# 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:** 3
**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, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hourlong-family-guy-star-wars-episode-09-23-07/420251/41 "2007-09-24T15:12:27Z")
[QUOTE=Sean Factotum] Obviously, Lucas gave permission for this episode because of the music, right? [/QUOTE] Yes. Lucas is very lenient when it comes to _Star Wars_ parodies (he’s a big fan of them, apparently), and this episode was done with Lucasfilm’s approval. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hourlong-family-guy-star-wars-episode-09-23-07/420251/42 "2007-09-24T15:50:11Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] I agree the _Dirty Dancing_ musical bit went on waaaaaaaay too long. Otherwise it was a lot of fun. [/QUOTE] If they needed filler, I would have liked to have seen them re-use the mission briefing scene where Luke talks about womp rats and they end it with the Curb Your Enthusiasm music. But replaced with Chris as Luke. A parody of a parody. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hourlong-family-guy-star-wars-episode-09-23-07/420251/43 "2007-09-24T16:02:04Z")
A possibly overlooked joke: Before the reminiscing started, they said something about telling the story of Meg’s birth. Peter goes, “we got halfway home with the afterbirth before we realized it wasn’t Meg.” ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hourlong-family-guy-star-wars-episode-09-23-07/420251/44 "2007-09-24T16:03:33Z")
[QUOTE=The Controvert] If they needed filler, I would have liked to have seen them re-use the mission briefing scene where Luke talks about womp rats and they end it with the Curb Your Enthusiasm music. But replaced with Chris as Luke. A parody of a parody. [/QUOTE] I so thought they were going there. That is one of the funniest bits ever. “You really sandbagged me back there!” ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hourlong-family-guy-star-wars-episode-09-23-07/420251/45 "2007-09-24T16:03:35Z")
[QUOTE=The Controvert] If they needed filler, I would have liked to have seen them re-use the mission briefing scene where Luke talks about womp rats and they end it with the Curb Your Enthusiasm music. But replaced with Chris as Luke. A parody of a parody. [/QUOTE] Speaking of womp rats. . .they mentioned that the holes were two meters wide and someone (was it Darth Stewie) goes, “well, that’s not much bigger than a womp rat.” Then, later, Luke goes, “if you need me, I’ll be targeting womp rats with my T-16.” ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hourlong-family-guy-star-wars-episode-09-23-07/420251/46 "2007-09-24T16:29:54Z")
I watched it around 1:30 in the morning and fell asleep halfway through, but I’ll finish watching it. However, I didn’t love it. I guess I’m tired of Star Wars parodies, but it was pretty much like they went through the plot and dialog of Star Wars and threw some jokes in every so often. Ok, that’s sort of the definition of parody, but it just fell flat with me for some reason, maybe FG and Star Wars are just too far removed. But, I thought the art was pretty damn good, especially the space shots of the starships. That makes me want to see some new animated Star Wars movies/shows. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hourlong-family-guy-star-wars-episode-09-23-07/420251/47 "2007-09-24T16:40:13Z")
One of my favorites: Flunky: The hole is only about two meters wide. Adam West/Tarkin: Why, that’s no bigger than a womprat! -FrL- ---
**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, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hourlong-family-guy-star-wars-episode-09-23-07/420251/48 "2007-09-24T17:09:31Z")
[QUOTE=middleman] - Meg as the garbage monster was awesome, but where was Joe? They included the gay guy, the mentally handicapped guy from work, Mayor West, and the Canadian “Bone my girlfriend” guy, but not Joe? [/QUOTE] The stormtroopers seemed to have the same distinct build as Joe (_I’m Joe, my legs don’t work but I make up for it by having a strong upper body_), but I don’t think they used Patrick Warburten for their voices. I was expecting a joke where they all took off their helmets and they were all clones of Joe, but that never happened. I wouldn’t be surprised if they had something like that, but cut it from the final version. ---
**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, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hourlong-family-guy-star-wars-episode-09-23-07/420251/49 "2007-09-24T18:20:12Z")
Heck, I wanted to see Brian get all miffed because he doesn’t get a medal at the end. “It’s because I’m a second-class citizen!” And after the opening text that went how creepy it was to find out Luke and Leia were siblings, why not include the Tarzan-swing across the shaft with Lois kissing Chris? This episode didn’t need filler - they just missed more opportunities to spoof the source material. ---
**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, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hourlong-family-guy-star-wars-episode-09-23-07/420251/50 "2007-09-24T18:21:31Z")
As an afterthought, I think Billy Dee Williams did okay after _Star Wars_, or at least I can’t imagine the role _hurt_ him. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hourlong-family-guy-star-wars-episode-09-23-07/420251/51 "2007-09-24T18:29:26Z")
[QUOTE=dropzone] DRAW the bloody explosions. Don’t just lift them from a “Star Wars” DVD. [/QUOTE] I think the joke there was that they were the original theatrical explosions, not the ones altered for the Special Edition(s). ---
**Author:** ![Velma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/85e7bf/32.png) [@Velma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velma)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hourlong-family-guy-star-wars-episode-09-23-07/420251/52 "2007-09-24T18:46:51Z")
I’ve never seen Star Wars (the originals anyway, I have seen 2 of the new ones) but I was still amused by this episode. I am sure I missed a lot of material, but I’ve heard enough about Star Wars that I know the basic story and could follow along. Not being a SW fan I won’t hold this up as a favorite episode, but I still thought it was worth watching. Things like moving the couch and Stewie as Darth Vader were still funny. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hourlong-family-guy-star-wars-episode-09-23-07/420251/53 "2007-09-24T18:58:57Z")
I didn’t even know it was this weekend. ☹ I’ll have to track it down somehow. I’m a sucker for Family Guy, bad as it can be sometimes. In a semi-related note, it sounds like they’re prepping for a Star Trek parody show too, according to [Wil Wheaton](http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/2007/09/giggity.html). Probably won’t be a full hour, but it’s all good. ---
**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, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hourlong-family-guy-star-wars-episode-09-23-07/420251/54 "2007-09-24T20:21:08Z")
[QUOTE=Velma] I’ve never seen Star Wars (the originals anyway, I have seen 2 of the new ones)… Not being a SW fan… [/QUOTE] I see a causal relationship here. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hourlong-family-guy-star-wars-episode-09-23-07/420251/55 "2007-09-24T20:22:21Z")
[QUOTE=Bosstone] …In a semi-related note, it sounds like they’re prepping for a Star Trek parody show too, according to [Wil Wheaton](http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/2007/09/giggity.html). Probably won’t be a full hour, but it’s all good. [/QUOTE] Wow, I can’t wait! Should be a lot of fun. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hourlong-family-guy-star-wars-episode-09-23-07/420251/56 "2007-09-24T20:43:06Z")
[QUOTE=middleman] I so thought they were going there. That is one of the funniest bits ever. “You really sandbagged me back there!” [/QUOTE] Yeah good luck with your assault…jerk. ummm…yeah…I wouldn’t be doing my job if I didn’t ask about the 0.01% ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hourlong-family-guy-star-wars-episode-09-23-07/420251/57 "2007-09-24T20:43:28Z")
A Star Trek episode will have a very high standard to live up to in the form of _Where No Fan Has Gone Before_ from Futurama. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hourlong-family-guy-star-wars-episode-09-23-07/420251/58 "2007-09-24T20:54:17Z")
Remove the “Time of my life” number, the Magic Johnson thing, and the stupid “jazz creep” when they crept past the stormtroopers after hiding in the Falcon, and the rest was brilliant, IMO. Oh yeah, the commercial about the robot-alien promoitional wavy arms" could have lasted about on esecond and been much funnier. Loved the list of rewards. “Ooh - a light saber cheese grater…blech.” (Dig at Cracker Barrel) And the very sly reference to History of the World. “Think it’ll fall? The Empire?” ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hourlong-family-guy-star-wars-episode-09-23-07/420251/59 "2007-09-24T21:18:51Z")
[QUOTE=ArchiveGuy] I think the joke there was that they were the original theatrical explosions, not the ones altered for the Special Edition(s). [/QUOTE] There were Special Editions? ---
**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, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hourlong-family-guy-star-wars-episode-09-23-07/420251/60 "2007-09-24T22:22:49Z")
[QUOTE=Morbo] Remove the “Time of my life” number, the Magic Johnson thing, and the stupid “jazz creep” … [/QUOTE] Actually I liked the Cab Calloway reference for being “cool, real cool.” If I am not mistaken that was “Minnie the Moocher” that was his signature song and that he performed in [The Blues Brothers](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080455/). Anyway, I thought it was funny at least. Jim [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hourlong-family-guy-star-wars-episode-09-23-07/420251.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hourlong-family-guy-star-wars-episode-09-23-07/420251.md?page=4)