# The hourlong Family Guy Star Wars episode 09/23/07 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 24, 2007, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hourlong-family-guy-star-wars-episode-09-23-07/420251 "2007-09-24T02:05:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hourlong-family-guy-star-wars-episode-09-23-07/420251/1 "2007-09-24T02:05:33Z")
Anybody else see this? I’ve been getting less and less interested in _Family Guy_ since it got revived, but this was, I have to admit, pretty good. A couple of favorite details: In the cantina, one of the aliens is Roger, the alien from _American Dad_. And I loved it when, in a show that contained snarky and irreverent comments about pretty much everything in the movie, Han shot first in the cantina scene and they made no comment about it at all. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hourlong-family-guy-star-wars-episode-09-23-07/420251/2 "2007-09-24T02:09:58Z")
This was pretty good. “It is a time of civil war and rogue paragraphs floating through space.” “Aren’t you a little fat to be a stormtrooper?” “Alright then, go save yourself, you insensitive bitch.” “Red leader standing by.” “Red Five standing by.” “Red Three standing by.” “Red Buttons standing by.” “Red Foxx standing by.” “Big Red standing by.” “Red October standing by.” “Helen Reddy standing by.” “Simply Red standing by.” ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hourlong-family-guy-star-wars-episode-09-23-07/420251/3 "2007-09-24T02:11:11Z")
Dr. Who hyperspace cracked me up. I was cackling through the whole episode, but that made me roll off the couch. I loved the bit at the end about the Robot Chicken Star Wars episode as well. “I read part of a review online.” “You’re a jerk!” ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hourlong-family-guy-star-wars-episode-09-23-07/420251/4 "2007-09-24T02:13:18Z")
I thought it was great. I laughed long and hard on Aunt Birue’s “Over my burned carcass” to Luke’s rebelious talk. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hourlong-family-guy-star-wars-episode-09-23-07/420251/5 "2007-09-24T02:13:34Z")
Well, I’d love to watch it, but it’s currently down on my dish and I was busy watching football, planning to watch it later. So I’ll start looking at Youtube. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hourlong-family-guy-star-wars-episode-09-23-07/420251/6 "2007-09-24T02:18:41Z")
I’m not sure which credits revelation was more surprising- that Helen Reddy, Rush Limbaugh, and Chevy Chase did their own voices or that they actually bothered to get permission from Atari for the _Asteroids_ gag. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hourlong-family-guy-star-wars-episode-09-23-07/420251/7 "2007-09-24T02:22:32Z")
The Bush/Cheney sticker on the back of the star destroyer was awesome. I also liked the shot at Angelina Jolie in the paragraphs at the beginning (that was exactly the same way I first saw _Gia_, btw, so it was extra funny to me). Meg as the garbage worm and pretty much nothing else was also fitting. Who hasn’t gone through that couch scenario? What is the name of the pervy old man again? Brilliant that he was Obi Wan. ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hourlong-family-guy-star-wars-episode-09-23-07/420251/8 "2007-09-24T02:22:35Z")
I thought this was going to be about the Robot Chicken one. “Your tastebuds can’t handle flavour of this magnitude!” ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_in\_second\_hand\_clothing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9d8465/32.png) [@wolf\_in\_second\_hand\_clothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_in_second_hand_clothing)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hourlong-family-guy-star-wars-episode-09-23-07/420251/9 "2007-09-24T02:23:21Z")
I liked it. I was really torn over whether I should watch that, or the _Rock of Love_ bonus footage episode. I stand by my decision, mostly because they’ll rerun ROL about 30 times this week before the finale. “Let me show you around since no one is trying to stop this ship or blast us.” “Stop that ship! Blast them!” ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hourlong-family-guy-star-wars-episode-09-23-07/420251/10 "2007-09-24T02:23:22Z")
Favorite line of the whole thing: “Aren’t you a little fat for a stormtrooper?” “Well then stay here and rot, you stuck-up bitch!” I damned near died from inhaling a lungful of Coke, before spewing it all over the living room. Have you ever tried laughing while barfing a lung? ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hourlong-family-guy-star-wars-episode-09-23-07/420251/11 "2007-09-24T02:28:11Z")
[QUOTE=Revenant Threshold] I thought this was going to be about the Robot Chicken one. [/QUOTE] I don’t think anybody remembers that. Sure, _Robot Chicken_ may be the highest-rated show on Cartoon Network, and that episode doubled its base, but two times 10 viewers is like, 20 viewers. > [@Jackelope](#): > > In the cantina, one of the aliens is Roger, the alien from American Dad. I didn’t notice that, but I did notice Coach McGuirk from _Home Movies_. ---
**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hourlong-family-guy-star-wars-episode-09-23-07/420251/12 "2007-09-24T02:43:42Z")
I missed it. Is it coming back on soon, or do I have to pursue other channels??? ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hourlong-family-guy-star-wars-episode-09-23-07/420251/13 "2007-09-24T02:49:41Z")
I think Adult Swim on Cartoon Network will have it in a week or two. How does that agreement work again between Fox and Cartoon Network? ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hourlong-family-guy-star-wars-episode-09-23-07/420251/14 "2007-09-24T02:56:55Z")
[QUOTE=mobo85] I didn’t notice that, but I did notice Coach McGuirk from _Home Movies_. [/QUOTE] 😃 McGuirk! That was a rare understated gag from the Family Guy bunch. I also liked the _Airplane!_ jokes thrown in towards the end. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hourlong-family-guy-star-wars-episode-09-23-07/420251/15 "2007-09-24T03:00:56Z")
[QUOTE=Rubystreak] What is the name of the pervy old man again? Brilliant that he was Obi Wan. [/QUOTE] Wiki sez [“Herbert”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_%28Family_Guy%29). ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hourlong-family-guy-star-wars-episode-09-23-07/420251/16 "2007-09-24T03:27:49Z")
[QUOTE=SpazCat] Dr. Who hyperspace cracked me up. I was cackling through the whole episode, but that made me roll off the couch. … [/QUOTE] I lost it when I saw Tom Baker. That was great. I saw Bender in the Cantina scene at a table in the back. I am watching it off the DVR, so I am a little delayed. Jim ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hourlong-family-guy-star-wars-episode-09-23-07/420251/17 "2007-09-24T03:50:27Z")
Oh damn, no one mentioned the Leslie Nielson bit from Airplane? The “Red” gags were funny, even though I screwed up and already read about it. Another Airplane Gag with “And Leia is getting larger” Jim ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hourlong-family-guy-star-wars-episode-09-23-07/420251/18 "2007-09-24T03:55:22Z")
I’m sure I missed a lot of background stuff though. Lots of nerd references. “But isn’t a parsec a measure of distance?”. It was great. For those not nerdy enough [Seth Green](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_Green) voices Chris Griffin and is the co-creator and producer of Robot Chicken. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hourlong-family-guy-star-wars-episode-09-23-07/420251/19 "2007-09-24T04:00:19Z")
Somehow not having an audience cheering every five seconds diminishes it. There’s a wealth of potential material in _Star Wars_ to satirize, which makes the song-and-dance number bit from _Dirty Dancing_ kind of annoying; it has nothing to do with _Star Wars_ but it’s entirely too typical of _Family Guy_ - bringing the show to a screeching halt with an interminable overdone joke. Having to get estimates before blocking up the station’s one vulnerable spot cracked me up, though, as well as “Keep the health plan, I just want a railing! Is that too much to ask?!” ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hourlong-family-guy-star-wars-episode-09-23-07/420251/20 "2007-09-24T04:00:23Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Oh damn, no one mentioned the Leslie Nielson bit from Airplane? [/QUOTE] Post 14 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hourlong-family-guy-star-wars-episode-09-23-07/420251.md?page=2)