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Family Guy Presents Blue Harvest [2007] | ![Family Guy Presents Blue Harvest [2007]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51DkWfRcLzL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Dominic Polcino
Actors: Seth Macfarlane, Alex Borstein, Mila Kunis, Seth Green
Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  38 reviews
Format: Pal
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region: 2
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 46 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5039036036603
ASIN: B000XEMDRQ
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: January 21, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: FACTORY SEALED SENT OUT NEXT DAY FROM UK
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Amazon.co.uk Review
What better way to commemorate Star Wars' 30th anniversary than with this double-length Very Special Episode, a full-scale, awesomely animated spoof that recasts George Lucas's saga with Family Guy's galaxy of characters: Chris (Seth Green) is Luke; Lois (Alex Borstein) is Princess Leia; Peter (Seth McFarlane) is Han Solo, but not, as expected, Jabba the Hut; Brian (Seth, again) is Chewbacca; Quagmire (and again, Seth) is C3PO; Cleveland is R2D2; Herbert, the creepy senior paedophile, is Obi-Wan (both voiced by Mike Henry); and, of course, Stewie (Seth, one more time) is Darth Vader ("My diapers have gone over to the dark side"). Poor Meg is reduced to a cameo as the hideous reptilian creature that haunts the garbage compactor. Blue Harvest is reverently faithful to A New Hope, while engaging in typical Family Guy pop-culture references (everything from old commercials to Doctor Who, Airplane, Dirty Dancing, and Deal or No Deal) and bizarre digressions (the iconic opening crawl detours into an appreciation of a "way naked" Angelina Jolie in Gia). Along for the wild ride are Judd Nelson, who contributes a voice cameo as John Bender for a Breakfast Club gag, Rush Limbaugh railing against futuristic affirmative action on Tatooine talk radio, and Beverly D'Angelo and Chevy Chase as the vacationing Griswolds observing the rebellion from their orbiting station wagon. A Star Wars spoof in 2007 isn't exactly uncharted territory. As Chris Griffin notes in this episode's final moments, Robot Chicken brilliantly did it months earlier (and let us not forget Mel Brooks's Spaceballs from 1987; or, on second thought...). But the Force is strong with Family Guy, and who could resist the opportunity to hear the Muzak playing in a Death Star elevator? --Donald Liebenson, Amazon.com
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 Absolutely hilarious December 3, 2007
KM (England)
42 out of 48 found this review helpful
'The Blue Harvest' is the season 6 premiere of Family Guy and is a spoof of Star Wars Episode IV: The New Hope. With each of the main characters taking the roles as the Star Wars characters, such as Chris as Luke Skywalker, Peter as Han Solo, Lois as Princess Leia, Stewie as Darth Vader, Brian as Chewbacca, Quagmire as C-3PO, Cleveland as R2-D2 and Herbert as Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Creator Seth McFarlane is on top form with this one as it is easily the funniest episode of Family Guy ever. Obviously if you're a regular veiwer of Family Guy and a fan of Star Wars you'll appreciate this a lot more than if this is your first time watching Family Guy or never seen The New Hope. I think that he must have been planning this episode for a long long time as the quality and humour is some of the funniest I've seen out of all of the many episodes of Family Guy. From when the opening text comes up on the screen ("A long time ago, but strangely in the future...") you just know that this episode is going to be amazing. It's as if he's kept all of his best gags for this episode - it is that good! Highly recommended.
Short and sweet January 18, 2008
D. Stoker (Brighton, UK)
14 out of 18 found this review helpful
Blue Harvest has got everything you ever loved about the movie Spaceballs and more. Stewie makes a hilarious Darth Vader, and all the trademark Family Guy humour is there from the outset.
But as a word of warning, have no confusion about what you're getting here: it's a double episode, not a full feature. Many of you will be left wanting more for your ten pounds, especially when this is bound to be included in the season 6 boxset next Christmas. But if you simply can't wait that long, you'll enjoy every minute.
The force is weak with this one January 29, 2008
Mr. David Halliday (Ilkeston Derbyshire United Kingdom)
7 out of 12 found this review helpful
That they were allowed to follow the film so closely is a surprise but that the family guy team managed to drop the ball so completely is shocking. Surely Star wars is one of the largest of film targets to hit with comedy & yet how easy it seems to be to come to grief trying,(Spaceballs anyone?),. You would think that a programme as hard hitting & without shame as Family Guy would have no problem hitting this straight out of the park and yet far too often there are long scenes with no comedy, a joke is dragged out until it is just not funny anymore,('Time of my life' singsong goes on forever!),or a joke completely misses the funnybone.
There seems to be a slavish wish to recreate the original as closely as possible but not much desire to lampoon. This annoys even more because Family Guy has built up such a great little crowd of characters to use and yet nearly all of them are wasted. Quagmaire & Cleveland as C3P0 & R2D2 had loads of possibilities but all we get is a lame running gag on a bag of dope. Brian & Meg are wasted completely & Stewie as Darth Vader is hopeless. The only consistantly funny character is pervy old Herbert as Obi-Wan lusting after Chris as Luke.
Family Guy rarely misses an opportunity to laugh at anything but here everything seems to just amble about looking for some direction. If you're a fan then there is stuff here to make you chuckle but if you're not then this lame effort is not going to change your mind. Bit of a wasted opportunity,shame really.
 One Star Wars March 23, 2008
L. Clark
7 out of 12 found this review helpful
Very poor spoof, few laughs in an over long episode. The animation is cool, but I wanted to laught at gags, not admire animation. I bought the special edition with the t-shirt, but there's no way I'll tarnish my good name wearing a t-shirt that represents such a poor episode.
 What a let down December 4, 2007
Chrislovesbuffy (Edinburgh, UK)
6 out of 45 found this review helpful
I saw this in the States and was really disappointed, having loved Family Guy for a while now. I honestly didn't see the point in this and found the usual high standard of humour missing. To me it felt very much as though a shark had been jumped.
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