Star Wars Holiday Special Harvey Korman
The star wars holiday special is a 1978 american television special set in the universe of the star wars science fiction media franchise.
Star wars holiday special harvey korman. Why not a holiday special. Korman passed away at the age of 81 on may. With mickey morton patty maloney paul gale mark hamill. It stars the main cast of the original star wars and introduces the character of boba fett who appeared in.
Directed by steve binder it was the first star wars spin off film set between the events of the original film and the empire strikes back 1980. Harvey korman portrayed krelman chef gormaanda and an amorphian instructor in the star wars holiday special. The mostly live action two hour show aired the week before thanksgiving and starred the original star wars cast plus tv regulars bea arthur art carney and harvey korman. Episode iv in 1977.
George lucas is commonly quoted as saying that if he had the time and a hammer he would personally smash every bootlegged copy of the disastrous star war. A good quality version of a classic. Korman known to television viewers from the carol burnett show at the time reportedly kept the cast and crew entertained during the lengthy shoot of the tv special. Krelman was one of the three roles portrayed by comedian harvey korman in the 1978 the star wars holiday special with the other two being the chef gormaanda and dromboid.
Chewie s family passes the time with various forms of entertainment. The galaxy far far away was a gold mine after the success of star wars. Lucas had minimal input. Directed by steve binder david acomba.
Due to some copyright issues the music at the end of the presentation. He later played jules cogley in george lucas s 1994 film radioland murders. The star wars holiday special krelman chef gormaanda 1978 bud and lou bud abbott 1978 the harvey korman show harvey a. Chewbacca and han solo try to get to the wookiee homeworld of kashyyyk to celebrate life day but are impeded by an imperial blockade.