Han solo celebrates life day with the family in this television special from 1978. Mickey morton as malla and peter mayhew as chewbacca in 1978s cbs. And as the christmas season is upon us, christophe haubursin and mac schneider of vox created a video to explain how the star wars holiday special, which was released back in 1978, has. Lucasfilm has spent the intervening years doing their best to pretend it never happened. Reign 2017 tv episode myrnn says that christmas reminds him of the martian holiday life day. The original trilogy, the first two installments in the prequel trilogy, and the first installment in the sequel trilogy have also aired on network television. It aired in france on january 1, 1979, on tf1, in a shortened 72minute version, dubbed in french. Harrison ford made an appearance on the february 8, 2006, episode of late.
Star wars holiday special 1978 watch full free online. The star wars holiday special is a 1978 madefortv movie based on a story by. The bulk of the holiday special is still fully intact. The star wars holiday special complete movie update. Excluding commercials, the program ran about 90 minutes. One of chewbaccas vocalizations from the holiday special was later reused. Star wars on network television television obscurities. Did you know that the very first star wars spin off was a holiday special.
Chewbacca and han solo visit the planet to celebrate the wookiee holiday life day with his family, which includes his wife. The star wars holiday special tv movie 1978 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The star wars holiday special, as noted above, was originally aired by cbs on the fell evening of friday, november 17, 1978 coincidentally, the day before the jonestown massacre, in the usa. Up until around 1980, it was rebroadcast to a handful of scandinavian countries as well as australia, and possibly other countries, and it has not been rebroadcast since. In 1979, one year after the specials broadcast, lucasfilm published star wars. I finally got my hands on this abomination and decided to drink some beers and watch it with two of my friends. Winn mistakenly believes that he is referring to the wookiee holiday of the same name from the star wars holiday special 1978. The troubled history of the star wars holiday special. Holiday special jan 01, 2020 i recently spoke about how, in my opinion at least, attack of the clones is the worst theatrically released star wars of all time. Watching the star wars holiday special 1978 youtube. The star wars holiday special 1978 star wars holiday special is a 2hour long television special that aired on cbs on november 17, 1978. In star wars legends, life day was created for the star wars holiday special, a television variety show that was spun off of star wars, george lucass film of the previous year. The star wars holiday special everything you never.
The star wars holiday special is a twohour cbs special set in the star wars galaxy that was broadcast on november 17, 1978. Cbs aired the star wars holiday special in november 1978. Winn also mentions that princess leia sang a song to the tune of the star wars theme tune. It starred the entire original cast of star wars except for alec guinness. Generally, it falls in the ccanon in the overall star wars. Why the star wars holiday special 1978 isnt available to stream. Long ago, in a galaxy not so far away, george lucas allowed the star wars holiday special to be made. That awful star wars holiday special premiered 40 years ago this week. The story behind the 1978 star wars holiday special. The main storyline of the film transpires on the wookiee home planet of kashyyyk. Mark hamill in the star wars holiday special 1978 diahann carroll in the. Yes, this masterpiece was recorded in 60i, meaning its 60fps if correctly deinterlaced.
The star wars holiday special is a 1978 madefortv movie based on a story by george lucas. Im curious if it has been seen this way since the original broadcast in 1978 was viewed on the interlaced. Chewbacca and han solo visit kashyyyk, chewbaccas homeworld, to celebrate life day. Saun dann turns on mallas gifta music boxfor one of the officers, and.
The star wars holiday special with larry heider, episode. The holiday special coming to bluray posted by mike on april 1, 2011 as first heard on the latest episode of your weekly forcecast, the gffa on bluray looks to be expanding even further in 2011 per the latest press release from lucasfilm. The star wars holiday special tv movie 1978 full cast. Episode 9 the star wars holiday special finale duration. The 1978 star wars holiday special explained hypebeast.
The star wars holiday special made us itchy and lumpy. Mark hamill in the star wars holiday special 1978 diahann carroll in the star wars holiday. As bad as that holiday special is, i always loved the character design of boba fett in it. Already the first indications of a new star wars film, the empire strikes back, were public knowledge, so this holiday special just had to be built along the same production values as the films. Firstly introduced in an animation short in the 1978 star wars holiday special television film, boba fett made his debut as a fearsome bounty hunter in the star wars galaxy. Which level of canonicity does the star wars holiday. Lets do the time warp today and revisit the nots0golden age of american television. Along the way, they are pursued by the agents of the galactic. The star wars holiday special is a 1978 american musical science fiction television film set in the star wars galaxy. It aired only once and had the stars of the movie headed back to chewbaccas home planet. The star wars holiday special is a 1978 american television special set in the universe of the star wars sciencefiction media franchise. The star wars holiday special 1978 tv movie photo gallery.
The special was dubbed one of tvs most embarrassing failures, and the worst. Directed by steve binder, it was the first star wars spinoff film, set between the events of the original film and the empire strikes back 1980. So, producing the star wars holiday special find part 1 above, part 2 here was a nobrainer. It stars the series first films main cast while introducing the character. Kashyyyk, home of chewbacca, is readying for the life day celebration and chewbacca is trying to make it home to join the festivities.
What happened on the night of november 17, 1978 can never be fully explained, but we make our best effort in a very special. November 17, 1978 music title data, credits, and images provided by amg movie title data, credits, and poster art provided by imdb. The plot is strung together by a series of musical numbers, celebrity appearances, and other varietyshow acts, including songs and comedy routines by such. Watch the star wars holiday special episodes, get episode information, recaps and more. Found a decent copy of the star wars holiday special. In the special, han solo and his wookiee first mate chewbacca visit kashyyyk so the latter can celebrate life day with his family.
It aired in france on january 1, 1979, on tf1, in a shortened 72 minute version, dubbed in french. The star wars holiday special introduces us to chewbaccas family father itchy, wife malla, and son lumpy who live. 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. For acomba, the star wars holiday special was a long time ago and far, far away, but it does remind him of the old saying about success having many parents and failure being an orphan. Its easy enough to imagine the sense of excitement when, on friday 17 november 1978, cbs broadcast the star wars holiday special, featuring the main cast and providing lucas and brand star wars. Found a decent copy of the star wars holiday special, complete with 1978 commercials. The series features several story arcs and one hourlong special. Then came a pair of madefortv movies and two saturday morning cartoons on abc in the mid1980s. The first spinoff film produced was the star wars holiday special 1978. Anyone who says the star wars holiday special 1978 is better than the prequel trilogy has not seen the star wars holiday special.
This was mid 1978, probably when the actual holiday special footage was being recorded. The 100 dumbest events in television history, ranked the holiday special at number one, calling it the worst two hours of television ever. Its easily 100% better than the last jedi and is one of the most enjoyable star wars experiences out there and i love it. The star wars holiday special is technically in the star wars canon, which means that the events depicted are part of the greater continuity that includes the other films, novels, comic books, video games, etc. Several star wars television series have also been released. In 1984 and 1985, two liveaction films featuring the ewoks were televised in the united states and released theatrically in europe. The holiday special aired in the united states on november 17, 1978 and. To celebrate the christmas season and the last jedi landing in theaters this week, christophe haubursin and mac schneider of vox created a video where they explain the 1978 star wars holiday special and explore how it accidentally helped shape the star wars universe. Hugely anticipated, it was so poorly received that it has never been reaired. The star wars holiday special is a 1978 american television special set in the universe of the. Listen to this episode from stuff you should know on spotify.
The plot is strung together by a series of musical numbers, celebrity appearances. The holiday special itself is one of the most cringey, awful, stomach churning, vomit inducing, terrible no good unredeemable pieces of hot garbage ever. The star wars holiday special wasnt the worst thing to come from 1978 today, in case you hadnt heard, marks the 36th anniversary of the star wars holiday special airing on cbs. Star wars holiday special, the 1978 nice copy youtube. Star wars holiday special 1978 reaction video duration. Have you ever heard the tragedy of the star wars holiday special. The star wars holiday special 1978 dvd twistedanger. The star wars holiday special is a twohour television special broadcast on november 17, 1978 on cbs. The film is basically a series of events, wrapped around a boring story about chewbaccas family awaiting his return home for an unexplained holiday called life day. Remembering the infamously bad star wars holiday special.
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