The Star Wars Holiday Special is not only the worst holiday specials, but the worst thing to be associated with Star Wars. It only aired once in 1978, and George Lucas is trying to make sure that this special is never seen, yet Howard the Duck and Jar Jar is okay. This special somehow got most of the cast ( I guess they were under contract), as well as guest stars like Art Carney, Harvey Korman, and Bea Arthur.
The special revolves around a wookie holiday named Life Day, which is never explained, and Chewy trying to get home to celebrate it with his family which is never seen again after this special. Most of special focuses on the family, which is gets incredably annoying, because all they do is growl. You don't even know what they're saying because there are no subtiles. Also there are a lot of pointless cutaways to things that have little to nothing to do with the story (such as it is). They include a cooking show, a circus act, a weird VR sex fantasy, a Jefferson Starship video, a Star Wars cartoon which was the 1st appearence of Boba Fett, an instructional video, and a look at a Tatoonie bar with Bea Arthur as the bartender.
This special was very hard to get through, I couldn't watch it all at once, so I watched it in parts. Bottom line it's no wonder George Lucas is ashamed of this, it's the worst thing to ever that have the Star Wars name. There is nothing remotely entertaining about this special, not even a so bad it's good quality to it. I give it a 1/5.
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