DarthSmaul

I was curious if any recordings of the international broadcasts of the Holiday Special exist?

The most well known of these is the Canadian CTV broadcast which aired an hour earlier than the common American one. This is probably the holy grail to me personally and I’d love to find it.

It is likely that the Canadian broadcast at least contained different commercials and bumpers similar to the different American feed recordings we already have.

Wikipedia also lists several other international broadcasts with sourcing although I’m not entirely sure whether these are legitimate airings or were simply dubbed later for bootlegs. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Holiday_Special

Any information regarding these broadcasts would be greatly appreciated.

Are these comparisons still being posted somewhere? I’ve heard Doubleofive migrated to Threads but I’m not on that app nor am interested in joining. Twitter/X was much more easily accessible for everyone to view the content.

It would be cool to see some ESB 70MM comparisons posted now that more information regarding the differences (and more footage) has come to light.

There’s actually a good number of lost Kenner SW commercials out there. It’s unfortunate not much effort has gone into finding them. Here’s a more complete list: https://lostmediaarchive.fandom.com/wiki/Kenner_Star_Wars_Commercials_(Lost_Commercials_Of_Toy_Line)

For those unaware a while ago the Blast Points podcast was able to view a print of the 70mm version and confirm the differences:
https://blastpointspodcast.com/2024/01/30/episode-387-the-70mm-empire-strikes-back-experience/

I also came across this video discussing some of the changes and it seems to show some legitimate footage:
https://youtu.be/FbezmT4crf8?si=iXGhH9wa_nYl0guC