Special Star Wars Films
Star Wars had become so popular that Lucasfilms Pvt. Ltd. found great opportunities in producing television specials throughout the 1970's and 80's. Television specials were famous for the introduction of new story lines and characters, mainly generating more fans to have their special character as a new favorite when they were to dress up or buy Star Wars toys. The 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special was aired only once for 97 minutes on 17th November, directed by Steve Binder, for broadcast on HDTV only in the United States. This was after one year of release of the first film, which was Episode 6 of the prequel phase. This is the only edition of Star Wars that has not been available for fans anywhere in the world market.
Star Wars Holiday Special was important for the introduction of Boba Fett who plays an important role in Episode 5 as a nasty villain. In the television series he is introduced as Vader's bounty hunter, and reappears as a clone (named Jango Fett) in a later movie - Attack of the Clones. Boba Fett has had his glory's peak when he was rated as one of the most famous film characters of all time. Jeremy Bulloch played Boba Fett in his very first appearnance in the television exclusive.
Caravan of Courage: A Ewok Adventure was a typically suited for television film, which came out in 1984. With George Lucas as the executive producer of the project, the film was truly an awe-inspiring effort from the Star Wars team, which this time, had John Korty in the Director's shoes. Crew men and the remaining cast were also a fresh lot with Warwick Davis, Fionnula Flanagan and Kevin Thompson matching up to the already popular performances by names like Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher in the past.
The Ewoks reappeared a year later in the 1985 television production Ewoks: The Battle for Endor. The story surrounds the orphaned girl, Cindel Towani, who appears in Caravan of Courage. Cindel is a character who joins the Ewoks in protecting the village where she lived and consequently winning back power from the tyrants who had taken hegemony over the Endor Moon. Many interesting theatricals and animated productions related to the Star Wars have also pushed for a bigger popularity of the film series through the years.
The earliest animated production of the Star Wars came out in 1985. It is believed to somewhat be a middle sequence between Episodes 3 and 4, which were released decades apart due to Lucas's prequel - trilogy format of releasing the movies. The Ewoks also had their more popular editions coming out as animation in 1985, after which Clone Wars and its sequels made for the continuing success of the legend of Star Wars. Cartoon Network has also been one of the greatest supports for the Star Wars fans with regular broadcasting of the sequels to Clone Wars for years. The Theatrical release of the Clone Wars in 2008 also pays a prequel to the subsequently launched animated movies of the Clone Wars.