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Binding: DVD
Format: NTSC
Running Time: 97 minutes
Theatrical Release Date: November 17, 1978
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Have a Happy Life Day! And nothing kicks off a memorable Life Day quite so much as watching the legendary Star Wars Holiday Special receive a fully deserved Rifftrax treatment! Yes, all your favorite Wookies are here: there's Chewbacca, Malla, Itchy, Lumpy and Art Carney.
Tony Award Winner and Oscar nominated Diahann Carroll as a singing holographic prostitute who services Grandpa Itchy and Bea Arthur stretches her talent by playing a woman! Not only that, there are commercials from ... Read More
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I have come to like the Star Wars Holiday Special
Its incredibly strange. I read in a cover feature on the Special in SFX magazine that Lucas didn't really have too much input with the plot, which perhaps explains why nothing really happens
But if you enjoy it for what it is (Star Wars as variety show) I think its quite good. The music is ok (Jefferson Starship in a Star Wars tv show is incredibly strange, but the tune they do is not bad)
Some parts are very ... Read More
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Don't bother clicking on email when this becomes available. It will be a cold day in hell before George Lucas puts this "special" out on DVD. He has noted on several occasions that he would pay good money to make sure every bootleg copy of this program is destroyed.
I don't even think this is considered canon in the Star Wars universe.
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I really love the Holiday Special. Yes, the quality of the production is poor, and seeing Carrie Fisher sing can be painful; but the upside is the use of characters and the cartoon. This episode led to so many ideas in the future of Star Wars. The Wookie home world of Kashyyk, Boba Fett, and deeper insight into individual background characters. This is a must see if you are a Star Wars fan. If you're not a huge fan of Star Wars at least go check out the cartoon. It's less than 10 minutes long, ... Read More
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The Star Wars Holiday Special is a sadly forgotten classic. The epic storyline is primarily concerned with Chewbacca trying to make it home in time for Life Day, but at its core the film is a metaphor for the common man's attempt to make a better world for his family in the face of corrupt and uncaring universe. Parallels to 1984 are envisioned by the Empire occupying their house and manhandling their property.
This classic also allows us insight into the supposedly gruff character of Han ... Read More
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