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The UK Family Guy Season 8 DVD release has hit the shops a week earlier than we expected; in fact it is out in shops as of today! Basically the same as the US Volume 7 release from earlier this year, just confusingly (as always) renamed Season 8; don’t be disappointed as the 13 episodes included are taken from seasons 6 and 7, not the eighth season.

More details have been released about the upcoming Family Guy Star Wars spoof, Something, Something Something Darkside (which is set to be released Worldwide in the second half of December) involving the Special Edition Box Set and Blue Harvest-Something Something Something Darkside 2 Pack and there is an Exclusive Gallery included with this article featuring a collection of new images and cover art from the upcoming release.

For starters, the Something, Something, Something Darkside- Special Edition Box Set has been confirmed and will be released in DVD and Blu-Ray Editions. The Box Sets will contain:-

• Something Something Something Darkside (Blu-Ray/DVD) comprising of:
  • 44 Min. Feature
  • Audio Commentary Hosted by Seth MacFarlane
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Behind-The-Scenes Featurette – “The Darkside of Poster Art”
  • Animatics
  • Pop-Up Video
  • Digital Copy (Only with Blu-Ray edition)
• T-Shirt (With Exclusive Bobba Fett Chicken Image)
• Trading cards parodying the original Star Wars cards
• 12 page booklet

Pictures of the exterior and content of the Box Sets are included in the Exclusive Gallery attached to this Article.

Secondly the Blue Harvest-Something Something Something Darkside has been confirmed, although only for DVD. The pack will contain the two DVD Versions of both the Star Wars Spoofs. The Cover Art is also included in the Exclusive Gallery.

Finally, check out the Exclusive Gallery included with this article (just underneath this text). It features a variety of screen shots and Cover Art from Something Something Something Darkside.

The official cover art (front and back) for December’s Something, Something, Something, Darkside DVD release has been revealed. We’ve also got a higher resolution of the cover art.

The back cover text reads:-

“There’s something, something funny going on here…

Holy ship! The Family Guy empire strikes back with another hilarious parody of your favorite sci-fi saga! May the laughs be with you as (Chris) Skywalker joins forces with (Peter) Solo and Princess (Lois) Leia to battle (Stewie) Vader and his imperial minions. A host of new characters come along for the wild ride, including Mort Goldman as Lando Calrissian, Chris’ boss Carl as Yoda, and the Giant Chicken as the nefarious Boba Fett.

It’s an outrageous, out-of-this-world experience you’ll “saber” for light-years to come!”

Bonus features — according to the cover — include a commentary by Seth MacFarlane and others (TBA), an animatic version of the feature length episode, Something, Something, Something Pop-up video, The Dark Side of Poster Art featurette, and deleted scenes.

The DVD will be released on December 16th in Australia, December 22nd in the US and Canada, and on December 28th in Europe (including the UK and Ireland).

The Region 4 DVD release of Family Guy Season 8 (the same as the us Release Family Guy Volume 7) has been pushed back from the 2nd of September to the 30th of September. Seth MacFarlane’s Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy will also be available on the 30th of September and American Dad! Volume 4 will be available on the 18th of November, all formatted in Region 4.

The other day we exclusively told you about the upcoming Family Guy: Something Something Something Darkside DVD and Blu-Ray release. Now we can reveal the specifications and special features.

The official running time of the actual episode is 44 minutes, and it is presented in 1:33:1 Full Screen Video. The special features included in the DVD Edition are:

• “Something Something Something” Popup Video
• The Dark Side of Poster Art
• Animatic version of the episode
• Deleted scenes

The Blu-Ray will contain all of these features plus a Digital Copy and the episode will be presented in 1080p (all though it will still be in Full-Screen not Wide-Screen).

The DVD and Blu-Ray editions will be available from December 22nd.

As we reported earlier the long awaited Something Something Something Darkside is finally coming to DVD and Blu-Ray and more details are starting to emerge, as well as an exclusive trailer, and cover art.

Surprisingly, Australia will be getting the DVD and Blu-Ray first on 16th December, followed by America on 22nd December and the UK on 28th December. There will be several editions available;

1. Something, Something, Something Darkside Blu-Ray
2. Something, Something, Something Darkside DVD
3. Something, Something, Something Darkside – Special Edition (Box Set) DVD
4. Something, Something Darkside / Blue Harvest (2 Disc Set) DVD

It appears that the Something, Something, Something Darkside – Special Edition (a box set like the Blue Harvest one) will only be available on DVD. The box set will contain, like Blue Harvest, a T-Shirt, Trading cards parodying the original Star Wars cards, a small booklet & More!

Unfortunately the trailer no longer appears to be available due to a copyright claim by Fox made to Youtube!

If you missed seeing the trailer it is still available on Amazon UK.

Breaking news via Seth MacFarlane’s Twitter feed, Something Something Darkside will be exclusively released on Blu-ray and HD on December 22nd later this year. Darkside is the much anticipated sequel to Family Guy‘s Star Wars retelling.

According to the Family Guy panel at this year’s Comic Con the airing of the double-length episode on Fox has been put back to December to allow them time to finish it.

In the first week of release Family Guy Volume 7 has topped the DVD sales chart for television shows with 273,627 units sold ($7.6 million). HBO’s True Blood was in second place for its fifth week of release with 107,115 units (total 1,099,995 units).

The Los Angeles Times have raised the interesting question of why Fox decided to release the DVD after Emmy nomination voting commenced as the media attention of the DVD would have aided Family Guy‘s chance of getting nominated for best sitcom.

Family Guy Volume 7 is out on DVD in the United States and Canada as of today. The set contains 13 episodes taken from seasons 6 and 7. Full details of Volume 7 can be found in our earlier post.

A deluxe version, Big Fat Peter Collector’s Pack, will be available at Target stores containing a Long John Peter poster and fan art collector’s booklet.

The Family Guy 100th Episode Celebration DVD, released earlier this year in the US, is out today in Canada. The DVD consists of the episodes Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie, plus bonus content. Family Guy Volume 7 is also out today in Canada.