When “Family Guy” is done spoofing “a galaxy far, far away” with their “Return of the Jedi” episode, don’t expect them to move on to the prequels.
“This last one almost killed us,” creator Seth MacFarlane said at the show’s Comic Con panel. “It would be too expensive. The problem is we try to be as faithful as possible to the look of those movies to do that with the prequels, I don’t think TV budgets have reached that level yet.”
Added Alex (“Lois”) Borstein: “That, and they sucked.”
MacFarlane also ruled out doing more big franchise movie spoofs … except, possibly, Indiana Jones.
“We may tackle Indiana Jones,” he said. “There’s no one quite like LucasFilm for allowing us to do what we do.”
The new “Jedi” spoof screened nine minutes of footage during the panel to enthusiastic response from the crowd. It will air later this year on Fox.
Episodes next season include:
– Stewie goes to the North Pole and tries to kill Santa
– We learn that Lois did a porn movie “and we get to see it”
– Brian sells out and writes a self-help book and is on Bill Maher’s show, which will mix live action and animation
– Meg takes out all her pent-up wrath on the family, while Brian is freaking out on scrooms
– The hour-long sesaon premiere is a whodonit and is based on Agatha Christie’s “And Then There Were None,” which characters will be killed off throughout the show.
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