Mik 0 Report post Posted May 27, 2007 Source: Variety May 25, 2007 Fox's animated hit "Family Guy" will kick off its fifth season this September with an hourlong episode that retells the "Star Wars" saga using "Family Guy" characters. Variety says Lucasfilm has blessed the event, which will have the Griffin family acting out all the key scenes and narrative from Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane is a major "Star Wars" fan and was personally involved in getting Lucasfilm on board. Not surprisingly, family patriarch Peter Griffin will play the role of Han Solo, while mom Lois will appear as Princess Leia. Evil baby Stewie will be Darth Vader, natch. Brian the family dog will serve as Chewbacca, while son Chris is Luke. Robots R2-D2 and C-3PO will be handled by Cleveland and Quagmire, respectively, while creepy old guy Herbert gets the Obi-Wan character. The plot of the episode has the Griffin family stuck at home during a blackout. With no TV to entertain them, Peter decides to tell a story --- leading to the "Star Wars" flashback. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Smues Report post Posted May 27, 2007 Neat idea, but I wish a show I liked did it instead. Still, good idea. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scroby 0 Report post Posted May 27, 2007 Intresting. Robot Chicken is already doing this and now Family Guy, I wonder if it's some sort of trend or what. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boon 0 Report post Posted May 27, 2007 Doesn't Family Guy do Star Wars in about every episode? I feel like you can't really get through it w/o some reference. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vern Gagne 0 Report post Posted May 27, 2007 I wish the unfunny Herbert wasn't involved. The guy in my sig should be playing Obi-Wan. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Timmy8271 0 Report post Posted May 27, 2007 Wow talking about beating a dead horse with that old guy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shlidgn90 0 Report post Posted May 27, 2007 my girlfriend is in la at the star wars celebration. she watched that family guy episode and said it was awesome. Meg plays the garbage monster and brian plays luke, not chris. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
luke-o 0 Report post Posted May 27, 2007 "This reminds me of the time we were on the run from the evil empire" Same shit, different series. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLAGIARISM! 0 Report post Posted May 29, 2007 Family Guy's time is passing, I fear. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
luke-o 0 Report post Posted May 30, 2007 I think it passed A LONG TIME AGO. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Man Who Sold The World 0 Report post Posted May 31, 2007 I saw the Robot Chicken episode in December. It was awesome. George Lucas, Mark Hamill, and Hulk Hogan had voice appearances from what I remembered. I wonder when it will air... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrVenkman PhD 0 Report post Posted May 31, 2007 Sometime in June, I heard. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BorneAgain 0 Report post Posted July 6, 2007 Preview clips of the episode Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vitamin X Report post Posted July 6, 2007 Nothing wrong with Family Guy, and I'm not surprised. I remember them doing the end to Star Wars IV in the episode released the Sunday before Episode III came out. It was kind of random, and pretty awesome. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
