I was excited to discover that the final episode of Family Guy Season 7 will be a 1hr long sequel to the Season 6 Star Wars episode Family Guy: Blue Harvest.
The episode will be titled Something, Something, Something, Dark Side.
Basically Something, Something, Something, Dark Side will be a parody of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.
Awesome!
Origins
The title came from a cut-away scene in Family Guy’s season 5 episode, Barely Legal. When The Emperor discovered the formula for perfect Star Wars dialogue:
“Something, something, something dark side.
Something, something, something complete.”
Production
Season 7 of Family Guy will air in the US on the FOX Network on September 28, 2008. Something, Something, Something, Dark Side will be episodes 21 and 22. So, presumably Something, Something, Something, Dark Side will air 21 weeks later on Feb 22nd.
It’s rumoured that Something, Something, Something, Dark Side will air with little or no commercial interruption, presumably lasting a full hour. There has been speculation that Something, Something, Something, Dark Side may be released on DVD just before the TV premiere.
Family Guy and Star Wars
With Seth MacFarlane and many of the other Family Guy writers being Star Wars fans, I have always felt that a sequel to Family Guy: Blue Harvest was inevitable. In an interview with StarWars.com Family Guy Creator Seth MacFaralane said:
“The great thing about Lucasfilm is that they allow people like us to embrace that fandom and have some fun.
The only reason we were able to do ‘Family Guy: Blue Harvest’ is because we have so many writers who know the [Star Wars] films so well they can recite it from start to finish. It’s something that never really leaves people’s heads.”
Hopefully Something, Something, Something, Dark Side will also be officially endorsed by Lucasfilm; George Lucas is a huge fan of Family Guy.
Mort Goldman will appear in Something, Something, Something, Dark Side as Lando Calrissian, I’ve also heard that the Giant Chicken, Peter’s arch-nemesis, will appear as Boba-Fett.
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Family Guy: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
To be honest as a huge Family Guy fan and a huge Star Wars fan (whose favourite film is still Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back); I’m really excited about this!
What are your comments about Something, Something, Something, Dark Side?
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August 14th, 2008 at 8:38 pm
Good news indeed! I have not seen the entire Blue Harvest, but have seen a good amount of it to know I like it. I guess they will eventually do a Return of the Jedi episode as well.
August 15th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
Fantastic, I always look forward to new Family Guy. And it was only natural that they would complete the trilogy!
No doubt we’ll see the season 8 finale as a brilliant parody of Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi Ewoks and all.
I’d also recommend the Robot Chicken - Star Wars Special. Very funny!
August 15th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
New Family Guy is 2nd in my list of requirements only to oxygen. Sick of endless Family Guy repeats on BBC3. new season 7 will rule, season 6 was genius, so moody in places.
Something, something, something, dark side.
Something, something, something, complete.
Something, something, something, lmao!
December 30th, 2008 at 1:08 am
Why just stop with Return of the Jedi. Complete the saga.
For Family Guy’s Return of the Jedi, I think Dr. Hartman should play Jabba the Hut, Greased up Deaf Guy should play the Ewoks, Bruce as The Emporer, and Tom Tucker as Yoda.
December 31st, 2008 at 12:29 am
Ha ha, good idea!
But does he portray all of them, as a single, figurative Ewok?
Or do they all look like him like the Oompa-Lumpas in Chocolate Factory?
I dont know which is funnier, lol.
January 5th, 2009 at 1:55 am
For ROTJ, they should get the Evil Monkey as the Emperor. He would have made a good Yoda, maybe, but that part is for the movie-loving store manager and Chris’ boss Carl.