The Star Wars Holiday Special is a two-hour television special (including commercials) set in the Star Wars galaxy. It was the first official Chewbacca and Han Solo visit Kashyyyk, Chewbacca’s home world, to celebrate Life Day. Along the way, they are pursued by agents of the Galactic Empire who are searching for rebels on the planet. The special introduces three of Chewbacca’s family: his father Attichitcuk, his wife Mallatobuck, and his son Lumpawarrump. d2om
The main storyline of the film, which occurs two years after the Battle of Yavin (2 ABY), takes place on Kashyyyk. During the film, scenes also take place in Tatooine and a gooey, reddish ocean planet known as Panna.
The program also features brief appearances by other Boba Fett.
The film is notorious for its negative reception. Anthony Daniels in a documentary promoting the worldwide tour of released on video.
Generally, The Star Wars Holiday Special is one of the most infamous television programs in history. And it’s so bad that it actually comes around to good again, but es it right up.”
The only aspect of the special which has been generally well-received is the animated segment which introduces the bounty hunter Boba Fett, who would later become a popular character when he appeared in the Star Wars theatrical films.
costume designers for the holiday special, has said that Lucas once told him that he was very disappointed with the final product.
At one Australian fan convention he reportedly said “If I had the time and a sledgehammer, I would track down every copy of that show and smash it.” In an online chat with fans, he reportedly said: “The holiday special does not represent my vision for Star Wars.” In an interview with Maxim magazine in May 2002, Maxim asked the question, “Any plans for a Special Edition of the Holiday Special?” Lucas responded with “Right. That’s one of those things that happened, and I just have to live with it.”
Later, in a May 2005 interview with StaticMultimedia.com, Lucas was asked if the film had soured him on working in television: He replied: “The special from 1978 really didn’t have much to do with us, you know. I can’t what network it was on, but it was a thing that they did. We kind of let them do it. It was done by… I can’t even who the group was, but they were variety TV guys. We let them use the characters and stuff and that probably wasn’t the smartest thing to do, but you learn from those experiences.”
The official Boba Fett, but that’s about it.” The official site also refers to the Boba Fett animated segment as “a cult classic.””.
On February 8, 2006, Han Solo telling Chewbacca and his wife that they are “like family” to him), and then muttered a gruff, sarcastic “thank you” to O’Brien, before continuing with the interview to promote his then newest film, Firewall.
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