Editing George Lucas

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The works of '''[[Wikipedia:George Lucas|George Lucas]]''' and [[Wikipedia:Lucasfilm|Lucasfilm]], especially the ''[[Wikipedia:Star Wars|Star Wars]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:Indiana Jones franchise|Indiana Jones]]'' franchises, have left a profound impact on filmmaking and pop culture, and [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] is no exception.

==References==

===Star Wars===
*[[Character Cards]] &mdash; [[The Unguraits]] resemble the [[Wikipedia:Jawas|Jawas]] from ''A New Hope''.
*[[Hairstyle Runner]] &mdash; "Padawan dork" refers to the fact that padawans, [[wikipedia:Jedi|Jedi]] apprentices in Star Wars, often wear their hair short with a long, thin ponytail.
*[[Strong Bad's Message Bored]] &mdash; The [[page title]] for when the board was overloaded was "There's Too Many of Them!!!", a popular Star Wars quote. Its most notable use was by [[Wikipedia:List of minor Star Wars Rebel characters#Gray Wing pilots|Lieutenant Telsij]] during the [[Wikipedia:Battle of Endor|Battle of Endor]] in ''Return of the Jedi''.
*Email [[Greeting Cards]] &mdash; [[Strong Bad]]'s card for web cartoonists reads, "Thinking of you...And how terrible your stupid Star Wars spoofs are."
*Email [[video games]] (DVD commentary) &mdash; [[Matt Chapman]] mentions "the original Star Wars game", possibly referring to the 1983 arcade game ''[[wikipedia:Star Wars (1983 video game)|Star Wars]]''.
*Email [[for kids]] (DVD commentary) &mdash; [[Jonathan Howe]]'s comment that the new Star Wars episodes are not suitable for children refers to the fact that the then-recently released ''Revenge of the Sith'' was rated [[Wikipedia:MPAA film rating system|PG-13]], whereas all previous Star Wars movies were rated PG.
*[[Biz Cas Fri 2]] &mdash; The shareholders' mug has a picture of [[Mike Chapman]] as a child dressed as [[wikipedia:Luke Skywalker|Luke Skywalker]].
*[[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]] &mdash; [[Homestar Runner]] [[What are you supposed to be?|mistakenly assumes]] that [[Bubs]] is dressed as [[Billy Dee Williams|Lando Calrissian]] from The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. 
*Email [[myths and legends]] &mdash; One of the fence drawings is a [[Wikipedia:TIE fighter|TIE fighter]].
*[[The Municipality]]'s logo is modeled after [[Wikipedia:Darth Vader|Darth Vader]]'s mask.
*Email [[what I want]] &mdash; Strong Bad asks the sender, Talon Jendro, if George Lucas came up with his name. He also mentions that he came from a "computer-generated planet", in reference to the abundance of CGI effects in the Special Editions and Prequel Trilogy of ''Star Wars''.
*Email [[the movies]] (DVD commentary) &mdash; Homestar and Mike mention the [[ASCII]] [http://www.asciimation.co.nz/asciimation/index.html re-creation of the original ''Star Wars''].
*Email [[Accent]] &mdash; Strong Bad's "mesa" joke is a reference to the distinctive speech patterns of [[wikipedia:Jar Jar Binks|Jar Jar Binks]].
*[[Strong Badia the Free]] &mdash; Using the glowstick on the katana causes Strong Bad to say, "Glowing swords used to be cool, until someone ruined my childhood", referring to both [[Wikipedia:lightsaber|lightsabers]] and negative fan reaction to the ''Star Wars'' Special Edition and prequel trilogy.
*[[W00tstock - 18 Jul 2013]] &mdash; Strong Bad talks about fans wearing costumes of [[Wikipedia:Jango Fett|Jango Fett]], [[Wikipedia:Boba Fett|Boba Fett]] and [[Wikipedia:Princess Leia|Princess Leia]], and Homestar references [[Wookieepedia:Lobot|Lobot]], all characters of the Star Wars franchise.
*[[Fan Costumes 2015]] &mdash; Strong Bad references how one of the people is dressed as an X-wing Pilot using one of Luke Skywalker's lines from the Death Star battle scene.
*[[Haunted Photo Booth]] &mdash; Homestar waves his glowing bat around and makes lightsaber noises.

===Indiana Jones===
*Email [[morning routine]] &mdash; Strong Bad calls [[Strong Sad]] "Interruptor Jones".
*[[The System is Down]] &mdash; "We've got our top men working on it 'round the clock," said by Strong Bad, is a reference to what the government representative says to Indiana Jones about the status of the Ark of the Covenant at the end of ''Raiders of the Lost Ark''.
*Email [[best thing]] (DVD commentary) &mdash; Strong Bad mentions the [http://www.indygear.com/props/graildiary.shtml "Grail diary"] from ''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade''.
*Email [[pizza joint]] &mdash; In response to the lengthy name of "Strong Bad's Strong Badian [[The Pizz|Pizz]]&mdash;", [[The Ugly One]] (in a sarcophagus) declares "I belong in a museum!", in reference to the ''Indiana Jones'' film series.
*[[Strong Badia the Free]] &mdash; While in the [[Homsar Reservation]], asking Strong Sad about the tuning fork will get him to say, "Oooo, that looks like a rare [[Homsar]] artifact! It belongs in a museum!" echoing Indiana Jones's famous line.
*[[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]] &mdash; Strong Bad saying that the paintings in the office "belong in a museum!" is a reference to the ''Indiana Jones'' film series.
*[[8-Bit is Enough]] &mdash; When asking Strong Bad to help him find his lucky quarter, Homestar comments, "I hear you're the best digger in Cairo", a modified quote from ''Raiders of the Lost Ark''.
*[[2-Part Episode: Part 2]] &mdash; [[The Topplegangers|Subtlefuge]]'s description of Swampslash's abilities is similar to Indiana Jones's false statement regarding Marcus Brody in ''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'': "He speaks a dozen languages... He'll blend in — disappear..."

===Other===
*Email [[montage]] &mdash; The "Where are they now" photos and text at the end of the email are a likely reference to the ending of the 1973 film [[Wikipedia:American Graffiti|American Graffiti]], where it was first used.
*Email [[hygiene]] &mdash; Gene employs [[Wikipedia:THX|THX]] special effects artists to operate a fake fire in his bedroom.
*[[The House That Gave Sucky Tricks]] &mdash; [[Marzipan]] dresses as [[Wikipedia:Captain EO|Captain EO]], [[Michael Jackson]]'s title character of a [[Disney]] theme park movie executive-produced by Lucas.

==See Also==
*[[LucasArts]]
*[[Disney]]
*[[Steven Spielberg]]
*[[Alfred Hitchcock]]
*[[Stanley Kubrick]]
*[[Telltale Games]]

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