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m_s0 said:

CatBus said:

Maybe he's hoping George will bid on it so that he can burn it.

Nah, he's way too busy ensuring Disney gets Ep VII right to bother with this sort of stuff.

He's got a fever, and the only prescription is more Jar-Jar!

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m_s0 said:

CatBus said:

Maybe he's hoping George will bid on it so that he can burn it.

Nah, he's way too busy ensuring Disney gets Ep VII right to bother with this sort of stuff.

SilverWook said:

Well, someone paid an obscene amount of money for an obscure Kenner Droids prototype action figure last summer, so that kind of insanity tends to creep into related items.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1985-Kenner-Star-Wars-Droids-AFA-85-moc-Kleb-Zellock-salesmans-sample-1-of-1-/291167250870

Mother. Of. God.

 That's what the winning bidder's spouse probably said! :D

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SilverWook said:

Well, someone paid an obscene amount of money for an obscure Kenner Droids prototype action figure last summer, so that kind of insanity tends to creep into related items.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1985-Kenner-Star-Wars-Droids-AFA-85-moc-Kleb-Zellock-salesmans-sample-1-of-1-/291167250870

The scary thing is that for it to reach this price, there must have been TWO people willing to pay this amount.  It is indeed obscene - think of the number of people that could feed.

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Ah, the joy of hoarding.

So, a new book came out and we learned so much, and it is called, “Anguilosaurus, Killer of the Living”.

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Hello guys, its Nov 17... Happy Star Wars Holiday Special anniversary :)

Can anyone tell me how to get the updated/best quality version, I would like to watch it again, its been awhile since i last saw it when it was broadcast on a local TV station i think it was Dec of 89.

Thanks.

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Chriz said:

Can anyone tell me how to get the updated/best quality version

Grab the Gormaanda Hybrid Edition from MySpleen.

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AntcuFaalb said:

Chriz said:

Can anyone tell me how to get the updated/best quality version

Grab the Gormaanda Hybrid Edition from MySpleen.

 Thank you. I'll  try to get it.

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AntcuFaalb said:

Chriz said:

Can anyone tell me how to get the updated/best quality version

Grab the Gormaanda Hybrid Edition from MySpleen.

 Myspleen has been down for 2 days and counting....  : (

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stretch009 said:

AntcuFaalb said:

Chriz said:

Can anyone tell me how to get the updated/best quality version

Grab the Gormaanda Hybrid Edition from MySpleen.

 Myspleen has been down for 2 days and counting....  : (

Oh... thats why i cant see the page. i guess also you need an account there or something. maybe i should have said an easy way to get the video too.

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Google News suggested that I read today's The Hollywood Reporter article reprinting their original review from 1978:

If the prospect of a two-hour Star Wars Holiday Special conjured up visions of "May the force be with you" repeated ad nauseam in your head, this show on CBS was a welcome surprise.

Note those words: "welcome surprise".

The article itself is at:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/star-wars-holiday-special-read-749584

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Chriz said:

Hello guys, its Nov 17... Happy Star Wars Holiday Special anniversary :)

Can anyone tell me how to get the updated/best quality version, I would like to watch it again, its been awhile since i last saw it when it was broadcast on a local TV station i think it was Dec of 89.

Thanks.

Hi Chriz! Where are you located to have seen that in December 1989, and what station?  I know Australia played it multiple times on into the late 80s...

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Projects:
Return Of The Ewok and Other Short Films (with OCPmovie) [COMPLETED]
Preserving the…cringe…Star Wars Holiday Special [COMPLETED]
The Star Wars TV Commercials Project [DORMANT]
Felix the Cat 1919-1930 early film shorts preservation [ONGOING]
Lights Out! (lost TV anthology shows) [ONGOING]
Iznogoud (1995 animated series) English audio preservation [ONGOING]

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Late for Life Day, but early for Turkey Day; Gormaanda Hybrid V2 is up on MySpleen.

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Changes from V1:

(1) The existing Rifftrax sync has been remixed to emulate a more professional MST3K mix, without sacrificing the dynamic range found in modern Rifftrax commentaries
(2) VHS tape "hiss" reduced with maximum care taken to not introduce a "metallic" sound or eliminate any natural high frequency noise
(3) All DVD audio attuned to the industry standard of -10dB with a CBR of 384 to achieve a cohesive quality and volume level between the various sources
(4) Opening Zion text scroll now fades out completely before beginning the special
(5) After initial main menu startup animation, all navigational jumps to the main menu go directly to the menu loop point for faster navigation (Like Zion's original hybrid)
(6) Added the ability to use the 'title' or 'top menu' button for jumping to the main menu loop point in either menu
(7) Added an appropriate John Williams musical loop over the Falcon sound effects in the Falcon play options menu
(8) Various cosmetic changes to the Falcon play options menu to more realistically simulate the Falcon cockpit display

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mediamogul said:

Late for Life Day, but early for Turkey Day; Gormaanda Hybrid V2 is up on MySpleen.

 Thanks for this. I downloaded it a few days ago; looks like a "quality" release.

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Is the "new" version better than the previous version? I'd really love to have ONE version, not 10 :)

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Why not check them all out and decide which one you personally like better?

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I think the choices we have available to us now are not only fantastic, but important as well. Different people want different things from any release of a popular property. This is especially true of Star Wars fans, as we are a notoriously hard group of people to please.

Personally, out of all the Holiday Special releases I have downloaded, Tasjo's was my particular favorite. My only interest in a further release was based on the notion that I'd really like to listen to the Rifftrax while watching it. In the same light, Gormaanda V2 was mainly about improving the Rifftrax mix and bringing the audio levels of the three original projects in line with each other for a more cohesive hybrid presentation.

All that said, I'm sure we haven't seen the last release of the Star Wars Holiday Special. With fans like Tasjo constantly on the lookout for better sources of the various station recordings, as well as the possibility of an official release from powers on high, I doubt there will ever be anything that truly qualifies as a definitive release of this television miracle.

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Tobar said:

WOW! This guy's collection is amazing!

Oh yeah...that'd be Gus Lopez. Didn't realize he'd entered the Holiday Special collecting game that seriously. That's nothing compared to the rest of the non-HS stuff he has...

--SKot

Projects:
Return Of The Ewok and Other Short Films (with OCPmovie) [COMPLETED]
Preserving the…cringe…Star Wars Holiday Special [COMPLETED]
The Star Wars TV Commercials Project [DORMANT]
Felix the Cat 1919-1930 early film shorts preservation [ONGOING]
Lights Out! (lost TV anthology shows) [ONGOING]
Iznogoud (1995 animated series) English audio preservation [ONGOING]

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The language, sadly, can be a bit much at times.

But HelloGreedo published "Star Wars Holiday Special - Review and Discussion" back in 2013. A good twelve and a half minutes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvYl9cPibjk

Quote: "I watch the Holiday Special once a year, every year. Why? Who knows."

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A few days ago IGN published its Rebel Base episode "How Christmas Nearly Ruined Star Wars". (Although dialogue refers to it as "How Christmas Nearly Destroyed Star Wars".)

It treats Life Day as Christmas. Nothing new there. I think that Star Wars Galaxies cemented that relationship, although it didn't invent the association.

The presenters state that they don't want to get sued by Disney, so they're not going to show any clips, but instead they show sped-up Paint renditions of stills from the Special. The Boba Fett screen is particularly good.

So it's twelve minutes of your life you might never get back. But if you've invested many times that watching the Special itself, then you could do worse.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uxmnUlnflE

“Before the Dark Times. Before the Prequels.”