Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher

Chewie and Han Solo are trying to get home to Chewie's family, so they can celebrate Lifeday.

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2,948 ratings

Unrated, 97 min.

Directed by: Steve Binder

Release Date: November 17, 1978

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  • October 25, 2007
    I 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 trillo...( read more)gy as a whole. Protect your love of star wars. Don't see this.
  • July 14, 2007
    Slow and long in parts. It should've been edited down half length to be more exciting. It had a tacky variety show feeling, with lame jokes and show-songs over action, which is what all the kids would've preferred. Most of the humour is groan-worthy. I liked the little acrobats o...( read more)n the chess board. Some of the musical numbers were torture to sit through. I guess the 70's television viewers were used to variety shows all the time. Chewbacca's Wookie family was hilarious. The sets looked very cardboard. The inserted footage of Darth Vader looked inserted. Harrison, Mark and Carrie really weren't into this thing, were they? We appreciate that Mark Hamill sexied himself up with eye makeup for the occassion. Harrison Ford looked almost as bored as he did in Return of the Jedi. Carrie Fisher was really into her song at the end; we thank her for that. Oh, awesome cartoon in the middle with a preview of Boba Fett; better than the Clone Wars cartoon.
  • July 13, 2007
    I'd rather gouge my eyes out with a spork...or take a lot of shrooms first!
  • May 31, 2007
    It's really, really stupid, but it is Star Wars. The Boba Fett cartoon is pretty decent, at least.
  • May 10, 2007
    I saw this when it first came out, been trying to find it.
  • October 27, 2009
    Great Movie though I saw it when I was little...
  • September 22, 2009
    hilarious !!! If they wanted to make a spoof about star wars movie there is no better than this :D
  • September 14, 2009
    I remeber how excited I was the night this aired, that was the last time I think anyone was allowed to see it.
  • September 12, 2009
    The words " Pile " and " Crap " spring up here.What the hell were George Lucas and co thinking?.Half a star just for the fact that it ever got made at all!.
  • August 14, 2009
    I have this page pictured that I ripped out from TV Guide in 1978, it's probably worth more money than they actually spent on the production. What a massive disappointment, jaw-droppingly awful and an early overlooked clue of shockingly misguided decisions to come from Lucas (Ho...( read more)ward the Duck, Jar-Jar, etc.)

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  • bluespider83
    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
  • lauthus
    May 24, 2007
    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
  • lawson5708
    May 22, 2007
    if anyone has a copy of it they need to put it up on the web
  • chriskenobiwan
    December 13, 2006
    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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