To compliment the release of the “final” entry into the Skywalker Saga, Shaun Munro revisits the most infamous piece of Star Wars media in existence, 1978’s legendarily woeful Star Wars Holiday Special… While Star Wars fans routinely squabble over whether The Phantom Menace or The Last Jedi is the movie which sent the franchise irreversibly hurtling off […]
Jon Favreau still keen on making a new Star Wars Holiday Special
In the run up to the premiere of The Mandalorian, creator Jon Favreau joked that he’d like to develop a new Star Wars Holiday Special – referring to the infamous variety show abomination which aired back on CBS in 1978 – only it seems he wasn’t joking after all! “Oh I would definitely be interested […]
Star Wars on the Small Screen – The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)
With The Mandalorian set to premiere this coming week, we take a look at Lucasfilm’s early attempts to bring Star Wars to the small screen, beginning with the Star Wars Holiday Special from 1978… “If I had the time and a hammer, I would track down every copy of that programme and smash it”, Star […]
The Week in Star Wars – The Last Jedi trailer (but Rian Johnson says don’t watch it), Battlefront 2 first thoughts and more
The Week in Star Wars returns with a bumper issue that is stocked with The Last Jedi updates. We’ve got trailers, posters, IMAX displays and thoughts from director Rian Johnson. As well as Star Wars Rebels, Battlefront 2 thoughts, comics, toys and more… Let’s kick this edition of The Week in Star Wars off with […]
The Star Wars Holiday Special gets a Force Awakens mashup trailer
The Star Wars Holiday Special. It is, without doubt, the lowest point of the Star Wars franchise, and one of the biggest disasters in television history. And now the folks at Vulture have decided to produce a mashup between the infamous 1978 abomination and Disney’s upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Check it out here… although be […]