Blue Harvest

"Blue Harvest"

“Blue Harvest” is the sixth-season premiere episode of the FOX animated television series Family Guy. It consists of two production codes (5ACX16 and 5ACX22) as the initial episode (5ACX16) was not long enough to air all the material; therefore, this episode lasts an hour. It is a retelling of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. The plot of the episode recasts certain Family Guy characters into Star Wars roles.

Characters

Family Guy	Star Wars
Chris Griffin, (Seth Green)	Luke Skywalker
Peter Griffin, (Seth MacFarlane)	Han Solo
Lois Griffin, (Alex Borstein)	Princess Leia
Stewie Griffin, (Seth MacFarlane)	Darth Vader
Brian Griffin, (Seth MacFarlane)	Chewbacca
Glenn Quagmire, (Seth MacFarlane)	C-3PO
Cleveland Brown, (Mike Henry)	R2-D2
Herbert, (Mike Henry)	Obi-Wan Kenobi
Mayor West, (Adam West)	Grand Moff Tarkin
Meg Griffin, (Mila Kunis)	Dianoga
Carter Pewterschmidt, (Seth MacFarlane)	Owen Lars
Barbara Pewterschmidt, (Alex Borstein)	Beru Lars
Tom Tucker, (Seth MacFarlane)	Himself
Diane Simmons, (Lori Alan)	Herself
Mort Goldman, (John G. Brennan)	Jawa
Opie	Tusken Raider
Bruce the Performance Artist	Greedo

Public debut

At the 2007 Comic Con International convention, a series of clips was shown at a panel for Family Guy from the season premiere episode, showing the Family Guy characters dressed as Star Wars characters. Producer Kara Vallow announced the episode will premier on September 23, 2007.

Cultural references

• Bender from Futurama, John McGuirk from Home Movies and Roger from American Dad make cameo appearances in the cantina.
• When the Millennium Falcon makes the jump to hyperspace, the music playing is from Doctor Who, and the footage seen is from the opening of the Fourth Doctor episodes.
• During the squadron check-in before the final attack on the Death Star, the phrase "Red October standing by" is a reference to the movie and book, Hunt for Red October.
• Chris, voiced by Seth Green, mentioned the Robot Chicken Star Wars episode. Seth Green created Robot Chicken.
• With the exception of the end credits and the scene where Danny Elfman appears, all music in the episode is the work of John Williams. The end credits are a Williams-esque version of the Family Guy theme by Walter Murphy.

Notes

• Blue Harvest was the production name for Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.
• Parts of this episode were shown at Star Wars Celebration IV, at which Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane was a special guest.
• Parts of the episode were also shown in front of a live audience at Family Guy Live in Montreal, Quebec.
• The episode was officially endorsed by Lucasfilm, who MacFarlane previously stated were extremely helpful when the Family Guy crew wanted to parody their works.
• Rush Limbaugh made a cameo in the episode.
• Chris, voiced by Seth Green, creator of Robot Chicken, argued with Peter that Robot Chicken had already done a Star Wars Episode.

Links

• Milkandcookies.com A ten minute preview of the episode.

Goofs

In spite of the fact that John Williams is killed by the Empire early in the episode and is replaced by Danny Elfman, Williams' music continues to be played throughout.