There are times when you look back at pop culture phenomena and can’t resist the urge to ask: Can you believe this actually happened? Tackling a notorious fiasco in one of the galaxy’s most popular…
You don’t have to be an obsessive “Star Wars” fan to enjoy this behind-the-scenes look at how the special — which premiered Nov. 17, 1978 on CBS, and has never been re-run on any broadcast or cable outlet — came to exist. To be sure, the fans will appreciate it a lot more than casual viewers.
As one interviewee notes: “There were astoundingly worse shows that aired at that time.” Even though none of those shows had Wookies communicating in unsubtitled grunts and snarls. Unfortunately, after providing an outline for a plot involving how Chewbacca and his family might celebrate of something called Life Day, Lucas more or less walked away from the project to begin pre-production on “Empire Strikes Back.” Even more unfortunately, as the documentary makes abundantly clear, the majority of the people left in charge had more experience producing traditional variety shows than protecting nascent sci-fi franchises.
“A Disturbance in the Force” elicits full-throated guffaws as production personnel and innocent-bystander “Star Wars” fans comment on what is widely considered, rightly or wrongly, as an unmitigated disaster.
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