Richard Pryor At The Star Wars Bar

And you thought Wuher and Bea Arthur were the only Cantina owners... In 1977, comic genius Richard Pryor made a production-deal with NBC for an evening comedy and variety show. Pryor had already done several successful specials for the station. The show starred himself, Sandra Bernhard, Robin Williams, and several other up-and-coming comedians. It was much like Saturday Night Live, with hilarious skits throughout the program. One of these skits was 'Star Wars Bar'. Richard Pryor plays the owner of the Cantina, and all the Cantina regulars are there: Hammerhead, Figrin D'an the Barquin, Ponda Baba, and many more. In fact, these were the actual costumes from the movie, used with permission from Lucasfilm.

The clip, although extremely funny, is not among Pryor's best, but it is still a must-see for Star Wars fans. The most impressive are the costumes (sadly, it's too dark to see if there are any costumes not used in the movie), but it is the idea of having Richard Pryor interact with the aliens and being in the Star Wars universe that is the funniest. Another interesting fact, I'm pretty sure that this was done before the Holiday Special, so Pryor is in fact the second owner of the Mos Eisley Cantina.

'The Richard Pryor Show' was too racy for NBC's standards, so they quit the show after only about seven or eight episodes. Despite its huge (but short) success, the show was great; but due to some of the content of the episodes, clips like 'Star Wars Bar' have been seen only rarely

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11. If your house burned down, more stormtroopers would perish than did in the Death Star explosion.

10. Your ability to afford retirement depends on how the market for realistic light sabers is doing.

9. You had to put both kids in the same room because you had to put your Star Wars Lego collection in a room by itself.

8. Your spouse has had to vacate his or her closet space to make room for your Leia slave girl outfits.

7. You're petitioning to have your lot rezoned so you can move your Millennium Falcon collection outside.

6. You're using your refrigerator to store action figures.

5. You had to make a secret sub-basement to hide your Jar-Jar collection out of shame.

4. George Lucas called you when he needed a prop for the Star Wars celebration.

3. You are the highest bidder on eBay for a skin sample from Mark Hamill.

2. Your life-size talking cardboard characters talk to each other.

1. Your friends come over to play life-sized chess with your droid collection.

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