The links between Star Wars and The Muppets are varied and plentiful. I like the sound of that! Lets all say it together... "varied and plentiful." I'll have to remember that and use it again. Both Star Wars and The Muppets are popular with kids, who still like both when they reach adulthood. Both use funny-looking creatures. Both employ Frank Oz. Both have a lucrative toy marketing franchise. And then there's Jar Jar Binks, which makes you think of a Muppet, but none of the Muppet people will claim him. They will be glad to claim Chewbacca.

In 1980, Mark Hamill guest starred on The Muppet Show. Therefore, all the other Star Wars characters had to make an appearance. I found a synopsis of this lunacy. More images here.

The Muppet Show, Star Wars Episode

You can watch the full episode, part one, part two, and part three.

Then we heard that Frank Oz, muppeteer extraordinaire, second only to Jim Henson on the creative side of the muppets, was going to do a character in the second Star Wars film (episode 5 for you young 'uns) named Yoda.

A song to set the mood: The Star Wars Cantina.

C3PO meets Big Bird.

C3PO meets Kermit.

Gonzo's recurring character Dearth Nadir.

Darth Elmo, also known as Darth Elmo the Treacherous, was a Sith Mega-Super-Overlord known for being more evil than any other being in the Galaxy. He was so evil, in fact, that his attempt to set up his own Galaxy-spanning Sith Empire failed only because he turned on himself, in what later Sith would enviously call "the ultimate act of treachery."

In 1999, the muppets did their own space movie, Muppets from Space.

Which was a natural progression from the earlier skit Pigs in Space.

Lyrics to Y.O.D.A. (to the tune of Y.M.C.A.)

Sesame Street, the Star Wars episode.

R2D2 and C3PO on Sesame Street

The Top 12 Things Uttered by Yoda During Sex

11. "Urm. Put a shield on my saber I must."

10. "Feel the force!"

9. "Foreplay, cuddling - a Jedi craves not these things."

8. "Down here, I am. Find a ladder, I must!"

7. "Do me or do me not - there is no try."

6. "Early must I rise. Leave now you must!"

5. "You know, this would be a lot more fun without Frank
Oz's hand up my ass."

4. "Happens to every guy sometimes this does."

3. "When 900 years old you get, Viagra you need too, hmmmm?"

2. "Ow, ow, OW! On my ear you are!"

1. "Who's your Jedi master? WHO'S your Jedi Master?"

Thought for today: May the farce be with you.

This post first appeared April 6th, 2006.

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