Tatooine TV
A Review by Jay Mustered

Winner of nine 2004 Star Wars Fanworks Fan Audio Awards, Tatooine TV has been one of the most consistently produced audio productions of recent memory. TTV #1 - 16 run between 2 – 5 minutes in length, TTV #17 - 19 and the Christmas Special run from 5 – 9 minutes in length. A brief listing of the sketches (adapted from the Tatooine TV official website, JRDOnline.com):

Episode #1 - Twi'leks Gone Wild, Dagobah Spa, Ewok Elvis
Episode #2 - DS Construction, JSN - Jawa Shopping Network
Episode #3 - Anchorhead Idol, Bantha Fodder Diet Superstore Grand Opening Ad
Episode #4 - Tascar Racing, Tusken Concerto
Episode #5 - Imperial Movers, Got Blue Milk?
Episode #6 - The Animal Psychic, Blasterfire! with James Cartwheel
Episode #7 - Moisture Farmer Aid Concert Ad, Qui Gonn's Gin commercial
Episode #8 - Dr. Phil with the Skywalkers as his guests
Episode #9 - Tatooine Super Action News Report, Bantha Fodder Diet Ad
Episode #10 - Anchorhead Mystery Theatre "The Foggy Caper"
Episode #11 - The Osbournes- Jack gets a new pet, The Delta 4 Super Speeder Ad
Episode #12 - DS Construction Customer Support Ad
Episode #13 - Anakin and Padme in "Bedtime Story"
Episode #14 - Blasterpeice Theatre with "Shmi's Rescue"
Episode #15 - Jedi School starring Stuart from MadTV, Teaser from Tat TV #16
Episode #16 - Commander Pilates Part 1, Teaser from Tat TV #17
Episode #17 - Commander Pilates Part 2
Episode #18 - Pimp my Star Destroyer
Episode #19 - Senate Investigation of the Emperor w/ Michael Moore, Tat TV MicroNews featuring "The girl who made out with Han Solo in the cantina, but was cut out of SWANH"
Christmas Episode - The Spy, 12 Days

As you can see, there are a wide variety of shows, phenomenon, and ideas spoofed. The audio quality of these shows is pretty good; actor performances, imitations, music, and sound effects all blend together pretty well. Overall, the writing gets better as the series progresses.

In my opinion, this series has been one of the funnier parody series. However, like most sketch comedy series, some ideas work, while others don’t, and people tend to find different sketches funny.

I would recommend this series to practically anyone that likes Star Wars and parodies. If you are wanting to get started in the series, I would recommend starting with TTV #1, #5, or #12; my wife recommends TTV #8.