On May 4, 2020, after a brief hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the show returned in an online format on the comedy network Planet Scum Live to host a more-than-30-hour livestream in which Lucas, Watto, and Cotnoir (now acting as an on-air co-host), live from their own separate homes, watched every Star Wars movie in chronological order to raise money for the out-of-work employees of the UCB Theatre.
[5] Talking with Village Voice, Ratliff said that he conceived of the idea of portraying Lucas "sort of as a preemptive strike against feeling bad about the prequels".
[6] In 2013, Ratliff unsuccessfully attempted to mount a one-man show called Local Authors Night at the Mid-Missouri Library[7] at the UCB Theatre.
[5] Ratliff, Griffin Newman, and Patrick Cotnoir had known each other through their work on The Chris Gethard Show[8] and ASSSSCAT 3000[6] at the UCB Theater.
Ratliff and Newman had performed together in a show at the UCB Theatre called Star Wars Improv, where Newman had dressed in a costume of Watto, the merchant from The Phantom Menace, he had assembled to attend a midnight screening of The Force Awakens, while Ratliff dressed in a high quality Boba Fett costume; halfway through the show, Ratliff removed his Boba Fett helmet to reveal himself in full George Lucas makeup and performed the remainder of the show as George Lucas.
[5] Featured guests of the theatre shows included Jon Hamm, Janeane Garofalo, Nicole Byer, Sonia Manzano, Ira Glass, Chris Gethard, Ben Schwartz, Peter Serafinowicz, Bobby Moynihan, David K. Harbour, Solo writer Jonathan Kasdan, Meredith Vieira, and musicians like Aimee Mann, Mike Doughty, and Will Butler.
A GoFundMe page had been set up to benefit the out-of-work UCB Theatre employees and it solidified the interest in bringing the show back in a new format.
During discussions on what exactly they would do during the live stream, Connor brought up the idea to watch all fourteen canonical live-action Star Wars film in chronological order, including all 9 films of the Skywalker Saga; Solo; Rogue One; the two Ewok movies; and the Star Wars Holiday Special.
[3][20][21] Frequent guests of the streamed iteration included Chris Gethard, Robert Wuhl, Zach Cherry, and Rich Sommer, the latter making occasional appearances as a character named Steven Charleston.
Notable guests included Rachel Zegler, Julian Glover, Sarah Natochenny, Lea Thompson, Dana Ashbrook, Richard Kind, Jason Mantzoukas, Haley Joel Osment, Emily St. James, Adam Conover, Noah Segan, Mara Wilson, Bill Oakley, Cheri Oteri, Alan Sepinwall, Patton Oswalt, the McElroy brothers, Tony Hale, Paul F. Tompkins, Terry Notary, Sasheer Zamata, Bruce Vilanch, Ethan Slater, Angelo Badalamenti, Brian Henson, Ahmed Best, and Bob Odenkirk in his first media appearance following a heart attack.
[25] The show now mixes live and broadcast performances, with guests of this iteration including Rachel Zegler, Paul Scheer, Jason Mantzoukas, Zach Cherry, Paul F. Tompkins, Aimee Mann, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Seth Meyers, Steve Whitmire, D'Arcy Carden, Marceline Hugot, Andrew Barth Feldman, Gary Whitta, Jean Grae, David Krumholtz, Lee Unkrich, X Mayo, Rob Huebel, Kate Walsh, Melissa Fumero, James Austin Johnson, Thomas Lennon, Amber Nash, Bebe Neuwirth, Michael Giacchino, Richard Kind, Colin Hanks, and Amy Irving.
"[18] On their new live streaming format, Sean L. McCarthy of The New York Times writes "One thing Twitch allows that live theater never can: light-speed interactivity among performers and the public alike... audience members contributed fan art and memes related to discussion topics in real time, while Newman was able to display a cup topped with a Watto figurine as soon as one of the guests, the actor Taran Killam, mentioned once owning one as a child.