Subject: Re: The Star Wars Holiday Special (was Re: Xmas Special shitcanned for "messing with the canon"?)
On 2026-06-20 10:39:19 +0000, The True Melissa said:
Verily, in article <1114g34$3l3qs$1@dont-email.me>, did
YourName@YourISP.com deliver unto us this message:
On 2026-06-19 16:19:21 +0000, The True Melissa said:
Verily, in article
<0001HW.2FE596D903436A9D70000137D38F@news.supernews.com>, did
akwolffan@zoho.com deliver unto us this message:
I'm reading this in rec.arts.sf.tv, and was kind of hoping that the Star >>>> Wars Chritsmas Special had been retroactively erased from existence.
George Lucas tried.
One of the biggest (of many) issues with the Star Wars Christmas
Special is that much of it is in Wookiee language with no sub-titles,
making it completely incomprehensible.
Oh, that. Yeah, that was pretty ridiculous. The wookies overacted
comically so that we could follow the story without language. I guess it worked even though it made the wookies ridiculous, but then why subject
us to all the bellowing?
Even the much praised animated Boba Fett segment uses an incredibly bad
animation style.
That was praised? I missed it. I've heard nothing but straight-up
contempt for this show.
Some people were very, very into Boba Fett. There was never much footage
of him, so maybe they were just hungry for more.
Well, "praised" is perhaps exaggerated. The Boba Fet sequence is
considered the best bit / only bit worth watching of the Holiday
Special by many people. The Holiday Special was Boba Fett's first
on-screen appearance (the character dod appear in a parade just
before), and his popularity was partly why George Lucas included him in
"The Empire Strikes Back" movie.
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