Here’s some exciting news for Star Wars fans – and completionists in particular – as Disney+ has announced that it is set to bring the Star Wars Vintage Collection to the streaming service on April 2nd. Along with Genndy Tartakovsky’s Star Wars: Clone Wars animated series from 2003, the new additions include Lucasfilm’s two Ewoks TV […]
LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special executive producer on incorporating elements of the infamous 1978 Holiday Special
Lucasfilm is set to revisit one of the deepest, darkest corners of the entire Star Wars saga this November as it pays tribute to the infamous 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special with a brand new animated LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special on Disney+. The original Holiday Special aired but one single time in 1978, and […]
New Star Wars Holiday Special coming to Disney+, in LEGO form!
Lucasfilm is putting together a brand new Star Wars Holiday Special that will air on Disney+. The original Star Wars Holiday Special released in 1978 has a special place in the franchise’s history but did anyone think Lucasfilm would actually make another one? Well, it turns out that is exactly what is going to happen, […]
The Star Wars Holiday Special continues to be a baffling, fascinating cultural relic
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 […]