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*On November 17, 2003, 25 years from the airing of the special, Shephard Smith of the FOX News Channel played a few of the opening clips from the special on his G Block segment. After calling this announcement a "nerd alert," he announced that that day was the 25th anniversary of the one-time airing. He even announced the availability of the special on the internet. The quality of the video shown on FOX news appears to be of a bootleg from an original recording, rather than footage obtained from the Lucasfilm archives.
*Lucasfilm has hired well-known Star Wars author, [[Timothy Zahn]] to write a book entitled "Allegiance," which will serve as a prequel to the animated segment of The Star Wars Holiday Special. The book has been set for a release in early [[2007]]. This announcement has led Holiday Special enthusiasts to believe that this same year could be a likely release period for the special, due to several factors. The first being that the book, being a prequel to a portion of the special, is actually being relased. Also, 2007 will be the year of the 30th anniversary of Star Wars, when Lucasfilm is likely to do many celebratory events and releases. The holiday special could be one of these. The third and final reason is that Star Wars prequel producer, Rick McCallum has stated that he and Lucasfilm would like to see all of the obscure productions of Star Wars, including all of the making-of, released after the completion of the prequels. There is no more likely date for this, than around 2007.
*To aid in designing the sets and look of the planet, Kahyyyk for ''[[Star Wars Episode II: Revenge of the Sith|Revenge of the Sith]]'', the Lucasfilm art department reported on the official site that they first viewed the holiday special and based their designs partly on what had already been created there. The look of the planet, the environment of the wookiees, and the types of houses and technology they use was all based partly on ideas from the holiday special.
==Airing Dates and Locations==
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