The STAR WARS Holiday Special (1978)

2024-05-20

You really wish you could go back and see look the faces of everyone who watched “THE STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL” on November 17th, 1978 on CBS. The viewership for it had to be insane for network television in 1978 especially with the STAR WARS fever that was going around like a Wampa STD. In this strange piece of franchise history we get a whole family of Wookiees with the worst names you imagine, Art Carney as an intergalactic trader, Bea Arthur running the Mos Eisley Cantina, the world’s introduction to Boba Fett, a Wookiee fetish machine, an original song by Jefferson Starship, Luke Skywalker wearing eyeliner, Princess Leia singing and the most affectionate Han Solo you will ever see. There may have been something between Han and Mala, Chewbacca’s wife. You could feel the sexual tension. Drugs give us so many ups and downs and drugs definitely gave us this. It was almost universally panned because it was insanely weird. You couldn’t believe that this was playing in the universe of one of the biggest films of all time. Yes, it is profoundly weird but not repulsive. Maybe even a little hypnotic and that Lumpy kid? He’s an adorable little scamp. I’m sure Itchy will grow on you over time. It’s LIFE DAY and we’re re-canonizing this notorious piece of television history and placing it right back into the continuity where it belongs. It’s the first of the MADE-FOR-TV STAR WARS TRILOGY, alongside the Ewok movies, that we will be discussing for May’s movie theme we’re calling FORCED. So pick up the nearest Wookiee child into your arms and join us for a celebration. You’re goddamn right we have a link for this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hH8rxarVG8

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