It didn’t take a Jedi mind trick to make anyone realize that once it was announced that Adam Driver would be hosting ‘Saturday Night Live‘, a ‘Star Wars‘ sketch was soon to follow.
What may be surprising is just how great the bit would be.
Perhaps that’s coming from someone that has grown up with ‘Saturday Night Live’ and seen the overall quality of the show dip a bit from year to year.
Sure, ‘SNL‘ still has the ability to spit out some real gems, such as Peyton Manning’s United Way short, Justin Timberlake’s “Homelessville” and Larry David playing Bernie Sanders.
Adam Driver Delivers on ‘SNL’
In the most recently aired episode of ‘SNL’, Driver and the cast crushed it with a parody of ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens and hit TV show ‘Undercover Boss‘.
Undercover Boss: Starkiller Base opened with Driver as Kylo Ren, the “Commander of the First Order”, who is going undercover as Matt, a radar technician.
Driver makes his entrance sporting a blond wig and looking like Napoleon Dynamite’s twin brother.
Adam Driver as Matt the Radar Technician in ‘Undercover Boss: Starkiller Base (Photo: SNL/YouTube)
What follows is a brilliant parody. It smoothly merges together the highest grossing movie of all-time with one of the more clever reality shows on TV today.
Driver and the cast deliver a few great quips. Among the most notable include:
- “So I can go have my muffin”
- “I’m 90% sure Matt is Kylo Ren”
- “That guy looks like he weighs 30 pounds soaking wet under that little black dress”
Kylo Ren is going undercover
If you’ve seen the most recent installment of ‘Star Wars’ – and if you haven’t, you may be living under a rock – the bit will make some sense. If you’ve seen both the movie and ‘Undercover Boss’, then you will truly appreciate the sketch for what it is.
The bit is not gut-bustingly funny by any means. Still, it’s incredibly smart, clever and comical, with plenty of memorable moments.
But enough chit-chat, here’s the sketch, courtesy of SNL’s YouTube channel.
It’s the type of parody that you laugh more the second time around, which is always a good sign.
Bravo, Saturday Night Live… the force was truly with you on this one.
Hard to argue with that, Rev… there are definitely a few of them that have grown on me. That’s why I said a slight dip… I mean if it was never funny… but there are times that they are masterful. I thought this parody was great.
This newer cast of SNL is finally starting to come into their own, feeling a little more comfortable in their own skin.
After all, they have years of genius to compete with. That’s gotta be kind of intimidating.