Disturbance in the Force (Star Wars Holiday Spec. Doc) - Blu-ray Forum

IndyMLVC · 11-02-2023, 04:03 PM

Coming Soon...

Trailer:

MifuneFan · 11-02-2023, 04:09 PM

just found out about this yesterday when I saw a listing at a distributor site. Release date is December 5th, and it will be a MOD release. Not sure if it's pressed, or not.

prkchopexpress · 11-02-2023, 04:55 PM

this isn’t by any means great or even remotely good. but i don’t think it’s as u watchable as people make it out to be.

star wars was a huge and unexpected hit that a lot of time to put together. people were looking for more star wars material very quickly. i think they were also setting lucasfilm and the new industrial light and magic at the same time. plus already doing pre-production on empire.

no one is saying it is of the highest caliber. but literally, it’s the only thing that they could have done quickly. and it did give us the first glimpse of boba fett.

i would watch again this over any of the awful disney star wars movies.

IndyMLVC · 11-02-2023, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by prkchopexpress

this isn’t by any means great or even remotely good. but i don’t think it’s as u watchable as people make it out to be.

star wars was a huge and unexpected hit that a lot of time to put together. people were looking for more star wars material very quickly. i think they were also setting lucasfilm and the new industrial light and magic at the same time. plus already doing pre-production on empire.

no one is saying it is of the highest caliber. but literally, it’s the only thing that they could have done quickly. and it did give us the first glimpse of boba fett.

i would watch again this over any of the awful disney star wars movies.

You realize this is a documentary. Not the special itself, right?

prkchopexpress · 11-02-2023, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by IndyMLVC

You realize this is a documentary. Not the special itself, right?

yes. but i’m going to go out on a real limb here and guess that like virtually all discussion of the holiday special ever, it will be “yeah it’s really bad. it’s so bad. where are the (insert character) stuff we love about star wars?”

IndyMLVC · 11-02-2023, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by prkchopexpress

yes. but i’m going to go out on a real limb here and guess that like virtually all discussion of the holiday special ever, it will be “yeah it’s really bad. it’s so bad. where are the (insert character) stuff we love about star wars?”

It's a documentary on the making of it - not a commentary. Unfortunately, this trailer does a really bad job of showing what it supposedly truly is.

samlop10 · 11-02-2023, 06:05 PM

I am curious of the tone they’ll use for the documentary. Could be funny and insightful.

starmike · 11-02-2023, 06:29 PM

I watched the holiday special when it first aired. I was embarrassed.

(yes, I know the disc is a doc)

The trailer looks like it's going to be a "doc" about variety shows in the '70s and how it relates to SW. That's it?

MifuneFan · 11-10-2023, 12:17 AM

Amazon pre-order and cover art

https://www.amazon.com/Disturbance-F...ect=1&sr=1-426

Jim Pez · 11-19-2023, 07:20 PM

I know the holiday special is kinda bad. But I would love an official remastered Blu-ray of the holiday special

IndyMLVC · 11-19-2023, 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Jim Pez

I know the holiday special is kinda bad. But I would love an official remastered Blu-ray of the holiday special

They'd have to upscale it as it was shot on video, I believe.

WBMakeVMarsMovieNOW · 11-20-2023, 02:41 AM

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Originally Posted by IndyMLVC

You realize this is a documentary. Not the special itself, right?

and that the Disney period SW films are objectively all way better than the Holiday Special, I mean gotta keep it a trace real at least

WBMakeVMarsMovieNOW · 11-20-2023, 02:43 AM

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Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Amazon pre-order and cover art

https://www.amazon.com/Disturbance-F...ect=1&sr=1-426

Wow, crazy it shot right up to top selling documentary on Amazon, even above something about the Beatles and Ken Burns amazing The American Buffalo!

jaws3dfan · 11-20-2023, 09:23 PM

They should include The Holiday Special as an Easter Egg

IndyMLVC · 11-20-2023, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by WBMakeVMarsMovieNOW

and that the Disney period SW films are objectively all way better than the Holiday Special, I mean gotta keep it a trace real at least

I dunno. I've seen the Holiday Special more times than the Last Jedi.

Just sayin'....

drb999 · 11-20-2023, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by jaws3dfan

They should include The Holiday Special as an Easter Egg

More like as a poison pill.

silverlakephil · 11-20-2023, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by IndyMLVC

They'd have to upscale it as it was shot on video, I believe.

The animated Boba Fett episode in the middle which I presume was shot on film was it's only saving grace. During my DVD bootleg trading days I managed to get a superior copy. The KCCI TV Des Moines, Iowa broadcast

Röckzilla · 11-20-2023, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by prkchopexpress

i would watch again this over any of the awful disney star wars movies.

Quote:

Originally Posted by IndyMLVC

I've seen the Holiday Special more times than the Last Jedi.

Just sayin'....

Same here.

Although it will probably never happen anytime soon (if ever at all), I'm still (desperately) waiting for properly restored (& completely unaltered/uncut/uncensored/etc.) Blu-ray or 4K UHD releases of the following titles:

The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)
The Ewok Adventure "a.k.a. caravan of courage an ewok adventure" (1984)
Droids (1985)
Ewoks (1985)
Ewoks The Battle For Endor (1985)
Star Wars Clone Wars (2003)

Give me all of these over everything Di$ney has or will ever create and release as their Star Wars. No joke!

Hellhound · 12-06-2023, 02:47 AM

Can anybody confirm if this a BD-R? I assume it is because of the logo.

ZeppelinDude93 · 12-06-2023, 01:03 PM

If anyone has the disc in hand, I’d love to know if there are any special features - trying to decide if I pick one up or just grab on VOD

11-10-2023, 12:17 AM	#9
MifuneFan Blu-ray Emperor Top contributor Member since:Mar 2012 Location:New York City 4K collection:27 Blu-ray collection:1143 Trading Score:69	Amazon pre-order and cover art https://www.amazon.com/Disturbance-F...ect=1&sr=1-426 Last edited by MifuneFan; 11-16-2023 at 02:07 PM.

11-02-2023, 04:09 PM	#2
MifuneFan Blu-ray Emperor Top contributor Member since:Mar 2012 Location:New York City 4K collection:27 Blu-ray collection:1143 Trading Score:69	just found out about this yesterday when I saw a listing at a distributor site. Release date is December 5th, and it will be a MOD release. Not sure if it's pressed, or not.

11-02-2023, 04:55 PM	#3
prkchopexpress Blu-ray Ninja Member since:May 2016 4K collection:235 Blu-ray collection:1691	this isn’t by any means great or even remotely good. but i don’t think it’s as u watchable as people make it out to be. star wars was a huge and unexpected hit that a lot of time to put together. people were looking for more star wars material very quickly. i think they were also setting lucasfilm and the new industrial light and magic at the same time. plus already doing pre-production on empire. no one is saying it is of the highest caliber. but literally, it’s the only thing that they could have done quickly. and it did give us the first glimpse of boba fett. i would watch again this over any of the awful disney star wars movies.

11-02-2023, 06:05 PM	#7
samlop10 Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Dec 2010 Location:Austin TX Home Theater Gallery:53 4K collection:1041 Blu-ray collection:3901 DVD collection:9 Blu-ray reviews: 59 Trading Score:1	I am curious of the tone they’ll use for the documentary. Could be funny and insightful.

11-02-2023, 06:29 PM	#8
starmike Blu-ray Knight Member since:Feb 2012 Location:NJ	I watched the holiday special when it first aired. I was embarrassed. (yes, I know the disc is a doc) The trailer looks like it's going to be a "doc" about variety shows in the '70s and how it relates to SW. That's it?

11-19-2023, 07:20 PM	#10
Jim Pez Senior Member Member since:Aug 2016 4K collection:285 Blu-ray collection:760 DVD collection:6	I know the holiday special is kinda bad. But I would love an official remastered Blu-ray of the holiday special

11-20-2023, 09:23 PM	#14
jaws3dfan Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Jul 2008 4K collection:60 Blu-ray collection:1480 DVD collection:254 Digital collection:506 Trading Score:80	They should include The Holiday Special as an Easter Egg

12-06-2023, 02:47 AM	#19
Hellhound Power Member Top contributor Member since:Aug 2015 Location:Cincinnati, OH 4K collection:545 Blu-ray collection:7163 DVD collection:757 Trading Score:1	Can anybody confirm if this a BD-R? I assume it is because of the logo.

12-06-2023, 01:03 PM	#20
ZeppelinDude93 Member Member since:Dec 2017	If anyone has the disc in hand, I’d love to know if there are any special features - trying to decide if I pick one up or just grab on VOD

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