May the Force Be with You (Only Fools and Horses) May the Force Be with You (Only Fools and Horses) "May the Force Be with You" is an episode of the BBC sitcom, "Only Fools and Horses". It was the fifth episode of series 3, and was first screened on 8 December 1983. The title of the episode comes from the famous quote from "Star Wars": May the Force be with you. In the episode, the despised DCI Roy Slater returns to Peckham and arrests the Trotters for stealing a microwave. DI Roy Slater, a corrupt, ambitious police officer and much-reviled ex-schoolmate of Del Boy, has returned to Peckham, where
Only Fools and Horses mooted by Ray Butt, following the success of other sitcom crossovers such as "Dad's Army" and "Are You Being Served?". Sullivan wasn't keen, owing to his work on "Just Good Friends" as well as "Only Fools and Horses", and inexperience with the theatre, so nothing came of it. In July 2018, John Sullivan's son, Jim Sullivan, announced that an Only Fools and Horses musical was nearing completion, with a script by Jim Sullivan and Paul Whitehouse. Jim Sullivan said, "Back in 2010 my Dad had been toying with the possibility of a stage show but sadly didn’t get the chance