But Palpatine and Vader earn too much screentime, and rarely deliver the goods. (I'd go so far as to say they're worth the price of admission on their own.) Boba Fett (Breckin Meyer) deals with life in the belly of the Sarlaac, young Anakin (Zac Efron) tries to resist temptation, Max Rebo sets out across the Tatooine desert to make a gig, Prune Face lends his services to the rebels, and Yarael Poof (Dan Milano) tries to find his place in a galaxy and Jedi Council run wild. Gary the Stormtrooper (Donald Faison) deserves his own special his visit to the Lars homestead and his encounter with an injured Ewok are, hands down, the two best sketches Star Wars III has to offer. The special not only runs out of juice at several points along the way, it lurches forward with refreshing bursts of inspiration, then suddenly slows to a crawl, investing its all in derivative gags and long-coming jokes that go nowhere fast. It's almost as if the writers' room is growing bored with their own material as it appears on screen. only to return to his rise to power, almost begrudgingly so. They step away from the Palpatine narrative throughout the special to indulge in the sort of madcap, rapidfire hilarity Robot Chicken does best. For whatever reason, though, Green and his co-writers seem just as disinterested in the story they craft. It begins at the end: Emperor Palpatine (voiced by Seth MacFarlane) reflects back on his life and sinister career after his star apprentice, the constant disappointment that is Darth Vader (Abraham Benrubi), chucks him down a shaft in the soon-to-be-destroyed second Death Star. "I'm hooking you up with a super suit! Life support, new gams! My boy gets the finest leather you've got!"īut it's fifteen minutes longer? What's not to love? While Green and company's third Star Wars special is indeed fifteen minutes longer than their first two saga outings, the sketches are longer, the quick-hit channel-flipping shooting sprees are minimized, and an overarching story now presides over the proven Robot Chicken formula. It tries so hard, in fact, that it overextends itself, overplays its hands and overstays its welcome, making it the lesser of the series' three Star Wars specials. Don't misunderstand: you'll grin, you'll crack up, you might even burst into tears. except that Green and Senreich's third stab at the Saga to End All Sagas isn't nearly as sharp, refined or side-splittingly funny as its predecessors. The same could be said of Robot Chicken: Star Wars III. The first two Robot Chicken: Star Wars specials were nothing short of irreverent, hilarious, Lucas-endorsed fun parodies born from a deep love of all things Star Wars. Six years later, Robot Chicken has come a long way all the way to Skywalker Ranch, and three times at that. Robot Chicken: Star Wars III Blu-ray ReviewĪ rare misstep by the Robot Chicken crew.Īt some point between Optimus Prime's prostate cancer diagnosis and Ted Turner's globe-trotting, blue-slathered, pollution-kicking turn as Captain Planet, I fell in love with Robot Chicken, co-creators Seth Green and Matthew Senreich's home-brewed stop motion animated Adult Swim series.
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