Gallery: 35 Greatest Star Wars Tributes of All Time
01clerks-death-star-contractors
*The riff on Death Star contractors in Kevin Smith's* Clerks *is one of pop culture's finest* Star Wars *references.*
0230-rock-leia-lemon
*30 Rock* — Leia Lemon ---------------------- Tina Fey clearly loves *Star Wars* – she even mentions it in [her book *Bossypants*](http://www.amazon.com/Bossypants-Tina-Fey/dp/0316056863) – but the ways in which that love translates to her performance on the screen as Liz Lemon on *30 Rock* are priceless. Like, for example, the time she dressed up as Princess Leia to avoid jury duty. (Leia) [Lemon, out](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e3ID0WIkVs).
03star-wars-day-at-att-park
*Star Wars* Day at AT&T Park ---------------------------- The San Francisco Giants cranked their jock-nerd cred to 10 in 2011 with their *Star Wars* Day at AT&T Park. While theme days at ballparks may not qualify as a typical pop-culture references, how many other teams would encase their [closing pitcher in carbonite](http://sfist.com/2011/08/08/star_wars_day_at_att_park_will_free.php)? And the mashup fan costumes (above) were a grand slam. *Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired*
04austin-powers-death-star
*Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me* — 'Death Star' ------------------------------------------------------ It's hard to tell what's funnier about this moment from [*Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me*](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0145660/): The moment when Dr. Evil (Mike Myers) calls the moon a Death Star or when his son Scott (Seth Green) retorts with, "Oh nothing, Darth."
05spaceballs
*Spaceballs* ------------- It's impossible to identify the best *Star Wars* gag in [*Spaceballs*](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094012/), because the entire movie is one. But if we had to pick a favorite line, we'd go with, "I see your Schwartz is as big as mine," courtesy of Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis).
06arrested-development-does
*Arrested Development* Does Star Wars Kid ----------------------------------------- It's the jokes within jokes that work on [*Arrested Development*](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrested_Development_(TV_series)). For this one, George Michael (Michael Cera) finds himself in an embarrassing situation after videotaping himself practicing lightsaber moves in his garage. Just like [that other guy](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2003/05/58881).
07chasing-amy-race-and-star-wars
*Chasing Amy* Riffs on Race and *Star Wars* ------------------------------------------- Much like the brilliant diatribe he wrote for videostore clerk Randal in *Clerks*, Kevin Smith wrote another fantastic *Star Wars* riff for comic-book creator Hooper X in [*Chasing Amy*](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118842/) – this time on race relations in a galaxy far, far away. And, like its predecessors, it's as funny as it is insightful.
08dj-shadow-hindsight
DJ Shadow – 'Hindsight' ----------------------- It may be a small sample, but more than one fan noticed when DJ Shadow dropped "the tracks go off in this direction" from *A New Hope* in his jam "Hindsight." (Bonus points: nice wordplay.)
09death-star-pr
Death Star PR ------------- The [Death Star PR website](http://deathstarpr.com/) and [Twitter feed](http://twitter.com/#!/deathstarpr) offer lovely *bons mots* crafted to sound like they came from Darth Vader's publicist. Hey, why didn't we think of that?
10family-guy-laugh-it-up-fuzzball-the-family-guy-trilogy
*Laugh It Up, Fuzzball: The Family Guy Trilogy* ------------------------------------------------ While many TV shows have gotten mileage out of Jedi jokes and Slave Leia costumes, few have put in the multi-arc effort that *Family Guy* did with [*Laugh It Up, Fuzzball: The Family Guy Trilogy*](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laugh_It_Up,_Fuzzball:_The_Family_Guy_Trilogy), which parodied *Star Wars: Episodes IV-VI* over three separate shows and was followed by direct-to-video sequels. Well played, Seth MacFarlane.
11fanboys
*Fanboys* ---------- [*Fanboys*](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/entertainment/hollywood/magazine/16-04/ff_fanboy) didn't really parody or reference *Star Wars* so much as it took everything wonderful about fandom and turned it into a sweet narrative about friendship. Awww, you guys.
12friends-the-one-with-the-princess-leia-fantasy
*Friends'* 'The One With the Princess Leia Fantasy' Episode ----------------------------------------------------------- Fondness for Slave Leia seems to be a nerd fantasy that will last forever. But how many *Star Wars* geeks can say their Slave Leia fantasy was acted out by Jennifer Aniston? Only *Friends'* Ross (played by David Schwimmer), in the appropriately titled episode, "[The One With the Princess Leia Fantasy](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0583634/)."
13futurama-benders-big-score
*Futurama: Bender's Big Score* ------------------------------ Direct-to-video film [*Futurama: Bender's Big Score*](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurama:_Bender's_Big_Score) is full of *Star Wars* sight gags, but the bling-y looking Death Stars might just take the Dark Side cake.
14george-lucas-strikes-back
'George Lucas Strikes Back' --------------------------- The "trailer" for nonexistent film *[George Lucas Strikes Back](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/underwire/2011/06/george-lucas-strikes-back/)* pretty much says it all: What if the *Star Wars* prequels were the work of an impostor? The real Lucas would get revenge, that's what. Sweet, sweet revenge. "When I heard about [midi-chlorians](http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Midi-chlorian), only one thought kept me going: Find the man who made the prequels and destroy him," the fake Lucas swears. Violence, hilarity and Dark Side coke binges ensue.
