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.
I understand the reluctance of Seth McFarlane to do the prequels of the starwars movie. First they sucked, second the story lines would be hard to get the funny that Family guy puts out for 99% of there ahows. With that being said I think they could make them helarious though just with the suck Ness that the movies were comprised of. So I have mix feelings about them deciding not to touch them. But and this is a big BUT, there are going to be sequels coming out very soon.and if anyone could make a awesome spoof on those, would be Seth McFarlane and his team. So I’m keeping my fingers crossed but not holding my breath.
Sincerely Family Guys biggest fan.