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ANIMATION
* EditDroid transfer - HD version from 2011 - Animatic reel * Interview with Boba Fett animator John Celestri * Boba Fett animation roughs * "Bucket Head" from 2002 - Boba Fett costume test (post-dates the SWHS but fits thematically)
MUSIC
* Christmas 2008 and 2009 (animated from Star Wars Galaxies) * "Christmas Tauntauns" - Saturday Night Live * Spike TV commercial - Weird Al's "White and Nerdy"
INTERVIEWS
- Bea Arthur (The Archive of American Television) - Anthony Daniels (Digital Spy) * Carrie Fisher (Dragon*Con) * Carrie Fisher (Celebration VI) * Carrie Fisher (a Time interview) - Harrison Ford (Conan O’Brien) * Harrison Ford ("Cowboys and Aliens" junket) * Mark Hamill (FanExpo Dallas) - Peter Mayhew (a MURKY convention panel) - Peter Mayhew ("Bring Back Star Wars") * Bruce Vilanch (The Archive of American Television)
REFERENCES & ALLUSIONS
- The Colbert Report (2012.01.10) - Community (S03E10) * The Goldbergs (S04E10) - The Richard Pryor Show - Robot Chicken - Transylvania TV (2009) * Transylvania TV (2012)
ANALYSIS & COLLECTING
* Honest Trailer * Star Geek: The 40 Greatest SWHS Moments * Star Geek: The History of Life Day (seems to be sourced from Wookiepedia) * Vox: The SWHS Explained * FanX Salt Lake City Comic Con: Forty Years of the Holiday Special * Star Wars Celebration 2019: Special Collections: 40 Years of SWHS Collecting
WORDS & PICTURES
* Blue Milk Special (first of forty strips) * The Kashyyyk Depths (Russ Manning's nine-part newspaper strip from 1979) * Star Wars Galaxy (three trading cards + one) * Story Treatment * Trading Cards * Twisted Toyfare Theatre * The Wookiee Storybook * Wookiee Tree (cutaway view from Complete Locations) - xkcd: So Bad It's Worse * You're Barred!
MATERIAL *NOT* DUPLICATED FROM THE DVD
- Media coverage: Fox News, TV Land, Nightline, TV Guide - SciFi Department - The People vs. George Lucas (excerpt) - I Grew Up Star Wars - Nostalgia Critic - Anthony Daniels on Captain Cosmic - Carrie Fisher on Opie and Anthony [audio] - Bruce Vilanch on Feast of Fun [audio] - Remastered KCCI animation - Unused animation commercial placeholder - DLD Conference: Trans Media - Two scenes cut from Star Wars and recycled - "Hey, CBS, what's coming on?" - Animated introduction to the RiffTrax commentary - "Chewie Chewie" by Ohio Express - Fighting the Frizzies - South Park: Fighting the Frizzies - Venture Brothers: Very Venture Christmas - The TRON Holiday Special - The Glee Holiday Spectacular (excerpt)
The scans of "The Kashyyyk Depths" were done by an anonymous person years ago. For those intrigued by the story, IDW has published a three-volume set compiling the entire five-year newspaper strip as part of The Library of American Comics. HIGHLY recommended, and these nine pages appear in volume one in much better quality.
Blue Milk Special has published parody strips for the entire original trilogy, Splinter of the Mind's Eye, Shadows of the Empire, The Star Wars Holiday Special, and are currently working through Heir to the Empire. Reproduced here is just the first of forty SWHS strips, and they skewer every aspect of the Special. Hilarious and also highly recommended.
Matt Busch's painting "Encounter on Panna Prime" (background for the animation screen) still had a few copies left in his online store when last checked. It’s even more gorgeous in real life.
This BD is a -not for profit- fan created transfer, intended for entertainment and educational use only.
