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	Stomp Tokyo Video Reviews - Star Wars Holiday Special
		Harvey Korman is the guest star most often on screen, with a faintly-amusing Galactic Julia Childs impression, an appearance as an alien on Tatooine who is smitten with the Bea Arthur barkeep character (again, this is fantasy), and a terminally unfunny "instruction video" bit that involves repeated video editing.
		The most offensive guest star, however, is the rank sentiment that pervades every scene.
		The original Star Wars movie had its moments of cheesy "I love you man" affection, but nothing can quite prepare you for the sight of Han Solo wrapping his arms around every Wookiee within reach.
	www.stomptokyo.com /movies/star-wars-holiday-special.html (1102 words)

	The Star Wars Holiday Special - Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki
		The Star Wars Holiday Special - Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki
		The Star Wars Holiday Special is technically in the Star Wars canon, which means that the events depicted are part of the greater continuity that includes the other films, novels, comic books, video games, etc. Generally, it falls in the C-canon in the overall Star Wars continuity.
		The only element from the Holiday Special that is not considered canon (meaning it is N-canon) is its claim that Chief Bast survived the destruction of the first Death Star from A New Hope.
	starwars.wikia.com /wiki/The_Star_Wars_Holiday_Special (7936 words)

	Star Wars Holiday Special
		In all actuality, a truly “remastered” version of the special could not exist unless one had access to the original masters; however, the claim was that this copy had been a professionally cleaned-up version of a first generation recording of the show.
		The first is the scene in the corridor of a Star Destroyer (which was originally supposed to be the corridor of the Death Star, but it was used to fit the Holiday Special’s story) where Darth Vader and an Imperial officer discuss the search for the rebels.
		The other scene from the Holiday Special culled from Star Wars: A New Hope’s outtakes is the clip from the “Life on Tatooine”; segment showing a little person running under the legs of a tall alien (with stilt-like legs) from approaching stormtroopers.
	www.starwarsholidayspecial.com /text/faq.htm (3583 words)

	Television Obscurities - Star Wars on Network Television
		But the Star Wars franchise has branched out to television many times, beginning only months after the first film was released in theaters in May of 1977.
		Due to Star Wars mania, ABC was able to charge an impressive $175,000 per minute of commercial time for "The Making of Star Wars," compared to $140,000 per minute for the six-part miniseries "Washington: Behind Closed Doors" starring Jason Robards, Cliff Robertson, Stefanie Powers and Robert Vaughn, among others [3].
		Ratings for "The Making of Star Wars" are unknown, but NBC won Friday evening overall, making it likely that "The Making of Star Wars" fared somewhat poorly in its broadcast debut [4].
	www.tvobscurities.com /articles/sw_holiday.php (1791 words)

	I Viddied It On the Screen-The Star Wars Holiday Special
		Some twenty-five years later, we see that it indicts the ironics and Star Wars apologists in very much the same way: it is so unbelievably shitty that it dares us to throw our arms up in the air and cry uncle.
		When he made Star Wars, George Lucas saw his version of the future as being "used.” “Lived-in” might be a more polite term for it, but in the official history-of-Star Wars documentary Empire of Dreams they use the word “used.” “Used” is perhaps the best possible way to define the 1970s from this outsider’s eyes.
		This is the antithesis to that great scene in Star Wars where Chewbacca resists the shackles that Luke tries to put on him when trying to come up with a ruse to fool the Imperialists, a casual and very delicate play on the pseudo-flness of the Wookiee race.
	cc.usu.edu /~alexjack/viddiedreviews/starwarsholidayspecial.html (3768 words)

	Star Wars Holiday Special
		The Star Wars Holiday Special aired on CBS on November 17, 1978.
		Star Wars Holiday has begun to take on a different significance with Phantom Menace and now Attack of the Clones.
		Most fans now are familiar with the "Star Wars Flu" or "Holiday" which occurs on new sequel release week.
	www.rkpuma.com /starwars.htm (382 words)

	Star Wars Holiday Special / Star Wars on TV
		Lucas, who began writing "Star Wars" in 1971 and finally saw it hit the big screen six years later, now says he wants to bring the story of a galaxy long, long ago and far, far away to television as a continuing series.
		The occasion was something called "The Star Wars Holiday Special," which aired on CBS only once, on Nov. 17, 1978.
		"Star Wars" fans who have seen the special say its only redeeming point is the 11-minute cartoon in the middle that features the introduction of galactic bounty hunter Boba Fett.
	www.tvparty.com /70starwars.html (843 words)

	Movie Criticism for the Retarded
		The initial reaction to this special was so terrible that George Lucas ordered that the special never air again, and that all master copies be destroyed.
		Of course, being one of the few "official" pieces of Star Wars canon (along with the six theatrical films, "Droids" and "Ewoks" animated series, and two Ewoks TV movies) we do get many of the actors from the films themselves.
		The special effects are almost as effecrive as the matte backgrounds at the Wookiee homestead, all of which look like they were painted by eight-year-olds.
	www.fortheretarded.com /starwarsholiday.html (1760 words)

	The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) (TV)
		But you know, this is one part of the Star Wars universe where I would love some additional information.
		The special itself we have - but this is the only piece of the Star Wars universe we know almost nothing of the background about.
		I can't believe after creating such a masterpiece like "Star Wars" that George Lucas didn't have the eyes to see what a total hack job this Star Wars Holiday TV Special was.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0193524 (884 words)

	Star Wars Holiday Special
		This song was sung during the Holiday Special's cantina scene to help usher a room full of uncooperative guests out into the night.
		One of the most amusing moments connected with one particular broadcast of the Holiday Special was a recurring bumper from WCBS-TV 2 in New York that featured anchor Rolland Smith saying, "Fighting the Frizzies...
		This bumper was parodied on an episode of South Park in 1999 in a very obscure reference to the Holiday Special during "Mr.
	www.starwarsholidayspecial.com /multimedia.htm (455 words)

	SWFA: Star Wars Holiday Special - Fanboy Edition
		In fact, in a recent interview created especially for this DVD's documentary content, he speaks for the first time of his master vision for the Holiday Special, the limitations of technology at the time, and the upgrades capable with modern movie wizardry.
		Lucas: "When you are producing a vaudeville-style variety show for television, some of the things you include are there to further the plot, some things are there due to the guest stars' contractual obligations, and some things are put there from whimsy.
		George said of the change, "[The bad guy] was always supposed to fire first, because no matter how clealy lethal a villain's intentions are to the audience, they have to fire their gun at Han in order for me to justify their deserved death.
	www.myuselessknowledge.com /swfa/SWHSSEE.html (1030 words)

	The Star Wars Holiday Special
		I was first alerted to the existence of this bizarre footnote in the Star Wars cannon by one half of a TV duo whose Star Wars knowledge is a matter of public record.
		The basis of the Holiday Special is a two hour long drama set on the Wookie homeworld on which Chewbacca's wife Malla, son Lumpy and father Itchy await the return of Chewie in time for Light Day- a sort of Wookie Christmas.
		However the real novelty of the Holiday Special -and also its most disturbing facet- is the appearance of the original Star Wars cast in their original roles.
	www.bluntproductions.com /extras/starwars/starwars.htm (1092 words)

	The Star Wars Holiday Special (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Star Wars Holiday Special (SWHS) has it's place in the Star Wars universe and television lore.
		This show was so bad that it was never re-aired or released to video, and has become a cult classic among Star Wars fans.
		The show is most noted for the 1st appearence of Boba Fett and the Holiday Special Cartoon.
	www.timewarptv.com /Default.aspx?tabid=78 (371 words)

	I-Mockery.com \| The Star Wars Holiday Special!
		Last December, in my Star Wars Christmas Album review, I said that I would give you guys an in-depth review of the Star Wars Holiday Special if you were really bad all year long.
		Sadly, the program that loads is not nearly as entertaining as the chess-like hologram program that we saw in the actual Star Wars movie where the pieces actually fought each other (and I still believe it was that holo-game in the movie which was the inspiration for the popular "Battle Chess" game for the PC).
		I love how they announced him at the beginning of the special to make it seem like he'd be one of the big characters in it, but nope, that's it.
	www.i-mockery.com /minimocks/starwars-holiday (1976 words)

	Salon.com Arts & Entertainment \| Have a very Wookie Christmas
		Among the "Star Wars" faithful, it's taken for granted that their aloof Marin County Buddha wants every last trace of it expunged from the earth.
		Occasionally, the producers cut to space battle footage cribbed from "Star Wars" and check in on Chewbacca and Han Solo, who are in the Millennium Falcon, struggling to get Chewy back in time for Life Day.
		In their haste to capitalize on the entirely unexpected extraordinary success of "Star Wars" only months earlier, 20th Century Fox and CBS rushed to cater to the lowest common denominator.
	www.salon.com /ent/tv/feature/2000/12/05/star_wars_tv/index.html (1031 words)

	The Star Wars Holiday Special
		Anyone who can sit through a complete showing of the Star Wars Holiday Special without pressing fast-forward should be commended with a small trophy or plaque.
		The plot of this special seems innocent enough: Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew) are on their way to the planet Kashyyyk to reunite Chewie and his family for the celebration of Life Day.
		It's a holiday song for the show sung to the tune of the main Star Wars theme.
	www.geocities.com /dashchapman/Holiday.html (1506 words)

	TheForce.Net - Humor - The Star Wars Holiday Special
		Because in addition to being just plain awful, the second film was shown on television, it had a terrible plot, the special effects were ultra-low budget...
		On Nov. 18, 1978, fans eager for another taste of George Lucas' table scraps tuned in to CBS to catch The Star Wars Holiday Special, a two-hour mindbender with most of the castmembers of the 1977 smash hit film.
		According to the official Star Wars Web site (www.starwars.com, naturally), the program "delivered mixed results." That's a diplomatic way of saying that it was a piece of Bantha manure.
	www.theforce.net /humor/story/The_Star_Wars_Holiday_Special_88567.asp (423 words)

	Force Follies: The Star Wars Holiday Special
		The first commercial publication to lend any coverage to the Star Wars television event was Starlog magazine, which devoted four pages and the cover of its nineteenth issue to the show.
		This scene was actually cut from the Mos Eisely spaceport portion of Star Wars and briefly re-inserted during the cantina sequence of the Holiday Special.
		In any case, it seems the Holiday Special aficionado is forced to settle for collectibles in the two-dimensional universe, since any toy tie-ins were quickly nixed after the show's abominable single airing.
	theswca.com /relics/swhs/index.html (1896 words)

	Chefelf.com - The Nitpicker's Guide to The Star Wars Holiday Special
		The Star Wars Holiday Special occupies a special slot in youthful urban legend alongside such items as the boy who ate the Pop Rocks and drank Jolt and exploded and bubblegum/jelly donuts staying in your intestines for seven years.
		True, parts of the special are great fun, however the vast majority of the special is completely unwatchable.
		The internet is littered with mentions of this special and with pretty good reviews, however, I felt that none of them took this special apart scene-by-scene the way it really needs to be analyzed.
	www.chefelf.com /starwars/holiday_intro.php (400 words)

	The Star Wars Holiday Special Petition
		In the years since, many Star Wars fans have had to resort to buying bootleg copies of the 90 minute variety show - often times paying a considerable amount for the minimum in picture quality.
		It's time that this stopped, and that Lucasfilm and CBS begin production on a legitimate home video version of the 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special, so that it will be available for a whole new generation of Star Wars fans to watch and enjoy.
		The The Star Wars Holiday Special Petition to Lucasfilm and CBS was created by the Star Wars fans in favor of total media availability and written by Sean Crandall.
	www.petitiononline.com /smcranda/petition.html (232 words)

	The Horror That is the Star Wars Holiday Special - Associated Content
		I have heard from TV guide magazine that the Star Wars Holiday Special is not, and probably will never be released on DVD.
		The Star Wars Holiday Special originally aired in 1978, and I can only assume that it was filmed before The Empire Strikes Back began filming, or between takes.
		Believe it or not, all the original cast is present and accounted for on this "special" special, from Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia), Harrison Ford (Han Solo), along with Chewbacca, C-3PO and R2D2.
	www.associatedcontent.com /article/423821/the_horror_that_is_the_star_wars_holiday.html (852 words)

	maytg - Star Wars - Holiday
		Starring Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker, Harrison Ford as Han Solo, Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia.
		Just imagine: the 20th anniversary of the Holiday Special will be November of 1998.
		Another thing I like about the Holiday Special is that the cartoon shows Luke wearing the cool "ceremony" outfit from the end of Star Wars.
	members.tripod.com /~maytg_jedi/sw/holiday.htm (888 words)

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		The "Star Wars Holiday Special" originally aired on television in 1978 -right at the height of Star Wars mania.
		The Holiday Special opens with stock footage of the Millenium Falcon being pursued by Tie Fighters, followed by a shot of Han Solo and Chewy in the cockpit.
		All of their friends from the Star Wars movies are waiting in the wings - Han Solo, and Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker, and the two droids.
	www.angelfire.com /punk2/walktheplank/starwarsholiday.html (1793 words)

	The Star Wars Holiday Special
		If you are a fan of Star Wars I suggest not watching it because you will never see the characters in the same way again.
		From this day forward, I, the Arm Commander, hereby banish this lame excuse for a Star Wars special into the factory of the Inferno, where it will be melted to slag by the machines.
		You neglected to mention the holographic Cirque de Soliel that Lumpy watches for "entertainment", or the Star Wars cartoon that evidently is broadcast throughout the galaxy far, far away.
	www.badmovies.org /forum/index.php?topic=111928.15 (1294 words)

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