SW: Christmas Special

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valarltd linked to the animated segment of the Star Wars Christmas Special on Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0QqVCAlT5s if you want to see it)

Haven't seen it since it originally aired on TV. I remember the live action parts being rather dumb but the cartoon is actually kind of cool and it gives Boba Fett his only decent role in the entire franchise.

I thought at first that the animation might have been some early Peter Chung work. The characters are kind of stylized with interestingly rubbery faces. Turns out that it was Nelvana, makers of Rock and Rule, Rome-0 and Julie-8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu01t-g6Egk) and some other fun stuff. It's kind of sad that Nelvana mostly did horrible Saturday Morning cartoons like 'The Raccoons' (complete with disgustingly uncircumcised penis-noses) they had the potential to do so much more.

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[cortezopossum.livejournal.com]

The animated segment, although it made no sense in the context of the rest of the special (like anything else did), was indeed the best part of the show.

I never saw it when it first aired. I heard about it and hearing about it and saying to myself, "It can't be THAT bad -- can it?". Well, I finally got to see the whole thing one day and yes -- it was that bad.

One interesting thing to note -- the cartoon with Boba Fett was his first appearance ever. The special came out BEFORE 'Empire Strikes Back' (the first time we see Boba in the movies).