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Star Wars Holiday Special Petition

Discussion in 'Star Wars TV- Completed Shows' started by Darth_Malt, Mar 1, 2003.

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  1. JediKnightOB1

    JediKnightOB1 Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    The Star Wars Holiday Special, should not be watched if you operate heavy machinery, if you are pregnant or if your have trouble sleeping.

    It has been know to promote vomiting and sudden uncontrolable bowel movement.

    In labratory animals it has been known to cause cancer and / or the detachment of the retna.

    Young boys have been known to have hair grow in the palm of their hands and it has been know to send young girls to the nunnery.

    Chinesse prison camps briefly experimented with using is as a torture device. The prisoners actually wnated to die and the technique was soon discarded.
     
  2. Darth_Malt

    Darth_Malt Jedi Padawan star 4

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    So it sucked. I would not care to have it sitting in my DVD collection. I think it would look quite nice. It's like a train wreck, when it comes on, you can't look away.
     
  3. BoShudah

    BoShudah Jedi Youngling

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    Mar 4, 2004
    I remember seeing it when I was a kid a long time ago. Sure it was complete crap, but I remember being fascinated at the suggestion of an expanded universe. The life of the wookies, Chewies family, the Han & Chewie bits.. etc..
    It was also cool to note that it was the first time we saw Boba Fett in any way, even though it was animated.

    Can anyone tell me what the Fett cartoon storyline was about? As it was so long ago, I can only remember images...


    and yeah, I'd love a copy.. to have.. in a box.. in the garage.. to never be spoken of again.
     
  4. Darth_Kevin

    Darth_Kevin Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    Aug 30, 2001
    Even though it is totally horrible, I am a completist so I add my name to the petition.

    Also, how can we NOT have the first appearance of Boba Fett on DVD!!
     
  5. Galahad_Skywalker

    Galahad_Skywalker Jedi Youngling star 1

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    Mar 30, 2004
    Maybe Lucas could have some sort of promotional with Episode III, where if you collect so many UPCs from Corn Pops or Frosted Mini Wheats, you can send in for a DVD version of it, kind of like what they did with 'The Making of Star Wars' back in the mid-90s. Either that, or it could actually be packaged in the cereal box itself. Just a thought, but at least that way it would be a promotional and nobody would have to waste any money on it. Besides, those sort of promotionals tend to gain value over time. 'Who knows, in a thousand years even [it--the Holiday Special] may be worth something.' :)
     
  6. cordelia-kenobi

    cordelia-kenobi Jedi Youngling

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    Apr 5, 2004
    How do you sign?

    I would buy it!

    and yes, I've seen it.

    Hardly quality tv, but very amusing, particuarly the way the wookie speak is not translated in any way. lol

    I actually liked it...
     
  7. keithabbott

    keithabbott Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    I'd buy it.
     
  8. Blackout

    Blackout Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    Oct 7, 2000
    You'll be sorry if it comes out. [face_plain]
    Poor old Uncle George is getting enough of a bashing from the media these days as it is. Can you imagine the character assassination that would follow the release of the Holiday Special? He doesn't even want to re-release the old versions of his masterworks, never mind this drivel :p

    I think the best we could hope for (and I'd prefer this option) is for the cartoon to be an extra on a Droids DVD. And even that's a long shot. :(

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  9. Magellan_the_Cat

    Magellan_the_Cat Jedi Padawan star 4

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    Jul 21, 2003
    Since Lucas hates the special, and never wants anyone to see it again, would destroy every copy in existance if he could, I think this thread is pretty pointless.

    It ain't gonna happen until MAYBE after Lucas croaks.
     
  10. Go-Mer-Tonic

    Go-Mer-Tonic Jedi Youngling star 6

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    Before the Phantom Menace came out, I had a "14 hours of SW party". We played the games, watched the movies, and even threw on the holiday special, all in chronological order of course.

    A lot of people ended up coming in after ESB, and a lot of them demanded that I re play the holiday special as an encore at the end of the 14 hours again.

    What with the heavy drinking and stuff going on, it was a laugh riot.

    If you haven't seen the holliday special, you really owe it to yourself. It's so bad it's facinating. Between the long stints of Chewie's family barking and whimpering to each other (with no subtitles at all) to the stormtroopers breaking the kid's toys, to a miniature holographic Jefferson Airplane performance, to Lumpy's (grandpa wookie) holographic soft core porn, you won't think it can get worse.

    And that's when Bea Arthur, playing a bartender in the cantina starts to sing a goodnight song to the local patrons.

    By then, watching an obviously "not-there" Carrie Fisher sing the "life day" song to the tune of the SW main title seems good.

    It sucks so bad you just have to see it.
     
  11. DARTHVENGERDARTHSEAR

    DARTHVENGERDARTHSEAR Force Ghost star 5

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    Jun 8, 2002
    I bought the bootleg copy at a convention around 1990 and was so excited to know that I had this prized possesion which was coveted for so long by people who never saw it. Boy was I disappointed in it when I popped it in the VCR and saw what I barely remembered as a child. I mean it was like owning a lump of #$\^ with a small gem in it. It's gruesome to sift through it just to look at it. The only thing I would petition for is the extraction of the Boba Fett cartoon which was the only highlight of the show. This cartoon was done well by that decade's standards.
     
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