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I absolutely LOVE the Star Wars trilogies (yes, trilogies, plural—I thoroughly enjoyed Eps 1-3, so sue me) but aren’t so much of a Star Wars nerd to take them TOO seriously. What follows are some of the best spoofs of Star Wars, done both by “amateurs” and professionals alike. And poor ol’ Darth Vader bears the brunt of the funnin’. I’m sure I’ve forgotten some. Have any to add, readers?
Plot holes? What plot holes? This simple animation shows how “A New Hope” should have ended.
It’s in Japanese, but if you’re only an English-speaking gaijin, that makes it all-the more fun.
“Doomblake” had some fun with Vader in his meditation chamber.
Yes, I didn’t place this first, but that’s because the rest of them are so blasted good. Best scene: Stewie Vader, just “doing my job,” asks about the design flaw on the Death Star.
Brilliant, brilliant mocking. See! Darth Vader take care of Jar-Jar Binks. See! how Imperial officers avoid getting choked by Darth Vader. See! what really happened when Ben Kenobi cut off Snaggletooth’s arm. See! The saga of a poor janitor who transfers from Naboo to Coruscant to the Death Star II. See! … Ah, you get the point. Best clip:
What if the Empire invaded earth and set up a base in San Francisco? This skillful vid blends model and CGI Star Wars images into actual casual footage shot in San Francisco.
You knew they couldn’t hit the broad side of a moisture vaporator. But did you also know they didn’t do first aid?
Not a spoof of the movies, but rather a comedy adventure series that “Illusive Entertainment LLC” created using the Star Wars: Battlefront 2 gaming engine. They’ve only gotten to part 3 so far. If I remember right, either YouTube or LucasArts intially had some problems with the project (copyright issues) but Illusive convinced them to let the adventure continue. Here’s the web site, but see the trailer first.
Meet the most pathetic dark Jedi in the universe: Chad Vader! According to the creators, “Life is hard when you’re Darth Vader’s less-talented, less charismatic younger brother and you manage a grocery store.”
James Earl Jones was, of course, the voice of Darth Vader. “AKJAK“ took clips from several of Jones’ movies and beautifully weaved them into clips from the first Star Wars. Absolutely love this jive-talkin’ Vader. (Language warning.)
Do you seriously think that the Death Star exploded because Luke Skywalker fired a couple of torpedoes through a two-meter exhaust port that led directly to the main reactor? Seriously? Well, you’re wrong! Here it is in .mov format (quicktime).
Troops is the ultimate Star Wars parody (one of the first, actually) and one of the greatest spoofs of anything, EVER. What really happened in the deserts of Tatooine when the stormtroopers went looking for R2-D2 and C-3PO? Man, sign me up for the action and adventure in the Imperial Army! Unfortunately you have to download this movie – it is 30 MB in size. Here is the link.
Contributor: STL Mo
November 26th, 2008 at 2:40 am
sorry, lol, nice list, not a huge fan of starwars though
November 26th, 2008 at 2:56 am
Second comment. This is awesome. Also my first comment ever. Also awesome. Good list. Parodies are always worth it, and occasionally make the originals more enjoyable.
November 26th, 2008 at 3:07 am
what about spaceballs?
November 26th, 2008 at 3:11 am
Not much of a star wars fan and have never really heard of these spoofs before except for robot chicken i think it was on cartoon network but i did like the list. Its good to see new things once in a while. Thanks STL mo
November 26th, 2008 at 3:13 am
Hehe, Chad Vader is genius!!
November 26th, 2008 at 3:14 am
Hey, yeah, what about Spaceballs!! When I first saw the list I was thinking it would be on here, but then I got distracted by the other clips and forgot about it til I read Rob’s comment.
November 26th, 2008 at 3:20 am
not my taste
November 26th, 2008 at 3:21 am
How about Eddie Izzard’s stand up routine about the Death Star Cantina? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv5iEK-IEzw
How about Thumb Wars?
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lrqxO55u58
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyXqaAQMJR4&feature=related
Two horribly glaring ommissions…
November 26th, 2008 at 3:51 am
why don’t u write sumthng more interesting? top 10 reasons why you should stop being a vegetarian maybe??? i can help u.
November 26th, 2008 at 3:59 am
hillarious list, the vader sessions are brilliant.
November 26th, 2008 at 4:03 am
im a muslim: there is a submission form on the site (look at the navigation bar at the top of this page) – you write the list, send it in, and I will consider publishing it
November 26th, 2008 at 4:11 am
Space Balls should have been number one, no doubt about it. Horrible oversight.
November 26th, 2008 at 4:20 am
A lot of these submissions are much more entertaining than Spaceballs.
The only reason so many people are mentioning that movie is because its been on TBS a few thousand times.
I won’t deny that it has its moments, however, many of the clips on this list surpass Spaceballs infinitely.
November 26th, 2008 at 4:26 am
You forgot Hardware Wars. “What is it, Augie ben Doggie? Did you feel a great disturbance in the force, as if millions of voices cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced?” “No, just a little headache”
November 26th, 2008 at 4:40 am
STL Mo:
Excellent list. a great way to start the day.
Jamie:
#5 is not showing up….
November 26th, 2008 at 4:54 am
OMG That Vader Sessions is hilarious. Somebody is a really big JEJ fan. lol
Clone Apart is funny too … the trailer exactly copies the Disney/Pixar style. “A Heartwarming soon-to-be classic that’s fun for the whole family.” xD
November 26th, 2008 at 5:18 am
Great List but the Layour of this List looks srsly fucked up here…
November 26th, 2008 at 5:19 am
I don’t know if it counts as a ’spoof’ but a man named Charles Ross does a one-man Star Wars show: http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=lI6HxUueYhU
November 26th, 2008 at 5:33 am
I absolutely LOVED this list, The Vader Sessions was one of the funniest things I’ve seen in a long time lol
November 26th, 2008 at 5:37 am
I’ve never heard of any of these
Robot Chicken Star Wars sounds entertaining… x]
November 26th, 2008 at 5:48 am
Does “Troops” not count as a spoof? Or is it not included because it’s more a spoof on “COPS”?
http://www.theforce.net/fanfilms/shortfilms/troops/
November 26th, 2008 at 5:59 am
spaceballs huge oversight
November 26th, 2008 at 6:05 am
One of the best lists I’ve seen in a long time. #1 is hilarious. Also, Robot Chicken is the funniest show on TV. Unfortunately it’s on the Cartoon Network which really isn’t even an actual network.
November 26th, 2008 at 6:19 am
@MadMup: It does count as a spoof, that’s why it’s #1 on the list.
Do agree that Spaceballs shouldn’t have been omitted.
November 26th, 2008 at 6:22 am
SPACEBALLS?!?!?!?
November 26th, 2008 at 6:27 am
star wars geek reporting
LOL
November 26th, 2008 at 6:31 am
Oh, man! Did I ever blow this one. Yep, Spaceballs should have been number one. I guess I have to turn in my Schwartz ring.
Jamie – Thanks for publishing this! But why are my top ones listed as “bonus” ones?
November 26th, 2008 at 6:34 am
i thought for sure the “star wars kid” would be on here. it is the most popular internet video of all time.
watch this one first
and then this one. someone had some editing fun.
November 26th, 2008 at 6:34 am
Here’s a better link for Death Star over San Fran.
November 26th, 2008 at 6:37 am
DiscHuker – I did consider “Star Wars kid,” but the funny ones are things that make fun of the kid himself, not the original viral vid. And he reportedly hates the whole thing. So, I didn’t include it.
November 26th, 2008 at 6:47 am
STL Mo, I’m apparently one of the few who could simply sit back, watch the clips, and enjoy them.
I never knew that geeky Star Wars purist outrage extended into spoof clips, too. Jeepers creepers, folks, it’s a good list. Enjoy it for cryin’ out loud.
November 26th, 2008 at 7:19 am
Outstanding list! Sure, there ara many spoofs of Star wars out there. but I find these ones very entertaining! On an unrelated issue, what happened to the site layout on this list?? it looks weird! (Just to be sure, I’ve seen it on IE6, FF2.0.0.17, Safari 3 and Opera 9.25… all the same issue) Jamie and Cyn, please take a look at this, willya?
November 26th, 2008 at 7:40 am
Surprised not to find StSanders’ version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utGXF5orynk
I don’t know which one came first (StSanders had his account deleted a while back), but I think this one is funnier since the voices are closer to each other than they are in The Vader Sessions.
November 26th, 2008 at 7:43 am
I told my wife earlier today that this list was published, and she said, “You mean spoofs like Spaceballs?”
But thanks for the feedback, all. I guess I left off Spaceballs because it was so obvious. And originally, I wasn’t going to include Blue Harvest or Robot Chicken, either, because they’re made by “professional” spoofers.
Ah, well. These lists are usualy pretty subjective, and 20 different people would come up with 20 different lists.
November 26th, 2008 at 7:59 am
Chad Vader rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 26th, 2008 at 8:07 am
This list-author must have been high on Druidian Air to have missed Spaceballs as number 1 (with Robot Chicken and Blue Harvest close behind).
The Lego Star Wars video games are great “spoofs” as well.
November 26th, 2008 at 8:19 am
I didn’t even think of Spaceballs! I’m not saying that’s the best here, but it definitely should’ve made it. And Thumb Wars should be here, too.
Love Chad Vader and the rest I don’t think I’ve seen.
Actually, I expected to see “Vader in Love” here! Here you are.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NdSL2NUoWk
November 26th, 2008 at 8:31 am
Darth Vader – Smartass was the best! awesome editing.
November 26th, 2008 at 8:56 am
Eddie Izzard does a great bit called Death Star Cantina. It was put to a leggo animation vid…great list though!
November 26th, 2008 at 9:21 am
love this list….heres another great spoof.
November 26th, 2008 at 10:00 am
What´s with the new format on LV???
I liked the previous one better.
Great list, Spaceballs kicks ass but c´mon we all know it by heart now, number 8 made me laugh so hard that someone came from next door to see what was going on.
November 26th, 2008 at 10:03 am
http://www.sequentialpictures.com/moviestarwarsepisode3.html
A lost hope, its a hilarious mock trailer of the new trilogy.
November 26th, 2008 at 10:56 am
I think the list is great. Spaceballs is way too obvious and the ones you included have a different take on everything. Love Robot Chicken!!!
November 26th, 2008 at 10:59 am
Spaceballs anyone?
November 26th, 2008 at 11:22 am
Not really a a direct spoof but a hilarious take on star wars fans. Triumph the Insult Comic Dog goes to the Star Wars Convention.
November 26th, 2008 at 11:42 am
Jfrater: Why is the bottom half of the list in a different format?
November 26th, 2008 at 11:55 am
Woah – where is George Lucas in Love???
Without a doubt, one of the best Star Wars spoofs. It’s really funny and I was assuming it was #1 on the list
November 26th, 2008 at 11:55 am
46. Is this some kind of glitch?
November 26th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
Spaceballs, hands down.
Take out family guy, and replace it with any Muppet Babies episode featuring Star Wars.) Family guy should have quit after season 3.
November 26th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
waht about the monty python sketch ???
November 26th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
I know this has already been acknowledged by the list writer… BUT SPACEBALLS. come on!!! Sorry, I just love that movie. I figured it would be number one and then… *sniff*
November 26th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
I’m going to need a reason why you omitted Space Balls, especially seeing is how Mel Brooks essentially invented the term “spoof.”
November 26th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
FYI, It was walrus man that got his arm cut off by Obi-Wan. The tall blue suit Snaggletooth is the rarest of the early action figures.
Yeah, I know…Star Wars nerd…
November 26th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
All right, here’s why I didn’t include Spaceballs: I JUST DIDN’T THINK ABOUT IT.
OK?
But I probably wouldn not have made it #1. Sorry, but while brilliant, it is just a tad bit overwrought, unlike Blazing Saddles, my favorite Mel Brooks pic.
November 26th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
What? No Hardware Wars? Before YouTube (it’s on there in its 15 minute entirety), I paid $40 for a shitty copy from a record store. Chewie as Cookie Monster: priceless.
November 26th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
What??? No “Star Wars Gangsta Rap”??
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/770879/original_star_wars_gangsta_rap/
November 26th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
I had always thought (with little evidence from the movie or novel) that the reason that the death star doesn’t blow up Yavin to bring the moon (on which the rebel base is) into range is that the death ray uses so much energy that it takes a specified length of time to “recharge” after use. As I was typing this, it occurred to me that Yavin might be a gas giant, in which case the death ray might shoot straight through it.
Am I thinking too much?
November 26th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
STL Mo, screw ‘em. At least you’ve given birth to a new drinking game called Spaceballs….
Except that we’d all be too drunk to continue after only the first half of the comments…
Except for the Irish…
November 26th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
my favorite is grocery store wars:
it turns out to be a very long commercial, but it’s hilarious.
November 26th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
Really? No Spaceballs? I find myself a little bit shocked…
November 26th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
I love Star Wars parodies…I think the obsession some people have with Star Wars leads them to put huge amounts of effort into a parody.
Great list mate
November 26th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
OH FOR THE LUV OF GOD.
Spaceballs Sucks Already! Geez! Cripes! Eegah!
get over it peoples.
hhhmmm? Is this the first time someone has uttered such sludge against the plague of Star Wars fungus? Fungi? Me thinks not.
Mel, destroy all remnants. The ill-balanced place within the universe that marks our existenz depends apon it.
T 10 S-wars SPOOFS, besides Spaceballz..it an altered possibility for the above title.
you know, I remember back in the day, as a young twisted lad, peroozing through mags on the rack (at the local soda shop) such the likes that showed pics and senerios and credits of fans that had made their 8mm StarWars “Labor of luv/fun/genius/nerdness/ect” ….Hand crafted, scratched celluloid lazers, styrofoam sets, and the like… These boys had children and the children bitch slapped the past and all of the above happened and said , “look dad, your 8mm homemade movie sucks”
“Telling me how funny Mel B’s movie is, sucks”
“this is how the real SPOOFING world opperates.”
“sorry to break it to yah. but, hey. I still luv yah”
Where does the word “spoof” originate anyway?
November 26th, 2008 at 7:02 pm
Hm..the broken appearance is interesting, but I don’t think you intended it. Concerning the list itself, I look for these spoofs on youtube. Chad Vader got old after a while though.
November 26th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
Here’s a thought:
“The first Death Star had a crew of 265,675, as well as 52,276 gunners, 607,360 troops, 30,984 stormtroopers, 42,782 ship support staff, and 180,216 pilots and support crew.” (wiki, citing Lucasfilm’s Star Wars Databank)
Luke blew them to smithereens and we all cheered! Admittedly, some of them were evil, but how many of them were ordinary folk doing the only job they could find?
November 26th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
Spoof? Spoof? There’s no spoofing in movies. There is, however, parody.
“Frankenstein” and “Young Frankenstein”.
“Star Wars” and “Spaceballs”.
We do spoofs at the local pub.
November 26th, 2008 at 9:34 pm
I saw this a while back and thought I would share it.
I think it fits well with the other spoofs.
November 26th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
Somewhere in the dim recesses of my mind was another meaning (and pronunciation) of spoof:
“British slang for an act of ejaculation”
“There’s no spoofing in movies.” In some there is!
November 27th, 2008 at 12:52 am
Glad to see the list went down so well
November 27th, 2008 at 6:14 am
I just noticed “We do spoofs at the local pub”, too. According to the Brit slang definition?
November 27th, 2008 at 7:42 am
64. astraya, Wow that sums more than a million people murdered by this fanatic guy. Talk about genocide.
November 27th, 2008 at 8:59 am
i dunno if someone posted this already but this is the BEST star wars spoof EVER:
hahaa so funny
November 27th, 2008 at 9:10 am
sorry to double post but Saunders and French did an awesome star wars parody as well!
November 27th, 2008 at 11:21 am
what about store wars?
that ones hilarious
November 27th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
Where’s Space Balls?! As a Star Wars Geek, I’m shocked that it’s not on this list!
November 28th, 2008 at 5:41 am
I don’t know exactly what it is called but there is one with Darth Vader in lego that is real funny.
November 28th, 2008 at 10:20 am
Still a Mel Brooks fan. Spaceballs!
November 28th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
The only scene so far from my parody of the Star Wars series -
Episode 5: The Empire Strikes Back
[Luke and Vader come face to face in Cloud City]
Luke: Hello, my name is Inigo – Sorry, my name is Luke Skywalker. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
[Vader turns and runs, disappears around corner, sound of receding footsteps, Luke looks nonplussed, sound of approaching footsteps, Vader reappears]
Vader: No, I am your father.
(Okay, so it needs work yet.)
November 28th, 2008 at 11:42 pm
i remember there was a code, that if you entered on MS-DOS would play the entire first film, it was so awesome. I can’t find the code though
November 29th, 2008 at 12:13 am
I like the term Parody instead of spoof.
November 29th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
Blue Harvest and Robot Chicken are by far the best ones on this list! Spaceballs should have been included.
November 29th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
Leave STL mo alone.Whoever he left off who cares.I got a good laugh.Very funny list.
November 29th, 2008 at 8:45 pm
Where the hell is Spaceballs!?
December 1st, 2008 at 11:04 am
There is a parody Russian “translation” of the Episode I, called Storm in a Glass (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_in_the_Glass). It’s done by famous Russian translator Goblin. You possibly cannot get it anywhere but using not so legal (really, illegal) torrent sites (as it is full movie). Though it’s quite rude and plain stupid in some places, it’s really funny as well.
December 1st, 2008 at 7:00 pm
Uhh… Spaceballs?
December 1st, 2008 at 11:00 pm
try this Star Wars parody too
December 9th, 2008 at 9:11 am
Good list
Blue Harvest should be higher up though
December 10th, 2008 at 3:51 am
the james earl jones one made me cry laughing. i love it.
December 15th, 2008 at 11:09 pm
This list gets a great big F for forgetting about spaceballs! Easily the number one star wars spoof!
I can’t even respect this list and family guy’s blue harvest is number two. It’s ridiculous to put that at 7.
March 5th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
What about Hardware Wars? That was probably the earliest spoof, made back in the 80’s.
April 13th, 2009 at 4:53 pm
Theres a hilarious Star Wars spoof on YouTube called Taff Wars. its basically a series of scenes from the older movies dubbed over by some Welsh guys who swear a lot but it is sooooo funny! well worth a look
April 28th, 2009 at 5:00 am
the origional spoof!!! HARDWARE WARS!!!!
May 10th, 2009 at 4:28 am
Spaceballs, Eddie Izzard’s star wars canteen bit and Thumb Wars!!! disappointed..
June 18th, 2009 at 9:40 pm
you forgot a lost hope
July 21st, 2009 at 11:28 pm
epic fail, listverse. i can’t believe you left out eddie izzard. god you suck.
September 12th, 2009 at 1:57 am
Anyone seen SNATCH Wars? they overdubbed bricktops voice from the epic film snatch onto darth vader… its actually hilarious! type in snatch wars on you tube and prepare to be amused!
September 27th, 2009 at 11:37 pm
i think the Jimmy fallon parody of the mustafar duel between obi wan and anakin was brilliant’
and spaceballs was funny, but not specifically a spoof of star wars, and too obvious
September 29th, 2009 at 8:57 am
one word.
SPACEBALLS.
October 30th, 2009 at 2:22 am
shouldve had steve Odekerks “Thumb Wars” a 20min long parody of star wars wiht only thumbs with animated eyes and mouths. hillarious
January 4th, 2010 at 12:15 pm
OMG u missed out the dancing stormtrooper – ‘watch this without lauhing’ is HILARIOUS i only managed 0:10 into the vid
January 7th, 2010 at 6:19 pm
I love Family Guy, Robot Chicken, and Chad Vader… but where’s Spaceballs?!