Free Download A Disturbance in the Force: How and Why the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CMVQSQ8D | 2023 | 10 hours and 15 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 574 MB
Author: Steve Kozak
Narrator: Kirby Heyborne
Even by the standards of the 1970s, even compared to Jar-Jar Binks, the legendary 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special is a peerlessly cringeworthy pop-culture artifact. George Lucas, who completely disowned the production, reportedly has said, "If I had the time and a sledgehammer, I would track down every copy of that show and smash it." Just how on earth did this thing ever see the light of day? To answer that question, as Steven Kozak shows in this fascinating and often hilarious inside look into the making of the Special, you have to understand the cultural moment in which it appeared-a long, long time ago when cheesy variety shows were a staple of network television and Star Wars was not yet the billion-dollar multimedia behemoth that it is today.