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* {{Crossover}}: Characters from ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' and ''TheClevelandShow'' are in the third episode.

* MobileFishbowl: In ''It's a Trap!'' Admiral Ackbar is a fish that pilots a robot body from a water filled globe at the head.

* TheBusCameBack: One episode of the show had a running gag of a character who would constantly call Peter a phony. Despite being only in one episode, for one gag, nine years earlier, he was brought back for Something Something Something Dark Side as Admiral Ozzel.

Thus the episode "Blue Harvest"[[note]]named for the fake title for ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' to get around locations overcharging them to shoot there[[/note]] recreated ''Film/ANewHope'', and was a commercial and critical success. Then came "Something Something Something Dark Side"[[note]]based off a CutawayGag from the show[[/note]] recreating ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', and finally "It's A Trap!"[[note]]Based off of Admiral Ackbar's MemeticMutation line, although it was formerly going to be titled "I Got A Bad Feeling About This" which was based on the RunningGag a Star Wars character would say in a dangerous situation[[/note]] recreating ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''. Any other films are up in the air. It was joked that the since-cancelled ''[[WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow Cleveland Show]]'' could do the prequels (but it looks like they are doing ''Film/DieHard'' instead).

* TheBusCameBack: One episode of the show had a running gag of a character who would constantly call Peter a phony. Despite being only in one episode, for one gag, nine years earlier, he was brought back for Something Something Something The Dark Side as Admiral Ozzel.

* HistoryMarchesOn: The DVD release of ''It's a Trap'' features a throwaway gag of OsamaBinLaden popping up in the middle of the Tatooine desert to announce "Still alive!" Less than three weeks before the television premiere, this [[HilariousInHindsight ceased to be so]]. The sequence was edited out of the televised version.

* HistoryMarchesOn: The DVD release of ''It's a Trap'' features a throwaway gag of OsamaBinLaden popping up in the middle of the Tatooine desert to announce "Still alive!" Less than three weeks before the television premiere, this [[HilariousinHindsight ceased to be so]]. The sequence was edited out of the televised version.

* [[YouAndWhatArmy You and What Lightning Hands]]?

''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' was already ReferenceOverdosed, so SethMacFarlane decided to take that UpToEleven, and recreate the whole original ''StarWars'' trilogy.

--> '''Stewie/Vader:''' [[LampShadeHanging Where is that casual acting shuttle headed?]]

* BigBlackout: Used in the frame story to justify Peter Griffin telling the StarWars stories. True to form, once his reciting the story ends, the power comes back on. Lampshaded by Stewie:

* ButIDigress: The opening scroll for "It's a Trap" goes into an unrelated rant instead of talking about the plot: "Luke Skywalker has returned to his home planet of Tatooine in order to— okay, you know what, we don’t care. We were thinking of not even doing this one. Fox made us do it. When we did ''Blue Harvest'', they said, "Oh, you guys are crazy." They tried to talk us out of it, and it ended up making a ton of money. By then we were just finishing ''Empire'', and we were absolutely exhausted. But Fox suddenly had dollar signs in their eyes, and they said, "Seth, if you don’t do ''Jedi'', we’re not gonna let you leave to go direct [[Film/{{Ted}} your movie.]]" I’m sorry. I took a muscle relaxer earlier and it’s kicking in. I’m just so stressed because there’s been a car parked in front of my house for three straight days and there’s a pillow in the back seat. And I’ve never seen anyone get in or out of it, but it moves a couple feet one way or the other each day. Wouldn’t it be funny if it was a bunch of raccoons living in there, moving it? You know, with their little paws on the steering wheel? And then another one working the brake and the gas? And the steering wheel racoon and the pedal racoon have to talk back and forth to each other ‘cause the brake pedal guy can’t see the road? I’m gonna keep thinking that, ‘cause I know really it’s probably a car bum. Look, just do me a huge favor and lower your expectations, okay? Just this one time. I promise I’ll make it up to you. I mean, ''Star Wars'', fine. ''Empire'' —still not bad. But on this one we ran out of gas. Seriously, we let the assistant write it. Hell, even the Fed Ex guy got a joke in, and he calls the baby "Steve." Anyway, here’s ''Return of the Jedi'' starring Steve as Darth Vader."
* TheCameo: [[HomeMovies Coach McGuirk]] makes an appearance at the Mos Eisley Pub.

* ColdOpening: Each installment begins with the Griffin family watching various television programs before the lights go out.

** This is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Stewie (as Vader) at the beginning of the third episode when Roger appears. Stewie is surprised and says something to the effect of "It's ''you'' [Roger]? Are we really out of our own characters? We have to use you?"
** In the background in the Mos Eisley cantina, we see Coach [=McGuirk=] from ''HomeMovies'', Roger from ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', and Bender from ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}''.

** May be a partly [[JustifiedTrope justified]] spoof, since it's canon within the ''Family Guy'' series that Peter has black ancestry. May have been a {{Callback}} to that fact.

* OrchestralBombing: Most notable during the Millennium Falcon/TIE-Fighter battle. Peter/Han [[LampshadeHanging sings]] [[SorryILeftTheBGMOn along]] to it.

* ParodyAssistance: GeorgeLucas helped production, as [[http://www.starwars.com/community/news/rocks/f20070921/index.html he's a fan]] (and stated ''Family Guy'' and ''{{Jackass}}'' are the only TV shows he regularly watches).

* SomethingElseAlsoRises: Herbert's [[LaserBlade lightsaber]] is limp until he sees Chris. At that point it... [[{{Squick}} throbs]].

** Also done at the end of ''It's a Trap!'' towards the series creator Seth [=McFarlane=], by Chris, Lois, and Meg as revenge for Peter Griffin constantly ripping down ''RobotChicken''.

* [[YouAndWhatArmy You And What Lightning Hands]]?

* [[PimpedOutCar Pimped Out TIE Fighter]]

** In the background in the Mos Eisley cantina, we see Coach [=McGuirk=] from ''HomeMovies'', Roger from ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', and Bender from ''{{Futurama}}''.

* ButIDigress: The opening scroll for "It's a Trap" goes into an unrelated rant instead of talking about the plot: "Luke Skywalker has returned to his home planet of Tatooine in order to— okay, you know what, we don’t care. We were thinking of not even doing this one. Fox made us do it. When we did ''Blue Harvest'', they said, "Oh, you guys are crazy." They tried to talk us out of it, and it ended up making a ton of money. By then we were just finishing ''Empire'', and we were absolutely exhausted. But Fox suddenly had dollar signs in their eyes, and they said, "Seth, if you don’t do
''Jedi'', we’re not gonna let you leave to go direct [[Film/{{Ted}} your movie.]]" I’m sorry. I took a muscle relaxer earlier and it’s kicking in. I’m just so stressed because there’s been a car parked in front of my house for three straight days and there’s a pillow in the back seat. And I’ve never seen anyone get in or out of it, but it moves a couple feet one way or the other each day. Wouldn’t it be funny if it was a bunch of raccoons living in there, moving it? You know, with their little paws on the steering wheel? And then another one working the brake and the gas? And the steering wheel racoon and the pedal racoon have to talk back and forth to each other ‘cause the brake pedal guy can’t see the road? I’m gonna keep thinking that, ‘cause I know really it’s probably a car bum. Look, just do me a huge favor and lower your expectations, okay? Just this one time. I promise I’ll make it up to you. I mean, ''Star Wars'', fine. ''Empire'' —still not bad. But on this one we ran out of gas. Seriously, we let the assistant write it. Hell, even the Fed Ex guy got a joke in, and he calls the baby "Steve." Anyway, here’s ''Return of the Jedi'' starring Steve as Darth Vader."

-->'''Stewie:''' What are we, Iraq? This happens entirely too often!

-->'''Han/Peter''': SHUT UP! There's enough cutesy crap in this movie already, we need this!
** BloodierAndGorier: ''It's a Trap!'' was like this in general.

* ALongTimeAgoInAGalaxyFarFarAway: Parodied in the first special with, "A long time ago...but somehow in the future".

* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: Brian notes Lando is wearing Han's clothes, and then [[BreakingTheFourthWall looks at the audience]] and tells them to watch ''Empire'' again, as he's not kidding.

-->'''Text Crawl:''' Wanna know how much that cost? $43,000. I'm not kidding, and it wasn't even funny. This is what Fox lets their money go to.

* ThisIsGonnaSuck: At the beginning of "It's a Trap", the family doesn't seem so thrilled to be told ''Jedi''.

** May be partly [[JustifiedTrope justified]] since it's canon within the ''Family Guy'' series that Peter has black ancestry. May have been a {{Callback}} to that fact.

** May be partly [[Justified Trope justified]] since it's canon within the ''Family Guy'' series that Peter has black ancestry. May have been a {{Callback}} to that fact.

** Before Mon Mothma shows up, this is lamp shaded in Obi-won's reveal of Leia as Luke's sister: "Think about it. Who's the only damn woman in this whole freaking galaxy?!"

-->'''Lois:''' I know, it's not as good as Empire.

** The first was in the scene where Obi Wan/Old Man Herbert receives the SOS signal from Princess Leia/Lois Griffin, where the latter mentions that (Obi-Wan) owes her for keeping several Aldreaanian children silent for obviously sexual reasons, but the only thing we got out of her was "Joey Lawrence Haircut" due to Obi-Wan/Old Man Herbert fast forwarding through the details due to Luke Skywalker/Chris Griffin being nearby.

* HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace: It looks like--- no, ''is'' the first [[Creator/TomBaker Fourth Doctor]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdVivT0ShC4 opening]] of ''Series/DoctorWho''.

-->'''Leia/Lois''': ...Han, that's a little dark?

* Bruce as Admiral Piett

* CreatorBreakdown: ''It's A Trap'' opens with the word crawl complaining they are completely sick of doing the Star Wars spoofs. It's not even that funny - also on purpose, because (as the DVDCommentary makes clear) it is ''not'' a joke.

* DeletedScene: A number not aired in the first episode were on the DVD release.

* EditedForSyndication: Due to their hour long nature, the specials are often split into two parts with many scenes cut to make a 30 minute broadcast.

* {{Jossed}}: Fans swore some shots were made by {{Rotoscoping}} shots from the actual movies. The scenes were merely recreated really well.

* MoneyDearBoy: The word-crawl opening of the third episode is all about how the creators only created the last episode because the first two made enough money that that they were forced into doing so.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Some jokes were mentioned, but not put in the final episodes, including a ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' reference when Leia kissed Luke, Han mentioning he had OCD, a ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' scene with the wampa.

* ActorAllusion: At the end of the first episode, Peter and Chris discuss the ''RobotChicken'' StarWars parodies; Peter dismisses ''RobotChicken'', while Chris defends it. Chris is voiced by Creator/SethGreen, creator of ''RobotChicken''.
** The ''Jedi'' special makes Green into a ButtMonkey, which acts as Chris/Luke's BerserkButton. After the story, Chris asks Peter what he has against Green, and makes some comments about [=MacFarlane's=] talent instead; Brian, Stewie, and Peter all defend [=MacFarlane=], and Meg (MilaKunis), Lois (Alex Borstein), and Chris (Green) all say he's a dick.
** Peter also mentions ''Without A Paddle'' which Seth Green starred in.
** When Jabba is about to shove Luke into the Sarlacc pit (played by Meg), his Huttese is clearly "Miiiilllllllaaaa Kuuunisssssss"

* Meg Griffin as the Trash Monster, the Asteroid Slug, and the Sarlaac.

* ALongTimeAgoInAGalaxyFarFarAway: Parodied in the first special with, "A long time ago...but somehow in the future".

* TheBusCameBack: One episode of the show had a running gag of a character who would constantly call Peter a phony. Despite being only in one episode, for one gag, nine years earlier, he was brought back for Something Something Something The Dark Side as Admiral Ozzel.