It’s no secret that Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane is a bit of a nerd. His series contains endless pop culture references, mostly to various elements of nerd culture, including Monty Python, Back To The Future, Lord of the Rings and Indiana Jones. But the fandom most referenced in the animated series has to be Star Wars.Family Guy began making references to the Star Wars films as early as Season 1, with characters frozen in carbonite, escape pods and Fez-wearing villain Jabba the Hutt, even making an appearance. Finally, in the hour-long Season 6 premiere, Family Guy went all-in with a full parody of Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope titled “Blue Harvest” which was a hit for the show in ratings and DVD sales. That eventually led to Family Guy parodying all three original Star Wars films: A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.MacFarlane discussed the Star Wars parodies in Family Guy’s Season 11 retrospective “200 Episodes Later.” He explained, “We had done several Star Wars gags on the show, and they were so frequent eventually Fox legal said to us, ‘If you’re going to keep doing these, we have to get clearance from Lucasfilm, because there’s just no way we’re not going to get sued. We said ‘Ah, well, God, that’s the end of it,’ you know, ‘We’re not going to be able to do these anymore.’ And Lucasfilm surprised us by saying, ‘Yeah, no, we like this.'”
It’s no secret that Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane is a bit of a nerd. His series contains endless pop culture references, mostly to various elements of nerd culture, including Monty Python, Back To The Future, Lord of the Rings and Indiana Jones. But the fandom most referenced in the animated series has to be Star Wars.
Family Guy began making references to the Star Wars films as early as Season 1, with characters frozen in carbonite, escape pods and Fez-wearing villain Jabba the Hutt, even making an appearance. Finally, in the hour-long Season 6 premiere, Family Guy went all-in with a full parody of Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope titled “Blue Harvest” which was a hit for the show in ratings and DVD sales. That eventually led to Family Guy parodying all three original Star Wars films: A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.
MacFarlane discussed the Star Wars parodies in Family Guy‘s Season 11 retrospective “200 Episodes Later.” He explained, “We had done several Star Wars gags on the show, and they were so frequent eventually Fox legal said to us, ‘If you’re going to keep doing these, we have to get clearance from Lucasfilm, because there’s just no way we’re not going to get sued. We said ‘Ah, well, God, that’s the end of it,’ you know, ‘We’re not going to be able to do these anymore.’ And Lucasfilm surprised us by saying, ‘Yeah, no, we like this.'”
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