Sat Nov 17, 2007 3:57PM1 comment ›
Sat Nov 17, 2007 — by Shira Gregory
Happy Life Day, Star Wars fans!
A Life Day that will live in infamy
Today in 1978 was the one and only time the Star Wars Holiday Special aired on CBS. Why just that one time, you might ask? Doesn't a trip with Han Solo and Chewbacca to Chewie's home planet sound like it would be on syndication forever? In it, Solo hangs out with Chewie's family, while they are being pursued by the Galactic Empire. Somehow the whole visiting of family made sense in the realm of the Holiday season, but maybe it hit a little too close to home for people who have to drink a lot in order to be around their hairy in-laws who yell a lot, don't make too much sense, thump their chests and if pushed, rip people's arms out of their sockets. I don't know about Wookies but that sure sounds a lot like how my in-laws behave.
Actually, that's just the least of the sins of this show. We're going to expose you to a truncated version of the show, and we'll see how much of your sanity remains intact afterwards:
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Vinnie Bartilucci (3:50 PM on Sun Nov 18, 2007)
Hello, my name is Vinnie and I own a copy of the Star Wars Holiday Special.
It's a train wreck, it's a classic example of good intentions leading...well you know.
It had everything a holiday special of the day did - popular TV stars in cameo roles, illogcal music and LOTS of stock footage from the film.
But there's one MAJOR thing that people forget - this show featured the first appearance of Boba Fett. In an animated sequence (by Nelvana) watched by Lumpy (go ahead, shake your head, we all do...), we see Boba Fett meet up with the droids, only to be revealed as reporting to Vader. Never got continued, never got referenced in any other place, but it was pretty damn good.
Combined with Meco's Star Wars Holiday Album, they are the two greatest misfires in Star Wars histories...and I'm INCLUDING Jar Jar.
For more... http://www.starwarsholidayspecial.com/