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Good news: Phil Hendrie is back on the air.

Bad News: George Lucas wants to make a Star Wars TV show.

Here's my thing on Star Wars:

1. Loved Star Wars.
2. Really loved Empire Stikes Back.
3. I absolutely hated 'Return of the Jedi' all the way down to the zippers on the ewok costumes. The whole Star Wars thing just went straight down hill from there. Once, a story tightly told, only to be betrayed by the teddy bears from hell.

I distinctly remember sitting in the audience and wondering what the hell happened to George Lucas. Little did I know that Return of the Jedi would be the one I hated the least. By the time we watched 'little ani' become Darth Vader(yet another really bad idea),
I was looking at my watch anticipating when it would finally at long last, be over. Fine, so he's Darth Vader, ok, we get it.

I should have been in tears but instead I was doing the "potty dance" and thinking about how I was going to tell the kids I really didnt care if we got the dvd when it came out.

I really thought the ewoks were the worst idea I had ever seen. Then I saw Jar-Jar and I knew that there was a whole new basement in the outlet store of 'bad ideas'. You see, this is what happens when you have too much money, theres no one to slap you upside the head and say "Have you lost you mind? Teddy bears? A flop eared malaprop spewing swamp goon? Come on George let's try to do something really good here, ok?"

I hope that Mr. Lucas takes the time to remember his last foray into television, because I sure havent forgotten it.

Ladies and Gentleman, put on your pukka shell necklace, your bell bottoms and adidas shoes to return with me to 1977. For your viewing pleasure I present "The Star Wars Holiday Special".

Avert your eyes if you have an allergic reaction to the likeness of Bea Arthur.

Posted @ October 17, 2007 12:30 AM | Current Affairs

Comments

It's considered a classic of really bad tv. I remember a group of us watching it near Christmas a few years ago thinking, "why don't I remember this from the seventies? You simply can't forget something this awful!"

Posted by: Larry Patty at October 18, 2007 03:28 PM

I really think Star Wars was the injection of rancid garbage that killed us. They are the delirious ramblings of an uneducated undisciplined loser. Did Lucas ever have the opportunity to watch real grownups do real tasks to build the real world around them?

Compare Star Wars kids to kids who grew up watching Mr. Wizard (http://mrwizardstudios.com/) or the films Disney made to promote health (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3qYYbr0cpA) responsible thinking (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvp3zAPraF4) or science (Our Friend the Atom)
.

The successful characters in Star Wars are hippies that pine for good times, sacrifice nothing, and win nothing substantial at the end. It is pure poison.

Posted by: A reader at October 21, 2007 10:53 AM