What a waste of my time!!!

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

In 1978, we had no idea when we'd see a new Star Wars. We didn't have them every single year, like we're all celebrating right now. No, we had our comics and toys, but no other new media. So it was with great excitement that my three-year-old brother and my six-year-old self gathered in front of the TV on November 17, 1978 to get a whole new adventure. It's Life Day - the Christmas of the Star Wars universe. Chewbacca just wants to get home, but the Empire is on his tail. Meanwhile, on his home planet of Kashyyk, Chewie's family hopes for him to be there. His wife, Mallatobuck, scans for starships and calls Luke Skywalker and R2D2. Yes, everyone from Star Wars is in this, even noted crank Harrison Ford. She also gets in touch with Saun Dann (Art Carney from The Honeymooners? Yes. Don't freak out just yet.) and tells him to look for Chewbacca and Han. Meanwhile, Chef Gormaanda (Harvey Korman from The Carol Burnett Show) teaches her how to cook via a hologram. Saun brings Life Day gifts for everyone, including virtual reality porn featuring Diahann Carroll as an alien for Attichitcuk, Chewbecca's dad. This sequence will bend your mind and make you humble. Keep the Force strong and your fast forward button handy, as the song in this scene, "This Minute Now" invites the wookiee to have a fantasy and experience the alien woman.

Watched The Star Wars Holiday Special which Stars Mark Hamill(Corvette Summer) as Luke Skywalker, Harrison Ford(Force 10 From Navarone) as Han Solo, Carrie Fisher(Leave Yesterday Behind) as Leia Organa , Peter Mayhew(Terror) as Chewbacca, Anthony Daniels(Life At Stake) as C-3PO Kenny Baker(Wombling Free) as R2-D2 and James Earl Jones(The Greatest) as Darth Vader, Mickey Morton(Legends Of The Superheroes) as Malla,Paul Gale(The Bay City Rollers) as Itchy,Patty Maloney(Punch And Jody) as Lumpy, Harvey Korman(Bud And Lou ) as Krelman/Chef Gormaanda , Don Francks(Flashpoint) as Boba Fett ,Diahann Carroll(Claudine) as Mermeia, Bea Arthur(Lover And Other Strangers) as Ackmena And Art Carney(House Calls) as Saun Daunn the Series. This was terrible and Abomination to the name Star Wars also it seemed more like Star Trek in some scenes also it was so bad its makes the Prequels look good the Only Positives were The Original Cast ,Darth Vader and Boba Fett gosh it was terrible. I would happily Join George Lucas in breaking these with a Sledge Hammer at Least Kathleen Kennedy and Lucasfilm are Honoring George Lucas Vision This didn't it was a Money Grab as well the worst thing to happen in the 40 Years of the Franchise I love Star Wars but This is the only thing bad about it. The Worst Star Wars Movie Ever 2/10

This may possibly be the worst thing that was ever on TV. It is nothing like Stars Wars and it doesn't make any sense. And it's extremely boring. There's a bunch of terrible songs that don't fit the already incomprehensible plot and they are painful to watch and hear. There's even a scene where Chewbacca's dad has weird space phone sex. How could that have been on a prime time family special? This is so bad that you have to see it.

I survived the Star Wars Holiday Special. If you've ever hear word that it's terrible, that's no exaggeration. It's a TV movie, but I use to word "movie" loosely. About 10% of it is actual coherent plot. The rest plays out more as a variety show with pointless segments and musical numbers scattered randomly throughout.The overall premise follows Chewbacca's Wookie family as they wait for him to return home for Life Day (the Wookie version of Christmas), but he is nowhere to be found. We, the audience, know that he is battling TIE fighters with Han Solo on his way home. Additionally, the Galactic Empire is searching homes for members of the Rebel Alliance.Because there's such little plot, and it's a very simple concept, it shouldn't be this hard to understand what's going on in the movie. It doesn't help that none of us speak Wookie (even the characters in the movie can't understand what they're saying). The scenes without any humans, which constitute the majority of the special, are incomprehensible and borderline unwatchable. According to writer, Bruce Vilanch, he had wanted many of these scenes cut due to the fact that the audience can't understand the Wookie language. George Lucas insisted that they remain. Turns out Vilanch was right, as it's not only incoherent, but in a holiday special that's supposed to be jovial, we can't even smile or laugh at what's happening. But I'm not sure it would matter anyway, as even the jokes that are told by humans have terrible delivery.Even the music numbers can't be looked at as a pleasant break from the insipid journey through the Star Wars universe. They're extremely plodding and lack any real character besides being hypnotic. At one point, Diahann Carroll performs some odd erotic piece which may make this the most uncomfortable holiday special in history--along with the most boring. I think when they torture prisoners they make them have to stay awake through the Star Wars Holiday Special.Lucas couldn't even get all the characters in the same room together. Every major actor's scenes are filmed remotely, except for Harrison Ford's. It's a film that is said to feature Darth Vader--even though he literally only gets 4 seconds of screen time (which I'm pretty sure was just a cut scene from A New Hope).The only highlight is an animated short halfway through that features the first on-screen appearance of Boba Fett. And that's not all, the storyline is pretty good also. It makes you wish that the whole special was just animated.The Star Wars Holiday Special wouldn't have been nearly as bad if it was only an hour maybe. But 90 minutes is just ridiculous (2 hours including commercials). And you can't say that it's even bad in a funny way. It's just flat-out painful. I love Star Wars as much as the next guy, but there's no wonder why George Lucas wanted all of these destroyed.Twizard Rating: 32