The Star Wars Holiday Special

1978

Action / Adventure / Family / Musical / Sci-Fi

11
IMDb Rating 2.2/10 10 18313 18.3K

holiday talk show tree house hologram musical drunk

Plot summary

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!

Director

Steve Binder Photo
Steve Binder

Top cast

John Laughlin Photo
John Laughlin as Imperial Stormtrooper
Harrison Ford Photo
Harrison Ford as Han Solo
Leslie Schofield Photo
Leslie Schofield as Chief Bast
Mark Hamill Photo
Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker
480p.BluRay
859.54 MB
720*480
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
N/A
Seeds 60

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by CRidgeNorway 1 / 10

Truly horrible!

A film about Chewbaccas family, and their celebration of Life Day. A film so bad, it was only aired once. George Lucas has been quoted as saying: If he had the time, he would break every existing VHS-copy of this movie - it is that bad! It contains Leia singing, Chewbaccas dad watching a fantasy movie, with erotic undertones, acrobats, an animated section and a rock concert. All your favorite characters from the first movie is here - one worse than the other.The film isn't helped by the fact that much of the dialog is in Chewbaccas language.There are also many logical holes in the story, like when Chewbaccas wife calls the local tradesman on the video phone, she gets to watch a long sequence of what goes on in the shop before the tradesman suddenly notices that someone is calling.The core of the story - if you can call it a story - is that Chewbacca isn't home for Life Day in time - he is held up by fighting the Empire. This probably only takes up 5% of the movie time - most of the movie takes place in Chewbaccas home. We see what goes on with the family while they wait, with occasional brief appearances by characters from the first Star Wars movie.This is truly a horrible movie - worth watching, just to see how bad it can be done!
Reviewed by yamato71k 1 / 10

Obi-Wan said it best...

"I felt a great disturbance in The Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened." Yes, Obi-Wan, we all felt it, just moments after the closing credits began scrolling down our television screens. Personally, I've actually considered buying a used VCR and a copy of this video on E-Bay as a sure-fire cure for the occasional constipation that many of my generation suffer from, since just the thought of watching this again after 28 years makes my bowels quiver and purge. Like so many, I was a Star wars addict, and waited with great anticipation for several months after the network began hyping this sickening attempt to cash in on the Christmas-is-just- around-the corner toy market. But exactly what toys could one expect to find on the shelves that could be identified with this "Special?' Hmmmmm.....lets see. Perhaps an Art Carney or Beatrice Arthur action figure?
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