only episode I saw was the rocky horror one. the kid that played rif riff was pretty good. too bad susan saradon couldn't make a cameo :(

as far as LFL involvement. I guess it would depend if the producers approached them first or vice versa.

either way, its free publicity and keeps star wars in the public eye - so its a win win. very few people have seen the holiday special since 1978 so from a newbies POV (do people still say newbie?), its another parody.

After TPM, i stopped believing lucas had nothing to do with the holiday special. when you factor in the PT, howard the duck and a lot of the crap in IJATKOTCS, the holiday special is pretty consistent with lucas' true sensibilities - save for the cyber sex scene.

it wouldn't surprise me if the holiday special is one day released. if reports are correct, the boba fett cartoon is an easter egg in the blu ray set. sadly, apologists are probably spreading around the talking point that 'see - that cartoon. thats the only thing lucas did for the special! everything else was not him!!'