Aug 20, 2019 blue harvest is family guys lucasfilmsanctioned parodyremake of a new hope, with characters from the show being cast as characters from the movie. Cleveland and quagmire will play the parts of r2d2 and c3po, while herbert is the wise obiwan kenobi. The empire strikes back as blue harvest did with star wars episode iv. In a nearly shotforshot recreation of star wars the family guy characters are recast. Aug 01, 2018 family guy season 16 episode 1 emmy winning. The episode s name is a reference to the fake working title for the production of return of the jedi. A new hope is, in my opinion, the best of the star wars parodies that has originated from animated series in the past, such as robot chicken. The laughs come full force when the griffin clan puts a freakin sweet spin on the greatest scifi saga ever told.
The plot follows peter as he retells the story of star wars while the electricity is out in their house. The episode is a retelling and parody of the 1977 blockbuster film, star wars. A new hope, peter plays han solo, lois is princess leia, stewie becomes darth vader, brian plays chewbacca, and chris is luke skywalker. Blue harvest contains many references to popular culture, particularly to the star wars film series. Family guy blue harvest 2007 yify download movie torrent. Star wars episode iv family guy opening scene youtube. Family guy s fulllength star wars parody film blue harvest is hilariously entertaining and full of laughs.
Its like fifteen minutes of guys playing with star wars dolls. This episode is a spoof and contains likeness to star wars. Building on the success of blue harvest, the family guy spoof of the original star wars movie, dark side follows empires plot almost beat for beat editing only sporadically along the way. The show produced three star wars homages 2007s blue harvest, 2009s. This episode is what finally put star wars on the map. The supposed film was alleged to be an upcoming horror film with the tag line horror beyond imagination. The story is remade using characters from family guy and is made as a spoof which not only pokes fun at star wars but also follows the general tale. With the griffins stuck at home during a blackout, peter tells the story of star wars episode iv.
Seth macfarlane interviews george lucas about his parody of star wars episode iv a new hope. Jennifer aniston and brad pitt at the 2020 screen actors guild awards. A new hope is, in my opinion, the best of the star wars parodies that has originated from animated series in the past, such as robot chicken and shin chan. The first part of the trilogy, blue harvest, is the most inspired, and does a great job of blending familiar shots, sound effects, and music cues from the star wars saga with family guys unique style of humor. This episode s title derives from the original working title used in the production of star wars. The plight of the rebellion to shot the death star all s belong to seth macfarlane the original creator of family guy.
The family guy blue harvest star wars episode photo art. Blue harvest was a fake working title used to hide the 1982 production of star wars episode vi. The use of the title for family guy was simply a wink wink to the fanboys out there. With seth macfarlane, alex borstein, seth green, mila kunis. I particularly liked stewie as darth stewie and the old man who plays the neighbor across the street in the series is a riot as obi wan. Blue harvest luke threatens to join rebellion youtube.
Blue harvest is an episode of the nothingsofflimits cartoon comedy family guy, taking a full hour to retell the story of the 1977 blockbuster star wars. A new hope, peter plays han solo, lois is princess leia, stewie becomes. Parts of this episode were shown at star wars celebration iv, at which family guy creator seth macfarlane, a star. When princess leia is captured by the evil darth vader the droids c3po and r2d2 escape to the planet tatooine to find help from the rebel alliance. Download to watch offline and even view it on a big screen using chromecast. Most of the episode itself is a retelling of george lucas film star wars. The family guy trilogy consists of three episode specials of the american animated sitcom family guy. The episode is a retelling and parody of the 1977 blockbuster film, star wars, recasting the shows characters into star wars roles. Sep 23, 2007 peter retells the story of star wars in this hourlong episode of family guy. Mar 17, 2008 what i want to know is why its called blue harvest. Blue harvest is the twelfth episode of the first season of ewoks. A clip from family guy presents blue harvest, released on 21st january 2008 by twentieth century fox home entertainment. Seth mcfarlane is such a star wars geek it makes me want to puke. Jul 23, 2016 dont expect to see any more star wars parodies from foxs animated hit family guy.
When family guy s first star wars spoof, blue harvest, aired, george invited the shows team up to skywalker ranch to watch it with him and his son. Mar 24, 2011 the title blue harvest was used as an alias during the shooting of the movie episode 6. Family guy and star wars truly funny when i first heard that seth macfarlane, creator of family guy and american dad was doing a family guy star wars episode entitled blue harvest i thought oh this is too funny and i have to see this and after many months, i finally got to see it, but not on tv but brought the dvd just this month and i could not stop laughing. Family guy presents blue harvest dvd, standard edition for. Lucas was a huge fan of kurosawas work, with elements from it being heavily borrowed in star wars. Jon benjamin, beverly dangelo, chevy chase, rush limbaugh, helen reddy, judd nelson featuring.
The name blue harvest was in homage to the 1929 film red harvest that in turn inspired akira kurosawa s film yojimbo, which was later adapted to the 1964 a fistfull of dollars. A new hope, peter plays han solo, lois is princess leia, stewie becomes darth vader, brian. Family guy season 18 s18e2 episode 2 hd family guy season 18 full episode. With the griffins stuck at home during a blackout, peter begins to tell a story, which leads to a star wars flashback. Theres something about that name that makes me want to defecate. Directed by dominic polcino, james purdum, peter shin. As i am a fan of the cartoon series, this was a funny parody of the original star wars movie.
Sep 23, 2007 visit tunefind for music from your favorite tv shows and movies. Family guy was already reference overdosed, so seth macfarlane decided to take that up to eleven, and recreate the whole original star wars trilogy. They cant get through a single regular episode without throwing in 5 random star wars references. With peter playing the swashbuckling han solo, lois as the sexy princess leia, chris as an adolescent luke skywalker, brian as a wellspoken chewbacca, and stewie finally embracing hi. After a power outage in quahog, peter griffin tells his family the greatest story every told, star wars iv.
Return of the jedi, the third installment of the star wars film series. For the family guy episode, see blue harvest family guy. Why is the star wars episode of family guy called blue. The episodes are a crossover and parody retelling of the original star wars trilogy star wars 1977, the empire strikes back 1980, and return of the jedi 1983. Sep 23, 2007 directed by dominic polcino, james purdum, peter shin.
Peter makes good on another power outage at home by retelling star wars episode v. Star wars family guy episode iv blue harvest a long time ago, but somehow in the future laugh it up, fuzzball. Start your free trial to watch family guy and other popular tv shows and movies including new releases, classics, hulu originals, and more. Written by paul dini and directed by raymond jafelice, the episode originally aired on abc on november 23, 1985. It originally aired on fox in the united states on september 23, 2007. They announced a sequel with the title something, something, dark side and in december 2009 it was finally released in the usa as well as the uk as a directtodvd release. Family guy episode 601 a blue harvest cartooncrazy. The griffins reprise their intergalactic roles in an. The hourlong episodes of family guy that parody the star wars movies. Blue harvest is the hourlong premiere of the sixth season of the american animated television series family guy and the first part of the series trilogy laugh it up, fuzzball. In an early scene, drawn from the moment in the film where darth vader demonstrates forcechoking on an imperial officer who dared to question his authority, stewies vader gets into an argument over real estate with one of the officers. Jan 16, 2008 blue harvest was the working title of return of the jedi used to keep away the fans from the sets in n. All 1 songs featured in family guy season 6 episode 1.
Family guy golf star wars blue harvest estellacowie33. Something, something, something, dark sidenotestrivia. Blue harvest wallpaper for the star wars episode of family guy. It follows the basic story line of a new hope but makes a joke out of everything.
The name blue harvest was in homage to the 1929 film red harvest that in turn inspired akira kurosawas film yojimbo, which was later adapted to the 1964 a fistfull of dollars. Oct 04, 2009 one particular episode that i have chosen as a example as this is entitled blue harvest which sees the main character, peter, retelling the story of star wars. Thus the episode blue harvest note named for the fake title for return of the jedi to get around locations overcharging them to shoot there recreated a new hope, and was a commercial and. Family guy something, something, something, dark side official.
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