What is the Star Wars Holiday Special and how can I get a copy of it?
The Holiday Special aired on television back on November 17th, 1978. It was an incredibly horrible show that was about Chewbacca trying to get to his family and home planet for Life Day (i.e. Christmas) All of the original actors were in it, plus Bea Arthur, Harvey Korman, and Art Carney. It was sooooo bad. Lots of disco, endless growling by Wookiees, Jefferson Starship, and an awful life-day song sung by Carrie Fisher (to the tune of the Star Wars theme). Lucas hates it and Fisher denies she ever did it. The only good part is a short cartoon that introduces Boba Fett, his first appearance ever. All the original actors (Ford, Fisher, Hamill, Daniels) did the voices for the cartoon, too. It is the only redeeming part of the show. Though it is bad, it is an interesting part of Star Wars history that most fans will want to check out once. (Yeah, once is enough) If you want a bootleg copy of it, go to the collectors newsgroup and say you want to buy one. Somebody should help you out. You c
