Chewbacca and han solo visit kashyyyk, chewbaccas homeworld, to celebrate life day. Tony award winner and oscar nominated diahann carroll as a singing holographic prostitute who. It stars the main cast of the original star wars and introduces the character of boba fett, who appeared in. In the summer of 1978, bruce vilanch had a bad feeling about the star wars television special hed been hired to write. The star wars holiday special merry christmas and may the force be with us, everyone. The 100 dumbest events in television history, ranked the holiday special at number one, calling it the worst two hours of television ever. So, producing the star wars holiday special find part 1 above, part 2 here was a nobrainer. If theres any doubt that revenge of the sith is indeed the last star wars picture, lucasfilms longdelayed and neverawaited release of the infamous star wars holiday special on dvd should lay them to rest. Update 122415 it looks like disney took down the video mentioned in this article even though it had been on youtube close to a year.
It aired only once and had the stars of the movie headed back to chewbaccas home planet. Harrison ford, as han solo of star wars fame chats with carrie fisher nov. The star wars holiday special wasnt the worst thing to. With all the hype of this weekends box office record breaker star wars. To celebrate the christmas season and the last jedi landing in theaters this week, christophe haubursin and mac schneider of vox created a video where they explain the 1978 star wars holiday special and explore how it accidentally helped shape the star wars universe a long time ago in living rooms across the us, a bizarre 98minute star warsthemed variety show aired on cbs to an.
Youd have to travel back to the giddy days of 1978 and the notorious star wars holiday special to find another component of the star wars universe as alternately mocked and reviled as jar jar binks, that so nakedly set out to entertain small children and sell toys at the expense of the franchises underlying seriousness and ambitions to. Coming hot off the heels of the blockbuster smash star wars. And as the christmas season is upon us, christophe haubursin and mac schneider of vox created a video to explain how the star wars holiday special, which was released back in 1978, has. Star wars holiday special 1978 with commercials travis moss. The lead role of the mandalorian will be played by the narcosfame pedro pascal, making the show one of the muchawaited shows of the streaming service. Its easy enough to imagine the sense of excitement when, on friday 17 november 1978, cbs broadcast the. The star wars holiday special everything you never.
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on youtube. The film is basically a series of events, wrapped around a boring story about chewbaccas family awaiting his return home for an unexplained holiday called life day. And nothing kicks off a memorable life day quite so much as watching the legendary star wars holiday special receive a fully deserved rifftrax parody treatment. The 1978 star wars holiday special explained hypebeast. Bb8 tries to make it home for droid day in a spoof of the original 1978 star wars holiday special, and its just as awful as youd hope.
A good quality version of a classic put together from a few of different sources. Shepard smith, a news anchor for the fox news channel, referred to it as a 70s train wreck, combining the worst of star wars with the utter worst of variety television. You may be thinking it cant be that bad, but i can assure you that i have sat through some painfully slow. And now were celebrating the 41st anniversary of a show that was intended to be forgotten and. Just updated today may 25, 2018 to get rogue one and solo in the right order and add episode 9. The star wars holiday special is a twohour television special broadcast on november 17, 1978 on cbs. Despite george lucas avowed loathing of the project, however, bootlegs are traded avidly by star wars fans eager to see the first appearance of bounty hunter boba fett in an 11minute animated. But some mcu and star wars fans noticed certain glaring. Your sleeping bag gets wet and your shoes get wet and your food gets wet and theres a stream running through the middle of your tent. Lets do the time warp today and revisit the nots0golden age of american television. Star wars holiday special, the 1978 nice copy youtube. Its easily 100% better than the last jedi and is one of the most enjoyable star wars experiences out there and i love it. The twohour show takes you inside the domestic world of chewbacca and his family his father itchy, his.
Already the first indications of a new star wars film, the empire strikes back, were public knowledge, so this holiday special just had to be built along the same production values as the films. Holiday special jan 01, 2020 i recently spoke about how, in my opinion at least, attack of the clones is the worst theatrically released star wars of all time. But theres another star wars holiday tradition you should be keeping. The fans are waiting to take a first glance at the stars performance as a bounty hunter. Which level of canonicity does the star wars holiday.
Star wars holiday special was so bad, george lucas wont. Broadcast once and only once on november 17, 1978, on cbs the star wars holiday special has never received an official video or dvd release. Long, long ago 40 years, to be precise the star wars holiday special brought george lucass far, far away galaxy out of movie theaters and into living rooms for the very first time. Panned frozen short heads to abc after being dropped from coco the only redeeming quality of the 1978 star wars christmas special over time has been the. Just updated today may 26, 2018 to add the ewok movies and revelations, and to add the genres and ratings. How to watch the star wars holiday special free on roku. The success of a new hope led to a tv spinoff in 1978, with the star wars holiday special.
The star wars holiday special is a 1978 american television special set in the universe of the star wars sciencefiction media franchise. The studio released a ridiculous list of every single title available on november 12th. The most disturbing moments of the star wars holiday special duration. The show only aired once, on november 17, 1978, but did. Along the way, they are pursued by the agents of the galactic empire who are searching for rebels on the planet. So as an early christmas gift to all of the indie film hustlers and star wars fans out there i decide to give a home to the infamous 1978 star wars holiday special on indie film hustle i have to admit i have never been able to watch it all the way through, its just too painful. Yes, its time for holiday specials and, as geeks, theres one that stands out to us more than any other. But not every television special sticks the landing, which brings us to the star wars holiday special, which originally aired on november 17, 1978. Anyone who says the star wars holiday special 1978 is better than the prequel trilogy has not seen the star wars holiday special. November 17, 1978 is a date that a lot of scifi fans would like to forget ever existed. The holiday special itself is one of the most cringey, awful, stomach churning, vomit inducing, terrible no good unredeemable pieces of hot garbage ever.
Thanks to bootlegs and youtube see below, the curiosity from a long time ago lives on. There will be another star wars trilogy after the last. The star wars holiday special complete movie update. The force awakens, it might be time to watch what is considered by some including star wars creator george lucas as the worst star wars film ever, the made for tv star wars holiday special.
Its where you think its going to be campy but it rains and rains and rains. Just updated june 5, 2018 to put a note on revelations that says unofficial, and to put solo. Disney decided to individually tweet out all of these titles on twitter, one at a time, in a massive thread, clogging up newsfeeds all over the world. Though the technical details of this platinum edition are excellent, the embarrassing nature of the material gives this release a reek of desperation, as though lucas wanted to squeeze. Star wars holiday special 1978 with commercials youtube. A notsofond look back at the star wars holiday special. Watch the star wars 7 holiday special spoof starring bb8. The star wars holiday special wasnt the worst thing to come from 1978 today, in case you hadnt heard, marks the 36th anniversary of the star wars holiday special airing on cbs.
This was mid1978, probably when the actual holiday special footage was being recorded. A veteran of the comedy wars who has since written material for 16 oscar. Attack of the clones star wars little golden book download med srk. Making time to watch the star wars holiday special, a famously atrocious piece.
For it is on that day that the star wars holiday special was born. But it turned out to be terrible and became so infamous that. The star wars holiday special 1978 animated cartoon special. Due to some issues, the music at the end of the presentation has been edited out by youtube. In depth information about the star wars holiday special, produced by nelvana limited, 20th century fox, lucasfilm ltd. Just when you thought things couldnt get any worse, check out the donnie and marie star wars special. Star wars movie series in chronological order imdb. Did you know that the very first star wars spin off was a holiday special. The star wars holiday special 1978 david acomba, steve. The star wars holiday special is technically in the star wars canon, which means that the events depicted are part of the greater continuity that includes the other films, novels, comic books, video games, etc. Say the words the star wars holiday special around a group of geeks, and youll most likely be met with guttural groans and a lot of glares.
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