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1978 American television special

Star Wars Holiday Special
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An advertizement for the special in Telly Guide

Based on Star Wars by George Lucas
Written by
  • Pat Proft
  • Leonard Ripps
  • Bruce Vilanch
  • Rod Warren
  • Mitzie Welch
Directed past
  • Steve Folder
Starring
  • Marking Hamill
  • Harrison Ford
  • Carrie Fisher
  • Anthony Daniels
  • Peter Mayhew
  • James Earl Jones
  • Beatrice Arthur
  • Art Carney
  • Diahann Carroll
  • Jefferson Starship
  • Harvey Korman
Voices of
  • Mark Hamill
  • Harrison Ford
  • Carrie Fisher
  • Anthony Daniels
  • Don Francks (uncredited)
Composers
  • John Williams
  • (Star Wars theme)
  • Ian Fraser
  • (Score)
  • Ken Welch
  • Mitzie Welch
  • (Songs)
Country of origin U.s.a.
Original language English
Production
Executive producers
  • Gary Smith
  • Dwight Hemion
Producers
  • Joe Layton
  • Jeff Starsh
  • Ken Welch
  • Mitzie Welch
Running time 98 minutes
Production companies
  • Smith-Hemion Productions
  • Winters Hollywood Entertainment Holdings Corporation
  • The Star Wars Corporation
  • 20th Century Fox Television
  • Nelvana (blithe segment)
Benefactor 20th Century Fox Television
Release
Original network CBS
Sound format Mono
Original release
  • Nov 17, 1978 (1978-11-17)

The Star Wars Holiday Special [a] is a 1978 American television special that originally aired on November 17, 1978, on CBS. It is fix in the universe of the sci-fi-based Star Wars media franchise. Directed by Steve Binder, it was the first Star Wars spin-off moving picture, set between the events of the original film and The Empire Strikes Back (1980). It stars the chief cast of the original Star Wars and introduces the character of Boba Fett, who appeared in afterwards films.

In the story line that ties the special together, following the events of the original pic, Chewbacca and Han Solo attempt to visit the Wookiee home planet of Kashyyyk to celebrate "Life Day". They are pursued past agents of the Galactic Empire, who are searching for members of the Rebel Alliance on the planet. The special introduces three members of Chewbacca's family: his begetter Itchy, his wife Malla, and his son Lumpy.

The programme also features the rest of the chief Star Wars characters, including Luke Skywalker, C-3PO, R2-D2, Darth Vader and Princess Leia, all portrayed by the original bandage (except R2-D2, who is simply billed as "himself"). The program includes footage from the 1977 film and a cartoon produced by Toronto-based Nelvana featuring the bounty hunter Boba Fett. Scenes take identify in space and in spacecraft including the Millennium Falcon and a Star Destroyer; segments besides have place in a few other locales, such equally the Mos Eisley cantina from the original film.

The special is notorious for its extremely negative reception and has never been rebroadcast nor officially released on home video. It has get somewhat of a cultural legend due to the hole-and-corner quality of its beingness. It has been viewed and distributed in off-air recordings made from its original telecast by fans as bootleg copies, and information technology has also been uploaded to content-sharing websites. In dissimilarity, the blithe segment that introduced Boba Fett was positively received and, in 2021, was released on Disney+.

Plot [edit]

On Life Day, Chewbacca, accompanied by Han Solo, is headed home to run into his family. Along the way, the duo is chased by two Star Destroyers, only they escape into hyperspace. Meanwhile, on Kashyyyk, Chewbacca'southward family unit is preparing for his return. Hoping to discover the Millennium Falcon, his wife, Malla, runs a computer browse for starships in the area only is unsuccessful.

Malla contacts Luke Skywalker, who, forth with R2-D2, is working on his X-wing fighter. Luke tells her that he does not know what happened. Malla contacts Saun Dann, a local trader. He tells her through a carefully worded message that Han and Chewbacca are on their mode and should be arriving soon.

Malla then attempts (unsuccessfully) to set up a meal, the instructions of which are existence aired via a local cooking show by an eccentric four-armed alien cook, Chef Gormaanda (Harvey Korman).

Saun arrives with Life Day gifts for everyone, including a virtual reality fantasy program (featuring Diahann Carroll) for Itchy. Back on the Falcon, Chewbacca and Han have just come up out of hyperspace not far from Kashyyyk. Han notices an increased Regal presence, and so they decide to land in an unguarded area to the north.

As they enter the atmosphere, Lumpy hears the roaring of the transport. Believing Han and Chewie might be arriving, Malla opens the door, just instead finds two stormtroopers and officers. The Imperials force their way into the house. An officeholder orders a search for Chewbacca.

As they search, Saun and the others try to distract them with nutrient and Malla'south music video box (which features a video by Jefferson Starship). When the music finishes, the caput officer orders the search to go along. The caput officer tells Malla to continue Lumpy busy while they search his room, and so Lumpy (and the viewing audition) uses a viewscreen to watch a cartoon of his father'southward many adventures:

During a search for a talisman, the Millennium Falcon crashes on the water moon of Panna with the principal characters onboard. They run into Boba Fett, who saves Luke from a behemothic monster and claims to desire to assistance the Rebels. They all board the Falcon, where Han has been infected past a mysterious sleeping virus acquired by the talisman. Luke then contracts the virus as well. Fett and Chewie go into Panna Metropolis to get the cure. Once they get into the Imperial-occupied city, Fett instructs Chewie to stay behind—and then he tin contact Darth Vader. On the Falcon, equally C-3PO is caring for Han and Luke, R2-D2 intercepts the transmission betwixt Vader and Fett. Evading the Imperials, Fett and Chewie return to the Falcon with the cure. After everyone recovers from the virus, they learn of Fett'due south true allegiances. He blasts away using his jetpack, promising they will meet again. The heroes head back to the Rebel base aboard the Falcon.

Lumpy works to create a translation device that will fool the Imperials into returning to their base past faking their commander's vocalisation. To do so, he first must watch the transmission for the device, being presented by a malfunctioning, incompetent robot (also played by Korman). While the Imperials are searching downstairs, the living room viewscreen activates, announcing that Tatooine is being put nether curfew past the Empire because of "subversive forces".

The video is announced as required viewing for all Regal forces and much of it features Ackmena (Bea Arthur) running the Mos Eisley cantina. Ackmena is approached past an admirer: Krelman, an amorous alien, who has misunderstood something she said to him recently. Ackmena announces last phone call, and upon being ignored, sings a farewell song.

Lumpy uses this opportunity to put his plan into motility, faking a repeated call for the Imperials to "render to base". They exit, simply one stormtrooper stays backside and realizes that they were tricked. He finds Lumpy and destroys the automobile, then chases Lumpy outside.

Han and Chewbacca arrive. Chewie protects Lumpy as Han kills the stormtrooper. After they are reunited, an Majestic officeholder appears on the viewscreen, giving a full general alarm for the missing stormtrooper. Saun quickly responds that the trooper stole supplies and deserted. The danger averted, the family prepares to go to the festival at the great Tree of Life. They hold glowing orbs, and announced in infinite wearing cerise robes.[2]

Wookiees walk into a bright star and go far at the Tree of Life, where many are gathered, including C-3PO and R2-D2. Luke, Leia, and Han also appear. Leia gives a short speech and sings a vocal in celebration. Chewie remembers his adventures during the events of the original film. Finally, the Wookiee family sits around a table and bows their heads.

Cast [edit]

  • Marking Hamill equally Luke Skywalker[3]
  • Harrison Ford as Han Solo[3]
  • Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia[3]
  • Anthony Daniels every bit C-3PO[3]
  • Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca[3]
  • James Earl Jones every bit Darth Vader (voice)[3]
  • Beatrice Arthur[iii] as Ackmena
  • Art Carney[3] equally Trader Saun Dann[four]
  • Diahann Carroll[3] as Mermeia Holographic
  • Jefferson Starship[iii] (Marty Balin, Craig Chaquico, Paul Kantner, David Freiberg, Pete Sears, John Barbata) equally holographic band
  • Harvey Korman[three] every bit Krelman / Chef Gormaanda / Amorphian instructor
  • Mickey Morton as Malla[3] / Tork (uncredited) / Chef Gormaanda's second pair of arms (uncredited)
  • Paul Gale as Itchy[3]
  • Patty Maloney as Lumpy[3]
  • Jack Rader[3] as Imperial Guard Officer
  • Stephanie Stromer[3]
  • Michael Potter[3] as Imperial Guard
  • The Wazzan Troupe[iii]
  • Yuichi Sugiyama[3] as the "Ring-Primary"
  • The Mum Brothers[3]
  • Claude Woolman[3] as Regal Officer
  • Lev Mailer[3] as Imperial Guard
  • John McLaughlin[3]
  • David Prowse (archive footage) as Darth Vader (uncredited)
  • Alec Guinness (archive footage) as Obi-Wan Kenobi (uncredited)
  • Leslie Schofield (annal footage) equally Imperial Officer (uncredited)
  • Marcus Powell (archive footage) as Rycar Ryjerd (uncredited)

Kenny Baker, who played R2-D2 in the films, was not involved in the special. The droid was performed entirely by a radio-controlled unit of measurement, operated by Mick Garris (Lucas'southward receptionist). In the credits, R2-D2 is credited past announcer Art James equally playing himself.[3]

Because James Earl Jones was originally uncredited in Star Wars, the special marked the showtime time he was credited as the vox of Darth Vader.[5]

Malla'southward mask was repurposed from a Chewbacca mask from the original movie.[6] The names of Chewbacca'south family unit were later explained to accept been nicknames, their full names beingness Mallatobuck (Malla), Attichitcuk (Itchy), and Lumpawarrump or Lumpawaroo (Lumpy).[seven] [8] [9]

Production [edit]

While outlining the original Star Wars and planning its potential sequels, Lucas imagined a "motion picture but about Wookiees, nothing else."[10] After the original film'south success, its cast made a few appearances on TV variety shows.[2] According to Charles Lippincott, who was head of marketing of the Star Wars Corporation, CBS brought the thought of doing a Tv special to him and Lucas, although there is some internal dispute near this claim.[11] According to J.W. Rinzler, "Everybody agreed that a television special was a proficient idea." Lucas was busy moving his product company to a new location, which was not heavily involved in the special.[two] According to Lucasfilm producer Gary Kurtz:

It did outset out to exist a lot better [with a different script]. We had half a dozen meetings with the Tv company that was making it. In the cease, because of work on promoting Star Wars and working on the next motion-picture show, we realized we had no time. So we just left it to them and just had the occasional meetings with them, provided them with access to props and the actors, and that was it.[12]

Though Lucas is uncredited, it was his idea to build the narrative effectually Chewbacca'due south family. CBS hired experienced variety show writers and producers,[two] including author Bruce Vilanch, who was concerned about the determination to centre the special on a species who grunt in a fictional language without subtitles. Regardless, Lucas would not budge on his vision.[11] The special went through two directors. The first, David Acomba, was brought in through an attempt to "make us unlike in multifariousness shows", according to Lippincott.[11]

Acomba, a classmate of George Lucas at USC film school, was unfamiliar with a multiple-camera setup, which caused some problems. Acomba also felt that there was a divide between himself and the producers, and chose to leave the project after finishing only a few scenes, including the cantina and Jefferson Starship. He was replaced past Steve Binder, whose merely contact with Lucasfilm was a "Wookiee bible" detailing how the species should await and behave.[11] Stan Winston was hired to blueprint the Wookiee family.[13]

The special was circulate in its entirety in the Usa only one time, on Friday, November 17, 1978 (the week earlier Thanksgiving), on the television network CBS from eight:00 pm to 10:00 pm, Eastern Standard Time (EST), pre-empting Wonder Woman and The Incredible Hulk. Information technology was also broadcast on the Canadian goggle box network CTV from vii:00 pm to 9:00 pm, Eastern Standard Fourth dimension,[fourteen] in New Zealand on TVNZ, and in Australia on the Seven Network.[ citation needed ]

Segments [edit]

All the acts are loosely linked together with cloth that involves the Wookiees' preparation for Life Day on Kashyyyk, Han and Chewie's attempt to bypass the Royal blockade and brand information technology to Chewie'due south family, and the Imperial garrison's search for rebels. The plot strings together a serial of musical numbers, glory cameos and other variety-show acts. These include songs and comedy routines by such 1970s talents as Jefferson Starship, Diahann Carroll, Fine art Carney, Harvey Korman and Bea Arthur, and a circus-style acrobatics routine including uneven bars and juggling. The most notable segment is an animated cartoon featuring the onscreen debut of Boba Fett.

Music [edit]

Original music was equanimous for The Star Wars Holiday Special by Ken and Mitzie Welch, while Ian Fraser was brought in to suit John Williams' orchestral themes from Star Wars.[xi] The special features four songs:

  1. "This Minute Now" is sung by Diahann Carroll. Carroll – who is supposed to be an image created by a virtual reality machine – tells Chewbacca's father, Itchy, that she is his "fantasy" and suggestively invites him to "experience" her.
  2. "Calorie-free the Sky on Burn down", performed by Jefferson Starship, which is presented as a 3D music video watched by one of the Imperial guards; during product the song was given the working title "Cigar-Shaped Object (Vanished Without a Trace)" (the song was included as a bonus 45 rpm unmarried in the Jefferson Starship greatest hits collection Gold). (The prune marked Marty Balin's terminal appearance with Jefferson Starship, as he had left the band in October 1978, a month before the special was broadcast. He afterwards rejoined the band in 1993.)
  3. Later on, Bea Arthur, who plays Ackmena, proprietress of the Mos Eisley cantina, sings "Good Night, But Not Goodbye" set to the Cantina Ring theme. Some of the same aliens seen in the cantina in Star Wars reappear, including the band Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes, as back-up musicians.[15]
  4. Finally, at the stop of the special, Carrie Fisher sings a vocal in celebration of Life Solar day to the tune of "Star Wars (Chief Title)" by John Williams.

Comedy [edit]

Harvey Korman provides comedy in 3 of the special's skits, including the cantina skit with Bea Arthur where he plays a love-struck barfly who drinks through a hole in the tiptop of his head. He also performs two solo routines: ane as Chef Gormaanda, a iv-armed parody of Julia Kid (the 4 arms allow her to piece of work much faster than Malla can keep up with) and ane as a malfunctioning Amorphian android named Dromboid in an instruction video watched by Lumpy.

Fine art Carney has a more than integral function in the story, playing a trader named Saun Dann on Kashyyyk who is a member of the rebellion and helps Chewie's family unit. His segments are also largely played for laughs and at 1 point includes a scene alluding to his grapheme Ed Norton from The Honeymooners, where an Imperial officer demands that he "get on with information technology" while Carney dallies with a prop, thus introducing the Jefferson Starship performance.

Drawing [edit]

The high bespeak of the special is generally considered to be the animated segment known as "The Faithful Wookiee",[16] which is the first official Star Wars drawing.[17] It was written by Lucas and produced by Toronto blitheness house Nelvana Ltd., which later produced Droids and Ewoks, two Sat-morning serial based on the franchise in 1985 on ABC.[eighteen] [xix] Lucas requested that the visual mode be inspired by Moebius.[20] The song talents of the main cast are featured.[21] Intended as an in-universe flashback, Luke wears a yellowish jacket similar to his outfit at the end of A New Hope.

The cartoon introduces Boba Fett, whose advent was based on footage of the unpainted costume from The Empire Strikes Back, and according to Nelvana co-founder Clive Smith, their proposition to "scuff up his costume a little bit" influenced the character's live-activity appearance.[sixteen] The final costume design made a public parade appearance two months before the Holiday Special aired.[22] The simplified colour scheme for the cartoon was later repeated for Fett'southward advent in Droids.[23] Co-ordinate to the official Star Wars website, Fett was voiced by Don Francks in the special.[twenty]

Separate from the rest of the special, the drawing is presently bachelor to view on the streaming platform Disney+.[24]

Reception [edit]

Critical response [edit]

The Star Wars Vacation Special was universally lambasted by critics, audiences and Star Wars fans alike.[14] Jerry Cadet, in a November 1978 review for the Associated Press, called the program "bubble glue for the encephalon".[25] Nathan Rabin of The A.V. Club wrote, "I'1000 not convinced the special wasn't ultimately written and directed past a sentient bag of cocaine."[26] David Hofstede, author of What Were They Thinking?: The 100 Dumbest Events in Tv set History, ranked the vacation special at number 1, calling it "the worst two hours of television e'er".[27] On the review-aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the motion-picture show received a 27% approval rating, based on fifteen reviews, with an average rating of iii.iv/10.[28]

Writing for Fatherly, Nathan Rabin says the drawing segment is atypical compared to the rest of the special in that it "feels worthy of being catechism and not a hypnotically insane aberration."[29]

Recognition [edit]

The special was ranked at No. 3 in "The 5 Goofiest Moments of the Star Wars Mythos" in the 62nd event of the United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland's Star Wars mag.[30] Television Guide ranked information technology at number 11 on their "25 Well-nigh Hilarious Vacation Telly Moments", mentioning that it was "unintentionally hilarious."[31] Both TV Guide and Television Land ranked the special at No. 59 on their "Tiptop 100 Unexpected Television set Moments" in a five-part special that aired from December 5 until December ix, 2005.[31]

In 2008, the Star Wars Vacation Special was selected to exist shown at the Paley Center for Media by 59% of voters in an online poll of Christmas specials (which immune users to vote on v titles), beating A Charlie Chocolate-brown Christmas (34.6%), How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (31.3%) and Rudolph the Cherry-Nosed Reindeer (28.four%), among others.[32]

Reception from bandage and coiffure [edit]

George Lucas did non have significant involvement with the moving-picture show's production[b] and was reportedly unhappy with the results. In 1987, Lucas reportedly said of the special, "I believe information technology volition be released on videotape. I'm non certain if they're going to rerun it on tv or not."[34] In a May 2005 interview, Lucas was asked if the film had soured him on working in television. He replied:

The special from 1978 really didn't take much to exercise with us, you lot know. I can't recall what network it was on, simply it was a thing that they did. We kind of permit them do it. It was done past... I can't even remember who the group was, but they were multifariousness Television set guys. We let them use the characters and stuff and that probably wasn't the smartest thing to do, just you learn from those experiences.[35]

In 2006, Harrison Ford made an advent on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and claimed to have never seen it, and would non fifty-fifty acknowledge its existence.[36] On the 2010 television program Times Talk, New York Times columnist David Carr asked Carrie Fisher most the special; she said that she made Lucas give her a copy of the special in commutation for recording commentary for the Star Wars trilogy and then that she would "take something for parties...when [she] wanted anybody to exit."[37] In 2018, Mark Hamill admitted to non having seen the entire special.[38] In his 2019 biography, Anthony Daniels referred to the special as a "turd."[39]

The official Star Wars site states that the special "delivered mixed results" and states that its highlight was the Boba Fett animated segment.[40] The official site as well says, when referring to the fan interest in seeing the Wookiees on-screen, "the 1978 Vacation Special didn't cut it."[41] The official site also refers to the Boba Fett animated segment as "a cult classic".[42]

Distribution [edit]

Despite just airing one time on television, homemade recordings of the special uploaded to the Net led to it becoming a cult classic amid Star Wars fans.[14] The entire drawing appeared as an Easter egg on the 2011 Star Wars: The Complete Saga Blu-ray set, making it the only portion of the special to be officially released in any home video format.[43] The cartoon was likewise released on Disney+ on Apr 2, 2021, under the name The Story of the Faithful Wookiee.[24]

International broadcast [edit]

The program was seen in Canada on CTV on the same evening as the CBS broadcast. Toronto CTV station CFTO-Idiot box aired the program at 7 pm, an hr earlier than seen on the nearest American outlet, WIVB-TV in Buffalo, New York.[44] It was also distributed and seen in Commonwealth of australia and New Zealand.[45] [46] It aired in France on January 1, 1979, on TF1, in a shortened 72-minute version, dubbed in French.[47]

It was shown on Swedish SVT on May 31, 1979 every bit Stjärnornas krig - och fred (literally "Star Wars - and Peace", a pun on the Swedish title of the offset film).[48] A new re-create of this version was discovered in 2020, and partly released on YouTube by Swedish YouTube channel Herring & Chips, in Dec 2021, but the authenticity and source are as withal unclear as information technology is heavily modified, but appears to be from a new source as claimed.[49]

It aired in the Republic of Ireland on RTÉ 2 on Christmas Twenty-four hour period 1979.[50] The special was besides broadcast in Honduras on Canal v and Brazil on TV Bandeirantes (on Christmas Mean solar day, 1981).[51]

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  • Prior to the special's ambulation, the Kenner toy company considered creating a toy line based on the special. While the project was canceled because of the unpopularity of the special, several image versions of the figures are known to have been created. Those depict the Chewbacca family and seem to be simply modifications of Kenner'southward officially released Chewbacca figure.[52]
  • A press kit was released prior to the special to promote its airing.
  • Jefferson Starship released their vocal from the special, "Low-cal the Sky On Fire", as a single, with their 1974 song "Hyperdrive" equally the B-side.[53] Cash Box said of it that a "dashing rhythm section of double-timing drums and pounding bass line underpin this unusual Starship track."[54]
  • In 2007, Hasbro released a Boba Fett action figure, using the likeness from the animated cartoon and titled "Boba Fett (Animated Debut)".[55]

Legacy [edit]

Canonicity of the special [edit]

Despite the unpopularity of the special, Lucasfilm maintained its status as function of the continuity, placing information technology halfway between Episodes IV and V.[56] From 1978 to 2014, near elements of the Vacation Special fell under a secondary level of catechism superseded by other licensed works.[57]

This was clarified in 2007 by Leland Chee, who maintains Lucasfilm's internal continuity database called "the Holocron". According to Chee, the Holocron independent at least 28 entries nigh The Star Wars Holiday Special past that indicate. These placed all elements referred to in other works, such as Life Day and Chewbacca'due south family members, in an intermediary level of catechism. Chee stated that elements non later on referred to were given the next lowest rank.[58]

Chee also confirmed that Leslie Schofield appears as an unnamed character in The Star Wars Holiday Special and not the character he played in A New Hope named Chief Bast. Previously this confusion had acquired some fans to question whether Bast's decease aboard the Death Star was genuine (drawing on a hint in the Customizable Carte du jour Game).

After Lucasfilm was caused by The Walt Disney Company, the Holocron was retired. Only the episodic films and blithe series beginning with The Clone Wars were alleged to exist part of the new canon. J. J. Abrams sardonically referred to the holiday special as canon in a 2015 interview.[59] Life Day was mentioned in "Affiliate 1: The Mandalorian", the beginning episode of the canon live-action series The Mandalorian (2019).[60]

Later on appearances [edit]

Later being introduced by the special, the grapheme Boba Fett and the planet Kashyyyk have gone on to play integral roles in the franchise, making their start pic appearances in The Empire Strikes Back and Revenge of the Sith, respectively. Apart from this, more than specific references to The Star Wars Holiday Special have been made including:

  • In 1979, Lucasfilm published Star Wars: The Wookiee Storybook, a children's volume that reunites characters from the special.[61]
  • A 1979 newspaper comic strip by Russ Manning features another venture past Han and Chewie to Kashyyyk (Called Hazhyyyk and Kazhyyyk in the comic) for Life 24-hour interval.[62]
  • Wookiee World (1985), issue #91 of Curiosity Comics' Star Wars series, features Chewie'southward family in another adventure on Kashyyyk.[63]
  • Tyrant's Test (1996), the third book of Michael P. Kube-McDowell's Black Fleet Crisis trilogy features Lumpy and his rites of passage.[64]
  • Rebel Dawn (1997), the tertiary volume of A. C. Crispin's Han Solo Trilogy, deals with Solo's early years and early on relation with Chewbacca and his family unit. Malla and Chewie's matrimony is depicted.[65]
  • The Star Wars Encyclopedia (1998) by Stephen J. Sansweet is an official guide to the fictional Star Wars galaxy, which features elements from the special.[66]
  • The Star Wars Cookbook: Wookiee Cookiees and Other Galactic Recipes (1998) gives an official recipe for "Wookiee cookiees", a play on "Wookiee-ookiees" from the special.[67]
  • Agents of Anarchy I: Hero'southward Trial (2000) is a novel in The New Jedi Society series, in which Malla and Itchy make appearances.[68]
  • Chewbacca (2000) is a four-event comic volume series by Darko Macan, which features Itchy and Malla recalling stories of Chewbacca's history.[69]
  • Galactic Battlegrounds (2001) is a LucasArts game which explored Itchy's past. As seen in the game, he is a bang-up warrior in his younger days, fighting many battles.[70]
  • The 2002 Assail of the Clones web documentary "Bucket Head" features segments of the cartoon, introduced by Jeremy Bulloch, who portrayed Fett in the original trilogy.
  • The Unifying Force (2003) is the concluding book of the New Jedi Gild series. It features Lumpy, who takes up Chewbacca's life debt to Han.[71]
  • Star Wars: Galaxies (2003) was a pop MMORPG that allowed the player to visit and explore Kashyyyk. While in that location, the actor can explore the community of Life Day, as there are several Wookiees dressed in red robes, as in the special. Lumpy'southward stuffed bantha from the special can also exist seen in the game. The official site for Star Wars: Galaxies even had a webpage dedicated to explaining these features in the game and the customs of Life Day.[72]
  • A Wood Autonomously (2003) is an eastward-novella by Troy Denning. It focuses on the exploits of Lumpy, after Malla allows him to go to Coruscant with Chewbacca.[73]
  • Revenge of the Sith: The Visual Lexicon (2005) explains that the gunner of one of the Oevvaor jet catamarans in the film was Itchy.[74]
  • Star Wars: Complete Locations (2005) mentions that while Luke, Obi-Wan and the droids are in the cantina in Star Wars, Ackmena is in a nearby room negotiating for a raise in her pay.[75]
  • HoloNet News (2005) featured an issue about Chef Gormaanda. Featuring a new recipe, it was explained that she had won a cooking accolade.[76]
  • Star Wars The One-time Republic (2011) has annual events concerning Life 24-hour interval at the space station for both factions, normally during the Christmas holiday flavor.
  • Zen Pinball 2 (2012) featured a Star Wars table.[77] Upon losing, Boba Fett says "we'll encounter again, friends" to the player, which is a direct quote from his character in the Vacation Special.
  • Unproduced episodes of The Clone Wars would have featured Chewbacca and Kashyyyk, and made references to the Holiday Special.[78]
  • The Star Wars streaming series The Mandalorian features a gunfighter who uses a weapon very similar to the i used by Fett in the special.[79] [c] In addition, the show's pilot episode features a character straight referring to Life 24-hour interval.[threescore]
  • A book titled Life 24-hour interval Treasury: Vacation Stories from a Galaxy Far, Far Away from Cavan Scott and George Isle of mann was released on September 7, 2021.[81]
  • A Life Mean solar day comic from Marvel was released on November 24, 2021.[82]
  • On January 4, 2022, a Little Aureate Volume adaptation of The Story of the Faithful Wookiee was released by Random Business firm.[83]

In pop civilisation [edit]

In 2005, Lawrence Person wrote a review of a "Platinum Edition" DVD release of the special as an April Fools hoax.[84]

In 2007, the comedy troupe RiffTrax, which is equanimous of Mystery Science Theater 3000 alumni Beak Corbett, Kevin White potato and Michael J. Nelson, released a parody commentary on the special alongside the commercial breaks.[85] [86]

In the 2011 Community episode "Regional Holiday Music", the main characters watch the "Inspector Spacetime holiday special", a clear nod to the Star Wars Holiday Special.[87]

In December 2018, a comedy play was released about the special'southward production, entitled Special.[2]

The LEGO Star Wars Vacation Special featuring characters from the sequel trilogy in a Life 24-hour interval-themed adventure was released on Disney+ on Nov 17, 2020,[88] [89] the 42nd anniversary of the special. The same 24-hour interval, io9 announced that Jeremy Coon and Steve Kozak were directing a documentary virtually the making of the special titled A Disturbance in the Strength.[90]

The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special is an upcoming Disney+ special set to exist released in Dec 2022. It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and director James Gunn has cited the Star Wars special equally its main inspiration.[91]

On April one, 2022, io9 discussed the relationship between the special and the Galaxy's Border themed area in an interview with Disney Imagineer Alex Lee. Io9 cited a tradition amongst fans attending the park dressed in reddish robes like the Wookiees on Life Day, and Lee best-selling that "performers [may] react to ... and inject all of that into their storytelling", likewise referencing the possibility of future "formal events".[92]

See as well [edit]

  • List of Star Wars films and television set series
  • "Fighting the frizzies - at eleven"
  • "Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics"
  • "White & Nerdy"

References [edit]

Footnotes [edit]

  1. ^ ' The ' is included at the first of the championship in the opening credits, besides as in some editorials.[one]
  2. ^ Patty Maloney, who played Lumpy, stated in 2008 that Lucas was sent dailies of each day'due south shooting for approval, but otherwise Maloney did non see the franchise creator on set.[33]
  3. ^ The series' creator, Jon Favreau, has said that he is a fan of "certain sequences" of the special and that he "loved the introduction of Boba Fett and that rifle".[80]

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Further reading [edit]

  • Plesset, Ross (1998). "The Star Wars Holiday Special". Ultra Filmfax. 69–70.

External links [edit]

  • Star Wars Vacation Special unofficial website
  • The Star Wars Vacation Special at IMDb
  • The Star Wars Holiday Special at AllMovie
  • Star Wars: Vacation Special at Rotten Tomatoes
  • The Star Wars Holiday Special on Wookieepedia, a Star Wars wiki
  • The Star Wars Holiday Special at The Interviews: An Oral History of Television
  • RiffTrax treatment on official YouTube channel

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