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Star Wars Holiday Special documentary A Disturbance in the Force gets a trailer and poster

March 5, 2023 by Amie Cranswick

Ahead of its world premiere at SXSW next Saturday, a teaser trailer has been released for the documentary A Disturbance in the Force.

Written and directed by Jeremy Coon and Steve Kozak, the documentary chronicles the making and airing of 1978’s notorious The Star Wars Holiday Special and features interviews with Seth Green, Weird Al Yankovic, Paul Scheer, Taran Killam, Donny Osmond, Gilbert Gottfried, Bonnie Burton, Bruce Vilanch, and Steve Binder. Watch the trailer below…

In 1977, “Star Wars” became a cultural phenomenon that single-handedly revitalized a stagnant film industry, and forever changed how films were sold, made, and marketed. Movies would never be the same again.

A year later, neither would television.

In 1978, CBS aired the two-hour “Star Wars Holiday Special” during the week of Thanksgiving and was watched by 13 million people. It never re-aired.

While some fans of the franchise are aware of this dark secret, this bizarre two hours of television still remains relatively unknown among the general public. Simply put, we will answer how and why did the “Holiday Special” get made.

SEE ALSO: The Star Wars Holiday Special continues to be a baffling, fascinating cultural relic

A Disturbance in the Force will premiere at the 2023 SXSW Film Festival on March 11th.

 

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: A Disturbance in the Force, Bonnie Burton, Bruce Vilanch, Donny Osmond, Gilbert Gottfried, Jeremy Coon, Paul Scheer, Seth Green, Star Wars, Steve Binder, Steve Kozak, taran killam, The Star Wars Holiday Special, Weird Al Yankovic

About Amie Cranswick

Amie Cranswick has been part of Flickering Myth’s editorial and management team for over a decade. She has a background in publishing and copyediting and has served as Editor-in-Chief of FlickeringMyth.com since 2023.

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