In " Mother Tucker", Darth Vader is seen working as a meter maid writing a parking ticket, then being insulted on his narrow life and lack of vision by the business man whose car is involved In " Barely Legal", Stewie proclaims that discovering Brian and Meg kissed at the dance was a bigger jackpot than when the Emperor discovered the key to great Star Wars dialogue.Īttorney Scott Greenberg battles the Rancor in " Peterotica" when he represents the plaintiff who is suing Carter Pewterschmidt. In " The Courtship of Stewie's Father", Kenobi warns Peter Griffin that the Tusken Raiders will return after storming from choir practice in greater numbers. In " You May Now Kiss the.Uh.Guy Who Receives", Peter saves Luke Skywalker's life by filling in for the Tauntaun that Han cuts open. In the second Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story segment " Bango Was His Name Oh", Stewie Griffin shoos Jawas away from the car he was using to track down a man he believes is his father. A couple of Stormtroopers viewing the telecast agree. Goode", one of the things that irks Peter Griffin is not being able to find the droids he's looking for. In an installment of " What Really Grinds My Gears" for Quahog 5 News in the first Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story segment, " Stewie B. In " The Cleveland-Loretta Quagmire", Emperor Palpatine tried to make Cleveland Brown so angry he'll beat up Glenn Quagmire for sleeping with Cleveland's wife. In the same fashion, the credits were done to the Star Wars theme and style.
The final scene in " Blind Ambition" in which Peter receives his award is a reenactment of the ending of the original Star Wars film', complete with John Williams’ music, Chewbacca, C-3PO, and R2-D2. In " Chick Cancer", Luke is called out for embarrassing a rebel trooper by saying it was possible to shoot a proton torpedo into a two meter hole. While Joe Swanson chases the Griffins through the sewer in " Breaking Out is Hard to Do", Tie fighters appear and Joe destroys them. In " When You Wish Upon a Weinstein", Luke Skywalker is used by Lois Griffin as an example as to why laser eye surgery is so dangerous. When Peter imagines the baby birds as his children in " Brian Wallows and Peter's Swallows", the third bird wears a purple version of Boba Fett’s helmet. Stewie’s air battle in " Emission Impossible" with Peter’s sperm parodies that of both Luke Skywalker in A New Hope and the Millennium Falcon attack in Return of the Jedi with one of Peter’s testicles representing the base.Īfter Lois asks Peter if he gave away the family’s Christmas presents in " A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas", Peter responds: “Lois, if you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.” This is almost an exact quote of Obi-Wan Kenobi in his climactic duel with Darth Vader.īrian slices open the camel’s belly to save Stewie from the cold, much like Han Solo did with his Tauntaun to warm Luke in The Empire Strikes Back. In " And the Wiener is.", an Imperial Stormtrooper is seen shooting a cardboard cutout of Luke Skywalker. The binoculars Stewie uses to watch Janet from the ladder in " Dammit Janet!" are the same Luke Skywalker uses in The Empire Strikes Back. The Griffins use an escape pod in " Holy Crap" that is similar to the pod used in Star Wars. Jabba the Griffin appears in " He's Too Sexy for His Fat". Stewie freezes an airport security officer named Henry in carbonite in " Chitty Chitty Death Bang". Many Star Wars characters and references are seen throughout all the Family Guy series. Abrams was tapped for the seventh installment of the Star Wars franchise in 2013. Sixteen years after the release of the trilogy's final film, the first in a new prequel trilogy of films was released, again released at three-year intervals, with the final film released on May 19, 2005.
The first film in the franchise was originally released on May 25, 1977, by 20th Century Fox, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, spawning two sequels, released at three-year intervals. Star Wars is an American epic space opera franchise conceived by George Lucas.