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Has it really been 45 years since this Star Wars Special that George Lucas
disavowed aired for the first, and so far, only time?
Yikes! I'm getting old. I remember watching this [1] when it first aired,
and, except for the cartoon segment [2], didn't find it all that interesting.
It certainly didn't help that it centered on Chewbacca's family (an hour or
grunts and growls) and no subtitles what-so-ever. That's a very odd choice,
but it's not like it's the only odd thing in the special—you have a Wookie
getting off on soft-core porn (seriously!), Bea Arthur singing, Harvey Korman
attempting comedy, Carie Fisher attempting to sing to the main Star Wars
theme (who knew it has lyrics?) while wasted, Mark Hamill wearing makeup, and
Harrison Ford wantint to be anywhere else than this special.
You would think this would be entertaining, but no, it's not. You can attempt
to watch it [3], but I'd recommend watching an angry review of it [4] (or any
number of other reviews of it [5] as it's more entertaining than the actual
special itself.
[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Holiday_Special
[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Holiday_Special#Cartoon
[3]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxtSX1lg8rE
[4]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgJO59eu6lQ
[5]
https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ftsa&q=angry+review+star+wars+holiday+special&iax=videos&ia=videos
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