tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723667248028171672.post5229520875640690420..comments2024-03-27T02:17:48.873-07:00Comments on Episode Nothing: Star Wars in the 1970s: 40 years on: the animated sequence of the Star Wars Holiday Special Darren Sladehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10032557997444382751noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723667248028171672.post-74483536660561283402021-04-06T01:17:10.992-07:002021-04-06T01:17:10.992-07:00I watched it in 1978. I remember being thrilled ab...I watched it in 1978. I remember being thrilled about it. The live action segments were strange to me but the animation segment definitely excited me. I had already been a fan of Nelvana Studios style from their other TV Animation Specials that aired once. Nelvana Studios have a style and finesse that Disney Corporation do not have the knack for, i.e. The Black Cauldron.DoggingYouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07709936800693049124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723667248028171672.post-69072617178605529402019-02-02T13:11:51.542-08:002019-02-02T13:11:51.542-08:00I really wish the Holiday Special would get releas...I really wish the Holiday Special would get released on disc. People who think this should have been the dark and gritty Special aimed at adults are just missing the point of this. Star Wars was a kids film. Kids were it's biggest audience. Kids bought the toys and most of the merchandise. So they made a variety show aimed at kids, not for adult movie critics.<br /><br />These types of campy, staged variety shows were all the rage in the '70s. I am sure most kids who saw this on its's original airing enjoyed the hell out of it, though many wouldn't admit it as adults. Though I was the right age, and lived in America, I unfortunately missed seeing this somehow.<br /><br />I think it is refreshing to see Star Wars done with a different tone and style to the features. Plus, this was the only true sequel/spin-off to Star Wars since, as this blog often points out, ESB took things in a much different direction.<br /><br />I think the producers of this show knew the audience for Star Wars better than Disney does. Disney makes generic sequels/spin-offs aimed to please adults and movie critics. They do not make movies for children.<br /><br />At the end of the day we get Bea Arthur, Harvey Korman, Art Carney, Jefferson Starship and some decent Nelvana animation. All great talents, most of whom were known to American children of the 1970s.<br /><br />Love your blog. You are a unique voice in Star Wars fandom. Thanks for taking us back to a time before May 1980. A time which many of us remember fondly.<br /><br />Lee Veehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11939577788149766206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723667248028171672.post-53411598094889875572018-11-22T14:57:28.420-08:002018-11-22T14:57:28.420-08:00Glad to hear you liked it in 1978, Steve. I think ...Glad to hear you liked it in 1978, Steve. I think I might have as well, and I've certainly seen younger kids of the 21st century enjoying it perfectly well.<br />For adults, though, I think the only possible reaction is open-mouthed astonishment!Darren Sladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10032557997444382751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723667248028171672.post-27019683002142419812018-11-20T10:16:18.939-08:002018-11-20T10:16:18.939-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.pakistani escortshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15125716543649706072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723667248028171672.post-24046790610023047072018-11-17T14:33:28.509-08:002018-11-17T14:33:28.509-08:00I may have stated this same comment in a previous ...I may have stated this same comment in a previous post you made about the Holiday Special but I certainly remember watching this when it aired in the US. I'm sure all my friends did as well. We were 10 and obsessed with all things Star Wars. I have absolutely no memory of thinking at the time it was weird, boring or stupid. As a matter of fact I'm sure I loved it. Because, y'know, it was Star Wars. It wasn't until a friend got a VHS copy in the 90s and we watched it for the first time since it aired that we came to the conclusion it was horrible.Steve H.http://www.jointfilms.comnoreply@blogger.com