 Star Wars is frequently referenced in 30 Rock , beginning with the pilot episode in 2006 where Tracy is seen shouting that he is a Jedi . Liz admits to being a huge fan of Star Wars , saying that she had watched it many times with Pete Hornberger ( Scott Adsit ) , and dressed up as the Star Wars character Princess Leia during four recent Halloweens , and while trying to get out of jury duty in Chicago and New York . Star Wars is also referenced when Tracy takes on the identity of the character Chewbacca . In this episode , the TGS crew tells Liz " Do something Liz , you 're our only hope " , in regards to the cutbacks . This line was said by Princess Leia in the Star Wars movies , in which she was played by actress Carrie Fisher , who guest @-@ starred in the season two episode " Rosemary 's Baby " . Tina Fey , a fan of Star Wars herself , said that the weekly Star Wars joke or reference " started happening organically " when the crew realized that they had a Star Wars reference " in almost every show " . Fey said that from then on " it became a thing where [ they ] tried to keep it going " , and that even though they could not include one in every episode , they still had a " pretty high batting average " . Fey attributed most of the references to executive producer and writer Robert Carlock , whom she described as " the resident expert " . At the end of the episode , when Kenneth enters his apartment and sees all the birds given to him by Jenna and Tracy , he declares he has some naming to do . The last two birds he names " Lorne " and " Michael " , a reference to the executive producer of Saturday Night Live , Lorne Michaels , who is credited on the screen during the line . 
