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* The guard at {{w|Skywalker Ranch}} calls "Code AA23" when Sheldon gets out the car and attempts to get into the premises. When {{w|Princess Leia}} was being held prisoner on board the {{w|Death Star}}, she was in Detention Block AA23.
  
* The guard at {{w|Skywalker Ranch}} calls "Code AA23" when Sheldon gets out the car and attempts to get into the premises. When {{w|Princess Leia}} was being held prisoner on board the {{w|Death Star}}, she was in Detention Block AA23.
 
* Second episode where Sheldon trespasses on celebrity property and looks on the positive side of it, despite getting into trouble with the law. First was "[[The Excelsior Acquisition]]".
  
* Second episode where Sheldon trespasses on celebrity property and looks on the positive side of it, despite getting into trouble with the law. First was "[[The Excelsior Acquisition]]".
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* Second episode where a main male character proves to be good at a sport due to practising at youth. First was "[[The Wheaton Recurrence]]".
   
 
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"The Skywalker Incursion" is the nineteenth episode of the eighth season of the American sitcom The Big Bang Theory. The episode aired on Thursday, April 2, 2015.

Summary

Sheldon and Leonard go to Skywalker Ranch to try and get in while the others are cleaning out Howard's garage for a garage sale. A battle of table tennis ensues over Howard's Doctor Who TARDIS machine.

Extended Plot

Sheldon is working on the opening joke for their lecture on Leonard's theory at UC, Berkeley."What do you say to a graduate of the UC, Berkeley physics department? I'll have fries with that." Penny quips that when they chase them, Leonard will have to run faster than Sheldon. Sheldon also has a PRK or Public Restroom Kit stocked with everything he needs including toilet paper and a mirror to check under the stalls for weirdos. How weird is that?

Sheldon and Leonard are on their way to give a lecture at UC Berkeley and have plenty of time. Sheldon plays a game of "I can't spy" which includes sub-atomic particles. Leonard guesses the type of subatomic particle and the number of them right away so Sheldon does want to play anymore. They both think it's cool to be on a road trip and presenting a paper at another university together. Sheldon is so happy he's going to let Leonard turn on the radio and listen to music. He tells him to " Play that funky music white boy", but never heard of the song his reference came from.

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We can't get rid of by TARDIS. It might get half it's value back.

At Howard's mother's house, the rest of the gang is preparing for a garage sale from the items in the garage. Amy is in charge of pricing since she has been going to garage sales forever. Raj finds a ping-pong table which Howard used to play with his Transformers. Raj and Penny used to play, while Amy only served since she had no one to play with. Howard is upset that Bernadette is planning on selling his Doctor Who TARDIS. He wants to save it until it's worth half what he paid for it. Bernadette doesn't want it moved into the house.

Listening to the radio Sheldon hears the "Play your funky music, white boy," Sheldon is confused that because they are asking the white boys to play it and yet the white boys are listening to this funky music. It's a paradox so Sheldon turns it off since music should be fun and not contradictory. Due to being ahead of schedule, they decide to head to Star Wars director George Lucas' headquarters at Skywalker Ranch and see if they can get in. Sheldon gets "so excite, that he just can't hide it", though he again misses his reference to a popular song.

Penny and Raj are playing ping-pong, though not too competitively. Bernadette wants to update the house to tasteful modern instead of Jewish mother ketchy. Amy talks about pricing the TARDIS, while Howard still wants to keep it. Bernadette suggests that they arm wrestle for it. Raj suggests ping-pong. Bernadette doesn't thinks that's fair since he grew up with it, though he just used it as a Transformer-Thunder-cats battlefield. Penny offers to play for Bernie because of all of the Doctor Who episodes Leonard has made her sit through. Howard chooses Raj since he was a champion boy's school badminton player. The fate of the TARDIS will decided by a Game of Thrones battle on the battlefield of Transformers and Thunder-cats.

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Leonard and Sheldon pull up to the Skywalker Ranch gate.

Leonard drives up to the Skywalker Ranch gate and are in awe of it though it is so plain. Sheldon wants to try and get in. Leonard uses the speaker box and tells the guard that they are big fans, but not the crazy type that have a backpack filled with duct tape and rope. The guard can't hear them and buzzes them in. 

Next they reach the security guard and Sheldon says they have defeated the first quest. Leonard insists that they are trying to meet George Lucas, not slay a dragon. Leonard just wants to be honest with the guard. As a back-up plan Sheldon hopes that they have a nurse's office which will work as long as Leonard has a willingness to be gently stabbed. Leonard tells the guard that they don't have an appointment, but they're really scientists and big fans. The security guard won't let them in.  Sheldon claims that he's there to do a Yoda voice-over.  The security guard says no and offers them free hats and t-shirts as souvenirs. Sheldon jumps out of the car and runs in. Other guards chase him and he gets tased in front of Leonard.

Penny is playing Raj and is losing 8 to 4. Bernadette tells Raj if he wins the TARDIS can be moved to his apartment. It would look great as his front door since the TARDIS is "bigger on the inside". Raj decides to lose. Howard demands a new champion and wants Amy to play for him. She claims to be rusty, but has a fast powerful serve that throws Penny. Bernadette chooses Raj to replace Penny.

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Sheldon gets them held in detention.

Sheldon and Leonard are now being held in a detention room with another guy. Sheldon wonders if they are going to call the police. Leonard sarcastically says that Imperial officers will probably take them to a holding cell in the Death Star.  Sheldon asks the other guy what he was in for. He wanted to get in and say thank-you to them for creating a world where he fit in. He also tried to make-out with a Chewbacca statue. Sheldon joins Leonard and tells him not about the other guy, rather about the statue garden they have. The guard lets them go with a warning, but they are not to return or they will be arrested. Also, they will have their picture taken for posting in the guard shack. Sheldon wants to know if he can have his picture taken with George Lucas. After no response from the guard, Sheldon says in his best Yoda voice impression, "Quite grumpy, you are." 

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Dr. Who invading Amy's bedroom.

The match is to eleven points. Raj can't return Amy's power serve and Amy can't return Raj's serves. The game goes to 10-10. Final point would allow Howard to keep his TARDIS until Bernadette convinces Amy that if she loses, she can have the TARDIS, replace her bedroom door with the box's door and lure Sheldon into her bed. So Amy throws the game and Howard loses. The door is installed as Amy's bedroom door. Bernadette tells her that if the TARDIS doesn't get Sheldon into her bedroom, then nothing well. Amy looks excited.

Leonard is climbing the stairs mad at Sheldon because they almost got arrested and missed their chance to give their lecture. And they were held in a room with a Wookiee crazy sex fiend. Sheldon's upside is that they got onto Skywalker Ranch which no one they know has done and with all the times he has irritated Leonard, he got to him him hit with a taser. Leonard does admit that they could call it an adventure though Sheldon still hasn't recovered his sense of smell since his tasing.

Sheldon, dressed as the Fourth Doctor, runs into Amy's bedroom claiming that they have to reset the time circuits. and finds Amy on her bed. He claims he left his sonic screwdriver outside and runs back out to get it. Amy realizes that she didn't think her plan through.

Notes

  • Title Reference: The title refers to Leonard and Sheldon excursion to Geroge Lucas' production facility Skywalker Ranch and Sheldon's illegal incursion.
  • Taping date: March 3, 2015
  • This episode was watched by 13.89 million people with a rating of 3.4 (adults 18-49).
  • Total viewers including DVR users 19.35 million.
  • The Big Bang Theory was ranked #1 for the week ending 5 April 2015.
  • This episode aired in Canada on April 2, 2015 with 3.68 million viewers with a weekly ranking of #1.
  • In the United Kingdom, this episode aired on {date} with xx million viewers and a weekly ranking of #X.
  • In Australia, it aired on April 14, 2015 with 0.96 million viewers.

Critics

  • Jesse Schedeen at IGN - {There} was a fun little sequence where the two tried and failed to con their way into seeing Mr. Lucas. It wasn't a terribly ambitious storyline, but it entertained. Especially when Sheldon ran off and found himself on the wrong end of a taser. If anything, I just wish this plotline had a bit more payoff...The Whovian humor was funny, but the real highlight was how this conflict devolved into a Game of Thrones-esque duel of ping pong. Star Wars, Who, and Game of Thrones - the show hit a nerd trifecta this week...While "The Skywalker Incursion" wasn't necessarily one of the more memorable installments of Season 8, it was nice to simply see the characters get back to basics and the show focus on humor over drama.

Trivia

Quotes

Sheldon: Amy, the Daleks are right on my tail. Quick, we need to reset the time circuits. Oh no, I left my sonic screw driver behind. {Exits.}
Amy: Really should have thought this through.
Sheldon: What do you say to a graduate of the UC Berkeley physics department? I’ll have fries with that. Because his education hasn't prepared him for a career in the sciences.
Sheldon: In fact, if you’d like to celebrate will a little music; I would be okay with that.
Leonard: Wha-a-a-t? This road trip just got crazy.
Sheldon: Play that funky music, white boy.
Leonard: I’m surprised you know that reference.
Sheldon: What reference?
Bernadette: So I put stickers on everything we’re going to sell. We just need help taking it out to the driveway.
Amy: Can I be in charge of pricing? I've been going to garage sales my whole life. Would you believe I got this pair of panty house for a nickel?
Howard: 'All right. Amy is in charge of pricing and being seventy-five. '
Sheldon: You know, we won’t be very far from Skywalker Ranch.
Leonard: Oh, this is true. It’s not like we can get in there.
Sheldon: Why not?
Leonard: I don’t think George Lucas put his headquarters in the middle of nowhere because he wanted people dropping in.
Sheldon: Yoda’s swamp was in the middle of nowhere. Tattooine was in the middle of nowhere. Hoth was in the middle of nowhere. That’s code Leonard. He wants us to drop in.
Leonard: We do have time. I mean, we could drive by and look at it.
Sheldon: Yes. I’m so excited. And I just can’t hide it.
Leonard: I’m about to lose control and I think I like it!
Sheldon: What are you talking about?
Raj: We could play Ping-Pong for it.
Howard: I would do that.
Bernadette: How is that fair? You grew up with the table.
Howard: Yes, but I used it mostly as a battlefield in an ongoing war between the Transformers and the Thunder-Cats for control of a bra I found in the woods.
Sheldon: There it is. It’s just a gate. On a road.
Leonard: Wasn't even that hard to find.
Sheldon: This is so amazing!!
Leonard: I know!! Do you want to get a picture?
Sheldon: I want more than a picture. I want to go in.
Leonard: Well, so do I, but they’ll never let us.
Sheldon: Is that the attitude that helped you get Penny?
Leonard No, but I don’t have three years to make that gate feel sorry for me.
Sheldon: All right. We have defeated the first challenge. Now, we must steel to face the monster who defends the gate.
Leonard: We’re trying to pass the security guard, not rescue Zelda.
Sheldon: Shedding the yoke of my oppressors, you blind sad little man.
Guard: Don’t move. Code A-A-23. A-A-23.
Guard 2: Copy.
Sheldon: I can see the ranch, Leonard. Oh, it’s rustic. It’s lovely. I’d take a picture, but people are chasing me. I’m gonna make it! I’m gonna make it! The have Tasers, but they won’t dare use… (Screams!)
Bernadette: Well, if you can switch champions, so can I. I want Raj.
Penny: Hey!
Bernadette: Oh come on, like you really care.
Penny: I care. Oh, wait. No. Good luck, Raj.
Sheldon: Do you think they’re gonna call the police?
Leonard: I don’t know. Maybe they’ll call Imperial officers to take us to a holding cell on the Death Star.
Sheldon: Oh, I think that’s below the pay grade of an Imperial officer. Storm troopers are really the ones who…
Leonard: Oh, shut up.
Amy: Well, that was an exciting forty seconds.
Howard: It was and now the serve is back to you, and the game is over.
Bernadette: You know, Amy, I, uh, can’t help, but wonder how Sheldon would react if the TARDIS was at your place.
Howard: Don’t listen to her, just hit the ball.
Amy: Keep talking.
Sheldon: Are you still mad at me?
Leonard: Yes. We missed our lecture, we were almost arrested and you got me locked in a room with a man who forced his tongue down the throat of a stuffed Wookie.
Sheldon: Boy, some folks are just glass half-empty.
Leonard: The glass is empty, Sheldon. It’s completely empty. If you gave to a man who was dying of thirst, he would be dead. Do you know why?
Sheldon: Before I answer, was he a smoker? I think you’re looking at this all wrong.
Leonard: Fine, then tell me how I should be looking at it.
Sheldon: Well, not only did we go to Skywalker ranch, we got in. And no one we know can say that. And for all the times you find me irritating, today you got to watch someone shoot me with a taser.
Leonard: That part was pretty good.
Sheldon: See?
Leonard: You did flop around a lot.
Sheldon: I’ll take your word for it. I was too busy trying not to defecate.
Leonard: You know, when they were escorting us to the detaining room I looked through a door and I’m pretty sure I saw a display case with the Ark of the Covenant.
Sheldon: That’s amazing.
Leonard: I know.
Sheldon: And I also saw Jabba the Hutt riding by on a motorcycle. Although that was right after the tasing so you can say for sure?
Leonard: I-I guess this could count as an adventure.
Sheldon: It was. And even though we’re not allowed back there, they can never take the day away from us. Unlike my sense of smell, which hasn’t returned since the tasing. {Sniffs scented marker.} No, I got nothing.

Gallery

References

  • [1] Taping Report by Jamie
Episodes | Season 8
"The Locomotion Interruption" • "The Junior Professor Solution" • "The First Pitch Insufficiency" • "The Hook-up Reverberation" • "The Focus Attenuation" • "The Expedition Approximation" • "The Misinterpretation Agitation" • "The Prom Equivalency" • "The Septum Deviation" • "The Champagne Reflection" • "The Clean Room Infiltration" • "The Space Probe Disintegration" • "The Anxiety Optimization" • "The Troll Manifestation" • "The Comic Book Store Regeneration" • "The Intimacy Acceleration" • "The Colonization Application" • "The Leftover Thermalization" • "The Skywalker Incursion" • "The Fortification Implementation" • "The Communication Deterioration" • "The Graduation Transmission" • "The Maternal Combustion" • "The Commitment Determination"
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