The Skywalker Incursion

"The Skywalker Incursion" is the nineteenth episode of the eighth season of the sitcom The Big Bang Theory. The episode aired on Thursday, April 2, 2015.

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

Extended Plot
Sheldon is working on the opening for their  on Leonard's  at ."What do you say to a  of the UC, Berkeley  department? I'll have  with that." Penny quips that when they chase them, Leonard will have to run faster than Sheldon. Sheldon also has a PRK or Kit stocked with everything he needs including  and a  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. 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 and presenting a paper at another  together. Sheldon is so happy he's going to let Leonard turn on the and listen to. He tells him to " Play that funky music white boy", but never heard of the song his reference came from.

At Howard's mother's house, the rest of the gang is preparing for a from the items in the. Amy is in charge of since she has been going to garage sales forever. Raj finds a table which Howard used to play with his. 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. He wants to save it until it's worth half what he paid for it. Bernadette doesn't want it moved into the.

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 so Sheldon turns it off since music should be fun and not contradictory. Due to being ahead of, they decide to head to Star Wars director ' headquarters at 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 ketchy. Amy talks about pricing the TARDIS, while Howard still wants to keep it. Bernadette suggests that they 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- 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 boy's school  player. The fate of the TARDIS will decided by a battle on the battlefield of Transformers and Thunder-cats.

Leonard drives up to the Skywalker Ranch and are in awe of it though it is so plain. Sheldon wants to try and get in. Leonard uses the and tells the  that they are big fans, but not the crazy type that have a  filled with  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. Leonard insists that they are trying to meet George Lucas, not slay a. Leonard just wants to be with the guard. As a back-up plan Sheldon hopes that they have a 's 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 s and big fans. The security guard won't let them in. Sheldon claims that he does the for. The security guard says no, but offers them free and  as. Sheldon jumps out of the car and runs in. Other guards chase him and he gets 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 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.

Sheldon and Leonard are now being held in a detention room with another guy. Sheldon wonders if they are going to call the. Leonard sarcastically says that officers will probably take them to a  in the. Sheldon asks the other guy what he was in for. He wanted to get in and say to George Lucas for creating a  where he fit in. He also tried to with a. 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, but they are not to return or they will be. Also, they will have their taken for posting in the guard. The Wookie-kissing guy wants to know if he will get the same treatment. But the guard will not let him off so lightly. Sheldon wants to know if he can have his picture taken with George Lucas. After getting a dubious look from the guard, Sheldon says in his best Yoda voice impression, "Quite grumpy, you are."

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 door with the box's door and lure Sheldon into her. 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 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 Leonard, he got to him him hit with a taser. Leonard does admit that they could call it an though Sheldon still hasn't recovered his sense of  since his tasing.

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

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.
 * IMDb user reviews

Trivia

 * Kaley Cuoco is an excellent  player since she in tas a nationally ranked child  player. Her  is also a professional tennis player. The cast plays ping-pong with each other during breaks in the show.
 * In "The Griffin Equivalency" (S2E4), after Sheldon gives then a demonstration of a creepy, Leonard quips, "We're here to see Koothrappali, not kill Batman." In this episode, he tells Sheldon that they are here to see George Lucas, not slay a dragon.
 * Sheldon is back in Amy's bedroom; though no romantic actions. First time since "The Fish Guts Displacement" episode (S6E10).
 * Bernadette is talking about redecorating the Wolowitz family house so they might be planning on moving into it.
 * Penny actually likes the   series because it has  and.
 * The guard at  calls "Code AA23" when Sheldon gets out the car and attempts to get into the premises. When was being held prisoner on board the, 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" (S3E16).
 * Second episode where a main male character proves to be good at a sport due to practising at youth. First was "The Wheaton Recurrence" (S3E19).
 * The song that provokes Sheldon's bafflement in the car is "Play That Funky Music, White Boy" by Wild Cherry, which was a hit in 1976. Apparently it was born out of a gig rather like the Blues Brothers paying Bob's Country Bunker, where a white band more used to playing rock music was mis-booked to a venue where a black clientele wanted to hear funk and disco music... the band had to think on their feet and get good at an unfamiliar musical genre. Very quickly.
 * Chuck Lorre's vanity card
 * Second episode in Season 8 of the Big Bang Theory where Bernadette is seen sporty top and bottoms. The first episode she wore a different sporty top and bottoms was in "The First Pitch Insufficiency" (S8E3) when she was in a sports hall involving baseball with Howard and Raj.
 * Bernadette shares no scenes with Leonard and Sheldon in this episode.

Quotes

 * (The ending scene of Amy in her bedroom seeming to be quite upset at something)
 * Sheldon: (runs into Amy's bedroom in a panic dressed up the Fourth Doctor Who) 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.
 * (He exits Amy's bedroom in hurry shutting both doors behind him, Amy now thinks to herself).
 * 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?


 * (The garage scene at the Wolowitz house)
 * '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?
 * (Amy snaps her panty house for a second)
 * Howard: All right. Amy is in charge of pricing and being seventy-five. ''
 * Raj: Hey, Penny, can you give me a hand with this?
 * 'Penny: Sure. Oh, we had one of these growing up. I used to play all the time.
 * Raj: Oh, yeah? I love Ping-Pong.
 * Penny: Oh, I meant beer pong.
 * Amy: I had a table, too, but I didn’t have any friends, so all I did was serve.
 * (Bernadette grins at Amy whilst holding the box)
 * Bernadette: You know, you can leave one side up and play against it.
 * Amy: And if I had a friend, they might have told me that.
 * (Bernadette moves away from Amy smiling crossly)
 * Howard: Excuse me. Why is there a sticker on this? It’s my TARDIS from Doctor Who. I was planning on moving it in the house.
 * Bernadette: I think you just answered your own question.
 * 'Howard: (he is not happy) Come on, one day, this may double in value and be worth half what I paid for it.
 * Bernadette: (suggesting sweetly to Howard) Sweetie, we have a lot to do. We don’t need to decide this right now.
 * Howard: Well, I guess as long as you’re keeping an open mind.
 * Bernadette: Of course.


 * 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?


 * (The ping pong scene at the Wolowitz house where Raj and Penny are having their serves. Bernadette is walking up with a tray of glasses and a jug of red punch. Howard and Amy are sorting out stuff in the garage)
 * Penny: So when do you guys think you’re gonna move in?
 * Howard: We’re still figuring how much remodeling we want to do.
 * Bernadette: (speaks to Howard crossly) It’s tricky finding the right balance between tasteful modern and Jewish mother tchotchke crapfest.
 * Amy: Have you made a decision about the TARDIS? I think I can sell it if we call it Big British Porta-Potty.
 * Howard: We’re not selling it, it’s mine.
 * Bernadette: (distracts Howard crossly) You can’t just decide. How about I arm-wrestle you?
 * Howard: That’s not fair. It’s like me challenging you to a sexy pants contest.
 * (Bernadette puts on a sniggering smile)
 * Raj: You could play Ping-Pong for it.
 * Howard: I would do that.
 * Bernadette: (asks and informs him crossly) How is that fair? You grew up with a table.
 * Howard: Yes, but I mostly used it as a battlefield in an ongoing war between the Transformers and the ThunderCats for control of a bra I had found in the woods.
 * Penny: Bernadette, for every episode of Doctor Who Leonard has made me sit through, I will play on your behalf and send that TARDIS back to Gallifrey, (she's now fierce) where I hate that I know it belongs.
 * (Scene of Bernadette holding a glass of punch)
 * Bernadette: (with a shifty giggle) Yes, Penny plays for me.
 * Howard: That’s not fair, she has upper body muscles.
 * Raj: Dude, three-time Sanskriti School for Well-Born Boys badminton champion.
 * Howard: That’s right, okay, Raj can play for me.
 * Amy: Ooh, you just chose champions. It’s like we’re re-enacting the ancient German practice of trial by combat.
 * Penny: Yeah, it’s also like when the Mountain fought the Red Viper in Game of Thrones.
 * Bernadette: Leonard makes you watch that, too?
 * Penny: No, no, I like that show. It’s got dragons and people doing it.
 * (Amy just looked grumpy by all of this)
 * Howard: So it’s settled. The fate of Doctor Who’s TARDIS will be decided by a Game of Thrones inspired death-match on the battlefield of ThunderCats versus Transformers.
 * Amy: If you still have that bra, I’ll give you a nickel for it.


 * 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!)


 * Howard: Come on, Raj. You are the King Kong of Ping-Pong. You are the menace of table tennis. Put her away, ’cause I don’t have a third one. Yes. Woo.
 * Amy: Rajesh eight, Penny four.
 * Penny: Sorry, he’s really good.
 * (Bernadette slams the Ping-Pong table for a second with her hand crossly)
 * Bernadette: Hey, Raj.
 * (Raj looks at Bernadette)
 * Bernadette: (she asks Raj crossly) if Howard can’t keep the TARDIS, how great would it look at your place?
 * Raj: What?
 * Howard: Yeah, what?
 * Bernadette: (she is now very cross) I don’t know much about Doctor Who, but if, um, you were to put this right outside your front door and open up the back, it would be like your entire apartment was the inside of the TARDIS, (Scene of a puzzled Howard and Raj) which is pretty cool ’cause on the show, (Scene of the cross Bernadette)'' the inside of the TARDIS is bigger than the outside.
 * (Bernadette now slams the TARDIS door crossly)
 * Bernadette: (she is still very cross) But then again, I don’t know much about Doctor Who.
 * Howard: Don’t listen to her. You and I go way back, we’re like brothers.
 * Raj: We are. We are. Oh, no. What a terrible serve. Sorry, brother.
 * Amy: Eight-five.
 * Howard: This is ridiculous. I want a new champion. Amy, were you serious about being able to serve?
 * Amy: Uh, it, it’s been a long time. I don’t know. I’m probably pretty rusty.
 * Penny: Wow.
 * Howard: She’s my champion.
 * Bernadette: (she is so gigantically cross by this) Well, if you can switch champions, so can I. I want Raj.
 * Penny: Hey.
 * Bernadette: (yells at Penny crossly) Oh, come on, like you even care.
 * Penny: I care. Oh, wait, no, I don’t. Good luck, Raj.
 * (Bernadette now smiles at this)
 * Howard: You know, I thought our friendship meant more to you.
 * Raj: So did I.


 * 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.
 * Nerdy Guy: He’s right. Uh, Stormtroopers actually combine both the function of infantry and military police.
 * Leonard: Uh-huh, I’m normally very nice, but you shut up, too.
 * Sheldon: So, what are you in for?
 * Nerdy Guy: Honestly, I just wanted to meet Mr. Lucas and say thank you. You know, growing up, the movies had such an impact on my life. I never really fit in anywhere. Till I discovered the worlds he created and finally found a place where I belong.
 * Sheldon: But why are you here?
 * Nerdy Guy: Oh, I, uh, I hopped a fence, and they caught me in the sculpture gallery making out with a Chewbacca statue.
 * Sheldon: Excuse me. (Sheldon now walks up to Leonard) Leonard, they have a sculpture gallery.
 * Security Guard: All right, I talked to my supervisor, and we’re gonna let you go with a warning. But if you ever come back, we will call the police and press charges.
 * Leonard: We understand. Thank you so much.
 * Nerdy Guy: Uh, what about me?
 * Security Guard: No, you’re not going anywhere, kissy face. Let’s go. I have to take your picture to post at the guard gate.
 * Sheldon: Uh, one question about that picture. Can it be with George Lucas? Ooh, grumpy you are.
 * (Sheldon exits and the security guard follows him out)


 * (The scene of the final Ping-Pong game at the Wolowitz house)
 * Howard: Okay, this is the match that decides it all. First to 11 wins. Serve switches every five points. And just so you know, when this started, I was going to put the TARDIS in a discreet corner of the house, but I’ve since turned mean, and now it’s going right in the middle of the living room on a rotating platform with a sign that says suck it. Game on.
 * Bernadette: Except, Raj is gonna win. Isn’t that right, Raj?
 * Raj: Uh, yeah, I mean, her serve was pretty good.
 * Bernadette: (She is really angry with Raj) Come on, get in her head. Be intimidating.
 * Raj: Okay, uh, I’m gonna own you, bitch.
 * Penny: (shocked) Whoa.
 * Howard: (quietly) What?
 * Bernadette: (shockingly cross) Hey.
 * Amy: (angry) That’s not nice.
 * Raj: Let’s just play.
 * Howard: One-zero. Two. Three. Four. Five-nothing.
 * (Bernadette now turns enormously cross by this)
 * Howard: Wait, did you play badminton or sad-minton?
 * Bernadette: (She is so completely cross) Don’t listen to him, all she’s got is a serve.
 * (Scene of an unhappy Amy and pan back to the completely angry Bernadette)
 * Bernadette: Now, grab a fresh tampon and put her away.
 * Raj: What, and that’s not offensive? Where’s the line?
 * Penny: (snaps loudly at Raj) It’s in your purse. Play.
 * (Howard smiles shiftily, Amy warms up, Raj hits the ball and it bounces to the ground)
 * Bernadette: (out of vision) One-five.
 * (Raj hits the ball again and it bounces to the ground again)
 * Bernadette: Two-five.
 * (Scene of Amy struggling to get the ball)
 * Bernadette: Three-five.
 * (Raj hits the ball and Amy misses the ball)
 * Bernadette: (out of vision) Four-five.
 * (Scene of the ball bouncing to the ground and pan to Bernadette yelling with excitement)
 * Bernadette: Five-five.
 * Howard: Six. Seven. Eight. Nine. Ten-five.
 * Bernadette: Six. Seven. Eight. Nine. Ten-ten.
 * Amy: Well, that was an exciting 40 seconds.
 * Howard: It was, and now the serve is back to you, and the game is over.
 * Bernadette: (she suddenly has a thought) 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.
 * (The scene of the six gang members with the TARDIS attached to wall outside her bedroom)
 * Bernadette: If this doesn’t get him into your bedroom, (opens the doors) nothing will.
 * (Bernadette and Amy smile with excitement. Howard, Penny and Raj don't seem too pleased)


 * (The scene of Leonard and Sheldon climbing the last few stairs to their apartment)
 * 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.