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 version of the series, with him to star as Del Boy. In January 2012 US network ABC commissioned a pilot of an "Only Fools and Horses" remake titled "King of Van Nuys", written by "Scrubs" writers Steven Cragg and Brian Bradley. It was developed, rejected and then redeveloped, only to be rejected again later in the year. The pilot starred John Leguizamo as Del, Dustin Ybarra as his brother Rodney and Christopher Lloyd as Grandad. A parody called "Only Jerks and Horses" was written by David Walliams and Matt Lucas and directed by Edgar Wright in 1997. Only Fools and