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Plot: Chewie and Han Solo are trying to get home to Chewie's family, so they can celebrate Lifeday.
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I've got to see this again before giving a review. The only thing that I remember clearly is the animated segment, which introduced Boba Fett
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MCT:August 7, 2008OMG!!!! They actually have this on here? I've heard rumors George Lucas has tried to go to great lengths to destroy all memories of this everywhere LOL
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MCT:July 28, 2008
You'll have to be one hell of a forgiving 'Star Wars' fan (or at least be as blitzed out of your mind as some of the cast reportedly were) to be able to glean anything other than an epic case of nausea from this jaw-dropping cosmic abortion. Not only is it the worst thing ever to come out of George Lucas's entertainment empire (and I'm counting 'Phantom Menace' here), it's quite possibly the worst thing ever filmed. Detractors of this bizarre variety-show-gone-insane sci-fi anti-masterpiece tend to fall into two camps: devoted 'Star Wars' apologists who tenaciously cling to the mistaken notion that their beloved Lucas had little or nothing to do with it (he did), and casual viewers who stumble across it by accident - or more commonly on a drunken dare. Either way, practically nobody comes to its defense, except perhaps those who watch it as a straight-up comedy. Among the 'highlights': Chewbacca's yeti-like family engaging in their favorite passtimes, namely having crude muppet cybersex, baking 'Wookiee-ookies', and grunting; Jefferson Starship's lead singer crooning into what looks like a glowing purple dildo; a post-accident Mark Hamill, under ten pounds of plastic-like makeup, engaging in strangely flirtatious banter with Chewie's wife; Carrie Fisher, clearly off in another, chemically-induced galaxy, warbling a 'Life Day' song to the tune of the Star Wars theme music; Harrison Ford contemptuously spitting out all of his dialogue as if it's burning his tongue; and perhaps worst of all, Beatrice Arthur leading the famous Tatooine cantina in a song and dance number (jazz hands!) Oh yes, and Harvey Korman shows up as a sad sack alien who drinks egg nog through a giant hole in his head. It all sounds like more fun to watch than it actually is... between the leaden pace, the awkward pauses, the repetitive dialogue and the endless, endless Wookiee grunting, the 'Holiday Special' is more like an endurance test than something to actually be enjoyed.
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MCT:July 24, 2008This is weird. Not the movie, but my rating. I mean, if you ever watched this thing you'll be in horrible pain (ever had your childhood memories brutally ripped apart? yeah) but the entire time you'll be laughing when you notice things like Luke wearing the same make up as Leia or Chewbacca's family talking without subtitles or any understandable dialouge. Whoever had to write that scene had it easy.
In fact, its so bad I think it should be what criminals are forced to watch after committing an offense.
But then again, I gave it a full star because I really don't think I've ever laughed that hard in my life.
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MCT:July 4, 2008
Ive had root canals more enjoyable than watching this. Low budget, sloppy production, and a clear case of trying to cash in on a (then) temporary fad. Although, Im starting to get halarious images of Lucas remaking this one and re-releasing it, with the remake featuring a singing and tap-dancing Darth Sidious number
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i love star wars i seen it the firs time out off my mom and dad car i grow up wuching it it was my itell
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MCT:June 3, 2008
without doubt the worst video i have ever seen. nearly had to call a suicide hotline. possibly the only competition for films worse than modern lucas (e.g. thx remake, new trilogy, etc.)
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MCT:June 3, 2008Does anyone know why George Lucas didn't make and release the movies properly, like in chronological order!?!
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MCT:May 25, 2008
Oh my gosh this movie is so horrible. In fact this is the only movie I know of that is so bad I had to own it.
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MCT:May 22, 2008quick!... I need a bucket! :P
Blllllllllllllllaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :P:P:P -
MCT:March 30, 2008
I had no idea this even existed and I only come across it because Flixster decided to put it on my movie recommendations.
It was like, "Well, I can see that you like Star Wars so here it is what you have been missing all along: Star Wars Holiday Special!"
My initial reaction was: Oh cool, a Star Wars Spin-off. And look: it even has the original cast! How could I have missed this?
Well... now I know why.
Here goes the plot:
It's Life Day - a Wookie Holiday - and Chewbacca is supposed to spend it with his family: his son Lumpy, his wife Mala and his father Itchy. Yes, Chewy is a family man. But the thing is: he and Han Solo run into some trouble with the Imperial Army, and now, he might be late or never get home in time at all.
Yeah... that's basically it.
We have the pleasure of watching how a day in a Wookie household goes . Truly fascinating. I almost gone mad after watching for four minutes, four entire minutes, Wookies grumbling in their incomprehensible language without subtitles and trotting around in their living room. I think my heart stopped for a couple seconds.
The only good thing that came of all this, and that's the reason this got an entire star and not half, was the Boba Fett animation. The guy appeared and talked more in that five minutes cartoon than he did in all six movies.
Summing all this up: We have wookies worrying to death, Wookies cooking, Wookies growling, Wookies hugging Han Solo, Wookies wearinh red robes, Wookies watching weird entertainment holograms, Han solo saying Wookies are like family to him (I felt sorry for Harrison Ford, I really did) scary fairies or something like that dancing, Mark Hamill with a weird face and Princess Leia singing. Yes, Princess Leia sings.
I kind of spaced out a couple of times, couldn't keep my eyes on the screen for more than a few minutes or would enter in a coma. So, if this review is completely nonsense it's normal, the movie is like that too.
As a side note: Don't hate dear Ol' Lucas. When he saw this he tried to buy all the copies and thus erasing this spin-off from the face of the earth. Sadly, he failed.
Just be warned, if after all this you are still convinced to see it, don't watch it alone or without an endless supply of alcohol. Like with all bad things in life you'll need to know someone is suffering as much as you are and drown in your sorrows after.
Han Solo to Chewie's family:
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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MCT:March 8, 2008
you get to see an early version of kashyk, meet chewbaca's father (a weird wookie version of the yeti), his wife who looks like shes from planet of the apes, his son who looks like an ugly ewok, watch carrie fisher sing a song about peace, and a low quality boba fett cartoon can all be seen in this over done 2 hour holiday special that die hard fans will definetly get a kick out of, but not much else. . .
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MCT:February 5, 2008So bad it's great!
1st appearance of Boba Fett in Star Wars continuity. Awesome. except I hate Boba Fett. At least in this he had a personality and was somewhat interesting.
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MCT:January 29, 2008
This thing is horrible. It's the most low budget thing in the world. The only saving grace is the cartoon in it that shows us Bobba Fett for the first time and even that is really bad. If you need to see it then only watch it for the car crash value.
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MCT:November 4, 2007actually i know i watched this but during that time i wasn't a star wars fan. anyway, i just like the droids the way c-3po and r2-d2 discuss things.
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MCT:October 25, 2007I am a huge star wars fan, and this...even this is too terrible to behold. I was so excited to see it, and after seeing chewies stupid family (lumpy, dumpy, poopy), and seeing princess leia sing and then some hologram dancing garbage, I lost several respect points for the trillogy as a whole. Protect your love of star wars. Don't see this.
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MCT:October 3, 2007
The dark and unwanted addition to the star wars universe. Even George Lucas regrets it being made as far as i am concerned it does not excist....
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MCT:September 18, 2007
they actually had this crazy flick? whoa... talk about milking the fans for everthing they have... but I still wanna see it anyway... I love milk =)
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MCT:August 18, 2007
oh god. i can't believe i've seen this. it's just a family of wookies grunting for like 2 hours. fuck you lifeday
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MCT:August 16, 2007
The infamous Holiday Special... I'd certainly like to get a copy of this, just to see why everyone thinks it's so terrible.
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MCT:August 7, 2007
Let me explain something to the peeps not born yet at that time, Varity shows were all the rage at the time. Star Wars was though of to be a one shot movie . Nobody did sequels back then heck, sequels use to be the kiss of death, just ask Planet of the Apes.
My guess is G.L. was trying to make as much as possible off the movie. I bet nobody ever heard of The
Electric Moog Orchestra. Which old G.L. music rights to. This site has a copy playing on site. http://theswca.com/images-speci/8tracks/8tracks.html -
MCT:July 29, 2007
I haven't seen this since it was aired on TV in the 70's then never shown again, but I remember loving it, just because it was Star Wars.
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bluespider83posted 429 days ago -
you can find it as a torrent and it's not that rare anymore, try torrentspy.com that's where i found it, and am watching it now.. it's fucking scary stuff... wookies in an all american apartment, tne minutes of grunting at eachother without subtitles... oh my fucking god
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In all the Offical Star Wars magazines that have talked about this movie they have stated that it would never come out on DVD because it was so bad and that no one had any copies of it except for those who taped it when it was 1st aired so if any one reads this and has any answers please talk to me about it - you'll know where to find me!!!!
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