Peter makes good on another power outage at home by retelling "Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back".
Writing
Sorkin cameo roasting his own walk-and-talk dialogue
Acting
Stewie's Vader somehow more menacing than Hayden Christensen
Practical Effects
Hand-drawn animation homage to 70s rotoscope style
Director
Peter Shin
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)
Mark Hentemann
Phony Guy as Admiral Ozzel (voice)
Danny Smith
Ernie the Giant Chicken as Boba Fett / Vader Guard 1 / Paul McCartney / Emperor Member 1 / Robot Husband (voice)
Patrick Warburton
Joe Swanson as Imperial Probe Droid (voice)
Dolph Lundgren
Ivan Dragon (voice)
Brigitte Nielsen
Ludmilla Vobet Dragon (voice)
James Caan
Self (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This aired just months after Family Guy's 2009 cancellation and un-cancellation, making Peter's 'we're doing Empire because we ran out of ideas' joke uncomfortably meta.
George Lucas personally approved the parody and lent original sound effects, making this more canon than some Disney+ shows.
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