When George Lucas and his Lucasfilms company handed over the keys to the "Star Wars" universe, it did a couple of big things.

One, it probably filled the writer and director’s bank vaults. Second, it made it possible for more stories to be told from a long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away long after Lucas is on the Earthly side of the Force.

But it also allowed for some new crossovers. Former "Simpsons" writers Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh couldn’t say no to putting "Star Wars" on a collision course with their "Phineas and Ferb" on the Disney Channel. On the half-hour cartoon on cable, the two neighborhood friends spend their summer days building inventions and getting caught in crazy situations with their platypus Perry.

Now, on the DVD released last month, Phineas and Ferb find themselves in an intergalactic adventure when they accidently get their hands on the plans for the Death Star. Now Perry – Agent P – is at the point of the conflict, having to stop Darthenshmirtz from using his Force-powered "Sith-Inator."

The big questions are if Phineas and Ferb will be able to resist the Dark Side, if Stormtrooper older sister Candace will track down the rebels and if anyone wouldn’t mind catching some rays with Tatooine’s twin suns.

With more than two hours of content, the DVD includes the "Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars" adventure, five additional episodes from the cartoon series and a collectible keychain of Perry trapped in carbonite like Han Solo was in "Empire Strikes Back."

I had the opportunity to screen the DVD, and while young fans of the show will like the episode, it will be the parents who catch many of the wonderful references and phrases from the series of movies we remember seeing on the big screen.

When George Lucas and his Lucasfilms company handed over the keys to the "Star Wars" universe, it did a couple of big things.

One, it probably filled the writer and director’s bank vaults. Second, it made it possible for more stories to be told from a long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away long after Lucas is on the Earthly side of the Force.

But it also allowed for some new crossovers. Former "Simpsons" writers Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh couldn’t say no to putting "Star Wars" on a collision course with their "Phineas and Ferb" on the Disney Channel. On the half-hour cartoon on cable, the two neighborhood friends spend their summer days building inventions and getting caught in crazy situations with their platypus Perry.

Now, on the DVD released last month, Phineas and Ferb find themselves in an intergalactic adventure when they accidentally get their hands on the plans for the Death Star. Now Perry – Agent P – is at the point of the conflict, having to stop Darthenshmirtz from using his Force-powered "Sith-Inator."

The big questions are if Phineas and Ferb will be able to resist the Dark Side, if Stormtrooper older sister Candace will track down the rebels and if anyone wouldn’t mind catching some rays with Tatooine’s twin suns.

With more than two hours of content, the DVD includes the "Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars" adventure, five additional episodes from the cartoon series and a collectible keychain of Perry trapped in carbonite like Han Solo was in "The Empire Strikes Back."

I had the opportunity to screen the DVD, and while young fans of the show will like the episode, it will be the parents who catch many of the wonderful references and phrases from the series of movies we remember seeing on the big screen.