Unidentified hologram circus

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A hologram circus that was a holo program in the galaxy. The recording featured dancers, jugglers, and tumblers along with a music track. The circus was watched by the young Myykians Jobo and Jorko on a holotable in their home on the hidden planet At Attin[2] in 9 ABY.][1]

Behind the scenes

The hologram circus first appeared in the current Star Wars canon in "This Could Be a Real Adventure", the first epiode of the live-action television series Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, which aired on Disney+ on December 2 2024.[2] The circus originally first appeared in the Legends continuity in the variety television special The Star Wars Holiday Special, released in 1978.[3]

Skeleton Crew's showrunners Jon Watts and Christopher Ford had originally thought that they could just use the clip from the Holiday Special, but the existing footage had a too low resolution and was filmed from the wrong angles, and instead they redid the entire sequence from scratch. The duo managed to find the original drawings for the costumes by Bob Mackie in the Lucasfilm Archives on Skywalker Ranch and they were reconstructed by Skeleton Crew's costume designer Louise Mingenbach. The scene was choreographed by the series' stunt coordinator Colin Follenweider[4]—who had once been a part of a circus himself.[5] Follenweider portrayed the green ringleader, while the other characters were portrayed by Jack Kalvan, Elizabeth Carpenter and Chris Silcox. Similar to the footage of the scene, the recordings of the original music were also not available in a high enough quality and no written transcriptions could be found either and instead the music was transcribed by composer Mick Giacchino, who re-recorded it with a full symphonic orchestra.[4]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of "Chapter 1: The Mandalorian" of The Mandalorian Season One to 9 ABY. In addition, SWInsider "A Certain Point of View" — Star Wars Insider 228 also dates "Part Seven: Dreams and Madness" to nine years after the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, which corresponds to 9 ABY per Timelines. "Part Seven: Dreams and Madness" takes place after the conflict on Mandalore, which is the main event depicted in "Chapter 23: The Spies" and "Chapter 24: The Return," the final two episodes of The Mandalorian Season Three. Therefore, Seasons One through Three of Star Wars: The Mandalorian must all be set in 9 ABY as well. StarWars.com SWCA 2022: 20 Highlights from Lucasfilm's Studio Showcase on StarWars.com (backup link) states that Star Wars: Skeleton Crew takes place in the same timeframe as Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Star Wars: Ahsoka—the latter of which can also be dated to 9 ABY following the reasoning here. As such, Skeleton Crew must take place around 9 ABY as well.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 SkeletonCrew-FinalLogo Star Wars: Skeleton Crew — "This Could Be a Real Adventure"
  3. ↑ The Star Wars Holiday Special
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 StarWars.com About that Circus Hologram in Star Wars: Skeleton Crew… on StarWars.com (backup link)
  5. ↑ YouTube SKELETON CREW creators Jon Watts & Chris Ford talk new Star Wars show | EXCL. ROUNDTABLE INTERVIEW on the The HoloFiles YouTube channel (November 20, 2024) (backup link)
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