History Main / MayTheFarceBeWithYou

** 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 [[IconicLogo Saul Bass-designed AT&T globe logo]]'s nickname, the Death Star.

** In the first ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'', 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!"

* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' 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.

* 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 "Brazilian Star Wars" (a translation would be ''The Tramps in Planet War'') for being a parody of ''Film/ANewHope''.

* Emperor Zurg in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'' is a parody of Darth Vader, even quoting "[[LukeIAmYourFather I am your father]]."

** The "Abra-Catastrophe" special had a limited example in the opening dream sequence.

** 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 [[DarthVaderClone 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]].

** 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]].

* ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts'':

* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
** 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]].
** ''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.

* ''[[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.

** 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 BlackAndRedAndEvilAllOver 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.

* ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts'' 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.

* ''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 DarthVaderClone 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.

** 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". Need one say more?

** [[VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy "May the Stars shine down on you..."]]

** 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 [[IconicLogo Saul Bass-designed AT&T globe logo]]'s nickname, [[FanNickname the Death Star]].

Many 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 [[DarthVaderClone 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]]).

* ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' combined a parody of ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' with a superhero spoof--the villain turned Bloo into a DarthVaderClone and made him fight Mac on a catwalk with a dramatic "unmasking".

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->[''Homer fighting with some gangsters'']
->'''Creator/MarkHamill:''' [''strained''] Homer, use the for...
->'''Homer:''' The Force?
->'''Mark:''' The '''forks'''! Use the forks!

* The entire ''VideoGame/LegoStarWars'' series of video games could be seen as an officially licensed Star Wars parody.
* The ''VideoGame/SpaceQuest'' series has a number of ''Franchise/StarWars'' 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!".