10 Worst Times Star Wars Appeared In Other Movies
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00:00 As the following entries will no doubt showcase, there's actually a rather fine line between
00:04 giving fans a fulfilling dose of midichlorians out of nowhere, or eliciting a wave of unwanted
00:10 cringes on the back of a fumbled use of the force.
00:14 And unfortunately for this bunch of big screen offerings outside of the galaxy far, far away,
00:18 the latter most definitely applies.
00:21 Gareth here from WarCulture Star Wars and here are the 10 worst times Star Wars appeared
00:25 in other movies.
00:27 10.
00:28 The Rock's Yoda Name Drop Mid-Tune - Journey to the Mysterious Island
00:32 It is no secret that Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is quite the fan of all things galaxy far,
00:37 far away, and you can't blame him.
00:39 But the closest the Great One has actually come to lending his star power to the Titanic
00:43 Skywalker saga and beyond came in the form of his sickly sweet rendition of "What a
00:48 Wonderful World" in the thick of the somewhat forgettable "Journey to the Center of the
00:52 Earth" sequel.
00:54 With Johnson fanning himself in the no doubt surreal scenario of settling down for a bout
00:57 of musical therapy opposite Michael Caine and Josh Hutcherson's Alexander and Sean respectively,
01:03 his Hank proceeds to strum the ukulele, and the lyrics that follow are enough to incite
01:08 another galactic civil war.
01:10 Things get off to a cheesy enough start, with Rocky sticking to the OG verse, but Cheddar
01:16 well and truly collides with the fan as the lyrics of "I See Giant Bees" and "I could
01:21 have told you, don't trust Alexander, he's older than Yoda" invade the sorry ears of
01:27 those taking in the 2012 family action flick.
01:30 In the case of "Do or Do Not", Dwayne and all involved should have opted for the latter.
01:35 9.
01:36 Solid Gold Death Stars - Futurama, Bender's Big Score
01:40 With the villainous scammers found terrorizing the gang throughout the Futurama TV movie
01:44 that was Bender's Big Score, tricking President Richard Nixon into selling them the globe,
01:49 the slimy group opt to create a rather familiar defence system, with a hilarious twist of
01:54 course.
01:55 Kitting out their defences with an entire fleet of Death Stars, boasting enough super
01:59 weapons to make Emperor Palpatine crack an unsettling smile no doubt, wasn't enough
02:04 for the slippery antagonist though.
02:06 Sure enough, each and every Death Star knock-off turns out to be made entirely of gold, and
02:11 various diamonds too.
02:12 Oh, and they're also all remote controlled as a way to shoehorn in the tired villains
02:16 treating the battle like one big game gag.
02:19 Luckily, these particular shameless Star Wars cameos are destroyed in next to no time at
02:23 all, with Leela and the rest of Earth's forces making light work of the space station
02:27 fleet thanks to some Hermes head-in-a-jar intervention.
02:30 But that still doesn't change the fact that this particular joke was clearly no moon,
02:35 and it wasn't as funny as the folks behind the Big Score likely thought it was either.
02:40 8.
02:41 Pimp My Vader - Date Movie
02:43 Ever want to miss out on the opportunity to send up whatever flicks were in the public
02:47 eye?
02:48 In the lead-up to one of their consistent slices of…
02:50 *ahem* comedy, parody duo Jason Freberg and Aaron Seltzer were at it again during their
02:56 2006 release by the name of Date Movie.
02:58 You know, that one.
03:00 This being a film that made its way into theatres almost a year on from George Lucas' final
03:04 prequel entry, Revenge of the Sith, the call was made for Alison Hannigan's heavy prosthetic
03:09 boasting Julia Jones to give in to the dark side during her Pimp My Girl makeover early
03:15 on.
03:16 It's as dreadful as it sounds, folks.
03:18 Said Pimp My Ride parody soon paves the way for Jones being kitted out with a full-blown
03:21 Darth Vader get-up before she slides straight off the operating table for… for laughs,
03:27 I think.
03:28 And Tony Cox soon gets in on the painful action, as the film then cuts to Hitch shaking his
03:32 head in surreal Yoda facial prosthetics.
03:35 Somehow this was the most jarring part of a sequence that also involved draining a character's
03:40 stomach and using said substance for mayonnaise.
03:43 That is saying something.
03:44 7.
03:45 What's Up, Darth?
03:46 Looney Tunes Back in Action While many are understandably quick to defend
03:50 just about any content that comes equipped with the beloved gang of Bugs, Bunny and Co.,
03:54 there was a beat during the closing stages of Looney Tunes Back in Action that almost
03:58 single-handedly justified putting the property's big-screen ambitions on ice for a few decades.
04:04 As Bugs and Daffy Duck pursue Marvin the Martian into space to prevent him from placing the
04:09 Blue Monkey on an ACME satellite, the leading Bunny dishes out a pretty weak attempt at
04:13 another iconic one-liner.
04:15 "What's up, Darth?"
04:17 Bugs inquires of his space foe.
04:19 Get it?
04:20 Apologies, if so.
04:21 If one cheap Star Wars gag wasn't enough, Warner Bros. chose to really double down on
04:25 the Force-sensitive slapstick moments later, revealing Bugs' carrot to actually be a
04:30 vegetable lightsaber of sorts.
04:32 And this revelation leads to yet more fun at the expense of Lucas and his galaxy, with
04:36 the legendary animated rabbit skimming through a The Force for Dummies book as he duels for
04:41 the fate of the world.
04:43 Saying that, there's likely a few folks at Disney who would benefit from a sit-down with
04:46 said manual.
04:47 6.
04:48 A lightsaber knife that tells bread while she a slice it
04:51 Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Sticking with dodgy lightsaber tributes, 2005's
04:57 big-screen installment from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series introduced yet
05:01 another soul-crushing take on the sacred Jedi Sith weapon.
05:05 As Zooey Deschanel's Trillian gives Martin Freeman's Arthur a little tour of the heart
05:09 of Gold's kitchen, a brief exploration of a machine that detects what you're craving
05:13 and makes it for you is soon followed up by a revolutionary toasting device.
05:18 That being the entirely inspired bread toasting knife.
05:22 Outside of this pointless tool likely leaving one side of the toast a touch stale if you
05:26 were to, you know, take a break in between spreading the butter, the fact it sports both
05:30 the exact same physical characteristics as the iconic Star Wars laser sword and very
05:35 same sounds felt like a lazy and not exactly side-splitting way to capitalise on the buzz
05:40 and attention surrounding Lucas' prequel trilogy at the time.
05:44 The brief but still jarring brandishing of the Sith-coloured blade as a throwaway visual
05:48 gag didn't do much to keep this particular sci-fi entry from stuttering at the box office
05:53 though, and just feels a little bit desperate and out of place upon a rewatch.
05:58 5.
05:59 The Force is not strong with Gulliver's Life Stories - Gulliver's Travels
06:03 Over the course of the already unforgivable 2010 ensemble adventure flick known as Gulliver's
06:08 Travels, the titular giant amongst the Lilliput folk finds himself routinely dragging the
06:13 galaxy far, far away down with the rest of this dud of a comedy outing.
06:18 Getting the ball rolling with the first of many excruciating attempts at eliciting a
06:21 Star Wars-induced chuckle, Jack Black's Lemuel Gulliver is spotted narrating some rather
06:27 familiar action figures.
06:29 Taking a press badge by force just about sums up these agonising first few moments, but
06:34 this particular Rob Letterman entry was not done there, not by a long shot.
06:39 Upon making himself at home in the diminutive kingdom, Gulliver soon settles down in his
06:44 own personal media room, and it's here where the apparent tales of the towering entity's
06:48 own life are told on stage for all to see, these bearing a striking and humourless resemblance
06:54 to the Skywalker saga of course.
06:56 Get a visual of James Corden as Darth Vader earns this entry's place on this list alone.
07:02 Rounding out the tacky usage of Star Wars nods jumbled into this rotting mess of a feature,
07:07 Gulliver also claims to be the captain of the Millennium Falcon and have Yoda as his
07:11 vice president of Manhattan when lying to the Lilliput civilians.
07:15 What a rascal.
07:16 4.
07:17 Darth Vader chokes next to Oscar the Grouch
07:20 Night at the Museum - Battle of the Smithsonian
07:23 Night at the Museum - Battle of the Smithsonian included an attempt to poke further fun at
07:27 the galaxy's biggest bad.
07:29 With Hank Azaria's brought back to life big bad Cam'oon Ra inevitably turning his attention
07:34 to ruling the world, two notable pop culture antagonists calling the Smithsonian home opt
07:40 to offer up their services to the sequel's feature villain.
07:43 Alongside Sesame Street's Oscar the Grouch, none other than Darth Vader himself decides
07:47 to join the bad fight against Larry Daly the night security guard.
07:52 And this failed bid to convince Cam'oon Ra the duo are up to their task soon leads to
07:56 a deeply unfunny sequence depicting the powerless exhibit Dark Lord trying to force choke a
08:02 less than impressed Pharaoh.
08:04 Not content with merely laughing off Vader's ineffective hand gestures though, Cam'oon Ra
08:08 then proceeds to stab holes in the all round aesthetic of the legendary presence, stating
08:13 there's just too much going on.
08:15 Throw a beat to bizarre slapstick or not, seeing the iconic Star Wars figure be classed
08:20 as an asthmatic robot who looks like he's dressed for the opera felt like little more
08:24 than a cheap way to squeeze a few more famous face beats into the bloated mix.
08:29 3.
08:30 Return of the Jedi gets unnecessarily dunked on - X-Men Apocalypse
08:34 While it's blatant that the primary purpose of crapping on Return of the Jedi during the
08:38 events of 2016's X-Men Apocalypse was to take aim at the fact that threequels in general
08:42 are often the weakest of the bunch - looking at you X-Men the last stand - the gag is still
08:47 somewhat bittersweet in hindsight.
08:49 Hot on the heels of the young mutants taking in Episode 6 for the very first time, the
08:53 gang of Jean Grey and co discuss which of the original trilogy sits as the best in the
08:57 series.
08:58 And while some would agree that Return of the Jedi isn't quite as strong as A New Hope
09:02 and The Empire Strikes Back, Sophie Turner's eventual Dark Phoenix's comments of "at
09:07 least we can all agree the third one is always the worst" still feels like a bit of a pointed
09:11 dig at the flick once helped into existence by 20th Century Fox.
09:15 Again, it's evident the main point of this piece of Episode 6's shade was to poke fun
09:20 at the original X-Men trilogy's lacklustre conclusion.
09:23 But Jean's loaded comment didn't exactly age all that well in the aftermath of Apocalypse's
09:27 poor reception too.
09:29 All in all, keeping this one on the cutting room floor may not have been the worst idea
09:32 for all involved.
09:33 2.
09:34 Shawn Michaels' Incredible Master Yoga - Avengers of Justice Fast Wars
09:39 Instead of picking up a ukulele and strumming out a nod to Master Yoda, WWE legend The Heartbreak
09:45 Kid decided to go one better, or worse, during his 2018 showing in parody party Avengers
09:52 of Justice Fast Wars.
09:54 That is a real title, I promise you.
09:56 Sporting an unmistakable set of pointy ears and green face/body paint, Shawn Michaels
10:01 may trade the swamps of Dagobah for a makeshift yoga studio, but it's depressingly clear what
10:06 the folks behind this pitiful farce were going for here.
10:10 Yet this chaotic spin on the grumpy old master's legendary training of Luke Skywalker amidst
10:14 the fog in the Empire Strikes Back is about as amusing as a smack to the shin from the
10:19 former's trusty stick.
10:20 And it's probably best to not even try to unpack what in the holy hell the WWE Hall
10:24 of Famer was trying to achieve with his dodgy RP accent as the farce-sensitive Incredible
10:30 Master Yoga.
10:31 Still, at least the sight of him hitting sweet chin music on his unfortunate pupil was semi-entertaining,
10:36 so that's something.
10:38 1.
10:39 Sherman Uses His Force – Nutty Professor 2 – The Klumps
10:43 Sometimes a hero, be they Jedi or otherwise, must dig down deep in order to summon up the
10:48 strength needed to save the day, or entire galaxy in some cases.
10:53 Taking said sentiment perhaps a little too literally, though, Eddie Murphy's 2000 follow-up
10:58 to the smash-hit remake that was The Nutty Professor decided to release its own somewhat
11:02 windy take on the Force a year or so on from the prequel return of George Lucas' Unstoppable
11:08 franchise.
11:09 As Professor Sherman Klump finds himself dozing off on the couch mid-late-night movie, the
11:14 leading light soon winds up in a nightmare Armageddon-esque scenario involving him trying
11:19 to plant nukes in the centre of an asteroid on a collision course with Planet Earth.
11:23 With the limp sequel being determined to fold as many pop-culture sci-fi winks into the
11:27 mix as humanly possible for the laughs, Sherman is soon met with a Force ghost appearance
11:33 from his pops and the advice of using a force deep down inside you to fire him towards the
11:38 detonation button needed to complete the mission.
11:41 And what do you know, the force was very much strong, with Sherman's flatulence.
11:46 Though the same most definitely could not be said for this lame, gas-infused attempt
11:51 to take the piss out of all things Star Wars.
11:54 And that's our list over any other terrible times Star Wars appeared in other movies.
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