Phineas and Ferb parody Star Wars episode

[Buzz Bumble]

Now we know the real reason Disney bought Star Wars ... to make cartoon parodies in their badly animated TV shows.

Doof meets Darth in an epic ode to Star Wars from the hit animated series Phineas and Ferb
Special Event Episode to be presented Next Year on Disney Channel and Disney XD.

An epic ode to Star Wars from the creators of Disney's animated comedy Phineas and Ferb is in production -- the one hour event episode will premiere next year on Disney Channel and Disney XD. It places the
characters of Phineas and Ferb in the same space and time as the world of Star Wars, all with the brilliant comedic perspective that has made the global hit Phineas and Ferb the #1 animated TV series for kids 6-11 in primetime and tweens across total day for the past five years.

The announcement was made today by Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, creators and executive producers of Phineas and Ferb and ardent Star Wars fans, at Comic-Con International in San Diego.

Povenmire said, "May The 'Ferb' Be With You and with all of us who for decades have dreamt of a chance to work with the great characters and stories of Star Wars."

The event episode's story begins a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away - in summer. Phineas and Ferb are living happily on Tatooine, just one moisture farm over from Luke Skywalker. They love simply hanging out and creating new adventures under the twin suns but find themselves thrust into a global rebellion when the plans for blowing up the Death Star accidentally fall into their hands.

Now that fate has suddenly pulled them into the fight for freedom, they must go in search of a pilot who can take them to the rebels so they can hand over the plans. Complicating matters, Candace has a Stormtrooper-like intent on "busting rebels" and chases Phineas and Ferb across the galaxy in hopes of retrieving the Death Star plans.

Meanwhile, back on the Death Star, Darth Enshmirtz, a low level Darth, has created a Force-powered "Sith-inator" that he plans to use against the Rebel Alliance. Agent P, working undercover for the Rebellion, is dispatched to stop him, but quickly gets trapped in carbonite. Then, things take a startling turn when Ferb is accidentally hit by the full blast of Dr. Darth Enschmirtz's "inator" and becomes ... an evil Sith.

The Voice cast includes: Vincent Martella as Phineas Flynn, Ashley Tisdale as Candace Flynn, Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Ferb Fletcher, Caroline Rhea as mom Linda Flynn-Fletcher, Richard O'Brien as dad Lawrence Fletcher, Dee Bradley Baker as Perry the Platypus, Alyson Stoner as Isabella, Maulik Pancholy as Baljeet, Bobby Gaylor as Buford, Jeff "Swampy" Marsh as Major Monogram and Emmy Award-winning Dan Povenmire as Darth Enshmirtz.

 

[Buzz Bumble]

Disney XD started here in New Zealand as a new Sky TV channel on Christmas Eve, and I recorded some animated Star Wars shows that now I'm getting around to watching.

The Phineas & Ferb Star Wars Special was quite well done. I've never seen the series, but the Star Wars special wasn't the usual parody-isation, but instead had the show's characters becoming a second-tier story in the original Star Wars movie storyline (for example, Phineas & Ferb's pet platypus spy was the agent who stole the Death Star plans, which R2-D2 then loses, and Phineas & Ferb keep trying to follow Luke to return the plans). It could probably have done without the rather silly usical numbers though.

 

[darthskellington]

Yeah, we really enjoyed the special. I'd heard about the show from friends who watch it, but had never seen an episode until this came out.