Season 6 · Episode 1 · First aired 23 September 2007

Blue Harvest

Episode 1 of Family Guy season 6 (S06E01), the 99th Family Guy episode overall. Written by Alec Sulkin and directed by Dominic Polcino. First broadcast on 23 September 2007.

Story

A power cut leaves the Griffins with nothing to do, so Peter retells Star Wars with people from Quahog in the parts. Lois is Princess Leia, Stewie is Darth Vader, Quagmire and Cleveland are the droids, Chris is Luke Skywalker, Herbert is Obi-Wan Kenobi, Peter is Han Solo and Brian is Chewbacca. The droids reach Tatooine carrying the Death Star plans, Luke joins Obi-Wan, and the two hire Han and Chewbacca to fly them to Alderaan. Caught by the Death Star, they free Leia while Obi-Wan is struck down by Vader. The rebels attack the station and Luke destroys it. Back at the house the power returns, and Chris points out that Robot Chicken had already told the story.

Production and reception

The first broadcast drew 10.86 million viewers and a 5.5 Nielsen rating among viewers aged 18 to 49. Wikipedia, Blue Harvest
Lucasfilm gave permission on a single condition, that the Star Wars characters be drawn exactly as they appear in the films. Wikipedia, Blue Harvest
Seth MacFarlane said parodies of Raiders of the Lost Ark and Star Trek II were considered first, but the staff assumed the rights holders would refuse. Wikipedia, Blue Harvest
Clips were shown at Star Wars Celebration IV on a panel with MacFarlane, Alec Sulkin, Dominic Polcino and David A. Goodman, and again at Comic-Con International in 2007. Wikipedia, Blue Harvest
In 2019 Jesse Schedeen of IGN placed it second in a list of the twenty best episodes marking the twentieth anniversary of the series. Wikipedia, Blue Harvest

Voices

Voice	Characters
Seth MacFarlane	Peter Griffin as Han Solo, Brian Griffin as Chewbacca, Stewie Griffin as Darth Vader
Alex Borstein	Lois Griffin as Princess Leia, Barbara Pewterschmidt as Aunt Beru
Seth Green	Chris Griffin as Luke Skywalker
Mila Kunis	Meg Griffin
Mike Henry	Cleveland Brown as R2-D2, John Herbert as Obi-Wan Kenobi, Bruce the Performance Artist as Greedo
Lori Alan	Diane Simmons as Imperial Newscaster
Luke Adams	Watto
H. Jon Benjamin	Phil Mickelson
John G. Brennan	Mort Goldman as Jawa

Principal voice credits as recorded by IMDb, which lists up to ten credits per episode, so recurring characters can be missing here. Guest voices below come from Wikipedia and TVmaze.

Guest voices

Chevy Chase as Clark Griswold
Beverly D'Angelo as Ellen Griswold
Mick Hucknall as himself
Rush Limbaugh as Galactic political commentator and Red Six, WTAT Tatooine's All Talk Radio Host
Judd Nelson as John Bender
Helen Reddy as herself
Don Tai as Thai TIE Fighter pilot, Tie Fighter Pilot
Leslie Nielsen as Dr. Barry Rumack (archive audio)
Adam West as Grand Moff Tarkin
Patrick Warburton as Biggs Darklighter
Lori Alan as Imperial Reporter
Johnny Brennan as Jawa

Season 6: episode 1 of 12

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Provenance

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Sources: Wikipedia: Blue Harvest
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