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Star Wars Undercover Boss: Starkiller Base
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The setup
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The premise
Here’s the bit.
In a parody of the reality series Undercover Boss, First Order commander Kylo Ren puts on a blond wig and glasses and joins the Starkiller Base staff as Matt, a radar technician, while hidden cameras roll. He fishes for opinions about himself in the break room, struggles through a training session with an impatient technician, and loses his temper whenever co-workers mock Kylo Ren's lightsaber or physique, at one point hurling a stormtrooper through a soda machine with the Force. When Lieutenant Colonel Zack mentions that his son died in the stormtrooper program, Matt realizes who was responsible and hands him an apologetic greeting card signed by Kylo. Finally he announces that he is really Kylo Ren, only to learn that everyone had already figured it out, and he wraps up by promoting Zack and predicting that people will love the new him.
The funny people
Meet the cast. 4
Say it with us
Highly quotable.
I'm 90% sure Matt is Kylo Ren.
After the rain comes the rainbow. Sorry I killed your son.
I knew from, "Hi, I'm Matt."
Behind the scenes
The people who made it.
Rhys Thomas
Director
A little extra
Notes from the archive.
The short was filmed during the episode's rehearsal week, and the wire used to throw Bobby Moynihan through the soda machine is still visible in the aired version. Adam Driver revisited the premise in the 2020 sequel Undercover Boss: Where Are They Now.
Script
Automatically generated script; wording may contain errors. Speaker labels are inferred.
- 00:00
Each week, we follow the boss of a major organization as they go undercover to find out what's really going on in their company. This is Undercover Boss, Starkiller Base. Kylo Kylo Ren is the commander of the First Order, a massive regime dedicated to wiping out the Galactic Resistance. This week, Kylo is going undercover among Starkiller Base personnel as Matt, a radar technician.
- 00:30
Kylo Ren / Matt the Radar Technician ?
You get so caught up in restoring the galaxy to its rightful state that you miss what's going on behind the scenes. I'm looking forward to having some real talk with some real folks.
- 00:45
We've put hidden cameras in an employee common area, and no one has any idea that Matt is their boss, Kylo Ren.
- 00:54
Kylo Ren / Matt the Radar Technician ?
Hi, Hi. I'm a radar technician. You guys like working here?
- 01:06
Zack ?
You know, work is work.
- 01:07
Kylo Ren / Matt the Radar Technician ?
Yeah, totally. Totally. What do you guys think of Kylo Ren? Do you guys believe when he says that he's gonna finish what Darth Vader started?
- 01:14
Zack ?
What exactly has he started? You know, I will say this for Kylo. I think he gets a bad rap.
- 01:20
Kylo Ren / Matt the Radar Technician ?
What?
- 01:21
Zack ?
Yeah. He's trying to accomplish something that's never been done in the history of the galaxy. You know? Ridiculous. Rule everything? That's impressive. I admire the guy.
- 01:30
Kylo Ren / Matt the Radar Technician ?
Yes, exactly, exactly.
- 01:33
Technician ?
Okay, okay, it's real easy. All you gotta do is rewire the calcinator.
- 01:36
Kylo Ren / Matt the Radar Technician ?
So, remove...this?
- 01:39
Technician ?
Does that look like the calcinator? What's wrong with you? Why so hard for you to understand?
- 01:43
Kylo Ren / Matt the Radar Technician ?
I don't know, but can you please stop yelling at me? You're starting to stress me out. I have a newfound respect for what my employees do.
- 01:50
Technician ?
Okay, now, can we rewire it, please, so I can go have my muffin? I haven't had my muffin yet, Matt.
- 01:57
Kylo Ren / Matt the Radar Technician ?
It's not as easy as I presumed.
- 01:59
What up, man?
- 02:02
Kylo Ren / Matt the Radar Technician ?
Hey, you ticked my wrench! Jerk face. Have you guys seen Kylo Ren's lightsaber?
- 02:09
Yeah, man, that thing's weird-looking.
- 02:11
Kylo Ren / Matt the Radar Technician ?
No, it's not. It's awesome. Here, let me go see if I can find it. I'll show it to you. Look, I found Kylo Ren's lightsaber. Look at it up close.
- 02:21
Tim ?
That thing looks dangerous, man. Poorly made, like a little kid made it.
- 02:25
Kylo Ren / Matt the Radar Technician ?
Then you don't have to look at it anymore!
- 02:29
Zack ?
Uh, I'm 90% sure Matt is Kylo Ren. Yeah, this has actually been a rough year for my family. We lost our son back in April. He was in the Stormtrooper program, and, um... We're getting by.
- 02:47
Kylo Ren / Matt the Radar Technician ?
Well, man, sorry about that. Must be hard.
- 02:54
Kylo Ren / Matt the Radar Technician ?
Hearing that Zack lost his son really struck a nerve with me. Especially since I'm the one that came him.
- 03:03
Kylo Ren / Matt the Radar Technician ?
Hey, I ran in to Kylo Ren in the bathroom. He told me to give you this.
- 03:10
Zack ?
After the rain comes the rainbow. Sorry I killed your son, Kylo.
- 03:19
This means something to me now.
- 03:22
Kylo Ren / Matt the Radar Technician ?
A buddy of mine saw Kylo Ren take his shirt off in the shower, and he said that Kylo Ren had an 8-pack. That Kylo Ren was shredded.
- 03:29
Tim ?
What? Your friend's a liar, man. Kylo Ren is a punk bitch. That guy looks like he weighs 30 pounds soaking wet underneath that little black dress.
- 03:39
Tim? Tim? Tim! Oh, no, he's chugging on food.
- 03:44
Kylo Ren / Matt the Radar Technician ?
I see what's in your mind. It is...
- 03:50
Dude, Stupid!
- 03:55
Tim ?
Dude, Matt straight-up sucks.
- 03:57
Kylo Ren / Matt the Radar Technician ?
I have a bombshell announcement to make, guys. I'm not Matt. I'm Kylo Ren.
- 04:04
Zack ?
You're Kylo Ren. You're Kylo Ren. We know.
- 04:06
Tim ?
I knew when you threw me through the soda machine. I knew from, hi, I'm Matt.
- 04:11
Kylo Ren / Matt the Radar Technician ?
Really connected today. I'm promoting you to superior officer.
- 04:19
Zack ?
Thank you, sir.
- 04:20
Kylo Ren / Matt the Radar Technician ?
I had a blast today. I really learned a lot. And people are gonna love the new me.
- 04:36
Now it's laser time!
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