Robot Chicken: Star Wars Robot Chicken: Star Wars "Robot Chicken: Star Wars" (also known as "Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode I") 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. The 22-minute episode's sketches all relate to "Star Wars". The episode features the voices of: "Robot Chicken" had previously featured several "Star Wars" parodies in standard episodes of the show. One such sketch from the second season in 2006 featured Palpatine receiving a collect call from Darth Vader
Star Wars: Episode IX Walt Disney Company. Disney announced a new trilogy of "Star Wars" films. In August 2015, Colin Trevorrow was announced as the director of "Star Wars: Episode IX". Trevorrow, along with Derek Connolly, would write the script. It was also announced that Rian Johnson, director and writer of "", would create a story treatment for the film; however, in April 2017, Johnson stated he was not involved, claiming it was "old info". In February 2016, Disney chief executive officer Bob Iger confirmed that pre-production of "Episode IX" had begun. At the end of April 2017, Disney announced the film would be