Is George Lucas Developing A Sense Of Humor?

I’ve always heard that George Lucas was a control freak who doesn’t like other kids to play with his toys, but perhaps that’s ill-informed hearsay after this bit of news. Or maybe now that he’s a bloated old fart with more money than god he’s relaxing a little bit. Either way, this is exciting news: He has signed on to voice his own character in a Lucasfilm-approved Star Wars parody on Robot Chicken.

Seth Green and Matthew Senreich, the creators of the Adult Swim show, will be producing a special half-hour episode of their irreverent stop-motion program to be aired at 10 p.m. June 17th as part of a Robot Chicken marathon.

An impressive list of personalities will be providing voice-over duties on the special, including Conan O’Brien, Malcolm McDowell, Hulk Hogan, and Mark Hamil as Luke Skywalker.

‘Star Wars’, Lucas prey for ‘Chicken’ [hollywoodreporter.com]