The other day on Twitter, James Gunn (director of Guardians of the Galaxy vo. 1 & 2) was taking some questions from fans, and one fan asked him if he would every be interested in doing a...(gasp!)...Christmas show featuring the characters of Guardians of the Galaxy! While some shows can pull it off (like Doctor Who) they are in fact television shows. When it comes to movie Christmas shows, the only one that comes to mind, and the main reason why this should be avoided, is because of the horrible Star Wars Holiday Special. It was so bad, in fact, that it's said that George Lucas bought up all of the remaining copies of the show so that they would never see the light of day again. Luckily (or unfortunately) for us, there are boot-leg copies all over the web that you can still purchase. The only redeeming thing about the Star Wars special was that it was the very first appearance of Boba Fett in the Star Wars Universe. But back to James Gunn...
He said that he loved the special as a kid, and if he was to do it, he would do one like he remembers the Star Wars special being, not how it actually was. Here's what he actually said:
"Honestly? Yes. I talk about this all the time with Kevin Feige. We both find the idea fun and funny. I LOVED the Star Wars Holiday special as a kid. It'd be fun to do one the way I remember it as opposed to the way it actually is."
I'm hoping that he was just joking around, but it really doesn't sound like he was. If this does come to happen, let's just hope that he doesn't follow the "variety show" format that George Lucas did with his Star Wars Holiday Special!
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