Star Wars’ infamous Holiday Special, explained

[@refried_ldub1166]

Why were Star Wars 4,5,6 before 1,2,3? Because in charge of sheduling, Yoda was.

[@zedek_]

Approved.

[@bradfordwebster3181]

Thank you, this made my day.

[@1000teresa4ever]

conwayd 007 A joke it was.

[@Penminfire]

Roses are red Violets are red The revolution will come And the gulag for you

[@jameslove1162]

conwayd 007 missed the joke, you did.

[@quadeong7453]

Anyone else think seeing Harrison Ford traumatized pretty hilarious.

[@Crlarl]

Quade Ong He was really high in that interview.

[@quadeong7453]

Carl Siemens seriously? It seemed more like PTSD

[@Crlarl]

Quade Ong PTSD, from a variety show?

[@quadeong7453]

Carl Siemens from the holiday special

[@bearb1asting]

Best part

[@perpetualgrimace]

That Mark Hamill clip at the end tho

[@Scarletraven87]

Warning. Big Virus above me.

[@ikickedtheshitoutofapigeon6365]

Doran Martell 😂😂

[@estebanfortu1092]

Where can I get that video?

[@estebanfortu1092]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoaqh2qNi6dgmKM There it is

[@ishaneejoshi1613]

CHILLS

[@jasonj9235]

"Everything in Star Wars has a story..." Except for Snoke.

[@skidooshlayman12]

And Rey's parents.

[@skidooshlayman12]

And how Leia learned to use the Force.

[@skidooshlayman12]

And why Finn and Rose saved animals but not slave children.

[@skidooshlayman12]

And How Ghost Yoda can cause lighting and bonk people on the head.

[@HarryBillyBobGeorge]

I love The Last Jedi, but I laughed.

[@nakenmil]

Fun fact: the Holiday Special contains the first appearance of Boba Fett in Star Wars (it was released before Empire), and is also the first time we learn his name and hear him speak.

[@Wallbeige]

Suicide seems like an option after reading this

[@mn-mq6ml]

Nope, that's not true, he was seen in some celebration thing before that

[@troyjardine5850]

Even before this Boba Fett was in the deleted Han and Jabba scene. Though he doesn't speak and the scene wasn't in the theatrical cut.

[@commandercaptain4664]

@@troyjardine5850 Fett was a real actor digitally added to the scene (though not Jeremy Bulloch).

[@trawlins396]

@@mn-mq6ml that was a parade.

[@ryaquaza3offical]

Some people: “omg the Phantom menace or The last Jedi are the worst Star Wars films to come out of the series” Me, an intellectual: “y’all see Chewbacca celebrate Christmas yet?”

[@collegebro85]

Ryaquaza 1 exactly, say what you want about any of the films, but they totally missed the mark of ever becoming worse than this special!!

[@drobnoxius9483]

*LIFE DAY!!!!*

[@matthewibelievethemanbonwh3445]

Gamingbeaver

[@liammerc4129]

after watching episode 9: omg Last jedi and Rise of skywalker are the worst star wars films to come out of the series. RIP Star wars

[@evawoodcock6392]

"The phantom menace was watchable" ABSOLUTELY NOT. I had to skip multiple parts of that movie. Also I really like the Last Jedi and rise of Skywalker or whatever they are called

[@marktheinfinitelytired]

Explanation....The 70’s and cocaine.

[@ComicBookGuy420]

I was thinking they were on hallucinogens, but sure, we'll go with coke😂

[@aprilmoore2917]

Must have been... or peyote...

[@ComicBookGuy420]

@@Tomanton22 I did, unfortunately... Kid😂 I'm old enough to have seen Star Wars in the cinema

[@kelakotana]

R2D2, STOP SNORTING THE COCAINE

[@Justin-Hill-1987]

Cocaine was the 1980s, weed and doobies were the 1970s.

[@charlesajones77]

The first episode of The Mandalorian mentions "Life Day". Does that mean the SWHS is canon?

[@thema1998]

WHAT?! The Mandalorian actually mentioned "Life Day"? Wow! 😆

[@sminthian]

You know, I wonder if The Mandalorian is going to do a remade Holiday Special...

[@lukestrawwalker]

@@thema1998 Yeah the blue fish guy he captures in the ice planet cantina does, when he goes downstairs to "evacuate his thorax" (take a dump and we see the ship's "space toity" behind him as he's chatting about how he hoped to be home for "Life Day" (the first time we saw a toilet in the Star Wars Universe AFAIK...) So we know that "Life Day" is now a thing... as for the Holiday Special (which I just recently saw at a friend's house over Christmas) well, maybe it's like that season of "Dallas" that was all "just a dream"... I guess maybe Chewbacca got some bad mushrooms or something LOL:) Later! OL J R :)

[@thema1998]

@Benjamin Ahlers Bea Arthur's character is canon too. She's mentioned in Disney's EU.

[@edgemaxxer1573]

Life day exists but the holiday special doesn't

[@ifurkend]

That's why we can't have pink Vader in Battlefront II.

[@brianpogue3943]

Or Vader at all, for that matter.

[@VeryNiceKanye]

Brian Pogue what

[@Breyze_]

NORDENKID joke on EA putting 1/3 of the selling point behind a paywall

[@scorcher55_69]

DEDxGaMeR - except they fixed everything. I haven't paid an extra dime but have all the characters

[@Breyze_]

SCORCHER55 _ yh they fixed it, but that doesnt change the fact that they tried it. something like that SHOULDNT NEED to be changed in the first place

[@bengarbaag7114]

Just here to remind everyone that The Mandalorian made the Holiday Special canon.

[@3rdalbum]

Not really. Only "Life Day" became canon, but the other nonsensical events of Holiday Special are not canon.

[@bengarbaag7114]

@@3rdalbum That cooking show exists in the Star Wars universe and you can't convince me otherwise.

[@buckjohnson3748]

@@bengarbaag7114 if you go to her wookiepedia article she is counted as canon as mentioned in the galaxy edge cookbook

[@MaxEverywhereSystem]

C H R I S T

[@firehazzard8497]

@ThePOKOkitty It does, Solo made it canon.

[@xdavebmx]

They forgot to mention that this bad special also introduced several things that stayed in the Star Wars universe. Chewbacca’s home planet and Boba Fett was also introduced here first

[@user-kx2ht6mo1b]

Happy life day

[@Nugcon]

you too

[@RadRat1138]

Happy life day to you too!

[@pomponi0]

Happy life day!

[@liloiax22]

...so what do we celebrate on Life Day?... Do we celebrate the fact that we lived through watching this n DIDN'T commit suicide??? lol

[@Cowboymeisje]

Can't celebrate Life Day without a few death sticks.

[@KeepOnDreamingDude]

I may have gone too far in a few places....

[@KLK01]

KeepOnDreamingDude too*

[@KeepOnDreamingDude]

thanks

[@iNuchalHead]

It's like [bad] poetry.

[@BugMed]

It's like poetry it rhymes...

[@_anttinpa_9093]

666 likes

[@MasterSkywalker.]

*"Everything in Star Wars has a story"* *Except for Knights Of Ren...*

[@duodbzsonic]

Give it a while mark my words at least they’ll get expanded in the comics and at best they may show them in whatever clone wars like animation pops up for the sequels in a few years

[@atley4328]

You mean Star Wars Resistance?

[@tchy7246]

or Snoke

[@hwatooo9498]

They literally have one though. Read rise of Kylo ren.

[@marcopedro2017]

Stop hating the sequel alot of people love it

[@KGBeast.]

Fun fact: I actually have part of the original script from this special. The part where Leia sings the life day song. I keep it in very good condition. My father brought it around 1995 in an auction before I was even born. It must've been a fortune, he was obsessed with collecting everything Star Wars

[@ZaneKun33]

pog

[@parvchetri0995]

Nicee. You must feel special lol

[@KGBeast.]

@@parvchetri0995 I feel (holiday) special

[@parvchetri0995]

@@KGBeast. hahaha nice pun there lol 😆

[@FIRING_BLIND]

Thats AMAZING

[@FRISHR]

At least it doesn't have paid loot boxes.

[@sideswipe8443]

ha

[@scorcher55_69]

They fixed it

[@OnionYeeter]

It does

[@mr.person5788]

"There are rules for what belongs in this universe" Disney: How about no

[@RocStarr913]

George Lucas has no control over it anymore.

[@thesebsanimationstudios1455]

2:03 Harrison Ford: get off my show... Conan o'Brien: but, it's my show.

[@沈煜詳]

2:35 Why the hell did I think 2001:A Space Odyssey was released in 2001?!?!

[@FindecanorNotGmail]

It _was_ screened in quite a few places in 2001 ...

[@wilfredynunez5263]

沈煜詳 You're not alone.

[@brennenlaforest8545]

Because you're an idiot

[@BlackPixel1]

Maybe because 1984 was released in 1984?

[@TheJosep70]

Because millennials.

[@theylied1776]

Star Wars was the first time Studios understood the power of Merchandising and Licensing. They learned this lesson because 20th Century Fox signed all rights over to George Lucas and watched him become a millionaire overnight. Geroge Lucas, when he owned LucasFilms, made more from his Merchandising and Licensing than he ever made from the Box office.

[@Mikewee777]

theylied1776 , Pokemon also lived with this marketing mantra.

[@mikem4432]

the hokey sing and dance was not.. and the casting was really these TV personalities that had no place in anything SW

[@mikinguyen5046]

At least now I know why it's there

[@stephw1363]

Me too.....i knew it couldnt be actual choice if George Lucas wouldnt be named in credits.

[@masterofsoccer1]

I know now what I will give my friend for Christmas

[@ElfriedeRose]

masterofsoccer1 bought it for my dad off ebay.

[@casecao8412]

Guys, suicide is bad!! Stop encouraging it!

[@ilikepigeons6101]

You're evil

[@ParzivalTheThird]

“The current trilogy is telling new stories” Debatable.

[@allenvarghese5126]

Q: Why is Yoda such a good gardener? A: Because he has a green thumb.

[@supremeoverlordess8664]

Delete your account please.

[@areyouthicc9947]

Sandcastle • Green fingers and a green thumb

[@dromingo6881]

He can grow good kush?

[@mitchellmaytorena1137]

D bro I grew quite the variety of kush this summer. At least 6 of my plants had kush genetics. I highly recommend Blessings OG Kush bred by Gage Green Group. It has the most abundant and absurdly large trichome heads I've ever seen.

[@brianpogue3943]

Why the long, hairy face?

[@user-tv9rt5ud2s]

My father watched it when he was 6 in Peru. He says it still tromitises him till this day. They advertised it as the Thanksgiving special there, and in Latin America, Thanksgiving well isn't a thing, so that was extremely confusing to them. But then to add, they called it something else in the special, so it was even more confusing.

[@alias3660]

Does anyone have that interview clip from the end with Mark? I need to hear the rest!!

[@ultimatecomicfan2433]

Its almost haunting. What could have been if fans did not attack the prequels.

[@Tychoxi]

Sounds like Nerdwriter1.

[@KristinaPup]

i think a lot of the video essay scene on youtube, including Vox, is following his lead, so i think we can expect a lot more of this style for a good while

[@ocara50000]

that's exactly what I thought, wow!!!! I LOVE his work

[@EphraimRyan]

@@KristinaPup No I think he meant the guy LITERALLY sounds like Evan, the guy from Nerdwriter1

[@lt.bagelbites6969]

“All around 2011” The last Jedi: **released in 2016** Unfortunately, history will not see it for you that way

[@darthvader8229]

Lt. Bagel Bites 2017*

[@bestboutgaming3212]

Hey, we got Jake Skywalker in 2017

[@maninredhelm]

Video did not do an adequate job demonstrating how cringey that special was. You might get the impression that it was like what would happen if the Phantom Menace had a high school drama production budget. And that would indeed be bad. But it was soooo much worse. Think Phantom Menace, high school budget, but also crossed with The Captain & Tennille Show. No, the originals, not the MXC versions. Because that would have been fantastic!

[@jasonmullins7115]

maninredhelm The Star Wars Holiday Special was probably best summed up A.V. Club contributorNathan Rabin, who described it as being “written and directed by a sentient bag of cocaine.”

[@AsTaFTheRealOne]

Why do you mention Phantom Menace as something bad when it's a good movie?

[@Crlarl]

That's because it's not the point of the video. The video is about explaining the EU and why TSWHS exists.

[@Wired4Life2]

^Exactly, Carl.

[@mosesramirez6330]

+maninredheim So true. It wasn't really that it just didn't fit the universe, as the video implied--it was objectively bad in every possible way, even if you weren't a Star Wars fan.

[@spookyrosev6467]

**Cue fan boy rage comment with unnecessary arguments here**

[@ghost_ship_supreme]

dcruz453 *_Disney arrives_*

[@boimann7583]

SpookyRoseV fuvk you bicth

[@spookyrosev6467]

You know this comment thread is WHAT I WAS SATIRIZING!

[@ilikepigeons6101]

BoiMann 'fuvk' yourself mate

[@Blitz-ww8kh]

It's a shame that Disney has now ruined the sequel trilogy

[@TheStarBot]

"New Star Wars Bad, gives me upvotes"

[@XiaoLynn]

I love how Anthony Daniels face changed at 1:35 when question about Holiday Special came out.

[@commandercaptain4664]

Kenny Baker was like "dodged that bullet".

[@yourfriendcurtis]

Please put out a video on the whole Net Neutrality situation!!!!

[@Lucas-Weidner]

life of curtis they already did.

[@mosesramirez6330]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqK7fHidib6NeLM

[@jothePianoMaster13]

"You can't play with it"??. ..someone needs to tell this to Rian Johnson

[@RocStarr913]

Johnson arguably played with it very badly.

[@patriot1724]

I watched all of the Christmas special and it is 100x better then Disney Star Wars movies

[@goku8621]

No

[@leJpeg]

Last day of Net Neutrality possibly, anyone nervous?

[@kiro9291]

can people like you stop mentioning this kind of thing that has nothing to do with the video for once

[@CharlesTheClumsy]

No I live in Sweden.

[@CharlesTheClumsy]

Kiro It kind of does actually.

[@TheWaross]

7.3 billion people don't care.

[@jeremyadcox6507]

Vox Hmm...that's not suspicious at all. Yep I clicked on that vox account, and it's a fake. Nice scam.

[@NCPhotography]

I like how Vox takes the time to read and replay to most of the comments on this video!

[@TheMorris360]

To whomever is in charge of this video's settings: Please ban this BIGSURPRISE account that is replying to every comment

[@TheMorris360]

Thanks

[@Mksterk1998]

Morrís Whenever someone says 'whomever' I think of The Office. 😂

[@cillianbrouder]

I watched it. I was committed to completing it. I got drunk halfway through (Christmas Eve), but I still watched it. It was one of the most difficult things to watch. I dare you all to try it out!

[@jsl151850b]

No thanks.

[@cillianbrouder]

Saeid Radder don't do it I was only joking, for the love of all that's good don't do it!

[@LAV-III]

Cillian Brouder your to late I saw the whole thing from the cooking channel with the bantha meat to the tatooine curfew to the robed wookies I'm going to Barry my self 6 feet deep now.

[@cillianbrouder]

Saeid Radder it kind of gets ingrained into your thoughts doesn't it?

[@LAV-III]

Cillian Brouder gunna try to watch as many star wars facts videos as I can to was a way the memorize I will not sleep well to night

[@lumionesty5045]

Rule #1 of Star Wars: We don’t talk about the holiday special

[@Cjnw]

Normie

[@caronstout354]

Rule 2: WE DON'T TALK ABOUT THE HOLIDAY SPECIAL

[@WilliamNicholas123]

Life day was mentioned in the Mandalorian

[@RT42069]

"You can't play with it now" Then please explain The Last Jedi

[@Theo-bk6qj]

Well it worst than The Last Jedi

[@commandercaptain4664]

The so-called "fans" won't allow anyone to play with it.

[@AmazingJayB51]

Last Jedi was good, clear your mind and watch it again.

[@hello-gy6xk]

TLJ wasn’t that bad. It was definitely not worse than TPM/AOTC.

[@Wired4Life2]

@@AmazingJayB51 The *best* _Star Wars_ film since 1980.

[@davidstone1293]

Nice perspectives on the creation of the SW Holiday Special. It is also well worth noting that CBS wanted the special long enough to fill a full hour time slot to sell more commercial air time, so filler material was added which contributed to the train wreck.

[@TravelingTal]

Imagine being a 7th grader (Like me) that had to sit through that mess as it happened in 1978. I was diagnosed with childhood PTSD because of it.

[@Squidchard]

This is so amazing....I did not have to FORCE myself to watch this video....

[@skyrimisntforthenords6567]

Alexander Hamilton .

[@XavierbTM1221]

Alexander Hamilton

[@xqwerssqwer9396]

How does a bastard

[@Squidchard]

Orphan

[@janeistired3921]

That joke was pretty forced

[@yuzzem64]

The storyline for the Ewok movies came from George Lucas so it was his idea or at the very least he approved the inclusion of a shape-shifting witch (Nightsister) into the Starwars universe.

[@phantomspaceman]

Well Flash Gordon had bird men and sorcerors so why the hell not? Also reminds me of Buck Rogers.

[@nicholascgoss]

“Oh around 2011” OMG Lucas was pretty damn accurate!

[@جِبْرِيل-ح4ي]

Nicholas Goss that’s scary of how accurate

[@maddog2314]

I wish the Timothey Zahn books were cannon. So good.

[@Sungetsu15]

They were. But I'm okay. Thrawn is back. :)

[@preserver7777]

Canon is hat you want it to be....!

[@mercinary001]

Ah! Kill it! Kill it with fire!

[@aprilmoore2917]

No - this is like those giant centipedes in the south - nothing kills them! They just keep wriggling... ew...

[@AtticusAmericanus]

"Every character has a story" Up until now....

[@yankeeforcestudios5431]

Eh

[@Germania9]

Do a video on shoegaze.

[@MeetAlexChannel]

yes please!!!

[@phuturephunk]

...I mean, are they going to just put Tycho on loop or something?...

[@MeetAlexChannel]

do you even shoegaze bro?

[@inquisitorchristopher8527]

Asobi Seksu

[@Daedhart]

KotOR is still cannon, damit!

[@joshuaj8510]

Canon*

[@JameZayer]

So should Dark Forces & Jedi Knights .....but.... We got Rogue One blowing it up

[@jessstuart7495]

Just wait until Disney starts running out of ideas after episode 20. They'll eventually get to it. They just want to market it on their terms.

[@Kyle444shell]

Jess Stuart oh god I honestly hope they don’t make any more Star Wars episodes after this trilogy. Hopefully they just stick to doing anthology movies. Star Wars is actually getting better again after the prequels and I would rather end now on a high note than get a bunch more episodes and end on a low.

[@chromiumdog6453]

Nope, it's not canon, either. It's a space opera not the friggin' gospels of st george.

[@81OH4Z4RD]

I was almost 10 when the special aired, had experienced Star Wars, and was so excited for this special. It was a different time, when if you loved a movie you had nothing to relive it but memories (pre-merch) and in the case of Star Wars a wait of 3 years for another chance to be immersed in that glorious universe. Television had 2 channels, 3 if the weather was right, and programming sucked. This special was to be an amazing gift, a treasure, something to focus on and relish and memorize and rehash endlessly with friends. And it was sooooooo bad. Like soul-crushing bad. Not as bad as a trump presidency but close.

[@81OH4Z4RD]

Just trying to put it in perspective. If you are offended, my condolences.

[@petergray2712]

81OH4Z4RD I was seven when I watched, and I thought it was bizarre and off putting.

[@81OH4Z4RD]

Totallly agree Pete. Star Wars presented such a fantastic but coherent universe. The holiday special seemed obscene and insulting by comparison. I'd completely blocked my memories of the thing until being reminded that it existed, and it didn't spoil the immersion and thrill of watching the next chapters in the trilogy.

[@81OH4Z4RD]

No worries. I am afflicted with a political fury that has tainted all aspects of my life for the past year. You make a valid point and i will make an effort to focus my political energy in a more constructive direction.

[@cybercat29]

I was 11 when this special came out. At the time, I thought it was a special that was going to be shown every Christmas. It had some great parts (Bobo Fett cartoon) while some were not so great (Carrie Fisher did not look well and seemed to be in a daze). Years later, I read about it and I could understand why Lucas had burned the entire script and wanted to destroy any records of this special.

[@redeemernigoohaem9735]

Was looking for this comment : “ still better then TFA and TLJ “ No ? Well here we go : STILL BETTER THEN TFA AND TLJ Maybe they smash all the copyed of them with a sledgehammer

[@buttersstotch2014]

“There are rules in this universe” Someone should tell rian Johnson that

[@getraided9023]

I actually really liked the cartoon in the middle of it

[@ailaxvo64_]

-Christmas- *_LIFE DAY_*

[@AdvancePlays]

As much as I do despise the Holiday Special, I can't help but love that it actually exists.

[@SandyCheeks1896]

I’m glad they wiped the canon. I still enjoy the EU, but I don’t want Disney adapting novels or tiptoeing around the overly saturated EU.

[@amog849]

David Jones I respectfully disagree with you. When Disney was considering buying the rights to Star Wars, they should’ve thought about the potential challenges with the EU. If the EU is as over-saturated as you claim, they could’ve made movies based on events in it. Instead, Disney relegated the Star Wars canon and injected their own narrative into the franchise, which is a little bit insulting to me, a long time Star Wars fan. I haven’t seen the new movie, but Ep VII was pretty dreadful, and Rogue One was largely forgettable, IMO.

[@macrondo5852]

Oh sorry they haven't oversaturated it already lol

[@troodon1096]

Fully agree. Hey I understand people like the Expanded Universe, and just because it's no longer official canon is no reason to stop. But if they wanted to tell new stories, having to deal with the very varying quality of stories in the EU, some of which flat out contradicted each other, would have been too much of an obstacle.

[@TheDrexxus]

EU already had too many stories and too much info that contradicted itself. That doesn't make for good canon when multiple canon sources are pointing to each other and saying it is wrong. It NEEDED to be wiped, otherwise you just had to decide as an individual what you simply want to believe more which you can already do with none of it being canon. Can you imagine the lunacy of expecting every single person who would ever write new movies for star wars being expected to read all of the expanded universe just to make sure there were no potential conflicts? Don't be absurd. EU had to go, no way around it. It was a good call.

[@hightreason]

for a second i thought this comment was about brexit

[@bcubed72]

Now that "The Last Jedi" is out, this is no longer the worst SW-themed product out there...

[@jevinday]

Harrison Ford's reaction to the mention of the Christmas special on Conan is the best. So funny.

[@titan133760]

Especially when he (jokingly) tried to choke Conan

[@williamm374]

It was never made. It's the Mandela Effect, an Urban Legend.

[@t_h_e_o4303]

What if i told you there's a full movie on youtube Harrison Ford: *forcechokes him to death even tho he is not force sensitive*

[@joshuab2437]

You forgot the Star Wars Ewok Adventures: Caravan of Courage and Battle for Endor.

[@richerDiLefto]

I actually loved those movies when I was a child. It’s doubtful an adult could stomach them for too long.

[@jaredj631]

THE PREQUELS WHERE NOT THAT BAD!!! Come at me.

[@therandomchicken6517]

Jared Jeanotte prequels weren't worse than the originals

[@zammmerjammer]

Yeah. If you look at the original work print for Star Wars 1977, it was completely unwatchable. There were so many people working behind the scenes that saved the first movie from being forgettable campy trash.

[@liamgarrison3369]

TPM and AOTC are pretty bad. However, I’ll be honest. I love ROTS. That’s easily one of the most entertaining Star Wars films

[@Stigsnake5]

Atleast the prequels gave us plenty of memes, what classic scenes and lines can you remember from the sequel trilogy so far that are not marvel style quips?

[@DemonicRemption]

+Jared Jeanotte Dude, I love the prequels to death, and yeah they're flawed... But compared to THIS they're Citizen Kane and Casa Blanca...

[@In20xx]

I bet the left and the right are divided about this video. Happy holidays everyone*!!! *"everyone" only includes people who do not say anything that challenges my world view. OR ELSE!!!! A-h-h-h-h!!!! (with the exception of my relatives) And a happy new year.

[@13orrax]

they should do this again with new generation SW on purpose

[@josephgarfield3363]

13orrax that would be amazing.

[@DemonicRemption]

+13orrax Don't even joke like that...Shame on you...

[@hofficalz]

It'd be so horrible. They should totally do it

[@trentonpallone2742]

An EU would require people to contribute things outside the movies, considering how Disney nuked the last one and destroyed coherency with the latest movies. Am doubtful anyone will bother making content for star wars to anything to the same degree.

[@caronstout354]

"With special guest star..Nicholas Cage!,

[@corocorascringechannel6330]

God bless the state of Alabama and the next U.S. senator Doug Jones!

[@raedwulf61]

This is not the commentary place you are looking for.

[@pyeitme508]

If 2027 AD Earth in Star Wars universe(Canon version also celebrating 50th anniversary), will Star Wars become awful or awesome?

[@bp837]

That's kind of random, don't you think?

[@pkattk]

Not for long, Matt. Not for long.

[@FindecanorNotGmail]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mWnLqI1pnrOWfsU

[@chillinnchipin2336]

Hold up, so none of Disney's extra story books, that should have explained the story gaps that they didn't explain, aren't cannon.

[@fendixantana]

naw they are

[@davilolv824]

Yes, since ep 7, all content except TCW and a few comics aren't canon. Everithing made after is

[@tysondennis1016]

My theory on the Star Wars Holiday Special is that it's in-universe Imperial propaganda used to make the beloved Rebel leaders look stupid, so that people would side with them. And Life Day is hideously misportrayed, because of Imperial human supremacy. Or, it's awful quality is used to torture Rebel sympathizers until they change sides/commit suicide/turn to stone/go insane/blind and deaf to cope with what they saw/a combination of the above.

[@PieEater]

This is the worst and best Star Wars Show at the same time

[@Mikewee777]

Pie Man ; but #Spaceballs !

[@BlitzOfTheReich]

I was so pissed when they scraped the EU. I absolutely loved the storyline behind Lwhekk, the Emperor reincarnated in Byss, the Yuuzhan vong, Thrawn, and Emperor Fel.

[@kasrakhatir]

Harrison Ford is gonna Choke your Producer

[@MordianShock]

Great to see a mostly positive piece on the Expanded Universe, although The crying mountain, and the Crystal Star are a bit of a low blow!

[@fastronaut909]

This cleared up some stuff for me. I remember watching Caravan of Courage and Ewoks: The Battle for Endor as a kid and noticing that they didn't seem to fit within the Star Wars universe.

[@DangItshere]

"only 6 original star wars movie and clone wars tv series" Hahaha they forget Star Wars Rebels

[@FindecanorNotGmail]

It refers to an official shift by Lucasfilm in early 2014 where they defined what was canon _then_ and relabelled the "Expanded Universe" into Legends. _Star_ _Wars_ _Rebels_ had been announced in summer of 2013 but the first episode wasn't released until October 2014, after that announcement.

[@ryannash1177]

Do a video on the Armenian genocide

[@jacobstienecker]

Engelbert Dollfuss you’re a TYT hater aren’t you

[@wilson5368]

I wish vox would stop making political videos like this.

[@christopherreid6787]

wilson This has nothing to do with politics.

[@therandomchicken6517]

Another liberal propaganda anti-trump video, smh

[@MaJuV]

The Empire thanks you for your reply

[@CausalObserver74]

Remember during the Clone Wars the Sith played both sides of the Liberal Separatist/Republic and the Emperor hated all the "Aliens" species.

[@killianvandroogenbroeck2747]

This ain’t star wars, more like “Planet of the apes”

[@goldengun9970]

That is unfair and insulting to planet of the apes

[@rh5466]

I have very vague memories of watching Star Wars, the first one, probably in the early 80s, on TV; broadcast by one of the major networks. It was the same movie we all know and love, but because it was on TV it had commercial breaks every 15 minutes or so. What I remember was there being short, say, 15 second segments of the Flintstones which served as an intro and outro to those commercial breaks. It was Fred and Barney looking up at the night sky and cracking jokes about "the wars up there" and stuff like that. My friend tells me I've lost my mind and there was never any such Star Wars--Flintstones crossover. He's convinced that in the dark recesses of my mind I'm conflating a network presentation of Star Wars (which could very likely have happened) with some Flintstones Christmas special or something like that. Maybe they were both on at roughly the same time. Does anyone out there in the KZbin world have any idea of what I'm talking about? Did anyone else ever see Star Wars on TV with quick, commercial intro/outro spots featuring the Flintstones? I think I am losing my mind.

[@theultimatereductionist7592]

Hop on over to Creationist Cat's awesome review of this amazing wonderful SW Holiday Special.

[@pacoramon9468]

It's funny that the special is the first time we saw Kashyyyk.

[@zero69kage]

I kind of love how these weirder things from Star Wars are finding their way back in just in a more creative way.

[@stevenbonilla4553]

Can you do a video with the net neutrality situation?!?!??

[@tigress1699]

"Around 2011"

[@pbcoop62]

Only off by 4 years.

[@Sasquatchvideos38]

But still a close prediction

[@stuff31]

Luke lukes more like David bowie in the holiday special

[@MindHunger]

This is called Learning From Your Mistakes.

[@russellfamily5078]

As an expanded universe aficionado, I approve this video. But the idea that EU fans were merely "disappointed" is not true. We were PISSED! Sure, there's a LOT of crap in the Expanded Universe, but much of the storyline is simply amazing and could have easily been adapted into multi-billion-dollar grossing movies (examples include material from the first several novels in the "X-Wing" series). Instead Disney opted for a shallow copy of A New Hope that took no risks and left any fan who has invested any serious amount of time into Star Wars yawning. (IMO, even The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones were better than The Force Awakens.) What I would have done: throw out all the comics, the graphic novels, and the New Jedi Order, and keep the Thrawn Trilogy, the Bounty Hunter Tales, and the first several X-wing novels.

[@treebear8364]

you have to think from a business perspective. They were going to introduce star wars to the new generation of star war fans. Force awakens was a good introduction to the franchise for new audiences.

[@henryw110]

I actually liked NJO,it was sorta edgy and ridiculous in a lot of places but the idea of an epic story touching pretty much every person in the galaxy and forcing them to fight an external enemy was pretty neat. I also quite liked a lot of the Vong internal politics and how they were shown to be a very much vulnerable enemy, even if they seemed to be destroying the entire galaxy.

[@JameZayer]

Are we going to touch on how Rogue One copied the concept of Dark Forces?

[@ghost_ship_supreme]

Disney isn't interested in managing a complicated universe, lore, and fan base. They just want to make money. Atleast they're not Fox... oh wait... _(fox Disney merger)_

[@josequezadas4787]

Ñmuertos

[@thepostapocalyptictrio4762]

Watched it in real time. You're not missing anything important.. trust me

[@mikesilva3868]

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[@Bingusginghs]

The expanded universe will always be the true Star Wars for me. I don’t acknowledge any of the Disney made stuff at all.

[@TheKillzone9999]

Shadows of the Empire should be canon!!

[@DylanDude]

Matthew The Outrider is.

[@crossarmkid42]

I was really looking forward to a Dash Rendar cameo in Solo.

[@mpaulson4285]

This is why I love TLJ. It allowed the franchise to be "played with" and therefore, we saw new and different things. It's divisive for that same reason: it's a "new" Star Wars. Love it or hate it, TLJ is the closest Star Wars films have ever been to the EU.

[@deirdregibbons5609]

This was a great analysis. I like your comments that these early "Star Wars" projects were the first attempts to define the universe before the official definitions were created. People were letting their imaginations go wild. Some projects were great and some, like the holiday special, were really strange. It's like that whenever you are expanding a universe. I was a kid when saw the holiday special. It was weird, for sure, and I was disappointed in much of it. But I did like some of the segments (like the animated short and the closing time segment). I also liked the idea that Chewbacca had a family and the Life Day celebration. I did not like the Dionne Warwick virtual reality segment and the cooking show. I also remember the first Marvel comics and how delightfully odd they were. I liked the Holiday Special screenwriter's comment that they wanted to have fun with the concept. That is a great view to have when you think of the kids playing with the figures and dreaming up their own stories. I just don't think it worked out with a variety show format.

[@robinchesterfield42]

Answer: Unspurprisingly, it's "they wanted to make a quick buck and keep cashing in on the franchise (before it was a franchise)." Personally, I think the coolest things about this video are the little clips of 1977 and the very first Star Wars craze. It's just cool seeing people from 40 years ago just being people, but in all the retro clothes and hairstyles. :)

[@chromiumdog6453]

It may have only been screened once in the US but it was screened TWICE in Australia (at least in Sydney it was), a few years apart. I watched the first time (we were on holiday - out of town - at my grandfather's place) and the next time we had a vcr, so I taped it.

[@mariuane11]

Everytime someone says Disney ruined Star Wars, show them this.

[@XerosXIII]

7:04 this is a spoiler, a good spoiler :)

[@PinkisaBlackmag]

*did anyone else get chills from that last clip of Mark Hamill?*

[@bonnafide2606]

I'm pretty sure I remember this. Even as a child, I knew it was bad.

[@kuuuzen6947]

Holiday Specials were better than the Last Jedi