The Star Wars Holiday Special

1978

1h 37m

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3.4/10

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Luke Skywalker and Han Solo battle evil Imperial forces to help Chewbacca reach his imperiled family on the Wookiee planet - in time for Life Day, their most important day of the year!

Directors

Steve Binder

Writers

Leonard Ripps(writer by)

Mitzie Welch(writer by)

Bruce Vilanch(writer by)

Stars

Peter Mayhew

Mark Hamill

Carrie Fisher

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Chewbacca

Luke Skywalker

Princess Leia Organa

Han Solo

C-3PO

Darth Vader (voice)

Ackmena

Saun Dann

Holographic Band Member

Diahann Carroll

Mermeia

David Freiberg

Holographic Band Singer

Marty Balin

Holographic Band Singer

Craig Chaquico

Holographic Band Member

John Barbata

Holographic Band Member

Chef Gormaanda …

Malla

Itchy

Lumpy

Directors

Steve Binder

Writers

Leonard Ripps(writer by)

Mitzie Welch(writer by)

Bruce Vilanch(writer by)

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What were they even thinking? Astonishingly bad, and not even in a humorous way either. After watching and, all in all, enjoying the main films from the <em>'Star Wars'</em> franchise, I thought I'd check out the many spin-off films. <em>'The Star Wars Holiday Special'</em> makes for quite the start! I had heard bits and pieces about this down the years and those bits and pieces were usually pretty derogatory and now I can see why; it's far worse than I was anticipating though. The worst thing is that it doesn't even try to be silly and stupid, if actually attempts to be sincere and meaningful. It's utterly dire, from start to finish. No idea how they roped Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher into this, you gotta especially feel for Fisher given that end scene... wow. I wish it was 'so bad it's good' so it could've been ironically fun to watch, but it's the furthest thing from that.

r96sk06 Feb, 2021