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[[File:~~koni_chan_star_wars_5444~~.jpg|link=Dotto! Koni-chan|frame|The farce is strong on this one!]]

[[File:koni chan star wars 5444.jpg|link=Dotto! Koni-chan|frame|The farce is strong on this one!]]

Many shows have a few references to ''[[Star Wars]]''. It's a popular film series, so [[Small Reference Pools|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]]'', [[Luke, I Am Your Father]] scenes, [[Big No|Big NOOOOOOOs]], and thinly-veiled [[Captain Ersatz]]es of Darth Vader. The focal or point-of-view character usually plays the part of Luke Skywalker, since episodes frequently take most references from primarily ''[[A New Hope]]'' and ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'' ([[First Installment Wins|primarily the former]]).

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** As a result it became one of Eric defining gags.

* The dodgeball episode of ''[[Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide]]'' includes Cookie joining [[Face Heel Turn|The Dark Side]] and gaining a roboticized voice and heavy breathing from his dodge ball face shield, an Image Freeze echoing the end of the master-vs.apprentice fight in ''A New Hope'', and a dodgeball called The Force, among others.

* ''[[Spaced]]'' also featured numerous shot-for-shot parodies of moments in the ''[[Star Wars]]'' movies. They were particularly cutting about the prequel ~~trilogy -- but~~ ironically, because they had been so complementary about the original movies, they were granted the rights to use original music, etc in their parodies of the trilogies.

* ''[[Spaced]]'' also featured numerous shot-for-shot parodies of moments in the ''[[Star Wars]]'' movies. They were particularly cutting about the prequel trilogy—but ironically, because they had been so complementary about the original movies, they were granted the rights to use original music, etc in their parodies of the trilogies.

* ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' got in on the act when Mark Hamill was a guest on the show. He showed up as himself ''and'' Luke, with R2D2, C3PO and Chewbacca along for the ride, while Piggy played Leia and Gonzo played Vader.

* The 1977 revival of [[Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In|Laugh-In]] ended with the tagline "May the Farce be with you."

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* ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'' had one episode revolving around it. There was a parody of the Darth Vader fight on a catwalk and they even parodied "Use the Force" with "Use the soup." Another episode stole the trench run from ''A New Hope'', and another episode had a parody of the Death Star scene in Episode 4. On a gigantic [[I Was Told There Would Be Cake|cake]], no less. The episode's climax was a parody of the Super Star Destroyer's destruction - it really [[Incredibly Lame Pun|cut a slice into Father's plans]].

** The School Bus Imperial Walkers and the Sled Snowspeeders in a giant Hoth/Snow Day battle.

* ''[[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]]'' combined it with a superhero ~~spoof--the~~ villain turned Bloo into a Vader copy and made him fight Mac on a catwalk with a dramatic "unmasking".

* ''[[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]]'' combined it with a superhero spoof—the villain turned Bloo into a Vader copy and made him fight Mac on a catwalk with a dramatic "unmasking".

* ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'' loves throwing in ''[[Star Wars]]'' references, but the second season episode "Love-Bheits" really takes it over the top and almost becomes nothing but a ''[[Star Wars]]'' parody episode. Nobody told the Baron that Dean in his Leia costume was a [[Memetic Mutation|trap]], though.

* The ''[[Super Mario Bros.]] Super Show'' did one of these parodies, actually called 'Star Koopa'. It actually had Bowser as Darth Vader, the other characters as other ''[[Star Wars]]'' characters and 'Lightplungers'.