"Family Guy" Blue Harvest (2007)

User Rating:

8.4/10   

Director:

Dominic Polcino

Writers:

Seth MacFarlane (creator)
Seth MacFarlane (developer)

TV Series:

"Family Guy" (1999)

Original Air Date:

23 September 2007 (Season 6, Episode 1)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy

Plot:

With the Griffins stuck at home during a blackout, Peter begins to tell a story, which leads to a Star Wars flashback. Acting out scenes from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. |

Plot Keywords:

Star Wars | Stock Footage | Spontaneous Erection | Star Wars Spoof | Tastes Like Chicken Joke

Cast

Seth MacFarlane	...	Peter Griffin as Han Solo / Brian Griffin as Chewbacca / Stewie Griffin as Darth Vader / Glen Quagmire as C-3PO / Tom Tucker as Imperial Newscaster / Carter Pewterschmidt as Uncle Owen / Jake Tucker as Repair Droid / Additional Voices (voice)
Alex Borstein	...	Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / Barbara Pewterschmidt as Aunt Beru (voice)
Seth Green	...	Chris Griffin as Luke Skywalker / Opie as Tusken Raider (voice)
Mila Kunis	...	Meg Griffin as Dianoga (voice)
Mike Henry	...	Cleveland Brown as R2-D2 / Herbert as Obi-Wan Kenobi / Bruce the Performance Artist as Greedo / Fouad as Imperial officer (voice)
Lori Alan	...	Diane Simmons as Imperial Newscaster (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John G. Brennan	...	Mort Goldman as Jawa (voice) (as Johnny Brennan)
Steve Callaghan	...	Rebel Soldier (voice)
Chevy Chase	...	Clark Griswold (voice)
Beverly D'Angelo	...	Ellen Griswold (voice)
Mick Hucknall	...	Himself (voice)
Phil LaMarr	...	Ollie Williams as Imperial Meteorologist / Redd Fox (voice)
Rush Limbaugh	...	Himself (voice)
Leslie Nielsen	...	Dr. Rumack (archive footage)
Helen Reddy	...	Herself (voice)
Alec Sulkin	...	Various (voice)
Don Tai	...	Thai Pilot (voice)
John Viener	...	Various (voice)
Patrick Warburton	...	Joe Swanson as Biggs Darklighter (voice)
Adam West	...	Mayor Adam West as Grand Moff Tarkin (voice)

Runtime:

USA:48 min (DVD version)

Certification:

Netherlands:AL | USA:TV-14 | UK:12 | Australia:MA

Trivia:

After the Millenium Falcon jumps to light speed, the "hyperspace" sequence is a spoof of the 1974 opening title theme to "Doctor Who" (1963).

Goofs:

Continuity: A cloud appears in front of one of Tatooine's twin suns too quickly (possibly a deliberate error since the same thing happens in the actual movie.)

Quotes:

[first lines]
Title card/crawl: A long time ago, but somehow in the future... It is a period of civil war and renegade paragraphs floating through space. There's cool space battles, and the bad guy is the good guy's dad. But you don't find that out 'til the next episode. And the hot chick is really the sister of the good guy...

Movie Connections:

References "The Muppet Show" (1976)

Soundtrack:

Quintet in E Major

The Force is strong in this one...

IMHO, Family Guy just keeps getting better and better with each episode..

Last night, I watched this episode, and it just kept topping itself as it went along.

I am glad that Lucas has the good humour to allow this and the Robot Chicken Star Wars episode to be made during this 30th anniversary of his movie.

I'll have to go back and watch this again with some friends of mine just to see their reaction.

I can't wait to see what the rest of this season is going to bring us.. or will the creators of the show push it too far again and get canceled?