Star Wars Christmas Special “The worst 2 hrs in TV history”

[Mr Jiggyfly]

Just in time for the holidays!

An adventure in a galaxy far, far away with Luke, Han, Chewy... his dad Itchy... uh Bea Arthur?.. and the funkadelic sounds of Jefferson Starship...

The Star Wars Holiday Special



"I'm not convinced the special wasn't ultimately written and directed by a sentient bag of cocaine." - Nathan Rabin

“This is the worst two hours of television I have ever seen” - David Hofstede

“You will curse God for this shows mere existence” - Alan French

“A turd” - Anthony Daniels

The special from 1978 really didn't have much to do with us, you know. I can't remember what network it was on, but it was a thing that they did. We kind of let them do it. It was done by... I can't even remember who the group was, but they were variety TV guys. We let them use the characters and stuff and that probably wasn't the smartest thing to do, but you learn from those experiences - Lucas

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[Beau Knows]

You expect it to be so bad it's funny, but it's just incredibly boring.

It's hardly even a blemish on the franchise now though, since there's been so many bad Star Wars movies, games, books, etc.

 

[kook10]

You expect it to be so bad it's funny, but it's just incredibly boring.

It's hardly even a blemish on the franchise now though, since there's been so many bad Star Wars movies, games, books, etc.

I was hoping for funny bad too... it is no Paul Lynde Halloween Special

 

[Osprey]

The special from 1978 really didn't have much to do with us, you know. I can't remember what network it was on, but it was a thing that they did. We kind of let them do it. It was done by... I can't even remember who the group was, but they were variety TV guys. We let them use the characters and stuff and that probably wasn't the smartest thing to do, but you learn from those experiences - Lucas

Lucas learned from that experience that, if you want your franchise desecrated, you should do it yourself.

It's hardly even a blemish on the franchise now though, since there's been so many bad Star Wars movies, games, books, etc.

The other day, I was toying with the idea of making a poll to ask which is worse: The Star Wars Holiday Special or The Rise of Skywalker. I, personally, would gladly watch the special again instead of TLJ or TRoS. As awful as it is, it's not something that I want to forget exists like those two.

 

[HanSolo]

Sentient bag of cocaine did it for me.

 

[Beau Knows]

The other day, I was toying with the idea of making a poll to ask which is worse: The Star Wars Holiday Special or The Rise of Skywalker. I, personally, would gladly watch the special again instead of TLJ or TRoS. As awful as it is, it's not something that I want to forget exists like those two.

RoS is a horrible movie, but it's obviously not as a bad as The Holiday Special.

 

[Osprey]

RoS is a horrible movie, but it's obviously not as a bad as The Holiday Special.

Objectively, yes, but I'm not talking about that. Citizen Kane is objectively better than Monty Python and the Holy Grail, but, given the choice of which to watch, I'd go with the latter.

 

[Jumptheshark]

anyone who says the 3 prequels were bad--never saw this.'

The fact Lucas has gone to great lengths to get rid of the film is evidence of how bad it is

He was once asked if he thought about going back and editing it to make it better? HE said responded "next question"

But nothing tops Harrison Ford's comment on why he did the movie "I learned to read contracts better from then on"

 

[TNT87]

I remember watching this as a child. Me and my one friend would bring this up every now and then as we tried to remember details about it. Found it on YT last year and was amazed how bizarre it was. lol

 

[Mr Jiggyfly]

I remember watching this as a child. Me and my one friend would bring this up every now and then as we tried to remember details about it. Found it on YT last year and was amazed how bizarre it was. lol

Ya it was creepy as hell. I had to skim through it to get to the good stuff, like Bea Arthur.

Now Battle For Endor and the Caravan of Courage look like masterpieces.

 

[MadDevil]

It is kind of funny though how many nods to the Holiday Special there are in The Mandalorian.

 

[CaptainCrunch67]

To me there were some sheer moments of brilliance in that, and I still have a copy of it, that I moved over to DVD.

A clearly stoned Carrie Fisher putting words to the Star Wars theme
Chewbacca's grandpa watching porn in the living room.
The introduction of the Fett.
The terrible dubbing of Darth Vader
Harrison Ford looking like he wanted to be anywhere but there.
Luke doing book keeping for the Rebels, telling Chewie's wife to turn that frown upside down.

 

[Cush]

The only way to watch it:

 

[Eisen]

Not true. It's just a tad over one and a half hours.

 

[Hasbro]

The only way to watch it:

What makes it even better is the vintage commercials that they make fun of.

Stupid random memory I have no idea why it got stored: I saw an episode of Flying High back in the day.

 

[KallioWeHardlyKnewYe]

Sentient bag of cocaine did it for me.

I WISH a sentient bag of cocaine made this! That actually sounds fun.

When I finally got a chance to see this I was shocked at how boring it is.

 

[Roo Returns]

My friend got a copy from Midtown Comics in NYC in the mid-1990s. It was taped off a channel in Baltimore and had all these cool local commercials which probably added to the charm of watching it.

It was bad but it wasn't so offensive. Just dumb and something they tried.

It's fun to talk about with coworkers or people you meet at parties who are familiar with it and you can have a few hah hahs.

Showing the Bea Arthur clips to people who only know her from Golden Girls or Maude is always fun. It's like showing Kurtwood Smith in RoboCop or Star Trek VI to people who only know his as Red from That 70s Show.

It was bad far from the worst two hours of television ever. Anything after Season two of Heroes, Hallmark Channel, Lethal Weapon TV Series, The Flash Season 3, Girls, Sex In The City....all offend me more than the SWHS.