"Robot Chicken: Star Wars" is a 2007 episode of the television comedy series Robot Chicken, airing as a one-off special during Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block on June 17, 2007. It was released on DVD on July 22, 2008.
DVD cover
Producer Matthew Senreich commented that Seth MacFarlane added "a whole new layer of sympathy to [the] once evil character [of Palpatine]."
Seth Green directed the episode.
Robot Chicken is an American adult stop motion-animated sketch comedy television series created by Seth Green and Matthew Senreich for Cartoon Network's nighttime programming block Adult Swim. The writers, most prominently Green, also provide many of the voices. Senreich, Douglas Goldstein, and Tom Root were formerly writers for the popular action figure hobbyist magazine ToyFare. Robot Chicken has won two Annie Awards and six Emmy Awards.
Matthew Senreich
Seth Green
Costumes based on the Mad Scientist and Robot Chicken at San Diego Comic-Con