Get your Life Day robes ready, because The Mandalorian creator and showrunner Jon Favreau wants to make a new Star Wars Holiday Special for Disney+.
The original came out in 1978, after A New Hope but before The Empire Strikes Back. It was a 98-minute musical variety show that introduced Chewbacca’s father Itchy, his son Lumpy, and his wife Malla. Let’s just watch it real quick and relive the magic.
The special also introduced Boba Fett in a cartoon segment, which is what seems to have impressed Favreau the most. Speaking to Entertainment Tonight at the Saturn Awards, he urged fans to ask Disney+ for a new version of the special:
“I was the one who was bringing the holiday special to the table, that’s my generation,” he says. “I love the holiday special. I mean, you know, certain sequences more than others, but I love the introduction of Boba Fett and that rifle that he had. That animated piece, it still holds up. It’s pretty cool, and I draw inspiration from that. And you know, I would love to do — someday maybe — on Disney+, we’ll do a Holiday Special, too. I gotta pitch that to them. If you want to see a holiday special, let Disney+ know.”
Does it hold up? You be the judge:
Seriously, what the hell is wrong with Luke’s eyes?
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Back to that rifle, it resembles the same one carried by Pedro Pascal’s bounty hunter character in The Mandalorian:
I love that Favreau has such a deep knowledge and understanding of Star Wars, but if he makes a new Star Wars Holiday Special then he is a monster who must be stopped.
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