- "It was a very significant time for us. For us to be associated with people such as George [Lucas] was good for everybody. It made us feel like we were part of the industry. Also, from the outside, I'm sure people looking at the company were impressed, so I think it was very important that we made those kinds of connections. It certainly helped us in the early days."
- ―Nelvana co-founder Clive Smith
Nelvana Inc. is a Canadian animation company who produced the animated segment for The Star Wars Holiday Special in 1978, and produced the Droids and Ewoks animated series from 1985 to 1987. Steve Chadwick worked as production assistant for these two series.
Nelvana is also known for the feature length animated film Rock & Rule which was referenced in an image in the RPG article Star Wars Droids: The Adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO from Polyhedron 170.
The planet of Nelvaan was named for the company.
Both Darth Vader's TIE Advanced x1, an Imperial-class Star Destroyer, and the Millennium Falcon make brief cameos in the 1979 Nelvanamation special Romie-0 and Julie-8.
Sources[]
"Boba Fett: Mystery Man in Not-So-Shining Armor" — Star Wars Galaxy Magazine 1- "A Star Wars CELibration" — Star Wars Insider 27
- "A State of Nelvana" — Star Wars Insider 73
Notes and references[]
- Another Nelvana series, Inspector Gadget (co-produced with DiC Entertainment), used some of Ben Burtt's Star Wars sound effects in the first season.
