Do you know who wrote “The Star Wars Christmas Special”? It was news to me. I won’t spoil it – go read Ace of Spades for the full context.
In the guy’s defense, he did try to talk Lucas out of setting a story among the Wookie, who can’t, you know, speak a language that human beings understand. “Suddenly, he says, the special was in danger of looking like ‘one long episode of Lassie.’”
In his anti-defense, of course, he wrote … “The Star Wars Christmas Special.” Guilty, I say. GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY!