Star Wars: Holiday Special

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Star Wars: Holiday Special

1978

1h 37m

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Brad Newsome

Sydney Morning Herald

03/25/2020

Yes, it features Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford, but nobody who saw this kitschy TV abomination back in 1978 was surprised that George Lucas wanted it erased from human memory.

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Gail Williams

The Hollywood Reporter

10/03/2015

If the prospect of a two-hour Star Wars Holiday Special conjured up visions of "May the force be with you" repeated ad nauseam in your head, this show on CBS was a welcome surprise.

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Daniel Kraus

Salon.com

08/13/2008

Yes, it was that unprecedented. Yes, it was that bad.

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Carson Timar

ButteredPopcorn

08/28/2022

F

A complete miscalculation on what will interest and entertain the consumer, there isn't a single reason why one should give the film the time of day and truly it does deserve to be lost how it has been.

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Alan French

Sunshine State Cineplex

12/25/2019

.5/4

You will curse god for this show's mere existence.

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Shaun Munro

Flickering Myth

12/21/2019

2/5

The Star Wars Holiday Special is a work of such baffling insanity that every Star Wars fan deserves to watch it once - but probably only once.

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Brian W

@RT40197087 11h

The 1 star is for the cartoon short "The Faithful Wookiee". On its own the cartoon would be 3 stars. On its own the rest of the Holiday Special would be 0 stars.

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S D

@RT66170397 May 6

One of the movies of all time. Every scene literally looked. The acting was in the film and so was the cinematography and editing.

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Tyler S

@tylerking24 Feb 24

It's actually quite hilarious how bad that was. And why did Luke look like the mysterious 5th Beatle?

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Liam D

@Mediawatcher2003 Dec 20

Considering by fans, cast and crew alike to be one of the worst thing to come out of the Star Wars universe and now after watching it myself hearing about it for years it is; Baffling, Boring, Awful and unintentionally hilarious all at once

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Kath S

@RT29122855 Dec 17

I don't know what to say. It's...umm....ummm...

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Aaron Z.

@AaronZ127 Oct 18

Don’t Watch This! Awful script, awful humor, mostly awful songs (Bea Arthur’s song is not bad, and Jefferson Starship’s song is decent), overall awful special.

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Steven D. Binder

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Mark Hamill

Luke Skywalker

Harrison Ford

Han Solo

Carrie Fisher

Princess Leia

Anthony Daniels

C-3PO

Peter Mayhew

Chewbacca

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Director: Steven D. Binder
Release Date (TV): Nov 17, 1978
Runtime: 1h 37m