Trooper Clerks

{{short description|2003 animated film}} {{Independent sources|date=May 2017}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}}

'''''Trooper Clerks''''' is an American [[animated film|animated]] parody film produced by Studio Creations that depicts [[Dante Hicks]] and [[Randall Graves]], the titular convenience store clerks from writer/director [[Kevin Smith]]'s ''[[Clerks (film)|Clerks]]'' films, as [[Stormtrooper (Star Wars)|Stormtroopers]] in the ''[[Star Wars]]'' media franchise, in a satire of both properties.

The film was nominated for the 2003 [[The Official Star Wars Fan Film Awards|Official Star Wars Fan Film Awards]], and won the Animation category.<ref>{{cite thesis |last=Pérez-Gómez |first=Miguel Ángel |date= 2016-02-09 |title=El fan film: paradigma de la cultura participativa en el entorno de los new media |language=es |type=PhD |pages=541-542, 548-549 |publisher=Universidad de Sevilla |hdl=11441/39617 |url=https://idus.us.es/handle/11441/39617 |access-date=March 25, 2022}}</ref>

==Plot== According to the official web site, "Trooper Clerks is a parody mixing the characters from [[Kevin Smith]]'s ''[[Clerks (film)|Clerks]]'' universe with the settings and characters in [[George Lucas]]'s ''[[Star Wars]]'' universe."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trooperclerks.com/|title=Trooper Clerks|publisher= |website=Trooper Clerks.com|accessdate=July 25, 2015}}</ref>

==Cartoons== * '''Trooper Clerks: The Live-Action Trailer''' - This 1998 shot-for-shot recreation of the 1994 ''Clerks'' movie trailer was the first ''Trooper Clerks'' project produced by Studio Creations. ''Clerks'' director Kevin Smith, wrote the creators an e-mail after watching the trailer online, encouraging them to do more with the parody if they chose.<ref name=Films/> * '''Trooper Clerks: The Animated One-Shot - Part I''' - Being told that their jobs are in peril due to cutbacks, Stormtroopers Dante and Randal embark on a quest to steal the Death Star plans by hiring the station's [[Sith]] duo in training, Darth Jay and Darth Bob.<ref name=Films>{{cite web|url=http://www.trooperclerks.com/films_cartoons.html|title=Trooper Clerks- Films and Cartoons!|publisher= |website=Trooper Clerks.com|accessdate=July 25, 2015}}</ref> Darth Jay is portrayed as [[Darth Maul]] from ''[[Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace|Episode I]]'', with the black stripes on his face in the shape of a [[cannabis]] leaf. Darth Bob is based on [[Darth Sidious]], and is referred to as "[[Silent Bob|Silent]] [[Palpatine]]". * '''Trooper Clerks: The Animated One-Shot - Part II''' - Dante and Randal continue their quest for gainful employment while Darth Jay and Darth Bob pull every trick in the book trying to snatch the plans from its ultra-secure location.<ref name=Films/>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.trooperclerks.com/ Official web site]

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