Troops (1997)

Name: Troops
Director: Kevin Rubio
Genre: Comedy, Science Fiction
Released: 1997-07-18
Duration: 10 min
Cast: Jess Harnell, Cameron Clarke, Bill Farmer, Drew Massey

Comedy Science Fiction

Director: Kevin Rubio

Cast: Jess Harnell, Cameron Clarke, Bill Farmer, Drew Massey

Runtime10 min

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Stormtroopers on Tatooine show us what life is like patrolling and law-upholding on the sandy planet. While being filmed for the hit Imperial TV show TROOPS, Stormtroopers from the infamous Black Sheep Squadron on patrol run into some very familiar characters.

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Troops from 1997 directed by Kevin Rubio offers a clever, comedic spin on the Star Wars universe, blending sci-fi and parody in a unique way that fans of the franchise and genre-bending humor will particularly appreciate.

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Troops is a 1997 short mockumentary film directed by Kevin Rubio that debuted at San Diego Comic-Con on July 18, 1997 and was subsequently distributed via the internet. The film is a parody of COPS, set in the Star Wars universe. In the film, Imperial stormtroopers from the infamous Black Sheep Squadron patrolling the Dune Sea on the planet Tatooine run into some very familiar characters while being filmed for the hit Imperial TV show Troops. In a Reddit AMA in January 2018, Rubio stated that Troops is acknowledged by George Lucas as a canonical installment in the Star Wars franchise.