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A Disturbance in the Force (2023)

A Disturbance in the Force poster
Original title
A Disturbance in the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened
Directed by
Steve Kozak, Jeremy Coon
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 26m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This documentary tells the story of the making of the very strange and short-lived Star Wars Holiday Special from 1978. It explains how this unusual TV event came together and why it was only broadcast once.

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What happens

A Disturbance in the Force is a 2023 American documentary film directed by Jeremy Coon and Steve Kozak. The film documents how the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special was created for CBS and aired only once on November 17, 1978. The film premiered on March 11, 2023, at South by Southwest and was met with positive reviews. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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