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Kristin Baver: Do we know what years they aired? Lucas? Did anybody grow up watching Droids and Ewoks, or aware of them? I have to be honest, this is like my moment of Luke’s, “I have no memory of my mother.” I have no memory of Droids and Ewoks when I was a kid. So Lucasfilm is now in animation, to a degree, but then as far as I know, Droids and Ewoks were what came next. The Holiday Special is really…the animated sequence within that was kind of the first real Star Wars animation.

The entire Wookiee cooking sequence, you know, there’s a lot of high points for me, but the animation is definitely a standout moment.ĭan Brooks: Yeah.

Kristin Baver: Although there are other highlights with Bea Arthur’s Cantina Song and Jefferson Starship or, at least I think they were Jefferson Starship at that point?ĭan Brooks: Oh yeah. I think we can all agree that that animated sequence is the highlight of The Holiday Special from a qualitative point of view. It was decided that Nelvana Studios would produce this 10-minute animated short, The Story of the Faithful Wookiee, as it’s now referred to, which also saw the debut of Boba Fett.ĭan Brooks: That’s perfect because I wanted to get into The Holiday Special. The understanding that I have is that George Lucas had seen a television special called A Cosmic Christmas that had aired in 1977 and was made by a studio called Nelvana in Toronto, Canada. There was this plan for a short sequence within the Special, which aired in November of 1978. Both Beckett and Cuba were California Institute of the Arts alumni, which if you’re interested in Disney animation, Cal Arts is important for that as well.Īs far as traditional hand-drawn cel animation is concerned, the first major example is from The Star Wars Holiday Special. And then Larry Cuba was doing computer animation for the Death Star plans. Continuing from that, of course, there was a visual effects animation and rotoscope department at Industrial Light & Magic on Star Wars: A New Hope. It was a one-minute short called “Look at Life.” That was his first student project at the University of Southern California in 1965 using clip art from Look and Life magazines. He was already beginning to explore dynamic camera movements and editing techniques and even socio-political themes.

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The first movie that we know of that George Lucas made was an animated film. At different times throughout his career, George has spoken to that interest and it manifests itself in different ways and…I should say George Lucas, of course, because he’s not a personal acquaintance of mine. Thank you very much for including me, it’s nice to see all of you and to talk about Star Wars a little bit and animation. Lucas Seastrom: Sure, well, hello everyone.

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Lucas, can you talk about what you know of George Lucas’s interest in animation, and how that might have led to Lucasfilm and Star Wars getting into animated series and animated storytelling? So I’m going to call on our own Lucas - Lucas Seastrom - who’s kind of our resident historian. And I think it really begins with George Lucas. I wanted to start at the beginning because I think that when we talk about Star Wars animation and understanding animation’s role in Star Wars and Lucasfilm, it’s important to understand where it begins. In this installment to celebrate the new trailer for Star Wars: The Bad Batch, Dan Brooks, Kristin Baver, Amy Ratcliffe, and Lucas Seastrom talk about the legacy of Lucasfilm animation, from George Lucas’s first short to The Star Wars Holiday Special segment that introduced Boba Fett, the 2-D Clone Wars microseries and the epic seven season run of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and beyond.ĭan Brooks: We’re here to talk about the legacy of Star Wars animation. On the Comlink is a feature in which writers hop on a call (virtual or old fashioned) and discuss a specific Star Wars topic.

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