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

"There's something, something, funny going on here..."

2009 0h 54m EN

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7.7

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★7.2TMDB · 172★7.7IMDB · 7135

AnimationComedyScience FictionTV MovieAction

Synopsis

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

“There's something, something, funny going on here...”

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Cast

Seth MacFarlane
Peter Griffin as Han Solo / Brian Griffin as Chewbacca / Stewie Griffin as Darth Vader / Glenn Quagmire as C-3PO / Dr. Elmer Hartman as General Rieekan / Carter Pewterschmidt as Emperor Palpatine / Aaron Sorkin / Cookie Monster / Man / George Takei / Dagobah Man / Commander #2 / Driver / Ringo Starr / Empire Member #2 / Pilot #1 (voice)
Alex Borstein
Lois Griffin as Princess Leia / OnStar Voiceover / Empire Member's Wife / Robot Wife (voice)
Seth Green
Chris Griffin as Luke Skywalker (voice)
Mila Kunis
Meg Griffin as Giant Space Slug (voice)
H. Jon Benjamin
Carl as Yoda (voice)
Mike Henry
Cleveland Brown as R2-D2 / John Herbert as Obi-Wan Kenobi / Bruce the Performance Artist as Captain Piett / Consuela (voice)
John G. Brennan
Mort Goldman as Lando Calrissian (voice)
James Woods
James Woods as General Veers (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Peter Shin
Writers: Kirker Butler, Seth MacFarlane
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 54-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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Released 17 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Family Guy Trilogy Collection: Laugh It Up, Fuzzball!" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Walter Murphy. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Mike Elias shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Seth MacFarlane and Alex Borstein and Seth Green carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "There's something, something, funny going on here...".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1329665 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Peter Shin directs. Walter Murphy scores. Mike Elias cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 54-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 17 years ago.
3Part of the "Family Guy Trilogy Collection: Laugh It Up, Fuzzball!" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Original score by Walter Murphy. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Mike Elias shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Seth MacFarlane and Alex Borstein and Seth Green carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "There's something, something, funny going on here...".
8IMDB entry: tt1329665 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 8 themes, including "parody", "sequel", "crude humor", "space".

The technical file

Original score: Walter Murphy
Editing: Mike Elias
Runtime: 54 min · 0h 54m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side (2009)
IMDB rating: 7.7/10 · 7135 votes
MPAA: TV-14

Part of

Family Guy Trilogy Collection: Laugh It Up, Fuzzball!

Laugh It Up, Fuzzball: The Family Guy Trilogy consists of three episode specials of the American animated sitcom Family Guy. The episodes are a crossover and parody retelling of the original Star Wars trilogy Star Wars (1977), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), and Return of the Jedi (1983). The first episode, "Blue Harvest" (2007) was created in honor of the original film's 30th anniversary. Due to its popular success, it was followed by two direct-to-video sequels: "Something, Something, Something, Dark Side" (Season 8, Episode 20) and "It's a Trap!" (Season 9, Episode 18), which were subsequently aired on television, in edited versions, omitting most profanity and sexual references. The trilogy was released in its unedited format on Blu-ray and DVD in the United States on December 21, 2010. Its title comes from an insult Han Solo said to Chewbacca in The Empire Strikes Back.