One of the numerous treats in the first two episodes of Skeleton Crew was the very welcome surprise of seeing the dance troupe from 1978’s The Star Wars Holiday Special make an appearance in Neels home on At-Attin as his twin brothers Jobo and Jorko and sister Tuloo watch the performance on a dejarik table, just like the original dance was shown 46 years ago on Kashyyyk. StarWars.com takes a closer look at the work required to recreate this classic scene and how much Jon Watts and Chris Ford wanted to incorporate the scene.
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While Watts and Ford hoped they could simply use the hologram elements from the 1978 original, they quickly discovered that wouldn’t be an option.
“It was shot such a long time ago and the angles were all wrong,” explains Watts. “So we went and got the original wardrobe sketches and rebuilt all of the costumes from scratch.”
“The amazing thing about recreating that moment was how much work it took,” adds Ford.
The costumes, originally created by fashion designer Bob Mackie, were reconstructed down to the finest detail by Skeleton Crew costume designer Louise Mingenbach using reference material found at Skywalker Ranch.
Finally, the music from the original performance needed to be recreated from scratch as well, since no copy of the original recording could be found in a quality high enough or a length long enough. No written records could be located either.
“We couldn’t find a copy of the written score so we had to give it to our composer [Mick Giacchino], who then had to transcribe it, figure out what instruments they were playing, and then re-record that,” explains Watts.
“And then we also did that with a full orchestra,” adds Ford, who found the contrast between Giacchino’s symphonic score and the tinny circus music amusing. “I think the musicians got a kick out of it.”
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in '81 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He currently contributes to ILM.com and SkywalkerSound.com, having previously written for Star Wars Insider, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Starburst Magazine, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia and Model and Collectors Mart.
He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host (the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015), the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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One of the numerous treats in the first two episodes of Skeleton Crew was the very welcome surprise of seeing the dance troupe from 1978’s The Star Wars Holiday Special make an appearance in Neels home on At-Attin as his twin brothers Jobo and Jorko and sister Tuloo watch the performance on a dejarik table, just like the original dance was shown 46 years ago on Kashyyyk. StarWars.com takes a closer look at the work required to recreate this classic scene and how much Jon Watts and Chris Ford wanted to incorporate the scene.
1 of 6
While Watts and Ford hoped they could simply use the hologram elements from the 1978 original, they quickly discovered that wouldn’t be an option.
“It was shot such a long time ago and the angles were all wrong,” explains Watts. “So we went and got the original wardrobe sketches and rebuilt all of the costumes from scratch.”
“The amazing thing about recreating that moment was how much work it took,” adds Ford.
The costumes, originally created by fashion designer Bob Mackie, were reconstructed down to the finest detail by Skeleton Crew costume designer Louise Mingenbach using reference material found at Skywalker Ranch.
Finally, the music from the original performance needed to be recreated from scratch as well, since no copy of the original recording could be found in a quality high enough or a length long enough. No written records could be located either.
“We couldn’t find a copy of the written score so we had to give it to our composer [Mick Giacchino], who then had to transcribe it, figure out what instruments they were playing, and then re-record that,” explains Watts.
“And then we also did that with a full orchestra,” adds Ford, who found the contrast between Giacchino’s symphonic score and the tinny circus music amusing. “I think the musicians got a kick out of it.”
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in '81 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He currently contributes to ILM.com and SkywalkerSound.com, having previously written for Star Wars Insider, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Starburst Magazine, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia and Model and Collectors Mart.
He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host (the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015), the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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