--- description: Seth MacFarlane may not be able to spoof the new Star Wars movie until it's out, but he's working with what he has so far. title: Watch 'Family Guy' Parody The 'Star Wars VII' Trailer image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch the _Family Guy_ Version Of the New _Star Wars_ Trailer by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 15, 2014 3:36 AM CUT by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 15, 2014 3:36 AM CUT Seth MacFarlane may not be able to spoof the new _Star Wars_ movie until it’s out, but he’s working with what he has so far. The _Family Guy_ creator used animated characters from his show to parody the recently released trailer for _Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens_. The trailer features _Family Guy_‘s Cleveland Brown as the stormtrooper played by John Boyega, his friend Joe Swanson as the “ball droid” and Lois Griffin as the speeder pilot [Rey](http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/12/11/star-wars-the-force-awakens-character-names/ "undefined"). Everyone’s favorite dad Peter Griffin is heard, but not seen, saying: “Well I just realized my spaceship works better when I have the keys,” while his son Chris plays X-Wing pilot Poe Dameron. Evil baby genius Stewie Griffin is a natural choice for Kylo Ren — the character wielding that controversial lightsaber. And in case you have been living on a distant moon that didn’t have an internet connection, here is the original _Episode VII_ trailer so you can compare the two: ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3633135/family-guy-star-wars-force-awakens-trailer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3633135/family-guy-star-wars-force-awakens-trailer/"},"headline":"Watch the Family Guy Version Of the New Star Wars Trailer","datePublished":"2014-12-15T03:36:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:50:49.720Z","description":"\"The following preview has been confirmed as 100% fake\"","url":"https://time.com/3633135/family-guy-star-wars-force-awakens-trailer/","keywords":["movies","John Boyega","star wars: the force awakens"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3633135/family-guy-star-wars-force-awakens-trailer/","name":"Watch the Family Guy Version Of the New Star Wars Trailer"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer","description":"Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/Z2jYG2aP/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-12-03T13:30:09.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Z2jYG2aP.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3633135/family-guy-star-wars-force-awakens-trailer/","duration":"PT1M30S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3633135/family-guy-star-wars-force-awakens-trailer/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```