"Family Guy" Blue Harvest (2007)

Directors:

Dominic Polcino
Peter Shin

Writers:

Seth MacFarlane (creator)
Seth MacFarlane (developer) ...
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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 Spoof | Wilhelm Scream | Tastes Like Chicken Joke | Killed On The Day Before One's Retirement | Authorized Parody

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)
Alec Sulkin	...	Various (voice)
Don Thai Theerathada	...	Thai Pilot (voice) (as Don Tai)
John Viener	...	Various (voice)
Patrick Warburton	...	Joe Swanson as Biggs Darklighter (voice)
Adam West	...	Mayor Adam West as Grand Moff Tarkin (voice)
Mark Hentemann	...	Opie as Tusken Raider (voice) (uncredited)
Judd Nelson	...	John Bender (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Dominic Polcino
Peter Shin		(supervising director)

Writing credits
Seth MacFarlane		(creator)
Seth MacFarlane		(developer) &
David Zuckerman		(developer)
Alec Sulkin		(written by)

Produced by
Alex Borstein	....	supervising producer
Steve Callaghan	....	co-executive producer
Kim Fertman	....	associate producer
David A. Goodman	....	executive producer
Mike Henry	....	supervising producer
Seth MacFarlane	....	executive producer
Chris Sheridan	....	executive producer
Shannon Smith	....	animation producer
Kara Vallow	....	producer

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Joseph Lee	....	assistant director

Art Department
Steve Fonti	....	storyboard artist
Kevin Hanley	....	color designer
Kevin Hanley	....	color stylist
Michael Kinkade	....	color designer
Michael Kinkade	....	color stylist
Cynthia McIntosh	....	color stylist
Bao Nguyen	....	storyboard artist
Michael Rundle	....	storyboard artist (as Mike Rundle)
Joe Vaux	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Patrick S. Clark	....	production sound mixer
Jim Fitzpatrick	....	sound re-recording mixer
Bob Newlan	....	supervising sound editor
Jeremy Olsen	....	assistant sound editor

Visual Effects by
Bernard Mendiburu	....	visual effects: 2D/3D conversion

Animation Department
Matt Barrios	....	animatic editor
Anthony Blasucci	....	assistant retake coordinator
Peter R. Brown	....	overseas animation supervisor
Peter Ehrlich	....	color stylist
Phil Langone	....	storyboard artist
Kip Noschese	....	background designer

Editorial Department
Eric Brown	....	assistant editor
Bradley Winters	....	scanner

Music Department
Patrick S. Clark	....	music editor
Stan Jones	....	music editor
Tommy Morgan	....	musician: harmonica
Walter Murphy	....	composer: additional music
Todd Sheidenberger	....	orchestrator
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation
Ron Grainer	....	composer: Doctor Who Theme (uncredited)

Other crew
Kevin Biggins	....	executive assistant
Cherry Chevapravatdumrong	....	executive story editor
Christopher Glenn	....	production assistant
Artie Johann	....	production assistant
Spencer Porter	....	assistant: Seth MacFarlane (as A. Spencer Porter)
Kat Purgal	....	production assistant
Shawn Ries	....	production assistant
Sean Perry	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Seth MacFarlane		creator

Produced by
Richard Rosenstock	....	consulting producer

Film Editing by
Harold McKenzie
Karyn Finley Thompson		(as Karyn Finley Powell)

Production Design by
Salene Weatherwax

Production Management
Patrick Welborn	....	assistant production supervisor
Patrick Welborn	....	production supervisor

Art Department
Julie Forte	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Michael Babcock	....	sound effects editor
Stephen Fitzmaurice	....	adr mixer
Shawn Ian Kerkhoff	....	adr mixer (multiple episodes)
Shawn Ian Kerkhoff	....	production sound editor (multiple episodes)
Shawn Ian Kerkhoff	....	production sound mixer (multiple episodes)
Eric Lewis	....	assistant dialogue recording engineer
Helen Luttrell	....	foley editor
Conner Moore	....	additional dialogue recordist
Elmo Ponsdomenech	....	sound re-recording mixer (pilot episode)

Animation Department
Alissa Kueker	....	animatic scanner (2006)

Editorial Department
Daniel Ridgers	....	post-production coordinator

Music Department
John Elg	....	conductor
Mark Graham	....	music librarian
Jason Lloyd	....	scoring cue mixer
John Rodd	....	orchestral scoring recordist
Christine Sirois	....	score recordist
Tom Steel	....	scoring stage manager
Bill Talbott	....	scoring technician

Other crew
Joanna Fuller	....	assistant: David Goodman (2004-2005)
Marci Proietto	....	production executive (2004)
Brooke Roberts	....	script coordinator (2004-2005)
Roy Allen Smith	....	supervising director
Amanda Young	....	design coordinator

Production Companies

• Fuzzy Door Productions
• 20th Century Fox Television

Distributors

• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (UK) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Amazon.com (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Comedy Central (2009) (Hungary) (TV)
• Fox Network (2007) (USA) (TV)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Runtime:

USA:48 min (DVD version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Netherlands:AL | USA:TV-14 | UK:12 | Australia:MA | Australia:M (blu-ray)

Company:

Fuzzy Door Productions

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: During a light saber duel between Obi Wan (Herbert) and Darth Vader (Stewie), Darth Vader uses a red light saber. After killing Obi Wan, Darth Vader is seen with a blue light saber as stormtroopers fire on the Millennium Falcon as it departs. In the next shot that shows Darth Vader, he is again holding a red light saber.

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:

Spoofs Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (2005) (V)

Soundtrack:

Minnie The Moocher

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.