he wants it BANNED!!! :~D

[leelastarsky]

Lucas wants first 'Star Wars' sequel banned:

[Hollywood News]: Los Angeles, Nov 28 : Filmmaker George Lucas wants his "Star Wars Holiday Special", which was originally screened on the CBS network in 1978, banned because he is disappointed with its quality.

The first two-hour-long sequel to the popular film franchise told the story of Chewbacca's journey home with Hans Solo (Harrison Ford) to celebrate Life Day with his family, reported imdb.com.

During the course of the much-maligned movie, Princess Leia, played by Carrie Fisher, reduces Hans Solo and Luke Skywalker to tears with a song.

A contributor on the Star Wars website commented: "The Holiday Special has always been the red-headed step child of the 'Star Wars' family."

A source at Lucas Film added: "The Force was definitely not with Mr. Lucas the day that was born."

--Indo-Asian News Service

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

BAN it? Is he insane?? If there is one way of making SURE something gets into every household, it's banning it!

'reduces Hans Solo and Luke Skywalker to tears '
*falls off chair laughing* Not to mention the rest of SW fandom!

"The Force was definitely not with Mr. Lucas the day that was born."
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!


And I take offense at the 'redheaded' comment!

Comments

[chickadilly.livejournal.com]

Oh dear! I have a copy of that ... should I burn it to please George? *giggles* Then again I should burn it because it's so BAD. LOLOLOL

It's so bad that it's amusing in the cheese factor ...

heh. How on earth is he going to BAN it when it's already out there? Any SW fan who really wants it can find it.

*looks at red locks* Yeah! I take offense to that too! Hasn't this writer ever heard of the Weasleys?!?!?! Pfft!!!

[chickadilly.livejournal.com]

Oh and this: Princess Leia, played by Carrie Fisher, reduces Hans Solo and Luke Skywalker to tears with a song.

Yeah, I was moved by that song too ... moved because it was so BAD!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA

(*I wish writers would stop calling him Hans ... )

[shortcircuited.livejournal.com]

And I take offense at the 'redheaded' comment!

True that! Red heads unite!

[ivylore.livejournal.com]

I can't believe I still haven't seen it!!!!!!!

[suehypno.livejournal.com]

I think this is freakin' hysterical! Not to mention the epitome of delusion and self-importance. What's he going to do, order search and seisures?

I can remember seeing that special when it first aired--and I hadn't even seen the movies yet back then! I had no clue what was going on, other than that I'd also see commercials for the toys, etc. I vividly remember the wookiee porn--holy crap!

By the way, I ordered a VHS copy of it online about 8 years ago, so it's certainly out there.

I would say that the only good bit in the whole thing is seeing additional footage of Han--and dear me, he was hot! (That is when he wasn't looking like he wanted to shoot himself for being there!)

My favorite part, though, is watching Leia. Carrie is so stoned through that whole thing that she can't even stand up straight half the time. There's one scene where she literally manuevers around a desk, hand-over-hand, to keep from falling. I kid you not!

And what Star Wars special is complete without special appearances by Harvey Corman and Bea Arthur??

Finally, does this mean he's PROUD of the OTHER Star Wars specials? **hack**Ewok movies**hack**

[yanksfan.livejournal.com]

Okay, make no mistake: the Star Wars Holiday Special is the worst piece of crap with the SW logo to ever reach the airwaves. Yes, it even makes "The Ewok Adventure" look like Macbeth.

That said? Don't ban it! Allow us our cheap pleasures in life. I mean, seeing Harrison Ford act in this is a mind-popping experience in itself. I mean wtf did they hold over this guy's head that he felt pushed into doing this? The speculation over this point alone is worth hours of fascinating conversation.

Then there's Carrie Fisher stoned, Mark Hamill with too much makeup, and Chewie's relatives engaging in over 20 minutes of unintelligable conversation (dude, maybe I'm wrong, but subtitles *were* invented before 1978, right?) Anyways, it's sooo bad that....well, I wanna say 'so bad it's good', but no....it's just BAAAAAD.

But still! I'm all for it anyways! I think every fandom needs to have it's own deep dark secret shame. It keeps you humble, and makes you appreciate when it's *good*. Days of Our Lives had the episode where Marlena Evans turned into a panther, the Beatles had "Revolution #9", Dave Matthews had that brainfart album where he temporarily went electric. See? So no one's immune. It's necessary to have these slip ups. It's unavoidable, even for you, George.

"But what about the Prequels, Yanks?"

Oh, yes. Those are another set of issues in itself. But let's not pin the sins of Natalie Portman and co. on the poor, defenseless Original Trilogy. That's not their fault. They knew not what lay 20 years ahead of them.

But the Holiday Special? Oh, kids! Did they blow it there!

Anyways, I don't know what "banning" the Holiday Special would do anyways. A friend and I bought our copy off a bootlegger in NYC. I doubt very much an offical "ban" would have any effect on his sales.

So, yeah, better to just own up to your mistakes, George. And allow us all a giggle at your expense. Sorry, but you have your millions (most of it originating from our pockets), so let us have a few laughs. Thanks.

Sorry for babbling, Leela. :p

[davidjoates.livejournal.com]

I'm mentally scarred - there are no words.

Seriously, I didn't even know about this until I saw your post, but immediately went on the hunt for it.

For anyone morbidly curious, find and install a bittorrent client, head over to SuprNova.org and look under TV Shows> Other. No idea how long it will be up for, but this one will be getting circulated around all my friends - everyone needs to see this at some point in their lives.

All I can think of right now is WTF were they thinking/drinking?

David.