--- title: Star Wars Original Trilogy Gets Bad Lip Reading Treatment description: It was only a matter of time before the team over at Bad Lip Reading decided to get in on the Star Wars action. canonical: https://time.com/4153235/original-star-wars-trilogy-bad-lip-reading/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-17T16:53:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:41:23.287Z og:title: Watch the Original Star Wars Trilogy Get the Bad Lip Reading Treatment og:description: "I really hate you texting me all those helmet pics" og:url: https://time.com/4153235/original-star-wars-trilogy-bad-lip-reading/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch the Original Star Wars Trilogy Get the Bad Lip Reading Treatment twitter:description: "I really hate you texting me all those helmet pics" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch the Original _Star Wars_ Trilogy Get the Bad Lip Reading Treatment > Sponsored content. 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Star Wars The Force Awakens Trailer_  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Dec 17, 2015 4:53 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Dec 17, 2015 4:53 PM UTC With all the hype surrounding the release of [_The Force Awakens_](http://time.com/4147688/star-wars-force-awakens-what-we-know/), it was only a matter of time before the team over at [Bad Lip Reading](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC67f2Qf7FYhtoUIF4Sf29cA) decided to get in on the action. And this time, the YouTube channel, known for [dubbing ridiculous words](http://time.com/4092576/bad-lip-reading-of-the-democratic-debate/) over TV, movies and news, really outdid itself. Voiced by guest stars Jack Black, Maya Rudolph, and Bill Hader, the three videos take on the [original _Star Wars_ trilogy](http://time.com/4112165/every-star-wars-death/) — _A New Hope_, _The Empire Strikes Back_ and _Return of the Jedi_ — and give new life to the galaxy far, far away. The hilarious reimagining features new conversations between Luke, Leia, Han, Obi-Wan, Darth Vader and the rest of the gang that will have you questioning whether George Lucas got the script right the first time around. Whether it’s Leia telling Darth Vader to stop texting her “helmet pics” or Luke showing off his rap skills, these scenes are comedy gold. See the three full videos below. ## Transcript [ BLANK_AUDIO ] [ MUSIC ] Who are you? [ MUSIC ] I'm no one. [ MUSIC ] I was raised to do one thing. [ MUSIC ] [ NOISE ] I've got nothing to fight for. [ MUSIC ] Nothing will stand in our way. I will finish what you started. No! [ MUSIC ] There are stories about what happened. [ MUSIC ] It's true. All of it. [ MUSIC ] The Dark Side. [ MUSIC ] The Jedi. [ MUSIC ] They're real. The force. It's calling to you. [ MUSIC ] Just let it in. [ MUSIC ] Dispatch inquisitors to hunt the rebels. The The Empire's looking everywhere for us. We can't just run. We're being pulled out of hyperspace. It's a star destroyer. 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