Say the words the star wars holiday special around a group of geeks, and youll most likely be met with guttural groans and a lot of glares. With all the hype of this weekends box office record breaker star wars. If theres any doubt that revenge of the sith is indeed the last star wars picture, lucasfilms longdelayed and neverawaited release of the infamous star wars holiday special on dvd should lay them to rest. Is olafs frozen adventure the new star wars holiday special. Long, long ago 40 years, to be precise the star wars holiday special brought george lucass far, far away galaxy out of movie theaters and into living rooms for the very first time. Anyone who says the star wars holiday special 1978 is better than the prequel trilogy has not seen the star wars holiday special.
Its easily 100% better than the last jedi and is one of the most enjoyable star wars experiences out there and i love it. Star wars holiday special 1978 with commercials travis moss. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on youtube. The twohour show takes you inside the domestic world of chewbacca and his family his father itchy, his. The most disturbing moments of the star wars holiday special duration. So as an early christmas gift to all of the indie film hustlers and star wars fans out there i decide to give a home to the infamous 1978 star wars holiday special on indie film hustle i have to admit i have never been able to watch it all the way through, its just too painful. Panned frozen short heads to abc after being dropped from coco the only redeeming quality of the 1978 star wars christmas special over time has been the. The force awakens, it might be time to watch what is considered by some including star wars creator george lucas as the worst star wars film ever, the made for tv star wars holiday special. The studio released a ridiculous list of every single title available on november 12th. Attack of the clones star wars little golden book download med srk. In depth information about the star wars holiday special, produced by nelvana limited, 20th century fox, lucasfilm ltd. It aired only once and had the stars of the movie headed back to chewbaccas home planet. Chewbacca and han solo visit kashyyyk, chewbaccas homeworld, to celebrate life day. Your sleeping bag gets wet and your shoes get wet and your food gets wet and theres a stream running through the middle of your tent.
A notsofond look back at the star wars holiday special. And now were celebrating the 41st anniversary of a show that was intended to be forgotten and. Already the first indications of a new star wars film, the empire strikes back, were public knowledge, so this holiday special just had to be built along the same production values as the films. The star wars holiday special is technically in the star wars canon, which means that the events depicted are part of the greater continuity that includes the other films, novels, comic books, video games, etc. The star wars holiday special 1978 david acomba, steve. The star wars holiday special wasnt the worst thing to come from 1978 today, in case you hadnt heard, marks the 36th anniversary of the star wars holiday special airing on cbs. The show only aired once, on november 17, 1978, but did. Though the technical details of this platinum edition are excellent, the embarrassing nature of the material gives this release a reek of desperation, as though lucas wanted to squeeze. Coming hot off the heels of the blockbuster smash star wars. The star wars holiday special 1978 animated cartoon special. Star wars holiday special 1978 with commercials youtube.
The star wars holiday special is a twohour television special broadcast on november 17, 1978 on cbs. Due to some issues, the music at the end of the presentation has been edited out by youtube. Despite george lucas avowed loathing of the project, however, bootlegs are traded avidly by star wars fans eager to see the first appearance of bounty hunter boba fett in an 11minute animated. Lets do the time warp today and revisit the nots0golden age of american television. The star wars holiday special wasnt the worst thing to. Its easy enough to imagine the sense of excitement when, on friday 17 november 1978, cbs broadcast the. The fans are waiting to take a first glance at the stars performance as a bounty hunter.
Star wars holiday special, the 1978 nice copy youtube. Directed by steve binder, it was the first star wars spinoff film, set between the events of the original film and the empire strikes back 1980. So, producing the star wars holiday special find part 1 above, part 2 here was a nobrainer. But it turned out to be terrible and became so infamous that. And as the christmas season is upon us, christophe haubursin and mac schneider of vox created a video to explain how the star wars holiday special, which was released back in 1978, has.
Update 122415 it looks like disney took down the video mentioned in this article even though it had been on youtube close to a year. In the summer of 1978, bruce vilanch had a bad feeling about the star wars television special hed been hired to write. Yes, its time for holiday specials and, as geeks, theres one that stands out to us more than any other. Just updated june 5, 2018 to put a note on revelations that says unofficial, and to put solo. It stars the main cast of the original star wars and introduces the character of boba fett, who appeared in.
This was mid1978, probably when the actual holiday special footage was being recorded. The star wars holiday special complete movie update. The success of a new hope led to a tv spinoff in 1978, with the star wars holiday special. Shepard smith, a news anchor for the fox news channel, referred to it as a 70s train wreck, combining the worst of star wars with the utter worst of variety television. Did you know that the very first star wars spin off was a holiday special. For it is on that day that the star wars holiday special was born. Making time to watch the star wars holiday special, a famously atrocious piece. But as much as theyd like to erase it from their memory banks, trust me, there is no one on the planet that would like this date wiped from history more than george lucas. Holiday special jan 01, 2020 i recently spoke about how, in my opinion at least, attack of the clones is the worst theatrically released star wars of all time. And nothing kicks off a memorable life day quite so much as watching the legendary star wars holiday special receive a fully deserved rifftrax parody treatment. Long ago, in a galaxy not so far away, george lucas allowed the star wars holiday special to be made.
But some mcu and star wars fans noticed certain glaring. But theres another star wars holiday tradition you should be keeping. Watch the star wars 7 holiday special spoof starring bb8. Tony award winner and oscar nominated diahann carroll as a singing holographic prostitute who. How to watch the star wars holiday special free on roku. Thanks to bootlegs and youtube see below, the curiosity from a long time ago lives on. The 1978 star wars holiday special explained hypebeast. November 17, 1978 is a date that a lot of scifi fans would like to forget ever existed. Broadcast once and only once on november 17, 1978, on cbs the star wars holiday special has never received an official video or dvd release. The holiday special itself is one of the most cringey, awful, stomach churning, vomit inducing, terrible no good unredeemable pieces of hot garbage ever. Just updated today may 26, 2018 to add the ewok movies and revelations, and to add the genres and ratings. Just updated today may 25, 2018 to get rogue one and solo in the right order and add episode 9.
Star wars holiday special was so bad, george lucas wont. You may be thinking it cant be that bad, but i can assure you that i have sat through some painfully slow. Along the way, they are pursued by the agents of the galactic empire who are searching for rebels on the planet. Harrison ford, as han solo of star wars fame chats with carrie fisher nov. The 100 dumbest events in television history, ranked the holiday special at number one, calling it the worst two hours of television ever. Youd have to travel back to the giddy days of 1978 and the notorious star wars holiday special to find another component of the star wars universe as alternately mocked and reviled as jar jar binks, that so nakedly set out to entertain small children and sell toys at the expense of the franchises underlying seriousness and ambitions to. Disney decided to individually tweet out all of these titles on twitter, one at a time, in a massive thread, clogging up newsfeeds all over the world. The film is basically a series of events, wrapped around a boring story about chewbaccas family awaiting his return home for an unexplained holiday called life day. A veteran of the comedy wars who has since written material for 16 oscar. The star wars holiday special is a 1978 american television special set in the universe of the star wars sciencefiction media franchise. Which level of canonicity does the star wars holiday. The star wars holiday special merry christmas and may the force be with us, everyone. The lead role of the mandalorian will be played by the narcosfame pedro pascal, making the show one of the muchawaited shows of the streaming service. The star wars holiday special everything you never.
A good quality version of a classic put together from a few of different sources. Just when you thought things couldnt get any worse, check out the donnie and marie star wars special. To celebrate the christmas season and the last jedi landing in theaters this week, christophe haubursin and mac schneider of vox created a video where they explain the 1978 star wars holiday special and explore how it accidentally helped shape the star wars universe a long time ago in living rooms across the us, a bizarre 98minute star warsthemed variety show aired on cbs to an. There will be another star wars trilogy after the last. But not every television special sticks the landing, which brings us to the star wars holiday special, which originally aired on november 17, 1978. Star wars movie series in chronological order imdb.
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