'Toy Story That Time Forgot' SDCC Poster by Mike Mignola

Epic poster by Mike Mignola for SDCC promoting the new Toy Story Holiday Special 

entitled 'Toy Story That Time Forgot' coming this fall to ABC TV. 

I'm sure the special will be fun - but I'd watch an animated series that looked like this Mignola poster right now!

There's Cool...and Then There's Boba Fett on a Dinosaur Cool

Fiona Staples

Jamie Snell & Emily Jayne Weber

David Rabbitte

Robert Alicia

Fantastic custom action figures and photos by Andrew Italasano

Boba Fett made his debut 35 years ago today - riding a dinosaur (technically some kind of 

space Plesiosaur) - in the still very groovy animated segment of the notorious Star Wars Holiday Special. 

The Classic Image

 Watch the full cartoon here.

Happy Fett Day!

Some Chewbacca Fan Art Love for Wookiee Life Day!

 

Justin Currie

Ross Burt

Joe Martin and Kari Casady

Uncleporkchop

Stephane Roux

Han with Chewie's Family from the Holiday Special

Boba Fett's First Appearance - Star Wars Holiday Special - November 17, 1978

Nov 17th also marks the debut of mysterious Bounty Hunter Boba Fett - in animated form and
riding a dinosaur no less. The only part of the Holiday Special actually remembered fondly by fans.
(It's also now included as an Easter Egg on the Blu-Rays)

I remember loving the funky exaggerated Heavy Metal style of the animation...
...it really stuck with me and I still find it cool.

Here's a funny cartoon I found about the dinosaur riding @Blue Milk Special

And lastly the TV Guide Ad for the Star Filled Special.

It's Wookiee Life Day! - A Celebration in Art and Song

Wookiee Life Day is the ersatz Thanksgiving/Christmas Celebration featured in the notorious Star Wars Holiday Special that aired once on November 17th,1978. The special was totally bizarre in a Sid & Marty Krofft meets Star Wars kind of way - complete with musical numbers, Chewie's full Wookiee family, and guest stars Bee Arthur & Art Carney, as well as the original cast - it never aired again. But the damage was done - millions of  fans desperate for anything Star Wars had seen it and this epic oddity was forever burned into our memories. So on this day many celebrate peace and family...but mostly it's an excuse to post pictures of Chewbacca and all things Wookiee, as well as wince at Princess Leia's singing.

So... here are some lovely paintings given to characters participating in Life Day Festivities in the
Star Wars Galaxies MMORG (which is sadly closing down in December).

....and here are couple of  cool Chewbacca portraits

Greg Peltz

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...and Chewie gets help picking out the right blow dryer in a new Currys PCWorld (UK) Holiday Ad.

...and here's an alternative way to celebrate Life Day.

Urban Legend tells us that George Lucas tried to obtain and destroy all copies of  "The Special". But it managed to survive in poor quality bootleg form, becoming a Sci-Fi Convention staple, until it eventually found it's forever home - the internet.

Where we can join Princess Leia in singing the Life Day Song!