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STAR WARS: THE PHANTOM MENACE - VIDEO REVIEW

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My video review of Star Wars:   The Phantom Menace comes rather late after Star Wars Month but hey, better late than never! I, for one, blame Darth Criticus.

LET'S PLAY STAR WARS JEDI KNIGHT: JEDI ACADEMY (PART II)

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I play a bit more  Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy  and finally find myself on Tatooine showing Chewie what a really awful Jedi is made of!

ALL STAR WARS MOVIES REVIEWED - STAR WARS MONTH

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As Star Wars Month draws to a close, here is a list of all the movies in the franchise reviewed. Expect lots more Star Wars content very soon. STAR WARS EPISODE VII: THE FORCE AWAKENS STAR WARS EPISODE VI: RETURN OF THE JEDI STAR WARS EPISODE V: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK STAR WARS EPISODE IV: A NEW HOPE STAR WARS EPISODE III: REVENGE OF THE SITH STAR WARS EPISODE II: ATTACK OF THE CLONES STAR WARS EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MENACE

FAMILY GUY: IT'S A TRAP! - REVIEW

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It's A Trap! , the epic conclusion to Family Guy 's Star Wars spoof "Laugh It Up, Fuzzball" trilogy, takes on Return Of The Jedi and, if the opening text crawl is anything to go by, reluctantly so. Seth MacFarlane basically stating early on that Fox insisted this third part was made and asking us to lower our expectations. Luckily, Return Of The Jedi is arguably the easiest movie in the original trilogy to make fun of so the Family Guy team don't seem to struggle at all. American Dad!  characters are called upon to fill certain roles which may seem like a desperate move but, as someone who likes that other show, I appreciated seeing the likes of Roger and Klaus (geniusely cast as Admiral Ackbar) take part in that animated inter-galactic battle. As ever, expect some cool cameo voice work as the likes of Carrie Fisher, Patrick Stewart, Anne Hathaway and... Rush Limbaugh (as the Rancor) all pop up at various moments. In terms of characters, main new additions i

HARDWARE WARS: A STAR WARS SPOOF

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Was gonna review this little Star Wars spoof but hey, it's pretty self-explanatory. It's Hardware Wars time! May the farce be with you...

FAMILY GUY: SOMETHING, SOMETHING, SOMETHING DARK SIDE - REVIEW

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After the success of Blue Harvest , the Family Guy gang soon went to work on a second installment and the result was Something, Something, Something Dark Side , a spoof of the second Star Wars movie The Empire Strikes Back . Once again, the power goes out and the Griffins are denied television so Peter (Seth MacFarlane) starts telling the story of Episode V, although he starts off describing the movie Black Snake Moan . Early jokes include Sesame Street 's Cookie Monster as a wampa, an impromptu George Takei cameo, a tauntaun with the head of Don Knotts, a Rodney Dangerfield reference and a Juicy Fruit commercial in the middle of the action. The movie and TV references keep coming fast with everything from Iron Man to Flash Gordon , Back To The Future Part II and Rocky IV getting their dues. Expect cameo appearances by Tom Selleck, James Caan and James Woods. Characters-wise, the main additions here are Yoda (voiced by Jon Benjamin) and Lando Calrissian (Mort, bizarrely

STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS - VLOG 07/01/16

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My Vlog review of 2015's mightiest of all blockbusters Star Wars: The Force Awakens .

STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS - REVIEW

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Review available on the new website .

ROBOT CHICKEN: STAR WARS TRILOGY - REVIEW

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Back in 2007, slightly before Family Guy tackled Star Wars with their own spoof Blue Harvest , the Robot Chicken team delivered a 22 minute-long episode full of nerdy lols then went on to produce two more. Robot Chicken maestro Seth Green of course handled a good bunch of the voice work but the episodes also included cameos from the likes of George Lucas, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams and Anthony Daniels plus a handful of non-Star Wars-related celebrities. Seth MacFarlane also took on a few voices, the most memorable one being the Emperor. The skits are presented in typical Robot Chicken form, separated by short bursts of white noise, and the jokes come fast. As is the case with most parodies, the whole thing is a bit hit-and-miss, but a lot of it does stick. In the first instalment, Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode I , some highlights include the Emperor receiving a collect call from Darth Vader telling him the Death Star has exploded, an Imperial officer e

TOP 10 BEST STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL MOMENTS

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Picking out the worst moments from the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special would have been too easy so finding 10 things to like about the old TV special seemed like the way to go. Some of these are moments I actually like about the special, though some admittedly for all the wrong reasons. 10 THE COOKING SHOW Ok, so I don't exactly "like" this scene seeing as it's very annoying and completely pointless. Plus I keep wondering whether Harvey Korman is actually in blackface or not whenever I watch it, which is unsettling. No, this bit makes the list because of how entertainingly mad (and bad) it is. What is this Chef Gormaanda even cooking? Why do we care? Why does she have four arms? What on Earth is going on with that hair? Just shut up with those questions and WHIP, WHIP, STIR! 9 LIFE DAY CELEBRATION To the risk of spoiling the TV special for all of you, the Wookies do finally get to celebrate Life Day and Princess Leia gets to sing a litt

STAR WARS EPISODE VI: RETURN OF THE JEDI - REVIEW

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The Star Wars mania which had rocked the late 70's and become a huge phenomenon real quick finally came to an end in 1983 with  Return Of The Jedi ,   the third instalment of the space opera which saw our heroes fight back after losing some steam against the Empire in the last movie. Still frozen in carbonite, Han Solo (Harrison Ford), is hanging as a wall decoration in an alien blob's humble abode. Said blob is Solo's last employer Jabba The Hutt, a cold, vile and greedy creature who not only lets the guy gather up dust but soon reduces Leia (Carrie Fisher) to a scantily-clad slave woman and sets a trap (it's a trap!) for Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), before almost having him thrown in the Sarlacc (don't ask) pit for lols. Luckily, Luke has now pretty much mastered the powers of the Force and is a bonafide Jedi master so the gang are promptly reunited and escape, droids and all. The tone for this one is a little different than in the previous films. A New

STAR WARS EPISODE V: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK - REVIEW

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After the runaway success of Star Wars , George Lucas handed the directing reigns to Irvin Kirshner for the sequel which is still seen by many as the franchise's best instalment. The Empire Strikes Back , as the title suggests, is not the upbeat adventure with the fairy-tale ending the first film was. This time, the Empire gets its revenge following the destruction of the Death Star in A New Hope and our heroes suffer for it. Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), after having a bad run-in with a Wampa (some abominable snowman-looking beast) and a chat with the ghost of Alec Guinness, departs for the Dagobah System to learn the ways of the Force from Yoda (Frank Oz) leaving Han Solo (Harrison Ford), Chewie (Peter Mayhew) and Leia (Carrie Fisher) to be betrayed by old friend Lando Calrissian (Billy Dee Williams). This gives ample opportunity for galactic badass Darth Vader to plot against our heroes. Character development-wise, a romance finally brews between Solo and Leia, Luke goes

FAMILY GUY: BLUE HARVEST - REVIEW

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"A long time ago, but somehow in the future..." Back in 2007, Family Guy opened its sixth season with Blue Harvest , the first in a trilogy of Star Wars spoofs/homages. The hour-long episode followed A New Hope pretty closely with the characters from Seth MacFarlane's show taking over all the roles. The framing device for the episode is the TV loses power so Peter Griffin tells his family the story of Star Wars starting, of course, with Part IV. The iconic text scroll soon trails off into random Angelina Jolie-themed gossip and we meet our droids, Quagmire as C-3PO and Cleveland as R2-D2. The scenes recreated from the film are surprisingly detailed at times with some shots or actions replicated exactly. While Robot Chicken went for a goofy best of, this goes all out with retelling the classic story and injecting some humour into every scene. Some of the jokes are obvious, a lot are much more obscure so hardcore fans should have a ball with this one. Obi-Wa

STAR WARS EPISODE IV: A NEW HOPE - REVIEW

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Back in 1977, George Lucas released Star Wars , an epic sci-fi fantasy space opera with a save-the-princess plot and it soon became a phenomenon, to say the least. It would later be retitled Episode IV: A New Hope as Lucas decided to expand the storyline further. The film was such a commercial hit that two (soon to be three) more films would follow, then three prequels, countless tie-ins, endless novels, tons and tons of merchandising, several cartoon series, it made Harrison Ford's career and Jedi even became a legitimate (-ish) religion! And the crazy thing is the franchise is still as huge as it ever was, with many, many more films planned so let's take a look back at the movie that started it all. Star Wars opens with a captured Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) sending a couple of droids off to planet Tatooine to bring back help. She is being held by iconic baddie Darth Vader (played by David Prowse, voiced by James Earl Jones) who is running a gigantic space station f

STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL CARTOON

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The one part people remember fondly from that Star Wars Holiday Special . Watch out for the penis dinosaur.

RICHARD PRYOR: STAR WARS BAR

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Who knew Richard Pryor once ran that Cantina?

LET'S PLAY STAR WARS JEDI KNIGHT: JEDI ACADEMY (PART 1)

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I play a little Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy and face off against a tree, some loud dinosaurs and flying balls in the first part of this Let's Play.

CHASING AMY STAR WARS RANT

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The mighty Hooper X talks Star Wars.

GAMING FALLOUT: EPISODE 5 - PODCAST

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Silent consumers Dale and Jamie discuss the latest gaming news, Star Wars: Battlefront ,  Fallout 4, The Witcher 3  and  Yuki Yuna Is A Hero  in this brand new game-centric podcast. CLICK HERE TO PLAY THE EPISODE CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE @Silent_Consumer #GamingFalloutPod www.youtube.com/SilentConsumer www.retrocriticblog.blogspot.com gamingfalloutpod@gmail.com

SISKEL & EBERT DEFEND STAR WARS

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Like 'em or not, Siskel & Ebert once defended Star Wars pretty gosh darn well.