Over the years, Rifftrax has taken on the most popular...and reviled...movie franchises around.
It may respect (sort of) Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings, but also has some darts for Twilight and Transformers...and Wings Hauser.
The Star Wars saga gets some respect, but not so much the prequels. It would be inevitable that Rogue One would be next on Rifftrax's list. Even fans wondered if the franchise could have a movie that doesn't have a Jedi or even R2-D2 at the center of things, but you could still throw in Darth Vader. Some also thought it was annoying another girl gets to be the hero.
The movie did do well with the story of Jyn Erso, Cassian Andor and K-2S0 hoping to stop the creation of the Death Star. Having Tarkin and the young Princess Leia recreated by CGI didn't hurt,either (even though one was better than the other).
The Rifftrax trio of Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett came up with a good mix of riffs poking fun at the franchise and movies in general. Who would have expected them to throw in a riff on John Ford and two on a classic campus comedy? They also made a lot of interesting comments on the new droid, K-2S0.
Here are some other examples:
The movie doesn't start like all the others
Where's the music and the massive wall of text? I TRUSTED YOU!
Galen: You're confusing peace with terror
Krennic: You've got to start somewhere
Honest tag line for The Phantom Menace
K-2S0: Why does she have a blaster and I don't?
Asimov's fourth law of robotics: Tattle like a bitchy kid brother
Saw: Did you come to kill me?
That's why I say to scare Girl Scouts off my front porch
Darth Vader talks to Krennic
This better be good. Draining that goo tube ain't cheap.
There's also riffs on Princess Bride (guess why), Avatar, Fraggle Rock, Frankie Avalon, Enya, Garden State, and The Terminator.
The riff is available at the Rifftrax website
