Blue Harvest (23 Sep. 2007)

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.

Directors:

Dominic Polcino, Peter Shin

Writers:

Seth MacFarlane (creator), Seth MacFarlane (developer),

Stars:

Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Seth MacFarlane	...	Peter Griffin as Han Solo / Brian Griffin as Chewbacca / Stewie Griffin as Darth Vader / Glenn Quagmire as C-3PO / Tom Tucker as Imperial Newscaster / Carter Pewterschmidt as Uncle Owen / Additional Voices (voice)
Alex Borstein	...	Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / Barbara Pewterschmidt as Aunt Beru (voice)
Seth Green	...	Chris Griffin as Luke Skywalker (voice)
Mila Kunis	...	Meg Griffin (voice)
Mike Henry	...	Cleveland Brown as R2-D2 / John 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 / Red 6 (voice)
Leslie Nielsen	...	Dr. Rumack (archive footage)
Helen Reddy	...	Herself (voice)

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

star wars spoof | wilhelm scream | tastes like chicken joke | killed on the day before one's retirement | authorized parody | 

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 September 2007 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fuzzy Door Productions, 20th Century Fox Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

48 min 48 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

According to the DVD commentary, archival footage was used of Leslie Nielsen's lines from Airplane! because he was apparently "too expensive."

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Goofs

After the light saber duel between Herbert (Obi Wan) and Stewie (Darth Vader), Brian (Chewbacca) and Peter Griffin (Han Solo) run out with the couch. When they are arguing with each other on how to get the couch into the Millennium Falcon, the laser blasts are actually going the wrong way. The Storm Troopers are on the right of them firing to the left, but the the laser blasts are coming from the left of them and going right. You can clearly see there wasn't any Storm Troopers on the left of them as they were running to the ship.

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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, but they don't know it and they kiss. Which is kind of messed up. I mean, what if they had done it instead of just kissed? Angelina Jolie kissed her brother. Yeah, she did. You know it, I ...

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Connections

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

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Soundtracks

"Quintet in E Major"
(uncredited)
Composed by Luigi Boccherini

User Reviews

About Family Guy

Hi, I wanted to comment on the season premiere of the Family Guy. Wow, what an episode. Not to give too much away, any fan of the show will love this episode. I thought the animation was first rate. It reminded me of the animation of the Simpsons movie. Some scenes were pretty much third dimensional. I liked the shots of the planets and of the spaceships. Also, it was a pretty accurate take off of the first Star Wars movie, which I saw as a kid. I was wondering who going to play Obi Wan Kenobi and I was right on my guess, the old man pervert, and Stewie as Darth Vader was hilarious too. I did notice that Meg wasn't involved though. Also, I liked the Robot Chicken conversation at the end, with Chris and Peter arguing about it. That's an in joke, because Seth Green is a creator of Robot Chicken and he is the voice of Chris. I would say that was Family Guy at it's best last night. There are so many bad shows on TV nowadays, it's great to see there is some good shows left that actually believe in good and creative writing and film-making. I am so glad that shows like Simpsons, Family Guy and South Park are still around. They are a ray of hope in a vast wasteland of mediocrity, bad acting and writing. God, Simpsons has been on for 18 years and I still get laughs out of it.