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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, Peter plays Han Solo, Lois is Princess Leia, Stewie becomes Darth Vader, Brian plays Chewbacca, and Chris is Luke Skywalker. Cleveland and Quagmire will play the parts of R2-D2 and C-3PO, while Herbert is the wise Obi-Wan Kenobi. Add a recap »

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Writers:: Alec Sulkin

Director:: Dominic Polcino

Stars:: Mike Henry (VI) (Cleveland/Herbert/Performance Artist/Greased-Up Deaf Guy (and various)); Seth Green (Chris (and various)); Seth MacFarlane (Peter / Stewie / Brian / Quagmire / Tom Tucker (and various)); Alex Borstein (Lois (and various)); Mila Kunis (Meg (season 2+))

Recurring Role:: Ralph Garman (Various); Phil LaMarr (Various); Mark Hentemann (Various); Alec Sulkin (Various); John Viener (Various); Wally Wingert (Various); Adam West (Mayor Adam West); Johnny Brennan (Various); Danny Smith (IV) (Various)

Guest Star:: Mick Hucknall (Himself); Rush Limbaugh (Himself); Helen Reddy (Herself); Alex Thomas (Various); Don Tai (n/a); Steve Callaghan (Various); Beverly D'Angelo (Ellen Griswold); Chevy Chase (Clark Griswold); Leslie Nielsen (Dr. Rumack (archive recording)); Luke Adams (n/a); H. Jon Benjamin (n/a); Kirker Butler (Various)

When Red October is shown all the X-Wings around it have their S-foils already open, but 2 shots later their S-foils are just opening up. edit »
The episode occasionally problematizes the events of A New Hope. Most notably, Luke questions whether Han is correct in using parsecs as a measure of time rather than distance, a common source of debate among fans. edit »
The Star Destroyer in the beginning scene has a Bush/Cheney 2004 bumper sticker. edit »
When Chris (Luke) is flying down the trench of the Death Star, his targeting computer shows an increasing number at the bottom of the screen. However, in A New Hope, the number is decreasing, as it is supposed to measure distance to the exhaust port at the end of the trench. edit »
This episode does a callback to Al Harrington's "Wacky waiving inflatable arm-flailing tube men" fromStewie Griffin: The Untold Story with Darth Harrington and his "Intergalactic proton powered electrical tentacled advertising droids." edit »

For this episode, the show was nominated for an Emmy for "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour Or More)". edit »
In the Animatic Version, the following quotes were used as a lead-in to the Star Wars spoof:

Peter: This is the greatest story ever told.
Chris: You mean the story of Jesus?
Peter: No! I mean a real story! edit »
In the Animatic Version of this episode, Carl portrays the officer in the cell block 7 scene. This is why he was originally credited in the television version. edit »
This is counted as episodes number 96 and 97 edit »
Seth Green is the co-creator of Robot Chicken, this is why Chris defended Robot Chicken in his argument at the end with Peter. edit »

Stormtrooper: The Death Star is getting closer!
Quagmire (C-3PO): And Leia's getting l-a-a-arger! (jiggles Leia's stomach) edit »
(to Quagmire [C-3PO])
Cleveland (R2-D2): You still got that bag I gave you? It's gonna be a long ride. edit »
Chris (Luke): Look at this! Who throws out half a pizza?
Peter (Han): And look at this couch. Sombody threw out a whole couch and it's in great shape.
Brian (Chewbacca): Yeah, put a little Febreeze on that, scrub it out a little bit, it'd look great in your appartment.
Peter (Han): You know what? I know we got a dangerous job to do here, but... I'm taking this. I'm taking this couch. edit »
Red Leader: All wings, check in!
Red 3: Red 3, standing by!
Red 6: Red 6, standing by!
Red 5: Red 5, standing by!
Red Button: Red Button, standing by!
Red Foxx: Red Foxx, standing by!
Big Red: Big Red, standing by!
Red October: Red October, standing by!
Helen Reddy: Helen Reddy, standing by!
Simply Red: Simply Red, standing by! edit »
Stormtrooper #1: Hey, did you hear something?
Stormtrooper #2: Probably just another drill. You know, that last drill we had, I was about to finally bone my girlfriend, and then we heard that there was this drill, and she told me there was no way. edit »

The Breakfast Club

The guy asking the man addressing the pilots whether Barry Manilow knows he raids his closet is a reference to the movie The Breakfast Club, in which one of the students that always has detention asks the principal a similar question. edit »
Chewbacca: Wacca, wacca!

This is a reference to the Muppet Fozzie Bear, who often says "Wacca, wacca". edit »
THX-1138

Han says, "Prisoner transfer from cell block 1138." THX-1138 was an early short film by Star Wars creator George Lucas. edit »
Sanford and Son

Foxx dies saying "I'm comin', Elizabeth!" after he is shot down, as he often did when playing Fred Sanford. edit »
Han Shot First

In Star Wars fandom, the phrase "Han Shot First" refers to the scene between Han Solo and Greedo in the cantina. In the original Star Wars release, Han Solo shot Greedo first. In each subsequent re-release, the scene was changed to show Greedo shooting first (which many fans disapproved of). In this episode, Peter/Han shoots first, mimicking the original version of the scene. edit »

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Jordan1366
member since: Sep 10, 2008
Blue Harvest
The Bottom Line: "Well written"
What a great episode, cant wait for the next one ...Continue »
09/13/08 01:52am | report abuse
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almerbunspojul
member since: Sep 5, 2008
Blue Harvest
The Bottom Line: "Another great installment"
Perfect! Just what i would expect from the genius of Seth Mcfarlane. ...Continue »
09/05/08 09:54am | report abuse
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Shinigami124
member since: May 11, 2008
Blue Harvest
The Bottom Line: "Painful to watch"
Why did this get a dvd? ...Continue »
08/25/08 02:55pm | report abuse
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SuperMan919
member since: Jun 5, 2006
Blue Harvest
The Bottom Line: "Exactly why I watch this series"
Terrific episode. ...Continue »
08/04/08 01:08pm | report abuse
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hippy_91
member since: May 14, 2008
Blue Harvest
The Bottom Line: "Exactly why I watch this series"
A better Family Guy episode ...Continue »
07/26/08 05:27pm | report abuse