The Very Secret Origin of Darth Tyrannus

Many of you may know of the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special (1978), if only because it was the first appearance of Boba Fett, the badass who showed up in the second movie of the classic trilogy. (The less said about the rest of the variety hour, including Carrie Fisher's singing, the better. Suffice to say that George Lucas has said that he would like to hunt down and destroy every copy of this embarassing thing.)

What you probably do not know - for I myself was unaware of it until this evening - is that Count Dooku aka Darth Tyrannus, the badass who showed up in the second movie of the prequel trilogy, had his first appearance in the OTHER holiday special...

Read, if you dare.

(More proof that Lucas never throws anything away, no matter how silly and non-canon. Ask me about the Boonta Speeder Race (DROIDS, 1986).)