Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III
A gleefully irreverent stop-motion special gives Star Wars villains, heroes, and overlooked side characters wildly comic untold stories.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Breakneck
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- irreverent
- sardonic
- witty
- comedy night
- franchise rewatch
What critics said
Audiences and critics broadly regard the special as an energetic, affectionate, and sharply irreverent expansion of Robot Chicken's Star Wars parody.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The special sends up characters, lore, and continuity from all six Star Wars films while remaining rooted in fan familiarity.
Emperor Palpatine, Darth Vader, Boba Fett, and Gary the Stormtrooper each reveal connected stories.
Gary the Stormtrooper and numerous peripheral Star Wars figures receive expanded comic backstories alongside major villains and heroes.
Robot Chicken's recognizable stop-motion animation style turns familiar Star Wars imagery into exaggerated miniature-tableau comedy.
Films like Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III, and why
Robot Chicken: Star Wars
irreverent animated parody, rapid-fire pop-culture jokes, and affectionate genre satire
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II
ensemble sketch comedy, absurdist humor, and franchise parody built around familiar science-fiction characters
Spaceballs
animated science-fiction spoof with broad comic reinterpretations of iconic characters and settings
The Lego Movie
adult animated comedy using exaggerated versions of established fantasy and science-fiction mythology
Movie Details
- Director
- Chris McKay
- Release Date
- 2010-12-19
- Runtime
- 45 min
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 (168)
Cast
- Seth Green
- Abraham Benrubi
- Zac Efron
- Seth MacFarlane
- Carrie Fisher
- Donald Faison
- Donald Glover
- Breckin Meyer
- Mike Henry
- Billy Dee Williams
Common questions
- What is Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III about?
- A gleefully irreverent stop-motion special gives Star Wars villains, heroes, and overlooked side characters wildly comic untold stories.
- What is Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III as breakneck, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III as mild.
- What did critics think of Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III?
- Audiences and critics broadly regard the special as an energetic, affectionate, and sharply irreverent expansion of Robot Chicken's Star Wars parody.
- Which films are like Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III?
- Films with a similar feel include Robot Chicken: Star Wars, Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II, Spaceballs, and The Lego Movie.
- How long is Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III?
- Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III runs 45 minutes.
In Ember's collections
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