Rooster Teeth To Debut ‘Star Wars’-Themed Sketch Comedy Series In November 2015

Rooster Teeth has a new series within a series set to take advantage of one of the biggest entertainment events of the last decade. The Fullscreen-owned Austin production company will run the sketch comedy and Star Wars spoof series Troopin’ starting November 2015 during its Colton Dunn-hosted show Rooster Teeth Entertainment System (RT-ES).

Created by Lamar Woods and Dunn (who also stars in Rooster Teeth’s recently-premiered feature film Lazer Team), the series-within-a-series Troopin’ introduces viewers to a black stormtrooper named Darnell (played by Ify Nwadiwe) and his wife Shonda (Ashanti Brown). It’s set to explore how the hardest part of Darnell’s job is dealing with life, love, and his Jedi neighbors (and, surprisingly, not ignorant individuals who were up in arms over the casting of John Boyega as a black stormtrooper for Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens). 

“Troopin’ is inspired by old school sitcoms like Good Times and What’s Happening,” Dunn said in an email to Tubefilter. “Lamar and I thought it would be funny to put a show like that in the Star Wars universe. We also enjoyed exploring what a satellite character like a stormtrooper has for a personal life. They can’t just march up and down the loading bay all day.”

Directed by Weldon Powers, Troopin’ will debut at some point in November and air during episodes of RT-ES, which is exclusively available for Rooster Teeth sponsors on the company’s site or dedicated app. Episodes of Troopin’ will be available on the Rooster Teeth site and app starting at 5 PM PST every Sunday.