Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
- Episode aired May 23, 2010
- TV-14
- 44m
Peter makes good on another power outage at home by retelling Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.Peter makes good on another power outage at home by retelling Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.Peter makes good on another power outage at home by retelling Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.
- Carl as Yoda
- (voice)
- (as Jon Benjamin)
- Mort Goldman as Lando Calrissian
- (voice)
- (as Johnny Brennan)
- Kirker Butler
- (voice)
- James Caan
- (voice)
- John Lennon
- (voice)
- Manuel Vega
- (archive footage)
- (as James 'Cannonball' Greene)
- Emperor Member #4
- (voice)
- Captain Ivan Drago
- (archive footage)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaSeth MacFarlane, the creator of Family Guy, played the voices of 26 different characters, including his usual Peter (Han Solo), Stewie (Darth Vader), Brian (Chewbacca) and Quagmire (C-3PO); this sets a record for most characters voiced in a series.
- GoofsWhen escaping from Hoth, only Leia, Han, and Chewie are seen entering the cockpit of the Falcon, but after Han says "Punch it!", C3PO is sitting behind Chewie.
- Quotes
Peter Griffin: Well, let's see Robot Chicken top this one.
Chris Griffin: Actually, I think they did a pretty good job with that already, Dad.
Peter Griffin: Well, I'll have to take your word for it. I don't watch Comedy Central.
Chris Griffin: It's on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim, Dad. I'm pretty sure you know that.
Peter Griffin: I don't know that. I haven't seen that show in a while and I don't know that anyone else has.
Chris Griffin: Oh, I think plenty of people have. Their fans are pretty loyal to them.
Peter Griffin: Oh yeah? All forty-two of them?
Chris Griffin: [sighs] I'm not gonna let you get to me this time, Dad. I'm not gonna let you get to me.
Peter Griffin: Well, maybe I got time for another story, then. It's called Without a Paddle.
Chris Griffin: Fuck you, Dad!
- Crazy creditsThe credits are played with a Family Guy/Star Wars mix theme.
- Alternate versionsWhen this aired as two-part episode on Fox a line was changed to eliminate a masturbation joke. When Chris/Luke Skywalker asked if his new right hand is "good to go" the medical droid's response was changed from "Yeah, but practice on a hot dog first. Otherwise you might rip your dick off." to "Wow, you're a hard guy to get compliment from!".
- ConnectionsEdited from Her Alibi (1989)
The first Star Wars Family Guy episode was for dedicated Star Wars geeks who enjoyed pointing out inconsistencies or flaws in Lucas' film. The gags in Blue Harvest were funny and relevant, from Stewie's questioning about the meter-wide exhaust port being a big flaw to Herbert's portrayal of Obi-Wan. The jokes were funny, because they lovingly picked on the original story.
The new episode isn't like that. Instead, you get what feels like The Empire Strikes Back done with Family Guy characters, with minimal changes to dialogue. The jokes are weirdly out of place, many just aren't funny at all, and they lack to satirical quality the jokes in Blue Harvest had. You get lames jokes like a guy on Hoth trying to give out bags of ice, or Peter inexplicably punching out Lois when she calls him a nerf-herder, claiming "that's our word." In short, this episode goes for shock effect to get it's gags - either from random violence and swearing to just out of place jokes - instead of good old satire like Blue Harvest did.
I hope the next will be better; God knows Lucas had enough bad material in Jedi for Seth and the team to work with, without resorting to mindless and out of place jokes to get laughs.
- Bernnard_Black
- Dec 30, 2009
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Details
- Runtime44 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1