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Funny story: Carrie Fisher once said she has her own personal copy and that when she wants people to leave her house she'll just pop it in and press play.
I have actually heard and seen reactions to this holiday special. Harrison Ford compares it to the Vietnam war in the sense that it was so horrible that he doesn't NEED to watch it, he was THERE! Anthony Daniels panicked when it was mentioned in an interview, and admitted that he owned a copy of the screenplay that he can't even read because he just knew how bad it was. George Lucas has said he'd personally destroy every copy in existence if he could. Just a bit of trivia.
@Demiclea because the empire uses kashyyyk to grow crops and cut down their trees for weapon projects like the death star. They also keep wookies as slaves and have them work in spice mines
I had a 3 second conversation with the original Chewbacca at a con once and asked him if he voiced all the wookie in the Star Wars holiday special. He looked at me shaking his head and said yes. Then I gave him a pat on the shoulder saying "God bless you sir."
@Emilio Manuel De Pedro, the special effects, acting and technical “achievement” is so good is because Disney is a multi-billion dollar company, so that should not really count. What really matters is plot and character development, not how much flashy CGI you can fit in one scene. I do agree with you in some ways, so please don’t take this seriously.
I believe George Lucas himself has stated "If I had time and a sledgehammer, I would track down every copy of this special and smash it!" Cannot say I blame him XP
Well I imagine he has time now given that the franchise is in the hands of others. Now all he needs is that sledgehammer. Surely he can afford it by now lol XD
(First Order shows up) General Hux: Luke Skywalker! We are here to make you sign onto another Holiday Special! Luke: OH CRAP! RUN! (Luke escapes) General Hux: Find the map to Skywalker! Now'
George Lucas doesn't hate Jar Jar, Boss Nass, Natalie Portman's bland acting, or the "I hate sand" scene, yet he says he would love to destroy every copy of this special.....that's how bad this is....
Mega Satan I will concede to the fact that George Lucas is a shit director, because he is terrible. But the only other movies I have seen Hayden Christensen in are Jumper and Life as a House, and honestly neither of those performances struck me as good. He is just a bland actor, but this is my opinion.
I only just noticed that when Critic looks at the "script", there's a line near the bottom that reads "Begin Bea Arthur Strip Tease." Just...ugh *shudder* why, Critic? Why would you put that image in my head?
@@criminallyautistic8372 My guess is that George wasn't too fond of subtitles at the time. Some might call it a bold choice. All of us who aren't George Lucas would call it a poor way to make a movie.
@@criminallyautistic8372 I can understand that feeling. While I do enjoy the entire original trilogy and the prequels make for great sleep aides, I respect your position and thoughts on the subject. :) I'm not sure if you're familiar with the Highlander movies, but I think the first one should've been the only one in that series.
Why as everyone and everything else animated so horrifically, especially Han, there's no excuse for it, the dialogues for the sequence was ok and any half decent animator would've jumped at the chance to animate such a piece for a licensed Star Wars sequence
Yeah. I remember the November night when this... THING aired; normally, I'd never approve of Wonder Woman being pre-empted, but it was FUCKING STAR WARS... Jefferson Starship, Bea Arthur, and Boba Fett were the ONLY good things about this PILE OF GARB... and believe me when I say that Gabriel Dell as Boba Fett is the first time I felt PUBERTY DROP ON ME LIKE A BUNCH OF HORNY BRICKS.
If no one has adressed it, at 10:14 there NC, Wookies can understand Galactic Basic just fine but their vocal cords are unable to produce the sounds capable of speaking it. On the other hand, a Wookie "roar" as a lot of higher and lower frequency sounds that are out of range for a human to catch, so they sound the same to us but subtle inflections can mean a world of difference. However that does not excuse NO SUBTITLES!
Nate J. Yeah, and Japanese has jokes and inflections that just don't translate well. Still doesn't mean a non-native speaker can't learn it and understand it.
+Nate J. When wookies speak to other wookies, they use the full range of frequencies. When they speak to non-wookies they use a simplified variation. Just look it up in the wikipedia, it's pretty much filled in from various sources of the extended universe.
i'm not sure that subtitles would have made things better... the scenes are pretty explicit and visual, and they're really shitty and boring^^ actually home made translations are funnier than the supposed real meaning .
Remember everyone, if you think the Star Wars prequel is bad, just compare it to this holiday special, cause they sure hell can't be as this movie right here.
NC: "Oh God nooo, not another cheesy Life Day song, please!" Leia: "A day of heart..." NC: "No more! No more, I can't take it here anymore! This is the WORST!! THIS is the WORST CHRISTMAS SPECIAL EVER!!!" Leia: "A day on which we must become one together..." NC: "STOP IT! Stop it, please!!" Leia: "A day for which everyone is one of our world..." NC: "HELP ME!! SOMEBODY, HELP ME!!" Leia: "A day to which we join all our souls..." NC: "Help me, Santa! Help me, Jesus Christ! Help me... SANTA CHRIST!!!"
5:07 I think the reason Mark Hamill has so much makeup caked on to his face is because he was involved in a car accident shortly before filming this. The makeup Department had to put a lot of makeup on him.
Fun fact: When they were about to show a clip of this on a talk show Ford guest starred on, he had to be held back from running out of the room. He was just THAT embarrassed to have been involved in this disgraceful excuse for a special.
They could've at least prefaced this mess with: Han: Hey, I'm flying Chewy home for Life Day. Luke: The hell's Life Day? Han/Leia/C-3PO: *gives some damn explanation and the two leave*
Two things: When Chewie and Mala are gazing lovingly into each other's eyes, it's two extra tall guys staring awkwardly at each other. The otger thing is, if you read the actual script for this masterpiece, tge Wookiees actually have lines. Only thing is there are nosubtutles at all. I believe there's an HD version of the special on RU-vid, and there must be a digital copy of the script aomewhere in the Internet. What I'd like to see is someone actually make subtitles for this thing.
He was actually also personally ashamed of Howard The Duck. In fact, everyone who worked on Howard The Duck (except for Lea Thompson) was personally ashamed of it.
Fun Fact: Life Day and Maala are still technically canon to the Star Wars expanded universe. There's a whole comic devoted to Maala doing her best Wookiee "notice me, senpai" for Chewie
When was the comic released, before or after Disney takeover, if before, it's not canon, or it's as canon as other media, like this special, otherwise, it's considered Legends
Imagine someone making an edited clip of the first appearance of Santa Christ where he blows up a bunch of pirated movies from a flea market. (22:33, 22:49)
Ok the wookies (especially the kid wookie) sound EXACTLY like my cat when she is going to puke up a hairball. So while I watch this video I keep twitching and checking if my rug is on the line of fire. That is some stellar sound design.
I remember watching this when it was actually aired on TV in 79" I believe. I was 8 or 9 years old & loved everything Star Wars. I eagerly sat down on the floor to be closer to the TV so as to not miss a moment of this travesty against humanity. Even then, despite my love for the movie, the toys, etc. I was horrified by what I had just watched. Even at that young age I knew this SUCKED!
My cousin showed me this video back in 2009 and I still burst out laughing when after transitioning to Tatoonie NC says "Just stick to the friggin' story" haha
Just in time to go back to this review for Santa Christ for he is one of my favorite Nostalgia Critic reoccurring character, as well as my favorite character Rob has ever played.
Nostalgia Critic should do a Star Wars Month: Week 1 = The Clone Wars Movie Week 2 = a Rant about the Expanded Universe vs The Disneyverse of Star Wars Week 3 = Clone Wars: The Micro Series Week 4 = a George Lucas Rant
Dainn Greywall I never got that! I mean Han understanding Chewie I can understand or hell Lando understanding Nien Nub maybe....but who else understands Shriwook?! Unless you got buisiness on Kashyyk its a language not bothering with ! Why would the Wookies even bother learning Basic? Its just...stupid.
Brandon Roberts Well of course it should've had subtitles. and Gorvar, as i said, their vocal chords CAN'T learn basic... it's like with a dog, there's no way a dog could EVER make the same sounds that a human can because it's vocal chords are so different. and Jedi's understand all languages, it's part of their connecti ont o the force. And languages and no, not many actually know shriwook, which is why they're most likely acompanied by either a translator or a person who understands them.
_Hmm..._ *Shigeru Miyamoto* (the game designer at Nintendo) can understand English perfectly well and even laugh at jokes in interviews 'directly' when they're said, he just can't speak the language very well so that's why Bill "The TrinTroll" Trinen (Nintendo of America) is with him most of the time at events like E3.
Yeah....It was advertised in the paper. I clipped it out and waited for it to air. My baby sitter the night it aired never came back. I was 8 and even I couldn't make it through it.
I actually remember changing the channel on my tv as a kid in the 2000’s and seeing the stranger grandpa Wookiee in the chair on Adult Swim. Didn’t know what the hell was going on so changed the channel.
Yeah at least the prequels was entertaining whether or not if it’s the war or whatever that’s at least more entertaining than the everyday life of a Wookiee
I felt that the Empire did the galaxy a favor by conscripting the Wookiees for the Death Star construction and gave them a hobby and eliminated the drama of kashyyk reality shows.
