5.28.2007

Star Wars

With a nod to Stephen, and perhaps proving you CAN unjump the shark, or perhaps that George Lucas was always at least a partial wanker.



How many of you remember the initial airing of this crap fest?

7 comments:

Mighty Tom said...

what!

Stephen Cummings said...

Notorious. The rumor is that Lucas has attempted to suppress any and all copies of the show. A bar in Canada somewhere has been showing it regularly. I don't really remember it, but it's a part of the SW lore.

Stephen Cummings said...

Note that this clip does display another use of the Wilhelm Scream.

Pat said...

I actually do remember it, though I had forgotten the plot exactly. I remembered the Wookies featured prominently, and that I never saw it again.

It's pretty clear why this was suppressed - it is about as bad as humanly possible. They were all riding high on the unexpected success, but this one really feels like some corporate mucky muck trying to squeeze every last drop out of it.

Stephen Cummings said...

Another rumor is that this program introduced Boba Fett, I think.

Pat said...

Interesting...though GL certainly wanted us to believe he conceived of BF as part of Episode IV - see the reissued version that I believe has BF in it, along with Jabba - it would be weird to think the crappy Christmas special was the original source.

Dan said...

Ahh! Unwatchable!

With NONE of the soul and spirit of "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins"