Taylor Kingston
I absolutely love this episode. I saw it before I ever saw any of the Star Wars movies, so I didn't get all of the references, and inside jokes, but I still found it funny. After seeing the Star Wars movies, I found it even funnier, because I had just seen what it was really like. Some may find it insulting because they're bagging on their favorite movie, but I embrace things like this. In this episode, the Griffin family are sitting at home, watching TV, when the power goes out. Peter decides to tell the tale of Star Wars. Everyone from the family, and other Family Guy cast members, play the roles of infamous characters, such as Han Solo, Leia, Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, Chewbacca, R2-D2, C-3PO, and Obi-Wan Kenobi. They take the scenes from Star Wars, recreate them in a similar manner, and then add other hilarious moments to make it even funnier.Fun Fact: Among the aliens in the cantina scene are Bender from Futurama, and Roger from American Dad.Fun Fact: At the end, Chris, and Peter argue about an episode of Robot Chicken, which Seth Green (who voices Chris) is the co-creator, producer, and director. Fun Fact: When Han Solo (Peter) disguises himself as a Storm Trooper, he still wears his glasses on the outside of his helmet.Favorite spoof-character: Stewie Griffin as Darth Vader.Best part of the episode: The thing with the couch.Overall, I give this episode a 9 out of 10, which in my ratings book is: Amazing.
disdressed12
i thought this was a very funny and clever parody of the first Star Wars film.it's basically the characters from Family guy portraying the characters from the film.there are some inspired choices in which characters portray who.some of the lines are very funny.everything is very fast paced.it stays pretty true to the original film,while adding it's own unique spin.the DVD running time is listed as 48 minutes(it's actually a bit longer than that)so it's obviously condensed.anyway,i laughed a lot.as an aside,i noticed this particular episode seems toned down in term of pushing the envelope,at least compared to other episodes of Family Guy i have seen.maybe it's just my imagination,but,it doesn't seem as sick and twisted or perverse,though there is still some of that element.and yet it's still riotously funny.th version i watched is from Laugh it up Fuzzball:The Family Guy Trilogy collection which contains all three parodies of the first three original Star Wars films.for me Family Guy:Blue Harvest is an 8/10
sternn01
This was nothing short of TV gold.Every once in awhile I see something on television that is pure magic from start to finish, and this particular show was one of them...This episode was an homage to the film, and even though they "Family-Guy'ed" it with their edgy humour, it was still a brilliant piece of work, with some of the scenes being almost shot-for-shot from the movie. It is obvious that Seth MacFarlane and the rest of the creators are die-hard Star Wars fans.And it was neat to see they went with the original version, not the George Lucas-ized, Greedo-shoots-first version.
thanudir
IMHO, Family Guy just keeps getting better and better with each episode..Last night, I watched this episode, and it just kept topping itself as it went along.I am glad that Lucas has the good humour to allow this and the Robot Chicken Star Wars episode to be made during this 30th anniversary of his movie. I'll have to go back and watch this again with some friends of mine just to see their reaction.I can't wait to see what the rest of this season is going to bring us.. or will the creators of the show push it too far again and get canceled?