On this day in 1978, CBS aired what they hoped would be an instant classic: a brand-new holiday special to be rewatched and beloved for years to come...set in a galaxy far, far away.

The Star Wars Holiday Special.

Today, on the 46th anniversary of it's airing and Life Day, we're revising the classic, and we've brought along the incredibly talented and lovely hosts of The Mixed Reviews, Gavin and Louie, to help us celebrate this incredibly camp, often absurd, and this surprisingly queer piece of art!

(It involved Bruce Vilanch and Bob Mackie, I mean, hello?).

We also discussed 2023's documentary and book of the same name A Disturbance in The Force: How and Why The Star Wars Holiday Special Happened.

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We've finally reached the end of the Star Wars: Droids, and that means it's time to watch 1986's hour-long television special "The Great Heep".

And to help us serve up this HEEPing portion of Droids, we're joined once again by the wonderful Patrick Cotnoir, Executive Producer for the George Lucas Talk Show!

Patrick also shared details about the upcoming Mustafar Takes Los Angeles: A Live Staged Reading Of The Revenge Of The Sith scheduled for THIS Saturday, November 16th 2024! Live tickets are sold out but you can still purchase tickets for the live-stream by heading to MustafarLA.com!

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• 12/4 - Houston, TX with TBA: bit.ly/gltshou
• 12/5 - Austin, TX with TBA: bit.ly/gltsatx
• 12/14 - UCB NY HOLIDAY SPECIAL! Early and late shows! with LIVESTREAM: bit.ly/ucbearly, bit.ly/ucblate
• Feb - SF Sketchfest: tix link to come!
• 2/4 - Los Angeles, Dynasty Typewriter (2 shows) with LIVESTREAM- tix link to come!

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It's a bittersweet episode as we bid adieu to our often beloved, often confusing Star Wars: Droids: The Adventures of R2D2 and C3PO. At least...until The Great Heap!

And we could not have arrived at the end without the help of an incredible guest - writer, photographer, multi-fandom extrodinare - It's Meigs, creator of Meig's Odyssey and @TheMeigalorian everywhere online!

We talked to Meigs about their journey in the Star Wars fandom and other fandoms in nearby galaxies, and of course, talked about this wild show. ESPECIALLY tiny R2, the absolute best boy.

Correction: At minute 49:42, the name Tommy was looking for was Jon Favreau, not Kevin Feige.

Who cares though?

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We're flying SOLO in our penultimate episode covering Star Wars: Droids: The Adventures of R2D2 and C3PO, and we're taking the opportunity to reflect on our time covering this show. As chaotic as it's been, it's been SO much fun to chat with friends, new and old, and introduce them to this wild series. And, we have a couple amazing guests left on the docket...so stay tuned!

Plus, we talk "Tail of the Roon Comets" and "The Roon Games," give our thoughts on Mungo Baobab, talk all the wild lore that comes from this episode, and announce the next show we're covering...Andor Season 1!

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Kybo gets his revenge in "The Revenge of Kybo Ren" because, sure. And Coby (who we just met in Episode 8) gets back his ... Tessellated Arboreal binjinphant (?) in "Coby and the Starhunters"

But more importantly, we had an amazing conversation with Chris Cummins, comics writer, historian, and host of Sci-Fi explosion on Twitch! We talked to Chris about his first Archie Comic, why rescue animals are amazing (and why YOU should support your local no-kill shelter -- find yours here: bestfriends.org!), and his love of all things Sci-Fi and Star Wars.

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We're kicking off our FOURTH year of the pod off right by continuing to enlist the help of some AMAZING guests to help us break down Star Wars Droids: The Adventures of R2-D2 and C3PO.

Hannah, host of The RaeSide, joined to discuss everything about the chaotic Episodes 6 & 7, "The New King" and "The Pirates of Tarnoonga!"

Plus, Hannah talked about starting her channel, Star Wars and Taylor Swift, Star Wars Celebration and what she loves about Star Wars!

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We've been at this for THREE years! And truly, we would not be here without our good pals Derek and Doug, hosts of Walloping Websnappers, Skreeonk!, and so many more amazing glitterjaw.com podcasts, so we brought them along to celebrate by talking two chaotic (and kind of touching?) episodes of Star Wars: Droids: The Adventures of R2-D2 and C3PO--"A Race to the Finish" and "The Lost Prince"!

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We're continuing our journey through Star Wars: Droids: The Adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO and to help us dissect this bizarre show, we've brought along our friend and one of the hosts of Fear Coded, a podcast that looks at horror through a queer lens, it's Tyler!

Tyler is also a long-time Star Wars fan and we were so thrilled he could join us to talk "Escape from Terror" and "The Trigon Unleashed!"

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