The Star Wars Holiday Special...

[CBright7831 0]

I have to wonder what drugs Lucas was on when he made this.

I don't think Lucas was involved at all. At least, that's what I've heard.

Lucas did some work on it, but he is uncredited.

 

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)

George Lucas uncredited

Pat Proft

Leonard Ripps

Bruce Vilanch

Rod Warren

 

 

http://imdb.com/title/tt0193524/fullcredits#writers

[ChrisMWaters 0]

Anyways, back on topic, the "best" Star Wars TV before Clone Wars was probably Mark Hamill on the Muppet Show. Not that that's saying much.

What about C-3P0 and R2-D2 on Sesame Street?

[Guest LooneyTune]

I have a few copies on DVD if anyone here is interested. It has as extras 2 trailers for each of the Original Trilogy (including one for "Revenge of the Jedi").

 

If anyone wants a copy for $10 (including shipping) send me a PM.

Sent you a PM. God darn this sounds awesome in a train wreck sort of way.

[starvenger 0]

Anyways, back on topic, the "best" Star Wars TV before Clone Wars was probably Mark Hamill on the Muppet Show.  Not that that's saying much.

What about C-3P0 and R2-D2 on Sesame Street?

Forgot about that, but still, 3PO didn't dance on Sesame Street. And holy crap, that was also quite a long time ago. I feel old now. Then again, I AM turning 31 next week, so that probably makes me ancient on this board...

 

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)

Bruce Vilanch

That explains a lot of things right there.

[Guest LooneyTune]

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)

Bruce Vilanch

That explains a lot of things right there.

Ditto. (retches into a nearby garbage can)

[Boner Kawanger 0]

I have to wonder what drugs Lucas was on when he made this.

I don't think Lucas was involved at all. At least, that's what I've heard.

Lucas did some work on it, but he is uncredited.

 

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)

George Lucas uncredited

Pat Proft

Leonard Ripps

Bruce Vilanch

Rod Warren

 

 

http://imdb.com/title/tt0193524/fullcredits#writers

Aha. Thanks. But if I could add something, IMDb will sometimes give someone a writing credit for creating the characters. Not that I'm trying to stick up for Georgie Boy, I'm just saying...surely he wouldn't have let this special be an hour of commercialism. He has integrity. Damnit.

[LaParkaYourCar 0]

Haha the poll of the day over at IMDB.com is "If you could actually buy The Star Wars Holiday Special on DVD, despite its awful reputation, would you?"

[Guest LooneyTune]

The real question should be "Who wouldn't want to buy it on DVD even though they know the films reputation."

[Boner Kawanger 0]

Oh, come on. That thing would sell like hotcakes.

[Guest LooneyTune]

Hotcakes made from Hungry Jack.

[Boner Kawanger 0]

Oh, please. It's the Plan 9 of STAR WARS without an official release to factor in. In fact, it's pretty much the missing link of the entire saga. No matter how bad it is, people would still buy it. In fact, people do still buy it at every convention there is.

[pochorenella 0]

Anyways, back on topic, the "best" Star Wars TV before Clone Wars was probably Mark Hamill on the Muppet Show.  Not that that's saying much.

What about C-3P0 and R2-D2 on Sesame Street?

Forgot about that, but still, 3PO didn't dance on Sesame Street. And holy crap, that was also quite a long time ago. I feel old now. Then again, I AM turning 31 next week, so that probably makes me ancient on this board...

I better not reveal my age, then...

[LaParkaYourCar 0]

Oh, come on. That thing would sell like hotcakes.

Especially if they smelled like hotcakes!

[Boner Kawanger 0]

Oh, come on. That thing would sell like hotcakes.

Especially if they smelled like hotcakes!

He has the technology...

[Guest LooneyTune]

Along time ago (1973) in a galaxy far far away (Hoboken, NJ), there lived an evil TV special known as Star Wars Holiday Special. With such stars as Maude and Ed Norton, how CAN this thing have failed?

[ChrisMWaters 0]

Along time ago (1973)

...you mean 78, right?

 

I mean, the first Star Wars movie didn't even come out until 77...

[Guest LooneyTune]

RD Reynolds said that. "I guess a long time ago meant 1973."

[LaParkaYourCar 0]

I think he just threw '73 out there because of the old adding machine they used in the special. RD made the comment after talking about the adding machine.

 

You know what would be awesome. Is if the people at Best Brains were to take The Star Wars Holiday Special and give it the MST3K treatment and put it on DVD.

[Guest LooneyTune]

^-- I know, I was just working it into the joke... and what was up with that?! Jesus, was the budget THAT cheap they couldn't make a fake keyboard thing?

[CBright7831 0]

I don't know if I would buy the Star Wars Holiday Special on DVD.

 

My favorite character in the original trilogy is Darth Vader, and he appears once during the special (archive footage of him in the Death Star) and once during the cartoon (we don't even see him animated, we just see his face as he talks w/ Boba Fett.

 

http://www.stomptokyo.com/sings/swholiday/sw-animated.html

[cawthon777 0]

I downloaded the holiday special cartoon a few years back.

 

I love how stretched out everyone's face is. Han Solo looks more like John Kerry than Harrison Ford.

[Guest LooneyTune]

Actually he looks like John Kerry after sucking on the most sour item in the history of mankind.

[ChrisMWaters 0]

Actually he looks like John Kerry after sucking on the most sour item in the history of mankind.

Barbara Streisand's nipples?

[starvenger 0]

Actually he looks like John Kerry after sucking on the most sour item in the history of mankind.

Barbara Streisand's nipples?

Probably Mae Young's from the Royal Rumble...

[Guest LooneyTune]

Actually he looks like John Kerry after sucking on the most sour item in the history of mankind.

Barbara Streisand's nipples?

Probably Mae Young's from the Royal Rumble...

Like I needed THAT image stuck in my head again.

[CBright7831 0]

Here is a link to some trivia for the film...

 

http://imdb.com/title/tt0193524/trivia

 

+ A sequal of sorts was considered after the success of the Empire Strikes Back, but was stopped mid-production, however a handful of scenes were shot and are now circulated as bootlegs also. The second special also involved some forshadowing of the feature films, it introduced the charecter of Count Dooku, who was later played Christopher Lee in Episode II.

[ChrisMWaters 0]

Here is a link to some trivia for the film...

 

http://imdb.com/title/tt0193524/trivia

 

+ A sequal of sorts was considered after the success of the Empire Strikes Back, but was stopped mid-production, however a handful of scenes were shot and are now circulated as bootlegs also. The second special also involved some forshadowing of the feature films, it introduced the charecter of Count Dooku, who was later played Christopher Lee in Episode II.

...wait a second.

 

Dooku introduced in a sequel to the Holiday special?

 

...and this was back in the 80s?

 

...Well, there partially goes the argument that Lucas didn't plan ahead with the Prequels.

[starvenger 0]

...Well, there partially goes the argument that Lucas didn't plan ahead with the Prequels.

I still don't really think that he did, but I do think that he comes up with a lot of human characters and names, so when he needs one, he can just look up his db to see who fits the bill.

[Boner Kawanger 0]

Had Count Dooku been in The Holiday Special 2: Galactic Bugaloo, he probably would have been a Space Vampire and played by...let's say Don Knotts. Plus, Dooku dies in Episode III. I like to think that Lucas has always known a general direction for the saga, but he didn't have everything until the nineties.