Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
"Something, Something, Something, Dark Side" | |
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Family Guy episode | |
Episode no. | Season 8 Episode 20 |
Directed by | Dominic Polcino |
Written by | Kirker Butler |
Production codes |
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Original air date | May 23, 2010 |
Guest appearances | |
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"Something, Something, Something, Dark Side" is a
The episode was written by
, along with several recurring guest voice actors for the series.Plot
As the Griffin family is watching television, the power suddenly goes out again, leading Peter to retell the story of The Empire Strikes Back.
After the "
Soon after, the Empire discovers the Rebel base, and
Darth Vader is ordered by the
Han and the others go to Cloud City on the planet
In the Griffins' home, the power returns as Peter finishes his story, only to get into another argument with Chris over Robot Chicken. Chris vows to not let Peter get his goat this time, but eventually storms off when Peter brings up Without a Paddle.
Production and development
The episode was written by series regular Kirker Butler, before the
In addition to the regular cast, voice actor
The DVD release of "Blue Harvest" on January 15, 2008, contained an easter egg of a brief read through of bits from "Something, Something, Something, Dark Side", as well as a teaser trailer for the episode as another easter egg.
The title of this episode is a reference to a specific line from the season five episode "Barely Legal", which was used in a cutaway relating to Star Wars. The line is an inside joke relating to the Emperor "figuring out the formula for great dialogue" for Star Wars. While the Emperor talks to a kneeling Darth Vader, he says "Something, something, something, dark side. Something, something, something, complete". "Barely Legal" was written by Kirker Butler, who also wrote this episode.
Cultural references
As the episode opens with a shot of the Griffin family, they are seen sitting in front of the television watching a parody of several Aaron Sorkin shows, including Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, entitled The Kitchen.[1] Once the scene ends, the power unexpectedly goes out, to which Stewie responds by asking "What are we in, Iraq?" Reminiscent of the previous Star Wars-inspired episode, "Blue Harvest", Meg insists her father tell another story about Star Wars. Peter then begins to retell the film Black Snake Moan before being interrupted by Stewie and Chris.
In the same fashion as the original Star Wars films, the story opens with a large, yellow crawl of text, with the text in this variation calling out
Before leaving, Han Solo runs into Princess Leia, who insists on Han staying with her. Apologizing to Leia for having to leave her, Han gives her his
Continuing on their approach to the Hoth system, the Imperial Fleet passes by a mailbox with the surname '
When Luke reaches the Dagobah system, he crash lands into a swamp, prompting
Once the Emperor, portrayed by Carter Pewterschmidt, contacts Darth Vader, he first begins by telling him that he is getting rid of all his CDs because he is "downloading all his music to his new
As the story comes to a close, Luke interrupts the ending sequence and raises the viewer's awareness to all of the "unanswered questions" that the movie leaves behind. The Western Union postal worker from the 1989 film Back to the Future Part II then appears, and hands Luke a message delivered by Doc Brown from the year 1885, with the story then ending on the words "To be Concluded", in the same fashion of Back to the Future.[2][3][15] Composer Alan Silvestri allowed the producers to use his Back to the Future theme since he's a fan of Family Guy.[1]
The episode then cuts back to the Griffin family household, with Peter immediately rehashing the argument between him and Chris that first started in "
Reception
In a significant decrease from the previous episode, "Something, Something, Something, Dark Side" was viewed in 6.13 million homes in its first half-hour, and 6.39 in its second (previous episode was viewed in 7.59 million homes). It aired simultaneously with the season finale of
Reviews of the television broadcast were highly positive, praising its close attention to detail in parodying the original film. Jason Hughes of
Home media
On December 22, 2009, before the episode first aired, it was released on DVD in
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December 22, 2009 | December 26, 2009 | December 23, 2009 |
Sequel
With the success of "
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External links
"Something, Something, Something, Dark Side".