Finally, the trilogy is complete. After paying homage (a French term literally meaning ripping something off with the breath of an onion turd) to the first two instalments of the classic original Star Wars trilogy, the Griffins slip into their space outfits one more time to tell their version of Return of the Jedi.

As fans of the last two outings in space with the Griffins will already know, the dark lord is in the detail. Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane (who’s also the voice to half the Griffin clan, including Peter, Brian and Stewie) is a huge Star Wars fan; his animated retellings are brimming with gags that will have die-hard fans of George Lucas’ ‘space opera’ chuckling away, if only to highlight to others in the room that most of these gags have their names on them.

You don’t have to be a fan of the films to appreciated the – wait a sec, who are we trying to kid here, that’s exactly what you have to be to enjoy this animated space haul. In truth, there should be a label on the pack stating that it should only be bought if you’ve viewed the source material over a hundred times (and that’s each title, obviously).

All the Griffins reprise their galactic roles: Peter plays Han, Lois Leia, Chris Luke, Brian Chewie and of course Stewie as Darth Vader. Megan is the only one not to feature heavily, but she may well have been off doing the whole stroppy teenager thing.

Together they play out the dark tale that tells of a family being torn apart – quite literally in some places. All your favourite scenes are here, albeit retold with a quirky Griffin twist. Han’s rescue from Jabba’s palace; the speedbiker chases on Endor; the Ewoks partying about and stuff; and a closer look into the Skywalker family tree. It even does a Lucas and adds some extra special effects into proceedings, just like George did when he tampered with the trilogy and made ‘special’ editions of them all. The Family Guy version needs to be seen to be believed.

Oh man, I know we're in a galaxy far, far away but does the SatNav really need to go on the blink all the time?

As well as gags aplenty, the animation produced has been given the kind of polish that Mr Sheen would give his shiny left testicle for. It’s bright, clean and even a little bit spectacular to look at in places. Actually, they probably went to more trouble than they really needed to on this project.

There’s a slap in the face in regards to the extras though. MacFarlane was obviously running out of things to add, so a highlight is watching four of his writing team play a game of Star Wars Trivial Pursuit from beginning to end. No really, that’s it. And clearly, the writing team saved their best material for the show, as it would have been far funnier just having four Frankie Boyle haters in the same room than watching these geeks.

If MacFarlane sticks to his word, he won’t be giving the Family Guy treatment to that poor excuse of a Star Wars trilogy that includes the Phantom thingimy, which is good news indeed. That means that this final episode is the perfect way to bow out of his tribute trilogy. They may not be the droids you’re looking for (even though they are really), but if you have Blue Harvest and Something Something Something Dark Side in your collection, then you’ll definitely need to look out for It’s a Trap and capture it in your tractor beam. Or something.