"Family Guy" Blue Harvest (2007)

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:

The cast list: - Peter as Han Solo - Lois as Leia - Chris as Luke - Quagmire as C-3PO - Cleveland as R2-D2 - Carter as Uncle Owen - Babs as Aunt Beru - Mr. Herbert as Obi-Wan - Opie as a Tusken Raider - Brian as Chewbacca - Bruce as Greedo - Adam West as Governor Tarkin - Stewie as Darth Vader - Meg as the Trash Compactor Dianoga - Fouad, Peter's foreign co-worker who taught him sarcasm, as the Detention Area Imperial - Mort Goldman as a Jawa - Joe Swanson as Biggs Darklighter

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Peter and Chris are getting the couch out of the trash compactor, Brian and Lois are standing on top surface of the garbage water.

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 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)

Soundtrack:

(I've Had) The Time of My Life

Oh My God!!!

This is one of the Single Best (TM) Star Wars parodies I have ever seen. Not only did they make extensive use of the John Williams soundtrack, they also gave credit to him, and even included him and the London Symphony Orchestra as characters (not to mention the multi-talented Danny Elfman), but they actually reproduced in exquisite detail many of the critical special effects (from the original, not the special edition)! Also, the references to Robot Chicken's parody (not even nearly as good) and Cartoon Network (carefully, and as such, even more skillfully avoiding references to Fox) were particularly priceless! If these folks were given carte Blanche and an unlimited budget for the entire saga . . . Oh - My - G-O-D! I can only hope . . . !