Fox Home Entertainment has released the details about the follow up to the Family Guy Star Wars spoof, Blue Harvest called Something, Something, Something, Dark Side, which will spoof The Empire Strikes Back.
The DVD and Blu-ray, which sees all of the Family Guy cast reprising their same roles from the previous hour-long episode, will be hitting shelves on December 22. In addition to Peter playing Han Solo, Chris playing Luke Skywalker, etc. we will also see (Spoiler Alert?!) a black Mort Goldman playing Lando, Joe playing a probe droid, and Peter’s arch-nemesis, The Giant Chicken, playing the part of Boba Fett!
I’m a big Family Guy fan and I thought Blue Harvest was very creative. It was an unapologetic, funny spoof on A New Hope while I thought still be respectful of the source material and the love that people have for these movies. I’m sure this comes from the fact that I highly doubt Seth MacFarlane could have gotten away with this without absolute consent from George Lucas himself.
Special Features are to include:
- “Something Something Something” Pop Up Video
- The Dark Side of Poster Art
- Animatic version of the episode
- Deleted scenes
I’m looking forward to seeing this latest installment of the Family Guy/Star Wars saga and luckily, we will all only have to wait until December 22 to own it, not to see it. The new season of Family Guy starts on September 27 and from what I can see, this special is set to air as the second episode of the season, so set your DVR’s!
In the meantime, you can check out the trailer for Something, Something, Something, Dark Side over at Yahoo! and if you’re interested, it is available now for pre-order over at Amazon.com!