What do you do when you have a very lucrative franchise, a new streaming service, a holiday season ahead, and then live-action production is shut down due to a goal pandemic? Disney came up with an answer. The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special will debut on Disney+ on November 17. Like the 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special, it will revolve around the holiday Life Day, but most of the Star Wars characters will be played by animated LEGO minifigs. Executive producer Josh Rimes hinted that the story will feature action, comedy, and nostalgia.
The Lego holiday special, which Rimes teases will feature a few “Star Wars” movie actors reprising their roles, catches up with the cast after the events of last year’s saga-closing “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.” Rey and droid pal BB-8 head off on a quest to gain a deeper knowledge of the Force, but their visit to a mysterious Jedi Temple sends them careening through time and space. Rey interacts with Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda and other characters in some of the franchise’s most beloved moments, as they try to return in time for a Life Day feast with her friends on Chewbacca’s Wookiee home world of Kashyyyk.
The use of LEGO not only eased production in the age of social distancing, it also signals that the special is not competing with any of the other Star Wars productions, and is not to be taken as canon. Read more details about the upcoming stunt holiday special at USA Today. -via Boing Boing
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