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References

During the, rebel vs. stormtrooper scene, one of the fallen rebels says "damn! just two more days before retirement!", this was a reference to a common cliche in action films such as Lethal Weapon 3 where the main protagonist's minority-status best friend/partner is gunned down by the antagonists a few days before retirement.
As Darth Vader/Stewie boards Leia's ship and looks for the plans, Leia/Lois has hidden it in "one of these 26 briefcases" in imitation of the game show Deal or No Deal. As in the game show, the contestant wins very little money but nevertheless, Vader/Stewie is "just happy to be on TV".
When the Jawas exchange cans of Grey Poupon mustard, the writers are making a reference to a series of ads during the 90's where a pair of wealthy men being chauffeured would pull up next to one another at a stoplight and one would ask the other for a jar of Grey Poupon.
When C-3PO/Quagmire turns on the radio in Luke/Chris' speeder, the show on the air is Rush Limbaugh's radio talk show. Limbaugh is a noted Republican that dislikes affirmative action, which he blames for the posting of Lando Calrissian, a black man, as head of Bespin. In the radio show, Limbaugh also disregards worries about 'Hoth melting', an reference to his stance on the polar ice cap melting and global warming debate.
When Luke/Chris is accosted in the Cantina by the two aliens; Pignose and Scott, Luke replies 'You don't even known me!' to their derision. In Deep Rising, a character is addressed in the same fashion- "I don't like you." "You don't even know me!".
When the Falcon emerges into the asteroid field, they are viewing the vintage arcade game Asteroids.
Magic Johnson's appearance is in reference to the basketball player's series of instructional videotapes.[1]
The music, which is played when the characters leave the Millennium Falcon after arriving at the Death Star, is the beginning of Cab Calloway's "Minnie the Moocher", as performed in The Blues Brothers movie. Also the way they walk is reminiscent of how the Blues Brothers walked while trying to sneak into the theater during the "Minnie the Moocher" scene in their movie.
The dance scene and musical number that occurs immediately after the 'Minnie the Moocher' reference is a recreation of the final dance from the film Dirty Dancing.
During the TIE fighter attack on the Millennium Falcon, a man appears and says "I just wanted to say 'Good luck' and we're all counting on you". This is a reference to the 1980 comedy Airplane!, starring Leslie Nielsen.
Redd Fox's death is a quote of his memorable line from Sanford and Son "I'm comin' Elizabeth!"
When R2 is hit by Darth Vader, he calls himself R-Tupac, in reference to the rapper.
When Quagmire jumps out towards Lois towards the end of the episode and says "And Leia is getting larger!", this is another reference to the 1980 film Airplane!.
The character General Dodonna tells one of the Rebels, "Don't mess with the bull, young man, you'll get the horns," a reference to The Breakfast Club.
At one point during the final battle Chevy Chase and the Griswolds appear in their car. This is in reference to the National Lampoon'Vacation films where Chevy drives his family everywhere showing them all the sights.
When Brian/Chewbacca says "Always gargle before a take-off. Wocka-wocka!". "Wocka-wocka" is Fozzie Bear's catchphrase.
A stoned C3PO asks about the empire falling is a reference to Mel Brooks History of the World Part One when the Roman soldiers are stoned after the chase scene.
The comment that "Jolie kissed her brother" is a reference to Angelina Jolie thanking her brother in her 2000 Oscar speech.[2]

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-|contents = * At one point during the rebel vs. stormtrooper scene, one of the fallen rebels says "damn! just two more days before retirement!", this was a reference to a common cliche in action films where the main protagonist's minority-status best friend/partner is gunned down by the antagonists a few days before retirement.
-* Blue Harvest was a cover name used during the making of ''Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.''  It was used to avoid being overcharged for various fees associated with film making, and to keep the movie under wraps as long as possible.
-* A dig against the Bush administration, the Empire's Star Destroyer in the opening scene has a Bush/Cheney '04 Campaign bumper sticker.
-* As Darth Vader/Stewie boards Leia's ship and looks for the plans, Leia/Lois has hidden it in "one of these 26 briefcases" in imitation of the popular game show [[Deal or No Deal]].  As in the game show, the contestant (Vader/Stewie in this case) wins very little money but nevertheless is "just happy to be on TV".
-* When the Jawas exchange cans of Grey Poupon mustard, the writers are making a reference to a series of ads during the 90's where a pair of wealthy men being chauffeured would pull up next to one another at a stoplight and one would ask the other for a jar of Grey Poupon.
-* Since the Jawas were collectors of antique or out-dated robots, it turns out they also had acquired an 'early 90's printer', which is an old-fashioned dot matrix printer.
-* Luke/Chris's Aunt Beru encourages Luke to come 'have some blue milk'.  This is a reference to the blue liquid Luke and his family are seen drinking in the original movie, though that blue liquid is never actually seen in this spoof.
-* A joke is made in which lightsabers are used by the locals on Tatooine as bug-zappers.  One of the insects that flies into the bug-zapper is [[Watto]] (Anakin's original slave owner) in a reference to a Star Wars character that is native to Tatooine but that doesn't appear until Episode I.
-* When C-3PO/Quagmire turns on the radio in Luke/Chris's speeder, the show on the air is [[Rush Limbaugh]]'s radio talk show (voiced by Limbaugh himself).  Limbaugh is a notorious Republican that dislikes affirmative action, which he blames for the posting of [[Lando Calrissian]] -- a black man -- as head of Bespin.  In the radio show, Limbaugh also disregards worries about 'Hoth melting', an obvious reference to his stance on the polar ice cap melting and global warming debate.
-* In the Mos Eisley cantina, Bender from Futurama, Roger from American Dad, Coach Jon McGuirk from Home Movies, and the Evil Monkey make a brief cameo.  The first appearance is irritating to hardcore Star Wars geeks, as Bender is a robot and Chalmun's Cantina has a strict 'no robot' policy.
-* When Luke/Chris is accosted in the Cantina by the two aliens, he replies 'You don't even known me!' to their derision. In Deep Rising, a character is addressed in the same fasion- "I don't like you." "You don't even know me!", in a possible but unverified correlation.
-* A minor dig at the physics consultant for Episode IV, 'Luke' points out in the Mos Eisley cantina that Solo's statement regarding the speed of the Falcon is erroneous- the parsec is a measure of distance, not time.
-**George Lucas' explanation of the original line is that the Falcon has a far more accurate computer than most ships. This allows it to make light speed jumps through the Kessel run, a series of stars, planets and black holes that make astro-navigation difficult, in less distance than most ships.  He also states than Han might be messing with Obi-Wan and Luke at this point, attempting to confuse them.
-* When the Death Star laser is first deployed to destroy Alderaan, the two gunners  discuss their lack of railing.  This is a joke regarding the precarious, dangerous, and outright ridiculous positioning of the two troopers in the original movie, located literally in the "barrel" of a gargantuan laser weapon.
-* Peter/Han comments from the cockpit of the ''Millennium Falcon'' that hyperspace always looks weird to him; the visuals (and music) are a clip of the mid-70's version of the opening credits of the television show ''Doctor Who''; the slit-scan video effect used to create the "vortex tunnel" in those credits has a similar appearance to the hyperspace visual used in ''Star Wars''.
-* When the Falcon emerges into the asteroid field, they are viewing the classic computer game 'Asteroids'.
-* The music, which is played when the characters leave the ''Millennium Falcon'' after arriving at the Death Star, is the beginning of Cab Calloway's "Minnie the Moocher", as performed in [[The Blues Brothers]] movie.
-* The dance scene and musical number that occurs immediately after the 'Minnie the Moocher' reference is a very faithful recreation of the final dance from the movie [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_Dancing Dirty Dancing].
-* The music playing in the elevator on the Death Star is 'The Imperial March', the ominous background music associated with Vader and the Emperor.
-* The Imperial officer who greets Han, Luke, and Chewie in the prison area is [[Fouad]], the character from a previous episode who taught Peter the 'humor' of sarcasm.
-* When 'Luke' enter's Leia's prison cell, she comments "Aren't you a little fat for a Stormtrooper?"  The original line was "Aren't you a little short for a Stormtrooper?"
-* Meg's only appearance in this episode is as the garbage-masher tentacle monster (dianoga).
-* Darth Vader/Stewie's final blow against Obi-wan is an elaborate pirouette/spin more reminiscent of Yoda's style from Episodes II and III, rather than the initial clumsy bladefighting that appears in Episode IV.
-* The Imperial Pilots in the TIE fighters are wearing the colors of Thailand, hence, 'Thai Fighter'. TIE actually stands for Twin Ion Engine, a fact never revealed in the movies but explained in the Expanded Universe of Star Wars.
-* R2 leans out a port on the side of the Falcon and fires a pistol sideways at the TIE as if part of a gang-related drive-by shooting, continuing the series of borderline racist statements/actions made throughout the episode.
-* When Luke shoots the TIE down and Han tells him 'Don't get penisy,' it's a play on the original line 'Don't get cocky'.
-* During the final seconds of the TIE scene where Han is staring down the approaching TIE, the same second of action gets replayed over and over with the blaster fire strafing the starcraft without actually damaging it. In Episode IV, star combat footage was replayed in the same scene several times in this fashion, though not to this extent.
-* During the TIE fighter attack on the Millennium Falcon, a man appears and says "I just wanted to say 'Good luck' and we're all counting on you". This is a reference to the 1980 comedy '[[Airplane!]]', starring [[Leslie Nielsen]].
-* The soldier making shooting sounds references a similar moment in Episode IV when an anonymous solider aims a device at the approaching Falcon during the landing on the forest moon.
-* Porkins' character is satirized for being obsese, which he was in the movies- the actor could scarcely fit inside the 'cockpit' of the X-wing.
-* When the call for all wings to report in comes up during the initial attack, the various 'Reds' that report in are in reference to a number of pop-culture icons with 'red' in their name, including [[Redd Foxx]] and Red October.
-* [[Magic Johnson]]'s appearance is in reference to the famous basketball player's series of instructional videotapes.
-* When a stormtrooper is killed on the Death Star, you can hear the [[Wilhelm Scream]], a sound byte frequently used in movies and popularized during the making of Star Wars- where it was used by several different characters.
-* Redd Fox's death is a quote of his famous line from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanford_and_Son Sanford and Son]- I'm comin' Elizabeth!
-* When R2 is hit by Darth Vader, he calls himself R-Tupac, in reference to the famous rapper.
-* When Quagmire jumps out towards Lois towards the end of the episode and says "And Leia is getting larger!", this is another reference to the 1980 movie 'Airplane!'.
-* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_Chicken Robot Chicken] is a popular late-night cable show on Cartoon Network that drew a huge viewing crowd for their satirization of the Star Wars franchise. ...which aired three months before 'Blue Harvest'.  While Peter expresses his dislike for Robot Chicken, Chris defends it.  Not coincidentally, Chris is voiced by Seth Green, who is a creator and cast member of Robot Chicken.  Cartoon Network airs second-night showings of Family Guy in the hour before Robot Chicken comes on. It was basically the creator of Family Guy; Seth Macfarlane and the creator of Robot Chicken; Seth Green fighting with each other about Robot Chicken. Oddly enough, Seth Macfarlane provides a lot of the voice acting on Robot Chicken and is the same voice as Peter.
-*When Luke discovers the message from Leia thats stored on R2D2 he also finds an advert for 'Intergalactic Proton Powered Electrical Tentacled Advertising Droids'. This is a parody in itself of the 'Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm-Flailing Tubeman' advert seen in [[Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story]].
-*When Peter and Chris are shooting down the TIE Fighters, Peter tells Chris, "Don't get penis-y", in reference to Han solo telling Luke in the film "Don't get cocky!"
-*At one point during the final battle [[Chevy Chase]] and the Griswolds appear in their car. This is in reference to the National Lampoon 'Vacation' films where Chevy drives his family everywhere showing them all the sights.
 |prev_ep = Meet the Quagmires
 |next_ep = Movin' Out (Brian's Song)
+|contents = * During the, rebel vs. stormtrooper scene, one of the fallen rebels says "damn! just two more days before retirement!", this was a reference to a common cliche in action films such as ''Lethal Weapon 3'' where the main protagonist's minority-status best friend/partner is gunned down by the antagonists a few days before retirement.
+* As Darth Vader/Stewie boards Leia's ship and looks for the plans, Leia/Lois has hidden it in "one of these 26 briefcases" in imitation of the game show ''Deal or No Deal''. As in the game show, the contestant wins very little money but nevertheless, Vader/Stewie is "just happy to be on TV".
+* When the Jawas exchange cans of Grey Poupon mustard, the writers are making a reference to a series of ads during the 90's where a pair of wealthy men being chauffeured would pull up next to one another at a stoplight and one would ask the other for a jar of Grey Poupon.
+* When C-3PO/Quagmire turns on the radio in Luke/Chris' speeder, the show on the air is [[Rush Limbaugh]]'s radio talk show. Limbaugh is a noted Republican that dislikes affirmative action, which he blames for the posting of [[Lando Calrissian]], a black man, as head of Bespin. In the radio show, Limbaugh also disregards worries about 'Hoth melting', an reference to his stance on the polar ice cap melting and global warming debate.
+* When Luke/Chris is accosted in the Cantina by the two aliens; [[Pignose]] and [[Scott (Blue Harvest)|Scott]], Luke replies 'You don't even known me!' to their derision. In ''Deep Rising'', a character is addressed in the same fashion- "I don't like you." "You don't even know me!".
+* When the Falcon emerges into the asteroid field, they are viewing the vintage arcade game ''Asteroids''.
+* [[Magic Johnson]]'s appearance is in reference to the basketball player's series of instructional videotapes.[http://www.hoopsking.com/magicjohnson.html?gclid=CL7qnu_41LYCFck-MgodnXoAUA]
+* The music, which is played when the characters leave the ''Millennium Falcon'' after arriving at the Death Star, is the beginning of Cab Calloway's "[[Minnie the Moocher]]", as performed in ''[[The Blues Brothers]]'' movie. Also the way they walk is reminiscent of how the Blues Brothers walked while trying to sneak into the theater during the "Minnie the Moocher" scene in their movie.
+* The dance scene and musical number that occurs immediately after the 'Minnie the Moocher' reference is a recreation of the final dance from the film ''Dirty Dancing''.
+* During the TIE fighter attack on the Millennium Falcon, a man appears and says "I just wanted to say 'Good luck' and we're all counting on you". This is a reference to the 1980 comedy ''[[Airplane!]]'', starring [[Leslie Nielsen]].
+* Redd Fox's death is a quote of his memorable line from ''[[Sanford and Son]]'' "I'm comin' Elizabeth!"
+* When R2 is hit by Darth Vader, he calls himself R-Tupac, in reference to the rapper.
+* When Quagmire jumps out towards Lois towards the end of the episode and says "And Leia is getting larger!", this is another reference to the 1980 film ''Airplane!''.
+* The character General Dodonna tells one of the Rebels, "Don't mess with the bull, young man, you'll get the horns," a reference to ''The Breakfast Club''.
+* At one point during the final battle [[Chevy Chase]] and the Griswolds appear in their car. This is in reference to the ''National Lampoon'Vacation'' films where Chevy drives his family everywhere showing them all the sights.
+* When Brian/Chewbacca says "Always gargle before a take-off. Wocka-wocka!".  "Wocka-wocka" is [[Fozzie Bear]]'s catchphrase.
+* A stoned C3PO asks about the empire falling is a reference to Mel Brooks ''History of the World Part One'' when the Roman soldiers are stoned after the chase scene.
+* The comment that "Jolie kissed her brother" is a reference to [[Angelina Jolie]] thanking her brother in her 2000 Oscar speech.[http://www.vh1.com/celebrity/2008-08-04/88-angelina-jolie-kisses-brother/]
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