Family Guy - It's A Trap! [M]

The final Star Wars spoof from the Griffin family, join Han, Chewbacca, and Leia as they battle the evil galactic empire. Meanwhile Luke is being tempted to join the Dark Side by his father. It’s the final battle: who will win? 

The final instalment in the Family Guy Star Wars trilogy was, I found, a bit of a disappointment. The humour and everything from the previous two were there, but the film just seemed rushed through, like everybody working on it just wanted it to be over. It even said in the opening credits that they weren’t even going to do Return of the Jedi and that feeling of reluctance was pretty dominant throughout the film. Don’t get me wrong, the film definitely had its moments and I did enjoy it, but it just felt more half-arsed than the other two: Blue Harvest and Something Something Something Dark Side. 

The power conks out a third time at the Griffin residence and Peter reluctantly and grudgingly regales the family with the story of Star Wars Episode III: Return of the Jedi. After saving Peter’s arse from Jabba the Hutt on Luke’s remote desert home planet, the heroes fly off the meet up with the rest of the Rebel Alliance and plan a final attack on the evil galactic Empire. While Peter, Chewie and Lois are running with bears on the forest moon of Endor, Chris has met up with his father Stewie and is trying to bring him back to the good side, but Stewie is hell bent on turning Chris to the Dark Side. It’ the final battle: who will win? 

The animation in this film was infinitely better than that of its predecessors. Much clearer and sharper, it almost looked real. 

In all honesty there really isn’t that much to report on the flick. It was quite like the other two, Meg still didn’t get a word in, and a couple of characters from other shows like American Dad and the Cleveland Show snuck into the mix. There were less moments of clever comedy, and overall, the film did give that feeling of reluctance and half-arsedness (it’s a word now). I mean, I would watch it again, I just don’t think I could watch it over and over in quick succession.