The Star Wars Holiday Special

1978 "A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away..."
2.2| 1h37m| PG| en
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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!

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LastingAware The greatest movie ever!
MonsterPerfect Good idea lost in the noise
AutCuddly Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,
Billie Morin This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows
mgaman There's not really much to say about this movie other than that it is exactly what you should expect from a cheesy holiday special. I mean it is awful, like it makes very little sense if any. A good portion is just Wookiee's making Wookie noises with no subtitles telling you what they are saying and they literally put a whole "how to" video in the special. It's ridiculous, but if you haven't seen it, you should see it. It's worth watching for the experience, if you can get your hands on it.
judemom This is so hilariously bad i love it just sit down and watch it with friend's and you will have the best time of your life that is all you need to know.
djwindred This is the biggest disgrace in movie history. Everything about this film is bad. This movie is so bad I can not rate anything else 1 star because of this movie.
danielemerson Guest stars: Bea 'Golden Girls' Arthur, comedian Art Carney, Jefferson 'not as good as they used to be' Starship and Harvey 'Blazing Saddles' Korman. Korman plays three characters - a 4-armed female TV chef, a barfly who drinks through the top of his head and a malfunctioning computer help file.Warning: 99% of the dialogue in the first 10-15 minutes is pure, unsubtitled Wookie. Stick with it if you can... even if it isn't worth it. Luke, Leia and the droids phone in short interludes, if only to explain what the hell is going on (and so slowly).Art Carney plays either a shopkeeper or a pornographer. Or both. Whatever he is, his 'Life Day' present to Ol' Dirty Grandpa Wookie seems a bit fruity at first, but then turns into a tame musical number. By the way, Grandpa is called Itchy, and can beat Robert DeNiro in doing that bottom lip thing any day of the week.When Bea Arthur (as the landlady of the cantina) gets her musical spot (not remotely connected to the rest of the film), it all goes a bit Weimar. Actually, she's not bad, given the material.Han Solo and Chewbacca do eventually appear. Mild jeopardy ensues. By this time Harrison Ford looks like he has lost the will to live.Towards the end there's the quasi-mystical 'Life Day' bit that doesn't really make any sense, but at least tells you that the show is almost over. The more expensive cast members actually make an appearance on-set instead of their earlier phoned-in segments.Princess Leia sermonises... and then sings. It doesn't go well. Somewhere a long long way away in England, Alec Guinness looked at his bank account and felt bloody lucky he didn't have to be in this.Decidedly odd. And remarkably bad. However, no Ewoks and no Jar Jar Binks, which is a plus, although there is a baby Wookie called 'Lumpy', who even PETA would have enthusiastically hunted and shot.