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Saturday, April 12, 2008

The Star Wars Holiday Special

Posted by The Dean of Cincinnati

This evening, I spoke with a long-time friend about a wide-variety of topics, and he told me about “The Star Wars Holiday Special.” Apparently, this is something George Lucas created for television after the first Star Wars movie—including the cast of the film—but it was so corny he paid off television networks never to air the thing again. But of course, due to the magic of the internet, it is available online. So I have thought to bring it to you!

According to MutantReviewers.com:

In 1978, George Lucas gave the go-ahead to capitalize on his enormously successful Star Wars and basically feed it a mountain of drugs, then produce it for network TV. They got the original cast, plus a bevy of then-famous guest stars, plus a halfway-decent budget (including props and clips from the movie). The result became the most infamous piece of Star Wars legend: The Star Wars Holiday Special.

Shown only once on November 17, 1978 — and never again.

Why? It was about the biggest waste of network TV and viewers’ time, a dump all over Lucas’ creation that wouldn’t see its equal until Jar-Jar and Skin-That-Is-Not-Rough-Like-Sand. That Lucas greenlit it is delicious; that he actually paid off (or so the rumor goes) all network stations never to broadcast it again, refuses to ever release it from the LucasArts vaults (even though it would make a TON of moolah, from the brand name alone), and declines discussing it even now is practically a triple-dog-dare that we must partake. Wouldn’t you agree?

So with no further ado:

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