LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales

Viewers who prefer the Family Guy parodies of Lucasfilm's space-epic series over another helping of Ewoks and Droids or Clone Wars cartoons can take heart: this CGI five-part LEGO takeoff on the saga is more of a savvy burlesque, not above mocking the dramatic deficits and plot holes in George Lucas's canon (Jar Jar Binks is violently ejected from the plot every time he shows up). The introduction takes place immediately after the victory in Return of the Jedi. As a coda to the exploding of the second Death Star, robot C-3PO (voiced by Anthony Daniels, one of the only—along with Billy Dee Williams—carryover thespians from the films) has his missing memory restored by R2-D2, after which he recaps Star Wars movies and TV series (but not the holiday special) for various characters from the first three movies. Meanwhile, “Artoo” is kidnapped, and C-3PO continues his narrative while on the chase. Droid Tales is fun stuff that carries some of the same character-spoofing bonhomie found in the theatrical hit The LEGO Movie. Recommended. Aud: P. (C. Cassady)