the Jedi and get trapped in the trash compactor in A New Hope

• In another Episode that talks about the future, Gonzo states "The future will be just like Star Wars." And video clips of Return of the Jedi play.

[edit] The Office (U.S.) (2005 – Present)

In Episode 11: Holloween, Dwight comes to work dressed up as a Sith Lord for Halloween. No one is able to guess what he's supposed to be (Phyllis guesses that the's a monk). Later in that same episode, when Dwight is talking to Michael about who should be fired, he wears the hood on his cloak up and the camera is positioned to his lower left so that only his mouth and chin can be seen, a reference to Darth Sidious' constantly-obscured face in Episodes I & II.

In the episode "Michael's Birthday" from season two, Jim dares Pam to say something into an unattended microphone that is connected the P.A. system in a grocery store. Pam accepts the dare and says "Luke, I am your father" into the microphone. This is of course a quote from Darth Vader in Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.

[edit] The Powerpuff Girls (1998 – 2004)

In the episode "Boogie Frights", when the Girls went to destroy the Giant Ball of Discotheque, it is like the battle in the Death Star in A New Hope

[edit] The Richard Pryor Show (1977)

His first sketch on his show where he ran the star wars cantina making fun of the creatures.[1]

[edit] Robot Chicken (2005 - )

In the episode titled "1987", Robot Chicken parodies about what happened after the destruction of the Death Star, with Darth Vader calling Emperor Palpatine about it being destroyed. In the episode titled "Plastic Buffet", there is a meteor heading for earth and American's select Harrison Ford to attempt to stop it. A man at a press conference is wearing a star wars shirt.

[edit] Scrubs (2001 – ?)

In episode 5, season 1. In one of JD's fantasies, Dr. Cox and Dr. Kelso fight it out with lightsabers in the hospital corridor.

[edit] Seinfeld (1990 – 1998)

In one episode, Elaine Benes wins a bet with a man named Tom Gakk. He claims that Dustin Hoffman was in Star Wars, and Elaine claims that he wasn't. He offers to pay for dinner if he lost. She wins the bet, and they go to dinner and to a movie. Afterwards however, Elaine has a suspicion that Tom was purposefully taking the losing side just to get a date.

[edit] That 70's Show (1998-2006)

In the episode fittingly titled A New Hope, an opening scrawl tells of the Forman's financial troubles, and of Eric's adolescence. Afterwards, a pan of a series of machinery leads to a tailpipe, a license plate, and finally the words Vista Cruiser, revealing the machinery to be the underside of Eric's car. Throughout the rest of the episode are many more references, including a dream sequence where Eric imagines himself and others as the characters of the movie. Near the end of the episode, Eric punches a rival, breaking his nose. As said rival cups his face to stop the bleeding, he threatens Eric in a booming voice, and breathes deeply through his hands.

The series features many Star Wars references (most from Eric), to the point where Eric's friends complain when he does so. In one instance, Eric pulls a Millennium Falcon full of action figures from a hiding spot and proceeds to start to act out one of the films, only to stop and cry out "NOOOOOOOOOOO!" to the ceiling when he discovers the Darth Vader figure is missing. Another occurrence features Eric saying "Did Luke Skywalker just lie down when Darth Vader killed Obi-Wan? No, he hopped in his X-Wing and paid a visit to the Death Star!".

[edit] The Simpsons (1989 – ?)

• In the episode "I Married Marge" when Homer and Marge were dating, they went to see The Empire Strikes Back. On walking out, Homer comments, "who would have thought that Darth Vader was Luke's father?" thus ruining the movie for everyone in line.
• In "Lisa's Rival", Ralph Wiggum wins a diorama contest with Star Wars action figures in their original packaging. He later breaks it, and says, "I bent my Wookiee."
• In "Mayored to the Mob", Mark Hamill guest stars. When Homer is defending the Mayor from attacking gangsters, Hamill says, "Homer, use the fo…". Homer interrupted, asking, "the Force?" Mark Hamill replied, "No! The forks! Use the forks," instructing Homer to use some nearby cutlery to defend himself from an assailant.

• The Comic Book Guy uses a lightsaber in the "Treehouse of Horror XIV" short "Stop the World, I Want to Goof Off". As The Collector, he is mortified in the "Treehouse of Horror X" short "Desperately Xeeking Xena" when he mistakenly removes a mint-condition double-edged lightsaber collector's item from its packaging to fight Xena.
• In the "Treehouse of Horror XIV" short "Frinkenstein", Professor Frink's father steals his butt, complete with a tattoo of Jabba the Hutt.
• When Bart had 1000 dollars in "The Regina Monologues", he dreamed he was in outer space with R2D2 playing a bass.
• After Bleeding Gums Murphy died in "'Round Springfield", Lisa saw his ghost appear in the clouds and comfort her. Immediately afterwards, the ghosts of Darth Vader and Mufasa the lion appeared. (They were all played by the same voice actor, James Earl Jones.)
• Mr. Burns has been introduced with The Imperial March in "Marge Gets a Job", "A Star is Burns", and "Gump Roast".
• The episode "Co-Dependent's Day" features obvious parodies of The Phantom Menace. Bart and Lisa visit and reprimand a famous director named Randall Curtis, who looks like a very short George Lucas, for his unusually alien-politics-centric prequel Cosmic Wars: The Gathering Shadow.
• A Simpsons video was released in the UK, titled "Bart Wars: The Simpsons Strike Back". It includes a showcase of every Star Wars reference.
• In the episode "Worst Episode Ever", Martin's mother comes in with a box full of junk ready to sell to Comic Book Guy. He pulls out an original Star Wars Screenplay and a film reel that apparently is an alternate ending in which Luke's father is really Chewbacca, along with Princess Leia's anti-jiggle breast tape.
• In the episode, "Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em", the musical theme Duel of the Fates is used in a stick battle between Bart Simpson and Seymour Skinner, which parodies the lightsaber duels in the prequel films.

[edit] South Park (1997 – ?)

• In the episode "Chef Aid", Johnnie Cochran uses a method in court called "Chewbacca Defense." Also, in some of the Halloween specials, some characters wear Chewbacca masks.

• In "Korn's Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery", Kenny has a costume that looks like the robot ED-209 from RoboCop. However, at the very end, small Rebel Snowspeeders come out of nowhere and trip him in the same manner as the Imperial AT-AT walkers on Hoth in The Empire Strikes Back.

• In the episode "Weight Gain 4000", Mr. Garrison tells Wendy, "It is too late for me young Wendy" right before trying to shoot Kathie Lee Gifford with a rifle from the book depository. Darth Vader said the same thing to Luke in Return of the Jedi in which Vader said to Luke "It is too late for me, my son".

• The episode "Starvin' Marvin in Space" has references to Star Wars as well; The opening sequence has the words "Starvin Marvin, in Space!" appearing similarly to the Star Wars crawls and pans down from the stars like the Star Wars sequence does. It also has Sally Struthers appearing and speaking like Jabba the Hut, complete with subtitles and Jabba's pet from Return of the Jedi. The episode also had Kenny frozen in a slab of carbonite (in the same manner as Han Solo in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi) by the U.S. government and was given to Sally Struthers as a gift in order to use her ship to capture the Marklar starship Starvin' Marvin, Stan, Kyle and Cartman were using to transport the members of Starvin' Marvin's village to the planet Marklar.

• During the construction of Hollywood Planet in episode 209, "Chef's Chocolate Salty Balls", the globe resembles the unfinished Death Star from Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. In the same episode Mr. Hankey quotes Yoda as he "dies" in a similar fashion. His exact words are, "There... is... another... Sky-walk-er."

• In episode 601, "Freak Strike", the boys ask Geek 1 and Geek 2 to add balls to Butters' chin in exchange for the Avid version of Episode I. Kyle asks the others, "Why the hell would they want that anyway? Episode I sucked balls." To which Cartman responds, "Yeah, it sucked Hairy Butters' chin balls." Also in this episode, Cartman appears on Maury Povich's show pretending to be an out of control child. In an attempt to appear tough, he claims, "What-evah. I digitally put Jabba the Hutt back into the original Star Wars movie! I'll do what I waunt!"

• In episode 609, "Free Hat", a fake commercial is featured with Trey Parker and Matt Stone discussing the changes they have made to their re-release of the first episode of South Park, the entire commercial being a reference to the re-release of Star Wars Episode IV-VI.

• In episode 210, "Chickenpox", Cartman sits in a bathtub full of calamine lotion reading aloud a paper he is writing for class. Quote: "I hope that one day America could be more like Endor, where the Ewoks live. Endor is very cool....They have trees and Ewoks, and barbecues, which is why I like Endor more than America."

• In episode 1001, "The Return of Chef", after Chef is killed he is revived by the Super Adventure Club in a similar manner to Darth Vader at the end of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.

• In "4th Grade" Ms. Choksondick goes to seek Mr. Garrison in the where he is hiding and being taught to control the children in a similar fashion Luke Skywalker was taught by Yoda on Dagobah. Mr. Garrison even talks like Yoda at one point and takes Ms. Choksondick to a the infamous dark cave in The Empire Strikes Back.

[edit] Spaced (1999-2001)

Numerous references throughout the series, including a scene where one character gives the other Star Wars marathon overnight, ending with them singing along to the Ewok song.

• In the season 1 episode "Chaos," the cast adopt the nicknames of Star Wars characters as part of forming a team to rescue their dog from a vivisection lab. Many scenes are accompanied by a version of the Imperial March.
• In season 2's "Back" Tim has lost his comic shop job in a disagreement over Jar Jar Binks and is seen in flashback burning his Star Wars collection in a homage to the funeral pyre scene in Return Of The Jedi.
• In a deleted extra scene on the three-disc DVD, Tim and Daisy are seen with a baby, and do the "I love you"/"I know" exchange from ESB/ROTJ.

[edit] Stargate Atlantis (2004 – ?)

• In the season 2 episode "The Lost Boys", when the wraith dart that Colonel Shepard is flying goes on autopilot, Shepard says, "R2, get this thing off autopilot now".
• In Season 3's "No Man's Land", Sheppard hitches a ride on a Wraith cruiser by clamping his 302 to the hull, a la The Empire Strikes Back. When praised for his ingenuity, Sheppard remarks, "Saw it in a movie once."

[edit] Stargate SG-1 (1997 – 2007)

• In the season 2 episode "1969", when he is being interrogated in the year 1969, one of the false names that O'Neill gives is Luke Skywalker.
• In the season 5 episode "Ascension", Jack and Teal'c bring pizza and Star Wars to Sam's house. Teal'c reveals that he's seen the movie nine times, while Jack has ever seen it at all.
• In the season 5 episode "Summit", when the Tok'ra Ren'au reveals plans to take out the entire Goa'uld leadership, O'Neill quips, "Welcome to the Dark Side."
• In the season 7 episode "Fallen", the attack on Anubis's ship resembles the attack on the Death Star in Episode IV, and Colonel O'Neill remarks "Hey, I thought we were going with Red Leader on this one".
• In the season 8 episode "Prometheus Unbound", when Daniel Jackson introduces himself to a pair of aliens, he uses the alias Hans Olo (Han Solo).
• In the season 8 episode "Citizen Joe", the yet unseen Furlings are compared to Ewoks. In "200", in a parody episode, the Furlings are koala-like creatures who live in houses similar to the Ewok village.
• In the season 9 episode "Crusade" when Vala questions SG-1 if there were any virginal births (or at least fatherless conceptions) in their culture, Teal'c immediately mentions Darth Vader.

[edit] Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987 - 1994)

In one episode, a display showing details of ship the Enterprise has encountered lists its course as "diplomatic mission to Alderaan."

[edit] Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993 – 1999)

On his way to space station Deep Space 9 in 2369, the Bajoran criminal Ibudan chartered a space flight out of Alderaan Spaceport.

The Breen wear helmets identical to those of Boushh. In "What You Leave Behind", a main character, Kira Nerys, disguises herself as a Breen to rescue others, similar to how Princess Leia disguised herself to rescue Han.

[edit] Star Trek: Voyager (1995-2001)

The Boushh helmet reappears as a different alien.

An alien called a Bothan appears in the episode "Persistence Of Vision."

A character called Kashyk appears in "Counterpoint". Though the spelling is slightly different, the pronunciation is the same as the Wookiee homeworld Kashyyyk.

[edit] Star Trek: Enterprise (2001 - 2005)

In the third season episode "The Forgotten," Trip Tucker says "It'd take a thousand starships like Enterprise to destroy a planet." This a reference to Han's line "It'd take thousand ships, with more firepower than I've-"

[edit] Supernatural (2005-?)

In the first season, Dean compares his father's writing style to Yoda.

[edit] Tiny Toon Adventures (1990 – 1992)

The second episode, "A Quack in the Quarks" is a parody of A New Hope.

[edit] Teen Titans (2003 - 2006)

In the first episode of the fourth season "Episode 257-494" Beast Boy and the rest of the team are in a TV show called "Clash of the Planets." In their journey, the Titans are confronted by a group of droids who ask them to present their identification. Beast Boy then puts on Raven's hood and waves his hand, stating "You don't need our identification," a reference to when Obi-Wan used a Jedi mind-trick on a stormtrooper in A New Hope. However, the attempt failed and the droids attacked them.

In this episode, Control Freak also fights with a weapon resembling a double-bladed lightsaber, although both blades are on one side. He also, while in the TV show, claims to be the father of who appears to be the protagonist of the show, following a long "Nooo!" from him. This scene closely resembles the climactic scene from The Empire Strikes Back. The villain, Baron Ryang, is obviously a spoof of Darth Vader, along with the security droids, which closely resemble Battle Droids.

The title "Clash of the Planets" is a spoof of the title War of the Worlds.

[edit] Tripping the Rift (2004 – ?)

There is a fight scene in one of the episodes where the hero and his archnemesis fight with what looks like lightsabers.

The opening credits show one of the characters using R2-D2 as a vacuum cleaner.

[edit] Vanishing Son (1995)

Jian-wa Chang explains Daoism to an acquaintance, and remarks about "dark dao and light dao", to which the acquaintance replies that he must look out for "Dao Vader".

[edit] Winx Club (2004 - ?)

In the episode "The Fourth Witch" one of the people at the Halloween party is dressed like Darth Vader.

[edit] The X-Files (1993 – 2002)

Numerous references in the third-season episode Jose Chung's From Outer Space, including an opening shot of what at first looks like a Star Destroyer appearing overhead, and a character with numerous SW toys in his room, including most visibly the Kenner Millennium Falcon.

[edit] Yin Yang Yo! (2006 - ?)

In the episode Return of the Night Master, after Master Yo destroys the puppet versions of the main characters, Yin says, "I feel a great disturbance in the woo-foo; like three puppets crying out in terror and then suddenly silenced."

[edit] Anime

[edit] Gundam SEED

Various mobile suits in the Gundam animes include weapons called "beam swords" that function similar to lightsabers. Some suits take the idea further, including double-bladed beam swords, beam scythes, and beam boomerangs.

Specifically in the Gundam series Gundam SEED and Gundam SEED Destiny, there are many Star Wars references including:

• Kira Yamato's status as a coordinator (a genetically enhanced human) gives him exceptional talents piloting a mobile suit despite having no training in one, similar to the role the Force gives Jedi extra awareness while piloting starfighters.

• Kira Yamato and Cagalli Yula Ahtha, who at first have a potential for a romantic relationship, find out that they are in fact twin siblings. Cagalli also happens to be the fierce princess of her country and Kira a soldier for the Earth Alliance.

• Athrun Zala and Shinn Asuka's relationship is a mirror to that of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker. Athrun is a seasoned veteran of war that refuses to take life unless he must, while Shinn is much more reckless with his power. Athrun tries to guide Shinn, but like Obi-Wan and Anakin, the apprentice soon turns on the master.

• Shinn likewise is influenced by the presence of a powerful political leader who has ulterior motives for the war, like Anakin is influenced by Palpatine.

• Both series climax with the forces of good attempting to destroy an enemy superweapon, akin to the Death Star.

[edit] Honey and Clover

The romantic comedy anime Honey and Clover has one main character, Shinobu Morita, leaving Japan and working on a sci-fi movie that wins him a "Mocademy Award". He later references the company he worked for as being led by a "Peter Lucas" and that at night, members of the staff would pull out lightsabers and have a duel.

[edit] Tenchi Muyo!

Lead character Tenchi Masaki carries a lightsaber-like hilt that he generates a blue energy blade from with accompanying lightsaber sound effects. Various other characters in the series also have lightsaber-esque blades.

[edit] Detective Conan (Case Closed)

In episode 453, Professor Agasa and the Detective Boys go to a showing of the last episode in a movie series called "Star Blade," not only parodying the title, but the characters Darth Vader and Yoda as well as the attack on the Death Star, lightsabers, and even the number of episodes.

[edit] Video games

[edit] Escape Velocity

• A Star Wars themed version was created.

[edit] Final Fantasy

In most of the Final Fantasy games, there are two characters named Biggs and Wedge, referring to those characters in Star Wars of the same name.

In Final Fantasy VI, if Locke rescues Celes from South Figaro while wearing a soldier's uniform, Celes remarks that Locke is "awfully short for a soldier". This is quite similar to Princess Leia's remark when Luke Skywalker rescues her from the Death Star's prison in Episode 4. The game also features two characters named Biggs and Wedge, however Biggs was mis-translated as "Vicks" in the American Super Nintendo version.

In Final Fantasy VII, one of the main antagonists is called Red XIII, a reference to the Red Squadron, with his original name being Nanaki. Switch the "N" to the end of the name and you get "Anakin". ^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Freelancer

At the start of mission 12 when they encounter the nomad lair. One of the characters says: "look at the size of that thing" referring to the Death Star scene in Episode 4

[edit] Halo 2

The Prophet of Regret from Halo 2 was seen in a holographic figure in the intro of the game. Yoda, Darth Sidious, and other Jedi masters were also in the holographic figures.

[edit] Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault

During the defense of Henderson Field on Guadalcanal, the player can overhear a conversation on a radio inside one of the airfield buildings that mimics lines spoken in Episode 4:

"What about that tower?"

"You worry about those fighters, I'll worry about the tower."

[edit] Maniac Mansion

Weird Ed has a model of an X-Wing fighter hanging prominently from his bedroom ceiling.

[edit] Smash Brothers

Super Smash Bros. and Super Smash Bros. Melee feature "beam swords" which are very similar to lightsabers.

[edit] Sonic the Hedgehog

Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, and Sonic & Knuckles all revolve around the Death Egg, a battleship completely similar to the Death Star.

[edit] Space Quest

• In Space Quest III, there is a TIE Fighter that is described as "A bowtie fighter dating back to the cologne wars", a reference to the Clone Wars.

• The theme song is a spoof on the Star Wars intro theme.

[edit] StarCraft

In StarCraft, enemy units seen in mission 4 of the Terran campaign yell various Star Wars quotes when encountered by the player. Also, the last mission of the Terran campaign revolves around destroying an Ion cannon, which looks very similar to the weapon from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.

Both StarCraft and its expansion Brood War are divided into 3 separate campaigns, each titled as an 'Episode'.

Protoss Zealots and Dark Templars use Psi Blades and Warp Blades that resemble lightsabers. Psi blades are roughly 2-3 feet long, and are formed from the forearm of the Protoss combatant. The blades are created by the psionic powers of the Protoss, and are focused into a blade by their armor. Because they are mounted on the forearm, the Protoss can use two blades at once, although the Dark Templar typically use 1 blade while the Zealots use 2. The Warp Blades of the Dark Templar appear to be longer than the Psi Blades of the Zealots, and are many times more powerful (Warp Blades do 40 damage, while Psi Blades do 16), although the explanations for this are not known (the Brood War instruction manual merely says that the Warp Blades are modified Psi Blades).

[edit] Internet

• Bonus Stage has referenced The Force in its 59th episode.
• Galacticast produced a parody of both Star Wars and American Idol in Imperial Idol

[edit] Music

[edit] blink-182

The American punk rock band blink-182 has a song named "A New Hope" in which the lyrics are entirely in reference to Episode IV.

[edit] El Canto del Loco

The Spanish band El Canto del Loco bonus track "Aquellos años Locos" (translated as "Those crazy years") has the following lyrics which references one of the movies of the original trilogy: una peli que tenía / mil efectos especiales/ actuaba un tal "Darth Vader" / y venían de un planeta sideral (Translated to: A movie which had / Thousands of special effects/ Acting some guy called "Darth Vader" / And they came from a planet far away )

[edit] Gnarls Barkley

The alternative hip-hop group performed their hit single "Crazy" with each member (including the live band) dressed as a Star Wars character during the 2006 MTV Awards.

[edit] The Presidents of the United States of America (band)

The Presidents of the United States of America have a song titled "Death Star" on the CD Freaked Out and Small.

[edit] Queen

The lyrics to "Bicycle Race", from the 1978 album Jazz, reference the first film, in the line, "Jaws was never my scene, and I don't like Star Wars".

[edit] "Weird Al" Yankovic

Singer-comedian "Weird Al" Yankovic makes various references to Star Wars, including entire songs based on plotlines for Star Wars movies including "Yoda" (The Empire Strikes Back) and "The Saga Begins" (The Phantom Menace).

[edit] External links

• List of The Simpsons Star Wars references at The Simpsons Archive