By Kofi Outlaw

As told by James Hibberd over at TV Week, raucous animated show Family Guy, which featured a hilarious parody of Star Wars this past week, may try for the trilogy’s next film, The Empire Strikes Back. Hibberd further hints that such cinematic parodies may eventually become an annual event for the show, much like The Simpsons’ “Treehouse of Horror” episodes, which air every Halloween.

Just thinking of all the possible points of parody in The Empire Strikes Back makes me already crack a smile. According to sources the show was discouraged from playing up the Luke/Leia kiss in the original film because they wanted to play up the incest angle (doubly gross, since it would have meant Chris making out with mother Lois.) One point of definite hilarity in spoofing the second film then, would be the Han/Leia romance that begins to heat up. With husband/wife Peter and Lois spoofing Han and Leia, some definite raunch would be in the works.

With the thought of a second Family Guy Stars Wars episode looming in my future a few questions beg to be asked: which character will spoof Yoda? How many phallic jokes can you slip into the Hoth Battle?? What hilarity will ensue from the moment Chris/Luke learns that Stewie/Darth Vader, normally his younger brother, is also his father??? I can already imagine a joke where the pair pause in mid lightsaber duel to review a family tree in confusion. Ha! (I’m def missing my calling as a TV writer.)

Keep your fingers crossed that this rumor grows to be a reality. Then cross two more fingers that Return of the Jedi goes after that. Definitely cross a few toes that those horrendous prequels eventually get the comedic thrashing they deserve. I know I want see it and that you probably want to see it. Use the force Seth McFarlane, make it happen!