Family Guy’s take on Star Wars with Blue Harvest was a hit in both ratings and DVD sales, so Fox decided to make a sequel entitled Family Guy: Something Something Something Dark Side which will parody Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. It was originally going to be the final episode of the 7th season, but they pushed it back to the 8th, and now a trailer has been released.

The episode will be released on DVD on December 22nd before it is aired on TV, and you can pre-order yours on Amazon here.

Seth MacFarlane recently spoke about plans for a Family Guy movie at a special event to celebrate the 100th episode of American Dad. He said that they are in the early stages of development, but the main problem is finding time to fit it in.

“We want to do it,” MacFarlane told Wired.com. It wasn’t a grand, official announcement, but it was clear it’s more than a passing whim.

“Fox wants it. We know what we want to do with it. It’s just a question of finding the time,” he said. “That’s why The Simpsons took so many years to do theirs. It wasn’t because they didn’t know what they wanted to do with it. They just couldn’t fit it into the schedule.

“There’s so much to do for a weekly animated series — twice as much as you have to do for a live-action show. So, we’re finding time where we can. We’re in the early stages right now.”

I can’t get enough of Family Guy so i’m all for a movie. The Simpsons Movie just seemed like an extra long episode, so hopefully Family Guy won’t fall into a similar trap.

Moviehole got an update about a possible Family Guy movie:

Buried in a story about McFarlane’s new financially-pleasing deal with the network is the following:

“Beyond that, MacFarlane said he’d like to continue expanding his Fuzzy Door shingle to include multiple skeins and feature projects. And that includes a long-rumored “Family Guy” movie, which MacFarlane would like to produce in the next few years. There’s no firm plan yet, although any feature will likely center on homicidal toddler Stewie, he said.”

I’m a Family Guy fan so I would welcome this, as long as it is not just an extended television episode. It will have to be special!

However, we still have a few years to wait yet, until then I’m happy with the TV show. What are your thoughts?