i watched this with my brother the yesterday and i found it enjoyable....some parts of it did drag on but i guess its part of family guys humour.
to start of, i remember watching return of the jedi on VHS when i was a kid and it was probably one of my favourite child hood films, so the scenes, lines and characters aren't unkown to me.
Obviously the main aspect to point out is that this relates to intertextuality immensly since its basically a re-telling/spoof of return of the jedi. but whats interesting is that this special episode is intertextual with its own franchise as well as the star wars. throughout the episode, they have jokes which relate back to famil guy episodes from previous seaasons like the "Conwey Twitty" videos and they also bring characters from the Cleveland Show and American Dad. It kind of shows how big and well known Seth Mcfarlans cartoons have gotten that he can effortlesly throw in previous gags and other characters and know that his fans will get it.
Moving away from intertexualality, i noticed that not only in this episode but for many of the recent episodes, they have changed the way they animate. Some scenes have been replaced with CG for a quicker and easier way to get a sharper and clearer image. As they have a bigger budget, they can now afford to invest in these techniques. Though i think the look of it is good and has the same style as the animation, its frame rate and is a lot smoother than the traditional animation and it sticks out like a sore thumb.
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