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
At the end, Peter and Chris argue over a similar episode of Robot Chicken. Seth Green, the voice of Chris, is the co-creator, director, and producer of "Robot Chicken". Seth MacFarlane, creator of Family Guy and voice actor for Peter even appeared in the Robot Chicken parody.
The DVD release included a second disc which featured a "digital backup presentation" which could be used to put the feature on a computer, and therefore be uploaded to digital entertainment devices like iPods. While this feature has become common now for new DVD releases, it was unheard of when the DVD of Blue Harvest came out.
Mark Hamill pulled out of doing a DVD commentary in protest over Peter's line about how Harrison Ford was the only actor whose career wasn't destroyed by Star Wars.
Among the aliens in the cantina scene is Coach McGuirk from the animated series Home Movies, Bender from Futurama and Roger the alien from American Dad!.