A Disturbance in the Force (2023) -- Star Wars Holiday special documentary
11-18-23, 11:57 PM
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A Disturbance in the Force (2023) -- Star Wars Holiday special documentary
A Disturbance in the Force is a documentary unlike any other tailor-made for every and any Star Wars fan. Dealing with the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special, in 1977, "Star Wars" became a cultural phenomenon that single-handedly revitalized a stagnant film industry, and forever changed how films were sold, made, and marketed. In 1978, filmmaker George Lucas was talked into cashing in on the Star Wars craze by producing a holiday variety TV special. What could possibly go wrong? ANSWER: Everything… A Disturbance in the Force stars Seth Green, Weird Al Yankovic, Paul Scheer, Taran Killam, Patton Oswalt, Donny Osmond, Gilbert Gottfried, Bonnie Burton, Bruce Vilanch, and Steve Binder. The documentary is directed by Jeremy Coon and Steve Kozak with Kyle Newman serving as producers alongside Jeremy Coon and Steve Kozak as producers as well. Adam F. Goldberg is the executive producer of A Disturbance in the Force. A Disturbance in the Force is releasing on December 5 for Apple TV, Amazon, Google Play, and Vudu with select screenings across the US, UK, and Australia ahead of its digital and home entertainment launch.
This was released at the SXSW Film Festival, but it was announced today it will be released on VOD December 5th.
If you don't support paid VOD, it also comes to BD December 5th
This is currently the top selling documentary on Amazon
11-19-23, 12:37 AM
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Re: A Disturbance in the Force (2023) -- Star Wars Holiday special documentary
Weird to see some of these folks my age or older talking about “finding” it like it was forbidden fruit when they’re old enough to have seen it when it aired, plus it’s been on (or on and off) YouTube and other sites since forever. I wasn’t overly interested in Star Wars in 1977, and didn’t see it until years later (on video, after seeing the second one), so when I happened to catch this special by pure coincidence when it first aired, it took friends who had seen it quite a while to convince me that the movie wasn’t in the same cheesy vein as the tv show. 
It’s cool that this appears to cover the whole ‘variety show’ environment in which something like this originally made sense. That could be the subject of a documentary on its own.
It’s cool that this appears to cover the whole ‘variety show’ environment in which something like this originally made sense. That could be the subject of a documentary on its own.
Last edited by Brian T; 11-20-23 at 03:46 PM.
11-19-23, 12:41 AM
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The Holiday Special is truly awful. Not in a so bad it’s good way but just so bad it’s hard to even watch.
11-19-23, 01:24 AM
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The Holiday Special was godawful. Can't picture myself watching a documentary about it. Heck, Disney did such a "good" job ruining Boba Fett, I can now pretend the special (his first appearance) doesn't exist.
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11-19-23, 05:02 PM
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Re: A Disturbance in the Force (2023) -- Star Wars Holiday special documentary
That special is a death march.
11-19-23, 05:08 PM
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I hope it gives the Special some credit. As a Variety special I'd call it enjoyable and it's no longer the worst Star Wars after the sequel trilogy was made.
11-19-23, 07:08 PM
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Even though I was only three or four when I saw this, it was the first time I ever felt embarassed for actors.
It sort of fascinates me that, even as a small child I knew this thing was wretched and wrong-headed in every conceivable way, it somehow got made. I mean, there's that disco number with Diahann Carroll, Jefferson Starship, the weird thing with the acrobats, all of those painfully unfunny skits with Harvey Korman, that Wookie ceremony that's creepy and cult-like, Mark Hamill's bizarre hair that made him look like Dorothy Hamill, and Bea Arthur and Carrie Fisher singing.
Like most, the only good thing was the Moebius-influenced cartoon that introduced Boba Fett, and I really wish that, somewhere during the production, that someone would have had Nelvana make a Saturday morning Star Wars cartoon to bridge the gaps between movies.
It sort of fascinates me that, even as a small child I knew this thing was wretched and wrong-headed in every conceivable way, it somehow got made. I mean, there's that disco number with Diahann Carroll, Jefferson Starship, the weird thing with the acrobats, all of those painfully unfunny skits with Harvey Korman, that Wookie ceremony that's creepy and cult-like, Mark Hamill's bizarre hair that made him look like Dorothy Hamill, and Bea Arthur and Carrie Fisher singing.
Like most, the only good thing was the Moebius-influenced cartoon that introduced Boba Fett, and I really wish that, somewhere during the production, that someone would have had Nelvana make a Saturday morning Star Wars cartoon to bridge the gaps between movies.
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