movie

2009 · United States

Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side

Tonight at a glance

Runtime: 54 min
Age rating: PG-13
Language: English
Country: United States
Violence: Mild

Why tonight?

Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.

The story

Peter makes good on another power outage at home by retelling "Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back".

parody
sequel
crude humor
space
combat
light saber fight
dark side
spaceship

The look

A few frames, chosen rather than collected.

The bill

H. Jon Benjamin — Carl as Yoda (voice)
Mike Henry — Cleveland Brown as R2-D2 / John Herbert as Obi-Wan Kenobi /
John G. Brennan — Mort Goldman as Lando Calrissian (voice)
James Woods — James Woods as General Veers (voice)
Mark Hentemann — Phony Guy as Admiral Ozzel (voice)
Danny Smith — Ernie the Giant Chicken as Boba Fett / Vader Guard 1 / Paul
Patrick Warburton — Joe Swanson as Imperial Probe Droid (voice)
Dolph Lundgren — Ivan Dragon (voice)
Brigitte Nielsen — Ludmilla Vobet Dragon (voice)
James Caan — Self (voice)
John Bunnell — Sheriff John Bunnell (voice)

Directed: Dominic Polcino, Peter Shin, James Purdum
Written: Kirker Butler, Seth MacFarlane

Production

Rating: 7.2 / 10 · 170 ratings
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television, Fuzzy Door Productions, Fox Television Animation

The Collection

The complete story, in order.

2007
Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest
Where it starts.
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
2009 · You’re here
Family Guy Presents: It's a Trap!
2010

If this stayed with you

Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.