The year was 1978. Star Wars had come out in ‘77 and was an out of control blockbuster, the biggest movie ever at the time. Not many people (even serious Star Wars nerds) know about this movie because it was never released on VHS or DVD, and never rebroadcasted except for the original airing on November 17th, 1978. Yes, the Star Wars Holiday Special is an underground gem.
Thankfully, YouTube has the whole fucking thing (of course). Here’s one of the best segments with Harrison Ford saving Chewbacca’s son Lumpy from a stormtrooper, then mingling with the whole wookie family on Life Day (wookie Xmas).
Other insanely long and pointless scenes include an elderly wookie named Itchy (Chewie’s dad) with a virtual reality helmet on watching a galactic slow jam fractal trip, Bea Arthur’s cameo (no shit) as a bartender and 1970s supergroup Jefferson Starship playing a lightsaber music video from inside what appears to be a bagel toaster.
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this would be a lot cooler if it was posted by kennedy the VJ…
08.24.10 at 10:41 am
“You might say they made it by hand, solo”
08.24.10 at 1:38 pm
wow- this internet thing is really on to something… first winnebago man, now this- soon all lame people will know everything… great.
08.24.10 at 1:43 pm
I look just like VJ Kennedy minus the Jew-fro. My favorite part is the 1978 news teaser that announces the state’s 170 million dollar budget surplus.
08.24.10 at 3:06 pm
I post at badmovies.org and the guy who runs it is a marine who got escorted out of a star wars convention for asking about this or at least whatever presentation it was. Imagine a geeky guy who works at a star wars convention manhandling a veteran of OIF
08.25.10 at 6:03 pm
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