The Star Wars Holiday Special (TV 1978) 2.9
Chewie and Han Solo are trying to get home to Chewie's family, so they can celebrate Lifeday. Director:Steve Binder |
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The Star Wars Holiday Special (TV 1978) 2.9
Chewie and Han Solo are trying to get home to Chewie's family, so they can celebrate Lifeday. Director:Steve Binder |
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Mark Hamill | ... | ||
| Harrison Ford | ... | ||
| Carrie Fisher | ... | ||
| Anthony Daniels | ... | ||
| Peter Mayhew | ... | ||
| Kenny Baker | ... |
R2-D2
(as R2-D2)
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| James Earl Jones | ... |
Darth Vader
(voice)
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| Bea Arthur | ... |
Ackmena
(as Beatrice Arthur)
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| Art Carney | ... |
Saun Dann
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| Diahann Carroll | ... | ||
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Marty Balin | ... |
Holographic Band Singer
(as The Jefferson Starship)
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Craig Chaquico | ... |
Holographic Band Member
(as The Jefferson Starship)
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David Freiberg | ... |
Holographic Band Singer
(as The Jefferson Starship)
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Paul Kantner | ... |
Holographic Band Member
(as The Jefferson Starship)
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| Harvey Korman | ... |
Krelman /
Chef Gormaanda /
Amorphian instructor
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It is Lifeday, a holiday that is celebrated on Chewbacca's home planet Kashyyyk. Chewie and Han Solo are trying to get to the planet where Chewie's family is waiting for him, but the empire is out searching for the rebels, giving everyone a hard time. While we are waiting we get a look at the everyday life of a Wookiee family. We meet all the familiar characters from Star Wars and we are introduced to Boba Fett during a small cartoon. We also pay a visit to the Cantina and meet all the monsters again. Written by Kynde
I can see why Lucas would take the action he would against this piece; TV took his characters and actors and created a spectacularly cheesy and laughably stupid special with characters never created by Lucas (or even the writers from the Star Wars novels). Who are these characters? Well, it gets in part with the story, where in which Han and Chewie have to get back to Chewie's home planet and, yes, family- his wife Mala, his father Iggy, his sone Lumpy, to celebrate life day.
The highlight of this program, of course, is the cartoon where in which we see the first sign of Boba Fett (although with episode II in chronological order that comes first), and the rest of it has the cast members singing songs and delivering bad, bad acting. But what was weird was that I couldn't take my eyes off the screen the whole show, it was basically the Star Wars train wreck. You will laugh at its incredible ridiculousness if you have a sense of humor, but if you are a strident Star Wars fan who loves the intense action and mystery from the saga (and believe me I'm one of them also), walk away from it, never happened. Art Carney, Bea Arthur, Jefferson Starship and Diahann Caroll co-star. B-