Phineas and Ferb Wiki:Newsletter submissions/The Star Wars Crossover: Endless Are The Possibilities

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By now, unless you just got back from that really huge hole that you just crawled out of trying to dig a hole to China, you might have heard that at that little geekfest that call San Diego Comic-Con International, the entire Danville USA crew will have a one-hour episode saluting a franchise that Mickey Mouse, Chairman Emeritus of The Walt Disney Company, had just purchased almost a year ago as part of a $4 billion transaction between him and George Lucas.

Of course, if you have not guessed by the illustration on the right-hand side of the article, we're speaking of the Star Wars franchise here, and needless to say, if you caught any good eyesight of the over one hundred episodes in the Phineas and Ferb canon, Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh are big fans of the franchise. And now, with an special event extended hour long episode set for next summer (get working on the wiki background wallpapers for that one), this writer has a few ideas that will really get things cracking and keep the machine rolling.

First, there's been previous tie-ins with other shows. Family Guy, a show that Dan and Swampy worked on before getting the successful gig they have now, has done three episodes that spoofed the events of the original three movies. Keep in mind, though, that Family Guy is owned by Fox, which distributed the original three film (episodes four through six) and subsequent first three chapters of the saga. And now that Disney owns the franchise (and the distribution rights as well) to what will be the last three chapters, who knows what Seth MacFarlane will do.

Also, Seth Green, who voices Chris on that show, is the executive producer of Robot Chicken on Cartoon Network's [adult swim] block, and they have done a pair of parody tributes to the show. Knowing that this is the P&F universe we know and love, Mr. Green also voices Monty Monogram, whose dad is Major Monogram. Could we see a likely guest appearance from Monty as a rebel leader?

And getting back to the original film, Episode IV: A New Hope, wouldn't it be fun if Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) or Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia) would do a voice cameo? The cycle would be complete, and hey, why stop there? Right now, we'd even settle for Anthony Daniels as C-3PO or even Tom Kane as Yoda. That would add bonus points to the pile.

And of course, the entire Star Wars/Disney marketing pair of 12,000-pound gorillas would be all over this. Every year, there's a little event called "Star Wars Weekends" at Disney Hollywood Studios, and the Phineas and Ferb walkabout characters have a residency at that theme park (as well as California Adventure), so wouldn't it be cool to at least for the event, have them dress up in Jedi costumes? One weekend, there could be even a panel with Dan, Swampy, Vincent Martella, Alyson Stoner, Ashley Tisdale (we hope) and Dee Bradley Baker to discuss the event, and give the Wookie fans a sneak preview or two of a clip for this special? (Of course, there's also "May The Fourth By With You" and "Revenge of the Fifth", or as party animals like to call that day, Cinco de Mayo.)

We still have a whole year to get through this, this ride is gonna be fun.

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