The Star Wars Holiday Special is more important to canon than ever

For decades, Star Wars Holiday Special is an artificial artifact Internet TV variety show thinking in a specific eraand Lucasfilm seems content to pretend it never happened. Fans considered this a stain on the George Lucas film series and became the butt of endless jokes among fans. But that’s changed over the past decade – Lucasfilm has been quietly honoring the holiday special and incorporating elements from it into the canon. Star Wars: Skeleton Crewthe best thing Lucasfilm has done since Star Wars Galaxy Andoris the latest proof that the company is no longer so embarrassed about the whole thing.

this Star Wars Holiday Special The show aired on November 17, 1978 on CBS. ) starred in shorts and musicals, as well as animated shorts that introduced bounty hunter Boba Fett to the world. The film is nearly two hours long and is filled with chilling moments; Star Wars Holiday Special This is a very bad incident. Star Wars fans who have seen it often admonish those who haven’t to skip it; it’s not worth the time investment. (Others see it differently.) Even Star Wars actors Harrison Ford, Anthony Daniels and Carrie Fisher know throw it away.

For a long time, the only way was to watch Star Wars Holiday Special It’s on a bootleg VHS tape. but thanks Upload on YouTube and the Internet Archive, it’s easier than ever for you to embrace it. As it becomes more accessible, Lucasfilm seems increasingly willing to incorporate it into the current Star Wars canon.

As a Star Wars authority and creative director of the Lucasfilm Story Group Pablo Hidalgo wrote in 2023 On StarWars.com, some of the earliest adopters Star Wars Holiday Special Legends are video games. online games star wars galaxies, Clone Wars Adventuresand Star Wars: The Old Republic merge life daythe Wookiee celebration of family and togetherness was introduced as an in-game event during the Holiday Special.

Days of Life is fully ingrained in modern Star Wars canon thanks to Disney’s acquisition The Mandalorian. In the first episode of the Disney+ series, Din Djarin’s Bounty fledgling myth Declaring that he “wants to be free on Life Day” suggests that the Wookiee holiday is a galactic celebration – not just for those on Kashyyyk.

Since then, the “Life Day” concept has appeared in Marvel’s Star Wars comics and unorthodox one-off comedies. LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special. The Star Wars theme park is also going all out on Life Day. Since 2022, Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge parks at Disneyland and Disney World have held Life Day celebrations on November 17, the anniversary of Star Wars. Star Wars Holiday Special — with special foods and Product supply. In fact, Life Day has become the second annual Star Wars-themed holiday, six months before May Fourth.

Life Day is not the only aspect Star Wars Holiday Special has reappeared in recent years. The animated short that marked the debut of Boba Fett was officially re-released by Lucasfilm in 2011 as Star Wars: The Complete Saga Blu-ray Set – This is the only time footage from the holiday special has been officially released on home video. Original Boba Fett cartoon added to Disney+ with title “The Story of a Faithful Wookiee” 2021.

Other elements come from Star Wars Holiday Special has crept into modern classics, including the four-armed alien chef Gormanda. In the holiday special, Chewbacca’s wife Marato Buck prepares for a Life Day celebration by watching a cooking show starring Gormanda (played by Harvey Korman). Since then, Gormanda has appeared in some small but classic works in short story collections (Stories from a Galaxy Far Far Away: Aliens: Volume One) and several official cookbooks.

recent, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew pay tribute Star Wars Holiday Specialconfirming that children across the galaxy love watching holographic circus shows. Chewbacca’s son Lumpavaru (“Lumpy”) Be mesmerized by the holographic children’s show in the holiday special, a recreation of which appears in the second episode skeleton crew. NeilBrothers Jobo, Jorko and Tuloo sat around the family room, staring at a holographic projection straight out of a holiday special. Then, in episode 4, Jod Na Nawood discovers a holographic puck with clips of these circus performers on it.

Such deep respect is not unusual for Star Wars skeleton crewwhich also has a wink and nod to Lucasfilm Captain Io and a 1985 television movie Ewoks: The Battle for Endor. But it’s nice to know that kids of all alien species in the Star Wars galaxy are consuming these wonderful holographic circus content and looking forward to holding a glowing orb on their next life day.