Which planet in the "Star Wars" universe is home to the Wookies and was featured in the Star Wars Holiday Special of 1978?
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Kashyyyk Kashyyyk ( , or ), also known as Wookiee Planet C, is a planet in the "Star Wars" universe. It is the tropical, forested home world of the Wookiees. According to interviews given by "Star Wars" creator George Lucas, the home of the Wookiees was originally intended to be the forest moon of Endor which plays a key role in the plot of the sixth film of the series, "Return of the Jedi". However, Lucas decided that since the Wookiee Chewbacca was clearly proficient with advanced technology (i.e. he was pilot and mechanic of the spaceship the "Millennium Falcon" and he repaired the damaged droid C-3PO), it would be confusing to show the Wookiees with a primitive, "stone age" culture on Endor. The Ewoks were created instead to populate the moon and to help fight the Imperial garrison stationed there. Kashyyyk made appearances in the "Star Wars Holiday Special" and "".
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Star Wars Holiday Special The Star Wars Holiday Special is a 1978 American musical science fiction television film set in the "Star Wars" galaxy. It stars the first film's main cast while introducing the character Boba Fett, who would appear in later films. It is one of the first official "Star Wars" spin-offs and was directed by Steve Binder.
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Galactic Republic The Galactic Republic, often referred to as simply the Republic, is the name of the interplanetary State used in the fictional "Star Wars" universe prior to the establishment of the Galactic Empire. The form of this government, ruled by the Senate, was introduced in the prequel trilogy. By the time of the original trilogy, it is referred to as the Old Republic. It was a democratic, though eventually ineffectual, constitutional republic tied up in layers of bureaucracy.
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Galactic Civil War (Star Wars) The Galactic Civil War is a fictional interstellar war from the "Star Wars" galaxy. It serves as the setting for the original trilogy of films entitled "A New Hope", "The Empire Strikes Back", and "Return of the Jedi", the 2016 anthology film "Rogue One", as well as many novels, comics, and video games in the "Star Wars" expanded universe.
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Caladan Caladan is a fictional planet in the "Dune" universe created by Frank Herbert, first mentioned in the 1965 novel "Dune".
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Solo family The Solo family is a fictional family of characters in the "Star Wars" franchise. Introduced in the 1977 film "Star Wars", smuggler Han Solo is initially a morally ambiguous character but evolves into one of the heroes of the film. He is also a major character in the sequels "The Empire Strikes Back" (1980), "Return of the Jedi" (1983) and "" (2015). In "The Force Awakens", Han and Princess Leia have a son named Ben Solo.
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List of Star Wars species (U–Z) This is a list of "Star Wars" species, containing the names of fictional sentient species from the "Star Wars" franchise beginning with the letters U through Z. "Star Wars" is an American epic space opera film series created by George Lucas. The first film in the series, "Star Wars", was released on May 25, 1977 and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, followed by five sequels and three prequels. Many species of alien creatures (often humanoid) are depicted.
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Dark Star (film) Dark Star is a 1974 American science fiction comedy film directed by John Carpenter and co-written with Dan O'Bannon. It follows the crew of the deteriorating starship "Dark Star", twenty years into their mission to destroy unstable planets that might threaten future colonization of other planets.
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Star Wars: Princess Leia Star Wars: Princess Leia is a five-issue "Star Wars" comic book limited series, centered on Princess Leia immediately following the events of the 1977 film "Star Wars". In the story, Leia and Rebel pilot Evaan Verlainem attempt to rescue the survivors of the planet Alderaan's destruction from the Empire. Announced alongside the ongoing comics "Star Wars" and "", the series was published by Marvel Comics from March to July 2015 with Mark Waid as writer, Terry Dodson as artist and Jordie Bellaire as colorist.
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Star Tours Star Tours was a motion simulator attraction at several Disney theme parks, based on the successful "Star Wars" film series created by George Lucas. Set in the "Star Wars" universe, the attraction sent guests on a excursion trip to Endor, whilst being caught in an altercation between the Rebel Alliance and the Galactic Empire. The attraction featured Captain "Rex" RX-24 along with series regulars R2-D2 and C-3PO.
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Wow! signal The Wow! signal was a strong narrowband radio signal received on August 15, 1977, by Ohio State University's Big Ear radio telescope in the United States, then used to support the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. The signal appeared to come from the constellation Sagittarius and bore the expected hallmarks of extraterrestrial origin.
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The Story of Star Wars The Story Of Star Wars is a 1977 record album presenting an abridged version of the events depicted in the film "Star Wars", using dialogue and sound effects from the original film. The recording was produced by George Lucas and Alan Livingston, and was narrated by Roscoe Lee Browne. The script was adapted by E. Jack Kaplan and Cheryl Gard.
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Star Wars Hyperspace Mountain Star Wars Hyperspace Mountain (formerly known as Space Mountain: Mission 2 and Space Mountain: De la Terre à la Lune) is an indoor/outdoor steel roller coaster in Discoveryland at Disneyland Paris. Originally themed around Jules Verne's classic 1865 novel "From the Earth to the Moon", the attraction first opened on June 1, 1995, three years after the park's debut in an attempt to draw more guests to the financially-unstable European resort. Unlike other Space Mountain attractions at Disney theme parks, the installation at Disneyland Paris has a steampunk-detailed appearance with a Columbiad Cannon and a plate-and-rivet exterior. Under its previous theme, it was the only Space Mountain to feature inversions, a launch, a section of track that exits and re-enters the interior, and a synchronized on-Board audio track.
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Empire of Dreams Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy is a 2004 documentary film directed by Kevin Burns and narrated by Robert Clotworthy. It documents the making of the original "Star Wars" trilogy: "Star Wars" (1977), "The Empire Strikes Back" (1980), and "Return of the Jedi" (1983) and their impact on popular culture.
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Star Wars: Flight of the Falcon Star Wars: Flight of the Falcon is a video game based on the events of the original "Star Wars" trilogy of films. Published by THQ for the Game Boy Advance, the game lets the player pilot various space ships in the battles against the antagonistic Galactic Empire. The story follows the pilots of the space ship "Millennium Falcon", Han Solo and his Wookiee co-pilot Chewbacca, as they help save the galaxy from the Empire's forces.
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The Other Change of Hobbit The Other Change of Hobbit (sometimes abbreviated TOCOH) is a science fiction and fantasy bookstore, formerly located in Berkeley, California and then El Cerrito; it no longer has a physical location. It was founded in 1977, the same weekend that "Star Wars" opened. It has been the site of numerous author appearances. The founding partners were science fiction fans Dave Nee, Debbie Notkin, and Tom Whitmore. The store is named after the Hobbits from J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" and "Lord of the Rings".
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Mon Calamari cruiser Mon Calamari Star Cruisers are starships in the fictional "Star Wars" universe. These starships were first depicted in "Return of the Jedi" as part of the Rebel Alliance fleet that attacks the second Death Star. Industrial Light and Magic designed the vessels to visually contrast the Imperial Star Destroyers. Various Mon Calamari cruisers also appear in literature and video games of the "Star Wars" expanded universe. Replicas, toys and other depictions of the ships have been released by several merchandise companies.
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Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game is a role-playing game set in the "Star Wars" universe, written and published by West End Games (WEG) between 1987 and 1999. The game system was slightly modified and rereleased in 2004 as "D6 Space", which used a generic space opera setting. An unrelated "Star Wars" RPG was published by Wizards of the Coast from 2000 to 2010. Since 2012 the official "Star Wars" role-playing game is another unrelated game, published by Fantasy Flight Games.
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Space Corps (Star Corps) Space Corps, also colloquially referred to as the "Star Corps" ("Red Dwarf 1996 Log Book"), "Space Federation" ("") and the "Star Fleet" ("Last Human" and ""), is the umbrella organization which regulated all interplanetary and interstellar space flight to and from Earth, from the British science fiction sitcom "Red Dwarf." They were responsible for the creation of spaceships, the colonisation of the Galaxy, and the introduction of holograms, GELFs and artificial intelligences such as mechanoids and Simulants throughout the Galaxy. The Space Corps is somewhat analogous to "Star Trek"’s Starfleet and is responsible for the administrative organisation of all space travel in the "Red Dwarf" Universe.
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Os Trapalhões na Guerra dos Planetas Os Trapalhões na Guerra dos Planetas (lit: "The Bunglers in the War of the Planets") is a 1978 Brazilian comedy film directed by Adriano Stuart. It is the thirteenth film of the Brazilian comedy group Os Trapalhões, starring Renato Aragão, Manfried Sant'Anna, Antonio Carlos, and Mauro Faccio. The film is a parody of the George Lucas's "Star Wars" franchise. Outside of Brazil, mainly in English-speaking countries, this film is known by the suggestive title of Brazilian Star Wars.
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Downbelow (fictional planet) Downbelow (also known as Pell's World) is a fictional planet in American science fiction and fantasy author C. J. Cherryh's Alliance-Union universe. It was the first planet discovered by humans with an advanced ecosystem and, more significantly, intelligent extraterrestrial life in the form of the Hisa. Pell Station, a space station prominent in this universe, orbits the planet.
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Star Wars Miniatures Star Wars Miniatures is a 34mm scale collectible miniatures tabletop game based on the "Star Wars" fictional universe that was produced by Wizards of the Coast. The game was originally released in September 2004 and continued production until May 2010. "Star Wars Miniatures" players build point-based squads from one of ten different in-universe factions then conduct battles between those squads. The game mechanics are a simplified version of the d20 roleplaying game system. Multiple maps, scenarios, and set themes from different settings and time periods from within the Star Wars universe are available.