The Simpsons Archive: Star Wars References

Star Wars References
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Welcome to The Simpsons/Star Wars References Guide! We've spotted and recorded as many of the Star Wars references from both the animated series and the comics as possible. All are included below, along with some related Simpsons/Star Wars articles, multi-media releases, and even toys. Over two hundred Star Wars references come together in a comprehensive guide — oh, the Jedi are really going to feel this one!

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Season 1 (1989-1990) [ Next Season | Back to Top ]

[ 7G05 ] BART THE GENERAL
Episode 005 | S01E05 | SI-105 | Air Date: Feb. 4, 1990
Among Bart’s list of cool wars is the Star Wars trilogy: “There are no good wars, with the following exceptions: The American Revolution, World War II and the Star Wars trilogy.”

Season 2 (1990-1991) [ Next Season | Previous Season | Back to Top ]

	[ 7F04 ] TREEHOUSE OF HORROR Episode 016 \| S02E03 \| SI-204 \| Air Date: Oct. 25, 1990 In the second story, “Hungry are the Damned,” as Lisa snoops around, the alien ship and music bring to mind the halls and detention block of the Death Star, and “Luke Skywalker’s Theme” from Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. James Earl Jones (Darth Vader in the Star Wars movies) also appears in this episode, voicing three characters: the mover in “Bad Dream House,” Serak the Preparer in “Hungry are the Damned” and the Narrator of “The Raven.”

	[ 7F17 ] OLD MONEY Episode 030 \| S02E17 \| SI-217 \| Air Date: March 28, 1991 Along with dozens of Springfield’s townspeople, someone dressed as Darth Vader waits in the queue of people to visit Abe after he has announced he will give away his money. {dh}
	[ 7F21 ] THREE MEN AND A COMIC BOOK Episode 034 \| S02E21 \| SI-221 \| Air Date: May 9, 1991 At the comic book convention’s lost and found, Martin asks, “Excuse me sir, has anyone turned in a left Vulcan ear?” The clerk checks: “Let’s see ... We got a utility belt, couple of tricorders, a lightsaber ... Sorry kid.” (Syndication Cut)

Season 3 (1991-1992) [ Next Season | Previous Season | Back to Top ]

	[ 8F10 ] I MARRIED MARGE Episode 047 \| S03E12 \| SI-310 \| Air Date: Dec. 26, 1991 Homer and Marge go to see The Empire Strikes Back. “The Imperial March (Darth Vader’s Theme)” is heard as they leave the theater, while Homer passes those waiting for the next screening, spoiling the film’s plot twist: “Wow, what an ending! Who would have thought Darth Vader was Luke Skywalker’s father!”
	[ 8F10 ] I MARRIED MARGE Episode 047 \| S03E12 \| SI-310 \| Air Date: Dec. 26, 1991 Homer says to Marge, “Marge, you’re as pretty as Princess Leia and as smart as Yoda.”
	[ 8F22 ] BART’S FRIEND FALLS IN LOVE Episode 058 \| S03E23 \| SI-322 \| Air Date: May 7, 1992 Milhouse has an X-Wing model hanging from the ceiling in his room.
	[ 8F23 ] BROTHER, CAN YOU SPARE TWO DIMES Episode 059 \| S03E24 \| SI-323 \| Air Date: Aug. 27, 1992 The intro sequence of Homer’s trip on the Spinemelter 3000 depicts a sort of hyper space jump, ala the Millennium Falcon in the Star Wars films. {dh}

Season 4 (1992-1993) [ Next Season | Previous Season | Back to Top ]

	[ 9F02 ] LISA THE BEAUTY QUEEN Episode 063 \| S04E04 \| SI-402 \| Air Date: Oct. 15, 1992 One of the caricatures at the school festival is of Darth Vader surfing. {dh}
	[ 9F02 ] LISA THE BEAUTY QUEEN Episode 063 \| S04E04 \| SI-402 \| Air Date: Oct. 15, 1992 One of Lisa’s hairstyles is Princess Leia’s as she appeared in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. {dh}
	[ 9F03 ] ITCHY & SCRATCHY: THE MOVIE Episode 065 \| S04E06 \| SI-403 \| Air Date: Nov. 3, 1992 A landspeeder-type vehicle cruises past Homer and Bart in the future. {bg}
	[ 9F05 ] MARGE GETS A JOB Episode 066 \| S04E07 \| SI-405 \| Air Date: Nov. 5, 1992 “The Imperial March,” also called “Darth Vader’s Theme,” plays as Mr. Burns observes his monitors. This marks the first time the theme will be used to introduce Burns (others are 2F31 and DABF12), much like it accompanied some appearances of Darth Vader in Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back and subsequent Star Wars films. {dh}
	[ 9F09 ] HOMER’S TRIPLE BYPASS Episode 070 \| S04E11 \| SI-409 \| Air Date: Dec. 17, 1992 Homer’s pose while on Dr. Hibbert’s examination table is reminiscent of Princess Leia’s in Cell 2187 in the Death Star’s Detention Block AA-23 when Luke enters to rescue her. {dh}
	[ 9F10 ] MARGE VS. THE MONORAIL Episode 071 \| S04E12 \| SI-410 \| Air Date: Jan. 14, 1993 At the ceremony for the opening of the Springfield Monorail, Mayor Quimby looks to curry favor with Star Trek’s Leonard Nimoy, mistakenly saying, “May the Force be with you.” {dh}
	[ 9F10 ] MARGE VS. THE MONORAIL Episode 071 \| S04E12 \| SI-410 \| Air Date: Jan. 14, 1993 Homer’s monorail suit is patterned after Darth Vader’s. In fact, in an early version of the script, Selma was to tell Homer that he looks “like Darth Vader without the helmet.” {dh}

Season 5 (1993-1994) [ Next Season | Previous Season | Back to Top ]

	[ 1F02 ] HOMER GOES TO COLLEGE Episode 084 \| S05E03 \| SI-502 \| Air Date: Oct. 14, 1993 Burns’ escape pod, along with how his departure is shown, are modeled after the pod used by C-3PO and R2-D2 and their escape the from Princess Leia’s ship Tantive IV during Darth Vader’s capture of the vessel in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.
	[ 1F16 ] BURNS’ HEIR Episode 099 \| S05E18 \| SI-516 \| Air Date: April 14, 1994 A THX trailer is so loud it blows the audience out of their seats, shattering eyeglasses, teeth, and even causing one person’s head to explode, all to the astonishment and appreciation of a packed house of moviegoers, who whoop in response. Despite this incredible level of volume, Grampa shouts, “Turn it up! Turn it up!” This segment was later used as an official THX theatrical trailer. THX itself was developed and first applied in 1983 by Lucasfilm for use in Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi. {bg}

Season 6 (1994-1995) [ Next Season | Previous Season | Back to Top ]

	[ 1F17 ] LISA’S RIVAL Episode 105 \| S06E02 \| SI-517 \| Air Date: Sept. 11, 1994 Ralph displays his original Star Wars action figures, still in their packaging and display box, including Luke, Obi-Wan, Chewbacca, Darth Vader, Han Solo and others, presented as his first-prize-winning diorama entry. Later, while celebrating his victory over both Lisa and Allison, he falls on his figures, crushing them and lamenting, “I bent my Wookiee.” Earlier in the episode, Allison resolves an anagram for “Alec Guinness.”

	[ 2F14 ] HOMER VS. PATTY & SELMA Episode 120 \| S06E17 \| SI-614 \| Air Date: Feb. 26, 1995 Bart envisions his ballet teacher advising him, “Use the ballet!” This is a reference to how Luke heard his mentor’s instruction and assurance during the rebels’ attack on the Death Star in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, when Obi-Wan told him, “Use the Force!”
	[ 2F31 ] A STAR IS BURNS Episode 121 \| S06E18 \| SI-631 \| Air Date: March 5, 1995 “The Imperial March (Darth Vader’s Theme)” is played once again to underscore the villainy of Mr. Burns during int. shot of his office. This same allusion is used in 9F05 and DABF12. {dh}
	[ 2F32 ] ’ROUND SPRINGFIELD Episode 125 \| S06E22 \| SI-632 \| Air Date: April 30, 1995 Darth Vader, as a cloud, appears and says, “Luke, I am your father.” Two of James Earl Jones’ (Darth Vader in the Star Wars films) other voice roles: Mufasa from Disney’s The Lion King, and the CNN tagline bumper voice (“This is CNN”) are also represented. {hl}
	[ 2F21 ] THE SPRINGFIELD CONNECTION Episode 126 \| S06E23 \| SI-621 \| Air Date: May 7, 1995 The Star Wars “Main Title Theme" is played by the Springfield Pops orchestra in an outdoor performance, accompanied by a visual show at which Homer expresses outrage: “Laser effects, mirrored balls ... John Williams must be rolling around in his grave.” Additionally, Williams, who has scored each of the Star Wars films to-date, is and was very much alive when this episode first aired.

Season 7 (1995-1996) [ Next Season | Previous Season | Back to Top ]

[ 3F02 ] BART SELLS HIS SOUL
Episode 132 | S07E04 | SI-702 | Air Date: Oct. 8, 1995
With his loud filtered breathing and deep voice, the potato bug fumigator guy sounds a lot like Darth Vader.

Season 8 (1996-1997) [ Next Season | Previous Season | Back to Top ]

	[ 4F02 ] TREEHOUSE OF HORROR VII Episode 154 \| S08E01 \| SI-802 \| Air Date: Oct. 27, 1996 The mini-ships attacking Bart in the second story, “The Genesis Tub,” is similar to the Death Star attack.
	[ 4F02 ] TREEHOUSE OF HORROR VII Episode 154 \| S08E01 \| SI-802 \| Air Date: Oct. 27, 1996 In the third story, “Citizen Kang,” the tubes in which Dole and Clinton are held in suspended animation are very similar to the Bacta Tank from Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back.
	[ 4F05 ] BURNS, BABY BURNS Episode 157 \| S08E04 \| SI-805 \| Air Date: Nov. 17, 1996 There’s a Darth Vader helmet displayed on the counter at the Springfield Costume Shop where Homer and Larry Burns hide in the bathroom. {nh}
	[ 3G01 ] THE SPRINGFIELD FILES Episode 163 \| S08E10 \| SI-825 \| Air Date: Jan. 12, 1997 Homer is asked to choose the alien he saw from those among a lineup at the FBI office, which includes Chewbacca from the Star Wars films, along with Marvin the Martian from Looney Toons, Gort from The Day The Earth Stood Still, ALF (the alien Gordon Shumway from the ALF TV series), and a Rigellian (perhaps Kang or Kodos).
	[ 3G01 ] THE SPRINGFIELD FILES Episode 163 \| S08E10 \| SI-825 \| Air Date: Jan. 12, 1997 Chewbacca is seen again at the end of the episode, joining Mulder, Scully, Leonard Nimoy, and townspeople singing in the crowd.
	[ 4F08 ] THE TWISTED WORLD OF MARGE SIMPSON Episode 164 \| S08E11 \| SI-808 \| Air Date: Jan. 19, 1997 After disabling Investo the robot at the Franchise Fair Expo entrance, Bart walks past his collapsed body and whistles like R2-D2. (Syndication Cut)

Season 9 (1997-1998) [ Next Season | Previous Season | Back to Top ]

	[ 5F02 ] TREEHOUSE OF HORROR VIII Episode 182 \| S09E04 \| SI-902 \| Air Date: Oct. 26, 1997 In the first story, “The HΩmega Man,” we see freak Mr. Burns’ black hood, white pale face, and the line, “Now you will die,” all alluding to the Emperor in Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi, along with his words to Luke, “And now young Jedi, you will die.” {nl}
	[ 5F10 ] THE LAST TEMPTATION OF KRUST Episode 193 \| S09E15 \| SI-910 \| Air Date: Feb. 22, 1998 The café called “Java the Hut” is a pun on the name of the character Jabba the Hutt.
	[ 5F13 ] THIS LITTLE WIGGY Episode 196 \| S09E18 \| SI-913 \| Air Date: March 22, 1998 The sperm gun in the “Let’s Make a Baby” Knowledgeum exhibit is patterned against the Corellian Engineering Corporation’s AG-2G quad laser cannons as installed on the top and bottom of the Millennium Falcon. {dm}
	[ 5F13 ] THIS LITTLE WIGGY Episode 196 \| S09E18 \| SI-913 \| Air Date: March 22, 1998 The logo on the “Mars” Knowledgeum exhibit uses the same font as in the Star Wars logo.

Season 10 (1998-1999) [ Next Season | Previous Season | Back to Top ]

	[ 5F22 ] BART THE MOTHER Episode 206 \| S10E03 \| SI-922 \| Air Date: Sept. 27, 1998 In addition to the BB gun that Nelson selects, one of the prizes that can be earned with enough tickets at the Family Fun Center arcade is an X-Wing Fighter toy model.
	[ 5F19 ] WHEN YOU DISH UPON A STAR Episode 208 \| S10E05 \| SI-919 \| Air Date: Nov. 8, 1998 At the end of the episode, the famous Star Wars “Style A” movie poster, with art by Tom Jung, depicting Leia with Luke and his outstretched lightsaber against a portrait of Darth Vader and the Death Star, is seen next to a Titanic film poster behind Ron Howard as he pitches Homer’s script idea to Brian Grazer at 20th Century Fox (“A Division of Walt Disney Co,” according to a sign in front of the facility — read on for an update which makes this quite prophetic). Grazer, who also appears in KABF15, is Howard’s real-life producing partner, together comprising one of the most successful filmmaking duos in Hollywood. Though it couldn’t have been predicted at the time this episode originally aired, a unique dynamic now exists among Star Wars, 20th Century Fox and Disney: 20th Century Fox was involved in the development of the original Star Wars trilogy, was responsible for the distribution of the prequel trilogy, and, although in 2012 Disney acquired Lucasfilm and the release rights to all future Star Wars films, was to retain all rights to Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope “in perpetuity,” along with rights to those five subsequent films through May 2020. Fast-forward to December 14, 2017 when the Walt Disney Company announced it had reached a deal to buy most of 21st Century Fox, including the first six Star Wars films.

	[ AABF05 ] MAYORED TO THE MOB Episode 212 \| S10E09 \| SI-1005 \| Air Date: Dec. 20, 1998 Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) appears in this episode (“Who put the ‘star’ in Star Wars?”). In addition to playing the role of himself, Hamill also voices Leavelle, a singing bodyguard instructor who trains Homer.
	[ AABF05 ] MAYORED TO THE MOB Episode 212 \| S10E09 \| SI-1005 \| Air Date: Dec. 20, 1998 A wrestling match previewed in the TV promo spot for Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con: “The mighty robots of Battlestar Galactica verses the gay robots of Star Wars,” features a duo of Cylon Centurions in a tag-team match against R2-D2 and C-3PO, with C-3PO taking punishment from his Cylon opponent while R2 is characteristically apathetic to his counterpart’s pleas for help. C-3PO’s head then later flies by in the promo spot.
	[ AABF05 ] MAYORED TO THE MOB Episode 212 \| S10E09 \| SI-1005 \| Air Date: Dec. 20, 1998 At the Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con door, an attendee wears a Chewbacca costume, albeit with inaccuracies including running shoes and exposed wrists.
	[ AABF05 ] MAYORED TO THE MOB Episode 212 \| S10E09 \| SI-1005 \| Air Date: Dec. 20, 1998 Database finally speaks up during Mark Hamill’s presentation on long-distance savings: “Daaah, talk about Star Wars!”
	[ AABF05 ] MAYORED TO THE MOB Episode 212 \| S10E09 \| SI-1005 \| Air Date: Dec. 20, 1998 During the dramatic finale of Guys and Dolls in his dinner theater performance, Mark Hamill urges Homer to “use the forks,” though Homer initially assumes he hears, “Use the Force!”. {cf}
	[ AABF06 ] VIVA NED FLANDERS Episode 213 \| S10E10 \| SI-1006 \| Air Date: Jan. 10, 1999 According to Comic Book Guy, his bumper sticker that reads “My Other Car Is A Millennium Falcon” was given to him by a Harrison Ford look-alike. Ford portrayed Han Solo, the Millennium Falcon’s owner and pilot, in the Star Wars trilogy.

Season 11 (1999-2000) [ Next Season | Previous Season | Back to Top ]

	[ AABF21 ] GUESS WHO’S COMING TO CRITICIZE DINNER Episode 229 \| S11E03 \| SI-1021 \| Air Date: Oct. 24, 1999 The Star Wars “Style A” movie poster of Leia, Luke, and his outstretched lightsaber is seen at Planet Springfield.
	[ BABF01 ] TREEHOUSE OF HORROR X Episode 230 \| S11E04 \| SI-1101 \| Air Date: Oct. 31, 1999 In the second story, “Desperately Xeeking Xena,” the Collector instructs a captive Lucy Lawless, “Here is a list of names you may call me on our wedding night: Obi-Wan, Iron Man, Mr. Mxyzptlk and, of course, Big Papa Smurf.” {tr}
	[ BABF01 ] TREEHOUSE OF HORROR X Episode 230 \| S11E04 \| SI-1101 \| Air Date: Oct. 31, 1999 The Collector uses Darth Maul’s lightsaber against Lucy Lawless, warning, “Not even Xena is a match for the double-edged lightsaber from Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace!” {jk}
	[ AABF19 ] E-I-E-I-(ANNOYED GRUNT) Episode 231 \| S11E05 \| SI-1019 \| Air Date: Nov. 7, 1999 Along with “The Poke of Zorro" and other films playing at the Googolplex Theater is “My Dinner with Jar Jar,” a pun on the name of the 1981 film My Dinner with Andre coupled with a reference to Jar Jar Binks from Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace.
	[ BABF18 ] IT’S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD MARGE Episode 247 \| S11E21 \| SSI-1118 \| Air Date: May 14, 2000 Patty tells Selma, “The bitterness is strong in this one,” upon hearing Lisa’s reply to “the truth about men.” This is a reference to Darth Vader’s remark, “The Force is strong with this one,” about Luke while in the Death Star trench in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.

Season 12 (2000-2001) [ Next Season | Previous Season | Back to Top ]

[ CABF08 ] WORST EPISODE EVER
Episode 259 | S12E11 | SI-1208 | Air Date: Feb. 4, 2001
Martin Prince’s mother presents a box of items to Comic Book Guy, who inspects the contents: “a handwritten script for Star Wars by George Lucas, Princess Leia’s anti-jiggle breast tape, [and a] film reel labeled ‘Alternate Ending: Luke’s Father is Chewbacca.’” In return, he offers five dollars.

[ CABF09 ] HUNGRY, HUNGRY HOMER
Episode 263 | S12E15 | SI-1209 | Air Date: March 4, 2001
Duff Man’s hesitation and looking back and forth between Homer and Henry K. Duff VIII, finally lifting his boss over his head and throwing him over the fence recalls Darth Vader’s pensive moment in Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi, looking back and forth between his son Luke and his master, Emperor Palpatine, finally lifting the Emperor over his head and throwing him into the second Death Star’s chasm.

Season 13 (2001-2002) [ Next Season | Previous Season | Back to Top ]

	[ CABF19 ] TREEHOUSE OF HORROR XII Episode 270 \| S13E01 \| SI-1219 \| Air Date: Nov. 6, 2001 In the first story, “Hex and the City,” Yoda is the minister for the Gypsy and Leprechaun wedding ceremony, proclaiming their marital union in his usual clause-first speech pattern: “Husband and wife, I pronounce you now.”
	[ DABF01 ] BRAWL IN THE FAMILY Episode 276 \| S13E07 \| SI-1301 \| Air Date: Jan. 6, 2002 When the family is forced to stay indoors because of the acid rain, one of the myriad versions of special-themed Monopoly games the family owns is “Star Wars Monopoly,” with box art featuring Chewbacca.
	[ DABF04 ] HALF DECENT PROPOSAL Episode 279 \| S13E10 \| SI-1304 \| Air Date: Feb. 10, 2002 Comic Book Guy’s bedroom is bristling with Star Wars items, including figurines of Jabba the Hutt, Dewback and Sandtroopers; toy version of Darth Vader’s lightsaber; Death Star, Sandcrawler and R2-D2 models and a C-3PO bust on his bookshelf; Millennium Falcon and TIE Fighter ceiling-hung models; full-size Clonetrooper cardboard stand-up; Darth Vader wall clock; three framed movie posters; framed pictures of Yoda and Wicket the Ewok; signed portraits of Mark Hamill from both Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope and Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi outfits; Star Wars Landspeeder bed; Chewbacca pajamas; and a Jar Jar Binks doll which he clutches in bed, tells, “Oh Jar Jar, everyone hates you but me,” and kisses. Comic Book Guy’s apartment will be seen again later (after he’d married Kumiko, in Season 32’s QABF04) and, although his bedroom has changed, many of the items mentioned here are still on display.

	[ DABF12 ] GUMP ROAST Episode 286 \| S13E17 \| SI-1312 \| Air Date: April 21, 2002 After Homer was nearly arrested for impersonating Forrest Gump, a deep-voiced black man is in the paddy wagon in a Darth Vader costume with helmet in hand (not James Earl Jones, but rather Dr. Hibbert) who says to an Austin Powers-costumed Moe, “Luke, I am your father (chuckle),” in reference to Jones’ voice acting for Darth Vader.
	[ DABF12 ] GUMP ROAST Episode 286 \| S13E17 \| SI-1312 \| Air Date: April 21, 2002 A musical segue during Homer’s Celebrity Roast marks the third time John Williams’ “Imperial March” is used to introduce the tyrannical Mr. Burns (the other instances were in 9F05 and 2F31).
	[ DABF13 ] I AM FURIOUS (YELLOW) Episode 287 \| S13E18 \| SI-1313 \| Air Date: April 28, 2002 At the Internet company BetterThanTV.com, which develops “Angry Dad” as an online animated series, there is an R2-D2 figurine setting on the second computer where Bart, Lisa and the producer work on the animated material.
	[ DABF17 ] POPPA’S GOT A BRAND NEW BADGE Episode 291 \| S13E22 \| SI-1317 \| Air Date: May 22, 2002 Homer explains, “I’ve trick or treated at many of your homes; last year I was Jar Jar Binks.”

Season 14 (2002-2003) [ Next Season | Previous Season | Back to Top ]

	[ DABF19 ] TREEHOUSE OF HORROR XIII Episode 292 \| S14E01 \| SI-1319 \| Air Date: Nov. 3, 2002 The first story, “Send in the Clones,” features a clone army of Homers. Both the title and the idea of a clone force of Homers is a nod to Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones, which was released just months before this episode aired. Attack of the Clones introduced Star Wars fans to an army of identical Clone Trooper shock troops.
	[ DABF21 ] HELTER SHELTER Episode 296 \| S14E05 \| SI-1321 \| Air Date: Dec. 1, 2002 When the Simpsons briefly consider moving in with Comic Book Guy, we see Star Wars items in his apartment, including an X-Wing lunch box; Sandtrooper on Dewback, Boba Fett, R2-D2 and Tusken Raider (Sand People) figurines; Landspeeder toy vehicle in original packaging; and TIE Fighter, Death Star and Millennium Falcon models among them.
	[ DABF21 ] HELTER SHELTER Episode 296 \| S14E05 \| SI-1321 \| Air Date: Dec. 1, 2002 Comic Book Guy’s assemblage of cardboard stand-ups comprising his “Galactic UN” are parodies of recognizable alien species represented in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope and Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi. Clockwise, from left to right are: Bith (cantina band), Gamorrean (Jabba’s palace guards), Kowakian Monkey-Lizard (Salacious B. Crumb), and Gran (Ree-Yees).
	[ EABF10 ] C. E. D’OH Episode 306 \| S14E15 \| SI-1410 \| Air Date: March 16, 2003 While Homer tries to figure out how to take over the SNPP, he starts marking down all the hazards as Lenny and Carl begin fighting with radioactive Plutonium rods, using them like lightsabers (complete with sound effects). Lenny proclaims, “The Phantom Menace sucked more!” while Carl argues, “Attack of the Clones sucked more!” {lc}
	[ EABF11 ] ’SCUSE ME WHILE I MISS THE SKY Episode 307 \| S14E16 \| SI-1411 \| Air Date: March 30, 2003 The Teenage Pasteland hobby shop, where Homer buys Lisa a telescope, has a model of the Millennium Falcon among items displayed in its front window.

Season 15 (2003-2004) [ Next Season | Previous Season | Back to Top ]

	[ EABF21 ] TREEHOUSE OF HORROR XIV Episode 314 \| S15E01 \| SI-1421 \| Air Date: Nov. 2, 2003 In the second story, “Frinkenstein,” while planning to fly to Stockholm for the Nobel Prize Ceremony, Frink Sr., reanimated using others’ body parts, notes that Comic Book Guy’s ass won’t fit in coach, to which he replies, “You may keep my posterior, just please return the ‘Jabba the Butt’ tattoo,” a reference to Jabba the Hutt, and a pun on his name.
	[ EABF21 ] TREEHOUSE OF HORROR XIV Episode 314 \| S15E01 \| SI-1421 \| Air Date: Nov. 2, 2003 The third story, “Stop the World, I Want to Goof Off,” finds Comic Book Guy wielding a green lightsaber amongst the mob chasing the time-stopping Bart and Milhouse, and later attacking scapegoat Martin.
	[ EABF22 ] THE REGINA MONOLOGUES Episode 317 \| S15E04 \| SI-1422 \| Aired Nov. 23, 2003 After finding a one-thousand dollar bill, Bart envisions holding a party at his mansion on the moon, where a band plays, “It’s Bart’s Moon Party, from outer space, with R2-D2 playing the bass.” In his fantasy sequence, we see the droid playing an electric bass, using arm appendages normally hidden within his body.
	[ FABF10 ] CO-DEPENDENT’S DAY Episode 328 \| S15E15 \| SI-1510 \| Air Date: March 21, 2004 Many moviegoers in line to see the debut of Cosmic Wars: The Gathering Shadow are dressed as characters from the series, including Princess Leia, Boba Fett, B-Wing Pilot, Yoda, several braided Jedi, Ishi Tibb, Podracer pilot Anakin, Jawa, two-headed version of Ketwol, plant-like version of the Dianoga monster, centaur version of C-3PO, Ralph as a sword carrying Ewok, a Darth Vader-masked dog accompanied by its owner as the Death Star, Otto in Jedi robes, and Comic Book Guy dressed like the film’s Director/Writer/Editor Randall Curtis.

	[ FABF10 ] CO-DEPENDENT’S DAY Episode 328 \| S15E15 \| SI-1510 \| Air Date: March 21, 2004 The film Cosmic Wars: The Gathering Shadow is a parody of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace, as well as a pun on the title, complete with: the opening Fox fanfare; the opening crawl’s mentioning of tariffs, trade policies and mercantile interest groups; interim Princess Agoomba alluding to Queen Amidala of Naboo; Senate chamber scene including Yoda and an Imperial Walker delegate; the Jedi’s aggravation over the antics of Jim Jam Bonks; and the similar public anticipation of and reaction to the film.

	[ FABF10 ] CO-DEPENDENT’S DAY Episode 328 \| S15E15 \| SI-1510 \| Air Date: March 21, 2004 The Director/Writer/Editor Randall Curtis represents George Lucas and his work area contains props such as Boba Fett’s helmet, Yoda and Stormtrooper statues, model AT-AT walker, film stills of the Death Star trench, Sandtrooper on Dewback, C-3PO, R2-D2, The Gathering Shadow poster, and Jim Jam Cereal.
	[ FABF10 ] CO-DEPENDENT’S DAY Episode 328 \| S15E15 \| SI-1510 \| Air Date: March 21, 2004 After meeting Bart and Lisa at his Cosmic Wars Ranch office (alluding to Lucas’ Skywalker Ranch campus), Randall Curtis rides off on a waiting tauntaun, the creature used as a steed by the Rebels in Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back.
	[ FABF12 ] MY BIG FAT GEEK WEDDING Episode 330 \| S15E17 \| SI-1512 \| Air Date: April 18, 2004 Some attendees of the Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con are in Star Wars costumes, including a Gamorrean Guard, Chewbacca, Darth Vader, a lightsaber-wielding Jedi, C-3PO, R2-D2 and three dressed as Boba Fett.
	[ FABF14 ] CATCH ’EM IF YOU CAN Episode 331 \| S15E18 \| SI-1514 \| Air Date: April 25, 2004 Homer is angry at the video store when advised by the clerk, “I’m sorry sir, the computer says the movie Chocolate Star Wars doesn’t exist.”

Season 16 (2004-2005) [ Next Season | Previous Season | Back to Top ]

[ FABF22 ] SHE USED TO BE MY GIRL
Episode 339 | S16E04 | SI-1522 | Air Date: Dec. 5, 2004
In Act II, as part a 1977 flashback when Marge and Chloe are faced with the decision of going off to journalism school or staying in Springfield with their sweethearts Homer and Barney, Homer tries to convince Marge to stay after making out under the high school bleachers: “Stay with me, Marge, and I promise we'll travel the world and perhaps outer space.” Homer then imitates starships, laser guns and Darth Vader’s breathing.

[ FABF21 ] FAT MAN AND LITTLE BOY
Episode 340 | S16E05 | SI-1521 | Air Date: Dec. 12, 2004
In Act III, while Bart signs autographs during his scheduled appearance at Goose’s Gags and Gifts, and later, when Homer pays him a visit there, a model of an Imperial Star Destroyer can be seen hanging from the ceiling behind the crowd.

Season 17 (2005-2006) [ Next Season | Previous Season | Back to Top ]

	[ GABF17] TREEHOUSE OF HORROR XVI Episode 360 \| S17E04 \| SI-1617 \| Air Date: Nov. 6, 2005 Episode Co-Executive Producer Don Payne (1948-2013) is listed as DARTH PAIN in the opening and closing credits. {dd}
	[ GABF17] TREEHOUSE OF HORROR XVI Episode 360 \| S17E04 \| SI-1617 \| Air Date: Nov. 6, 2005 The third story, “I’ve Grown a Costume to Your Face,” sees Apu among the spell victims, now made to take on the form of his R2-D2 Halloween costume as Apu-Detoo.
	[ HABF03 ] HOMER’S PATERNITY COOT Episode 366 \| S17E10 \| SI-1703 \| Air Date: Jan. 8, 2006 Ralph says, “I’m See-Three-Detoo,” while he has a tuba on his head, creating his own portmanteau by combining the names of the droids R2-D2 and C-3PO.
	[ HABF04 ] WE’RE ON THE ROAD TO D’OH-WHERE Episode 367 \| S17E11 \| SI-1704 \| Air Date: Jan. 29, 2006 Among Homer’s and Bart’s belongings offered in the yard sale conceived and conducted by Marge and Lisa, while Homer drives Bart to detention camp in Oregon, are some of Bart’s action figures, including at least one lightsaber-wielding Jedi Star Wars figure.
	[ HABF07 ] BART HAS TWO MOMMIES Episode 370 \| S17E14 \| SI-1707 \| Air Date: March 19, 2006 Marge shows Rod and Todd her finished Darth Vader paper plate mask, exclaiming, “Here’s my mask; I’m a Star Wars!”
	[ HABF09 ] MILLION DOLLAR ABIE Episode 372 \| S17E16 \| SI-1709 \| Air Date: April 2, 2006 Jim Jam Bonks is part of the ensemble celebrity line-up, which includes Opal and others, singing “Springfield Blows” (itself a parody of “We are the World”) in the Rob Reiner-hosted video submitted by Los Angeles to Pro Football in hopes of beating out Springfield in landing the new franchise.

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	[ HABF20 ] PLEASE HOMER DON’T HAMMER ’EM Episode 381 \| S18E03 \| SI-1720 \| Air Date: Sept. 24, 2006 During the first act of this episode, Bart plays the sometimes-seen “Triangle Wars” game (also seen in NABF12, TABF05, TABF09, VABF05, VABF16, WABF10, WABF13, YABF18, QABF04, QABF08 and OABF07) at the old Arcade. The logo on the game’s cabinet uses the same font as the Star Wars title, and the triangles prominent in the gameplay resemble Imperial Star Destroyers.
	[ HABF20 ] PLEASE HOMER DON’T HAMMER ’EM Episode 381 \| S18E03 \| SI-1720 \| Air Date: Sept. 24, 2006 Bart and Principal Skinner duel each other with weapons of a peanut and a shrimp on sticks, respectively, while the dramatic battle theme “Duel of the Fates” from the Star Wars prequels plays. Their battle parodies the lightsaber duel between Anakin Skywalker (now Darth Vader) and Obi-Wan Kenobi during the finale of Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith. The struggle ends with a final standoff above vats of peanut shrimp, similar to the precarious situation on the lava planet Mustafar. Later, the two continue the conflict, throwing peanuts and shrimp at each other from their hospital beds while “Duel of the Fates” plays once more. In OABF10, the signature musical accompaniment for this particular Star Wars lightsaber duel, “Battle of the Heroes,” would be used.

	[ HABF20 ] PLEASE HOMER DON’T HAMMER ’EM Episode 381 \| S18E03 \| SI-1720 \| Air Date: Sept. 24, 2006 During the third act of this episode, a Cosmic Wars poster as well as scale bust statues of Yoda and Chewbacca can be seen at The Android’s Dungeon comic book shop.
	[ HABF22 ] ICE CREAM OF MARGIE (WITH THE LIGHT BLUE HAIR) Episode 385 \| S18E07 \| SI-1722 \| Air Date: Nov. 26, 2006 While Homer searches for Marge, we learn that she is on Comic Book Guy’s “not seen” list, which also includes “a Star Wars film that’s been good, since the first one. And even that’s been ruined with CGI editions. Bravo George.”
	[ JABF02 ] THE HAW-HAWED COUPLE Episode 386 \| S18E08 \| SI-1802 \| Air Date: Dec. 10, 2006 “Ughh ... they went to Star Wars land, and fought Star Wars.” This is Homer’s response to Lisa’s question of “what happened to the Merlinical Council?”
	[ JABF05 ] REVENGE IS A DISH BEST SERVED THREE TIMES Episode 389 \| S18E11 \| SI-1805 \| Air Date: Jan. 28, 2007 The episode concludes with a tribute: “This episode is dedicated to all who died in the ‘Star Wars’ films.” A rather exhaustive listing follows: “Darth Vader; Darth Maul; Greedo; Uncle Owen; Storm Trooper #5; Jango Fett; General Grievous (Droid); Storm Trooper #22; Dak; Obi-Wan (Ben) Kenobi; Whoever Jimmy Smits Played; Hutt, Jabba the; Sy Snoodles [sic]; Unfortunately, not Jar-Jar Binks; and everyone on both Death Stars when they blew up.”

	[ JABF04 ] LITTLE BIG GIRL Episode 390 \| S18E12 \| SI-1804 \| Air Date: Feb. 11, 2007 Darth Vader’s mask is among the icons displayed on the Multicultural Center’s sign. Natalie Portman (Padmé Amidala in the Star Wars prequel trilogy) also appears in this episode, as Darcy.
	[ JABF04 ] LITTLE BIG GIRL Episode 390 \| S18E12 \| SI-1804 \| Air Date: Feb. 11, 2007 A Chewbacca replica is seen in the storefront window at the Mylar Baggins comic book shop in North Haverbrook.
	[ JABF06 ] HOMERAZZI Episode 394 \| S18E16 \| SI-1806 \| Air Date: March 27, 2007 As his choice for the one precious item he may secure in the family’s new safe, Homer selects the bottle of cologne he wore on his first date with Marge, “Scent of a Wookiee” - from the Star Wars collection.
	[ JABF15 ] YOU KENT ALWAYS SAY WHAT YOU WANT Episode 400 \| S18E22 \| SI-1815 \| Air Date: May 20, 2007 Kent Brockman cleans out his office, and among pictures of historical significance, including Kent dancing on the Berlin Wall, is another of Kent interviewing an orange and white R2 Astromech Droid.

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[ JABF17 ] HUSBANDS AND KNIVES
Episode 407 | S19E07 | SI-1817 | Air Date: Nov. 18, 2007
Milo from the new Coolsville comic book store uses a Jabba the Hutt cardboard stand-up display to block Comic Book Guy in the window.

[ KABF11 ] ANY GIVEN SUNDANCE
Episode 418 | S19E18 | SI-1911 | Air Date: May 4, 2008
In a Sundance Update on his “Ain’t I Fat News” website, Comic Book Guy urges readers of his review to see the Chalmskin Production of Lisa’s film as shown at the Sundance Festival, with his advice, “Landspeeder, don’t Bantha, to your nearest cinema ... .” This is an elaborate pun on the phrase “run, don’t walk,” as the Landspeeder is much faster than the Tatooine beast of burden.

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[ KABF17 ] SEX, PIES AND IDIOT SCRAPES
Episode 421 | S20E01 | SI-1917 | Air Date: Sept. 28, 2008
The Couch Gag first seen with this episode finds the family frozen in a Carbonite coach as Boba Fett flies in on his jet pack.

	[ KABF19 ] HOMER AND LISA EXCHANGE CROSS WORDS Episode 426 \| S20E06 \| SI-1919 \| Air Date: Nov. 16, 2008 As Homer’s second planted crossword message is revealed, clue 25 across reads, “Obi-Wan Kenobi, for one,” the answer referring to Jedi. The crossword itself, titled “Sounds Like Somebody I Know,” by Merl Reagle, who guest-starred in this episode, was actually in the Sunday, November 16, 2008 New York Times earlier the same day the episode first aired, and the same clue has also been used in previous puzzles.
	[ KABF22 ] LISA THE DRAMA QUEEN Episode 429 \| S20E09 \| SI-1922 \| Air Date: Jan. 25, 2009 Nelson plays with and talks to a headless Darth Vader action figure: “Girls are so lame. Isn’t that right headless Darth Vader? What’s that? You miss your girlfriend armless Malibu Stacy wrapped in hockey tape?”
	[ LABF01 ] TAKE MY LIFE, PLEASE Episode 430 \| S20E10 \| SI-2001 \| Air Date: Feb. 15, 2009 During his candidacy for class president in the Springfield High student council election, a poster in the school reads, “Homer Simpson - ‘Jaws’ and ‘Star Wars’ Agree,” and pictures Homer flanked by Jaws on his left and Darth Vader on his right.

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	[ LABF13 ] HOMER THE WHOPPER Episode 442 \| S21E01 \| SI-2013 \| Air Date: Sept. 27, 2009 Darth Vader and Boba Fett helmets are displayed in the storefront window of the Mylar Baggins Comic Book Shop, while an employee there wears a Jawa t-shirt.
	[ LABF13 ] HOMER THE WHOPPER Episode 442 \| S21E01 \| SI-2013 \| Air Date: Sept. 27, 2009 At Odin’s of Shelbyville comic shop, displayed in the storefront window are a large R2-D2 model and poster for the 2009 film Fanboys, in which Star Wars fans travel to Skywalker Ranch so a dying friend can see a screening of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace before its release.
	[ LABF13 ] HOMER THE WHOPPER Episode 442 \| S21E01 \| SI-2013 \| Air Date: Sept. 27, 2009 Among the movie posters seen at Ginormous Pictures studios is Star Wars: Episode VII The Apology, with art featuring George Lucas riding a tauntaun, R2-D2 and C-3PO, Jar Jar Binks, Emperor Palpatine, X-Wing Fighters, and the Death Star.
	[ LABF13 ] HOMER THE WHOPPER Episode 442 \| S21E01 \| SI-2013 \| Air Date: Sept. 27, 2009 In his commentary, Comic Book Guy describes the feature film adaptation of his “Every Man” comic series as “an embarrassment of ‘Jar Jar-ian’ magnitude,” a reference to some fans’ and critics’ assessment of Jar Jar Binks in Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace.
	[ LABF19 ] REDNECKS AND BROOMSTICKS Episode 448 \| S21E07 \| SI-2019 \| Air Date: Nov. 29, 2009 One of Cletus’s redneck friends responds to Moe’s Deliverance comments with, “I suppose you think all space is Star Wars?”
	[ LABF19 ] REDNECKS AND BROOMSTICKS Episode 448 \| S21E07 \| SI-2019 \| Air Date: Nov. 29, 2009 Bart reacts to seeing Lisa browsing the “Wiccapedia” website, happily saying, “You’ve finally come over to the dark side!”
	[ LABF20 ] ONCE UPON A TIME IN SPRINGFIELD Episode 451 \| S21E10 \| SI-2020 \| Air Date: Jan. 10, 2010 Ralph is dressed as Princess Leia from Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope for the second grade class reports on “Inspirational Women” following the rise in popularity of Princess Penelope. He proudly explains to Miss Hoover, “I’m a Star Wars.”
	[ MABF07 ] STEALING FIRST BASE Episode 456 \| S21E15 \| SI-2107\| Air Date: March 21, 2010 Bart explains to Nikki that vampires do not look like the characters portrayed in the books she reads, drawing a picture to better demonstrate. The classic vampire he has drawn carries a tommy gun in one hand and hoists the head of his victim in the other, which closely resembles Yoda’s (especially when compared to past appearances, such as CABF19) and may be an allusion to Nosferatu.

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	[ MABF22 ] THE FIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS Episode 472 \| S22E08 \| SI-2122 \| Air Date: Dec. 5, 2010 An R2-D2 figure is among other broken toys in the bag containing all the “lame-o” toys Bart has received over the past three Christmases rather than the dirt bike he’d asked Santa for each year.
	[ MABF19 ] DONNIE FATSO Episode 473 \| S22E09 \| SI-2119 \| Air Date: Dec. 12, 2010 The Couch Gag first seen with this episode, featuring the day-to-day month of December Advent calendar, includes Comic Book Guy constructing a gingerbread Death Star for the December 2nd entry.
	[ NABF06 ] THE BLUE AND THE GRAY Episode 477 \| S22E13 \| SI-2206 \| Air Date: Feb. 13, 2011 Homer notes Wedge Antilles among legendary wingmen: “Marge, you have nothing to worry about. I’m a wingman, a proud tradition that includes Iceman from Top Gun, Wedge Antilles from Star Wars, and me from now.”
	[ NABF07 ] ANGRY DAD: THE MOVIE Episode 478 \| S22E14 \| SI-2207 \| Air Date: Feb. 20, 2011 The studio that produced Bart’s “Angry Dad" series has created another series called “The Adventures of Parody Man,” featuring a character whose attire includes Spider Man’s shirt, Supergirl’s skirt and boots, Thor’s Hammer, Wolverine’s glove and claw, and Darth Vader’s helmet.
	[ NABF07 ] ANGRY DAD: THE MOVIE Episode 478 \| S22E14 \| SI-2207 \| Air Date: Feb. 20, 2011 In Act III, Ben Stiller and Jack Black portray a battle between Iron Man and the Hulk, dueling with plastic toy lightsabers in a performance at the awards show.
	[ NABF10 ] LOVE IS A MANY STRANGLED THING Episode 481 \| S22E17 \| SI-2210 \| Air Date: March 27, 2011 In Homer’s dream in which he has taken on the role of Precious, Bart, as the mother, warns: “I don’t see many more movie roles for a girl like you, not unless George Lucas needs another Death Star.” Then, on waking, Homer pleads, “No! Stop! No more Star Wars parodies!”
	[ NABF12 ] THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF FAT TONY Episode 483 \| S22E19 \| SI-2212 \| Air Date: May 1, 2011 During the first act of this episode, the arcade game “Triangle Wars” is seen again (also seen in HABF20, TABF05, TABF09, VABF05, VABF16, WABF10, WABF13, YABF18, QABF04, QABF08 and OABF07). As before, the logo on the game’s cabinet uses the same font as the Star Wars title, and the triangles prominent in the gameplay resemble Imperial Star Destroyers.

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	[ NABF21 ] REPLACEABLE YOU Episode 490 \| S23E04 \| SI-2221 \| Air Date: Nov. 6, 2011 Santa’s Little Helper wearing a Darth Vader helmet inspires Bart to create a robotic pet for his science project, and for Homer to offer, “Thy will be done, Lord Vader.”
	[ NABF21 ] REPLACEABLE YOU Episode 490 \| S23E04 \| SI-2221 \| Air Date: Nov. 6, 2011 The cover of an issue of Robot Fancy Magazine features a likeness of See-Threepio and feature article “C3PO: Single and Loving It.”
	[ NABF20 ] THE FOOD WIFE Episode 491 \| S23E05 \| SI-2220 \| Air Date: Nov. 13, 2011 In Act I, Blocko’s display area seen in the exhibition hall for the “E4” Gaming Convention features giant life-size versions of the branded toy block figurines of Cosmic Wars Darth Maul and Yoda.
	[ NABF20 ] THE FOOD WIFE Episode 491 \| S23E05 \| SI-2220 \| Air Date: Nov. 13, 2011 In Act II, Comic Book Guy’s Foodie Blog, “Android’s Luncheon,” includes an image of Comic Book Guy as Jabba the Hutt with a Rancor serving him a Gamorrean Guard on a plate. In Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi, it was Jabba who fed victims to the Rancor, with a Gamorrean Guard also being eaten by the creature as Luke Skywalker escaped its lair.
	[ NABF18 ] HOLIDAYS OF FUTURE PASSED Episode 495 \| S23E09 \| SI-2218 \| Air Date: Dec. 11, 2011 In Zia’s Ultranet room, next to a photo of mom Lisa at work, is a poster of Empress Zimzam, whose costume and makeup are modeled after Queen Amidala’s from the scene in Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace in which she addresses the senate concerning the invasion of Naboo, later calling for a vote of no confidence in Supreme Chancellor Valorum. The name construction Zimzam may be a further pun on the Cosmic Wars version of Jar Jar Binks, Jim Jam Bonks.

	[ PABF04 ] THE D’OH-CIAL NETWORK Episode 497 \| S23E11 \| SI-2304 \| Air Date: Jan. 15, 2012 At the Blocko store in the new mall, a “Chubba the Shedd’s Dust Palace” Cosmic Wars Blocko block set is examined for purchased by Lisa. The name and box graphics reference Jabba’s palace and the Hutt himself. A Cosmic Wars flying saucer spaceship is also displayed.
	[ PABF09 ] EXIT THROUGH THE KWIK-E-MART Episode 501 \| S23E15 \| SI-2309 \| Air Date: March 4, 2012 In a TV news story reporting the new “Mr. Fatso” graffiti around Springfield, Kent Brockman interviews Chief Wiggum, who asserts that the vandal responsible is “a combination of Robin Hood, Luke Skywalker and, well, every rapper ever.”
	[ PABF12 ] A TOTALLY FUN THING BART WILL NEVER DO AGAIN Episode 505 \| S23E19 \| SI-2312 \| Air Date: April 29, 2012 The luxury cruise’s activity schedule includes a thirty minute class, “Sith training with certified Sith Lord.”
	[ PABF15 ] NED ’N EDNA’S BLEND Episode 507 \| S23E21 \| SI-2315 \| Air Date: May 13, 2012 Homer rationalizes to Ned regarding the comments of the internet blogger using a Darth Maul avatar: “ ... because of what Darth Maul said. He’s the second coolest Darth.”
	[ PABF14 ] LISA GOES GAGA Episode 508 \| S23E22 \| SI-2314 \| Air Date: May 20, 2012 A Jawa is mentioned and shown in one of Lady Gaga’s mirrors during her performance of the new song “Little Monsters” upon her arrival to Springfield.

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	[ PABF17 ] TREEHOUSE OF HORROR XXIII Episode 510 \| S24E02 \| SI-2317 \| Air Date: Oct. 7, 2012 The first story, “The Greatest Story Ever Holed,” concludes with the race of aliens who have received the garbage through the black hole. These aliens are strikingly similar to the Kaminoans seen in Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones — intensely graceful, slender gray-skinned beings, with crested heads, long necks and limbs, wearing high collars and blue robes.
	[ PABF17 ] TREEHOUSE OF HORROR XXIII Episode 510 \| S24E02 \| SI-2317 \| Air Date: Oct. 7, 2012 The third story, “Bart & Homer’s Excellent Adventure,” finds Bart arriving in the year 1974 via Frink’s time machine, stating the obvious next step: “Now, to get my comic book and explore a world where no one’s mad at George Lucas.” Not only is Bart in a time before any original “Special Edition” and prequel trilogies, the first Star Wars film will not see release for another three years.
	[ PABF18 ] ADVENTURES IN BABY GETTING Episode 511 \| S24E03 \| SI-2318 \| Air Date: Nov. 4, 2012 After Marge’s car falls into the new Springfield sinkhole, Comic Book Guy describes the hole’s size to Kent Brockman, comparing it to the Pit of Carkoon from Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi and the Geonosis Battle Arena from Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones: “While this sinkhole is larger than the Sarlacc pit which swallowed Boba Fett, it is smaller than the Geonosis battle arena where Jango Fett was beheaded by Mace Windu.” Brockman asks however, “Weren't those two places about the same size?” Taken aback by Brockman’s counter, Comic Book Guy answers, “I didn't know this was an ambush!” Comic Book Guy may have seen this as his best chance to include the site of each Fett’s demise in conversation.

	[ PABF18 ] ADVENTURES IN BABY GETTING Episode 511 \| S24E03 \| SI-2318 \| Air Date: Nov. 4, 2012 The details on a marquee at the Skytop Drive-In, promoting The Itchy & Scratchy Movie 3-D re-release, urge movie-goers to “see what you saw before except it costs more.” This episode first aired several months after the 3D re-release of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace on February 10, 2012. Reviewers had mostly received this prequel re-release and conversion to 3D as unnecessary and little more than a means of reaping more profits and selling merchandise.

	[ PABF20 ] THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD COOL Episode 515 \| S24E07 \| SI-2320 \| Air Date: Dec. 9, 2012 Homer’s hip new neighbor, Terrence, has a pet armadillo named Chuey, and explains the name’s origin as “Mexico Chuey, not Star Wars Chewie.” Homer then offers a comment about Chewbacca, adding that “Star Wars Chewie is just a man in a costume, so he’s not scary.”
	[ RABF07 ] LOVE IS A MANY SPLINTERED THING Episode 520 \| S24E12 \| SI-2407 \| Air Date: Feb. 10, 2013 Just prior to his breakup with Mary Spuckler, Bart is portrayed in an artist’s caricature at the Springfield Squidport, drawn as Yoda with the quote, “Leave me, why did she?”
	[ RABF06 ] GORGEOUS GRAMPA Episode 522 \| S24E14 \| SI-2406 \| Air Date: March 3, 2013 Mr. Burns projects Darth Vader’s shadow as he names Vader among several other villainous individuals, both fictional and real, listed in the lyrics of his song “High to be Loathed.”
	[ RABF13 ] WHISKEY BUSINESS Episode 527 \| S24E19 \| SI-2413 \| Air Date: May 5, 2013 Grabass Walker (a pun on Luke Skywalker’s name) is one of the musicians playing at the Jazz Hole when Lisa sees Bleeding Gums Murphy’s hologram.
	[ RABF13 ] WHISKEY BUSINESS Episode 527 \| S24E19 \| SI-2413 \| Air Date: May 5, 2013 “That was my Star Wars.” — Moe on not seeing movies as a child, instead making perogies.
	[ RABF12 ] FABULOUS FAKER BOY Episode 528 \| S24E20 \| SI-2412 \| Air Date: May 12, 2013 The Robot Chicken Couch Gag sequence ends with the Robot Chicken character and the Robot Chicken: Star Wars version of the Robot Chicken opening theme song.

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	[ SABF05 ] STEAL THIS EPISODE Episode 539 \| S25E09 \| SI-2505 \| Air Date: Jan. 5, 2014 In Act II, the FBI agent with the movie piracy group instructs his team, “Men, set your guns on kill,” a variation of Darth Vader’s instruction of, “Set your weapons for stun,” given by Vader while preparing a party to board the Millennium Falcon in Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back.
	[ SABF05 ] STEAL THIS EPISODE Episode 539 \| S25E09 \| SI-2505 \| Air Date: Jan. 5, 2014 In Act II, during the FBI raid on Homer’s backyard screenings of illegally downloaded feature films, showing is Cosmic Wars: Episode VII A New Take (leaked by a disgruntled effects artist), complete with signature opening title crawl. This Cosmic Wars installment is a parody of the upcoming announced Star Wars: Episode VII, planned for a late 2015 theatrical release. The title A New Take is a pun on Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. The crawl’s explaining away of the prequels, stating that they never happened due to a rift in the space-time continuum, further plays into the literal meaning of “a new take,” and even prompts Sideshow Mel to exclaim, “My childhood has been unruined!”

	[ SABF05 ] STEAL THIS EPISODE Episode 539 \| S25E09 \| SI-2505 \| Air Date: Jan. 5, 2014 Ralph wears Jim Jam Bonks pajamas while in the audience at the Cosmic Wars screening.
	[ SABF05 ] STEAL THIS EPISODE Episode 539 \| S25E09 \| SI-2505 \| Air Date: Jan. 5, 2014 While FBI agents work to stop the Cosmic Wars screening, playing is a scene within a Star Destroyer’s hangar bay, with both a complete and a partially constructed Death Star prominent in the background, featuring a battle between Yoda, who brandishes what appears to be a nunchakus version of a lightsaber, and Mandalorian warriors clad in armor of various colors. Mandalorians who wear armor similar to Boba Fett’s were featured prominently in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated series story arcs. It is also of note that Yoda had already died in Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi.

	[ SABF03 ] MARRIED TO THE BLOB Episode 540 \| S25E10 \| SI-2503 \| Air Date: Jan. 12, 2014 In Act I, during the “Death of Radioactive Man” comic issue sequence, Radioactive man appeals to Petroleous Rex to “please remember when you used to be environmental scientist Rex Bernstein,” to which the villain answers, “I have become my destiny.” This is a parody of Luke’s pleas to Darth Vader in Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi to remember the good man, Anakin Skywalker, his father used to be, and Vader’s quote, “It is your destiny.” Rex’s arms replaced by fuel pump hoses and nozzles mirrors the cyborg limbs of Vader, now “more machine than man.”

	[ SABF03 ] MARRIED TO THE BLOB Episode 540 \| S25E10 \| SI-2503 \| Air Date: Jan. 12, 2014 In Act I, as Homer completes his purchase of the new Radioactive Man issue along with other midnight shoppers at The Android’s Dungeon, a DL-44 blaster, similar to the pistol used by Han Solo, can be seen in Comic Book Guy’s display case at the register. The DL-44 can be seen again in VABF10, WABF06, WABF22, XABF16, YABF07, ZABF08, ZABF17, QABF02, QABF16, QABF21, UABF15, 35ABF04 and 35ABF15.
	[ SABF03 ] MARRIED TO THE BLOB Episode 540 \| S25E10 \| SI-2503 \| Air Date: Jan. 12, 2014 In Act I, just before starting his song, “Comic Book Guy’s Lament,” one of Comic Book Guy’s items displayed in the store is a life-size “Krusty in Karbonite” hanging on the wall, just as Jabba the Hutt had hung Han Solo, frozen in a block of Carbonite, from a wall in his palace in Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi. It is also visible in Act III during the wedding at The Android’s Dungeon as well, and can be seen again in WABF22, YABF07, YABF10, QABF04, UABF15 and 35ABF15.
	[ SABF03 ] MARRIED TO THE BLOB Episode 540 \| S25E10 \| SI-2503 \| Air Date: Jan. 12, 2014 In Act I, Stan Lee visits Comic Book Guy to prepare him for his opportunity at love, but advises, “I can only watch. I cannot interfere,” just as Obi-Wan‘s spirit told Luke, “If you choose to face Vader, you will do it alone. I cannot interfere,” in Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back.
	[ SABF03 ] MARRIED TO THE BLOB Episode 540 \| S25E10 \| SI-2503 \| Air Date: Jan. 12, 2014 In Act II, Comic Book Guy visits the Simpsons’ home to ask Homer for help finding something to wear for his date with Kumiko Nakamura. He tells Homer, “The closest thing I have to a father is the Obi-Wan doll in my store, and he comes from a race of celibate knights, so ... .” In the Star Wars films, it is explained that the Jedi Knights give up all emotional attachments, including love.
	[ SABF03 ] MARRIED TO THE BLOB Episode 540 \| S25E10 \| SI-2503 \| Air Date: Jan. 12, 2014 In Act II, during “Kumiko and C.B.G.’s Super Happy Love Montage,” they listen to an Audio Books version of Cosmic Wars: The Crucifixion of Jim Jam Bonks, complete with typical Gungan monologue — “Fathah, whysa yousa forsak‘n mesa?” This is yet another reference to some fans’ disdain of the character Jar Jar Binks in Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace.
	[ SABF03 ] MARRIED TO THE BLOB Episode 540 \| S25E10 \| SI-2503 \| Air Date: Jan. 12, 2014 In Act II, later during “Kumiko and C.B.G.’s Super Happy Love Montage,” entrants of the Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con costume contest are dressed as Boba Fett from Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back and as Princess Leia from Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, with the signature helmet and hairstyle of the respective character.
	[ SABF03 ] MARRIED TO THE BLOB Episode 540 \| S25E10 \| SI-2503 \| Air Date: Jan. 12, 2014 In Act II, yet later during “Kumiko and C.B.G.’s Super Happy Love Montage,” another entrant (just behind Milo and Strawberry) applauding Kumiko and Comic Book Guy at the Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con costume contest is dressed as Lando Calrissian disguised as one of Jabba’s skiff guards from Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi.
	[ SABF03 ] MARRIED TO THE BLOB Episode 540 \| S25E10 \| SI-2503 \| Air Date: Jan. 12, 2014 In Act III, during Comic Book Guy’s uncontrollable uttering of a series of references, his last is “I have a bad feeling about this.” Though he explains this quote is from “every action movie ever made,” it is a well-known phrase and a running gag in the Star Wars series, said twice in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, and at least once in each subsequent film. The phrase is also often used in Star Wars books, comics, video games and TV series as well, and even in George Lucas’ Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

	[ SABF03 ] MARRIED TO THE BLOB Episode 540 \| S25E10 \| SI-2503 \| Air Date: Jan. 12, 2014 In Act III, Mr. Nakamura is dressed as C-3PO at Kumiko and Comic Book Guy’s wedding inside The Android’s Dungeon.
	[ SABF13 ] DAYS OF FUTURE FUTURE Episode 548 \| S25E18 \| SI-2513 \| Air Date: April 13, 2014 In Act II (during Bart’s “false memories” sequence from his treatment at Moving On), Jimbo pulls a switchblade version of a lightsaber on Lisa and Milhouse (who is suffering from Zombie-ism) during a stick-up attempt outside the Kwik-E-Mart.
	[ SABF13 ] DAYS OF FUTURE FUTURE Episode 548 \| S25E18 \| SI-2513 \| Air Date: April 13, 2014 In Act II (still part of Bart’s “false memories” resulting from his treatment at Moving On), Bart looks through and arranges electronic photos on his “Little Black eBook” which include an image of Empress Zimzam, who was also seen in NABF18 “Holidays of Future Passed.” This time Queen Amidala’s doppelganger appears to be wearing somewhat more film-accurate colors.
	[ SABF13 ] DAYS OF FUTURE FUTURE Episode 548 \| S25E18 \| SI-2513 \| Air Date: April 13, 2014 In Act III (yet still part of Bart’s “false memories” resulting from his treatment at Moving On), Bart and his sons eat Jim Jam Cereal with their breakfast. Amazingly, the Cosmic Wars franchise and Jim Jam Bonks have retained a level of popularity some thirty years in the future to still warrant such a cross-merchandising tie-in. Jim Jam Cereal was also seen in FABF10.
	[ SABF14 ] WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN BART’S EXPECTING Episode 549 \| S25E19 \| SI-2514 \| Air Date: April 27, 2014 In Act I, one of the participants in Moe’s super hero costume pub crawl is Gil Gunderson dressed as Lando Calrissian disguised as one of Jabba’s skiff guards from Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi. His costume includes only the helmet, chest armor, and force pike weapon, with his usual necktie and business attire visible under the costume.
	[ SABF14 ] WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN BART’S EXPECTING Episode 549 \| S25E19 \| SI-2514 \| Air Date: April 27, 2014 In Act I, another participant in Moe’s super hero costume pub crawl is dressed as Princess Leia as she appeared in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.
	[ SABF14 ] WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN BART’S EXPECTING Episode 549 \| S25E19 \| SI-2514 \| Air Date: April 27, 2014 In Act I, yet another participant in Moe’s super hero costume pub crawl is dressed as a Jedi with a red lightsaber.
	[ RABF21 ] BRICK LIKE ME Episode 550 \| S25E20 \| SI-2421 \| Air Date: May 4, 2014 In Act III, the giant robot Bart has built to battle Comic Book Guy’s Lego playsets has, among other fantastic weapons, lightsaber barf. When Bart activates this attack, dozens of lightsabers constructed of blocks, complete with working blades and signature sound, are spewed forth from the giant’s mouth, raining down on his target.

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	[ TABF03 ] I WON’T BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Episode 561 \| S26E09 \| SI-2603 \| Air Date: Dec. 7, 2014 In Act I, Comic Book Guy shows Kumiko The Cosmic Wars Holiday Special, a parody of The Star Wars Holiday Special, a 97-minute show which aired for the only time in the US on November 17, 1978, on CBS. When he introduces the special, he tells Kumiko, “You are about to see the worst half-hour of television ever,” reflective of the negative reception of The Star Wars Holiday Special. His copy appears to be a VHS home-recording, honoring the fact that The Star Wars Holiday Special has never been officially released on any medium by Lucasfilm. Notice that the clips are shown in their “original” 4:3 videographic aspect ratio.

	[ TABF03 ] I WON’T BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Episode 561 \| S26E09 \| SI-2603 \| Air Date: Dec. 7, 2014 The first Cosmic Wars Holiday Special clip transforms The Star Wars Holiday Special cantina sequence into a soup kitchen, with Darth Vader (clad in a red cape and Santa Claus cap), C-3PO, and R2-D2 (here called “R3”) serving alien patrons faithfully mirroring many of those seen in the original Holiday Special. Clockwise from top left (large image): Deneb Both (Ithorian); Teak Sidbam (Aqualish Aquala); a Sand Person (Tusken Raider); Kardue’sai’Malloc, aka Labria (Devaronian); Ohwun De Maal, aka Ellorrs Madak (Duro); Hem Dazon (Arcona); Bludlow (Rodian); a Jawa; and a Bith band member.

	[ TABF03 ] I WON’T BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Episode 561 \| S26E09 \| SI-2603 \| Air Date: Dec. 7, 2014 In the first Cosmic Wars Holiday Special clip, C-3PO wears a holiday sweater and works alongside a droid that appears to be R2-D2 adorned with strings of holiday lights. He tells his counterpart, “Okay R3, let’s serve up some soup.” C-3PO first serves Max Rebo, from Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi, ladling soup from R3’s open dome. As he fills Rebo’s bowl he says, “May the sauce be with you,” a pun on the line, “May the Force be with you.” Comic Book Guy, disgusted, says, “This is so noncanonical!”

	[ TABF03 ] I WON’T BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Episode 561 \| S26E09 \| SI-2603 \| Air Date: Dec. 7, 2014 The second Cosmic Wars Holiday Special clip is a scene of a Darth Vader holiday dinner set in Bespin’s Cloud City dining room from Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back featuring a table full of Vader’s family members wearing similar helmets and armor, and Vader himself carving a turkey with his lightsaber (large image). The Death Star can be seen outside the window, as well as portraits of Emperor Palpatine and Greedo (or another Rodian) hanging on the wall.

	[ RABF15 ] THE MAN WHO CAME TO BE DINNER Episode 562 \| S26E10 \| SI-2415 \| Air Date: Jan. 4, 2015 While at Dizzneeland, Lisa observes, “This place sure has changed since Dizznee bought the rights to Cosmic Wars,” as the family walks past a “Country Storm Trooper Jamboree,” featuring five stormtroopers playing bluegrass instruments accompanied by a stormtrooper child clutching a plush Ewok (large image). This entire sequence in Act I parodies the furthered integration of Star Wars content at Disney theme parks since Disney acquired Lucasfilm in October, 2012.

	[ RABF15 ] THE MAN WHO CAME TO BE DINNER Episode 562 \| S26E10 \| SI-2415 \| Air Date: Jan. 4, 2015 Bart audibly protests “Jim Jam Bonk’s Wild Ride” (large image), another Star Wars Disney theme park tie-in parody seen among the Cosmic Wars attractions. This Dizzneeland ride is a parody of Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride from Disneyland (and previously from Magic Kingdom), inspired by Disney’s adaptation of The Wind in the Willows. It should also be noted that the name in the animation appears incorrectly; it should be “Jim Jam Bonks’s Wild Ride.”

	[ RABF15 ] THE MAN WHO CAME TO BE DINNER Episode 562 \| S26E10 \| SI-2415 \| Air Date: Jan. 4, 2015 Dizzneeland’s Jabba the Tiki Hut (large image) is a pun on the name of the Hutt gangster, complete with a lei-wearing Jabba holding a drink and setting upon a palm-thatched bamboo version of his dais, in yet another Star Wars Disney tie-in.
	[ RABF15 ] THE MAN WHO CAME TO BE DINNER Episode 562 \| S26E10 \| SI-2415 \| Air Date: Jan. 4, 2015 A Cosmic Wars Yoda-costumed character at Dizzneeland (large image) explains to the Simpsons, “Purchased for four-billion I was, yet still hoodie ragged wear I do, this.” Announced in October, 2012, $4 billion was the price for which Disney bought Lucasfilm from owner and CEO George Lucas.
	[ RABF15 ] THE MAN WHO CAME TO BE DINNER Episode 562 \| S26E10 \| SI-2415 \| Air Date: Jan. 4, 2015 The corridors and passages within the “Rocket To Your Doom” ride at Dizzneeland (actually revealed to be the spaceship of aliens Kang and Kodos) borrow many style elements from the halls of the Death Star from Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (large image). Similarities between the Death Star’s and alien ship’s hallways were also seen during the very first appearance of Kang and Kodos in 7F04.
	[ RABF15 ] THE MAN WHO CAME TO BE DINNER Episode 562 \| S26E10 \| SI-2415 \| Air Date: Jan. 4, 2015 In Act II, Kang dismissively informs the Simpsons, “We shall now attend to the complex calculations of hyperspace.” He and Kodos instead watch Rigellian television (large image). This is similar to Han Solo’s scolding of Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, telling him, “Traveling through hyperspace ain't like dusting crops, boy! Without precise calculations we could fly right through a star or bounce too close to a supernova.”

	[ RABF15 ] THE MAN WHO CAME TO BE DINNER Episode 562 \| S26E10 \| SI-2415 \| Air Date: Jan. 4, 2015 Aboard the Rigellian ship, Homer uses an alien device resembling a green-bladed lightsaber to alternately cut off, then scan and regenerate his right hand, activating a blue ray from the instrument to regrow the severed appendage (large image). When Homer also uses it to chop the top of Marge’ bouffant, instead of restoring her hair, it regenerates his hand there as well.
	[ RABF15 ] THE MAN WHO CAME TO BE DINNER Episode 562 \| S26E10 \| SI-2415 \| Air Date: Jan. 4, 2015 In Act III, one of the aliens from “The Greatest Story Ever Holed” (PABF17) that resembles a Kaminoan from Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones is shown among the captives on display in the Rigel 7 zoo, still using his Microsoft Zune (large image).
	[ RABF15 ] THE MAN WHO CAME TO BE DINNER Episode 562 \| S26E10 \| SI-2415 \| Air Date: Jan. 4, 2015 Bart ridicules the Rigellian guard after Homer is allowed to escape, telling him, “Way to go, George Mucas,” a pun of Star Wars creator George Lucas (large image).
	[ RABF15 ] THE MAN WHO CAME TO BE DINNER Episode 562 \| S26E10 \| SI-2415 \| Air Date: Jan. 4, 2015 In Act IV (Act III in the syndication version), the female member of the Rigellian resistance tells Homer, “You are about to behold the secret rebel base,” a parody of the hidden rebel base that was sought and located in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (large image).
	[ TABF05 ] BART’S NEW FRIEND Episode 563 \| S26E11 \| SI-2605 \| Air Date: Jan. 11, 2015 In Act III, as Bart and Homer walk through Itchy & Scratchy Land, the “Triangle Wars” game cabinet (also seen in HABF20, NABF12, TABF09, VABF05, VABF16, WABF10, WABF13, YABF18, QABF04, QABF08 and OABF07) can be seen within the Itchy & Scratchy Land Penny Arcade (next to another pun-based game, “Grand Theft Walrus”). The “Triangle Wars” game can be seen again later when Marge, Sven Golly, Chief Wiggum, Eddie and Lou catch up with Bart and Homer.

	[ TABF04 ] THE MUSK WHO FELL TO EARTH Episode 564 \| S26E12 \| SI-2604 \| Air Date: Jan. 25, 2015 In Act IV (tag), as Elon Musk prepares to leave, Bart tells him, “Thanks for the real working lightsaber,” and wastes no time in cutting down the tree next to his back yard patio with a single stroke and obligatory “Ay, Caramba!”
	[ TABF06 ] WALKING BIG & TALL Episode 565 \| S26E13 \| SI-2606 \| Air Date: Feb. 8, 2015 In Act II, Homer includes “Obese Want Cannoli,” a pun on the name Obi-Wan Kenobi, among derogatory nicknames he lists at Moe’s. The name is also similar to “Obi-Wan Cannoli,” a character from the 2005 Star Wars parody, Grocery Store Wars.
	[ TABF09 ] SKY POLICE Episode 568 \| S26E16 \| SI-2609 \| Air Date: March 8, 2015 In Act I, while Apu gives Marge advice on how to get the money needed to rebuild the church, the “Triangle Wars” game cabinet (also seen in HABF20, NABF12, TABF05, VABF05 [also in the Kwik-E-Mart], VABF16 [also in the Kwik-E-Mart], WABF10 [also in the Kwik-E-Mart], WABF13 [also in the Kwik-E-Mart], YABF18, QABF04, QABF08 and OABF07) can be seen in the Kwik-E-Mart, once again ajacent to “Grand Theft Walrus.”

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	[ TABF22 ] HALLOWEEN OF HORROR Episode 578 \| S27E04 \| SI-2622 \| Air Date: Oct. 18, 2015 In Act I, Marge gets into the Halloween spirit with Santa’s Little Helper, asking him, in baby talk, “Who wants to be a Yoda? You want to be a Yoda,” while squeezing his face, contorting it until he resembles the Jedi master. Later, in Act III among the costumed townspeople who have gathered at Homer’s “Everscream Terrors”, we see Santa’s Little Helper wearing a Star Wars Yoda dog costume.
	[ TABF18 ] TREEHOUSE OF HORROR XXVI Episode 579 \| S27E05 \| SI-2618 \| Air Date: Oct. 25, 2015 The first story, “Wanted: Dead, Then Alive,” parodies Darth Vader’s (or, Anakin Skywalker’s, at this point in the saga) last moments in Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi, with Bart taking his last breaths, asking Sideshow Bob, “Tell my father ... he’s fat,” depicted similarly to Vader confirming Luke’s belief there was good in his father, “Tell your sister ... you were right about me.”
	[ TABF18 ] TREEHOUSE OF HORROR XXVI Episode 579 \| S27E05 \| SI-2618 \| Air Date: Oct. 25, 2015 In the second story, “Homerzilla,” Lisa tells the Japanese character portrayed by Abe Simpson (Abraham Simp-san) that the townspeople have been calling him a fool for offering doughnuts to Homerzilla, to which he asks, “Who is more foolish, the fool or the fool who thinks the fool a fool?” This is a parody of Obi-Wan Kenobi’s rhetorical question, “Who’s the more foolish, the fool or the fool who follows him?,” posed to Han Solo while infiltrating the Death Star in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.

	[ TABF18 ] TREEHOUSE OF HORROR XXVI Episode 579 \| S27E05 \| SI-2618 \| Air Date: Oct. 25, 2015 Later in the second story, “Homerzilla,” upon the US studio’s release of ‘Zilla, their own version of the Toho classic, studio executives see that Comic Book Guy is the lone person who’d bought a ticket to the film’s World Premiere, and he explains, “Oh, I didn’t buy my ticket for this. I just wanted to get a good seat for the next Star Wars, which will stink to high heaven.” At the time of this episode’s airing, Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens, the first new Star Wars film in over ten years was eight weeks from its December 17, 2015 release.

	[ VABF05 ] MUCH APU ABOUT SOMETHING Episode 586 \| S27E12 \| SI-2705 \| Air Date: Jan. 17, 2016 In Act I, inside the Kwik-E-Mart, the “Triangle Wars” game cabinet (also seen in HABF20, NABF12, TABF05, TABF09 [also in the Kwik-E-Mart], VABF16 [also in the Kwik-E-Mart], WABF10 [also in the Kwik-E-Mart], WABF13 [also in the Kwik-E-Mart], YABF18), QABF04, QABF08 and OABF07) can be seen, again adjacent to “Grand Theft Walrus.” It appears again in Acts II and III (oddly, even in a flashback sequence). “Triangle Wars” appears to have now firmly supplanted the previous “Hockey Dad” game in that location at the Kwik-E-Mart.

	[ VABF10 ] THE BURNS CAGE Episode 591 \| S27E17 \| SI-2710 \| Air Date: April 3, 2016 In Act II, a DL-44 blaster can be seen again within the display case directly under the cash register at The Android’s Dungeon. This pistol, similar to the one used by Han Solo, was last seen in SABF03 and appears again in WABF06, WABF22, XABF16, YABF07, ZABF08, ZABF17, QABF02, QABF16, QABF21, UABF15, 35ABF04 and 35ABF15.

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	[ VABF16 ] TREEHOUSE OF HORROR XXVII Episode 600 \| S28E04 \| SI-2716 \| Air Date: Oct. 16, 2016 During the first story, “Dry Hard,” inside the Kwik-E-Mart, the “Triangle Wars” game cabinet can be seen again (also seen in HABF20, NABF12, TABF05, TABF09 [also in the Kwik-E-Mart], VABF05 [also in the Kwik-E-Mart], WABF10 [also in the Kwik-E-Mart], WABF13 [also in the Kwik-E-Mart], YABF18, QABF04, QABF08) and OABF07.
	[ WABF03 ] THE LAST TRACTION HERO Episode 605 \| S28E09 \| SI-2803 \| Air Date: Dec. 4, 2016 In Act II, while Marge and Smithers bond during one of their conversations in the Simpson kitchen following Homer’s injury at work, Marge supposes, “I can see why so many women in movies have gay friends, like Princess Leia and C-3PO.” As her assigned protocol droid, C-3PO often accompanied Princess Leia throughout the original trilogy; they were first seen together in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.
	[ WABF06 ] PORK AND BURNS Episode 607 \| S28E11 \| SI-2806 \| Air Date: Jan. 8, 2017 While Comic Book Guy deceptively appraises some Malibu Stacy dolls that Lisa’s considering selling in Act I, a DL-44 blaster can be seen again within the display case directly under the cash register at The Android’s Dungeon. The DL-44 can also be seen in SABF03, VABF10, WABF22, XABF16, YABF07, ZABF08, ZABF17, QABF02, QABF16, QABF21, UABF15, 35ABF04 and 35ABF15.
	[ WABF05 ] THE GREAT PHATSBY (Part 2) Episode 609 \| S28E13 \| SI-2805 \| Air Date: Jan. 15, 2017 In Act IV (this first-ever hour-long episode includes six total acts, and stands as the twelfth and thirteenth episodes of season twenty-eight), we see that Smithers has spent the night inside the sliced-open abdomen of a dead horse on his journey home through Northern Canada. This scene parodies Han Solo’s cutting open the belly of his beast of burden, a tauntaun, so that an injured Luke Skywalker could survive a brutally cold night on the ice planet Hoth in Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back.

	[ WABF07 ] FATZCARRALDO Episode 610 \| S28E14 \| SI-2807 \| Air Date: Feb. 12, 2017 At the end of Act I, after Homer takes a bite at Deuce’s Caboose Chili Dogs — he rediscovered the establishment while searching for an alternative to healthy food — he tells the owner, “Chewy, we’re home. ‘Chewy’ is what I call my mouth.” “Chewie, we’re home,” was Han Solo’s remark to his lifelong Wookiee copilot when they’d boarded the Millennium Falcon in Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens, finding the ship after it had been stolen and missing (the quote became wildly popular after first appearing in the film’s second trailer, released April 16, 2015). The quote by Homer takes on a dual meaning later in the episode, as we see how much Deuce’s Caboose had meant to him during his childhood. This also marks the first reference sourced from The Force Awakens.

	[ WABF10 ] 22 FOR 30 Episode 613 \| S28E17 \| SI-2810 \| Air Date: March 12, 2017 In Act I, as Apu rewards basketball star Bart with a special 7,200-ounce Squishee, the “Triangle Wars” game cabinet can (just barely!) be seen, again adjacent to “Grand Theft Walrus.”(also seen in HABF20, NABF12, TABF05, TABF09 [also in the Kwik-E-Mart], VABF05 [also in the Kwik-E-Mart], VABF16 [also in the Kwik-E-Mart], WABF13 [also in the Kwik-E-Mart], YABF18, QABF04, QABF08 and OABF07).
	[ WABF13 ] LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBART Episode 616 \| S28E20 \| SI-2813 \| Air Date: April 30, 2017 In Act I, as “Peekimon Get” (a parody of Pokémon Go) players search for Peekisaurus inside the Kwik-E-Mart, the “Triangle Wars” game cabinet (also seen in HABF20, NABF12, TABF05, TABF09 [also in the Kwik-E-Mart], VABF05 [also in the Kwik-E-Mart], VABF16 [also in the Kwik-E-Mart], WABF10 [also in the Kwik-E-Mart], YABF18, QABF04 and OABF07) can be seen, again adjacent to “Grand Theft Walrus.”

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	[ WABF22 ] SPRINGFIELD SPLENDOR Episode 620 \| S29E02 \| SI-2822 \| Air Date: Oct. 8, 2017 In Act II, as Lisa is surprised to see her Sad Girl comics available at the The Android’s Dungeon, a DL-44 blaster can be seen again within the display case directly under the cash register. The DL-44 can also be seen in SABF03, VABF10, WABF06, XABF16, YABF07, ZABF08, ZABF17, QABF02, QABF16, QABF21, UABF15, 35ABF04 and 35ABF15.
	[ WABF22 ] SPRINGFIELD SPLENDOR Episode 620 \| S29E02 \| SI-2822 \| Air Date: Oct. 8, 2017 In Act II, while still at the The Android’s Dungeon, Comic Book Guy’s life-size “Krusty in Karbonite” can be seen hanging on the wall of the shop. This piece of memorabilia was first seen in SABF03 and later in YABF07, YABF10, QABF04, UABF15 and 35ABF15.
	[ WABF22 ] SPRINGFIELD SPLENDOR Episode 620 \| S29E02 \| SI-2822 \| Air Date: Oct. 8, 2017 In Act II, at Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con, a sign indicates a Cosmic Wars panel is among the offerings for attendees.
	[ WABF21 ] SINGIN’ IN THE LANE Episode 625 \| S29E07 \| SI-2821 \| Air Date: Nov. 19, 2017 In Act III, Barney, who is among the newest members of the revitalized Pin Pals bowling team, spits out a thousand-dollar swallow of Thoroughbred’s Choice Kentucky Bourbon but reaches out ala Luke using the Force and says, “return to me,” the spray reentering his mouth while “The Force” theme motif from the Star Wars movies plays. Triumphantly, Barney then roars like Chewbacca.
	[ XABF01 ] MR. LISA’S OPUS Episode 626 \| S29E08 \| SI-2901 \| Air Date: Dec. 3, 2017 In Act IV (tag), in a terrific homage to 1997’s “Lisa’s Sax” (3G02) — another flashback episode focusing on Lisa — Homer and Marge sit at the piano and perform a parody of the song, “Those Were the Days,” as characters Archie and Edith Bunker had done during opening credits of the 1970s sitcom “All in the Family.” This time, the song comes at the end of the episode rather than the beginning, is accompanied by “Remembering You” over the closing credits (this instrumental was used for closing credits on “All in the Family” — “Family Guy,” however, had “done it first” in the 2006 season 5 premiere, “Stewie Loves Lois”), and fittingly reminisces about the 1990s instead of the 1970s as was done twenty years ago in 3G02. A verse in this newer parody refers to two of the main protagonists in 1999’s Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace: “We had real heroes then, like Jar Jar Binks and Qui-Gon Jinn.”

	[ XABF13 ] THROW GRAMPA FROM THE DANE Episode 638 \| S29E20 \| SI-2913 \| Air Date: May 13, 2018 In Act II, as Soren (the Simpsons’ guide in Denmark) explains the history of Copenhagen’s statue, the Little Mermaid (the bronze sculpture created by Edvard Eriksen was inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s tale of the same name), Bart argues, “No, the Little Mermaid was created by Disney, right before he created Spider-Man and Star Wars.” Here, Bart somehow connects Walt Disney Pictures basing its 1989 animated film The Little Mermaid on the Danish fairy tale to Disney acquiring the Star Wars and Marvel franchises in 2012 and 2018, respectively. Of course Walt Disney himself created none of these.

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	[ XABF16 ] TREEHOUSE OF HORROR XXIX Episode 643 \| S30E04 \| SI-2916 \| Air Date: Oct. 21, 2018 During the Act I story, an Invasion of the Body Snatchers homage entitled “Intrusion of The Pod-y Switchers,” Milhouse trys to return a Radioactive Man #23 comic to a pod victim Comic Book Guy at the The Android’s Dungeon where once again a DL-44 blaster can be seen within the display case under the cash register. The DL-44 can also be seen in SABF03, VABF10, WABF06, WABF22, YABF07, ZABF08, ZABF17, QABF02, QABF16, QABF21, UABF15, 35ABF04 and 35ABF15.
	[ YABF01 ] DADDICUS FINCH Episode 648 \| S30E09 \| SI-3001 \| Air Date: Dec. 2, 2018 In Act IV (tag), Marge reassures Bart, promising him that he can do one thing just for himself. We then flash forward through Bart’s life as he continues to contemplate just what that one thing will be, and whether or not it will be kicking Homer in the butt. Finally, with Bart now an old man sitting in a futuristic doctor’s office waiting room, he finally decides, though Homer is now a cyborg with his head atop a body much like R2-D2’s from Star Wars. Homer taunts, “You can kick it if you can find it,” and Bart delivers the kick which finds its target. This future version of Homer can be seen again in QABF02.

	[ YABF02 ] ‘TIS THE 30TH SEASON Episode 649 \| S30E10 \| SI-3002 \| Air Date: Dec. 9, 2018 This holiday episode’s Couch Gag depicts Marge, Lisa, Maggie and Bart as rebel soldiers hanging upside down over the couch as if within the wampa ice monster’s cave on the planet Hoth from Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back. Homer (as the wampa) enters menacingly while Bart (as Luke Skywalker) reaches out with the Force to retrieve his lightsaber from a basket of yarn and knitting needles, slicing off the beast’s arm just as in the film scene. The family then hugs — Marge struggles to hold Homer’s severed arm in place — and wishes, “Merry Christmas!”

	[ YABF02 ] ‘TIS THE 30TH SEASON Episode 649 \| S30E10 \| SI-3002 \| Air Date: Dec. 9, 2018 In Act III as the family drives back home from Florida, the car buzzes past a church’s marquee so quickly that it blows off some of the letters, changing the message from “A new star rises; come towards it,” to “New Star Wars.” People notice the sign and swarm into the church, but the excitement turns to disappointed groans and the pastor locks the parishioners inside!
	[ YABF06 ] I’M DANCING AS FAT AS I CAN Episode 652 \| S30E13 \| SI-3006 \| Air Date: Feb. 10, 2019 Bart and Milhouse qualify as two of three finalists (alongside Ralph Wiggum) in “Krusty’s toy trample” essay contest, in which they can run around the Krusty store for five minutes, taking all the toys they can. While running like wild through the aisles of the store, Bart and Milhouse steer clear of a large display of the toys from Solo: A Star Wars Story, crashing their carts into Krusty slime, allowing Wiggum to win. Among the many items displayed are action figures, plush Chewbaccas, Blocko building sets, lunchboxes with artwork depicting Han in his stolen speeder on Corellia, yo-yos, balls, and “Millennial Eagle” model kits (note the pun). Solo would stand as the lowest-grossing Star Wars live-action film to-date.

	[ YABF07 ] 101 MITIGATIONS Episode 654 \| S30E15 \| SI-3007 \| Air Date: March 3, 2019 In Act II, Lisa explains that Comic Book Guy is such an angry man that “his favorite thing is Star Wars, and he hates Star Wars.”
	[ YABF07 ] 101 MITIGATIONS Episode 654 \| S30E15 \| SI-3007 \| Air Date: March 3, 2019 In Act II inside the Android’s Dungeon, the DL-44 pistol replica is seen in the display case. The DL-44 can also be seen in SABF03, VABF10, WABF06, WABF22, XABF16, ZABF08, ZABF17, QABF02, QABF16, QABF21, UABF15, 35ABF04 and 35ABF15.
	[ YABF07 ] 101 MITIGATIONS Episode 654 \| S30E15 \| SI-3007 \| Air Date: March 3, 2019 In Act II inside the Android’s Dungeon, after Milhouse has compared him to Jabba the Hutt, calling him “Blobba the Hutt,” Comic Book Guy argues that “Jabba is actually quite slim for a Hutt.”
	[ YABF07 ] 101 MITIGATIONS Episode 654 \| S30E15 \| SI-3007 \| Air Date: March 3, 2019 In Act III, when Homer tries to set things right with Comic Book Guy at the Android’s Dungeon, we again see the life-size “Krusty in Karbonite” hanging on the wall (also seen in SABF03, WABF22, YABF10, QABF04, UABF15 and 35ABF15).
	[ YABF07 ] 101 MITIGATIONS Episode 654 \| S30E15 \| SI-3007 \| Air Date: March 3, 2019 There are Cosmic Wars C-3PO, Yoda and Jim Jam Bonks (Jar Jar Binks from Star Wars) mugs in the rear office area of the Android’s Dungeon. They can be seen again while Homer shows Comic Book Guy his “Welcome Back Kotter” key chain.
	[ YABF07 ] 101 MITIGATIONS Episode 654 \| S30E15 \| SI-3007 \| Air Date: March 3, 2019 Comic Book Guy also has a Cosmic Wars Jim Jam Bonks dossier taped to the side of a box in the rear office area of the Android’s Dungeon.
	[ YABF07 ] 101 MITIGATIONS Episode 654 \| S30E15 \| SI-3007 \| Air Date: March 3, 2019 In Act III, desperate to leave Comic-Con, Homer asks Comic Book Guy whether going to prison is still an option. He holds a baggie labeled “Solo DNA” and tells Homer, “not until you hold down Harrison Ford while I clip off his fingernails.” Ford first portrayed Han Solo in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.
	[ YABF07 ] 101 MITIGATIONS Episode 654 \| S30E15 \| SI-3007 \| Air Date: March 3, 2019 In Act III at Comic-Con, a convention attendee is dressed as Princess Leia as she appeared in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.
	[ YABF07 ] 101 MITIGATIONS Episode 654 \| S30E15 \| SI-3007 \| Air Date: March 3, 2019 In Act III at Comic-Con, another convention attendee is dressed as Luke Skywalker on the ice planet Hoth from Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back, complete with his tauntaun snow-lizard steed.
	[ YABF07 ] 101 MITIGATIONS Episode 654 \| S30E15 \| SI-3007 \| Air Date: March 3, 2019 In Act III at Comic-Con, almost off-screen at the far right, another convention attendee is dressed as Yoda from Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back.
	[ YABF10 ] BART VS. ITCHY & SCRATCHY Episode 657 \| S30E18 \| SI-3010 \| Air Date: March 24, 2019 In Act I at Krusty-Kon, convention-goers can take a selfie with a life-size “Krusty in Karbonite.” Similar replicas can usually be seen at the Android’s Dungeon or in Comic Book Guy’s bedroom, and was, in SABF03, WABF22, YABF07, QABF04, UABF15 and 35ABF15.
	[ YABF10 ] BART VS. ITCHY & SCRATCHY Episode 657 \| S30E18 \| SI-3010 \| Air Date: March 24, 2019 In Act III Bart likens his mercenary status to that of Boba Fett’s from Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back. He, Homer and Lisa then argue about whether the fan-favorite bounty hunter was truly cool or not. Lisa: “This is someone else’s war, and you, y-you’re just a mercenary.” Bart: “Mercenaries are cool, like Boba Fett.” Homer: “Oh, yeah, Boba Fett, great character.” Bart: “Boba Fett’s badass. He wears a jetpack and a cape.” Homer: “Pick a lane, weirdo.” Lisa: “Why does every discussion about feminism turn into an argument about Star Wars?” Homer: “If Boba Fett’s such a great bounty hunter, why is his armor all banged up?” Bart: “It’s a ‘look,’ like distressed denim.” Lisa mentioning discussions about feminism turning into arguments about Star Wars may be a double entendre and delicious pun, alluding to reaction to Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens featuring a female character, Rey, in the lead role previously held by Luke Skywalker.

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	[ YABF19 ] THE WINTER OF OUR MONETIZED CONTENT Episode 663 \| S31E01 \| SI-3019 \| Air Date: Sep. 29, 2019 At the end of Act II story, Comic Book Guy is on “MyTube” reacting to seeing Homer and Bart getting along and hugging rather than fighting: “I’ve not been so angry since I saw every Star Wars since the second.” He’s been disappointed with all the Star Wars movies released after Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back.
	[ YABF18 ] TREEHOUSE OF HORROR XXX Episode 666 \| S31E04 \| SI-3018 \| Air Date: Oct. 20, 2019 During the Act I story (and Stranger Things parody), “Danger Things,” the “Triangle Wars” arcade game (also seen in HABF20, NABF12, TABF05, TABF09, VABF05, VABF16, WABF10, WABF13, QABF04, QABF08 and OABF07) can be seen in the Starcourt Mall’s (also from Stranger Things) Noiseland Arcade. In addition to some of the other games from past episodes, in keeping with the 1980s setting, many ‘80s-themed cabinets are also present: “Arsenio,” “Charles in Charge,” and “Jane Fonda’s Legwarmers of Death.”

	[ YABF18 ] TREEHOUSE OF HORROR XXX Episode 666 \| S31E04 \| SI-3018 \| Air Date: Oct. 20, 2019 During Act III’ story “When Hairy Met Slimy” (a spoof of Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water), Kodos makes multiple Star Wars (and Star Trek) references when he rationalizes being in a relationship with Patty, who tells him that she is gay: “That’s alright, I have thirty-two sexual identities: I’m Klingon-curious, always up for some Wookiee-nookie or an Artoo-threesome, not to mention some “Deep Space Nine” or possibly Jabba the Butt.”

	[ YABF17 ] THANKSGIVING OF HORROR Episode 670 \| S31E08 \| SI-3017 \| Air Date: Nov. 24, 2019 In Act II’s story “The Fourth Thursday After Tomorrow,” Homer’s virtual Marge (aka “tube mom,” which is strikingly similar to Amazon’s Alexa), constructs a robot to carry her to the router so that she may escape to the internet, instructing, “Okay, R2-Me-Too, carry me to freedom.” The small robot rolls along on three legs fashioned from a pair of mixer beaters and a pizza cutter, much like R2-D2’s tripedal locomotion. It also has a toaster as a body and colander as a “head,” resembling Artoo’s canister-like body and domed top.

	[ ZABF04 ] TODD, TODD, WHY HAST THOU FORSAKEN ME? Episode 671 \| S31E09 \| SI-3104 \| Air Date: Dec. 1, 2019 In Act II, although Lisa indicates that she empathizes with Todd’s leaving his family’s faith, she wastes no time in trying to convert him to Buddhism after his arrival! Lisa tells him to “Consider the Buddha: he brings peace from within, he avoids the pitfalls of ego, he loves yoga and Yoda, and he’s lost weight!” Many have observed that Yoda has displayed elements of Zen Buddhism in his teachings and advice.
	[ ZABF07 ] FRINKCOIN Episode 675 \| S31E13 \| SI-3107 \| Air Date: Feb. 23, 2020 In Act III, among various billboards disparaging Chief Wiggum’s track record, one billboard reads, “Stop the next six Star Wars.” Although there are a few current or planned televised series, only a single additional trilogy of feature films (connected to Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson) was planned for development at the time of this episode’s airing.
	[ ZABF08 ] BART THE BAD GUY Episode 676 \| S31E14 \| SI-3108 \| Air Date: March 1, 2020 In Act II, while Bart teases Comic Book Guy with spoilers for the sequel Vindicators: Crystal War 2: Resurgence (a parody of Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame, also from parent company Disney), the DL-44 pistol replica is seen in the display case at the Android’s Dungeon. The DL-44 can also be seen in SABF03, VABF10, WABF06, WABF22, XABF16, YABF07, ZABF17, QABF02, QABF16, QABF21, UABF15, 35ABF04 and 35ABF15.
	[ ZABF09 ] SCREENLESS Episode 677 \| S31E15 \| SI-3109 \| Air Date: March 8, 2020 In Act I, Maggie uses sign language to answer various questions from Marge. When asked, “Do you like Star Wars movies?,” Maggie indicates, “no more.” Marge then asks, “What about Baby Yoda?,” to which she signs, “I used to be America’s baby.” Several weeks before this episode’s airing, the final film of the Skywalker Saga, Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker had been released in theaters, and the Disney+ live-action Star Wars television series “The Mandalorian” had created a craze surrounding the breakout star of the show, “The Child,” commonly referred to as “Baby Yoda.” Coincidentally (or not), Werner Herzog, who portrays the mysterious character “The Client” in “The Mandalorian” series, also appears in this episode as the rehab center’s Dr. Lund.

	[ ZABF14 ] THE HATEFUL EIGHT-YEAR-OLDS Episode 683 \| S31E21 \| SI-3114 \| Air Date: May 10, 2020 In Act III (while Homer and Marge are on a cruise), after Homer’s altercation with the singer of the band Sailor’s Delight (portrayed by Weezer) results in the band’s set list and all the alcohol going overboard, an enraged Comic Book Guy tells Homer, “Your Mos Eisley fracas has utterly harshed my Arrakeen spice buzz. That's right, a two-reference complaint!” In Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, the Mos Eisley cantina was an establishment at which Luke Skywalker and some other patrons had a fracas of their own, and where a live band played and fights and violent incidents were common. Comic Book Guy’s second reference in the two-parter alludes to the Dune series of novels.

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	[ ZABF17 ] TREEHOUSE OF HORROR XXXI Episode 688 \| S32E04 \| SI-3117 \| Air Date: Nov. 1, 2020 In the Act III story, “Be Nine, Rewind,” when Lisa and Nelson look to Comic Book Guy for ideas on escaping their time loop, the DL-44 pistol replica is seen in the display case at the Android’s Dungeon. The DL-44 can also be seen in SABF03, VABF10, WABF06, WABF22, XABF16, YABF07, ZABF08, QABF02, QABF16, QABF21, UABF15, 35ABF04 and 35ABF15.
	[ QABF02 ] THREE DREAMS DENIED Episode 691 \| S32E07 \| SI-3202 \| Air Date: Nov. 22, 2020 In Act I, when Agnes Skinner brings in Seymour’s childhood toys to sell, and again in Act II, when Bart meets Phil, who is minding the store while Comic Book Guy is away at Comicalooza in San Diego (the event itself a parody of San Diego Comic Con), the DL-44 pistol replica is seen in the display case at the Android’s Dungeon. The DL-44 can also be seen in SABF03, VABF10, WABF06, WABF22, XABF16, YABF07, ZABF08, ZABF17, QABF16, QABF21, UABF15, 35ABF04 and 35ABF15.

	[ QABF02 ] THREE DREAMS DENIED Episode 691 \| S32E07 \| SI-3202 \| Air Date: Nov. 22, 2020 In Act II, a Baby Yoda changing station is seen in the exhibition hall at Comicalooza, complete with the Child’s recognizable pram from “The Mandalorian” Disney+ live-action series.
	[ QABF02 ] THREE DREAMS DENIED Episode 691 \| S32E07 \| SI-3202 \| Air Date: Nov. 22, 2020 In Act II, while Comic Book Guy meets Paul Rudd on an escalator at Comicalooza, a child behind them is dressed as Darth Vader.
	[ QABF02 ] THREE DREAMS DENIED Episode 691 \| S32E07 \| SI-3202 \| Air Date: Nov. 22, 2020 While Comic Book guy sits on a bench planning his next steps at Comicalooza in Act II, a man wearing a Boba Fett helmet explains that the reason for his business attire and briefcase is that he’s “Boba Fett on a job interview.”
	[ QABF02 ] THREE DREAMS DENIED Episode 691 \| S32E07 \| SI-3202 \| Air Date: Nov. 22, 2020 As Comic Book guy sits outside on a bench at Comicalooza in Act II, someone wearing a Darth Vader costume walks by, holding a sign that says, “Will L.A.R.P. for acne medication,” while Comic Book Guy wrongly assumes that a man in a wheelchair is Professor Charles Xavier from the X-Men.
	[ QABF02 ] THREE DREAMS DENIED Episode 691 \| S32E07 \| SI-3202 \| Air Date: Nov. 22, 2020 With negative reactions to the prequels seemingly only increasing with the release of the sequel trilogy, a wide shot of the Comicalooza exhibition floor in Act II lets us see a sign that directs convention attendees to a panel where they can “pre-complain about the next Star Wars.”
	[ QABF02 ] THREE DREAMS DENIED Episode 691 \| S32E07 \| SI-3202 \| Air Date: Nov. 22, 2020 In Act II, among those attending the “Importance of Sticking to Canon” panel is a woman dressed as Princess Leia as she appeared in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, complete with hair buns.
	[ QABF02 ] THREE DREAMS DENIED Episode 691 \| S32E07 \| SI-3202 \| Air Date: Nov. 22, 2020 In Act II, among those attending the “Importance of Sticking to Canon” panel, a second Princess Leia from Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope can be seen farther back (upper right corner in larger image).
	[ QABF02 ] THREE DREAMS DENIED Episode 691 \| S32E07 \| SI-3202 \| Air Date: Nov. 22, 2020 In Act II, a third person attending the panel wears a Yoda costume from Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back (fifth in the question line, below the second Leia, at upper right in larger image).
	[ QABF02 ] THREE DREAMS DENIED Episode 691 \| S32E07 \| SI-3202 \| Air Date: Nov. 22, 2020 Once back in Springfield at the Android’s Dungeon in Act III, Comic Book guy compares Ralph Wiggum to “a subcommittee meeting of the Galactic Senate.” The bureaucracy associated with the Galactic Senate was highlighted in the prequels and, in Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back, Han Solo even compares Leia’s decision-making to that of a committee.
	[ QABF02 ] THREE DREAMS DENIED Episode 691 \| S32E07 \| SI-3202 \| Air Date: Nov. 22, 2020 In Lisa’s dreamed future in Act III, Homer has the same R2-D2-like cyborg body he’d had in a flash-forward sequence seen in YABF01.
	[ QABF02 ] THREE DREAMS DENIED Episode 691 \| S32E07 \| SI-3202 \| Air Date: Nov. 22, 2020 In Act IV (tag), we see Comic Book Guy once again sitting outside the Comicalooza convention hall, where two attendees dressed as Jedi Anakin Skywalker and his apprentice Ahsoka Tano from “The Clone Wars” (2008-2013, 2020) walk past. Notice Ahsoka’s dual green-bladed lightsabers.
	[ QABF04 ] THE DAD-FEELINGS LIMITED Episode 695 \| S32E11 \| SI-3204 \| Air Date: Jan. 3, 2021 During the first act of this episode, the “Triangle Wars” game cabinet can be seen while Homer and Marge are at the arcade hosting a birthday party (also seen in HABF20, NABF12, TABF05, TABF09, VABF05, VABF16, WABF10, WABF13, YABF18, QABF08 and OABF07).
	[ QABF04 ] THE DAD-FEELINGS LIMITED Episode 695 \| S32E11 \| SI-3204 \| Air Date: Jan. 3, 2021 In Act I when Homer, Marge, Comic Book Guy and Kumiko form a winning trivia team at Moe’s, it’s revealed that their team name is “Han Shot First.” Befitting the type of fandom controversy that Comic Book Guy revels in, the team name refers to the change made in the 1997 Special Edition of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, which saw Greedo firing first instead of Han. Many fans felt the change had diminished the impact of Han’s transition from a ruthless figure to a selfless hero. When Comic Book Guy tries to explain the significance of the name, Moe says he hasn’t heard of Star Wars.

	[ QABF04 ] THE DAD-FEELINGS LIMITED Episode 695 \| S32E11 \| SI-3204 \| Air Date: Jan. 3, 2021 In Act I Comic Book Guy asks Kumiko whether she could imagine a child playing in their living room, where he has many Star Wars items displayed among other collectibles (a good deal among them from Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame parodies, Vindicators: Crystal War 2 and Vindicators: Crystal War 2: Resurgence). In fact, many of the Star Wars items seen were also shown in past episodes. Below is a full breakdown.

Large middle display case (figurines of recognizable alien species represented in Star Wars are in the large middle display case. In a few cases, some were seen as similar but differently-colored cardboard stand-ups in DABF21):

The first figure (left) on the second shelf is an Aqualish. Ponda Baba (“Walrus Man”) and Teak Sidbam from Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope were of this alien species. Other Aqualish characters appeared in the prequels as well.
The second figure from the left on the second shelf is a Gran. Ree-Yees from Jabba’s palace in Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi and Mawhonic, who was a podracer in Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace were of this alien species (was also seen as a cardboard stand-up in DABF21).
The third figure from the left on the second shelf is a Kowakian Monkey-Lizard. Salacious B. Crumb from Jabba’s palace in Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi was of this alien species (was also seen as a cardboard stand-up in DABF21).
The fifth figure from the left on the second shelf is a Bith. The members of the band playing in the cantina in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope were of this alien species (was also seen as a cardboard stand-up in DABF21).
The sixth figure from the left on the second shelf is a Gamorrean, which were employed as palace guards by Jabba the Hutt in Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi (was also seen as a cardboard stand-up in DABF21).
The third figure from the left on the third shelf is an Anx. The figure could represent either Graxol Kelvyyn from Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace who was at the Boonta Eve podrace, observing the action from Watto’s private viewing box, or Horox Ryyder, who was a senator from the same movie and who was also briefly seen in Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith, attending the Galaxies Opera House on Coruscant.
The fourth figure from the left on the third shelf appears to be the character meant to represent Senator Palpatine (from the prequels) in Cosmic Wars: The Gathering Shadow.
The fifth figure from the left on the third shelf is a Rodian similar to Greedo from Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.
The figure at far right on the third shelf is Even Piell who was a Lannik Jedi Master who served on the Jedi Council in Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace and Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones.
The first figure (left) on the fourth shelf appears to represent Queen Amidala from the prequels.
The third figure from the left on the fourth shelf appears to be Sly Moore who was the senior administrative aide and Chief of Staff of Chancellor Palpatine in Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones and Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith.
The fifth figure from the left on the fourth shelf appears to be an Ongree Jedi which could be either Coleman Kcaj from the Jedi Council or Pablo-Jill from Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones.
The seventh figure from the left (or, second from the right) on the fourth shelf is Nute Gunray (Viceroy of the Trade Federation) as he appeared in Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (note the unique headdress features versus those seen in the subsequent prequel installments), although here his attire is a shade of blue rather than the vibrant reds seen in the film.
The figure at far right on the fifth shelf appears to represent Ki-Adi-Mundi who was a Cerean who sat on the Jedi Council throughout the prequels.

Large middle display case (other items):

The same double-edged lightsaber from Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace used by the Collector in BABF01 is on the second from bottom shelf of the large middle display case.

Small display case (right):

An R2-D2 action figure is the leftmost of those setting on top of the case (was also seen in DABF21).
C-3PO, Chewbacca and Luke figures from Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope complete those setting atop the small display case.
A Boba Fett figure is the leftmost of those on the first shelf of the case (was seen in DABF21).
Yoda and Jar Jar Binks figures are the others on the first shelf in the small display case.
On the second shelf of the display case on the right is the centaur-like version of C-3PO from Cosmic Wars: The Gathering Shadow (parody of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace) which was also seen as a costume in FABF10.
Above the small display case on the right is a Star Wars: Episode VII The Apology sequel movie poster from LABF13.

Floor:

There are Jabba the Hutt and taun taun beanbag style chairs in front of the glass display cases.

Wall/above sofa:

A Jabba the Tiki Hut figurine as seen at Dizzneeland in RABF15 sits at the far left on the top wall shelf.
Dewback and Sandtrooper figurines from DABF21 are displayed on the second wall shelf.
Framed pictures of Yoda and Wicket the Ewok, as well as signed portraits of Mark Hamill from both Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope and Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back Bespin fatigues hang on the wall on either case of the shelves above the sofa. The same or similar items also appeared in DABF21.
To the right of the sofa and just out of sight in the larger shot of the living room, three more figurines set atop another small display case. The figure on the right is Shu Mai, who served as the Presidente of the Commerce Guild in the prequels, introduced on the planet Geonosis in Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones (large image).

Ceiling:

Hanging from the ceiling are models of the Death Star, a TIE fighter and X-Wings. All except the X-Wings were seen hanging from Comic Book Guy’s bedroom ceiling in DABF04.

	[ QABF04 ] THE DAD-FEELINGS LIMITED Episode 695 \| S32E11 \| SI-3204 \| Air Date: Jan. 3, 2021 In Act III, more Star Wars items can be seen on display in Comic Book Guy and Kumiko’s bedroom: a model of the first Death Star sets atop a chest of drawers (also seen in DABF04); a replica of Darth Vader’s lightsaber hangs on the wall (also seen in DABF04); a large model of an Imperial Star Destroyer occupies the entire shelf of a large bookcase; and a “Krusty in Karbonite” rests on a stereo cabinet (a larger life-size version can be seen in SABF03, WABF22, YABF07, YABF10, UABF15 and 35ABF15).

	[ QABF08 ] DO PIZZA BOTS DREAM OF ELECTRIC GUITARS Episode 699 \| S32E15 \| SI-3208 \| Air Date: March 14, 2021 During this episode’s first act, the “Triangle Wars” game cabinet can be seen in the arcade room of Razzle Dazzle’s Pizza-Tainment Palace, the pizzeria where Homer worked as a teenager (also seen in HABF20, NABF12, TABF05, TABF09, VABF05, VABF16, WABF10, WABF13, YABF18, QABF04 and OABF07).
	[ QABF08 ] DO PIZZA BOTS DREAM OF ELECTRIC GUITARS Episode 699 \| S32E15 \| SI-3208 \| Air Date: March 14, 2021 In Act II there is a Cosmic Wars poster hanging in the lobby of J.J. Abrams’s new Bad Robot production office in Springfield. The poster is meant to depict Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens, which kicked-off the sequel trilogy in 2015 and was produced, co-written, and directed by Abrams. Later, Homer laments on his situation where “the same thing’s happening again, only it’s several years later and slightly different.” Abrams replies, “It’s what I do.” Along with some of his other rebooted franchises, Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens resonated with fans as having a storyline that was a little too close to the original plot from Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.

	[ QABF08 ] DO PIZZA BOTS DREAM OF ELECTRIC GUITARS Episode 699 \| S32E15 \| SI-3208 \| Air Date: March 14, 2021 In Act II, at the Bad Robot studio, Bart and Lisa wheel out the animatronic character Wakkety Yak using robots that resemble astromech droid BB-8, except that they have lavender trim instead of BB-8’s orange trim. J.J. Abrams named the character and its design was born from a simple sketch made by Abrams. BB-8 first appeared in Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens and would also appear in the other sequel trilogy films, Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi and Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker, as well as the animated series Star Wars Resistance.

	[ QABF08 ] DO PIZZA BOTS DREAM OF ELECTRIC GUITARS Episode 699 \| S32E15 \| SI-3208 \| Air Date: March 14, 2021 During this episode’s tag (Act IV), Comic Book Guy assembles his team of fellow disgruntled movie fans, “Troll Force Five” and team member “The Shipper” (who is able to detect romantic connections in films where, clearly, there are none, and who is a delivery person for a major shipping company) explains that “C-3PO and Chewbacca are definitely a couple” to Superintendent Chalmers while signing for a package.

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	[ QABF16 ] TREEHOUSE OF HORROR XXXII Episode 709 \| S33E03 \| SI-3216 \| Air Date: Oct. 10, 2021 In the Act II story, “Nightmare on Elm Tree,” as the trees that had come to life terrorize the town, the DL-44 pistol replica is seen in the display case at the Android’s Dungeon. The DL-44 can also be seen in SABF03, VABF10, WABF06, WABF22, XABF16, YABF07, ZABF08, ZABF17, QABF02, QABF21, UABF15, 35ABF04 and 35ABF15.
	[ QABF21 ] A SERIOUS FLANDERS (Part One) Episode 712 \| S33E06 \| SI-3221 \| Air Date: Nov. 7, 2021 In the Act II chapter of this two-part episode, “The Hippo’s Conundrum,”, as the debt collectors ask Comic Book Guy where to find Ned Flanders, the DL-44 pistol replica is seen again in the display case at the Android’s Dungeon. The DL-44 can also be seen in SABF03, VABF10, WABF06, WABF22, XABF16, YABF07, ZABF08, ZABF17, QABF02, QABF16, UABF15, 35ABF04 and 35ABF15.
	[ QABF21 ] A SERIOUS FLANDERS (Part One) Episode 712 \| S33E06 \| SI-3221 \| Air Date: Nov. 7, 2021 In the Act II chapter of this two-part episode, the debt collectors Costas and Colette threaten Comic Book Guy when he does not offer any help in finding Ned Flanders, damaging merchandise in The Android’s Dungeon. He cries, “Oh no, Mando!,” as Colette rips apart a full-size cardboard character display of The Mandalorian (from “The Mandalorian” Disney+ live-action series).
	[ UABF02 ] MOTHERS AND OTHER STRANGERS Episode 715 \| S33E09 \| SI-3302 \| Air Date: Nov. 28, 2021 In Act I, Bart argues that “Mothers Day is a B.S. holiday, unlike true holidays” such as his own “half-birthday or May the Fourth be with you.” Star Wars Day is observed annually on May 4.
	[ UABF12 ] GIRLS JUST SHAUNA HAVE FUN Episode 725 \| S33E19 \| SI-3312 \| Air Date: May 1, 2022 In Act II, Gary Chalmers and Homer prepare to brew their next batch of Belgian craft beer, “Thirst Trappist Hunky Monks Ale,” and Homer’s informed that he will brew this next batch. Chalmers assesses Homer, telling him, “I sense great drunkenness in you,” echoing Master Yoda’s evaluation of young Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace, when Yoda tells Anakin, “I sense much fear in you.” A very similar line is also delivered by Count Dooku in Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith, when the Sith Lord tells Anakin, “I sense great fear in you, Skywalker.”

	[ UABF15 ] MARGE THE MEANIE Episode 726 \| S33E20 \| SI-3315 \| Air Date: May 8, 2022 In Act II, during Bart and Marge’s visit to the Android’s Dungeon, the DL-44 pistol replica is again seen in the display case. The DL-44 can also be seen in SABF03, VABF10, WABF06, WABF22, XABF16, YABF07, ZABF08, ZABF17, QABF02, QABF16, QABF21, 35ABF04 and 35ABF15.
	[ UABF15 ] MARGE THE MEANIE Episode 726 \| S33E20 \| SI-3315 \| Air Date: May 8, 2022 In Act II, when Bart and Marge visit the Android’s Dungeon, we again see the life-size “Krusty in Karbonite” hanging on the wall (also seen in SABF03, WABF22, YABF07, YABF10, QABF04 and 35ABF15).
	[ UABF15 ] MARGE THE MEANIE Episode 726 \| S33E20 \| SI-3315 \| Air Date: May 8, 2022 In Act II, one of several items at the Android’s Dungeon splashed with cola and damaged as a result of Marge’s latest prank is a promotional poster depicting “Booboo Fett,” a parody of the 2021 Disney+ live-action series “The Book of Boba Fett,” featuring a character combination of Boba Fett and Boo-Boo Bear from Hanna-Barbera’s The Yogi Bear Show. The poster also shows Jabba’s palace on Tatooine in the background and Yogi Bear as Darth Vader.

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	[ UABF21 ] LISA THE BOY SCOUT Episode 731 \| S34E03 \| SI-3321 \| Air Date: Oct. 9, 2022 In Act III, when FBI agents confront the hackers, the hackers reveal that they’ll delete not only The Simpsons IP, but that they’ve “hacked into all of Disney,” which also includes Star Wars. They then threaten to delete Baby Yoda (the character Grogu from “The Mandalorian” Disney+ live-action series).
	[ OABF06 ] THE MANY SAINTS OF SPRINGFIELD Episode 741 \| S34E13 \| SI-3406 \| Air Date: Feb. 19, 2023 In Act III, after offering Ned Flanders a prayer in Klingon, Comic Book Guy flips The Android’s Dungeon door sign from open to closed, which reads, “Comic Book Guy will return,” and has an image of him frozen in carbonite just as Han Solo was in Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back.
	[ OABF07 ] CARL CARLSON RIDES AGAIN Episode 742 \| S34E14 \| SI-3407 \| Air Date: Feb. 26, 2023 In Act I, when Carl first meets Naima at the bowling alley, “Triangle Wars” can be seem among the arcade games there (also seen in HABF20, NABF12, TABF05, TABF09, VABF05, VABF16, WABF10, WABF13, YABF18, QABF04 and QABF08).
	[ OABF09 ] HOSTILE KIRK PLACE Episode 744 \| S34E16 \| SI-3409 \| Air Date: March 12, 2023 In Act I, as Marge reminds Homer of some of his past as-seen-on-TV purchases, his “World’s Most Powerful Flashlight” makes a familiar if not surprising sound when powered on; it sounds much like the signature hum made by lightsabers in Star Wars.
	[ OABF10 ] PIN GAL Episode 745 \| S34E17 \| SI-3410 \| Air Date: March 19, 2023 In Act III, Homer confronts Jacques Brunswick at his Fiesta Terrace apartment where they each pick up a bowling ball and begin to fight as if dueling with swords. As the battle intensifies, dramatic music swells, with the “Battle of the Heroes” theme playing as the fight continues. This musical piece is from the finale of Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith in which Anakin Skywalker (now Darth Vader) and Obi-Wan Kenobi clash in an epic battle on Mustafar. The season 18 episode “Please Homer Don’t Hammer ’em” (HABF20) featured a parody of this same Star Wars lightsaber duel, but used the “Duel of the Fates” theme. Many scenes in the Star Wars Saga reused earlier themes and, in fact, the Episode III duel on Mustafar did indeed also include use of the “Duel of the Fates” motif.
	Editor’s Notes: While the lightsaber duel parody from HABF20 was done brilliantly, and keeping in mind that the “Duel of the Fates” theme was also used in the Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith Mustafar duel, the circle truly is complete with the signature “Battle of the Heroes” theme being used now in this episode. One of our readers had even contacted us about this interesting choice back in 2016. - JDM

	[ OABF10 ] PIN GAL Episode 745 \| S34E17 \| SI-3410 \| Air Date: March 19, 2023 In Act III, Jacques makes comments similar to those Darth Vader made to Obi-Wan Kenobi aboard the Death Star in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, when he told the Jedi, “The circle is now complete. When I left you, I was but the learner. Now I am the master.” Jacques’ statement to Marge lacked the same impact, though, telling her, “I was the master and you the pupil. Now, I’m still very good. You are also good, but inconsistent.”
	[ OABF11 ] FAN-ILY FEUD Episode 746 \| S34E18 \| SI-3411 \| Air Date: April 23, 2023 While Kent Brockamn interviews Marge on the street In Act II, asking about the fallout after Homer’s running afoul of pop singer Ashlee Starling, the channel 6 televised news story title reads, “POP-STAR WARS,” in a play on words of the Star Wars film title.
	[ OABF15 ] CLOWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION Episode 749 \| S34E21 \| SI-3415 \| Air Date: May 14, 2023 In Act I, Krusty shows Bart and Homer a fake In Memorium that his publicist showed at a public event, and the first slide mentions Sir Alec Guiness, who played Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original trilogy. Interestingly (and the reason for inclusion in this guide), Guiness is shown wearing his Jedi robes costume worn playing Obi-Wan in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.

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	[ 35ABF04 ] MURDER, SHE BOAT Episode 759 \| S35E09 \| SI-3504 \| Air Date: Dec. 17, 2023 In Act I, the pop culture cruise ship “Pacific Princess Leia” is first shown. The name is a play on words combining Princess Leia with the name of the cruise ship made famous by the TV series “The Love Boat” (1977-1986). Exterior shots of the vessel are also shown again in Act I and in later acts.
	[ 35ABF04 ] MURDER, SHE BOAT Episode 759 \| S35E09 \| SI-3504 \| Air Date: Dec. 17, 2023 The “Pacific Princess Leia” bow-end smoke stack is adorned with replicas of Leia’s signature hair buns from Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.
	[ 35ABF04 ] MURDER, SHE BOAT Episode 759 \| S35E09 \| SI-3504 \| Air Date: Dec. 17, 2023 The “Pacific Princess Leia” stern-end smoke stack looks like R2-D2 from Star Wars.
	[ 35ABF04 ] MURDER, SHE BOAT Episode 759 \| S35E09 \| SI-3504 \| Air Date: Dec. 17, 2023 The “Pacific Princess Leia” bow-end starboard side hull features painted decoration of two X-Wing fighters from Star Wars in flight. Similar decoration is later seen on the port side of the hull as well.
	[ 35ABF04 ] MURDER, SHE BOAT Episode 759 \| S35E09 \| SI-3504 \| Air Date: Dec. 17, 2023 On the stern-end of the starboard side main deck of the of the “Pacific Princess Leia” sits a large replica of a Lambda-class T-4a Imperial shuttle as seen in Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi (and later in Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back Special Edition scenes on Cloud City where Darth Vader takes his shuttle ST-321 back to his Star Destroyer).
	[ 35ABF04 ] MURDER, SHE BOAT Episode 759 \| S35E09 \| SI-3504 \| Air Date: Dec. 17, 2023 In Act I when the “Pacific Princess Leia” is first shown, a family whose father is dressed as a Jedi, and children dressed as Ahsoka Tano and Yoda wait to board.
	[ 35ABF04 ] MURDER, SHE BOAT Episode 759 \| S35E09 \| SI-3504 \| Air Date: Dec. 17, 2023 In Act I, Marge and the family review a brochure for the pop culture cruise, which includes a picture of a family whose mother is a cosplaying Princess Leia from Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope on the cover.
	[ 35ABF04 ] MURDER, SHE BOAT Episode 759 \| S35E09 \| SI-3504 \| Air Date: Dec. 17, 2023 During various shots on board the pop culture cruise ship in Act I, a woman costumed as a Wookiee in a bikini is sunbathing on the deck.
	[ 35ABF04 ] MURDER, SHE BOAT Episode 759 \| S35E09 \| SI-3504 \| Air Date: Dec. 17, 2023 Aboard the “Pacific Princess Leia” in Act I, one of the kids in the swimming pool is in costume as Ahsoka Tano from “The Clone Wars” animated series (2008-2013, 2020) and the Disney+ live-action series “Ahsoka” (2023).
	[ 35ABF04 ] MURDER, SHE BOAT Episode 759 \| S35E09 \| SI-3504 \| Air Date: Dec. 17, 2023 Aboard the “Pacific Princess Leia” in Act I, one of the kids in the swimming pool is in costume as an original trilogy Stormtrooper.
	[ 35ABF04 ] MURDER, SHE BOAT Episode 759 \| S35E09 \| SI-3504 \| Air Date: Dec. 17, 2023 Sitting poolside on the cruise ship in Act I is a replica of the droid BB-8 from Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens and the other sequel trilogy films.
	[ 35ABF04 ] MURDER, SHE BOAT Episode 759 \| S35E09 \| SI-3504 \| Air Date: Dec. 17, 2023 Seen behind Homer while he walks past one of the cruise ship’s swimming pools in Act I, the starbird crest of the Rebel Alliance is prominently displayed.
	[ 35ABF04 ] MURDER, SHE BOAT Episode 759 \| S35E09 \| SI-3504 \| Air Date: Dec. 17, 2023 While Homer sings a parody of “The Love Boat” theme song about the pop culture cruise in Act I, someone in costume as a Jawa from Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope walks past.
	[ 35ABF04 ] MURDER, SHE BOAT Episode 759 \| S35E09 \| SI-3504 \| Air Date: Dec. 17, 2023 “The Love Boat” theme song parody features lyrics that claim the cruise is a place “where everyone knows the new Star Wars sucks.”
	[ 35ABF04 ] MURDER, SHE BOAT Episode 759 \| S35E09 \| SI-3504 \| Air Date: Dec. 17, 2023 During the pop culture cruise parody of “The Love Boat” opening credits in Act I, Ned Flanders stars as Flando Calrissian (an homage to Lando Calrissian). Ned wears the colorful blue outfit that the character wore on Cloud City in Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back.
	[ 35ABF04 ] MURDER, SHE BOAT Episode 759 \| S35E09 \| SI-3504 \| Air Date: Dec. 17, 2023 As the “The Love Boat” opening credits parody comes to a close in Act I, a band’s horn section plays while a topiary version of an AT-AT Imperial Walker from Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back is seen behind them.
	[ 35ABF04 ] MURDER, SHE BOAT Episode 759 \| S35E09 \| SI-3504 \| Air Date: Dec. 17, 2023 Aboard the pop culture cruise in Act I, Rod and Todd Flanders are costumed as Han Solo and Yoda, respectively, from the Star Wars original trilogy.
	[ 35ABF04 ] MURDER, SHE BOAT Episode 759 \| S35E09 \| SI-3504 \| Air Date: Dec. 17, 2023 In Act I’s flashback sequence of Bart’s visit to The Android’s Dungeon, the DL-44 pistol replica is again seen in the display case. The DL-44 can also be seen in SABF03, VABF10, WABF06, WABF22, XABF16, YABF07, ZABF08, ZABF17, QABF02, QABF16, QABF21, UABF15 and 35ABF15.
	[ 35ABF04 ] MURDER, SHE BOAT Episode 759 \| S35E09 \| SI-3504 \| Air Date: Dec. 17, 2023 In the pop culture cruise ship’s dining room in Act I, music plays similar to that performed by the band Figrin D’an and the Modal Nodes at Chalmun’s Cantina in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.
	[ 35ABF04 ] MURDER, SHE BOAT Episode 759 \| S35E09 \| SI-3504 \| Air Date: Dec. 17, 2023 In Act II (and later, Act III) on the stern-end of the port side main deck of the of the “Pacific Princess Leia” sits a large replica of an Imperial TIE fighter as seen in the original trilogy (an Imperial shuttle could be seen sitting on the starboard side in Act I). Additional painted decorations of two X-Wing fighters from Star Wars in flight adorn the port side of the hull just as they do the starboard side when the ship was first shown in Act I.
	[ 35ABF04 ] MURDER, SHE BOAT Episode 759 \| S35E09 \| SI-3504 \| Air Date: Dec. 17, 2023 In Act II when Lisa walks down the deck, another kid among those protesting wears a costume of Yoda from the Star Wars original trilogy.
	[ 35ABF04 ] MURDER, SHE BOAT Episode 759 \| S35E09 \| SI-3504 \| Air Date: Dec. 17, 2023 While Taika Waititi and Lisa interrogate Milhouse and others aboard the cruise during Act II, an R2-D2 replica can be seen in the room.
	[ 35ABF04 ] MURDER, SHE BOAT Episode 759 \| S35E09 \| SI-3504 \| Air Date: Dec. 17, 2023 In Act III, Comic Book Guy reveals that he’d set up the R2-D2 replica (seen earlier in the interrogation room) as a surveillance device in hopes of solving the mystery of his missing Radioactive Man action figure. When he plays back footage, it’s projected as a hologram just as R2-D2 projected Princess Leia’s image to play back for Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. In fact, Comic Book Guy’s posture and expression while watching the playback even mimic those of Obi-Wan in the movie scene. Later, in Act IV (tag), Comic Book Guy plays back footage of Kumiko from the R2-D2 replica as well.

	[ 35ABF11 ] THE TIPPING POINT Episode 767 \| S35E17 \| SI-3511 \| Air Date: May 12, 2024 As Homer goes from business to business, satisfying his compulsion to leave large tips in Act I, one of his stops is Boba Fete Tea Shop, a play on words combining boba tea with Boba Fett from Star Wars. The building’s exterior architecture resembles Jabba the Hutt’s palace from Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi.
	[ 35ABF11 ] THE TIPPING POINT Episode 767 \| S35E17 \| SI-3511 \| Air Date: May 12, 2024 The barista at the Boba Fete Tea Shop offers Homer a Mandalorian-themed drink: a “Mandalorian Mango Jango with C-3P-Oat milk.” Boba Fett would make a reappearance in “The Mandalorian” Disney+ live-action series, after he'd last been seen falling into the Sarlacc Pit in Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi. The rest of the drink and ingredients’ names is a play on words combining two characters from Star Wars: Jango Fett from Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones (Boba Fett’s father) and C-3PO.

	[ 35ABF11 ] THE TIPPING POINT Episode 767 \| S35E17 \| SI-3511 \| Air Date: May 12, 2024 At the front counter of the Boba Fete Tea Shop is a full-size replica of Boba Fett as he appeared in “The Mandalorian” and “The Book of Boba Fett” Disney+ live-action series, wearing the newer black jumpsuit under his armor, which replaced the gray one from the original trilogy.
	[ 35ABF11 ] THE TIPPING POINT Episode 767 \| S35E17 \| SI-3511 \| Air Date: May 12, 2024 Another item at the front counter of the Boba Fete Tea Shop is a sign that reads, “This is the Way ... to enjoy tea.” In “The Mandalorian” Disney+ live-action series, “This is the Way” is the age-old mantra and code that governs the way of life of the Mandalorians, and the latest in a series of memorable and repeated Star Wars proverbs (e.g., “May the Force be with you”).
	[ 35ABF11 ] THE TIPPING POINT Episode 767 \| S35E17 \| SI-3511 \| Air Date: May 12, 2024 The booth seating and drink dispensers at the Boba Fete Tea Shop are the same as those seen at Chalmun’s Mos Eisley Cantina in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. In the film, the distillery parts include dispensers made from Rolls-Royce jet engine combustion chamber parts, which were also used as the head of droid bounty hunter IG-88.
	[ 35ABF11 ] THE TIPPING POINT Episode 767 \| S35E17 \| SI-3511 \| Air Date: May 12, 2024 On the walls of the Boba Fete Tea Shop, there are photos of patrons of Chalmun’s Mos Eisley Cantina from Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, which include Hem Dazon (previously known as Kal Nkai) from the Arcona alien species.
	[ 35ABF11 ] THE TIPPING POINT Episode 767 \| S35E17 \| SI-3511 \| Air Date: May 12, 2024 Hanging from the ceiling near the the Boba Fete Tea Shop front counter is a scale replica of the Death Star from Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.
	[ 35ABF11 ] THE TIPPING POINT Episode 767 \| S35E17 \| SI-3511 \| Air Date: May 12, 2024 The mugs used to serve drinks at the Boba Fete Tea Shop are styled after an inverted Boba Fett’s helmet.
	[ 35ABF11 ] THE TIPPING POINT Episode 767 \| S35E17 \| SI-3511 \| Air Date: May 12, 2024 Hanging directly above the Boba Fete Tea Shop front counter is a string of decorative scale replica X-Wing fighters from Star Wars.
	[ 35ABF11 ] THE TIPPING POINT Episode 767 \| S35E17 \| SI-3511 \| Air Date: May 12, 2024 At the Boba Fete Tea Shop, the clerk’s (Jeremy Freedman, more commonly known as Squeaky-Voiced Teen) smock design is patterned after Boba Fett’s armor and jumpsuit, and the cap is emblazoned with the Mandalorian mythosaur sigil.
	[ 35ABF11 ] THE TIPPING POINT Episode 767 \| S35E17 \| SI-3511 \| Air Date: May 12, 2024 Hanging on the wall at the Boba Fete Tea Shop is picture of Jabba the Hutt in his throne room from Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi, sipping on one of the shop’s drinks and giving a thumbs-up as an endorsement.
	[ 35ABF11 ] THE TIPPING POINT Episode 767 \| S35E17 \| SI-3511 \| Air Date: May 12, 2024 Similar to the X-wing decorations seen above the front counter, strung around the Boba Fete Tea Shop front window are decorative scale replicas of Boba Fett’s ship Slave I (now officially known as Firespray) and miniature Boba Fett helmets and Yoda heads. The stylized glyphs around the front window appear to be Aurebesh, the Galactic version of the alphabet used in Star Wars media.

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	[ 35ABF15 ] BART’S BIRTHDAY Episode 769 \| S36E01 \| SI-3515 \| Air Date: Sep. 29, 2024 In Act II as John Cena comes to the rescue when Kumiko is about to give birth, Comic Book Guy pleas for assistance using a play on words of Princess Leia’s quote from Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope: “Help me, OB-GYN Kenobi, you’re my only hope!”
	[ 35ABF15 ] BART’S BIRTHDAY Episode 769 \| S36E01 \| SI-3515 \| Air Date: Sep. 29, 2024 In Act II, when Bart witnesses the closing of the Android’s Dungeon, we again see the life-size “Krusty in Karbonite” hanging on the wall (also seen in SABF03, WABF22, YABF07, YABF10, QABF04 and UABF15).
	[ 35ABF15 ] BART’S BIRTHDAY Episode 769 \| S36E01 \| SI-3515 \| Air Date: Sep. 29, 2024 In Act II, when Bart witnesses the closing of the Android’s Dungeon, the DL-44 pistol replica is also again seen in the display case. The DL-44 can also be seen in SABF03, VABF10, WABF06, WABF22, XABF16, YABF07, ZABF08, ZABF17, QABF02, QABF16, QABF21, UABF15 and 35ABF04.

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	Issue Prefix Code Legend:
	SC = Simpsons Comics	BS = Bart Simpson Comics
	FC = Free Comic Book Day Free-For-All! Annual	SS = Simpsons Super Spectacular Semiannual
	TH = Treehouse of Horror Comics Annual	TP = Trade Paperback Reprint Collection
	HR = Trade Paperback Holiday Reprint Collection	WD = Winter Wingding Annual (2006-2015)
	1S = Simpsons One-Shot Wonders

	[ SC004 ] IT’S IN THE CARDS Simpsons Comics #4 \| May 1994 Mr. Burns employs Stormtrooper guards.
	[ SC010 ] FAN-TASTY ISLAND Simpsons Comics #10 \| May 1995 After Mr. Burns masterminds a plan to have couriers smuggle Delerium-T36 back from Wannasi, Smithers kneels before him (pg. 5, panel 3), with Burns instructing, “Rise, my adulating adjunct.” Both the kneeling by Smithers and Mr. Burns’ comment are similar to Darth Vader kneeeling before the Emperor and the Emperor telling him, “Rise, old friend,” in Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi.
	[ SC012 ] SURVIVAL OF THE FATTEST Simpsons Comics #12 \| September 1995 A Stormtrooper inspects a clue, while two figures walk off through the desert sand, under twin suns — parody of a scene on Tatooine from Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, with Homer and Troy McClure in the roles of R2-D2 and C-3PO.
	[ SC031 ] RADIOACTIVE HOMER Simpsons Comics #31 \| June 1997 At the city’s masquerade ball fundraiser, Helen Lovejoy is dressed as Princess Leia from Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, complete with hair buns, while Reverend Tim is dressed as Obi-Wan Kenobi, with (an inaccurately colored) green lightsaber worn on his belt, and a button reading, “May the Force be with you” (pg. 1, full-page splash panel). Marge later reveals that Helen had beaten her to the Star Wars costumes at the masquerade shop (pg. 2, panel 5).

	[ SC031 ] RADIOACTIVE HOMER Simpsons Comics #31 \| June 1997 After Marge hears a noise in the night, Homer asks, “Did it sound as if a million voices cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced?” This is a parody of Obi-Wan’s statement after he “felt” Alderaan’s destruction.
	[ SC034 ] BURNSIE ON BOARD Simpsons Comics #34 \| December 1997 During the “C. Montgomery Burns International Games,” a Hoth Cold Assault Stormtrooper (Snowtrooper) can be seen (pg. 8, 2-page splash panel) participating in a sled-dog race, piloting a sled carrying drums of nuclear waste, and whipping the team of Lenny, Carl and other denizens of Moe’s Tavern.
	[ SC036 ] THE GEEK SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH Simpsons Comics #36 \| April 1998 Douglas (one of the three “nerds” introduced in 1F02) makes a space adventure movie with Troy McClure. He tells McClure that they will “make Empire Strikes Back look like Return of the Jedi” (pg. 11, panel 6). This is a nod to Star Wars fans’ higher regard in general for Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back than Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi.
	[ SC039 ] SENSE AND CENSORABILITY Simpsons Comics #39 \| October 1998 A customer wears a Star Wars tee-shirt at The Android’s Dungeon (pg. 10, panel 1) when Eddie and Lou arrive to apprehend Comic Book Guy for charges in violation of obscenity law.
	[ SC039 ] SENSE AND CENSORABILITY Simpsons Comics #39 \| October 1998 Comic Book Guy presents his opening statement, asking the jury members whether they are “without bias, as if ... shielded ... by ... Bacta Tanks, safe from ... Rancors” (pg. 17, panel 5). A Bacta Tank was an apparatus used in Luke Skywalker’s recovery in Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back, while the Rancor was a monster kept by Jabba the Hutt, who dropped Luke into the creature’s pit in Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi.

	[ SC039 ] SENSE AND CENSORABILITY Simpsons Comics #39 \| October 1998 Members of the second jury, which, following Bart’s argument to the judge, is now comprised of nerds and comic geeks that can truly be deemed Comic Book Guy’s peers, are dressed as Princess Leia from Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope and as an X-Wing pilot (pg. 20, panel 4).
	[ SC039 ] SENSE AND CENSORABILITY Simpsons Comics #39 \| October 1998 When Homer is found innocent of all obscenity charges, Marge exclaims, “Oh, thank the maker ... er, I mean, thank goodness!” (pg. 20, panel 5). In Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, C-3PO said, “Thank the maker,” just prior to a much-needed oil bath. Since then, the phrase has become somewhat of an homage to George Lucas (the “maker” of Star Wars), and was also the title of an excellent flashback story in Dark Horse Comics Star Wars Tales #6 in December 2000, in which Vader recalls his creating C-3PO when he was a youth.

	[ SC039 ] SENSE AND CENSORABILITY Simpsons Comics #39 \| October 1998 Comic Book Guy’s ultimate sentence (pg. 21, panel 2) finds him guilty of, among other charges, “bribing the manager of the toy aisle at the Try N’ Save to buy up all of the new ‘Hip-Hop Yo! Yo! Yoda’ action figures.”
	[ SC044 ] THE PRIME OF MISS LISA SIMPSON Simpsons Comics #44 \| Aug. 1999 When Lisa asks Ralph whether she is a bad teacher, he reassures Lisa, telling her (pg. 12, panel 7) that she is “like Yoda, only prettier.”
	[ TH-TP01 ] A YOKEL’S GUIDE TO HALLOWEEN Bart Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror Heebie-Jeebie Hullabaloo Treehouse of Horror Reprint Volume 1 \| September 1999 Part of this trade paperback’s new material is a faux advertisement for the book “A Yokel’s Guide to Halloween,” which includes “Horrifyin’ Costumes” such as bath mats worn as fake fur. Cletus demonstrates, wearing a Chewbacca costume fashioned using this method, adding, “Looky here! I’m Chewbacky!” (pg. 44, panel 3).
	[ SC045 ] HAMBURGER’S LITTLE HELPER Simpsons Comics #45 \| October 1999 In the story “Hamburger’s Little Helper” (pg. 9, panels 3 & 4), while shooting a commercial for Krusty Burger, flying a jet plane and saving Kent Brockman and Arnie Pie, Santa’s Little Helper wears Biggs Darklighter’s X-Wing Fighter helmet. Darklighter was Luke’s childhood friend who used the call sign “Red Three” during the assault on the Death Star during the Battle of Yavin in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.
	[ BS001 ] GRRRL-WHIRL Bart Simpson Comics #1 \| October 2000 In the second story, “Grrrl-Whirl,” after Bart’s loud outburst in The Android’s Dungeon at his comic hero Burpo’s falling for a girl, Comic Book Guy reprimands him (pg. 14, panel 5), reminding him “this is a comic book store, not the Mos Eisley cantina” and to “please keep the decibel level down.” In Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, the Mos Eisley cantina was a loud establishment at which a live band played and where fights and violent incidents were common.

	[ SC052 ] WORST CHRISTMAS EVER! Simpsons Comics #52 \| November 2000 When Christmas gift shoppers at The Android’s Dungeon complain about the prices of the elsewhere-sold-out Itchy & Scratchy Interactive Playsets, Comic Book Guy justifies the mark-ups to Ned (pg. 3, panel 5), explaining that he depends on the revenue, especially with “the current comic book market as torpid as Han Solo in carbonite.” His simile compares comic sales to the hibernative state of Solo.
	[ SC052 ] WORST CHRISTMAS EVER! Simpsons Comics #52 \| November 2000 After having saved the Simpsons from Fat Tony on Christmas Eve, Comic Book Guy leaves the Simpson’s house (pg. 21, panel 3), explaining he is late for performing filk versions of Christmas carols, including “Wookiee in a Winter Wonderland.”
	[ SC073 ] DAY OF THE NERD Simpsons Comics #73 \| Aug. 2002 While going door-to-door selling chocolate for school, Bart enters the mansion of Cornelius Morgan, who happens to own the largest collection of television, movie, and comic memorabilia in the world. Among the many collectible items on display in just one room is a pair of Yoda’s ears (page 5, panel 2). Later in the story (page 21, panel 3), Email from the Super Friends (a group of nerds introduced in 2F11) can be spotted running off with the Jedi Master’s appendages.

	[ SC073 ] DAY OF THE NERD Simpsons Comics #73 \| Aug. 2002 Professor Frink, in an effort to win the contest for Morgan’s collection, has invented a device called “the mononizer,” which he’s used to create a condensed recombinant version of the Star Wars trilogy from his versions on video. In a demonstration to Kent Brockman, we see plot and character elements from disparate chapters in the saga recombined into single lines of dialogue (page 15, panel 3). Part of Leia’s very first spoken line from Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope is coupled with an important plot development not revealed until Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi: “Obi-Wan, you’re my only hope and ... Darth Vader is my father.” Han Solo’s progression from the reluctant hero of A New Hope, to his freezing in carbonite in Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back, to regaining his freedom from Jabba the Hutt in Return of the Jedi is likewise compressed: “I’d help ya out, Luke, but I’m stuck in carbonite. No wait, I’m out.” Finally, though no one character actually destroyed both the first Death Star from A New Hope and the second version of the space station from Return of the Jedi on his own (Wedge Antilles was the only Rebel Alliance pilot to survive both battles and he helped blow up the second Death Star by destroying its core’s north tower power regulator), Frink’s version also includes: “Yahoo! I Blew up all the Death Stars!”

	[ SC073 ] DAY OF THE NERD Simpsons Comics #73 \| Aug. 2002 After Morgan announces that the contest has been a ruse to allow him to create a documentary about nerds, and his mansion has absorbed a damaging explosion from a missile-firing robot, contestants loot his memorabilia and we see one of them hoisting an activated lightsaber — the item presumably part of Morgan’s collection — among the melee of looters (page 21, panel 3).
	[ TH008 ] THE POWERPLANT OF PAIN Bart Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror #8 \| September 2002 In the fourth and final story, “The Powerplant of Pain (‘I for Invasion’ entry)” (pg. 5, panel 2), Homer floats in a tube aboard Kang & Kodos’ ship very similar to a Bacta Tank from Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back.
	[ SC075 ] THE PERMANENT RECORD ROOM! Simpsons Comics #75 \| October 2002 “The Permanent Record Room!” story’s first chapter, “Pranks, but No Pranks!” (pg. 9, panel 4), ends with Willie responding, “As wee Yoda would say, ‘Empty or full. There is no almost.’,” when Milhouse complains of his lungs being almost full of chalk dust. The dialog is a parody of the conversation between Luke and Yoda in Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back while Luke trains on Dagobah, saying, “I’ll try,” prompting Yoda’s correction: “Try not. Do or do not! There is no try.”

	[ SC075 ] THE PERMANENT RECORD ROOM! Simpsons Comics #75 \| October 2002 In the second chapter of the story, “And the Beatings Go On!” (pg. 13, panel 2), a group of nerds will not allow Jimbo to enter the lunchroom without first “answering a simple question.” When then asked, “Who was the Captain of the U.S.S. Enterprise?” he answers, “I don’t know. Luke Skywalker?”
	[ SC075 ] THE PERMANENT RECORD ROOM! Simpsons Comics #75 \| October 2002 In the third chapter of the story, “Truant or False” (pg. 20, panel 4), a fourth grade Skinner warns Homer, “Okay, but don’t blame me if you get stuck in an asteroid field with a flying saucer shooting at you and don’t know which button sends you into hyperspace,” when Homer questions whether to skip school or stay at the Noiseland Arcade playing “Space Intruders” (a reference to the asteroid chase in Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back).

	[ BS010 ] BART’S BEARD Bart Simpson Comics #10 \| February 2003 In the first story “Bart’s Beard” (pg. 4, panel 5), Comic Book Guy calls Bart “young Jedi,” after Bart tries to buy an age-restricted video, “Clowns Gone Wild.”
	[ SC081 ] LISA SIMPSON’S BOOK CLUB! Simpsons Comics #81 \| April 2003 In this issue, Lisa asks each book club member to discuss a story that meant something to them. The second story, Homer’s tale of “The Little Engine that Couldn’t Care Less,” begins with “Once upon a time in a train yard in a Galaxy far, far away ... ,” (pg. 8, panel 4) echoing the famous static text, “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. ... ,” from the opening crawls in the Star Wars films.
	[ BS012 ] BART FINK AND THE MIGHTY MISSISSIP Bart Simpson Comics #12 \| June 2003 In his role as Bart Fink in the play he directs for Lisa, “Adventures in Mark Twain’s America,” Bart raids an Egyptian tomb, escaping with a golden statue he intends to deliver to Injun Apu. During his escape he must swing across a seemingly endless chasm in the Death Star to evade “the Empire.” Bart has parodied the scene from Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope in which Luke and Leia use a grappling hook to swing across the chasm in the Death Star to escape pursuing Stormtroopers. Twins Sherri and Terri even play the role of Princess Leia, each giving Bart a kiss on the cheek and adding, “For luck,” just as Leia had.

	[ BS012 ] BART FINK AND THE MIGHTY MISSISSIP Bart Simpson Comics #12 \| June 2003 Nelson and Milhouse (as Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn) battle Injun Apu with laser swords. The blade colors also follow the standard scheme depicted in the Star Wars films, with the villain’s blade red, and the heroes’ blades green.
	[ TH009 ] RING AROUND THE SIMPSONS Bart Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror #9 \| September 2003 In the first story, “Ring Around the Simpsons” (pg. 4, panel 3), Gandalf remarks, “I sense great evil in this one,” on his initial assessment of Bart, who answers the wizard, “Yeah, yeah. I’ve heard it all before, Yoda. Now Let’s get questing!”
	[ TH009 ] RING AROUND THE SIMPSONS Bart Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror #9 \| September 2003 In the first story, “Ring Around the Simpsons” (pg. 6, panel 3), Bart irritates Gandalf by asking whether various means could be employed to destroy the One Ring. One of his suggested methods: “How about a lightsaber!”
	[ SC091 ] 3000’S COMPANY Simpsons Comics #91 \| February 2004 In this issue’s only story, “3000’s Company,” a Star Wars poster hangs among others in the sanctuary Comic Book Guy creates underneath Mr. Burns’ mansion (pg. 12, panel 3).
	[ HR-TP01 ] BEST INTRO EVER! The Simpsons Holiday Humdinger Holiday Reprint Volume 1 \| October 2004 In Comic Book Guy’s foreword, “Best Intro Ever!” (pg. 6), part of this trade paperback’s new material, he concludes that, had he been blessed with the power of Santa Claus, his workshop would be lined with “crates of banned missile-launching Boba Fett action figures.” In 1979, Kenner offered a mail-away Boba Fett action figure, promoted as including a spring-launched rocket-firing back pack, but the feature was removed from the final product for safety reasons.

	[ HR-TP01 ] BEST INTRO EVER! The Simpsons Holiday Humdinger Holiday Reprint Volume 1 \| October 2004 Martin Prince labors in Comic Book Guy’s workshop fantasy, part of this trade paperback’s new material, assembling Darth Vader's lightsaber (on the table) and others (stacked behind Martin), while a landspeeder toy vehicle (right, above Vader's lightsaber) from Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope and a B-Wing fighter toy vehicle (far left, behind Lisa) from Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi are among the many toys piled behind Comic Book Guy (pg. 7, full-page splash panel).

	[ SC105 ] DR. NICK @ NIGHT Simpsons Comics #105 \| April 2005 The second chapter of the “Dr. Nick @ Night” story, called “Comic Book Guy Gets a Life,” ends with Bart welcoming back Comic Book Guy after his brain transplant (during which he received the nerd center of Professor Frink’s cloned brain), and Comic Book Guy agreeing, “Yes, much like the Jedi in the film of the same name, I have returned!” referring to Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi.
	[ SC109 ] NOW MUSEUM, NOW YOU DON’T! Simpsons Comics #109 \| Aug. 2005 At a Springfield theatrical showing of the film documentary about Mr. Burns and his father, Something Wicked This Way Burns (the name a pun on the 1962 Ray Bradbury novel Something Wicked This Way Comes), Nelson records a bootleg to the objection of none other than George Lucas (pg. 2, panel 4). Nelson tells him, “Your last two movies sucked, Lucas.” Based on this issue’s release around the same time as Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith, Nelson was referring to the other prequels, Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace and Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones.

	[ TH011 ] TWO TICKETS TO HECK! Bart Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror #11 \| September 2005 The third chapter of “Two Tickets to Heck!” (the third and final story of this issue), called “Blast From the Future Past!” finds Bart and Lisa in the year 1954, making their escape using a flying saucer that had been lost by Kodos seven years earlier in Roswell. Ending up in an asteroid field, Bart’s telling Lisa, “I’m going closer to one of those big ones,” with her response, “Closer?!?” nearly perfectly mirrors the exchange between Han Solo and the others aboard the Millennium Falcon during the asteroid chase scene in Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back, when Solo lands his craft within a crater on a large asteroid while fleeing TIE Fighters and Star Destroyers.

	[ SC111 ] KNOW IT ALL IN THE FAMILY Simpsons Comics #111 \| October 2005 Bart says that, if Lisa continues bonding with Maggie, it will tip the balance of power toward the dark side. He further explains (pg. 10, panels 3-4), “Girly leads to tea parties, tea parties lead to ballet recitals, ballet recitals lead to cooties, and cooties lead to suffering.” Bart’s explanation echoes Yoda’s given to Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace: “Fear is the path to the dark side ... fear leads to anger ... anger leads to hate ... hate leads to suffering.”

	[ SC111 ] KNOW IT ALL IN THE FAMILY Simpsons Comics #111 \| October 2005 While Bart tutors Maggie, the two battle space pirates in Bart’s story. One of the pirates uses a lightsaber with a red blade forming a broad cutlass shape (pg. 27).
	[ SS002 ] THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY BARTS! Simpsons Super Spectacular #2 \| February 2006 When Bartman, Cupcake Kid and Stretch Dude first encounter evil Bart in his castle, he is commanding a slave Principal Skinner to dance and sing. Skinner performs a parody of Sir Mix-a-Lot’s “Baby Got Back.” and his attire is the same as that worn by Princess Leia while she was Jabba the Hutt’s prisoner in Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi.
	[ SC118 ] THE “X” MEN Simpsons Comics #118 \| May 2006 When Skinner expresses his embarrassment at attending the support group meeting for the recently heartbroken, Comic Book Guy assures him the meetings are dignified, and calls him “young Padawan” (pg. 8, panel 4), because Skinner is a new attendee at the meetings, and Comic Book Guy likely a regular attendee. In the Jedi Order, Padawans were recent initiates and younger students who’d begun on-on-one instruction under a more experienced Jedi.

	[ SC118 ] THE “X” MEN Simpsons Comics #118 \| May 2006 While telling the support group about his experience during an evening of speed dating, we see Comic Book Guy posing questions to his dates, including Cookie Kwan (pg. 9, panel 6), whom he asks, “Jabba the Hutt, evil despot or misunderstood entrepreneur with a glandular problem?” As a ruthless crimelord and a Hutt of considerable bulk, the question might have served as a good conversation starter, had the date been interested in Star Wars!

	[ SC118 ] THE “X” MEN Simpsons Comics #118 \| May 2006 Serving as the punctuation to an argument between Skinner and Comic Book Guy over Skinner’s mother Agnes, the two reenact a fine parody of the scene on Bespin’s Cloud City gantry from Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back, when Vader reveals to Luke the horrible truth of their relationship (pg. 10, panel 4). Comic Book Guy, even recreating Vader’s pose with outstretched hand, tells Skinner one day he will say “I am your father!” Skinner answers just as Luke had, horrified and perspiring, screaming, “Nooooo!”

	[ BS031 ] SPREE FOR ALL Bart Simpson Comics #31 \| Aug. 2006 In the first story, “Spree For All,” Comic Book Guy wears a shirt that reads, “Lucasfilm is my co-pilot,” as he is forced to leave Krusty’s Land of Misfit Toys after taking more than one entry form for the store’s grand opening shopping spree contest (pg. 1, panel 3). Lucasfilm, founded by George Lucas in 1971, is the production company behind the Star Wars and prequel trilogies.
	[ BS031 ] HANDY POP CULTURE QUOTES FOR ALL OCCASIONS! Bart Simpson Comics #31 \| Aug. 2006 In his prologue Comic Book Guy mentions, “The Force is strong in this one,” while explaining the importance of the proper use of science fiction, horror and fantasy quotes. Ironically, Comic Book Guy would be embarrassed to know that the actual quote, used by Darth Vader in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, is, “The Force is strong with this one.”
	[ BS031 ] HANDY POP CULTURE QUOTES FOR ALL OCCASIONS! Bart Simpson Comics #31 \| Aug. 2006 As Comic Book Guy ridicules Martin, Ralph and Milhouse for their costume choices at a Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con, Douglas, Benjamin and Gary (the “nerds” introduced in 1F02) stand behind him, with Douglas dressed as a Stromtrooper and Gary as an X-Wing pilot (note that Gary’s skin is yellow here, either a coloring error or perhaps he is wearing makeup as part of the costume).
	[ BS034 ] WILLIE AND THE WEASELS Bart Simpson Comics #34 \| February 2007 In the second story, “Willie and The Weasels,” after telling Bart and his classmates the story of how he came to live in Springfield after having enjoyed fame as a member of The Weasels (a Scottish parody of The Beatles), Willie reveals that his big disappointment came later when his “motion picture debut ended up on the cutting room floor.” A cutaway shows the editing room for Star Wars (pg. 18, panel 4), and discarded film in which Willie portays Chewbacca, battling a stormtrooper aboard the Death Star (pg. 18, panel 5) in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.

	[ TH013 ] GNAWS Bart Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror #13 \| September 2007 In “Gnaws” (the first of the four stories in this issue), Professor Frink tries to convince Chief Wiggum that it is a gigantic three-eyed fish, not a shark, that has eaten Seymour Skinner. To demonstrate, Frink uses a lightsaber to disembowel the shark, with Wiggum commenting, “I guess we’re about to find out if they smell worse on the inside” (pg. 13, panels 1-3), a parody of the scene in Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back in which Han Solo remarks, “I thought they smelled bad on the outside,” after cutting open the belly of a tauntaun with Luke Skywalker’s lightsaber in order to provide critical warmth for his cold and exhausted comrade.

	[ TH013 ] PROP, PROP, WHIZ, WHIZ! Bart Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror #13 \| September 2007 In the third story, “Prop, Prop, Whiz, Whiz!” Bart admires a bookcase full of movie and television props kept in the back room of The Android’s Dungeon, including Darth Vader’s lightsaber (pg. 39, panel 2), asking, “Is that a lightsaber? Coooool!” Comic Book Guy explains that all the props are cursed, purchased off eBuy from seller Lewis Vendredi (from TV’s Friday the 13th: The Series). Later (pg. 47, panel 2), Homer reacts similarly to the lightsaber, echoing Bart’s exact words, but ends up touching the lightsaber, triggering the curse.

	[ TH013 ] PROP, PROP, WHIZ, WHIZ! Bart Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror #13 \| September 2007 After Homer touches the cursed prop of Darth Vader’s lighsaber, we are treated to the longest extended Star Wars sequence in Bongo Comics to-date. A parody of the Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith final duel between Obi-Wan and Anakin (now Darth Vader) on the lava planet Mustafar, with Homer transplanted into the scene in place of Vader, follows (pg. 47, panel 4 through pg. 49, panel 4). Homer identifies Obi-Wan (pg. 47, panel 6) as “the guy from Moulin Rouge” (Ewan MacGregor, who appeared as Obi-Wan Kenobi throughout the prequels, was also Christian in the 2001 film Moulin Rouge), and Force-chokes Obi-Wan in a parody of his typical choking of Bart (pg. 48, panel 2), complete with Obi-Wan’s tongue modeled after Bart’s while being choked and Homer’s obligatory, “Why you little ... !” All of page 49 is dedicated to the sequence that results, with Emperor Palpatine overseeing Homer’s surgery, during which he is outfitted with the well-known Darth Vader helmet, armor and breathing apparatus.

	[ TH013 ] PROP, PROP, WHIZ, WHIZ! Bart Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror #13 \| September 2007 Darth Vader’s armor now in place on a burned and thirsty Homer, he asks Palpatine for a beer. When the Emperor explains that “there’s no beer in outer space,” an agonized Homer screams out (pg. 49 panel 4), “D’OOOOOOOOOOOOOH!” This is a parody of Vader’s wailing, “Nooooo!” in Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith after Palpatine lied, telling him that “in your anger, you killed [Padmé].”
	[ TH013 ] PROP, PROP, WHIZ, WHIZ! Bart Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror #13 \| September 2007 Once Comic Book Guy destroys the cursed props, the victims are transported back to The Android’s Dungeon. Homer, now wearing Vader’s suit with the helmet removed, is pale and scarred, appearing very much like actor Sebastian Shaw had as an unmasked Darth Vader in Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi. He instructs Bart to start calling him “dad.” When Bart asks why, Homer answers, “Because I am your father” (pg. 51, panels 2-4), in a parody of Vader’s iconic quote in Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back.

	[ SS006 ] INTERMINABLE CRISES: THE EXTREME ALTERNATE EDITION Simpsons Super Spectacular #6 \| January 2008 At Springfield Comic Con, in the aisle in front of The Android’s Dungeon booth, costumed attendees are dressed as Darth Vader and Jango Fett (pg. 3). Vader can also be seen again on the following page (pg. 4, panel 1).
	[ SS006 ] INTERMINABLE CRISES: THE EXTREME ALTERNATE EDITION Simpsons Super Spectacular #6 \| January 2008 As Comic Book Guy explains the variant covers produced for “Interminable Crises,” another convention attendee walks past, dressed as a Stormtrooper (pg. 4, panel 2).
	[ SS006 ] INTERMINABLE CRISES: THE EXTREME ALTERNATE EDITION Simpsons Super Spectacular #6 \| January 2008 As Comic Book Guy shows his rarest of the “Interminable Crises” variant covers to the comic writers, a convention attendee is dressed as Boba Fett and another wears a Chewbacca mask as well as the Wookiee’s bandolier, while others perform a lightsaber duel demonstration in the background (pg. 8, panel 1). Boba Fett, Chewbacca and Vader, who was also seen earlier, are seen again as well (pg. 8, panel 4).

	[ SS006 ] INTERMINABLE CRISES: THE EXTREME ALTERNATE EDITION Simpsons Super Spectacular #6 \| January 2008 At Springfield Comic Con, as Lisa and Bart argue whether attendees love comics or simply look at them as an investment, a fan dressed in Han Solo's outfit looks to increase his collection’s value (pg. 14, panel 5).
	[ BS040 ] EASY WRITER Bart Simpson Comics #40 \| February 2008 Bart and Comic Book Guy attend the Superubermegalactic Con (pg. 1, panel 1). Comic Book Guy explains to Bart that, although he would not pay the high rent to have his own booth, he loves “looking at the nerds who think their camouflage Stormtrooper costumes are soooo cool.”
	[ BS040 ] EASY WRITER Bart Simpson Comics #40 \| February 2008 At The Android’s Dungeon, a vanity license plate reading “THX-1138” hangs from the wall behind the front counter (pg. 6, panel 3; also pg.13, panel 1; pg. 14 panel 6). THX-1138 was George Lucas’ 1971 science fiction film that marked his directorial debut. The use of THX-1138 has been a running gag in many of Lucas’ other films and projects as well. License plates such as this appeared on John Milner’s ’32 deuce coupe in 1973’s American Graffiti, the Edsel in the Lucasarts game Maniac Mansion, and again, after this comic was released, on a hot rod in 2008’s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Each of the original and prequel trilogy Star Wars films has contained at least one direct or easter-egg-type reference to THX-1138.

	[ BS040 ] EASY WRITER Bart Simpson Comics #40 \| February 2008 Angry at Bart’s recent success writing comics, Comic Book Guy addresses Milhouse as “young padawan” (pg. 13, panel 3), when Milhouse asks him why he is so mad at Bart.
	[ SC145 ] WORST COMPETITION EVER! Simpsons Comics #145 \| Aug. 2008 As Homer and Bart clean up the attic, dressed in Stormtrooper armor, sans helmets (pg. 1), they are bracing themselves from being crushed. This scene, with its costumes and dialog, is a parody of the sequence from Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope in which Luke and Han, still wearing the stolen armor of Imperial Stormtroopers, without helmets, are trapped in the Death Star’s trash compactor with the rescued Princess Leia. Homer’s words, “The walls are closing in on us, boy,” echo Luke’s, “The walls are moving,” as the compactor walls begin closing on the rebels. He then adds, “I’ve got a bad feeling about this,” just as Han had said, “I’ve got a very bad feeling about this.” Bart’s looking down and saying, “Wait, there’s something else in here,” is similar to Luke’s, “There’s something alive in here,” just before being pulled under the garbage and water by the Dianoga creature. Homer and Bart’s dialog happens to be in the reverse order of the events in the trash compactor, with the Dianoga attacking Luke before the walls began closing in.

	[ SC145 ] WORST COMPETITION EVER! Simpsons Comics #145 \| Aug. 2008 It is revealed (pg. 2, panel 1) that it is Marge grabbing Bart’s leg, rather than the Dianoga creature (explains the earlier dialog between Homer and Bart not corresponding to the order of events in the trash compactor in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope). Marge tells the two to take off the Stormtrooper outfits. Bart reminds her that the armor had won them first prize in a Springfield Comic-Con father/son costume contest. Homer then recalls that the prize was a Wookiee-skin rug.

	[ SC145 ] WORST COMPETITION EVER! Simpsons Comics #145 \| Aug. 2008 Seen hanging from the wall behind the front counter (pg. 10, panel 5), is a Darth Vader helmet, one of many items for sale at Homer and Bart’s new comic shop, “The Graphic Hovel.”
	[ SC145 ] WORST COMPETITION EVER! Simpsons Comics #145 \| Aug. 2008 As Chief Wiggum and Officer Lou remove him from “The Graphic Hovel,” Comic Book Guy warns, “You may have won this round, Simpsons, but remember, the Death Star wasn’t built in a day! I’ll be back!” This is a pun on the old French proverb, “Rome wasn’t built in a day.” Lou interprets the comment about the Death Star as a terrorist threat, so he is arrested. It first became apparent, in Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi, which saw a second Death Star under construction, that building such a tremendous construct took considerable time. In fact, the first Death Star saw completed technical schematics in Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones, was under construction in Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith, and was only just made operational during the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.

	[ SC163 ] NO CAUSE FOR ALARM Simpsons Comics #163 \| February 2010 After Homer installs the nuclear plant’s old alarm system and siren at his personal residence, the siren sounds incessantly, resulting in panic, looting and commotion throughout Springfield. Eventually the townspeople form an angry mob to confront Homer, and among the horde storming the Simpson home is Comic Book Guy, wielding a green-bladed lightsaber, yelling, “Turn that thing off!” (page 23, panel 1).
	[ BS055 ] THE PRINCESS PRINCIPLE Bart Simpson Comics #55 \| Aug. 2010 Comic Book Guy tells Lisa, “I've been waiting for you to cross over to the pink and girly side” (pg. 7, panel 4), when she becomes interested in the Princess Pony items he is selling. Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader pursued Luke Skywalker in their efforts to turn him to the dark side of the Force.
	[ BS059 ] EAT THE PIE SLOWLY Bart Simpson Comics #59 \| April 2011 As Bart loses hope for the elementary school eating finals state championship, Homer decides to overcome his own painful memories — himself having failed to make the eating team — to offer Bart guidance, quoting Jedi master Yoda’s training of Luke Skywalker on Dagobah in Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back (pg. 8, panel 4 through pg. 9, panel 4). Homer tells Bart, “There is much anger in you” (pg. 8, panel 4), much like when Yoda conferred with Obi-Wan’s spirit about Luke, “Much anger in him ... like his father.” “You must unlearn all you have learned. The hour has come for the master to teach the apprentice the way of the food” (pg. 8, panel 5), from Yoda’s, “No! No different! Only different in your mind. You must unlearn what you have learned.” “Control — munch — control — smack ... you must learn — chomp — control” (pg. 9, panel 1), from Yoda’s, “Control, control, you must learn control!” “No, no, no. You must feel the food around you” (pg. 9, panel 2), from Yoda’s, “You must feel the Force around you.” “The food is your ally. And a powerful ally it is. Life creates it, makes it grow. Its taste surrounds and binds us” (pg. 9, panel 3), from Yoda’s, “For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is. Life creates it, makes it grow. Its energy surrounds us and binds us.” “The food is strong in your family. Pass on what you have learned” (pg. 9, panel 4), from Yoda’s quote (this time from Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi), “Luke, the Force runs strong in your family. Pass on what you have learned, Luke.”

	[ TH017 ] MARGE OF THE DEAD The Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror #17 \| September 2011 In “Marge of the Dead” (the second of the three stories in this issue), our favorite family plays a game of Trivial Itch (parody of Trivial Pursuit), and Bart correctly answers that Itchy decapitates Scratchy with a lightsaber. A red lightsaber is shown on one of the game card selections (pg. 14) and, with some inspiration from Maggie, Bart decides that, because he won the game, the family must “stage an epic lightsaber battle in full costume” for his amusement (pg. 15, panels 3-4).

	[ TH017 ] MARGE OF THE DEAD The Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror #17 \| September 2011 Although certainly more of a cosplay sequence than a full-on Star Wars parody, five pages of Simpsons/Star Wars ensues (pg. 16, panel 1 through pg. 20, panel 7), with Marge as Jedi Aayla Secura from the prequels, Maggie as Yoda, Lisa as Princess Leia from Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, Homer as Jabba the Hutt, and Bart as Darth Sidious.
	[ TH017 ] MARGE OF THE DEAD The Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror #17 \| September 2011 As the family begins their climb of Mount Springfield (pg. 16, panel 4), Bart says “The Force is strong in this youngling. Size matters not!” Darth Vader remarked, “The Force is strong with this one,” when he sensed Luke’s abilities while flying through the Death Star trench in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. Yoda, demonstrating the power of the Force to Luke on Dagobah, explained to him that “size matters not.” A youngling is a child undergoing Jedi training.

	[ TH017 ] MARGE OF THE DEAD The Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror #17 \| September 2011 Maggie, as Yoda, performs the same type of dizzying and unexpected acrobatics first seen from the Jedi Master in Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones, when a newly-developed CGI version of Yoda had brought audiences their first look at his renowned dueling skills (pg. 18, panel 1).
	[ TH017 ] MARGE OF THE DEAD The Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror #17 \| September 2011 Bart ridicules Homer and says, “Your powers grow weak, old man” (pg. 18, panel 4), similar to how Darth Vader had told Obi-Wan Kenobi, “Your powers are weak, old man,” during their final confrontation aboard the Death Star in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.
	[ SC188 ] LISA SIMPSON’S TOOT SUITE Simpsons Comics #188 \| March 2012 While Lisa works at King Toot's after school, Comic Book Guy asks whether they have various fictional musical instruments, including “a chidinkalu horn from the film Return of the Jedi” (pg. 8, panel 3). In Jabba’s palace, the chidinkalu horn was the instrument played by Droopy McCool of the Max Rebo band.
	[ FC008 ] BONGO COMICS FREE-FOR-ALL 2012 Free-For-All! #8 \| Free Comic Book Day 2012 \| May 5, 2012 On this issue’s cover, shown among the twenty-three different costumes he is wearing, is Comic Book Guy dressed as Darth Maul from Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace. He is munching on one of the two donuts skewered on the blade of the villain’s signature double-bladed lightsaber. {bg}
	[ FC008 ] BONGO COMICS FREE-FOR-ALL 2012 Free-For-All! #8 \| Free Comic Book Day 2012 \| May 5, 2012 Also shown among the twenty-three different costumes he is wearing on this issue’s cover, is Comic Book Guy dressed as Jabba the Hutt from Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi. {bg}
	[ BS077 ] FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY Bart Simpson Comics #77 \| November 2012 Comic Book Guy explains the box of damaged comic books to Bart, admitting that he “was going to dispatch them on a Jedi funeral pyre” (pg. 16, panel 3). Honorable burning and cremation were part of the funeral rites for the Jedi, as could be seen in Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi when Luke burned his father’s body on Endor, in Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace with Qui-Gon Jinn’s funeral ceremony, and even in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope as Obi-Wan burned the bodies of the Jawas slain by Imperial Stormtroopers. This story was written by John Jackson Miller, who is best known for his Star Wars comic and novel titles and for his work surrounding comic circulation, so this particular story’s plot, as well as its containing Star Wars references, is no great surprise.

	[ BS077 ] FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY Bart Simpson Comics #77 \| November 2012 Among the many items in Bart’s treehouse, all amassed during his taking advantage of old comic book coupons, is a Star Wars TIE Fighter toy vehicle in its box (pg. 22, panel 1).
	[ SC199 ] THE BIDS ARE ALL RIGHT Simpsons Comics #199 \| February 2013 Comic Book Guy offers Homer “a rare picture of Greedo autographed by an inattentive Brent Spiner” in exchange for his 300-year-old antique German clock crafted by Otto Von Schlichtfarber (pg. 7, panel 4). Greedo was the Rodian bounty hunter dispatched by Jabba the Hutt to collect dues owed by Han Solo in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. Solo killed Greedo when the bounty hunter confronted him at Chalmun’s Mos Eisley Cantina. Of course Spiner, best known as Lt. Commander Data from Star Trek: The Next Generation, did not portray Greedo in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (the role of the alien was played by British actor Paul Blake), so he had accidentally autographed the photo. In 2012, Spiner appeared in PABF10 “Them, Robot,” as the voice of the robots.

	[ BS082 ] SPRINGFIELD BABIES Bart Simpson Comics #82 \| April 2013 In “Springfield Babies” (the second of the four stories in this issue), among the photos taken by the baby photographer who can foresee his subjects’ futures is a snapshot of Comic Book Guy as an infant (pg. 14, panel 5), with the footnote mentioning “many arguments about someone named ‘Greedo’ and whether or not he shot first.” In the original 1977 release of Star Wars, Solo is the only one to fire, though the 1997 "Special Edition" (and other subsequent re-releases) added Greedo firing at Solo first, the changes made by Lucas to better portray his intended vision of Greedo shooting first. The changes to this scene became a source of much debate and protest by some Star Wars fans.

	[ BS085 ] EXIT THROUGH THE COMIC SHOP Bart Simpson Comics #85 \| July 2013 Comic Book Guy has a “Jar Jar Rules” poster on a kitchen door in his apartment (pg. 10, panel 4).
	[ BS085 ] EXIT THROUGH THE COMIC SHOP Bart Simpson Comics #85 \| July 2013 When Comic Book Guy sees El Barto's new paintings designed to get him to admit to lying about being the artist (pg. 12, panel 1), he says they are “more egregious than the ‘Ewok Hanukkah Special.’” Although there was never such a special, this is probably meant as a collective criticism of the televised Star Wars specials: The Star Wars Holiday Special, Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure, and Ewoks: The Battle for Endor.

	[ SC214 ] WORST CON EVER Simpsons Comics #214 \| Aug. 2014 On this issue’s cover, Comic Book Guy and Kumiko appear onstage at the Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con masquerade, with Comic Book Guy dressed as the Death Star. A similar scenario was featured earlier in 2014, in SABF03, when the two were in costume onstage at a Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con, that time with three audience members dressed as Star Wars characters.
	[ SC214 ] WORST CON EVER Simpsons Comics #214 \| Aug. 2014 As our favorite family waits in the long line that has formed inside the convention lobby at the Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con, another attendee waiting is dressed as Princess Leia as she appeared in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (pg. 1, panel 1).
	[ SC214 ] WORST CON EVER Simpsons Comics #214 \| Aug. 2014 Once the family makes it to the convention floor of the Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con, a large suspended vertical banner with a portrait of Chewbacca (pg. 3, panel 2) can be seen hanging overhead in the direction Marge is heading.
	[ SC214 ] WORST CON EVER Simpsons Comics #214 \| Aug. 2014 A performer clad in Jedi robes and wielding a green-bladed lightsaber entertains an audience with an onstage demonstration (pg. 3, panel 4) as Homer learns that Chistmas Ape will be making an appearance at the Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con.
	[ SC214 ] WORST CON EVER Simpsons Comics #214 \| Aug. 2014 A spokesmodel wearing a Chewbacca costume mans a “TV Dinners Frozen in Carbonite” booth and serves free samples on the convention floor (pg. 10, 2-page splash panel). The backdrop display depicts a TV dinner encased in a carbonite block, just as Han Solo had appeared after Darth Vader used him as a test subject for the freezing process in Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back. Homer sees all this and reacts with, “Mmm ... Ham Solo.”

	[ SC214 ] WORST CON EVER Simpsons Comics #214 \| Aug. 2014 As Homer roams the convention floor in his quest to find Christmas Ape, he notices a “religious protest” comprised of Helen and Reverend Timothy Lovejoy handing out pamphlets and hoisting a sign declaring that “God hates Star Wars” (pg. 11, 2-page splash panel). In recent years, the Jedi “religion” has emerged as a popular alternative faith.
	[ SC214 ] WORST CON EVER Simpsons Comics #214 \| Aug. 2014 While Bart notices the costumes of other convention attendees, rationalizing that there are some even worse than Milhouse’s robot costume, Agnes Skinner walks by wearing Princess Leia’s gold metal bikini (pg. 12, panel 5) from Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi. Perhaps worse yet, Principal Skinner dons the Catwoman costume worn by Michelle Pfeiffer in 1992’s Batman Returns.
	[ SC214 ] WORST CON EVER Simpsons Comics #214 \| Aug. 2014 A convention attendee boasts that he managed to get “Mark Hamill’s cousin’s rommate’s autograph.” Hamill (Luke Skywalker in Star Wars) does not often participate in signing sessions and his autograph is known to command a premium.
	[ WD-09 ] THE RADIOACTIVE MAN CHRISTMAS SPECIAL! Simpsons Winter Wingding #9 \| November 2014 After watching a rare studio copy of The Radioactive Man Christmas Special on VHS, Comic Book Guy exclaims, “It is so spectacularly awful, it makes the Ewok Christmas Special look like Citizen Kang !” Here, the Ewok Christmas Special—although two made-for-television Ewok movies were created, there was no holiday special—is an allusion to 1978’s Star Wars Holiday Special, which also never saw any re-airing or home release and, while Betty White guest stars as “Bug mom” in The Radioactive Man Christmas Special, it is Bea Arthur who appears in the Star Wars Holiday Special, as Ackmena, a cantina bartender.

	[ SC218 ] SPACED OUT! Simpsons Comics #218 \| February 2015 In the first of three stories from Comic Book Guy’s dream sequences (this one seeing the Simpson family as the protagonists from Guardians of the Galaxy), Greedo is walking through the cell block as a prisoner in the space prison (page 4, panel 1).
	[ SC218 ] SPACED OUT! Simpsons Comics #218 \| February 2015 In the third story from Comic Book Guy’s dream sequences, with Bart dead and Lisa stranded in space after their ship is destroyed, Bart’s ghost has brought other well-known ghosts to join him in “helping” Lisa navigate the Scottish space station. Alongside Casper the friendly ghost and Abraham Lincoln’s ghost is the spirit of Yoda, who suggests, “Tried using the Force, have you?” (page 24, panel 1). Yoda appeared as a Jedi spirit alongside the spirits of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker at the end of Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi.

	[ BS-TP14 ] BART SIMPSON BLASTOFF Bart Simpson Blastoff Bart Simpson Comics Reprint Volume 14 \| April 2015 This trade paperback’s cover art includes Nelson wearing Han Solo’s entire outfit as seen in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.
	[ SC228 ] ITCHY & SCRATCHY in BAD ON THE OUTSIDE Simpsons Comics #228 \| April 2016 In the fourth and final story in this issue, Itchy and Scratchy take on the roles of Han Solo (“Itch Solo”) and Luke Skywalker (“Luke Scratchwalker”) in a scene from Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back set on the ice planet Hoth. The prologue, “A long time ago in a Springfield far, far away ... ,” is a pun on, “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. ... ,” from the opening crawls in the Star Wars films. Itchy telling Scratchy, "Don’t worry, kid," is dervived from Han telling Luke, "Hang on, kid," in this scene. Itchy’s tauntaun falling over in the snow, his using Scratchy’s lightsaber, and the other events are all references to the scene in the film, the twist being that the victim (Scratchy) is gutted and stuffed with the beast of burden! The title, of course, comes from Han Solo’s observation, “I thought they smelled bad on the outside,” reeling from the odor after he’d sliced open the beast and pushed Luke into the carcass. This story was even teased in Bongo’s preview for the release of this issue: “Itchy and Scratchy send up a galaxy far, far away.”

	[ SC230 ] GAME ON! Simpsons Comics #230 \| June 2016 In the first of the two stories in this issue, as Bart and Milhouse prepare to go head-to-head in an in-store video game competition to determine which of them will acquire the last copy of the newly-released “Blood Ops 5” video game at the Whale-Mart, one of the kids who'd been waiting in line outside the store for the midnight release event is a girl with a cloak and toy lightsaber (pg. 8, panel 1).
	[ TH023 ] CURSE OF THE CAT LADY The Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror #23 \| September 2017 In “Curse of the Cat Lady” (the third of the three stories in this issue), Comic Book Guy decides to get some “exercise” by taking a ride on his Segway. His choice of head protection is an X-Wing fighter helmet from the original trilogy (first seen in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope), though the insignias of the Rebel Alliance are on the sides of the helmet rather than toward the front. It is noteworthy that this Treehouse of Horror annual, rather than seeing release as a standalone title as in years past, fills the now bimonthly slot between Simpsons Comics 240 and 241.

	[ SC241 ] RADIOACTIVE WOMAN: THE MOVIE! Simpsons Comics #241 \| November 2017 Krustylu Studios’ all-female reboot of Radioactive Man, “Radioactive Woman,” sees a contingent of protesters outside the studio (pg. 5, panel 4). One demonstrator holds a sign reading, “My other sign is the Millenium [sic] Falcon,” in the spirit of the bumper sticker phrase (of course, one of those was also seen in AABF06). Note the misspelling of “Millennium,” which is the first of two Star Wars-related misspellings in this issue.

	[ SC241 ] RADIOACTIVE WOMAN: THE MOVIE! Simpsons Comics #241 \| November 2017 When Bart asks Comic Book Guy to explain the cause of the protest from the beginning (pg. 6, panel 2), Comic Book Guy starts off, “A long time ago in a ... ,” echoing the famous static text, “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. ... ,” from the opening crawls in the Star Wars movies.
	[ SC241 ] RADIOACTIVE WOMAN: THE MOVIE! Simpsons Comics #241 \| November 2017 Krusty informs his assistant/secret director Bart that the kid who was to play Fallout Girl’s love interest “got a better job being the lower half of a Wookie [sic] in the new Star Wars movie” (pg. 16, panel 1). Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi would debut just a few weeks after this issue’s release, on December 15, 2017. In actuality, Finnish basketball player Joonas Suotamo plays the role in the film. And surely Comic Book Guy and other nerds (including the maintainer of this page) were online registering their disgust toward almighty editor Nathan Kane and the rest of the Bongo crew at this second Star Wars-related misspelling in this issue (how could one miss the second “e” in “Wookiee”?).

	[ 1S018 ] FUTURE COP! Chief Wiggum’s Felonious Funnies #1 \| March 2018 In the first of this issue’s three stories, located in the Springfield of Chief Wiggum’s imagined future, is the “Do or Donut” donut shop, which features a rooftop Yoda using the Force to levitate a large donut (pg. 6, panel 2; pg. 7 spread, panel 3), appearing quite similar to Lard Lad hoisting his giant donut in present-day Springfield. The shop’s name is a pun from part of a conversation between Luke and Yoda while Luke trained on Dagobah in Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back, during which Yoda instructs, “Do or do not!”

	[ 1S018 ] FUTURE COP! Chief Wiggum’s Felonious Funnies #1 \| March 2018 As Future Cop Wiggum and Officer Cornelius eat lunch at the “Do or Donut” donut shop, the cook seen in the kitchen is a dead ringer for Dextster Jettster (pg. 6, panel 4), the proprietor of Dex’s Diner on Coruscant who helped Obi-Wan Kenobi identify a poison dart as having come from the planet Kamino in Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones. He has the same green skin, ridged head and hanging jowls; in fact, even the background and window shapes in the comic image mirror the diner’s interior from the movie, as seen in the film still at starwars.com.

	[ 1S018 ] FUTURE COP! Chief Wiggum’s Felonious Funnies #1 \| March 2018 When Police Commissioner Zordon dispatches Future Cop to quell a space jail riot, Ponda Baba (Walrus Man) and Dr. Evazan are among the rioting inmates (pg.11 spread), throwing flaming toilet paper and standing next to two Rigellian aliens (perhaps Kang and Kodos?). The pair attacked Luke Skywalker at Chalmun’s Cantina in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, and it’s not surprising to see them in space jail as Evazan had threatened Luke, “We're wanted men,” bragging, “I have the death sentence on twelve systems.”

	[ 1S018 ] FUTURE COP! Chief Wiggum’s Felonious Funnies #1 \| March 2018 As Wiggum encounters rioting prisoners at the space jail, his baton is ignited just like a lightsaber (pg.11 spread).
	[ 1S018 ] FUTURE COP! Chief Wiggum’s Felonious Funnies #1 \| March 2018 When Chief Wiggum awakes from his Future Cop dream only to see the many costumed contest entrants at Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con, he grabs a lightsaber from a presumed convention attendee dressed as Luke Skywalker from the sequel trilogy (pg. 12, panel 2), but “Luke” tells Wiggum that he’ll “need it back for the next movie.” It is unknown whether (and how) Luke might return for Star Wars: Episode IX, as he appeared to have become one with the Force at the end of 2017’s Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi.

	[ 1S018 ] FUTURE COP! Chief Wiggum’s Felonious Funnies #1 \| March 2018 As convention attendees run fleeing from Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con after Wiggum springs into action, one is wearing an R2-D2 costume (pg. 12, panel 3).

Other Simpsons/Star Wars Tidbits [ Back to Top ]

Some Simpsons-style Star Wars parodies have been buzzing around the Internet for some time now, and are available on various fan sites. Some of the pictures are fan art, others official.

	SYNDICATION PROMO (FALL 1993) In a commercial to promote reruns of The Simpsons, we see actual footage of Luke’s X-wing entering the Death Star trench, with Bart animated into Luke’s uniform and firing the shot that destroys the Death Star. {bg}
	BART WARS - THE SIMPSONS STRIKE BACK A video cassette has been released in the UK called “Bart Wars.” It apparently contains all the best Star Wars moments, although looking at the above list, you can be the judge of that. As you’ve probably guessed, it does contain AABF05 (as well as 8F17, 3F07 and 4F21). In the US, the VHS was released Oct. 1, 1999 with the DVD following on Sept. 8, 2003 as part of the series “The Simpsons Classics,” and again on May 17, 2005 DVD under the title “The Simpsons - Bart Wars.”
	NECA’S 25 GREATEST CELEBRITY GUEST STARS (MARK HAMILL) In honor of 25 seasons of “The Simpsons,” NECA and 20th Century Fox Consumer Products announced a Limited Edition Guest Star merchandise program for 2014. Series Two 5-inch action figures and 2-inch miniatures, released in April, feature Mark Hamill from his appearance in AABF05, styled after his “street clothes” attire following the climactic performance of “Guys and Dolls.”
	2014 SIMPSONS ALS ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE On Wednesday, Aug. 27, Fox Animation Domination and producers of The Simpsons posted a 40-second clip on YouTube featuring Homer taking the Ice Bucket Challenge to raise awareness for ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease. In this version of the viral charity challenge, Bart drops gallons of water knocking Homer to the ground, followed by various cold-themed items: three penguins, a polar bear, three hockey players, Olaf the snowman from Disney’s Frozen, Santa Claus and four of his elves, three tauntauns and a wampa from the ice planet Hoth from Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back, containers of ice cream, and an ice cream truck.

Articles [ Back to Top ]

I Bent My Wookiee! Celebrating the Star Wars/Simpsons Connection
“ ... Delivered unto the world by creator Matt Groening and his fellow executive producers James L. Brooks and Sam Simon in December, 1989 (after two years of short Simpson cartoons on The Tracey Ullman Show, which Brooks and Simon also produced), The Simpsons has become almost as popular and iconic as Star Wars itself, and it seems only right that these two powerful pop cultural phenomena have joined Forces on occasion, with The Simpsons slipping in occasional, hilarious Star Wars references. ... ” [More] {dh}

Editor’s Notes: The above article, by Scott Chernoff, first appeared in Star Wars Insider #38 (June/July 1998), which also featured now classic artwork on the cover. I can still fondly recall the day I found this issue on the newsstand (July 11, 1998), and am compelled to ensure the spirit of the article lives on through the updates on this page. Of course, in yet another great Star Wars/Simpsons crossover, when starwars.com reprinted the original article on July 24, 2007, in concert with the theatrical release of The Simpsons Movie, the staff updated the previously included “Bart Wars: A Simpsons/Star Wars Compendium” section to add newer references since the 1998 publication, with a link back to our site, mentioning us as a source and as “incredible archivists.” - JDM

Return Of The Maggie: The Simpsons take on the Star Wars saga
“ ... Released on Disney+ as part of the streaming service's May 4th Star Wars Day celebrations, a special mini-episode of The Simpsons (1990-present) swapped Springfield for the galaxy far, far away (or at least an intergalactic pre-school within driving distance).
“In Maggie Simpson: The Force Awakens From Its Nap, the youngest member of the Simpsons clan embarks upon an epic quest with help from BB-8 to retrieve her stolen pacifier, featuring cameos from familiar characters and a closing credits sequence that pays homage to “The Mandalorian” (2019-present), in a hilarious battle against the dark side of day care. ... ” - Star Wars Insider #203 (June/July 2021)

Revision History [ Back to Top ]

This section only covers more recent updates, as older updates were not documented.

	March 2, 2000	Article “I Bent My Wookiee” added.
	June 5, 2000	References [AABF21], [BABF01] added.
	June 5, 2000	Some references re-worded.
	Nov. 16, 2002	References [7F04], [4F02](2), [5F22], [BABF18], [CABF08], [CABF19], [DABF01], [DABF04], [DABF12], [DABF12](2) added.
		Simpsons Comics references [SC031], [SC034], [SC036], [TH008], [SC075], [SC075](2), [SC075](3) added.
		Some references re-worded.
	Nov. 18, 2002	Reference [CABF09] added.
	Nov. 21, 2002	References [AABF19], [DABF17] added.
	Dec. 27, 2002	Reference [DABF19] added.
	April 13, 2003	Reference [EABF10] added.
	May 1, 2003	Simpsons Comics reference [BS010] added.
	May 1, 2003	Added nomenclature for Bart Simpson Comics abbreviation to Issue Prefix Code Legend in Simpsons Comics section.
	May 21, 2003	References [SC045], [SC081] added.
	March 18, 2004	Reference [SC091] added.
	March 18, 2004	Added hyperlinks to Simpsons Archive Comic Guide pages for all cited comic issues.
	March 25, 2004	Reference [FABF10] added.
	Feb. 1, 2007	References [EABF22], [HABF20], [JABF05] added.
	Feb. 27, 2012	References [EABF21], [GABF17], [HABF07], [HABF20](1), [KABF17], [KABF22], [LABF13], [LABF13](2), [LABF19], [LABF19](2), [LABF20], [MABF19], [NABF06], [NABF07], [NABF07](2), [NABF10], [NABF20], [NABF20](2), [NABF21] added.
	Feb. 27, 2012	Some references [AABF05] expanded.
	March 4, 2012	References [KABF11], [PABF09] added.
	March 18, 2012	Reference [PABF04] added.
	June 12, 2012	References [HABF03], [HABF09], [HABF20](3), [HABF22], [JABF02], [JABF04], [JABF04](2), [JABF06], [JABF15], [MABF22], [PABF14], [PABF15] added.
		References [NABF20](1), [NABF20](2) expanded/re-worded.
		References [MABF19], [PABF09] re-worded.
		Updated hyperlinks to Simpsons Archive Comic Guide new pages for all cited comic issues.
	Oct. 7, 2012	References [HABF04], [NABF12], [PABF17] added.
		Reference [MABF19] detail corrected.
		Reference [HABF22] quotation corrected.
		References [NABF07](1), [NABF07](2) expanded.
	Nov. 4, 2012	Reference [PABF18] added.
	Dec. 9, 2012	Reference [PABF20] added.
	May 12, 2013	References [RABF12], [RABF13](1), [RABF13](2) added.
	May 12, 2013	Reference [FABF10] detail corrected.
	June 9, 2013	Reference [RABF06] added.
	Aug. 4, 2013	Reference [RABF07] added.
	Aug. 4, 2013	Reference [RABF06] expanded.
	Aug. 18, 2013	References [DABF21], [EABF11], [FABF12], [FABF14], [FABF22], [JABF17], [LABF01], [LABF13](3) added.
	Jan. 6, 2014	References [GABF17](2), [SABF05](1), [SABF05](2), [SABF05](3) added.
	Jan. 12, 2014	References [SABF03](1), [SABF03](2), [SABF03](3), [SABF03](4), [SABF03](5) added.
	May 4, 2014	References [7F21], [5F19], [DABF13], [DABF21](2), [EABF21](1), [FABF21], [KABF19], [LABF13](2), [MABF07], [NABF21](2), [PABF12], [PABF17](1), [SABF05](1), [SABF03](1), [SABF03](2), [SABF03](4), [SABF03](7), [SABF03](8), [SABF13](1), [SABF13](2), [SABF13](3), [SABF14](1), [SABF14](2), [SABF14](3), [RABF21] added.
		Simpsons Comics references [SC031](1), [SC039](1), [SC039](2), [SC039](3), [SC039](4), [SC039](5), [SC044], [TH-TP01], [SC052], [SC052](2), [BS001], [TH009](1), [TH009](2), [SC105], [BS031], [BS034], [BS040](1), [BS040](2), [SC145](1), [SC145](2), [SC145](3) added.
		References [7G05], [7F04], [8F10](1), [9F02](1), [9F02](2), [9F10](2), [1F02], [1F16], [1F17], [2F14], [2F21], [4F05], [3G01], [4F08], [5F02], [5F13](1), [5F13](2), [AABF19], [BABF01](1), [BABF01](2), [CABF19], [DABF04], [DABF21](1), [FABF10], [FABF12], [LABF13](1), [LABF13](3), [KABF22], [NABF06], [NABF20](2), [RABF06], [SABF05](1), [SABF05](3), [SC012], [SC045] expanded.
		References [8F22], [AABF06], [AABF21], [RABF13], [SABF05](2) detail corrected.
		References [DABF12](1), [SABF03](5) quotation corrected.
		Some references re-worded.
		“Bart Wars” VHS/DVD entry information expanded in “Tidbits” section.
		NECA Mark Hamill action figure entry added in “Tidbits” section.
		“I Bent My Wookiee” article entry information expanded in Articles section.
		Added hyperlinks to Simpsons Archive Syndication Cuts Guide pages for all cited cut content references.
		Added nomenclature for Trade Paperback Reprint Collection abbreviation to Issue Prefix Code Legend in Simpsons Comics section.
		Page layout updated to include Season-by-Season navigation, episode details, thumbnails, order by original air date, and formatting per The Associated Press Stylebook 2013, 48th edition.
	June 4, 2014	Simpsons Comics references [TH011], [SC118](1), [SC118](2), [SC118](3), [TH013](1), [TH013](2), [TH013](3), [TH013](4), [TH013](5), [SS006](1), [SS006](2), [SS006](3), [SS006](4), [TH017](1), [TH017](2), [TH017](3), [TH017](4), [SC188], [BS077](1), [BS077](2), [SC199], [BS082] added.
		Reference [HABF20](2) expanded.
		Added nomenclature for Simpsons Super Spectacular Semiannual abbreviation to Issue Prefix Code Legend in Simpsons Comics section.
	Aug. 17, 2014	Reference [PABF18](2) added.
		Simpsons Comics references [SC010], [BS012](1), [BS012](2), [BS031](2), [BS031](3), [FC008](1), [FC008](2) added.
		Reference [SABF05](4) detail corrected.
		Reference [PABF18](1) quotation corrected.
		Added nomenclature for Bongo Comics Free-For-All! (Free Comic Book Day) annual abbreviation to Issue Prefix Code Legend in Simpsons Comics section.
	Aug. 29, 2014	Simpsons ALS Ice Bucket Challenge entry added in “Tidbits” section.
	Sept. 30, 2014	Simpsons Comics references [SC111](1), [SC111](2), [SC214](1), [SC214](2), [SC214](3), [SC214](4), [SC214](5), [SC214](6), [SC214](7), [SC214](8) added.
		References [FABF22], [FABF21] expanded.
		References [FABF22], [FABF21] thumbnail images updated.
	Dec. 7, 2014	Reference [TABF03] added.
Dec. 18, 2014	Reference [TABF03] expanded to four entries.
Feb. 2, 2015	References [RABF15](1), [RABF15](2), [RABF15](3), [RABF15](4), [RABF15](5), [RABF15](6), [RABF15](7), [RABF15](8), [RABF15](9), [RABF15](10), [TABF04] added.
Feb. 8, 2015	Reference [TABF06] added.
Feb. 22, 2015	Reference [TABF05] added.
March 1, 2015	Simpsons Comics references [SC109], [BS-TP14] added.
March 17, 2015	Reference [TABF09] added.
March 21, 2015	Simpsons Comics reference [BS040](3) added.
April 3, 2015	Simpsons Comics references [SC218](1), [SC218](2) added.
May 11, 2015	Simpsons Comics reference [BS059] added.
May 20, 2015	Simpsons Comics reference [SC163] added.
May 20, 2015	Simpsons Comics reference [SC031](1) expanded.
July 6, 2015	Simpsons Comics references [HR-TP01](1), [HR-TP01](2), [BS055](1), [BS085](1), [BS085](2) added.
July 6, 2015	Added nomenclature for Trade Paperback Holiday Reprint Collection abbreviation to Issue Prefix Code Legend in Simpsons Comics section.
Oct. 18, 2015	Reference [TABF22] added.
Oct. 26, 2015	References [TABF18](1), [TABF18](2), [TABF18](3) added.
Jan. 31, 2016	Reference [VABF05] added.
April 3, 2016	Reference [VABF10] added.
June 5, 2016	Simpsons Comics reference [SC228] added.
July 4, 2016	Simpsons Comics references [SC073](1), [SC073](2), [SC073](3), added.
July 17, 2016	Simpsons Comics reference [SC230] added.
Dec. 6, 2016	Reference [WABF03] added.
Dec. 6, 2016	Simpsons Comics reference [SS002] added.
Jan. 29, 2017	References [WABF05], [WABF06] added.
Feb. 12, 2017	Reference [WABF07] added.
May 22, 2017	Reference [WABF13] added.
Nov. 21, 2017	References [VABF16], [WABF21], [WABF22](1), [WABF22](2), [WABF22](3) added.
Nov. 21, 2017	Simpsons Comics reference [TH023] added.
Dec. 4, 2017	Reference [XABF01] added.
Dec. 16, 2017	Simpsons Comics references [SC241](1), [SC241](2), [SC241](3), added.
Dec. 16, 2017	Reference [5F19] updated/expanded for Disney-Fox merger event.
May 14, 2018	Reference [XABF13] added.
May 23, 2018	Reference [XABF13] expanded/re-worded.
Sept. 7, 2018	Simpsons Comics reference [WD-09] added.
Sept. 7, 2018	Added nomenclature for Simpsons Winter Wingding abbreviation to Issue Prefix Code Legend in Simpsons Comics section.
Dec. 25, 2018	References [XABF16], [YABF01], [YABF02] added.
	Simpsons Comics references [1S018](1), [1S018](2), [1S018](3), [1S018](4), [1S018](5), [1S018](6) added.
	Added nomenclature for Simpsons One-Shot Wonders abbreviation to Issue Prefix Code Legend in Simpsons Comics section.
Feb. 12, 2019	Reference [YABF06] added.
March 3, 2019	References [YABF02](2), [YABF07](1), [YABF07](2), [YABF07](3), [YABF07](4), [YABF07](5) added.
March 24, 2019	References [YABF07](5), [YABF07](6), [YABF07](7), [YABF07](9), [YABF07](10), [YABF10] added.
April 8, 2019	Reference [YABF10](1) added.
April 8, 2019	Reference [YABF10](2) expanded.
Sept. 30, 2019	Reference [YABF19] added.
Oct. 21, 2019	References [WABF10], [YABF18](1), [YABF18](2) added.
Nov. 25, 2019	Reference [YABF17] added.
Dec. 2, 2019	Reference [ZABF04] added.
Feb. 24, 2020	Reference [ZABF07] added.
March 10, 2020	References [ZABF08], [ZABF09] added.
May 11, 2020	Reference [ZABF14] added.
Nov. 23, 2020	References [ZABF17], [QABF02](1), [QABF02](2), [QABF02](3), [QABF02](4), [QABF02](5), [QABF02](6), [QABF02](7), [QABF02](8), [QABF02](9), [QABF02](11), [QABF02](12) added.
Nov. 23, 2020	Reference [ZABF14] expanded.
Nov. 30, 2020	Reference [QABF02](10) added.
Jan. 4, 2021	References [QABF04](1), [QABF04](2), [QABF04](3), [QABF04](4) added.
Jan. 14, 2021	Reference [QABF04](3) expanded.
Feb. 8, 2021	Reference [QABF04](3) expanded, adding Nute Gunray and Shu Mai details.
March 15, 2021	References [QABF08](1), [QABF08](2), [QABF08](3), [QABF08](4) added.
July 4, 2021	Article “Return Of The Maggie” added.
Oct. 17, 2021	Reference [QABF16] added.
Nov. 7, 2021	References [QABF21](1), [QABF21](2) added.
Nov. 29, 2021	Reference [UABF02] added.
May 8, 2022	Reference [UABF12] added.
May 15, 2022	References [UABF15](1), [UABF15](2), [UABF15](3) added.
Oct. 10, 2022	Reference [UABF21] added.
Feb. 20, 2023	Reference [OABF06] added.
Feb. 27, 2023	Reference [OABF07] added.
March 13, 2023	Reference [OABF09] added.
March 20, 2023	References [OABF10](1), [OABF10](2) added.
March 20, 2023	Reference [HABF20](2) expanded for [OABF10](1) update.
May 22, 2023	Reference [OABF15] added.
Aug. 21, 2023	Reference [OABF11] added.
Dec. 18, 2023	References [35ABF04](1), [35ABF04](2), [35ABF04](3), [35ABF04](4), [35ABF04](5), [35ABF04](6), [35ABF04](7), [35ABF04](8), [35ABF04](9), [35ABF04](10), [35ABF04](11), [35ABF04](12) added.
Dec. 26, 2023	Reference [35ABF04](1) expanded to individual references [35ABF04](1), [35ABF04](2), [35ABF04](3), [35ABF04](4), [35ABF04](5), [35ABF04](6).
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{bg} Bruce Gomes
{dd} Don Del Grande
{dh} Dave Hall
{dm} D. McLeod
{hl} Haynes Lee
{jk} Joe Klemm
{lc} Larry Carroll
{nh} Niko Holz
{nl} Noah Levine
{tr} Tom Rinschler

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