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Thumb Wars: The Phantom Cuticle is a 1999 short film directed by Steve Oedekerk. Using dressed up and coifed thumbs as puppets — Oedekerk created a spoof of the space drama Star Wars with characters such as Loke Groundrunner (parody of Luke Skywalker), Princess Bunhead (parody of Princess Leia), Oobedoob "Scoobi-doobi" Benubi (parody of Obi-wan Kenobi), Hand Duet (parody of Han Solo), Crunchaka/Crunchy (parody of Chewbacca/Chewy), Beeboobeep (parody of R2-D2), Prissypeo (parody of C-3PO), Black Helmet Man (parody of Darth Vader) and Gabba the Butt (parody of Jabba the Hutt). Thumb Wars debuted on American television May 18, 1999, on UPN. It had its cable premiere on Cartoon Network on October 2, 2008 to promote the Clone Wars series that premiered the next day. The TV version provided a trimmed down version of the film.