Star Wars Holiday Special (oh, boy)

Because I am writing the review of Star Wars Ep1, I found some clips from the terrible Star Wars Holiday Special.

And the best line actually comes from Lucas, "if I had the time and a sledgehammer, I would track down every bootlegged copy of that program and smash it." I find strange because it was Lucas who gave away the rights to the production company that was responsible for the un-holy mess. He oversaw this production.

Star Wars Holiday Special cartoon

The artwork is pretty bad, Han Solo being the worst. But, the actors from the movies do reprise their roles in this cartoon short and this is the first appearance of Boba Fett. The storyline is also pretty bad. I have to wonder if Lucas had to pay the Star Trek people for using their 'Captain's Log'.

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Princess Leia sings in the Star Wars Holiday Special

This crap is just bad; Leia lines and singing are just bad. Her speech is beyond bad. Han Solo looks pissed throughout this whole scene. This is why the 70s sucked.

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Star Wars Holiday Special Cantina Scene

Beatrice Arthur is the barkeep (Golden Girls), and she sings a song! This is probably the reason Lucas wants no one to see this Special. BTW, Bee Arthur also showed up in an episode of Star Trek Voyager (voice only). She was the other Caretaker.

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Here's another clip for good measure

This one has Han Solo killing a Stormtrooper by tricking him into jumping off some stairs, and Han doesn't shoot him. That’s just lame. Also, tricking the Empire Commander into thinking that the dead troop stole supplies and ran for the hills is also lame.

Who wrote this mess?

Pictures from http://www.badmovies.org/movies/swhs/

Fett is gotta knock you out!

People also forget there were two SW cartoon shows, The Ewoks and Droids, both were forgettable.

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The Gameboy keeps getting smaller and smaller, and it now comes with reading glasses so you can see the damn screen.

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Luke: “Hello, my name is Luke. Today, we learned that selling out a franchise isn't always a good thing, and this Holiday Special proves it. Now you know and knowing is half the battle.”