NEWS: Lucas Wants Christmas Special Banned

CULTURE: Lucas Wants Christmas Special Banned

Unable to slap some new CGI onto the 1978 "The Star Wars Holiday Special" to make it fit his "original vision," Lucas is calling for the special to be completely banned.

One wishes he'd come to the same conclusion about the first two "prequels" which have done far more damage to the name “Star Wars” than the TV special.

Once again we see Lucas exercising creative control that Stanley Kubrick would have called megalomaniacal—he's not only changing parts of his films and denying fans the original work, but he's also attempting to entirely blot-out parts of his resume.

George Lucas' "original vision" needs to be banned.

banned from what? its not for sale and as such any copies which exist on ebay or black market are illegal anyways... what exactly is it he wants to happen? the government to go into people's homes and forcibly remove old vhs copies of it? as if they are being watched anyways?

I think that as an artist he has every right to change/edit his work however he sees fit. I know there's some pieces out there that I would love to buy back and destroy and if the oppurtunity arises I will do just that.

personally I'd love to find a old copy, for just fun.

Seriously, I'm all for the ban. I saw a pirated copy last year and I still haven't fully recovered. I felt like that kid in Event Horizon after they pulled him back from hell.

[Edited on Nov 29, 2004 by ______]

i have had a copy of this on VHS for five years and i still cant watch the whole thing

DON'T WATCH IT! Oh, please don't watch it. Trust me, it's just not worth it! Unless, that is, you REALLY like Bea Arthur.

how the fuck is that news?
i mean, slow day at imdb or what?

some guy at lucas film told us george doesn't like the holiday special.

maybe that's why he swore 20 years ago it'd never be seen again?

and it has never been officially released since, any copies on sale now are illegal, because they're infringing his copyright, so there's nothing to ban. that said, it is a truly amazing piece of...shit

Amen.
Its been three or four years since I've seen it i its entirity. Best I can tell you never recover from that mind fuck.

Oh, it's horrible. It's incredibly horrible. However, because of that, it should survive. It should survive as testament to Lucas' folly for genrations!!! He fucked up his own creation and mythology, he fucked up what was once held sacred, and NOW I SAY LET HIS FOLLY BE KNOW!!!!! It is irrevocable proof that he has always been a complete hack!!!!!! He made it in his prime and it sucked balls!!! Everyone should see it! When he dies it should be shown at his gravesite for etrnity as a forever FUCK YOU! You got luck with one idea and then used other people's talent to propel your own success. HAHAHAHA! Let the Christmas special stand as proff that you are and have always been a fuckwad!!!

At least that's how I see it.

Despite the "auteur" theory, Lucas isn't the only one who made that Holiday Special. Making a movie, even a television show, is a group effort. If he wants to release a souped-up version of all his old stuff, with new flashy farting alien musical numbers and superfluous CGI bullshit, he can go nuts with it. But all this historical revision just smacks of arrogance and megalomania. The more I hear from Lucas about this, the more I think that Star Wars turned out to be a classic despite his obsessive micromanagement, not because of it.

I wonder how those puppeteers who brought Yoda and Jabba to life in the ROTJ feel about their work being censored out of the historical record in favor of some lifeless computer nonsense.

Oh man, is it ever BAD!

amen. perfectly stated.

Whoa, are you saying that there was another movie? Are harrison ford and Mark Hamil in it? I'm confused.

It can't be any worse the last two bombs. Right?

wait. we're not being being watched?

:::plugs tv back in:::

xoxox

Four words for you: BEA ARTHUR MUSICAL NUMBER.
I wish to all fuck I were yanking your chain, pal. But no, Bea Arthur musical number.

so, no one wants to own up to a link, eh?

hey, don't sugarcoat it. tell us exactly how you feel!

xoxox

I love it. Call me a glutton for punishment, but when Chewbacca has a dad named Itchy who gets a weird sex-fantasy/orgasmatron/VR device for his "life day" present... well, that is the kind of thing that leaves an impression on you.

Oh man, I wat to see it...and be turned to stone.

i saw a screening of this very wookie christmas at the museum of tv and radio. the only thing that kept me going was the seventies commercials.

I think it's ironic that I had never heard of this special until now. I would have continued to go on having no idea it had ever existed had Mr. Lucas not had his little hissy fit...

of course now I must track it down and watch it just to piss him off...

I actually own a copy of the soundtrack to that movie. On vinyl.

Best song: What do you give a wookiee for christmas when he already owns a comb?