The Star Wars Holiday Special Review
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- In keeping with the theme of 1 Star Wars review a month until I can make it through the whole series... it's time for the one that I must admit, several of you saw coming. The made for TV special that has a cult following in much the same way that Manos: Hands of Fate has a cult following... Like hairy family members? Constant screaming? Random disjointed whatever? Well... this special may still make you reassess you life decisions.
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I am actually old enough to have watched this live. I remember my grandmother laughing at the cooking scene. Believe it or not, this scene actually had an audience back in the late 70s.
Are we just gonna forget about the seen when Chubacca's son stands on the railing, contemplation life and death!?!
Hijacked TARDIS We were all rooting for him to jump.
That's because IT'S SO DENSE, EVERY SINGLE FRAME HAS SO MANY THINGS GOING ON
I was yelling do a back flip!
When the Disney Star Wars films came out, I would not rush to see them over the first weekend but I had a couple of co workers who rush to see them. So I put a sign on my office door.
"If you tell me about the New Star Wars Film, I will force you to watch the Holiday Special and the Ewok Movies ".
It worked . No one ever told me any spoilers .
Out of all the horror movies you have done, this was the most horrific. What's even scarier is I remember liking this as a kid.
Well, I watched this and then went and watched the Nostalgia Critic's review... yup. I still think you're better at this.
Man, Decker is better than most RUclips critics
@@TheVagabond627 so true..
NC isn’t bad. I think he tries to hard to be funny
well this a thing 10:02
@@erainmartinez8175 I know right?
9:35 "What the fuck is this?" That would be my grandmother's former high school classmate. I won't rest until everyone who reviewed the "Star Wars Holiday Special" knows it.
Anyway, great review, and I love your speaking voice. I hope that doesn't sound creepy, but it's really great.
DECKER !!! I DEMAND!!!! YOU TO REVIEW THE MOST RECENT HOLIDAY PARODY OF THIS FILM "STAR WARS CHRISTMAS : FORCE AWAKENING! I remember first seeing it one faithful Christmas and it turned out to be an awesome parody of this special. It was awesome, funny, and I think everyone generally had a good time making it haha.
It's kind of ironic - in regards to something Decker said about Darth Vader around the 7-minute mark.
Truth be told, back when I was a kid and even today, I kind of found at least one moment in the original trilogy where Vader legitimately came off as a "Saturday Morning Cartoon Villain."
It was early in the first movie after he's told that the escape pod was jetisoned without passengers.
"There'll be no one to stop us this time!" - it always struck me as a cartoon villain line.
Especially because...Vader is a representative of the Government and he virtually has full authority to do whatever he wants. So it's not like anything that he was doing was the "dastardly illegal" variety that the "good guys" thwart.
I saw the thumb nail for this video and was straight away happy as hell!!!
"Soon the rebellion will be crushed and bea Arthur will be one of us"
"Why do we need bea Arthur"
"SILENCE"
So now you, Cinema Snob, and JonTron have all made the same mistake of thinking Kenny Baker was left uncredited. Actually, Kenny wasn't in the R2D2 suit at all during this special. I don't know if they got someone else or if they just had an empty shell puppeteered via RC, but the opening credits are not to blame here.
THIS. It's a hysterical irony that Kenny Baker, the one actor who wouldn't have had to show his face (aside from Mayhew), was spared this special.
Still pretty sure that R2-D2 wasn't played by a real sapient AI machine by the same name tho...
It was a remote controlled R2-D2 (controlled by Luke's receptionist)
@@lizzychrome7630 also Anthony Daniels
Damn you Decker, I tried for decades to forget this monstrosity! The horror! The horror!
WOOKIES TALKING FOR 20 MINUTES!
Cannot unsee. Cannot unsee.
stir whip stir whip, whip whip stir. stir whip stir whip, whip whip stir.stir whip stir whip, whip whip stir.
R2D2 vapes? Well at least he doesn't smoke anymore.
Hope you all get that reference.
No, the humour is too subtle.
yes you were referencing THE STAR WARS ANTI SMOKING PSA COMMERCIAL.
Damn it decker I thought as starwars fans we all vowed never to talk about. THE HOLIDAY SPECIAL!!! the film Lucas was actually ashamed and that's comping from the guy who thought jar jar was a good idea
Gideon Horwitz don't forget Howard the duck.how was that a kid's movie.
Jar Jar wasn't a bad idea entirely. Jar Jar was overused if he had less presence in the movie where he's not needed he wouldn't be a big deal. I actually think the Gungans themselves were a good idea. This makes Otta Gunga Sparta and Naboo Athens. Considering all the themes in the prequels and what ultimately happens it makes sense that the Federation is basically Persia. The Neimoidians being Possible Asian stereotypes I never really understood or caught even as an adult not withstanding.
Then again I wasn't aware of Slavery in America until about Middle School. Also George probably grew up on a lot of racist things and his subconscious of all that probably came out through making Ep I. I'm not saying it's an excuse but even the Flintstones has racist moments. However I don't think it was Georges intent to create characters that are stereotypes he wanted colorful (pun not intended) alien characters.
I think the holiday special is the best of the quadrillogy
i am SOOOOO sorry you had to do this Decker............btw awesome facial hair look please keep it and id love to do a retrospective with you and creepy on the 3 star wars trilogies
Congratulations on reaching over 40,000 subscribers.
Even a die hard fan of Star Wars would have trouble sitting through the Holiday Special.
I think it’s fascinating
Just add the Rifftrax commentary and suddenly it becomes one of the best Star Wars things ever!
...great. I'd just about managed to forget this existed. Damn your completionist streak Decker!
I could only get through 15 minutes of the holiday special before I shut it off. Your a much stronger man than me Decker for watching the whole special.
Lost it att "also Lumpy is f*cking insane".
Deadpool " who you calling schizophrenic, you got 2 different voices, your like your holiday special man, full of bad choices."
Gratz on 40k subs!
Pretty sure Lucas hid this because these were mostly his ideas, but implemented by people who had no idea what Star Wars was. Of the lot, Nelvana, the animation company behind the short and the later Droids series, did the most work in the least amount of time and genuinely seemed to grasp the core concepts.
So glad they changed the Wookie homeworld name from Kazook to Kashyyk. Kazook sounds too much like a Saturday morning cartoon
Me: *sits down to watch a funny review*
Decker: on the planet Kazook.
Me: *clicks off the video* nope not even gonna waste my time
"Escort missions are always a pain in the ass." - Every combat flight game pilot everywhere.
Itchy keep those disgusting wookie paws where we can see them.
+SkyCommander
*Furious Masturbation*
Why can't we see grandpa's hands
@@jasonkreider8954 Because he was watching space porn
No wonder Harrison Ford wanted Han Solo to be killed off in Empire. Being in this must've been extremely traumatic.
Leia seems fine considering it's her first life day since all of her family (that she knew at the time) died. Never forget Alderaan
I loved your review of this, I've seen a couple of reviews now, I cant sit thru the movie, but curiosity and shit...so.. thanks for suffering thru this so we don't have to! :-D
sat through the Summer of Hellraiser , but the SW holiday special is too much torture.
wow I can't believe you waited this long to do Star Wars related stuff but that's cool though I can't wait for you to review the Ewoks and the cavern of Courage God I love that movie as a kid
And people thought the Prequels were bad....Speaking of which Decker, whats your opinions on the universally hated Prequels? i feel that some of it, especially Episode 3 has some good stuff in it.
been a long time since I've seen them, but I remember actually being interested in the politics come ep 2, and ep 3 being kinda jumbled around the start but of course having the strongest ending of the prequel trilogy. (spare.. well.. we all noooooo what I'm talking about)
I dont know why peopel bitch about vaders "nooo" thing
@zuzoscorner: Have you ever experienced a moment of pure magic, only to have a friend say something stupid and ruin the mood? That's precisely why we hate the "noooooooooo" thing.
Aaron Kalat -_- ment the third movie not the last one, at least that parti can gre that no didn't fit.
i thoguti was just fanboys whining
You know, the Prequels aren't universally hated, only parts of them are universally hated. Like Pod Racing, and Jar Jar Binks, and the "Noooooooooooooo!!", and Jar Jar Binks, and the long boring speech about sand, and Jar Jar BInks, and Jar Jar Binks.
I actually remember watching this on the night it was on TV.It was a long night.
Of note, the announcer who introduces the cast (first heard at 1:56 here) is game show host Art James, probably better known among Kevin Smith fans for playing a game show host in Mallrats.
Lol got me! "One hell of a hair net".
Wen we watched this, Me and my mom were in hysterics at the visible wookie hairline !
FYI Carrie Fisher played this Special? at parties when it was used as a cue that the party was officially over. It worked! Mark Hamel wanted this included as a Blu Ray extra. It's bad but for 70's TV most variety was like this. A lot of Coke was involved as well! Love the low budget aspect reminds me if ED Wood was involved.
Thank Disney cause the Boba fett portion is remastered and on Disney +!
Lucas had nothing to do with this, but yeah, he helped fake the Moon Landing
If I could say one-thing about George "getting updates and approving them" about this special...Well, the special was produced and created in a relatively short time in 1978...and during that time, Lucas had begun plans for not only Empire but also started production work on Raiders of the Lost Ark with Spielberg. My point is, I feel like this was so low on Lucas' priorities, that he gave a casual, hand-waving "okay" to each step of the production, without ever actually reviewing what each up-date entailed. Sometimes Directors and Producers can get tied up with other projects; hell, Spielberg started to resent Jurassic Park because he had to green-light CGI Tyrannosaurs during the production of Schindler's List.
OMG. I still got my old VHS Tape with that weird shit on it. Good old weird times.... (damn, i'm old)
Noice! I love your vids Shadow!
Its not Kazuuk its Kashyykk.
John Avenger might have been called kazzuk before the universe was really fleshed out, this was only a year after A New Hope after all.
Yes but I know my Star wars history especially the name of the planets and such.
congratulations....
I have seen the holiday special for some reason in there is says kazuuk not kashyyk
another mandela effect ???
I highly recommend watching that Holiday Special while high. Wait...highly recommend? Yes highly recommend.
Man, Decker, I love your show, your commentary, and above all the chicano stash... but please do the rest of the star wars franchise please? (this one was hilarious btw). From time to time is cool to hear intelligent people like your self talk about actual good movies. I was happy with the star wars review and I know you said you wouldn't do them all in sequence, but it's been a while now from the 1st movie review, and this just feels like you're teasing us. Plus, IMHO empire is the best movie of all the franchise, and I would love to see your objective analysis of it
to be honest, the relationship between Han and Chewies family is quite amazing
Man, Decker, you been working on that moustache!
May the force be with you Bea Arthur.
FINALLY YOU ARE REVIEWING THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This holiday special isn't that bad when you're high AF and eating an entire can of Easy-Cheese and a box of Wheat Thins. (I speak from experience)
Now that sounds like a plan
I hate the special edition but in some way I think it's sort of funny because it's so weird!
I made my friend watch this, after I watched it myself out of curiosity of how bad it was. Anyways he said it can't be that bad, so one showing of this holiday special later and now he has a appreciation for the prequels a little more. Also he gives me glares when I mention this movie at all. It's pretty funny . :)
Watching this right as I hear about Carrie Fisher's passing. :,(
Hey Deker do you think how awesome it would be if Boba owned a xenomorph and we best mates with a clan of Predators, I think it would be possible
17:43 Stormtroopers are so incompetent that he trips and destroys the railing to pick up a gun
I have seen this. And the only part I thought was cool was the animated segments.
Decker you have to review the Basket Case series!
So far the ONLY episode 4.5 live action stuff out there!!!!!! I want shadows of the empire and darksaber prequel dangit!!!
they need to release this on DVD and blu-ray so we all can enjoy the special. But then we all die like Indiana Jones Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Thank you for being brave enough to review this.
Speaking of Skelator....did you know there is a He-man holiday special? I didn't until a couple of years ago. Some things should be lost to the flow of time.
gaze into the abyss of madness
this is what happens when you do take the death sticks the happy face of itchy will never stop haunting your nightmares
Reviewing this especial had become a tradition in the internet critic community, is there anyone who hasnt done it?
17:45
Typical Harrison Ford "Oh shit! I almost fell, but then I didn't. Someone else fell and I'm so disturbed by watching another person die. That could have been me!" A face and motion that he would perform in every role thereafter. HAHAHAHA.
R2 was actually a full RC Puppet in this one. I guess the budget didn't allow All of the major cast members.
hey decker you should review krampus 2015 since it's a Christmas/horror movie you would probably like it, especially since it's pretty fitting with Christmas coming up
Where in the dark shadows of hell did you find this?!?! I'm now suicidal just from watching the review (not even the actual movie)! Kill It With Fire!
No amount of bleach can help me unsee this
I thought they were gonna sing Bohemian Rhapsody at the end. To be fair, 'is this the real life, is this just fantasy' would have been apt :)
Decker Your mustache and beard and hair reminds me of French noble
It was a good time! Had some fond memories there! :)
In the 70’s and early 80’s variety shows were very popular. While this show wasn’t very good it was made for a very specific audience and is a window into the past.
It’s OK sir, you peacefully broke your everything! 😆
Hey Decker Shado, I have a movie for ya. It's called The Dependables. Yeah, it's a spoof on the Expendables. I'd like to see your take on the movie.
I wanna get me some of that Wookie Nookie!
Since you did this one, does that mean we can expect reviews for Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure and Ewoks: The Battle for Endor, down the line? I mean, they are also made for TV movies set in the Star Wars universe.
There are some good things that came out of the Holiday Special:
Our introductions to Boba Fett, Kashyyyk and Wookiee culture.
That's it, by the way. Everything else is trash.
So all the clones of Jango Fett and Boba Fett being with the Empire, nobody bothered to tell Leia and Han? Also let me say, Kenny Baker and Anthony Daniels in a script with Jefferson Starship BRILLIANT!!...
I like to believe after the success of star wars, Lucas went ahead and decided to 'show off' what he wanted to be in the first one.
but I'm just tickling my criticism fantasy. thanks Lucas!
I'm surprised you didn't mention Mark Hamill's changed appearance following his accident or the fact that Carrie Fisher was high on drugs throughout the whole thing. She says that she does not remember making a Star Wars Holiday Special.
bjnboy
I envy
Carrie Fisher
RIP
no memory of this
Atrocity
This reminds me of that movie Quest for Fire where they had a whole caveman language with no subtitles.
"STIR, WHIP, STIR, WHIP, STIR, WHIP, STIR!"
Truly. My reboot gta universe would include the Star Wars type setting. Where the original trilogy setting and such is set in 1077 years after the original galactic empire from foundation collapsed and then set up the first old republic of Lucas. Then it turned into an authoritarian empire. Set in the lost galaxy or something like that. A galaxy far far away. Something like that or keep it small and set in the far side of the Milky Way. And farthest from Sol 🌞 and such that maybe it makes sense to keep space travel very short.
CALLED IT. Although I thought this was gonna come *after* the other movies.
Kazook, Kashyyyk - potato, tomato.
Or in this case "premise, prea-myse".
Actually Kenny Baker was not R2 in the HS. It was an RC version of R2.
you have the best hair and a good beard
Harvey your better than this Goddamnit! You were in Blazing Saddles for Christ sake have some pride in yourself.
the very mention of Life Day earns EVERYONE A DARK SIDE POINT
Would you do reviews of "The Force Awakens" and "Rogue One", Decker? Curious to see your thoughts on those films
"They admit it exists!"
*creepy music*
My favorite Starwars.
Kazook !! Heeeeehhh !!! Awesome. 😎
>.> is that evil decker i mean the stash makes em look more evil i likes it ^^
15:45 --- Can someone make a Decker Shado RUclips Poop now?
10:39 poor carry fisher just look at her face. its like all god please kill me now I am no ware high or stoned enough to deal with this shit
alaster boneman I hear that she was drunk or high during filming this
Lumpy should be in Star Wars 8
Chad Williams He already was in Episode 7 because it was a LUMPY pile of shit XD
Azzalack true
Azzalack your sir win my internet cookie for the day I fucking hated 7 and everyone seemed to nonstop suck it's dick for months and now they are praising rouge one for the exact same shit I didn't like in seven
lego star wars too