We were thinking of not even doing this one. 'Luke Skywalker has returned to his home planet of Tatooine in order to okay, you know what, we dont care.

But I Digress: The opening scroll for 'It's a Trap' goes into an unrelated rant instead of talking about the plot:.

But He Sounds Handsome: At the conclusion of 'It's a Trap!' Chris, Meg, and Lois all rip on Seth MacFarlane after the myriad jokes he'd made about Seth Green during the episode - at which point Peter, Stewie, and Brian all stick up for Seth, with Brian even employing this specific trope.

Despite being only in one episode, for one gag, nine years earlier, he was brought back for 'Something Something Something Dark Side' as Admiral Ozzel.

The Bus Came Back: One episode of the show had a running gag of a character who would constantly call Peter a phony.Brought Home the Wrong Kid: In Blue Harvest, Peter mentions that he and Lois got halfway home with the afterbirth before going back to the hospital and swapping it out for Meg.She reveals that it's no big deal back on Alderaan, 'the Mississippi of the galaxy.' BrotherSister Incest: The squicky implications of Leia's line that she 'somehow always knew' Luke was her brother are discussed.

Breaking the Fourth Wall: Frequently, often to remind us that this is a parody of Star Wars.The doctor tells him 'Practice on a hot dog first. Breaking In Old Habits: Chris/Luke Skywalker gets a replacement hand.Bloodier and Gorier: It's a Trap! ups the level of violence a good deal from the previous two installments.Stewie: What are we in, Iraq? This happens entirely too often! True to form, once his reciting the story ends, the power comes back on. Big Blackout: Used in the frame story to justify Peter Griffin telling the Star Wars stories.Better than a Bare Bulb: The cast frequently lampshades the aspects of the Star Wars franchise.Armor Is Useless: The Stormtroopers in 'It's A Trap!' complain about how worthless their armor is, since it can't even repel the Ewoks' stone-age weapons.(Although it's less affectionate by the time they get to Jedi.) Affably Evil: Darth Stewie is this to some of the enemies, and out and out friendly to Chris/Luke in 'It's a Trap!'.Surprisingly, Adam West doesn't do this.He also shows up in It's A Trap as the Rancor.Adam Westing: Rush Limbaugh doing a spoof of his show as if it was in the Star Wars universe.

When Jabba gives the order to shove Luke into the Sarlacc pit (played by Meg), his Huttese is clearly 'Miiiilllllllaaaa Kuuunisssssss'.

Peter also mentions Without A Paddle which Seth Green starred in.

(Albeit with original storylines, as opposed to directly spoofing any particular film.) note American Dad! did James Bond, incidentally. It was joked that the since-cancelled Cleveland Show could do the prequels (but they did a parody of Die Hard instead). recreating The Empire Strikes Back, and finally 'It's A Trap!' note Based off of Admiral Ackbar's Memetic Mutation line, although it was formerly going to be titled 'I Got A Bad Feeling About This' which was based on the Running Gag a Star Wars character would say in a dangerous situation recreating Return of the Jedi. Then came 'Something Something Something Dark Side' note Based off a Cutaway Gag from the show.

recreated A New Hope, and was a commercial and critical success. 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. Note For the other Opening Crawls, see hereįamily Guy was already Reference Overdosed, so Seth MacFarlane decided to take that up to eleven, and recreate the whole original Star Wars trilogy.

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