Featured Audience Ratings

• Directors C

  
  Not an improvement or worse than its predeccesor. The parody of The Empire Strikes Back is still full of rude and crude jokes that I have to admit are very funny.

• Jim C

  
  A very funny sequel to the very funny original, I loved this.

• Manu G

  
  Very funny and clever! I laughed alot and that's the main point! The saga continues where Blue Harvest left off. This is the family guy take on The Empire Strikes Back. It starts out with the family watching tv and the power gets cut. So Peter(Seth macfarlane) is forced to tell… More
  Very funny and clever! I laughed alot and that's the main point! The saga continues where Blue Harvest left off. This is the family guy take on The Empire Strikes Back. It starts out with the family watching tv and the power gets cut. So Peter(Seth macfarlane) is forced to tell a second Star Wars story. And so the movie begins with the classic Star Wars text: A long time ago...(a bit altered of course) followed by the written intro Family guy style. After the intro, the picture keeps hanging and is moving down focusing on the star destroyer below, exactly like in the original movie. Then you see the droides being deployed, one of the droides of that little boy(Boy Elrond or something) from The Jetsons(old Hanna Barbara cartoon) and the music changes to their theme song for a second. The droide landing/crashing on the ice planet Hoth, is Joe swanson(Patrick warburton). and is his only cameo during the episode. Luke/Chris(Seth green) watches the impact, and contacts Han/Peter(Seth macfarlane) over the walkie telling him he wants to check it out. Again just like the original, only here Han solo insists on being called Carlo Spicywiener over the radio insted of Han. Luke/Chris is then attacked by the snow monster, or in this case the Cookie monster, whom is filling out that part. the picture changes into Han/Peter returning to base, immediately telling Lois/Leia(Alex borstein) he is getting out of there and that she can have his email adress. They argue a bit, George Takei shows up quickly. And the the picture changes to R2D2/cleveland(Mike Henry) and 3po/Glen(Seth macfarlane) walking over to Han/Peter to inform him that Luke/Chris have not yet returned. Han/Peter then takes his "don don"(a parodi on a older comedian, cant remember his name) to go search for Luke/Chris, whom has been captured by the Snow/Cookie monster and is hanging upside down in its cave. Luke/Chris uses the force to get his lightsaber and cuts himself down, the monster attacks and Luke/Chris cuts of its arm in the process, again like in the original, but with some Fam guy changes.(Cookie monster runs of crying) Luke/Chris is then lying in the snow and gets a vision of Obi wan/Herbert(not sure who does the voice) telling him among other things, he needs to go to the dagobah system to meet Yoda and finish his jedi training. Han/Peter appears trough the fog and keeps Luke/Chris warm by cutting up his "don don", like in the original. Only here some other elderly comedian shows up to make a quick joke about dagobah, and Han/Peter takes about 45 seconds to complete the sentence: I thought they smelled bad on the outside. The next morning they are rescued by a group of fighters searching for them, again almost a replica of the original scene. followed by Han/Peter (or Carlo Spicywiener if you will) joining up with some hip youngsters to do a quick Juicy Fruit(some chewinggum) commercial. Back on the base, while Luke/Chris is getting medical attention. Han/Peter continues to taunt Leia/Lois, and ends up knocking her out for calling him a "nerfhyrde" or something. The impiriel theme starts to blast, and the first thing you see is DarthVader/Stevie smashing Leonard nimoy´s postbox with a bat, (its floating outside the window of the star destroyer) He discovers the rebels on the hoth system, and order the fleet there. Back on the rebel base Brian/Chewie(Seth macfarlane) and Han/Peter say goodbye to each other. The empire arrives at Hoth and James woods comes to inform Vader/stevie, that the rebels are aware of their arrivel. Like in the original, Vader/stevie chokes the admiral and promotes captain Piet to admiral insted. Piet then askes if he can have business cards with his new title, followed by a little stormtrooper joke. Leia/Lois informs the pilots its time to go and tells them that even though theres infinite way to flee into space, she has chosen to go directly trough to blockade of star destroyers, follwed by a clever remark from one of the pilots. The first ship gets trough the blockade helped by the "giant boob niple gun" Luke/Chris runs to his fighter and the co-pilot(Dak) tells him he feels like he could take on the whole empire himself, and actually gives it a shot, being blown out of the sky immediately by the first star destroyer he meets. The impiriel walkers begins their approach, and with the first shot comes the famous "wilhelm scream" (a very known very effictive scream used in ALOT of movies, recorded back in the 50´s) The attack on Hoth is pretty much like in the original, both visually and dialog exept for Consuella the cleaning lady(ref. to an earlier episode of FG) showing up bothering the H out of Vader/stevie, while he is trying to give some orders over the hologram, the one walker falls on its knee going AHH(again FG ref. from ealier episodes), Luke/Chris shoots worms in the butt of a walker(like a dog would get worms), a walker wearing pink shoes, one of them is pregnant, and Luke/Chris tries to get roadside assistence for his crashed fighter. Han/Peter have to come back to Leia/Lois in the command center of the base, because he forgot the keys to the milliniumfalken hanging on the wall, a speaker voice tells them impiriel troops have entered base, and they need to leave. Vader/stevie enters the command center followed by snow-troopers, one of them is going out dancing afterwards, so he is wearing a charming see-trough no-sleeve shirt. Vader/stevie then tells the snow-trooper its been ages since he been out dancing, it was on Alderan, it was that long ago. Luke/Chris heads for the dagobah system, but not before going to R2D2/clevelands niece´s violin recytle. Han/Peter, Chewie/Brian, Leia/Lois and 3po/Glen are trying to outrun the empire, bring´in a little car-chase parodi with the speaker-voice from COPS or something added. they head for the astroide field followed by a strawberry-fields joke(The Beatles) an evades the Thaifighters chasing them, hiding in what appears to be an empty cave(with a handicapped parking only sign) Han/Peter informs the others that he has "Vertigo" and its a real medical condition, and is hanging a handicapped sign in his windshield. Han/Peter then does a small video-diary(like a big brother house) and we go to Luke/Chris approaching dagobah. Luke/Chris lands/crashes in the swamp on dagobah, but not before a little parodi on a infomerciel for some insurrence company shows up in the swamp, and a small visit form legion of doom is quickly seen. Yoda/Carl(H. jon Benjamin) shows up to learn our young hero about the ways of the force. Which in this case is about deeper movie knowledge. Back on the star destroyer Vader/stevie continues to get pested by Consuella the cleaning lady, telling him she needs windex to clean windows with. He goes to speak with The Emporer/Carter Pewtersmith(Seth macfarlane) who wants to know if Vader/stevie wants some of his old cd´s, as he is downloading them to his ipod, and by the way tells him he has to turn Luke/Chris skywalker to the darkside. which he dosn´t think is a problem, hel´l just show him their recrutement-video. Back on dagobah, Luke/Chris is completting his training, helped by the montage from Rocky 4. Our other heroes is still in the cave on the astroide, after while they understand that it is not a cave(the evil monkey from Chris´s closet appear quickly inside the belly) and they barely escapes. And here where Meg´s cameo comes(she is the big monster they where hiding in) with a small complaint the she never gets any lines in the specials, the ship then comes back saying: Shut up Meg and the scene changes back to dagobah. Luke/Chris and Yoda/Carl does a little movie brush up, Luke/Chris then enters the cave and fights what appears to be Vader and then himself and does the song My little buttercup(dont know the artist) in a duet with the head he cut of. On the star destroyer Vader/stevie meets with the bountyhunters, Bobba Fett/The Giant Chicken included of course. Han/Peter tries the lightspeed once more, as they are know being chase closely by the impire, and it doesn´t work. Insted they move to attack position, and the scene plays out pretty much as in the original movie. Only here the impiriel admiral is eating cake, and Leia/Lois gets mocked for her voice. The milliniumfalken hides on a star destroyer and when the garbage shoots out the try to escape unnoticed, the promnight dumbster baby appears quickly (ref. to a earlier episode) and there is some "spacebumbs" going thru the garbage, but besides that the scene are the same as in the original. The agree to head for Thesbian where Han/Peter has a friend named Lando/Mort(John G. Brennan) and he´s infact the only afro american in the galaxy according to Han/Peter. Chewie/Brian comes with a quick but unlucky comment on that (again ref. to earlier FG) -they hit one of the "spacebumbs" and leaves in a hurry. On dagobah Luke/Chris gets TWO visions, one where he sees Yoda/Carl´s exwife draining his bank account and running of with a realestate agent. And the other where he sees his freinds in trouble in the city in the clouds. Yoda/Carl then tells him that only a fully trained jedi can defeat Vader/Stevie, Luke/Chris then asks why he dosn´t go insted? To that Yoda/Carl repleys: okay i guess youre ready to fight Vader. The milliniumfalken lands on Thesbyen, Han/Peter introduces everybody but forgets 3po´s name. 3po then finds an outlet store ans gets torn to pieces while trying to buy a pair of cargo shorts( he says) Vader/Stevie ambushes them at the dinnerhall, pretty much like in the original. And Han/Peter gets a laugh out of the giant chicken being Bobba fett, they proceed to the torture of Han/Peter. Which in this case consiste of some very annoying popmusic(dont know the singer) and Han/Peter starts to cry immediately. They move on to the "freeze room" and Han/Peter says goodbye to his freinds Family guy style, and is frozen in karbonite with his butt naked. Luke/Chris who arrives at Thesbyen, sudently find himself on the American idol stage for a brief moment, kills the host and is immediately confronted by Vader/Stevie, whom is telling him he is not a jedi yet, but he´s getting there. Appart from som rules being discussed and some funny comments on the way, the fight is pretty much as in the original. Untill Vader/Stevie tells him that he is infact Luke/Chris´s father, and offers not only to share power of the empire, but also that they sleep together on occasiones. Leia/Lois, Chewie/Brian, R2D2/cleveland, Lando/Mort and 3po/Glen all try to save Han/Peter, but is to late. followed by a remark by 3po saying: even though we know exactly where Han is going, lets wait 3 years before saving him. R2D2/Cleveland works his magic on the female droide controlling the door, and they escape. Followed by two annoyid stormtroopers, who are very much in doubt that they ever hit anything they shoot at. Luke/Chris drops down through the ventalation system and is confronted by a man who appears to have his hand stuffed down his pants, he then drops again and is hanging below the city. Broken and beaten he calls out for Tom selleck, when that didnt work he then calls out for Leia/Lois. And to the beat of some homewritten disco they quickly turn the ship around and saves Luke/Chris. Still followed by Vader/Stevie´s star destroyer, the milliniumfalken switch to lightspeed and escapes completly. Vader/Stevie then punishes his employee for not turning on the tractorbeam fast enough, by choking whats between his legs. On the rebel base ship the good guys are safe, Chewie/Brian and Lando/Mort is preparing to go out and save Han/Peter, from Jabbas palace. Lando/Mort is sudently wearing Han/Peter´s close, and Chewie/Brian gets a little freaked out. Luke/Chris gets a new hand and is adviced to "practice on a hotdog first" Then comes the fade out, which is interrupted by Luke/Chris asking: can it really end like this, with so many questions answered. The guy from Back To The Future part 2 with the letter at the end, shows up and gives Luke/Chris the exact letter Marty Macfly(Micheal J. Fox) recives at the end of Back To The Future part 2. Telling him that the doc is allright and is trapped in 1895. Luke/Chris then shouts out: HE´S ALIVE, he in the old west BUT HE`S ALIVE. The music is now the theme from Back To The Future, and it ends with the exact same letters frem that movie: To be concluded. Back on spooner st. Peter and Chris discuss Robot Chicken for ten seconds, Chris get pissed. The end.

• Michael E

  
  A brilliant spoof of the Empire Strikes Back which i would say was better than the actual movie

• Lafe F

  
  A fun Family Guy re-telling of The Empire Strikes Back. Jokes were hit and miss. I can't wait until all six Star Wars movies are converted by Seth.

• Curtis L

  
  Pretty much just a way shorter version of Empire Strikes Back, but with cartoons and the F-word thrown in here and there to make it not the Empire Strikes Back.

• Mike S

  
  Star Wars parodies are one of those things that I never get tired of watching. And I've seen pretty much every one there is to see: from Mel Brooks' <i>Spaceballs</i> and <i>Zack and Miri make a Porno</i> to the hilarious specials by <i>Robot… More
  Star Wars parodies are one of those things that I never get tired of watching. And I've seen pretty much every one there is to see: from Mel Brooks' <i>Spaceballs</i> and <i>Zack and Miri make a Porno</i> to the hilarious specials by <i>Robot Chicken</i>. Anyhow, as for this one by Family Guy, it definitely falls in the "enjoyable" category also. I have to say though, that I liked the first Star Wars special a lot better. The jokes in this one aren't as funny, and some of them even got me a little irritated, as they were way too drawn-out. I mean, really, who thinks watching Peter just breathe heavily for two minutes is good humor? Or that repeated gag with the imperial walker hurting its legs? It's just a lazy way for the writers to fill up the time. Apart from those annoying elements, however, this was an entertaining watch. Definitely a must-see if you're a Star Wars/Family Guy fan.

• Michael G

  
  If you like Family Guy and if you like Star Wars you should like this. There is literally nothing else I have to add about the experience of seeing this movie.

• Luke B

  
  Family Guy continue their successful spin on the Star Wars saga. Once again it's a short and patchy effort. Some of the jokes are brilliant, bringing back the gut busting hilarity of earlier seasons. Unfortunately, too many jokes are just Star Wars variants on previous Family Guy… More
  Family Guy continue their successful spin on the Star Wars saga. Once again it's a short and patchy effort. Some of the jokes are brilliant, bringing back the gut busting hilarity of earlier seasons. Unfortunately, too many jokes are just Star Wars variants on previous Family Guy jokes. This still elicits a few laughs but it's also quite lazy. Obviously, fans of Family Guy and Star Wars are going to get a great kick out of this.

• JY S

  
  It was only a matter of time before Seth MacFarlane got the chance to follow up <i>Blue Harvest</i> with a spoof of <i>Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back</i>, better known as <i>Something, Something, Something Dark Side</i>.<p>This brief 50+… More
  It was only a matter of time before Seth MacFarlane got the chance to follow up <i>Blue Harvest</i> with a spoof of <i>Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back</i>, better known as <i>Something, Something, Something Dark Side</i>.<p>This brief 50+ minute animation is everything a Family Guy fanatic can expect. The story, obviously edited, does a pretty decent job at following the original movie, while the comedy just keeps coming and coming.</p><p>Most, if not all, of the comedy is nonsense and it involves very little thinking to pick up. This contributes to a relaxing and easy watch. Some of the jokes are new and some of them are old. Family Guy fans will have an easy time picking up on the latter ones. On a side note, the live action shots of Dolph Lundgren and Tom Selleck are hilarious.</p><p>Unsurprisingly, the visuals and voice acting do not change, and it doesn't have to. Family Guy is not about looking like a masterpiece. It is just for laughs.</p><p><i>Something, Something, Something Dark Side</i> isn't drop dead funny, but it is humorous enough to be a worthwhile watch. "The Empire. Our ships are big triangles."</p>

• Aaron N

  
  [moving through the asteroid field] Lois Griffin as Princess Leia: We're gonna get pulverized out here! Peter Griffin as Han Solo: Look, we got four or five of the main characters on this ship. I think we'll be fine. Once again, the Family Guy cast is recreating a chapter… More
  [moving through the asteroid field] Lois Griffin as Princess Leia: We're gonna get pulverized out here! Peter Griffin as Han Solo: Look, we got four or five of the main characters on this ship. I think we'll be fine. Once again, the Family Guy cast is recreating a chapter in Star Wars. This time we have Empire, and while its consistently solid, a few flaws hold it back from being better. The same spirit that was found in the first chapter, Blue Harvest [which the crew must be kicking themselves over now, since they could have saved it for 'Jedi' if they knew they'd be doing the whole trilogy] is present here. The random jokes, the play on the characters, the flipping of many of the Star Wars mythos and logic on its head. It all lands very successfully to make for a hilarious hour. Stewie as Darth Vader: Who are you? "Bounty Hunter": I'm Raggedy Andy. Stewie as Darth Vader: Get the fuck out of my bounty hunter's meeting!!! Credit should be given to the animation as well. Family Guy never looks better than when the animators go all out to recreate Star Wars within the world of Family Guy, and it certainly helps that Lucas approved the use of the music and sound effects. The only real problems come with how they condensed the story of Empire into an hour [which was necessary but certainly could upset a massive Star Wars fan such as myself]. All of this basically leads to me saying that I felt they shafted Lando. Still, cuts from the story were made to keep it reasonably paced and it is. Lois Griffin as Princess Leia: I love you. Peter Griffin as Han Solo: Fuck off. You could really sum this up by saying that if you enjoy elements of the show Family Guy and are familiar with the ways they have parodied Star Wars in the past, then you will find enjoyment out of their retelling of the Empire Strikes Back. [getting his new hand attached] Chris Griffin as Luke Skywalker: Alright, so am I good to go then? Health Droid: Yeah, just practice on a hot dog first, otherwise you might rip your dick off.

• Brian D

  
  They done it again and even funnier.Yes there are some jokes that dont work but you forgive because that the ones that do out weigh the ones that dont. A joy for all family guys fans..

• Dan S

  
  Although not as funny and a bad miss here and there when it comes to its jokes, this was still a funny, worthwhile sequel to "Blue Harvest". The creators of "Family Guy" never cease to amaze me with their randomness. Sometimes this pays off (R2D2 attending his… More
  Although not as funny and a bad miss here and there when it comes to its jokes, this was still a funny, worthwhile sequel to "Blue Harvest". The creators of "Family Guy" never cease to amaze me with their randomness. Sometimes this pays off (R2D2 attending his niece's recital) and sometimes it goes bad (a cherry pie in the middle of space?). It's more hit than miss though, and fans of the show will definitely enjoy it.

• Phil H

  
  Well I gotta say from the start this did not come across too well, its almost too forced and way too much of a spoof over actual clever comedy, a step towards 'The Naked Gun' type of thing to be honest. But it got better, not fantastic better but better :) It looks lovely… More
  Well I gotta say from the start this did not come across too well, its almost too forced and way too much of a spoof over actual clever comedy, a step towards 'The Naked Gun' type of thing to be honest. But it got better, not fantastic better but better :) It looks lovely with what looks like the use of rotorscoping over certain scenes which always looks nice, all characters are well used but there are some silly moments that just don't work eg. Cookie Monster as the Wampa creature on Hoth. Lets not beat around the bush here its Stewie and his gay antics that stand out here lol some of the dialog here is really really good, only in spots mind you but it saves the day, there's also a reference to an old Juicy Fruit advert that really brought back memories haha eg. In the tunnels of Echo Base: Rebel Echo Base Trooper: Hey I thought you guys might need some ice.. The rescue and pick up of Han n Luke from the wastes of Hoth: Snowspeeder pilot:Capt Solo do you copy? this is overweight pilot no. 1 Peter/Han: Who you lookin for? Snowspeeder pilot: Capt Solo there you are! Peter/Han: I'm sorry I didn't copy that, who you lookin for? Snowspeeder pilot: *sighs* Carlos spicy wiener do you copy? Peter/Han: Carlos spicy wiener here go ahead Han and Leia argue in the medical room in Echo Base where Luke is recovering from the Wampa attack: Peter/Han: I just think you can't stand to let a fat guy like me outta your sight Luke says goodbye to Han n Chewie before going off to fight the AT AT walkers on Hoth in his snowspeeder: Chris/Luke: Hey take care of yourself Chewie Brian/Chewie: whoa whoa whoa whats this hand shake business? huh come here, come on, bring it in.. Chris/Luke: errr I'm not really a hug person.. Brian/Chewie: knock it off come here come on, bring it.. Chris/Luke: *sighs* Brian/Chewie: Ah yeah hug it out bitch.. Chris/Luke: err err *stutters* Brian/Chewie: ah yeah, spray that hug all over me Chris/Luke: whats wrong with you!!? Brian/Chewie: what? I just wanna share my throbbing emotions n shoot hot hug all over you, I don't get why that's a problem.. On Hoth, debriefing before evac of Echo Base: Lois/Leia: May I have everyones attention please, we're evacuating into outer space with literately infinite directions with which to flee, however, we have decided that our transports will travel directly towards the fleet of Star Destroyers, any questions? Rebel pilot: yeah err is there anyone from the military we can talk to? a man perhaps? Imperial Snow Troopers enter Echo Base during the attack on Hoth: Stewie/Vader: Geez Gordon maybe today wasn't the day to wear your mesh stormtrooper shirt Reviewing bounty hunter Bossk: Stewie/Vader: Lizard guy...who I think I saw getting in a fight with Capt Kirk... Loading Solo onto Slave 1 in Bespin: Giant Chicken/Boba Fett: put Capt Solo in the cargo hold Bespin guard: tsk...duh! There are some really good other scenes too eg. inside the giant asteroid slugs belly and Peter working out where they are, the bounty hunter lineup, hitting a spacebum with the Falcon...but like 'Spaceballs' most of the best scenes involve the main baddie Stewie or Dark helmet as it were.

• Martin B

  
  Every bit as mediocre and disappointing as Family Guy's first spoof, Blue Harvest. The dialogue is made of about 70% FG characters just quoting the original film verbatim, and the other 30% is their jokes, the vast majority of which fall completely flat. There were about 5-6… More
  Every bit as mediocre and disappointing as Family Guy's first spoof, Blue Harvest. The dialogue is made of about 70% FG characters just quoting the original film verbatim, and the other 30% is their jokes, the vast majority of which fall completely flat. There were about 5-6 genuine laughs in the entire show - One laugh every 10 minutes? NOT a good ratio. Even the animation is (once again) lazy - even by Family Guy standards. Any shots of spaceships, etc were just traced from the original film - no effort at making it their own. No, they just traced over entire scenes. They could learn a lot from Robot Chicken - whose Star Wars spoofs are 1000 times funnier.

• Bradley W

  
  A very funny sequel to the very funny original, I loved this.

• Sean N

  
  As I've said, I'm a huge fan of the Blue Harvest episode of Family Guy. However, I have to say this one is a tad bit better than Blue Harvest. As a reviewer definitely noticed, Seth Macfarlane and his crew are legit Star Wars fans and know the material. I eagerly anticipate… More
  As I've said, I'm a huge fan of the Blue Harvest episode of Family Guy. However, I have to say this one is a tad bit better than Blue Harvest. As a reviewer definitely noticed, Seth Macfarlane and his crew are legit Star Wars fans and know the material. I eagerly anticipate the next episode of this series: We Have a Bad feeling about this. I guess they will be working on the prequel series as well. How they will do that, I have no idea. Do I really have to go into the plot. It's Episode V, told from the viewpoint of the Griffin family. Seeing how I listed my 5 favorite jokes of Blue Harvest, I will do the same thing for this special. However, there was a lot more jokes in this one, so I will list at least 8, possibly 10 (again in no exact order). 1. The opening scene where the Empire sends probes across the galaxy. The first happens to be Elroy Jetson and another turns out to be Joe (with an noticeable reference to his legs). 2. The use of a Star Trek veteran in the episode (it probably wouldn't work on a live action film, but it works on an animated short). 3. The Strawberry Fields, where the Beatles can be seen. 4. Luke's training sequence, which parodies a Rocky IV training montage. 5. When Vader is inspecting the bounty hunters 6. The Empire's training video 7. The sole appearance of Meg in this episode (where she also wonders why she never gets any screen time in the specials). 8. The dialogue between Han and Leia when Han is about to be frozen (with a pretty interesting reply by Han (if you know what I mean) 9. Luke calling to Leia, Obi-Wan, and Tom Selleck. 10. Just any various in-joke that I didn't mention This episode of Family Guy is plain out hilarious. It is full of jokes and as you can see from the previous list, you will laugh a lot.

• David S

  
  I didn't think this was as funny as Blue Harvest the first time I saw this but having rewatched it recently I think I mght actually prefer this one. There's some great stuff here and loads of laugh out loud moments. Yes you have to be a Star Wars fan to get most of it but if… More
  I didn't think this was as funny as Blue Harvest the first time I saw this but having rewatched it recently I think I mght actually prefer this one. There's some great stuff here and loads of laugh out loud moments. Yes you have to be a Star Wars fan to get most of it but if you aren't why are you bothering watching it in the first place?!!!

• Jay R

  
  Even better then the first. Can't wait to see what they do for Return of the Jedi. These are really quite a great mashup.

• Jason R

  
  Hilarious, not as good as Blue Harvest but still has enough random craziness to please fans of Family Guy.

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