dCFF23 - A Disturbance In The Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened Interview with co-director Jeremy Coon

Have you ever seen a movie that seemed like such a blunder that there's no way any sane studio executive would greenlight it? There are many examples: 1995's Waterworld, 2004's Catwoman, and most recently 2019's Cats, to name a few. These are all notable failures in the history of studio filmmaking, but none of them are as infamous or culturally significant as the Star Wars Holiday Special TV movie. How does a production based on such successful property go so wrong its failure inspired a generation of filmmakers? May we recommend A Disturbance In the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened? In today's deadCenter 2023 interview, we sit down with Jeremy Coon, the co-director of A Disturbance In the Force: How the Holiday Special Happened to learn about what interested him in this specific behind-the-scenes story before taking a look at how he managed to piece together these unique tidbits and insights about the mythological TV special. Coon provides even more insight into exactly how they uncovered the making of one of the notoriously bad pieces of pop culture ever made.  Tune in to the conversation and make the A Disturbance In the Force: How the Holiday Special Happened a part of your deadCenter 2023 experience on Saturday, June 10th.