The sad thing is, I found this, back in 1978, immensely more entertaining than I have any of the movies since the end of the first trilogy.
A Very Special Star Wars Christmas
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
What? More than the Ewok movies? You Philistine! 😉
Rifftrax has taken their shot at the movie for those interested.
https://www.rifftrax.com/the-star-wars-holiday-special
And the RedLetterMedia guys (of Plinkett review fame), did TWO reviews. One, a long gag where they kept dodging talking about the film.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CtUd0yuYN4
And the other, actually talking about it.
https://youtu.be/xW4m0oYK0WQ
According to SFDebris, when he was doing his video essay on the “making of” Star Wars, the Holiday Special flopped so hard, it woke George up to the dangers of getting lazy with his property, and it convinced him to really buckle down and make sure Empire Strikes Back was as good as possible.
So in a way, the Holiday Special is responsible for one of the greatest movies of all time.
the Holiday Special flopped so hard,
Which was quite an accomplishment considering how much drek ended up on television in the Seventies.
Still one of the low television moments of my childhood. I think it was the gap between expectations in the pre-VCR era (Wow! Another Star Wars movie!) and what it was (the Star Wars Holiday Special).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCRv9Pa16GA
I find your lack of Christmas cheer….crrrrrrrrr… disturbing.
– Darth Vader
smh
Never saw it. Based on these reviews and comments, that seems to be a good thing. Sometimes you just get lucky. 😁
I think you had to be there to understand just what a variety show was. You didn’t have expectations of something that would be preserved for 45 years. It was supposed to be a bit better than the Tonight Show without the interviews.
I had no idea that this even existed. I am not certain that I am a better person for knowing it.