I have spoken before about the horrifying experience that is the Star Wars Holiday Special.
This was aired ONCE in 1978 and Lucas has tried his hardest ever since to pretend it never happened. I would try to as well, but it just might not happen that way. Mostly because I keep showing it to people so they can hold Star Wars in a new light and stop whining about how bad the prequels were (they are not as good as the Original Trilogy, but I dont hate them) and once they are forced to sit through this gem, everything else just looks like a masterpiece.
I brought up this topic earlier this month in time for its 30th Anniversary Celebration which also marks the first time a Lucasfilm employee admitted it existed and kept his job.
However, while surfing around today I discovered that someone had the patience and endurance to upload the whole damned thing to google video, so for those of you who wanted to see it for what it is… I give you the Star Wars Holiday Special!
This copy even has the original commercials that aired with the show, so there is a little bit of nostalgia when ads for Alice, 60 Minutes, and All in the Family come on.
I have always contested that every true Star Wars fan should have to sit through this thing at least once. So this is my public service offering to you.
Merry Christmas and have a Happy Life Day!
Ok I admit the animation that introduced Boba Fett was the redeeming factor.
lol this is bad!!
My best friend took the virginity of a girl who looked like Chewie’s wife.
Ah, here it is:
http://www.themovieblog.com/2003/11/the-worst-christmas-movie-ever-period
Yo Rodney.
I wrote a review for this years back. Scope the archives, it’s in there somewhere if you want to spare yourself the effort of talking about it anymore… I’ll see if I can find it…
This is a better movie than DragonBall will be!
0.0 o m g …
but the animation with Boba-Fett was awesome :) n that rock band lol. well … life goes on.
Don’t know what you’re talking about. Works perfectly fine for me.
aah, i was half way through the debacle when it stopped and said it was no lobger available. Lucas?
This is really nice, better than any prequel, you people don’t know how to appreciate the true beauty of cinema. They should’ve released this in the theaters along with the other films.
Come on, you’re all lying if you say the Bea Arthur singing doesn’t rock the batter. That and Jefferson Starship, gives me goosebumps just thinking about it.
OH THE HUMANITY!!! I would rather sit through the Prequels than this again
“it’s better than all the prequels combined.”
I normally am not one to insult other people, but you sir, arr a fucking idiot if you think the PT is worse then this.
Then again, some people will use any ammo at all to bash the PT with.
That is just so cruel posting that….
Maybe they should make a 2008 Christmas special so we can meet Jar Jar’s family… then again… perhaps not.
@ Rodney
Haha, np… I was not serious anyway. :D
And to continue the Star Wars Christmas theme, I recommend everybody to go here: http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Carbonite-Christmas-Statue/dp/B001BARLOQ/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1229638314&sr=8-1
Your Christmas will not be complete without the Boba Fett Christmas statue.
i remember falling asleep for most of this when i was a kid. but the cartoon and the part when han and chewie get home and defeat the empire i remember, even the ending with the procession for life day.
it put me to sleep as easily as the procession in fantasia too. it’s like a defense mechanism i guess.
anyway you slice it, the SWHS is right back to awesome it’s so bad. for that reason alone, it’s better than all the prequels combined.
i especially like the tobor commercial. (if this is the same copy as mine).
@beejag
i was probably 8-9 years old when this came out, i vaguely remember watching it but i’m sure that i was just pleased seeing my SW heroes on tv and not having to drag my mom and dad to the theater. for me i took anything sci-fi, for example battlestar galactica and buck rogers, space 1999, i remember loving logan’s run even though that was a movie.
It’s so much fun in slices, very very small slices.
Ahhh…this takes me back! Sure it ain’t that great, but you gotta understand in the 80’s STAR WARS was GOD!!! This was THE event when it hit the tube.
Remember, those crappy stop-animation kid flicks are equally bad…but OH SO GOOD!
Ok, the Boba Fett part has merit (and is his first appearance) but the rest doesn’t (despite being Canon)
Ewok Adventures is available on DVD. I wont post links to copyright material in its entirety
This production is not available in any other media, so I didn’t feel bad posting it.
Sorry!
Can you post a link to the Ewok adventure movies next? :D
“Unfortunately, NONE of this Holiday Special has any merit…”
Really? The introduction of Boba Fett has no merit? Granted, what’s wrapped around it is utter crap, but it’s not like that animated section is the worst Star Wars feature ever produced.
“Come on, lets see a little smile…”
my god this was horrible, I can’t even begin to imagine what it must have been like being a kid around this time and being excited to see this… “film”
i barely remember seeing this as a kid, i’m going to have to sit and watch this with my kids.
I agree Slushie… hyperbole has reached an ineffective quality when everyone uses the worst possible comparisons to bash something they didn’t like as much as something else.
I was wondering how long it was going to take for one of those bandwagonners to throw out a “this isnt as bad as Episode 1” line, and seconds later I had my answer.
You don’t have to like the prequels, but that doesnt mean they were the worst thing ever. They work. Even if you dont like the movies, you have to admit that much. They have their flaws, but they still have their merit as well.
Unfortunately, NONE of this Holiday Special has any merit… and for the record… its all considered to be Canon.
thanks for posting this rodney, i know its terrible, but im gonna force myself to sit through all of this now
I have to laugh at all the morons that claim that the PT is just as bad as this.
Antonio, you have qualified yourself as one of the aforementioned whiners.
Also, keep in mind this movie came out right after Star Wars IV A New Hope, so this has NO bearing on the prequel trilogies whatsoever.
In fact, two of the much loved sequels happened within a decade of this being created. It wasn’t until 20 years later that the prequels were even considered.
Then it just became popular to cuss at Star Wars like you never loved it at all. Damn that Lucas for making something without checking with you first.
Man….
How can people watch this and then be surprised the new trilogy sucked ass. Fuck Star Wars. There. I’ve said it.