The Holiday Special (Commentary: Version 2] | (Not A Podcast Episode)

Time to abandon ship! Oh no! Here we go! Can I persuade you to join us for a drink? It's a tradition. Here, here. Jar Jar, homie, my main man, quick! Before the Separatists attack, get into the escape pod. Hey, this is escape. Then where's the pod? This is escape pod! Welcome back to Star Wars Escape Pod and the final episode for 2023, which is the holiday special commentary version two. We have done this before, believe it or not, and we are, believe it or not, doing it again. Why, you ask?

No idea. I think Blake suggested we do that. And you guys were interested. I was interested. Yes. You know, Kirk, you know, you haven't made your way through the whole thing before. So, you know, we're going to we're going to get through this together and we're just going to have a good laugh. And I think a few of us have watched the recent really released documentary on this entire production as well. So there might be a bit of background information.

But for those of you at home, you can find this on YouTube. Star Wars, the holiday special. All you do is hit play when we do. So we're just going to go around, introduce names just a moment and then we'll get going. So stay tuned. Just a moment. Another happy landing. All right. Welcome back. And we have in the escape pod in person. We got Calvin. Good evening. Good evening. Good evening, sir. And we got Dan. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. I've never done anything like this before.

We're all sitting in the in the room together about to watch a movie. Almost all the time. And in sync with our buddy Kirk in Australia. Welcome back. Good day, everybody. I'm a bit far away, but I'm still here. Yes. And I hope this works because I've never done anything quite like this before. So, you know, we'll fingers crossed. We also have Kyle on the way. So at some point he's just going to pop in. You're going to hear his voice.

And those of you who have been listening to the show for any recent weeks, you might know Kyle's voice when you hear it. So, yeah, he's going to be here possibly. Hopefully. Fingers crossed. And for those of you who don't know, this is a commentary track. So, you know, if you hear dead air and silence and stuff, that's completely normal. What's going to happen is we're all going to hit play at the same time. And then, you know, we're just going to talk over the movie.

And, you know, just have a good time. We've got food on this end. So, you know, if you hear some munching, that's also normal. We'll try not to do it directly into the microphone. Yeah, we'll try not to do it into the microphone, yeah. And, yeah, with that being said, I guess we can... Are we doing a countdown, Josh? We can do the countdown. But before we do, I've got a quick little thing to play here. Let's take a listen. Let me ask you something.

And this is a question I've wanted to ask you for a while. And I've always restrained myself. A Christmas special came out that was produced by George Lucas in which all of the participants in Star Wars were... came together and they made this Star Wars Christmas special. And the tape's been passed around for years. And the rumor is that Lucas is trying to suppress it. It all started in 1978 when I let people make a Star Wars TV special without me. The holiday special, I remember.

It came out so bad. I hate it. I hate it. I hate it. I hate it. George? After all these years, Lucasfilm is still saying, Margot, we shouldn't talk about that. Do you remember making this Christmas special? No, you don't remember it? Nobody is allowed to mention this. It is so bad, it's not good. You are about to see the worst half hour of television ever. Star Wars. Star Wars is going to be on TV. And it's a new thing. Oh, I see. It's the Star Wars Holiday Special.

We popped it in and my life was never the same. Come on, Marla, let's see a little smile. It will provide many years of fun. I felt a great disturbance in the Force. We rolled a dupe. A great disturbance in the Force. I'm feeling very disturbed right now, Josh. Yeah. So that's the opening minute to the... What was it called? A disturbance in the Force. A disturbance in the Force. Yeah, that was the name of the documentary. So if anyone's interested, it just dropped.

It's a recently released documentary on why the Holiday Special. And I think it's a question a lot of people ask, right? So it was enlightening to watch this thing. It's worth watching. I learned a lot from it. Dan was saying that George Lucas apparently is not so innocent in the creation of the Holiday Special. He is semi-involved. Just makes it so much worse. They didn't make it without his knowledge or anything. Oh, man. But yeah, it was... He was not very involved very long.

What we're going to do here is we're going to do a countdown from three and then we'll hit play. And hopefully this all works well. So let's do it. Three, two, one, play. . . . So one thing we learned in the documentary is that this cockpit was made out of cardboard. So this wasn't the original cockpit? No. They recreated it using cardboard. I feel like I can tell now that you said that. That's really funny. . I couldn't even afford the original title crawl. No. I couldn't afford the yellow.

They ran out of colors. . No. Oh, no. It's Barbie Luke. . So everyone looks the same apart from Luke. Except for Luke, yeah. He's so makeuped up. Is that because he was in a car accident or something? No. They said they had a theatrical makeup artist that's used to doing stuff for stage. Right. . No. Not Chewbacca's family. .

So one of the biggest reasons why they made this show, was they needed something in between Star Wars New Hope and Empire Strikes Back, and they were afraid that people were going to forget about Star Wars because it had been so long. Right. To make it relevant again. So they made this to try to put it in people's memories. So they put all these weird cameos in there so people would be like, oh, yeah, I like this. Yeah. Yeah. Cameos, specifically cameos of people famous from the time.

Yeah. People famous on TV. Which have nothing to do with the Star Wars. Yeah. The actual content. Exactly. People on American TV variety shows and things like that. Comedy sketches. It's like if someone made a Star Wars special and threw Jimmy Fallon in there. Right. People of today might know who the guy is and appreciate it, but down the road, not so much. Not so much. So is this canon? Nope. . Hell no. . The Life Day kind of is. I don't know. Is the Boba Fett part, the animated part canon?

No. No, none of this is canon. Okay. But a lot of stuff has been kind of taken out, little Easter eggs and stuff, and used in the canon. Right. Like Boba Fett and his staff and the Mandalorian and various other things. You mean Chewbacca really doesn't have a family? Oh, no. Nightmare. Oh, no. Oh no. . It's like, it's like, it's so difficult to go back in a day to the past, Oh, people are all delusional in their own ways. It's like the old Wookie sounds. So obnoxious.

I love how the interior is like 80s art deco inspired. Yes. Shag carpet. . . . They were saying nowadays everything would be subtitled, but back then there was no subtitles. So that's why. Right.

so let's talk about george lucas's involvement with all of this because already you know a lot of people might be confused uh he was involved for approximately 12 hours that was it 12 hours that was it before he was a one-day meeting the one shot one and done and uh then he um oh it's that was positive um and then he uh backed out of the project because he was busy with pre-production on empire strikes back so you know it was just you know he couldn't stick around to supervise

this project at all so they made it too close to empire strikes back yeah yeah they yeah and it's like what dan was saying like the the intention for making this thing in the first place was really to prep to prep people for empire yeah so that they didn't forget you know because back then you know like now we just expect sequels to movies all the time every year every six months sometimes you know they announce these

movies like eight years in advance which is absolutely ridiculous but they still do it yeah and that wasn't the story back then it's like you know movies didn't typically even get sequels back then it was just sort of uh one and done sort of you enjoy that was good let's move on to something else oh kirk is pausing it oh kirk keeps pausing it is it pausing for you kirk uh i keep phrasing i just keep freezing yeah so this was literally just like hey remember that thing that you watched

that one time in theaters and you liked it here's more of it pretty much yeah when it came to variety shows and um holiday specials and such it was it's it's one of those things that they never produced copies of this so every version out there is a bootleg of a bootleg of a bootleg so it was just the luck of the day the draw that enough people recorded on vhs yeah pretty much exists today pretty much and it'll

never ever go away now yeah now that's become the cultural meme that this is never going away surely they'll put this on disney plus one day i'll just admit pretty existing they'll give us like the ai upscaled version of this they've released the animated portion correct i think that's on disney plus they did actually yeah the the animated boba fett short that's included with this as well as the uh there's another section i think that some other some other animated short i think that they

put on yeah so so far it's actually all right we're getting there it's just like it's like 78 too long though like this whole scene could have been like one minute i also love the idea that this wookiee on this like um this primitive like outer rim planet is like like a modern like rebellion fighter x-wing model like as if he's ever heard of the rebellion like where wherever they live like a jungle planet and you're like oh you're playing with the x-wing

so some guy on youtube did actually make a sub titled version with his own words no way yeah that's really funny there's probably translating it all probably some jokes slipped in there but yeah that's really funny this is chewbacca's dad or grandpa so is there genuinely no subtitles at all it hasn't been post or anything there's no official subtitles somebody made some that like are said to be pretty accurate to what

they work pretty well for what they do you could find that on youtube i believe what the artist initially intended so what do we think is happening right now i think the uh the young child is pestering his grandfather to help him set up this he's like grandpa i want the ipad on grandpa i want my toy grandpa's name is lumpy isn't it or itchy i think the son is lumpy and the grandfather's itchy itchy and lumpy lumpy yeah that's right yeah lumpy's the kid what kind of a name is itchy itchy

do you think george came up with that name i don't know i don't know i don't know i don't know i don't know i don't know i don't know i hope not what do you think george's involvement was like 12 hours that's a long time they said they found notes like it was pretty much all the wookiee stuff was from him no and then everything else was from the other people they found notes in ralph mcquarrie's stuff that where he laid out a basic outline for the wookies for the wookiee

so it's really important that they have uh i don't know if it was that in depth but but he laid out the stuff about the life day the holiday and right yeah yeah the the important lore bits that sort of make the the base of why the story's happening uh all of this stuff though i think was probably done without his it's just so long involvement yeah so so so the reason why we're seeing all of this stuff is uh it is

sort of a trait of variety television um maybe dan can you uh can you maybe fill us all in us youngins about variety tv yeah back in the day back in the day you know we were watching a lot of variety tv and we were watching a lot of variety tv and we were watching a lot of variety tv and we were watching a lot of variety tv and we were variety shows usually around the holidays and they would bring on like it was like usually to advertise

the popular actors at the time and they'd come on and do like bring on different comedy acts or music acts and this is like a big thing back then yeah i think if you look at this as like with that lens it doesn't make a little bit more sense right it's okay that's why there's all these like random musical numbers slotted in and people loved them yeah do we have anything like that now like i guess the closest would be like late night shows where they have random celebrities

interview them and stuff like that and they said for the variety portions they brought in people that did variety shows that knew nothing about star wars they just knew variety shows so they would like write these things that don't fit the universe at all right can't look at that computer this kind of reminds me of um disney's space hotel where it kind of is star wars but it's not star wars like just how things look i like this star tours before they bought disney

uh the recent one that shut down oh the intergalactic hotel or whatever it was yeah that looked like spacefall oh my camel it's like us on the call with kirk what is with that makeup it's horrifying that's horrendous even his hair seems off like wearing a wig or something they just he looks like a better ken than ryan gosling yeah he looks like yeah ryan gosling from barbie or something they just painted those eyebrows right on does luke understand wookie

i guess he does now i don't know does he in empire or return of the jedi uh i don't ever remember him doing this kind of stuff he's trying to make a perfect looking Australian look but he is a kind of a wanted bastard i don't think so like no it's a picture his eyeliner is just too much he's afraid of your makeup he doesn't want to come i think a lot of that is probably due to the fact that all of this crew is well you know

like this crew is not a lucasfilm crew this was like a cbs variety tv crew yeah and they're lighting him like it's on live television right yeah i guess they're guiding him to look like a celebrity equivalent to would you bethlehem because he's kinda like aấp if i'm saying that to a că svena okay i know if you think he doesn't believe that he's going to spicy banana mep is freaking mad at all dude yeah i do think mcché is going to throw you with opportunity

like get me out hit him and give him another cigarette Exactly, yeah. So they just did what they do because that's what they do for a living, right? But they weren't treating this like a feature film or anything like that. Well, because if you hadn't seen the character of Luke before, you probably wouldn't be that bothered by it. Right. The problem is that we know what Luke's character should look like. Yeah, that's not it. It's not that. It's not that.

This is what happens when you do too many death sticks and you have to conceal your face. Yeah, 100%. No, please, I don't want to see a smile. Don't do it. Don't smile. Please don't smile. Ugh. I think we need somebody cosplaying as Luke from the show. Take on Luke. Take on the makeup. Wear a bad wig. The eyeliner. That's a really good costume. I wonder if the 501st has like a set of guidelines for that. Oh, you want to be Luke? Which one? Like, holiday special? A new hope? Empire?

Here's a spatula. Here's like a bucket of makeup. They actually made action figures for Chewbacca's family, but they obviously never released it. They made prototypes. Because they thought like, oh, if this was big, we could sell these. And it just never happened. Wow. Mala and get your Mala and Itchy action figures. Yeah, look how long everything's taking. I know. They're just trying to fill space. Totally. And he just paced so slowly.

Also, is this the first appearance of glasses in the Star Wars universe? Does any character ever wear glasses in the Star Wars universe? I know that. What's her face? The weird one in the orange lady and the orange like alien person in episode seven. Oh, Maz. Maz. Yeah, she wears kind of glasses, but like and others characters wear goggles, but I don't think anyone wears spectacles. This is also the first time you see Imperials without a British accent. Right. Right.

That's because most of the Imperials that they were working with on On a New Hope were actually English. Yeah, like theater actors. Well, they were actually British. Like the only American actors they had were just the main trio was Harrison, Kerry and Mark. Those are the only people that they could bring into the country from the American cast because England at the time they had strict standards and they said, okay, if you're going to film here, you gotta, you gotta hire mostly British actors.

So pretty much their entire crew, like all the rebels, all the Imperials, everybody, all, uh, all British people. And that's why, uh, Ewan McGregor's uncle plays, uh, what's his face is a wedge or yeah, but yeah, wedge. Yeah. Ewan McGregor's uncle, uncle, uncle wedge. Wow. I didn't know that. Yeah. Well, because this was an American production, you know, now all of a sudden everyone's American accent. Right. So is that Chewbacca on like Skype calling this guy right now?

Yeah. Because like his face is definitely off. It's his nose protrudes more than what it, what it does in the, in the films. Do you think they, I wonder if they like reused any of the masks, like they didn't have enough and they like used Chewie's for one of the other characters. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

he almost sounds like he's trying to be German he should have been twirling his mustache while he said it yeah I am evil I don't need it so what was this guy doing in this guy's shop or was this his home or he just appeared there he's just stealing stuff ah right that's the same shot from the beginning right yeah I think it must be it's gotta be also that guy his lips aren't even moving completely dubbed this is probably a deleted scene from yeah A New Hope right fully that

it's just a deleted scene guaranteed and they just redubbed it probably did you notice that there was a bunch of mouse droids like in a like a train of mouse droids something nice about bootleg copies is all of the original commercials from back in the day are in in this like sort of version right it's a time capsule so this is not canon as well nope so being the oldest one here this came out in 79 I was born in 74 so I guess I was about 5 when this came out and I never knew that this existed

until like I was an adult your parents were like we are not telling you really?

I never knew yeah I never watched this on TV and I would have been all about it like your parents were like they probably watched it and they're like no and back then we only had like 3 channels so there's no way they didn't know about it I'm surprised we didn't watch it yeah that is funny I feel like it was aired once and then never came to the light of day again it was until like the 90s they said they they were hoping it would be like an annual thing they could air it every Christmas but

George Lucas buried it after it came out for good riddance yeah his 12 hours of involvement wasn't enough isn't there also a Lego holiday special? there is is that one any good or is it also cursed? they certainly make their quips about the original holiday special in the Lego one right I mean it's pretty good for what it is it's what you know Dan did you ever have the trail tracker?

no that was kind of cool looking TV's back in the day you just like couldn't tell what was painting and yeah it's just like a basic like balls of wood it was a tiny screen it was far across the room yeah who cares I wonder what year the actual film was made I don't know when the actual films first started airing on television that's a good question do you ever watch oh yeah on TV?

oh yeah all the time but I don't remember when it would first air but it was a big deal like when it would play them because that was before like especially before VHS like that was the only way you could watch it in the documentary they said this person here was a big deal is a fairly famous drag act from back in the day oh okay he was popular on Carol Burnett's show and he would always dress up as women on there and do these kind of characters and now he's dressed up as an alien yeah

he looks a little bit like the evil stepmother from Cinderella right definitely with that big like kind of heart shaped hair yeah queen of hearts yeah these costumes just remind me of episode 6 in season 3 of the Mandalorian Jack Black's planet yeah this character would totally fit in on that yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah I like how the only scene with Mala is involving like her cooking cooking yeah so they expect him to learn how to cook

by watching this part isn't that traditionally the point of variety shows like you're like oh I picked up some good techniques like what are you learning from this yeah it's all gibberish yeah exactly actually that's a good point yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah it's all just like space food ah the can of ranch and root right we'll just swap that out with ginger I like how she's cooking in a bucket yeah like is that sanitary

yeah it's literally like a horse chaff yeah they pulled that off the set of Little House and the Prairie or something yeah yeah that was next door yeah and oh who is that yeah that's cool what can we do yeah what do we know at the moment aine um oh Is her hair falling apart because it's bad makeup or because they planned for it? Yeah, this is part of the act. Part of the act, yeah. Yeah, is it supposed to be funny or is it? It's supposed to be kind of silly, yeah.

Actually, this person would be great in the capital of the Hunger Games. Yeah, totally, yeah. Haha, Mala, you only have two hands, loser. You can never make this dish. How much of Mala's hair ends up in the dish as well? Gross, yeah. Just chewing on Wookiee. You know the Wookiee prepared for you? Just full of thick dog hair. So I got the definition of a variety show here.

Because, you know, like you say, Kelvin, I think maybe on an actual non-Star Wars variety show, it would actually be a segment where you learn how to cook something. Yeah, you learn how to make eggs or something. Right, so here's the definition. Full definition. So a variety show, also known as a variety arts or variety entertainment, is entertainment made up of a variety of acts, including musical performances, sketch comedy, magic, acrobatics, juggling, and ventriloquism.

It is normally introduced by a compere, is it? A master of ceremonies or host. The variety format made its way from the Victorian era stage in Britain and America to radio and then television. Variety shows. We're a staple of English language television from the late 1940s into the 1980s. So for today's generations, this is a lost media form. You know, I never grew up with this sort of thing. I'm really looking forward to the ventriloquist act.

Although I feel like we already have that with literally everything the Wookiee say. Right. If anybody's seen the Muppet show, that's probably the closest to a variety show that the younger generations would be. Right. These scenes are always so funny because it's so clearly obvious which shots were just reused from the other movie. And then which are like as soon as it cuts to a version of like how they're lit now, it's just like so much lower quality.

I love how Harrison Ford is just giving it his all. Like this is a pretty decent performance. Right. It just looks so budget. Yeah. It was a good documentary on Harrison Ford that came out of Disney Plus recently. If anyone's seen that. Is it just about his career and his life? It's about mostly about Indiana Jones. It's called Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford or something like that. It was quite good. Another American British officer. Yeah. Until further notice. Until further notice.

Run, Lumpy, run. Lumpy, go hide. Did she got this? Stupid kids. Shut that kid up. That underbite is crazy, man. It's wild. You need some dentist work. Yep. Yeah. So it wasn't Chewie before. It was somebody else. No, somebody else. The mask was off. Yeah. Maybe it was Mala. Mala. Mala. So blurry. It's hard to tell. Yeah. You can only tell by the underbite. Yeah. Ah, the proton pack. Sweet. Thank God. We're saved. Is this the same guy with the glasses? Yeah. Is he still there?

Okay. Apparently, he doesn't need to. He doesn't need to wear glasses anymore. No. He's not. If I made it, Chewie and I would. Meanwhile, he just, like, lived next door. He also doesn't need that button on his shirt, either. They're, like, literally. Oh, I'm, like, outrunning me. I'm fine. They're literally, yeah, outrunning two Star Destroyers right now. He's like, oh, I walked down the street and I made it.

Yeah. Yeah. Do you think anyone, like, watched this when it came out and had, like, those warm, fuzzy Christmas feelings? Do you think anyone was like, oh, that was such a great Christmas movie? Or do you think literally everyone was like, burn this? Well, because the day that it came out was actually around American Thanksgiving. So, like, that's sort of. A little early. Even though it's called the holiday special and there's a bit of sort of Christmas element, I guess, to a holiday special.

It's actually originally more and more about Thanksgiving. Yeah. So. They're just setting out what we call the holidays. More Christmas. Right. Exactly. Up here in Canada, especially, I think, when people say happy holidays or something. They don't mean Thanksgiving. It's normally. Yeah. It's normally Christmas. Yeah. Yeah. But it's confusing, though, because, I mean, the kid just got a gift. So it's like. Right. Okay. Is it Christmas or is it Thanksgiving? Like, what is it?

Right. But it's Life Day. I think it's like a mix of both. Right. Nah. You got to. Some Lego. Some Lego. I would love to read the original script for this. Yeah. Just like. It's just all Wookiee. Wookiee make. Just like three pages. It just has like two words. Like Wookiee noises. Oh, my gosh. It's just all that. Descriptions. Oh, no. This is the porn, right? Yep. This is the most awkward thing ever. This is the Wookiee porn. It was originally supposed to be Cher.

And then Cher couldn't do it because she had some other. The way he explains it. He's like, well, can't really explain it, but happy life day. Come here. You got to check this out. It's like. Wow. You know, you're going to enjoy this. Wait, isn't this supposed to be some like Wookiee kid? No, this is the grandpa. This is the grandpa. This is the grandpa going into his like VR. Going into his VR headset. Yeah, this is what he's saying. This is when the drugs kick in. Yeah. Too many death sticks.

Death sticks. So this machine is, it's a bit like a VR, I guess, but it's more like kind of like a daydream sort of machine and you get to live your greatest, your deepest fantasies or something that's basically. Like hooks into his nervous system and. Yeah, it actually, yeah, it connects to his brain. Yeah. Gross. Exactly. So we're going to see what is inside of Scrunchy's brain. Yeah. What part of the variety show does this fall under? Probably for all. All the males at home, I guess.

Like, I don't really know. That's the most random part about it though, right? Like. Yeah. It's like, who's this for? I'm confident that George Lucas did not even make it through this whole thing. He's probably never even watched it all. Yeah, you're right. Oh, dear. Oh, dear. I can feel my creation Ya what is that? Oh, here we go. I like how he's just in the middle of the living room to just sick. So turned on the living room. These wookiees all having they have an open sexual peculiarity.

No. No, don't have a good time. The close-up of his underbite, slobbery chin. Oh, it's glitching. Best part. Yeah. That was so bad. Experience me. Experience me. She's, like, not even saying anything. Moment. It's a moment. And right now is a moment. I'm here. You're here. It's like a bad perfume commercial. Yeah, totally. So, what's weirder, this or, like, the tentacle monster in Rogue One? Because they're the closest two things to a tentacle monster. I can't remember the tentacle monster.

Oh, you mean in Force Awakens when they're on the freighter? No, in Rogue One where, like, the octopus thing had to reach into the mind of the pilot. Oh, right, in the prison. Yeah, like, yeah, the closest thing we've gotten to some tentacle weirdness in Star Wars. I guess that's canon. I would say this is worse, because that was more like, you know, a torture thing. Both give it. Here we go. You've joined us for the best part of the movie. Oh, exactly. Kyle is here, everybody. I just made it.

He just didn't want to miss this scene. That's right. Kyle, have you seen this before? I saw it once when I was a kid. Okay. And all I remember is that Chewie has a family. That's all you need to know. This is grandpa's fantasy. Did this scene awaken you when you watched it as a kid? I did remember the white-haired lady, so yeah. You came running up the stairs in quite a huff. I was, oh, I can't miss it. I had to park so far down, and then I was like, there's one right next to your door.

I did bring something for everyone. Oh, very nice. Kyle brought some festive drinks for us all. There you go. Festive life day drinks here. Lovely. I cannot believe this scene is still going on. Awesome. Thanks, Kyle. You're very welcome. Very welcome. Do the lyrics have anything to do with Star Wars? I can't really hear what she's saying. She says, this minute now is what she's saying. She said, so, no. Is she someone famous, do you think?

Like, at the time, is she someone that people would have known? I'm okay for now. I believe this was a, I'm trying to remember what her name was. It was originally supposed to be Cher, and then. So it's like Cher. That was actually supposed to be Cher? Originally. But she had scheduling conflict. So I want to say Warren, Dave? No. It's this minute now is sung by. Diane Carroll. Diane Carroll. This is just George Lucas' second choice to share. That's enough to know. So Diane Carroll.

And on and on. So Diane Carroll was an American actress, singer, model, and activist. Carroll was recipient of numerous stage and screen nominations and awards, including her Tony Award. Golden Globe Award in 1962, Golden Globe Award in 1968, and five Emmy Award nominations, including one for the Star Wars Holiday Special. No way. She was not nominated. No, I'm just joking. Okay. You've got to be kidding me. You had me, Kirk. Dude, you had me too.

It would have been hard to bury this if it was nominated for anything. I should have kept that running. She also received an Emmy for her musical number in the Holiday Special or Grammy or whatever it's called. This minute now. Wow. I'm going to hit the applause. Yeah. Wow. Yeah, that long of a performance. I wonder if there are any hardcore fans waiting for this to come out. And then they were sitting down as a family and they watched this to absolute disappointment. Oh, yeah.

Well, in the documentary, there was a lot of people who expressed a lot of nostalgia for this particular special and said it was beloved when they were a child. They really enjoyed it. Wow. Because back then it was the only other Star Wars that they had other than Star Wars. Right. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. At least they didn't kick the makeup on Carrie Fisher as much as Mark Hamill.

No. Carrie Fisher looks pretty similar. Just the eyeliner, I think, is the biggest noticeable difference. Fawn back. I like how you see a keyhole next to the screen. You never see any keys, really, in Star Wars, do we? No, it's all wireless technology and those little pegs that the Imperials carry around with them on their jacket, they're like pens almost, right? Yeah. Wookiee hookies. All right. Oh, dear. Those sound fantastic. So, Kyle, have you seen this before? I forget what you said.

Yeah, just once when I was, like, really young. Was it a bootlegged version or was it, like, live? All I remember is that it was my uncle up in Newfoundland that had this and he showed it to me. It was my Uncle Ren. Oh, okay. And I was just like, oh, you know, I'm watching this. This, again, was, you know, the only Star Wars that was really out at the time. So I must have been blown away at the time, but, you know, the lure as you got older, it's, this is... The magic has worn off.

Yeah. Okay, that I remember. I've seen that so many times. I've seen that so many times in GIFs. The little lumpy shot. Yeah. Yeah. It's just absolutely horrifying. Yeah. Oh, crap. Oh, no. Oh. I thought for sure they were going to be reunited for Life Day. Yeah. Shoot. But will they be reunited for the Life Day special? So, yeah, another beautiful commercial break. We got to see some vintage commercials. Oh, this is awesome. Yeah, the world has definitely changed from that show.

Yeah. Have you guys seen the Lego, the Lego Star Wars Life Day that just came out? Yeah, yeah. That was awesome. And they brought back his family. Did they really? Yeah, yeah. I've never seen that. Have they ever released an actual Lego set with those figures? And that would be... Like the actual set with like the... Yeah, like the round and the shag carpet. Totally. And the stairs and everything. Yeah. They could charge so much for that and say like, okay, we're only going to make this once.

Yeah. You know, like... A holiday special. If they did that, those little pieces, I mean, like... Yeah. I would see them at San Diego Comic-Con behind glass. Lumpy Mala. Some dude standing there. Like, yeah. Yeah. Imagine like a Life Day version of Luke. Like a minifigure of like Luke with the eyeliner. The extra eyeliner. Yeah. I got to be honest. I don't remember Luke, so I can't wait to see this eyeliner. Yeah. I think it comes in at the end, right? Yeah. I think he shows up again.

Yeah. Okay. It's very telling at the time. It's like, okay, I'm understanding why the show exists the way that it does. Yeah. Yeah. When you see everything else around it. Of the landscape. Yeah. At the time. It just makes me realize, like, these people that watched Star Wars in theaters, how much of their mind would have been blown. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. For sure. Well, the fact that Star Wars stands at the test of time, like, that's just how...

Yes. Well, the costuming, the art direction, everything worked. Well, because this is the... This is the entertainment that they were used to. They were accustomed to this, and then they see that, like, what? And a lot of the special effects were created, you know, from there. So, seeing all this stuff, yeah, that'd blow your mind. Yeah. I mean, look at this. A Snoopy phone? Come on. Yeah. It's got dial. Sentance.

Yep. Those look like turtles Just like big ones Kirk you guys get turtles in Australia Look at the ones that are alive and walking around But not what those chocolate things are No chocolate turtles No chocolate turtles Oh the stormtroopers We're here on behalf of the empire At least they actually got stormtrooper costume Yeah that's true This guy is such a jerk Would have been funny if they showed up When grandpa was still strapped to the chair Excuse me sir Remove the headset

Ah yes two rookies A man and a What is that one doing in the chair? Let me join in But where's the fourth? But where's the sixth? Because The fifth The fifth Thanks Hello No What? No There is no Other Profiler So As you can see This is so funny Oh geez Oh my god and straightened his face. Oh, goodness. It is kind of weird seeing Wookiees that are basically just the size of regular people. Yeah. I was wondering how they were so nimble. It's just like your orb keys.

Just passing them out like candy. Very handy. You can keep all your identification in one place. Could have made a reference. That's an accessory I need. And here's my license. Leather identification holder from the Star Special. Is he German or British? He's trying to figure that out. What planet are they on? Kashyyyk? Kashyyyk, yeah, yeah. The Wookiee homeworld. Very different from how we saw it in episode three. I'm pretty sure they just copied all the audio from Chewie. Is that your anchor?

I think I just copied all of Chewie's audio as well because it all sounds very familiar. Yeah, there's lots of it just reused for sure. Yeah. Yeah. This stone trooper just wants to shoot somebody. Blast his head off. So dumb. I always thought it was so weird that all of a sudden they just try to start entertaining the Imperials while they're just chilling. Like, what are they even waiting for? I don't know. I don't know why they're even here. Oh, is this the magic part?

That was the magic, right? You said a variety show has to have magic. Yeah. He's doing some sleight of hand. Oh, maybe. Is he literally just putting on the iPad for him to watch? I think so. Pretty much. Watch more dancers. See here. Watch Cocomelon. Imagine if this had product placement. It's the Pepsi can that comes up. Oh, Dan, what band did they say this was? This is Jefferson Starship. Yes. They're like, you have the word Starship in your band. Do you want to be on the show?

They picked them because they had a song on their album called Hyperspace. Of course. Is this Hyperspace? No, it's not. Okay. All right. And they said they had no idea what they were doing. They just showed up. They had a bunch of random wardrobe stuff. Just put stuff together and make it look alien-ish or futuristic. For them, it was just basically a paid gig. Sure. And now we get to watch the entire concert. Oh, he's got the keytar. Sick, dude. He's just doing it.

He's like, this is the best day at work ever. This is the best YouTube I've ever seen. Did ILM do the VFX for this? I have no clue. Did they talk about that in the documentary? No, actually, they didn't. Yeah, I'm pretty sure it wasn't ILM. Someone had to add those sprites. This is how Empire looked so good. They practiced here. Yeah. They got all the bad ideas out.

So these guys were sent into a costume room before they shot and just said, hey, just dress yourselves up in the most weird spacey-looking clothes. No direction at all. Oh, yeah. No vision. No vision. Just go and find something that you think works. Star Wars is like, all right, which is. It just looks like 80s guitarist uniforms, to be honest. Pretty much. I can't really see much. That's probably all they had. The guy wearing the dog collar. Just add glow to anything.

Yeah. That's how you make it look. It's sci-fi. Yeah. You should have been playing with, like, little lightsaber drumsticks. That's an idea, actually. They could have at least made the band be, like, dressed as Biff or something. You know, at least comparable to that frog fish lady thing in that one. At least this. You know, this. The music's a lot better. That's true. Very true. Why didn't the Hutts have this? This would have been way better. Yeah. Come on, Max Rebo Band. You got nothing.

Oh, the guy's wearing glasses, too. Another. Glasses. The only two people in the entire Star Wars universe who wear glasses are in the holiday special. I feel like, okay, Jon Favreau, he loves the holiday special so much, by the way. And, like, I'm just waiting for this band to, like, show up again. You know, like, in one of his shows, just, like, on a monitor somewhere in the background. Totally. Are they still around, this band? Like, they must be too old to.

No, no. They're, yeah, they're not performing as a band anymore. This guy's just jiving, hey? But the singer was in a documentary. The singer was in a documentary. That's right, yeah. They quit after they won multiple awards for this performance. They couldn't get any higher in life. Yeah, they quit while they got their Grammy, and they're like, no, we're out. I wonder if there's, like, archive footage or something of these guys that they could just clean up and just use again.

That would be kind of a funny Easter egg. Or, like, do you think this band ever performed this song around this time or afterwards? No, this, watch this be a one-off. Oh, it's the Mickey ears, look at that. It was foretold. Proceeding as planned. Proceeding as I have foreseen it. Mickey was in the background planning. It was the whole time. Yeah. He's like, I see it. This guy's like, what? It's ending, no way. I want more. Put it on again. Look at his face. He's smiling.

Wasn't this guy wearing gloves? I think he threw them in the garbage. He didn't explain what they're looking for. He's just like, they came to watch a concert. And he's like, okay, concert's over. Our work is finished here. Let's go. All right, I'm out, guys. See ya. This stormtrooper's so trashed with his face. He literally just said he was done. He literally just said he was done. No, shut up. Stormtrooper hates you. It's like the fourth or fifth time.

Don't forget about these protective cases. Hey, you just chucked a Wookie. What are? He's holding that blaster all wrong. Yeah. I love how this guy has like a cool badass scarf. That's how you know he's evil. I'm like shaving one time. Yeah. Do you don't know where I got this scar? Oh, there's the gif again. I've gone too far and seen too much. Do you see this scar? You want to know where I got these scars? Here's Batman. Did they play Pong now? Yeah. What's he doing now? Simon says.

It's that little. I forget. Wait, is this the animation? Oh, this is probably, uh... Yep. Oh, yeah. Cool. Sounds like Twilight Zone. Which can only be found in the Twilight Zone. So this was animated by Novana? It's a Canadian animation house who actually did the droids and the Ewoks animated series in Ontario. So because of this, they got the same work for the other Star Wars animated shows. Did you watch droids or Ewoks? Kyle, did you watch? Oh, Ewoks? Heck yeah.

That was one that me and my sister used to love. That guy looks like Dr. Eggplant. Yeah, he does. It's cool that they got the original voice actors, though. Even though all the characters look nothing like characters. Yeah, there's a famous artist named Moebius that they were emulating for this. They basically were trying to imitate his style. So for anyone who's wondering, this animated short is available on Disney+, and probably in better quality. If you just want to watch that one segment.

I have to ask the question then, is it canon? No, actually. They listed any non-canon stuff like a Star Wars vintage badge on Disney+. So they made sure to make it look like that. Oh, no way. That's that white border that they put on it. There's a great scene in the documentary where Jon Favreau is talking to George Lucas and he's like, did you notice that I put the rifle from this into the

Mandalorian? And George Lucas just gives him this look like I can't believe you're even bringing up the holiday special. Yeah. Jon Favreau was so proud of himself. Put this in. Uh-huh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

familiar we've never seen it happen in like the the movies and stuff but i think in the resource books that's actually does yeah does the toy do that i don't know i don't know if the kenner toy does or not this this i remember this part right here him the boba fett riding the big dinosaur this is this is the introduction of boba fett this is the first time people were introduced the character there's the gun that shows up in mandalorian you

this is like the most dialogue boba fett has in anything you until that book of boba fett yeah yeah and then he had too much dialogue like how c-3po can blink in this yeah or at least until attack of the clones all right dead ton ways here you oh it is in star wars vintage i just found it yeah what does it say under the uh description for for this thing um i'm trying to find it because the title's not clear as um very well yeah but still there's still might seem very there was a bit of Welsh

and German but we didn't lose the chance of finding it like the like yeah yeah yeah oh okay after luke skywalker and han solo succumb to a suspicious sleeping virus is that does that sound right yep yeah chewbacca hun secure with help from an unlikely ally the bounty hunter boba fett chewy's wookiee instincts warn him that all is not what it seems the rare animated short features the voice of the original star wars cast

it is still the most interesting part of the entire holiday special the only part that i'm like yeah wait the cure's just in the store well because this actually feels like star wars yeah it's quite the neck on vader wait so this guy's watching an episode of an animation of something that appears in the universe yeah oh no i didn't think of that yeah he's literally watching a story about his dad right yeah yeah an animated tv show about his dad

so does that mean luke could then watch that watch that show he could watch that show and in universe details about boba fett this is like he's going to encounter it in the future with the this is what's happening now no this is what's going to happen yeah yeah exactly crystal ball oh sweet okay what is this commercial clement uh car factory back when cars were made in the states plymouth gm that was a lot a lot of commercials in this one

general motors the perfect vehicle for any wookiee oh it's another gm they must have sponsored this show yeah that's the most awkward bite i've ever seen like super slow motion just zoomed right in the director's like slower slower no slower slower like a human they just shot it really slowly yeah it's like a horror movie it's like don't eat it no yeah how's that cinematography for you kirk spectacular uh the the 70s it was a simpler time oh yeah yeah those are some big biscuits

so here's a fun australian fact in i think in canada in the states it's called burger king well all the burger kings here in australia are called hungry jacks serious really yeah yeah the same logo and everything but it's just hungry jacks that's interesting what well that's not quite true wow just like yeah that's yeah express news flash or something yeah this is fun children friendly holiday special there's something for kids yeah

what the heck how much less graphics there are in the news in the news segments at those times it was just like a yeah a rectangle behind her with like one image people aren't getting it on look more variety shows this is like a yeah another more variety shows what what kind of sound like star wars music yeah a little bit that's a cool movie not gonna lie i'm actually gonna watch that it's quite the cast dude what a bargain oh my god so cheap 100 bucks down i'm down yeah it's nothing ae i have a

that one i like i'm not so ok you know okay that's is the so apparently wiki numbers are the same as our numbers is it like forbidden it's forbidden to look at the future he doesn't want to show him his cartoon or something sounds like James Earl Jones too they said at the beginning that it was his voice oh cool here's a question is the voice of Boba Fett the same voice that did Boba Fett then in the movies he only had like two words that's a good question Jeremy Bullock

the guy who played him initially Jesus Hansol looks like he's had a stroke where are his eyes I don't know this is like looks like a mix between Count Dooku and the Clone Wars and struggling to live what's the matter with Han Solo it's weird that C-3PO is blinking in the middle off the bus there's a person he's this portraits and Mark crossing fool around sounds like Boo I think you're just bowing I think that Spiderman doing ravak better but that just sounds like the mask of Ali look at that

so if this was canon at the time that would explain why hansola knew who boba fett was at the sarlacc pit right he's like boba fett boba fett like they all knew who boba fett was well they all they all saw him but they never saw him he was never mentioned right they like saw him at the dinner table at bespin you know yeah i know they've seen him but they're like he's not introduced no he's just like a guy standing there i think it's also just like a reputation thing you

know people just know who he is but uh but i think my head canon from now on is that this was their first yeah and then when they saw him in bespin they're like holy shit that's boba fett yeah yeah yeah exactly chewbacca walks into that room on bespin and smells him he's like yeah this is like it's a bantha it's just trash in this kid's room hey yeah what is this a toy plushie bantha these are not legal i think it's huge i'm gonna rip it open

let's kill this stupid toy oh dude no not the bantha man oh that was just mean what a jerk oh man ruin the kiss let's go so in universe time they've been here for what like an hour yeah it's been forever or it's been in real life that whole in real life it's been like 40 minutes right and literally all they've done is gone upstairs and trashed the kid's room and come back downstairs and watch the music video all they've done for their like their you know

their official business as he went upstairs for like 30 seconds trashed the kid's room killed a bantha and they came back downstairs yeah did you just catch what he said no like you might want to go clean your room salt in the wound you stupid kid go clean up your christmas presents i'm just bullying this kid this is worse than blowing up alderaan like this is real evil yeah oh dude no oh that's so sad it's like he killed his pet yeah oh my favorite toy that's so sad i officially hate the empire

he's putting its corpse in his bed no i'm gonna tuck it in lumpy oh so sad he kissed it kissed it really tugging on the heart i'm gonna get them back he's got his fist like i want to see a spin-off of lumpy just like wreaking havoc getting her just burying her in the bed just burying her in the bed just burying her in the bed just ripping all their heads off this entire story who said that lumpiest story oh my gosh i want to see a scarred up adult lumpy like just all like yes the most badass

with like uh like a belt of shrunken heads these are my war trophies stormtrooper heads yeah it comes out of a war trophy it comes out of a war trophy the bug pump out the empire can't get to faded and he's like fine i'll do it the bug pump out the empire can't get to faded and he's like fine i'll do it the bug pump out the empire can't get to faded and he's like fine i'll do it myself myself myself guys not blinking guys not blinking he's a robot well there you go it's like a

he's a robot well there you go it's like a well there you go it's like a RadioShack computer special. Wait, is he a robot? I think so. I think he's a robot. Wait, why is he scratching his butt? What is he doing? He's malfunctioning. Trying to find the off switch. Yeah. So now we're teaching computer repair? Oh, what? Goddamn chicken dance. Oh, yes. I never thought of storing my tools in plastic bags. That's future-aid Ziploc, though. Ah, yes.

I think this is the same guy that was in that cooking segment, right? He's just out of drag now. Oh, maybe. He's the one actor in the whole Star Wars universe. Now, kids, shove this screwdriver into your throat. What is he doing? Why? What? What? What is he doing? I do not remember this. What is the reason for the tape being degraded? Like, what's the story reason? Like a rainbow. Yeah. Like a rainbow. What is he doing? Is he gone? Imagine he just literally lists all the colors.

i guess this is the equivalent to watching youtube a tutorial on how to fix something to get to the point right i'm just trying to figure out what what's what is this contributing like him being like drunk or tired is it supposed to be funny is that what it is comedy i don't know it's a bit confusing that's like an instruction manual for like his toy is he a robot or is he like is it the tape that's broken yeah is he an alien i don't know

the telesonic commander the telesonic commander oh my goodness checked your control module isn't it beautiful that thing would be fun for about 10 minutes yep yeah no way dude back in those days come on the toe war you get these donuts it's luke's makeup artist you this was the problem they were trying to make luke look like her that would have been better than what they ended up with you this is another car commercial it's gotta be yeah oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh ok what is it is that friends what's the main dish what's the main thing guys do i know we can go to google to see right now guys home sign your shirts your at home you see the wren the eagles. But what does it look like? I'm going to be honest, all the stuff with Lumpy is such a drag. They're still in this house. What do they need to do still? Isn't there other houses for them to check? They already trashed his whole house. What are they going to do next?

Oh, this sounds like a riveting... Hey, I've seen that shot before. It's all deleted scenes, right? There's no way they went back to Tunis to film for this. No way. That could have been an insert. There's my Star Wars music. Yeah, right. Yeah, 100%. These are all just the monsters that they didn't use in the cut of A New Hope. He's like, hey, look at that one. Yeah. So you do see in the documentary that they did actually bring out all the costumes from the cantina to use for the show.

Oh, interesting. So they actually built the set again? Similar. I don't think this is exactly... It's like a cheaper knockoff version. Oh, and here's the people who don't fit in. Does that be Arthur? It is. Oh, my God. Wait, is this going to be like a soap opera about Mos Eisley? Is it like Bachelor in Star Wars? Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

why does he look like an oblivion NPC oh this came up in the documentary him like pouring some liquid into that's how he drinks I guess yeah Trillman for some reason I just find his like head mouth really disturbing like is it always open yeah he's just always having his wide wide open imagine he's like give me a kiss he turns his head towards her he takes her like her nose and mouth there's like a whole row of teeth in there this guy looks like it could be from that what's that movie

the dark horse or something with the the guy that puppeted Yoda oh yeah what's it called Dark Crystal Dark Crystal Dark Crystal that's right I don't know just gives me that look yeah what's he grabbing there oh does she not have a bouncer this guy got a nose extension you must this is an interesting variation of the cantina band just pour it right on in ew I hate it ew ugh I hate it I hate it ugh oh that sound is so weird too it's like toilet it sounds yeah like you're pouring it down a drain

yeah it's disgusting you're not special she says it to everyone those are the six words oh oh ew ew ew ew no cover that that's weird I don't see that I don't see your mouth I don't see your mouth head hole why are they all watching this they were all standing there watching ugh ugh ugh ugh ugh ugh ugh ugh ugh ugh ugh ugh ugh ugh ugh ugh ugh ugh ugh ugh ugh ugh oh no it was that the I don't know I think it was that the what's that they're watching or is that in the real world the announcement

came on first in the real world and then it came on the episode and now we're back inside this episode they're watching yeah oh no it's gonna be another musical number isn't there yep oh yeah oh Her stipulation for coming on the show Her stipulation was she had to sing a number That was the only reason why she did this Right No one's listening to her She's like throwing some food in her face The Empire was bad in all the other movies But now I'm really angry They closed down this party

And they killed a bantha To close down the Mos Eisley Cantina Oh god how dare they They did it And he just turns Is that Credo? Might be He's dead at this point He should be dead but I think that's probably the same costume Definitely Everybody's still like Just chilling in this bar though What's all the awkward DL-44 So many awkward gun holds Yeah Oh Oh Oh Didn't she already say that?

Yep Oh there it is Same song again , same song, same song Oh you're not going to be forgotten in my dreams Wow she's a really light pour Imagine the casting call for this Be in a Star Wars movie or something And then all these people rock up They're really excited Yeah Now I know it is one of the worst pieces of television history Who wrote the original Cantina band? Was that John Williams?

No we couldn't know He must be Yeah I think the original Yeah the original Cantina band is Is that a mouse?

So they said in the documentary This rat costume came from another classic horror film Called Food for the Gods Which is actually a pretty good movie Just slotted it in there I totally missed that It's about Like there's this This chemical or something that spills on this island And then like It's like Anything that eats it grows super large So there's This giant Like rats show up And that was one of the costumes Okay Yes it was John Williams I'm actually really worried that now

Every time I hear Cantina band I'm also going to hear Say goodbye friend Yeah Yeah the actual lyrics of the song That's going to That's going to eat its way into my brain Dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun One more Oh drink friend Finger dancing Well great looking characters Got some interesting spaghetti hands Yep Yep , you know when you go to the Was it the Cantina at the Galaxy's Edge at Disneyland?

Yeah They should randomly just play this song Yeah Like at the end of the night Yeah There you go Yeah They'll clear out the bar Yeah People will leave They're all just being tricked to like Go outside with their glasses It's a conga line Get a slap in the face And slam the door behind them Oh they're taking the glasses Oh he's actually taking the glasses Okay Wow they thought of everything hey Yeah I'm really invested in this character I don't know what happens next

So this family holiday special promotes Porn and now drinking She's acting like they like Shut down her house Shut down her livelihood They just said there's a curfew Yeah They'll be back the next morning Yeah literally tomorrow It'll be Business as usual There's just no genuine Anything to the emotion that's Throughout this entire future Mellow drama Like she should be happy She gets to go home early Right Goodbye Like how We never really saw doors Anywhere in Star Wars did we?

There were sliding doors right?

They're never like swinging doors Right They didn't have the budget for the Special effects I guess These guys were watching that entire thing Slowest transition Yeah it's like incredibly rare When we see swinging doors In Star Wars Like that's enough TV we need to do this Yeah You guys return to base We didn't send you there to watch Variety shows But wait One more show first They established that like an hour ago Literally an hour of real world times This is Hank Cameron Just checking in

You killed all the kids' toys And uh Got into some porn Yeah Oh Over Roger that sir We just finished the Say goodbye now Special Wait don't they like kill this guy Or something Doesn't he die? He's got one of the funniest deaths In like all of Star Wars I think I'm pretty sure this guy dies I just vaguely remember this part It was Lumpy all along Oh is he gonna kill Lumpy?

Noooo I must know Not Lumpy Cliffhanger Not Lumpy If you blink at the wrong moment I actually just turned here I'm like oh is this part of the holiday special? I just missed like the credit swipe Yeah Yeah like no part of this would not fit in I don't know I don't know But like due to the like nature of the variety Of the holiday special You know at first Yeah it's almost You can almost buy Oh yeah that's part of it You know Yeah What were they called?

Wookiee-okies Wookiee-okies Pass me one of those Wookiee-okies I don't think he ever got his Wookiee-okie Whenever I saw it No I don't think so Alright I've got a fun fact about the Wookiee-suits in the holiday special Okay So the Wookiee-suits were made on a one-tenth budget Compared to the feature film One-tenth budget Much more cheaply than Chewbacca's for example Which made them functional death traps The actors could only be inside the suits for 20 minutes at a time

Before overheating, running out of oxygen, needing fluids And in most cases oxygen Wow Oh my god That is crazy That's crazy One-tenth Something about the editing of this holiday special though as well As they mentioned in the documentary Was that the people who were supposed to put this whole thing together Had to leave the project One by one All the Lucasfilm people left You know until there was just variety show CBS People were like Oh my god People involved in making a Star Wars product

And then even those people started to head out the door And the director who took over from the previous director Who was once affiliated with Lucasfilm Also had to leave for another project And there was two people put in charge of the editing of this entire thing That had never edited anything in their life What?

And we're talking We're not talking like Hey jump on Adobe Premiere And just like put some cuts in there No like this is all analog You've never done it Yeah It was a husband-wife team Wow Never done it before Yeah They're like here you go That is crazy That's why it's paced so weirdly Yeah They just left everything in Yeah That's probably why like the dubbing for that guy was also so bad Yeah It's just like Yeah They just There was no way to smoothly you know do this stuff right Goodness

Also the opening of the holiday Star Wars special features a roll call Where each character is introduced along with the actors portraying them Including Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, and the Doctor Who characters All of them get shoutouts But when it comes to time to introduce everyone's favorite droid The narrator says R2-D2 as R2-D2 And in fact Kenny Baker was in the costume the whole time Oh no No way Poor Kenny Baker No way He always gets snubbed That's sad R2-D2 as R2-D2

Oh and actually there's a To answer my Wookiee question I had before I thought they just reused noises Apparently not They recorded over an hour of specific noises Of R2-D2 as R2-D2 Specific Wookiee grunts for this holiday special Oh jeez I feel like there's definitely some that they reused though Like there were so many that sounded so familiar Now we return to our feature presentation Oh no All that's going through this guy's head is like Mmm I missed a toy Give me that kid Give me that kid

Oh no No You were right The one working toy No Can't I have anything? It's just losing it Oh there we go Oh Chewie could totally take this guy Oh Chewie's there now What? That's his son right? Oh this is the best This is the best right here Oh my god He tripped on his gun What?

He just fakes him off the balcony Oh my god He tripped over a log Yeah yeah That's a pretty weak railing too Oh my god That railing's not going to protect anybody Especially for a Wookiee size Yeah it's too good That's why the Empire was there I'll do you an RHNS checkup They're like this railing's not built to code Oh my god It's like It's so bad How are they going to explain to him That Stormtrooper doesn't return back to base Oh he just fell off Look there was a log He tripped

Look at how weak this thing is I love how he's talking like nothing happened He's just like One guy just like fell off the house I'll think I do is leave stuff laying around on the outside walkway And they'll just all trip and die A lot of troopers in the area Oh that's right They've been shot from the line just killed There's some holo vids next door The weird looks between Mala and Han Solo Yeah Yeah Yeah A little weird Watch out for that railing He trips on the gun on his way out Yeah

Do you like throat troopers? Yeah Why'd you grab him by his throat?

Around his neck Careful buddy Yeah just throw it down with him Here you go You forgot this There's another sliding door It's gonna be a Chewie doesn't look too bad Five minutes of this and everybody's gotta guess So in the Star Wars Aftermath book trilogy They I believe they did canonize Chewie's family Lumpy and Mala at least I believe Itchy was left out of the mix But Lumpy and Mala I think are They actually kept the name Lumpy Really?

Yeah They canonized Yeah They couldn't come up with a better name Yeah they kept the names alright She's like oh my god he's back Time to go put on the headset Yeah Like grandpa go watch your porn Yeah Yeah Sleazy old guy Look at that He's just The underbite does not help you know No It's time to go make another Lumpy Yeah ijkjh alimentos Stuff You's Gotcha Look at you This is the only time we make another of these Why are you back again? Why's he back again?

Yeah He's somewhere Here's the key I'm able to find the elle Oh no Not another seule Uhhuh That is an identification carrier. Well, that was easy. They're going to come there and find his body. Yeah, just at the bottom of the tree. I like how they were so nice to him then, but when he was in the house. Yeah. Yeah, they were like. Get some John Williams music in here finally. Yeah, a little bit. Yeah. Just a hint of it in there.

So in summary, we've had a kid whose toys and room has been ransacked. It's really interesting. He's obsessed with space porn. I was going to say, it's really interesting. He said, may the force be with you, because this is way after all that stuff. The fact that basically a civilian saying it. You know, like what Luke's the only dude out there right now. Right. Yeah, like he shouldn't know about that. Yeah. Marvel. Star Wars Marvel did a Life Day one-shot story not too long ago. I think it was.

It was not too long ago or last year. And it was just called Life Day. Life Day issue one. And it featured Chewie holding one of these snow globes on the cover, I think. And I don't really know what they do. They summon the powers of Life Day. It's a bunch of snow globes. They do that. That was a weird transition. Yeah. Like here's a glass with condensation. So they said in the documentary at this point of the show, they ran out, completely ran out of budget.

So they just told the, the crew to go out and buy all the candles they could find. And they just set up the stage with like candles everywhere and put everybody in robes. That way they don't have to worry about costumes. Right. It's all just to save money. Oh, goodness. They're only wearing the masks. So you're saying like they were like moments away from a masterpiece. This is just what ruined it. If only they hadn't run out of money. Oh, man. I totally thought that was.

Yeah, there's no real transition between. I completely was like, oh, I guess they're going to the hospital now. Yeah. So this is the last commercial break. And then there's one more, one more section after that. Oh, it's a big musical number, right? Yeah, it's another, another musical number, but it's actually probably the best one of them all. Yeah, we won't spoil it for you. How many candles were there? They said a number. It was like every candle in LA. Yeah, some crazy.

It was like over a thousand candles or something. They said it took hours to light them all. Yeah. I reckon George Lucas was heavily involved with this. Slower, less intense. I think he needs to come back out of retirement and do a special edition of the holiday special. Only $1.30. They're saying all these commercials are now like kind of iconic because they've been bootlegged with the entire holiday special for decades now that it's just been, it's part of the. It's part of the experience.

Experience. Yeah, it's part of the event, you know. Right, right. That's really funny. Perfect for life day. You ate too many Wookiee-ookies? Wookiee-ookies, yeah. Grab these pantyhoses. Is someone smashing all your toys? Replace them with these new pantyhose. Only $1.99 a pair. Yeah, this is the one, what we've been waiting for. It's all led up to this moment. Look at that. So you're saying these people were all just people without costumes wearing cloaks and candles?

Just the masks and the cloaks. Right, right, right. A lot of fog machines. Yeah. That's why they look so skinny. Yeah, I was going to say, you can tell he's not wearing anything underneath that. Look at that. Yeah, there's no bulk anymore. Yeah, it's really slick. Look at those slippers. So skinny. It's just like a floating head. There's Kenny Baker. There's Kenny Baker. Ugh. I can't take a look at his eyeliner. Okay. I thought he was... What? I thought he left. Yeah, he came back.

Okay. I just can't imagine what this on-set experience would have been for this. Oh, yeah. Tree of life. The tree of life. Is that actually Carrie Fisher singing? It is. It is? Yep. She's actually not that bad. I mean, her mom's a singer. Yeah, she's got good technique. It's just not the right tone for the universe. Look at that eye shadow on Mark. Okay. Look, they're working in... They're working in the John Williams score into it.

Yeah. Sadly, there's more John Williams music in this one special than there is in all the shows that come out. Oh, that's true, actually. Man, this holiday special wrote lyrics for the main Star Wars theme and the Cantina Band song. That's right. Crazy. She's really, like, weirdly hugging Chewbacca and, like, rubbing his stomach. Yeah. Yeah. Check out these abs. Yeah. From all those Wookiee-ookies. Yeah. Oh, wait. Are they bringing back this? Oh, my God. Did somebody get an award?

This is when Chewbacca gets his medal. Yeah, it just feels so incongruous. Like, it's like... You know, if you put other music over this, it just looks like a weird cult gathering. Yeah, yeah. Chewbacca's mugshot. He's stunned. Wait, are they literally just going to show us parts of the other movie? Yeah, I think so. No. Look, it's, like, the most clear part of the whole... Look at the quality difference. Yeah, the quality difference is crazy. Yeah. Man, that's crazy. Yeah, look at that.

Even the stop motion. Oh, yeah. Let's just show a bunch of cool Star Wars stuff at the end of this. From the movie that you didn't get to watch. Yeah, from the movie that you did like. Hey, remember this? What do you think they filmed their holiday special on versus the movies? They're like, we're going to make sure that when you're done watching this, you just think of the thing that you actually liked, and not what you just saw. Say again, Kurt?

Like, one of my... I don't know if they actually filmed the holiday special on versus, like, what tech back then versus... Yeah, like, the cameras, right? Oh, you mean the cameras. Yeah, well, because they would have shot it on, yeah, like, TV, like, broadcast cameras. Yeah, it wasn't film. Film, yeah. But it was broadcast. They weren't digital back then. They were all still film, weren't they? Yeah. They were all digital. They would have been tape instead of, like, tape instead of film, right?

Yeah. That's why I look so bad. It would have been, like, directly to, like, SD tape versus, like, you know, film. Yeah. Then we get another commercial again. I think, if I'm not mistaken, I think that's it. No, but you said this is part of the experience. We have to watch this. We'll just let this play out. The commercials are part of it. We'll let this play out. Because there's nothing better to end the show on than, like, some commercials.

Yeah. It's like that classic, you know, someone said, that's their DVR or whatever. Oh, hey. Oh, there you go. Kinect commercial. Oh, that's cool. Oh, dang. They need to make another one of these in the Hasbro Black Series action figures. I'm surprised that they haven't. Mm-hmm. All right. All right. All right. All right. All right. All right. All right. All right. All right. All right. All right. All right. That's awesome, actually. That was really cool. Good commercial. Okay, man.

Good for you, bro. Cool story, dude. Wow. Taste is the best way to know if you like a wine. Oh, it's still going? Yeah. Oh, you bet it is. Still going. The gift that keeps on giving. Josh, looking at your tree, I think you need, uh, Life Day, Life Globe. I totally do. The top of your tree. You know what? I think, can't you buy them at Galaxy's Edge? Oh, I'm sure. They did say they have merch at, even though George Lucas wants to ignore this. They do have Life Day merch at Disneyland.

It's like a weird amount of it, too. Like, it's like more than I would have expected at least when I was there. Wait, are they praying? They're bowing their heads to pray? Oh, yeah. Yeah. Are they praying to the force? Maybe the washer tree or something. The Wookiee God? The Tree of Life. Oh, the Tree of Life. The Tree of Life, yeah. And here's our second matte painting at nighttime. Oh, there we go. Mala. Mala was played by a guy? There's the credits. Yeah, I guess so.

Itchy. Jack Raider. Jack Raider. The Woz and Troop. And until the prequels, this is the only time we've seen the Wookiee planet. That's right. Mm-hmm. I'm looking at that thing going, if that stormtrooper stole all that stuff, where's he gonna run to? Yeah. That's a long ladder down. These credits could be replaced with the victims list. Actually, yeah. Right. Well, I think, wasn't there, there was a mention in the documentary that George had wanted his name taken off.

Taken off, yeah. Well, Ralph McQuarrie's still on there. Damn right. Damn right. Damn right. Damn right. Yeah, Ben Burt. Yeah, Ben Burt did some sounds, yeah. I'm just shocked that when the stormtrooper fell off the tree, they didn't do the Wilhelm scream. Yeah. Just silence. It just fits so much better, though, like how awkward it is. Yeah. There's no sound from the impact or the punch. It's just like, whoosh.

The funny thing, yeah, I like how Solo's like, he just goes to the right, and then he goes to the left, and then he goes to the right, and the guy just falls off. Yeah, yeah. Trips over a log and slips. Smash him. It's like the choreography of that was, you know, spot on. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. That's it. That was it. I think this is the third time I've seen this, and I gotta say, this has been the best time I've seen this. That's awesome. It was more fun with other people. That was very enjoyable.

Yeah, that was, it's, it's, it's, like, I, honestly, I could not watch this by myself. No, yeah. I'd be turning it off just like you, Kirk, you know, two minutes in, like, nope, hard nope, hard pass. That was the second time watching it, and there were still so many things that I, that was, like, just absolutely, just appalled at. It's the gift that keeps on giving. This is here as well? Oh, man. Okay. Well, that's it, everybody. That's, that's the last, that's the last episode of the year.

And, cheers. Cheers. Yeah. It's so bad, man. The holiday special's not great. How many, how many Pablo points and poodles really quick? How many what? Kick us off, how many Pablo points and poodles? So, three Pablo poodles is the absolute worst of the worst. Moving up from there, you got two Pablo poodles, one Pablo poodle, and then a bendu. A bendu is like 50%, and then you got Pablo points. One Pablo point, two Pablo points, and then three Pablo points.

Three is being the best of the best of the best. This rating system is difficult. I'm going to say it's just three of the worst, whatever that is. Three poodles? Yeah, three poodles for me. Yes. I've never given a poodle before this. I will give this a one poodle only because it should be three, but because it's so entertaining how bad it is, and because of the animated portion is actually okay, I give it a one poodle. Fair enough. Fair enough. All right.

I think I've given a three in my head before, but since we were doing this for the second time, I mean, never scored it again under the poodle system. So, I'm going to give it two, two poodles. That animated, that feature for 1978 is not bad. It's fun. Yeah. Not bad. That's, I think the only thing that kind of bumps it up for me. What about you, Kyle? I'm giving it a two, and that is because of the nostalgia of it. I mean, even the commercials in there and everything like that.

Like, look, I, you know, I'm 42, man. Like a lot of that stuff is really nice to kind of see again. Yeah. You go, oh, that's what the world was like before cell phones. Yeah. Yeah. But when it comes to the actual thing, I, I enjoy the, the nostalgia of it also, but I mean, come on at the end, they show you all those really cool parts. It makes you just got to go. Okay. I'll give you a little extra. Yeah. I'll fall for it. Yeah. Uh, Kirk, what about you, man?

Uh, me, this one to Pablo points, not points. Sorry. Pablo. Yeah. Oh, high rise. Never a second. I think, yeah, the animation saved most of it gave it that extra point, but, but yeah, not, not enough. Amazing. Not enough. All right, guys. Well, thanks so much for coming back on and for, uh, sitting through the holiday special with me and, uh, we will catch you all in the, in the new year. Happy new year. Happy new year. All right.

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