The Star Wars Holiday Special

12 Comments

1. 1
   Luscious
   Posted December 18, 2011 at 11:20 am

   That was for reals? Holy moley – I feel like I just took a hit of acid. What a shame I missed this when I was 7.

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   Jessi
   Posted December 18, 2011 at 12:02 pm

   I’ve tried watching this movie before and couldn’t get through it. I love Star Wars and thought this might be so bad that it’s good. Nope! It’s so bad that it made me want to rip my ears off. I can’t take that much Wookiespeak. You’re a hero for getting through the entire thing!

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   Foggywood
   Posted December 18, 2011 at 8:08 pm

   @Luscious – yes, my dear – it was all TOO real…
   @Jessi – thank you honey – as the last Wookie family caption said “Let us never speak of this again!”

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   Elmstreet
   Posted December 19, 2011 at 12:48 am

   My friends and I are all movie buffs, and we have a boner for bad movies. Bad God DAMN, none of us have ever made it through this stinking pile of shit.

   Props, my dear friend. Allow me to pour you a heavily spiked glass of eggnog to dull the pain.

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   notwithoutmytv
   Posted December 19, 2011 at 8:28 am

   I DID see this when I was 7, and even then, I knew that this thing just wasn’t right. I love Luke’s face when Chewie’s squeeze tells him her husband hasn’t shown up yet. Hammil does this “BWAH!??” look somebody just told him he’s going to grow up to french his sister.

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   Wilma Fengherdu
   Posted December 19, 2011 at 3:39 pm

   This sounds horrific!! So now I’ve gotta go find it somewhere…

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   kthxbai
   Posted December 19, 2011 at 6:16 pm

   I just dreamed this, right? I mean I dreamed about reading this bizarre recap and now I’m dreaming I’m typing?

   Please say yes.

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   runningwild
   Posted December 19, 2011 at 7:59 pm

   I was a huge Star Wars fan and back then I would watch Harrison Ford in anything. I know I watched part of this. I don’t remember making it through the whole thing.

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   Sarahthered
   Posted December 20, 2011 at 4:44 am

   Jessi, you think this is bad… there’s another thing on youtube that made me absolutely LIVID. A major thundering turd. It’s “The Donny and Marie Show” w/characters from Star Wars; there’s a whole dancing group of storm troopers, Donny and Marie are dressed as Luke and Leia, Kris Kristofferson is Han Solo ( you think Carrie Fisher looks wasted in TSWCS; Kris gives her a run for her money), Red Foxx is Obi Wan… I’m probably not remembering some of this correctly, but the whole thing is too awful for me to look it up this early in the morning (or ever).
   If you’re brave, just try to watch this and see how far you can go. Donny and Marie were pretty dreadful during the usual shows, but this one goes to new levels of stink. My sister and I traded clips w/each other, and both of us were enraged (sometimes we do this with- see who can pull up the worst shit possible).
   I throw down the gauntlet. It’s got nothing to do with Christmas, but if you want more Star Wars suckiness, go for it.

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    Foggywood
    Posted December 20, 2011 at 6:22 pm

    @Elmstreet – you you my good sir/lady – my Irish will most definitely appreciate the offer!
    @notwithoutmytv – poor Hamill – he got the shaft (well – don’t ask me!), didn’t he? I will always remember him in Corvette Summer. Go on Annie Potts!
    @wilma – oh, sweetheart, please don’t. Trust…
    @kthnxbai – YES!
    @runningwild – you are better for it – would be better to watch Indy Part 1V on a continuous loop – I KNOW, right???
    @sarahthered – Oh Jeez, Sarah. Now I have to watch this and now and I’ve completely lost my mind…thanks, Sarah – thanks ALOT!

    Cheers, thanks alot, you guys!

    -Foggywood

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    Sarahthered
    Posted December 20, 2011 at 7:14 pm

    The whole variety show trend in the 70′s was so strange… I think it’s a good argument for believing everyone in the entertainment industry was on major amounts of cocaine. Or just really, really brain damaged by whatever they did in the previous decade. Did anyone really like any of these things?
    Foggywood, please provide your feedback re: Donny & Marie Star Wars show… I want to know if it made you as livid as my sister and I were.

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    TVKimmy
    Posted December 19, 2012 at 7:40 pm

    This was fantastic! If you’d like to see “I can’t believe that actually happened!” specials, I highly recommend the craptastic Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park.