Family Guy Star Wars Trilogy

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Family Guy is by far my favorite show on television and the original Star Wars Trilogy are my favorite movies of all time. A few years ago they started making hour long episodes of Family Guy plugging in characters from Family Guy in to the original Star Wars Trilogy, with Peter Griffin as Han Solo, Chris as Luke Skywalker, Lois as Princess Leia, Stewie as Darth Vader, Brian as Chewbacca, and Meg as various space creatures.

Other characters from the Family Guy universe include Mort Goldman as Lando, the Giant Chicken as Boba Fett, Carl as Yoda, Quagmire as C-3PO, Cleveland as R2-D2, and Mayor Adam West as Grand Moff Tarkin.

I've been loving those episodes and am looking forward to the next one.

The first episode was called Blue Harvest and was based on A New Hope, the second one (The Empire Strikes Back) was called Something Something Dark Side (a reference from an earlier episode in which Stewie said that the Emperor discovered the formula for perfect Star Wars dialogue by saying "something something something dark side something something something complete"). The newest one, based on Return of the Jedi, will be called It's A Trap!
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Greatest Film Sequels of All Time

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In reference to movie sequels, people always say that the original is always better, or that a sequel can never be as good as the original. I am inclined to disagree (I'm always up for a good sequel), and apparently so are many others.

I was listening to Paul & Young Ron on the radio the other day and they read off their list of the ten greatest film sequels of all time. Among them were The Godfather II, Aliens, The Empire Strikes Back, Terminator 2, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, The Road Warrior, and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

Their list is a good start, but mine would look a little different. Here goes:

10. Superman II
9. The Dark Knight
8. Aliens
7. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
6. Back to the Future Part II
5. Ghostbusters 2
4. Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade
3. Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
2. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1. Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

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