It was simply a joke, hell, I don\'t even like Star Wars.
Movies filmed in Australia are generally blockbusters (Matrix, MI:2, Star Wars E1, Moulin Rouge etc) thats all.
As for Kiwi\'s, they need to learn how to talk properly. I swear I heard someone from New Zealand today on Ricki Lake and no one could understand them. Ricki asked her twice to repeat the question...