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The story starts with the line "A long time ago, but somehow in the future". Then the opening crawl rolls before showing the Tantive IV being chased by the Star Destroyer Devastator over Tatooine, exactly imitating the sequence in the original film (the only difference being a "Bush/Cheney" bumper sticker on the Star Destroyer). On the rebel ship, Leia (Lois) tries to send a holographic message, along with the plans to the Death Star, to Obi-Wan Kenobi through R2-D2 (Cleveland). With the encountering complications in trying to do so, R2 decides to bring the message to Obi-Wan himself. Leia is captured by Imperial Stormtroopers and taken to Darth Vader (Stewie) , while R2 and C-3PO (Quagmire) escape to Tatooine by escape pod. They are, as in the film, captured by Jawas, one of them being Mort, and then sold to Owen and Beru Whitesun Lars (Carter & Barbara Pewterschmidt).
Luke (Chris), Owen & Beru's nephew, desires to join the rebellion to fight the empire and listening to John Williams' Star Wars music. While fixing up R2, Luke stumbles upon Leia's message. The next day, R2-D2 escapes, causing Luke and C-3PO to go out after him. Along the way, they are attacked by a Tusken Raider (Opie), but are rescued by Obi-Wan Kenobi (Herbert). Obi-Wan takes them back to his hut, where Luke shows him the holographic message (within the message is a hint to Herbert's pedophilia; continual hints of this are dropped throughout the episode). Obi-Wan gives Luke his father's lightsaber. Luke returns home to find his township having been destroyed by Imperial Stormtroopers, and his aunt & uncle dead. Including John Williams, who is to be replaced by Danny Elfman (who Luke kills with his lightsaber).
On the Death Star, Vader learns that the station has one vulnerability: the exhaust port (added by the architect for aesthetic purposes). After a lengthy debate, Vader orders that the hole be boarded up (after getting cost estimates). Later, Grand Moff Tarkin (Adam West) decides to test the Death Star's "planet blower-upper gun" on Leia's home planet of Alderaan.
At the Mos Eisley spaceport, Obi-Wan, Luke and the droids meet Han Solo (Peter) and Chewbacca (Brian), who agree to transport them to Alderaan on their spaceship, the Millennium Falcon, in order to get the Death Star plans to Leia's father. They jump to light speed("Lightspeed is creepy!") and travel through hyperspace (shown as the first Fourth Doctor title sequence of Doctor Who). The crew soon arrive to Alderaan, only to find it destroyed (having been destroyed by the Death Star into the video game Astroids). They are captured by the Death Star's tractor beam, and lured in. Using compartments to surprise Imperial stormtroopers and donning their armor as disguises, Han and Luke escape to a command room to wait while Obi-Wan attempts to disable the tractor beam.
R2 and 3PO escape to a command room to wait while Obi-Wan goes to disable the tractor beam (after singing "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" as a farewell to Luke in a production number backed by several stormtroopers), while Luke, Han and Chewbacca go to rescue Leia. The three find Leia, and they escape the Stormtroopers though a garbage chute into a garbage compactor. After a dianoga (Meg) appears briefly, the walls of the compactor begins to close in on them. They are inadvertently saved when a stoned 3PO leans against the shutoff switch in the control room. (Before getting out, Han and Chewbacca insist on taking with them a sofa they found inside the compactor.)
Obi-Wan is confronted by Vader (who comments on a restraining order against Obi-Wan). Obi-Wan's light saber falls limp until he sees Luke. At this point, Obi-Wan is beheaded by Vader as the other characters escape (with the tractor beam off). They successfully fight off attacking "Thai" fighters and escape to the rebel base on Yavin 4.
The rebels assemble to attack the Death Star (using starfighters). The battle unfolds just as it does in the film. Obi-Wan's voice tells Luke to use the force. Han and Chewie, inside the Falcon (they replaced the front seats with the new sofa), save Luke from Vader at the last minute. Luke fires a missile into the exhaust port, and the Death Star explodes.
Back in the Family Guy universe, just after Peter wraps up the story, the power comes back on. Everyone thanks Peter for keeping them entertained, though Chris points out that the Star Wars episode of Robot Chicken beat him to it, a discussion in which Peter denigrates that show. Chris, insulted, calls Peter a "jerk", and leaves frustrated. (This is sort of an inside joke: Chris is voiced by Seth Green, who is also a creator and executive producer of Robot Chicken. Seth MacFarlane, who voices Peter, has done appearances on the show as well.) Peter starts humming the theme to Star Wars and the episode ends.
Thanks to Wookiepedia for this re-cap.