Star Wars Holiday Special CBS 1978 Boba Fett Cartoon.

[AryanBarbarian777]

Does this remind anyone else of Heavy Metal? How cool would that be, to have a rated R, HM style cartoon set in the Star Wars universe, centered on Bobba Fett?

[EponymousKid]

I hate how R2 is animated. He's a metallic robot, and yet he bends like he's made of rubber here.

Other than that and Han's ridiculous face, this isn't too bad, though.

[D347h70411]

@EponymousKid Besides Luke's enormous eyeballs, and terrible acting (either overacting or quite simply actors who didn't give a sh*t), yeah its pretty decent.

[VongolaAQW223]

HAPPY LIFE DAY!!!!

[MrSuasage]

This is the worst show ever.

[VongolaAQW223]

@MrSuasage Its not a show its a holiday special.

[MrSuasage]

@VongolaAQW223 yes whatever but u cant deny this is bad.

[EdwardsAlterEgo]

*points* HAN'S FACE!!!!! LOL!!!!!

And Chewie is adorable XD

[alnilam66]

The only good part to this POS special

[Superhrnet01]

damn, Boba's blaster pistol has the firepower of a ship mounted laser cannon!

[NeckBreakerBallet]

Heroine is Legal in the star wars universe! Oh and Boba fett is the greatest character in here....or in star wars trilogy for that matter.

These are the facts i have gathered.

- Boba Fett is amazing

-Han Solo is asian...and a horse

-R2 is rubber

-Luke looks like a thunder cats rip off.

-3P0 is STILL gay

- 6:03 the Olsen twins are there

-Boba Fett is fucking AWESOME

[TobeyStarburst]

Anyone else find this spooky?

[VongolaAQW223]

@TobeyStarburst Nah I find this awesome especially Fett

[TheSmoothSWAGGER]

Nom nom nom Y-wing.

[theverbalrelease]

The mystical talisman. Now that's hard science!

[AlgorithmicCrane]

I love Boba Fett's voice, the voice actor was Don Franks. He did a lot of other cartoons.

[Zebonka]

Now we just need to uncover a tape of Carrie Fisher sniffing coke off Lucas' erect cock.

[DarthRushy]

@Zebonka You. Are. Disgusting. Zebonka, WTH is wrong with you and your sexual comments in every video of the Holiday Special or old deleted scenes?!

[Tranchera]

@DarthRushy You obviously don't know that much about what went on behind the scenes at Lucas film. If you've never heard of this tape then I don't know what to say to you.

[Zebonka]

@Tranchera and as for you, noob, you don't know a thing about Boba Fett. His actions in the Yuuzhan Vong War make him an important character.

[jksonny]

Love Chewie. His instincts are always correct.

[BlazeArceus777]

Why do people exaggerate the badness of the prequels? They weren't THAT bad...

[Jokerprodution]

@BlazeArceus777 agree, the only reason people called them bad was because it was a diffrent theme, its kind of sad but i fully understand it.

[OMGitsMalcolm]

why the hell is Dr Robotnik in this?

[WannaTradePants]

It's so obvious that Harrison Ford just completely didn't give a shit while recording the voice for this.

[ornjoos]

@WannaTradePants or was hammered out of his mind.

[burlearth]

What this needs is a well placed 'NOOOOOOOO" when Vader appears.

[beatlesbassboy]

THIS IS SPARTA!!

[VongolaAQW223]

@beatlesbassboy Sparta?This is Boba Fett!

[Okie72Dokie]

What is everyone talking about this is awsome the holiday special was the first apperence of boba fett and that kicks ass.

[yurimxpxman]

Is that the guy from the Twilight Zone?

[GeneralThornton]

Better than the Prequels. But not by much.

[retropirate1]

Well it is not bad ... but it is not good....... eehhh does anyone else like this bobba fett design! Because that one is better then the new one that is what i think! ...

[phazonhigh]

This is really bizarre. I was unaware that this even existed...

[CaptainCornkernel]

Han looks like a doodle someone chewed on. XD

[howerut]

Bobba Fett does not sound very Maori in this one.

[DNchap1417]

This scene alone is the only good asset of the Holiday Special, and memorable too!

[jaylerd]

The only thing Boba Fett ever did besides suck and die!

[101fmp]

@jaylerd boba fett never sucked and he didnt die...

[WarOfSalvation]

@jaylerd If you're talking about return of the jedi, he survived that.

[c4r50n1]

@WarOfSalvation In the expanded universe. Now, there's two universes, the expanded and the movie universe. Lots of people don't consider the expanded universe to be canon but I consider it canon. :D

[WarOfSalvation]

@c4r50n1 The reason people don't consider it canon, is because it "isn't a movie". But still, the expanded universe makes sense, so why not make it part of the movies. I mean, this cartoon right here is Expanded Universe, and if people take this as part of the movies, but not anything else, then like I said, it's just because they're too lazy to read a book or comic.

[c4r50n1]

@WarOfSalvation Well, some people just consider the expanded universe to be dumb. I don't, I love it.

[WarOfSalvation]

@c4r50n1 Same here. 

[DarthRushy]

@c4r50n1 My idea is that the Expanded Universe can be good and bad as well. Boba Fett's survival is bad. I don't like it.

[VongolaAQW223]

@DarthRushy My life would suck if Boba is dead

[Kaagh178]

@c4r50n1 For most people, they define non canon mostly as things they personally don't like in franchises. The EU is just an extension of Star Wars. By my reckoning and preference, this cartoon segment is the ONLY part of the Holiday Special that deserves to be canon. I have an old Star Wars book that makes mention of Luke's first encounter with Boba being on a moon in the Panna system where Boba almost tricked him into revealing the location of the rebel base. So yeah, this is definitely canon.

[NS5K2GTA]

Worst 9 minutes of my life

[TechUnadept]

Chewie, get me down!!! And why the fuck did you land us in an ocean of cherry Jell-o?

[letshaveadingdong]

THUMBS UP IF THIS CARTOON BEATS THE NEW CLONE WARS CARTOON!!!

ITS LIKE, ENOUGH WITH THE PRE EPISODE 3 CARTOON SHOWS ALREADY!!!

[BALDMAXXX]

This cartoon is awsome! ! The 70's style is just like the old Heavy Metal magazine. God, im old. Lol

[Chaogasm]

A couple people have asked, so I wanted to point out. Boba Fett -is- human. The reason he can't contract the disease is because of the filtering system in his suit.

[SH0CK3I2]

0:46 MAH BOY

[SAOrules]

Oh my god this is exactly like the faces of evil!

[cordell1999]

@SAOrules SQUADALLA WE ARE OFF!

[SAOrules]

@cordell1999 GEE ITS SURE ITS BORING AROUND HERE!!!

[tenaciusdmaster]

Boba Fett is our friend

[dapickleman33]

This is madness...

no...this...is..THE REBELLION!!!

[Tabbimura]

Han Solo looks like horse mixed with Al Capone.

[GREENDIVISION]

@Tabbimura HAHAHA YES

[Kelly14UK]

Did a ten year old do these frames?

[ARSENALOFMEGADEATH]

@Kelly14UK , no you retarded idiot. This animation was done in the style that was predominate in the late 1970s. go back to reading your naruto manga you artistically challenged simpleton.

[Kelly14UK]

@ARSENALOFMEGADEATH You're easily offended over little things...How sad : (

[Kwama79]

This was filmed when the creators had a contract dispute with Harrison Ford, so the part of Han Solo was played by Jon Arbuckle from Garfield.

[TheKaiTik]

arent boba fett and jango fett the same person? boba fett is just jango fett's clone right?

[ARSENALOFMEGADEATH]

@TheKaiTik , Boba Fett is an unaltered clone of Jango Fett. It was written for Boba to be more of a son rather than a clone, but in a way they are the same.

[TheCajunGambit1]

Boba Fett sounds kinda like Jango Fett here even though this cartoon was made years before Star wars Episode 2. lol.

[Shamanheritage]

good ol'made from scratch cartoons



[SamusDrake]

It would be nice if George had this cleaned up and preserved - at least for a possible Droids Cartoon series DVD release.

[pyrogyra72]

I wish George Lucas had released this in the recent release of star wars. (not the whole special, just this sequence.) He'd probably have the dude who played Jango Fett re-record Boba Fett's lines.

[DremOnTV]

The animation looks like the old George Clinton Parliament cartoon commercials.

[yaywhewclips242]

looks like Rome-0 and Julie-8.

[legoghost]

Boba Fett is so bad ass :D

[DremOnTV]

@legoghost LMAO I'M hip! Since when did Boba Fett start helping Jedi Knights?

[neokat]

wow, "star wars" meets "heavy metal" this is fucking epic, how did i miss this all these years.

[frank0stein]

Luke Skywalker in a two-person Y-Wing instead of his better equipped and faster X-Wing? Wow... And the Y-Wing was able to catch up to the Millennium Falcon? Double Wow...

[brendon7]

I love the artwork it's like a cross between a Plympton cartoon and a Heavy Metal cartoon from the 70's...

[westeh]

@brendon7... hate to burst ya bubble but heavy metal came out in 81 ..

[grndrag]

Gah, and I thought the live action special this was attached to was bad... Animation style was kinda European animation, but then I was it was done by Nelvanna. Yes, the "Care Bears" movies studio, but also a much better thing called "Rock and Rule". And who did the style sheet for Han Solo? Also a lame intro for the Bobba Fett character.

[sgreen4]

Why is Luke drawn looking like a human but Han looks like an alien ?

[pyrogyra72]

@sgreen4 I thought he looked like one of the Ramones. 

[NIN992]

Why the long face Han?

[IMZEECATMAN]

@NIN992 lol

[CaptainAshSpearow]

That officer at 0:45 looks like Dr. Eggman from Sonic.

[canadianchewie1]

Isn't Boba Fett a human too?

[aurasphere5000]

@canadianchewie1 no he is a clone that jango raised as a son i think a clone is immune to the disease.

[maxcado]

this cartoon kinda looks like the new one they recently made just look at the characters and Imagen them in 3d

[redconvoy]

Did the same guys who did some of the animation in the first Heavy Metal movie do this????

[YuskaeYukimura01]

my mind shit quite a few bricks when i realized they only have four fingers.

[TheXtro101]

The first time I saw this was back during Christmas week 1978 when I was in kindergarden(it was never aired again on tv in the State I live in.1st time in 33 years now).

[antiphlox]

how is C3P0 able to blink?

[yogafan6500]

It looks more like a Star Wars version of Heavy Metal. Most impressive but great.

[666wolverine]

This is a Nelvana cartoon. There is a scene where Boba Fett is searching for the serum, and you see two of the floating android ball thingies from A Cosmic Christmas fly by. Cool tie in...

[ThrilloVanHouten]

This cartoon is the only un-ironically good part of the Holiday Special. It looks like a heavily stylized underground comic, heck, Leia looks kinda animeish at times even.

If this was meant to be cheap animation, it would have looked like a typical generic Filmation or Hanna-Barbera '70s cartoon...but it doesn't.

[KATANANINJA]

The only good thing about this is Boba fett lol.

[galaxyuno1]

Not too bad for a bootleg copy. I remember watching this in 8th grade! Did anyone

else use their proof -of-purchase seals to get the Boba Fett action figure in the mail?

Who remembers that?

[Bigtime1998]

@galaxyuno1 I sent in mine!!

[galaxyuno1]

@Bigtime1998 EXTREMELY COOL!!!! IF I RECALL, HE HAD A ROCKET LAUNCHER

JET PACK!!!! THOSE WERE THE DAYS!!!!

[GragonOhare]

The thing Boba is riding is adorable.

[GlennRoxWyo]

I hate C-3PO in this. He wasn't that physically articulat.

[gelmir4eva]

This is the only best part of the Holiday Special. The rest were crap.

[kingrob29]

Don't hurt the Fett.

[sillygrl23]

Reminds me of those crappy CD-i animations

[LordBillGates]

i like this cartoom

[nightdevil6666]

reminds me of heavy metal lol "the art anyways"

[alankmkz]

"You're alone? Maybe I can help you" I think of Unkle every time I watch this.

[Daisagru]

This is great, but it definitely could have been drawn and animated alot better.

[PunkValenzuela]

damn, the quality of old cartoons makes me tired depressed and lazy all at the same time

[topkev]

"he just dint smell right! ah hah ha ha ha ha"

[peepdust]

Pure crap but still far better than the rest of the Holiday Special......

[aktxnug]

Dude now I want to watch Heavy Medal.

[lazyass100]

a Y wing chasing the falcon? useless.

[capsizebrian]

The animation has a Heavy Metal look to it. Lucas should just lighten up and let this be officially released with the entire special. I mean it's part of the original Star Wars history.

[topkev]

@capsizebrian the star wars novels embraced this episode. they brought chewy's family into their tales

[sillygrl23]

Well, from this crap of a Christmas Special some good did come out of it....the introduction of Boba Fett.

[kenb6870]

That WAS the best part of the Special...the only thing that caught my attention when it came out, as well!

[laughingwarlock]

I'm sorry, but when I hear Mark Hamill voice a cartoon I expect either the joker or firelord ozai.

nah jk. One of the few good bits from that horrible christmas special. Which they'd at least put this cartoon on some bonus features to a dvd or something.

[iamjason]

Boba is the only cool thing in this infamous SW holiday special piece of shit

[Neurodisco77]

@iamjason

you're probably right (until this afternoon I knew nothing about a a SW hs), but I think that the entire animation segment is absolutely not that bad; it's different than usual mainstream American animation



[youraftermyrobotbee]

Wow, the biggest badass in all of Star Wars had his origins in this tripe. Mere mortals hardly dare to aspire to such meteoric ascents.

[yarrderp]

Not sure if Lucas did it intentonally, but boba has the same helmet as Jango here - maybe this was the inspiration for him?

[Assyrianland]

This is the best part from the Star Wars Holiday Spacial, the rest is just BAD, real BAD lol

[kennykyle133]

First appearance of Fett.

[gjc82071]

The younger generation is unfamiliar with "Holiday specials" & "Variety" shows. Today, there is really nothing to compare them to. On my copy of SW Holiday Special, I have dubbed in some 70's commercials in appropriate places. SW toys, & Atari 2600 commercials. Even a 70's era "local news update". It's great for a 70's-Fest. I watch it & All in the Family, play a little Atari or Intellivision, then watch an era appropriate movie. All on an a vintage 1970's, 25in RCA "Console" TV set. :-)

[AnimeFanCJ]

When i saw Han hanging upside down i thought Chewie had finally lost it XD

[crudapples]

Is it just me or does Han Solo look like Mick Jagger in this short. "TOBOR IS ROBOT SPELLED BACKWARDS"

[RockManMB]

I remember watching this 32 yrs ago..in a solar system....very close by....

[GamerLink5]

I like both CG and cartoon.

[alSation81]

"Mystical talisman"??? "Sleeping virus"???

[VandalRush]

What no CG inane story so Jedi's can do god like magic to find some who cares object, fight some big battle, and then act dumb the rest of the time?

[robhere1982]

It's not the greatest of animation but it still has class & style. At least it's real animation & not BORING CG. And to the idiot who left the comment calling this 'gay'...you're just another souless little trend whore that thinks all animation began with crap looking CGI which is the queerest thing going. Look at the mess Lucas has left Star Wars in with his lazy insistance that everything he does now looks like Avatar or something on the Playstation 3.

[wedge128]

I love this old style cartoon, sadly they made only one episode :(

[Mitsuraga]

I believe Lucas wants every copy of the Star Wars Holiday Special to be destroyed.

[CDiddy51]

I want these 9 minutes of my life back. Not even Boba Fett could save this from being gay as shit.

[KayRHCP]

if this is regarded as the only highlight of the Star Wars Holiday Special then I'm pleased I never watched the other one hour and fifty minutes.

[Knightmessenger]

I have the whole thing on dvd and I have never been able to sit through the entire thing, half of it has no relevance to Star Wars or science fiction whatsoever.

Watch Nostalgia Critic's video review. That's a safe way to get a sense of the rest without having to suffer through it.

[pablo2by4]

Boba Fett is so cool in this!

[Himbeereistee]

soooooooo classic

[ericberner]

-see if you can locate dinner.

[XinonHyena]

This animation is what all true warriors trife for

[StMarysOfTheMoon]

Bahahahahaha. NO.

[Craydon]

I've seen porn with better animation!

[wolverine2244]

Why does Han Solo look like a squinting Richard Gere?

[Flophole]

anthony daniels is clearly tying a noose while reading this script.

[springpunch]

How the fuck is this a memorable cult classic cartoon? The animation is horrible, I didn't know what was happening most of the time!

[conradojavier]

Geogre Lucas should Officially Released it on Blu Ray with Modern Day CGI.

[goodandawesome]

'you are alone?' 'maybe I can help you' sampled by UNKLE for Unkle - Unreal, from Psyence Fiction LP

[bjones37q]

there are so many factual errors in all of this, i mean why would luke take a Y-Wing to follow the Falcon. the y-Wing is one of the slowiest ships in the rebellion fleet hahah

[jayrobb9]

My guess is...

1) He has to take Threepio with him. Not much room in the X-Wing.

2) It doesn't matter if the ship crashes.

[cdowg187]

Lucas's biggest mistake when it comes to the original trilogy was not giving boba fett a better death in return of the jedi. I mean he should have had an old fashioned wild west showdown with Han. At least Jango had some great fight scenes with Obi wan and Mace.

[LuminoFirewarrior]

He didn't die in RoTJ. He shot his way out, the film just didn't show it.

[icasas72]

My God... I remember this!!!...but it was somekind of a far dream, I saw it when I was six at a family reunion, perhaps our parents knew about this special and gather to watch it... Thank you

[AFnord]

I feel sorry for your family. Having to suffer trough that thing is not something that I would wish upon my worst enemy.

[icasas72]

I know, what happened to George Lucas who allowed to aired this abomination???... After I saw the etire special a few day ago, I am glad I didn't remember it, I would lose my "fanhood" for Star wars for ever

[aigomar]

Does this cartoon take place before the events in "Episode 5: The Empire Strikes Back"?

[TachiSilver]

In that first shot of him waking up, I thought Han's face had half melted off.

[dogzilla09]

cool

[waggytails]

Nelvana made this for the Holiday special it's supposed to be the first appearance of Boba Fett. and What other animated GEM did Nelvana produce back in the day?. . . . .Rock and Rule.

they may have had something to do with AnimalOlympics too but who knows. Thanks Canada.

[pridakfan253]

Han looks like either a Monkey or a Horse.

[utterman911]

OMFG!! C-3PO is even more gay here than in the movies!! Just hearing myself saying that is unbelievable.

[vitamincity]

boba is still a badass

[aigomar]

Boba Fett may be Darth Vader's right hand man, but he works for Jabba the Hutt. Right?

[babysinclairfan]

hes a freelance but hes expensive so only the empire anfd jabba hire him

[MartiniWeenie]

i find it funny that hes so expensive because he fails like EVERY time.

[machodonkeywrestler]

he did catch Han

[MartiniWeenie]

technically it was Vader's idea to trap Han.

but yeah he didn't mess up taking him to Jabba, surprisingly

[starstarstar42]

CBS played this up for 3-4 weeks before it aired. I have to tell you I almost exploded from the anticipation. Frankly, every 7 year old did. Star Wars was so overwhelmingly powerful in the box office that it was STILL playing, almost a year later in some second-run theatres. We couldn't get enough of anything Star Wars related, and CBS leveraged a lot of cash and influence to get the original voice actors involved.  But yes, this has strangely been lost to history except to buffs.

[Thadesgal]

I was around 17 when Star Wars hit the theaters. I still have all my SW stuff. A ton of bubble gum cards, posters, magazines, articles, newspaper clippings. Every once in a while I dig it all out and look at them. WOW... I, too remember this show and just for shits and giggles typed it in and lo and behold! there it was. I could not believe it...

[EligosPoltergiest]

wow that's really interesting stuff. i thought they sounded like the real actors. ive been a star wars fan since i was little and i must salute you being a veteran of those times!

[occtaviousrex]

And Boba was still a badass... =]

[aigomar]

Boba Fett was a clone of Jango Fett; he made his first appearance as a 10-year-old boy in "Episode 2: Attack of the Clones". He next appeared as a full-grown adult in the original "Star Wars" trilogy.

[legoackbar]

@occtaviousrex he was only partical badass in this cartoon

[redxx16]

i got the cartoon boba fett toy

[Adventurestud]

Vader looked like a big duck!

Seriously, how did this escape my knowledge for all these years?! All the original voices. Thanks for posting this.

[janbaer1]

First appearance of Boba Fett.

[MrDman21]

Cool animation. Reminds me of HEAVY METAL.

[ZdenekLU]

Damn, it's terrifying!!

[infantryhawk]

i have to lol that vader didn't use a secure channel XD