Something, Something, Something, Dark Side/References

• Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back is the basis for this episode.
• The title is a reference to a cutaway from the episode "Barely Legal," where Stewie claims a moment to be better than when the Emperor discovered the formula for great Star Wars dialogue: "Something, something, something, dark side. Something, something, something, complete."
• The opening text crawl makes fun of 20th Century Fox for letting George Lucas keep merchandising rights to the Star Wars Franchise, along with cancelling Family Guy.
• Stewie/Vader hangs out the window of the Star Destroyer and smashes a mailbox labeled "Nimoy" with a bat. This could be a reference to Leonard Nimoy, of Star Trek fame.
• Peter/Han asks the Echo rescuing them top wait until he catches some snow with a group of college students. The whole thing turns out to be a Juicy Fruit ad.
• The Wilhelm Scream is heard when a rebel is shot during the battle on Hoth.
• Peter/Han and Brian/Chewie's pride and saying "You ma' Nerf Herda" is a reference to African American characters in movies sometimes saying "You ma' nigga" to eachother when they achieve something.
• After a small argument, the screen cuts to Peter/Han addressing the camera, much like in Reality Contest shows like Survivor or Big Brother.
• While hanging underneath Cloud City, Chris calls Ben, Leia and Tom Selleck, an american actor known for his role in Magnum P.I.

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