Star Wars (franchise)
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Star Wars is a multimedia franchise created by George Lucas which began on 12 November 1976 with the novelisation of the original Star Wars film, later referred to as Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, despite the film being released on 25 May 1977. The franchise is owned by Lucasfilm Ltd, who have since been aquired by the Walt Disney Company.
Crossovers[[edit] | [edit source]]
Although the two series do not often cross paths officially, they have nevertheless had a few stories with elements of the Star Wars universe bleeding into Doctor Who and its expanded universe.
Perhaps the most significant of these connections was the appearances of C.Y.R.I.L., a fictional editor for Marvel UK's Star Wars magazines, in the Doctor Who Magazine comic stories Once Upon a Time-Lord [+]Loading...["Once Upon a Time-Lord (comic story)"] and Time & Time Again [+]Loading...["Time & Time Again (comic story)"].
Much later, in the 2015 Disney XD promotional video Breaking News! That Hasn't Broken Yet! [+]Loading...["Breaking News! That Hasn't Broken Yet! (TV story)"], an official reference was made to a "Star Wars Rebels event" - that turning out to be The Siege of Lothal - which would be releasing that summer, alongside reference to Doctor Who's upcoming appearance on the channel.
References to Star Wars in the DWU[[edit] | [edit source]]
Much more often than the above official crossovers are unofficial references and appearances by elements of the Star Wars universe in the Doctor Who universe. These range from in-universe references where the subjects seem to "really exist" in the Doctor Who universe, to out-of-universe references to the Star Wars series as fiction. Some of these references were officially noted in the doctorwho.tv article "The Star Wars References You Missed in Doctor Who".[1]
In the Doctor Who Magazine comic story Party Animals [+]Loading...["Party Animals (comic story)"], among the several cameos of different characters, Marvel-owned or not, Darth Vader appeared as an attendee at Bonjaxx's birthday party, talking with a Ferengi. This was colourised in The Incomplete Death's Head #12.
In the Doctor Who season 26 TV story Survival [+]Loading...["Survival (TV story)"], Ace learns from Ange that their mutual friend Flo married a "brain-dead plumber" whom they had nicknamed "Darth Vader", a further reference to the character.
Shistavanens are shown to exist in the Whoniverse in PROSE: Placebo Effect [+]Loading...["Placebo Effect (novel)"].
In the BBC New Series Adventures novel Forever Autumn [+]Loading...["Forever Autumn (novel)"], the Tenth Doctor tells Martha Jones that Jar Jar Binks's clan were "...good people...very hospitable."
In the series 5 minisode Meanwhile in the TARDIS [+]Loading...["Meanwhile in the TARDIS (home video)"], the Doctor compares himself to Yoda, who he refers to as "the little green one in Star Wars".
A child appears cosplaying as Boba Fett in the 2015 Convention Special, in the comic story Selfie [+]Loading...["Selfie (comic story)"]. Another individual cosplaying as the character appears in the Reeltime Pictures home video Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor [+]Loading...["Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor (home video)"], albeit without the helmet.
On a poster in the Trap Street in Face the Raven [+]Loading...["Face the Raven (TV story)"], the Star Wars alphabet of Aurebesh is used to spell out "Delorean", which is itself a reference to Back to the Future, another popular sci-fi film series.
In the audio story Shockwave [+]Loading...["Shockwave (TWM audio story)"], Narvin tells Livia that his grain stores are infested with womp rats.
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References to the DWU in Star Wars[[edit] | [edit source]]
A Dalek makes a cameo appearance in the Star Wars Tales comic strip Fett Club.
In the Star Wars: The Clone Wars episode "Bombad Jedi", Padmé Amidala is locked up in a prison block managed by an octagonal console, which highly resembles the classic TARDIS control console. In the third episode of Andor, a room on a CIS ship looks very similar to the TARDIS console room.
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Other connections[[edit] | [edit source]]
TT Games, who published LEGO Dimensions [+]Loading...["LEGO Dimensions (video game)"], also released several LEGO Star Wars video games in collaboration with the LEGO Group.
Cast and crew connections[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Original Trilogy[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Prequel Trilogy[[edit] | [edit source]]
| Actor | Doctor Who role(s) | Star Wars role(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Lindsay Duncan | Adelaide Brooke | TC-14 (voice) |
| Silas Carson | Ood (voice) Uvlavad Kudlak (voice) |
Nute Gunray Lott Dod Ki-Adi-Mundi Antidar Williams |
| Hugh Quarshie | Solomon | Quarsh Panaka |
| Brian Blessed | Yrcanos | Boss Nass (voice) |
| Steve Speirs | Sip Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen | Roos Tarpals |
| Peter Serafinowicz | Fisher King (voice) | Darth Maul (voice) |
| Alan Ruscoe | Lute Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen Trine-E Anne Droid Andy Stone |
Plo Koon |
| Warwick Davis | Porridge | Wald Weazel |
| Celia Imrie | Rosemary Kizlet | Dineé Ellberger |
| Ayesha Dharker | Solana Mercurio | Jamillia |
The Sequel Trilogy[[edit] | [edit source]]
Anthology films[[edit] | [edit source]]
| Actor | Doctor Who role(s) | Star Wars role(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Daniel Mays | Alex Thompson | Tivik |
| Felicity Jones | Robina Redmond | Jyn Erso |
| Guy Henry | Ikron | Tarkin |
| Ian McElhinney | Ko Sharmus | Jan Dodonna |
| Alistair Petrie | Dethras Julius Caesar Magnus Drake Wallace Richards |
Davits Draven |
| Michael Smiley | Seedleson Morgan Blue |
Cornelius Evazan |
| Sharon Duncan-Brewster | Margaret Cain | Tynnra Pamlo |
| Ariyon Bakare | Leandro | Barion Raner |
| Paul Kasey | Pol-Kon-Don | Admiral Raddus |
| Jimmy Vee | Moxx of Balhoon Space pig Bannakaffalatta Graske Skovox Blitzer |
R2-D2, other creature and droid puppeteering |
| Spencer Wilding | Minotaur | Darth Vader (suit actor) |
| Warwick Davis | Porridge | Weeteef Cyu-Bee Weazel |
| Aidan Cook | Mummy Crooked Man |
Edrio Benthic Caitken |
| Richard Franklin | Mike Yates | Sirro Argonne |
| Miles Richardson | Irving Braxiatel | Diles Anevi (visual dictionary) |
Animated series[[edit] | [edit source]]
- David Tennant became the only vocal performer to win an Emmy for their work on Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
Live Action Series[[edit] | [edit source]]
Video games[[edit] | [edit source]]
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
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