The second working title, "We Have a Bad Feeling About This," was a reference to the recurring catchphrase used in the Star Wars films. It was announced in March 2009 that the cast of the show had read through an early draft of the script under the working title, "Episode VI: The Great Muppet Caper".
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This was the last episode in the series to use hand-drawn animatics, before transitioning to computer-designed animatics. The episode was directed by Dominic Polcino, who had previously directed " Blue Harvest". Butler wrote the first draft of the episode in four weeks, under the guidance of series creator Seth MacFarlane. The episode was written by series regular Kirker Butler, before the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, and before his leave from the series in order to become co-executive producer of the Family Guy spinoff series The Cleveland Show. "Something, Something, Something, Dark Side" Main article: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
MacFarlane said they were extremely helpful when the Family Guy crew wanted to parody their works. The episode was officially endorsed by Lucasfilm, especially George Lucas, who revealed in his conversation with MacFarlane that he has TiVoed every single episode of Family Guy without having to buy the DVDs and, in addition to Jackass, it's the only show he watches. Parts of this episode were shown at Star Wars Celebration IV, at which Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane, a Star Wars fan since childhood, was a special guest, and again at Comic-Con International 2007. The episode aired on September 23, 2007, with some slight changes from the clips shown at Comic Con. "Blue Harvest" Main article: Blue Harvest (Family Guy)Īt the 2007 Comic Con, a series of clips was shown at a panel for Family Guy from the season premiere episode, showing the Family Guy characters as Star Wars characters. Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picardįamily Guy creator Seth MacFarlane served as executive producer for the trilogy.
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Conway Twitty as Himself ( archive footage).Ted Knight as Judge Smails (live-action footage from Caddyshack).Joe Flaherty as Western Union worker from Back to the Future Part II.Tom Selleck as Himself (live-action footage from Her Alibi).Michael Pataki as Nicoli Koloff (live-action footage from Rocky IV).Brigitte Nielsen as Ludmilla Vobet Drago (live-action footage from Rocky IV).Dolph Lundgren as Captain Ivan Drago (live-action footage from Rocky IV).Something, Something, Something, Dark Side Mort Goldman as a Jawa / Lando Calrissian.Joe Swanson as Biggs Darklighter / the probe droid / Jabba the Hutt.Consuela as Darth Vader's maid (herself) / Jabba's doorguard.Meg Griffin as the Dianoga / the Exogorth / the Sarlacc.Tom Tucker as Death Star News Anchorman.Carter Pewterschmidt as Owen Lars / Emperor Palpatine.Stewie Griffin as Darth Vader / Anakin Skywalker.A running joke deals with Chris Griffin (voiced by Seth Green) criticizing Peter's take on Star Wars as a ripoff of Robot Chicken: Star Wars, to which Peter argues back about his disappointment with Seth Green films. 3.2 "Something, Something, Something, Dark Side"ĭuring power outages, Peter Griffin tells his family the stories of the original Star Wars trilogy films, with characters from Family Guy, The Cleveland Show, and American Dad playing the Star Wars roles.Its title comes from an insult Han Solo said to Chewbacca in The Empire Strikes Back.
The trilogy was released on Blu-ray and DVD in the United States on December 21, 2010. Due to its popular success, it was followed by two direct-to-video sequels: " Something, Something, Something, Dark Side" (2009) and " It's a Trap!" (2010), which were subsequently aired on television, in edited versions, omitting most profanity and sexual references. The first episode, " Blue Harvest" (2007) was created in honor of the original film's 30th anniversary. The episodes are a remake parody of the original Star Wars films A New Hope (1977), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), and Return of the Jedi (1983). Laugh It Up, Fuzzball: The Family Guy Trilogy consists of three episode specials of the American animated sitcom Family Guy.