Star Wars Holiday Special, The (1978) [Nice Copy]
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- Опубликовано: 17 окт 2024
- A good quality version of a classic!!! Put together from a few of different sources.
Due to some copyright issues, the music (at the end of the presentation) has been edited out by RUclips. The bulk of the Holiday Special is still fully intact. Enjoy!!
And Happy Life Day!
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Disney and Lucasfilm won’t strike this down because it would mean admitting they own it. 😆
Um, they made a nod to it in the first Mandalorian episode, essentially almost making it cannon.
@@scorpius319 Lucas has never hid the fact this was canon, just that it "existed"
@@Seriona1 Yes, but it officially became so when Mandalorian mentioned 'Life Day' in the first episode.
And that's all I have to say. It's not really that important to me.
@@Seriona1 But now confirmed.
@@scorpius319 It was called S-canon in the EU but it appears Disney upgraded to true canon.
Imagine setting your VCR to record the Incredible Hulk and coming home to this.
Jajajaja
Not many people had a vcr in 78. LOL
I don’t think anyone had a VCR until the mid ’80s. At least no one I knew.
@@doughill3100 Thanks dude
@@aoryward Good point, but then again, some people must've. Otherwise, what the hell are we watching? This is somebody's home recording.
This is what Luke saw in Kylo’s head
Elijah Thomas How did it not scare him then?
What Rick and Jerry found in the cat's head
This is what Vader tortured Leia with in A New Hope
ahahahaHAHAHAHAHHAA
Why do you think he ran away?😆😆😆
9-year-old me was so excited to see this and I watched every minute of it and loved it. Adult me wonders what the hell was wrong with me as a kid?
Not since the pie fight scene in The Great Race!"😅
I know that feeling.
Me too. I was ten and I absolutely loved every second of it. Still watch it from time to time during the holidays, like this weekend. Not a good movie but takes me back to my childhood.
It was designed to sell star wars merchandise, so they say
@@thegreatone11 yeah it clearly was and it was effective for what it was trying to do. But man is it bad
It’s funny how this has never been hit with a copyright claim. I guess Even Disney isn’t brave enough to claim ownership of this
They'd never make money off of it so they might as well let it generate word of mouth advertising for Star Wars.
Pretty much. If no one is generating revenue from it, bootlegs are pretty much fair game for historical/archival purposes. It is definitely a deep dive into late 1970s variety show entertainment.
They refuse to acknowledge it exists.
Yet it's still better than The Last Jedi :)
😂 😂 😂 Yes
"The Incredible Hulk will not be presented this evening."
Top 10 phrases said seconds before disaster.
Lol
Hahahahahah!!!!
FUCKING GREAT!
They didn't show Wonder Woman either, thereby depriving millions of fanboys the joy of watching Lynda Carter run in slow motion....
Hulk SMASH ..his head in after watching this
@@mikekasich836 And a day later, he probably smashed the executives who thought it was a good idea to show this (but probably after Wonder Woman used the Lasso of Truth to admit they basically allowed it to be shown so they can make that Star Wars money for themselves).
Three seconds in and I'm already upset that The Incredible Hulk will not be presented this evening.
I know man. I know...
420 likes. NICE
Nooooooo.
Don't worry there's still those Duke boys.
This is what Star Wars looks like for people who don't like Star Wars
agreed
100% correct. Most people at the very least tolerate it or somewhat find it surface level entertaining, but many could care less
You are completely wrong. This is what Star Wars used to be for the fans. A true family entertainment, not a money eating, evil monster that it is today. They turned Star Wars into the complete opposite what it used to be. And that is really sad. It's on the dark side now. As most people, too.
They should just stare at a turd then.
@@chanjackie2299Yeahhh no, I'd take "they fly now" over this atrocity any day.
Starring Mark Hamill as Ellen Degeneres.
Lmao
XD
I heard that he was at the hospital at the moment but the production wanted him in the film and make him come for the scenes
😂😂😂
Fuck what anyone says, this is the best comment in the history of RUclips.
This is how Vader tortured Han Solo in the empire strikes back
cowering that’s what you say
probably they have a Guantanamo Camp X-Ray section on the Death Star
They didn't even ask any questions!
Yeah hearing the damn Wookiee growl for an hour seems like torture
I suppose that's better than Leia "servicing" Jabba.
The holiday special is a pathway to many abilities some would consider... unnatural
Quality comment
Yeah, like the unnatural ability to actually watch this whole damn movie in its entirety. In one sitting.
Much darkness and evil, In the Holiday Special there is!...
On second thought I think I meant to say....Much Coke and LSD, In the Holiday Special there is!...
rivotrich7 lol! 😂 That’s the ONLY thing that can explain it!
This special has the uncanny ability to make itself feel longer than any one of the original movies despite the fact it is almost 30 minutes shorter.
No it’s just long af. I didn’t not expect it to be this long. 30 minutes maybe. But hour and a half? That’s a whole movie
@@mikomaxwell6313 I wasn't born at the time it came out, but I would assume no other christmas specials at the time really went that long... it was like they were trying to make it epic like the movie but didn't have any substance to fill it.
“The Incredible Hulk wont be presented this evening”.
Top ten moments before disaster
Disaster? This is one of the greatest things mankind has ever made,I think that Shakespeare would have cried tears of joy if he saw this masterpiece
@@bemotivated8443 lol i love you sarcasm
Cousin Vicki: Yeah, but Daddy says I'm the best at it.
Rusty Griswold: Wow dad, we must have jumped that rail by like 50 yards.
Clark Griswald: Nothing to be proud of Russ...
[pauses as Rusty walks away]
Clark Griswald: [proudly] ... 50 yards...
Ed, the car salesman: I'll get to the bottom of this. Davenport!
Davenport: Yes, Mr. Ed?
Ed, the car salesman: Mr. Griswold ordered a blue sports wagon, where is it?
Davenport: I don't know sir.
Ed, the car salesman: [to Clark] I know what must have happened. It didn't come in.
Clark Griswald: Ed, I'm not your average everyday fool. Now I want my blue sports wagon and if you can't get it I'm gonna take my business elsewhere! Where's my old car?
Ed, the car salesman: I'm just as upset as you are, believe me. Davenport! Get Mr. Griswald's car back and bring it back here! Now I can get you the wagon, there's not problem there. The problem is that it might take six weeks. Now, I owe it to myself to tell you that if you're taking the whole tribe cross-country, the Wagon Queen Family Truckster... You think you hate it now, wait 'til you drive it.
Clark Griswald: I don't want to drive it. I just want my old car back. I'm not falling for this. Let's go, Russ
🤣
@@mikesilva3868 ?
@@maazk8951 What sarcasm? He is dead serious. This is un ironically amazing.
"R2-D2 as... R2-D2"
Kenny Baker: "Am I a Joke to you?"
Kenny Baker had the good sense not to be involved. They used a remote-control R2-D2.
Well...yuh
🤣😂🤣😂!!!
well kenny baker is strong to the force wich he knew that he should and not be involved
They didn't tell kids that R2 was a small man, that would have spoiled 'the magic', people thought he was real until 1986-87
Why is this glorious piece of history not on Disney plus.
Edit: well, at least part of it is on Disney plus now
because it's too good for Disney Plus
Two things that will never be on Disney+: _Song of the South_ and _The Star Wars Holiday Special._ And I'm not certain about _Song of the South._
Disney would be admitting that they own it...
Sure you do
Toby Bartels Well if they did put Song of the South on Disney+ nowadays, they would have to do a heck of a lot of editing and scene cutting at least.
Leia sings with joy, despite having lost not only her family but her whole native planet in an absolutely crushing way a few weeks ago...
I know😊
CARRIE FISHER HAD A PHARMACIST FOR THAT
@@flopsweatyeah, Galactic Xanax is like a miracle.
And her underthings as well -- that moment at 1:42 shows her full revenge at being strapped down throughout the entirety of ANH and letting those things flail about like a pair of honey baked hams given their new freedom!
I mean 1:30:42. Damn this thing refusing to let me edit!!!
*"The Incredible Hulk will NOT be presented this evening."*
The man instructs the audience with a saddened and monotone voice. he knows exactly what's going to happen next after this message.
HULK SMASH BAD TV SPECIAL
@@snakes3425 hulk smash George Lucas just joking 😅
@Detailed InfoDisplay Have you seen those guys in the malls with the strollers, with that look on their face like they envy the dead? 'Somebody shoot me! This isn't the mall! I'm in Hell!😂
Better than she hulk
When he said incredible hulk will not be presented this evening and nothing else that kinda creeped me out
This Special is the reason Ben gave up during his battle with Vader, he foresaw this, and thought 'if I don't die now, I'll have to star in it as well'
Pitch meeting
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Damn
@@mikekasich836 he never said that in the pitch meeting
😂😂😂😂
Every minute feels like an hour. I’ve never felt the fragility of my own mortality more acutely. Have I been watching this for 10 minutes, or 10 years? I feel my soul untethering and being pulled into some icy void. I scream, but there is no god to help me. There is only Lumpy.
I can’t feel anything. I only know Itchy.
I have no mouth and I must scream
Happy Life Day! And I DO mean happy Life Day ;)
@@TheGreenZubat some people celebrate Frieza day as well
😆
I watched it live when it came on TV. I was 15 old and a big Star Wars fan. Back then I couldn't endure watching it to the end.
Now here I am at 61. And after all these years, and several attempts, I still haven't been able to.
cool
@@only257ikr
sometimes it takes 47 years to warm up to something, give it a shot next year!
I was 15 when the joke known as Star Wars Episode 8 came out. I still can't endure watching it until the end and I don't believe I will be able to when I'm 61 either.
Go to a theater viewing with other fans. That's where the entertainment value is.
my favorite thing about this is Carrie playing this whenever she wanted people to leave her house.
lol what? is that true?
@@charles_xcx That's what her book said lol
Holly Huffine wich book?
@@happyskates3142 The Princess Diarist!
Haha that’s now my favorite thing
10 minutes in and it feels like an hour has passed
I'm barely past the opening credits and I'm like... is it over
Feels like I've lived every second of the 41 years since it aired, 10 minutes in...
Hahaha true
Holy crap 5 seconds and j don't want to watch lol I clicked it to if it was good noope it's not
R2D2 as R2D2... I can't watch this... idc if it's the original cast. Rofl. This is horrible!!!!!!
Jefferson starship!!! LOL
Imagine how the world would be today if the Incredible Hulk was presented
Thanks guys I really appreciate it :)
@@mtndewkie8228 Im so sorry.
@@therobotfrom2003 for what
@@mtndewkie8228 the disrespect
@@therobotfrom2003 ohh yes the disrespect level is through the roof
Forcing myself through the entirety of this, it genuinely feels like a fever dream
They should have just presented The Incredible Hulk that evening...
Truly the best comment I've read all year lol
@@The_KLF LMAO... Wonder Woman too!
lol
yup, lol
Hahaha it definitely would have saved a lot of suffering ...
Have you ever heard the tragedy of The Star Wars Holiday Special?
@Liam Duk-Stolting Is it possible to learn the location of such content?
It’s not a story that... pretty much anyone would tell you
G. James Farmer Hahahahahaha nice
I thought not. It's not a story Lucasfilms or Disney would tell you.
I thought not. It's not a story that Disney would tell you.
Love how all the comments are related to the first 10 mins of the movie because no one could clearly make it any further
Paul Faid I just skipped to 44:44 and I can see why
I was 7 when this came on, i went outside to play lol. It was so dumb then.
I made it to 45:07...then HAD to turn it off. I was FAR too bored. Like it was actually hurting my head.
I'm trying. It's hard. I really don't want to do this but feel i have to for 'historical reasons'
@@jimmyjango5213 same
Little did we know that night how much Wonder Woman and The Hulk would be missed.
Bruh😂
This is not a story the jedi will tell you..
Or anybody
nor the sith
It's a shit legend
haaaaaa
This is a story that will make a Jedi swallow his light saber....
There must have been some disapponted Incredible Hulk Fans.
I was there back then, big Hulk and Star Wars fan... yea, they should have gone with the Hulk. This was shit back then..still is.
I'm sure there were a LOT of disappointed Hulk fans.
Tbh I think everyone was disappointed
It was...
Don't forget the Wonder Woman fans, It looks like this thing was two hours.
This is why Harrison Ford wanted Han Solo dead.
On a real note since I know you’re all joking and to inform those who didn’t know, it was mostly due to the success of Star Wars/New Hope that led Harrison Ford to hating the character as his “breakout role”. Hence why he was frozen in carbonate in Empire and not wanting to come back in Return. But yeah, I wouldn’t put it past him if this was the reason why he didn’t want to do Han Solo anymore
@@GanzoHasashi1911 Same reason with Alec Guiness, he didn't hate Star Wars as the legend says, he just hated that he would be remembered for that role and not for his other roles.
Makuta S-V I don’t get it tho. Do they just hate Star Wars or what. They’re acting like Star Wars isn’t one of the biggest movies of all time
@@909bkaby An actor usually doesn't want to get typecasted, which tends to happen with large films. Mark Hamill will always be known for Luke Skywalker, even though he might be more proud of other roles.
Naw Callista Flockhart was always jealous, and Ford is a huge pot head.
It’s difficult to to find the words to describe how bad this is - it’s like a fever dream coupled with the worst hangover you’ve ever had.
Agreed 😊
@@zman4242 I have never seen these, imagine if the only Star Wars thing you watched was this - you'd be, yeah I've seen it and its not for me and would 't bother with any of the films!
@@zman4242Yep. Grew up in the 70s. Certainly a bizarre time in many regards.
No doubt the guy was trying to record the incredible hulk and this happens.
Dwight Little did he know that thanks to the future magics of VHS to digital transfer and RUclips, he inadvertently preserved something very awful that should have been permanently erased from mankind’s mind and memory. 😄
@@rivotrich7 Well, it's still better than the sequels.
WilfredIvanhoe Yeah, I got mixed feelings about which one of those is better or worse. At least I can laugh when watching Holiday Special.
It was heavily hyped for.kids ahead of time. A Star Wars special after the first movie and before anyone had home video to watch Star Wars at home was a major event.
@@WilfredIvanhoe the sequels are better than this shit. Even that original.
The incredible hulk was not presented that evening for this.. for THIS
Chopper Terrible! but At Least they could show that missed Hulk episode again as a rerun, or maybe even the the Hulk episode that was going to be in that show slot was already a rerun. This Holiday special was shown to the public on Network TV only ONCE, then never professionally shown on Broadcast TV ever again, not even as a rerun. That’s how bad it is!
I didnt remember this. Cool
Wow... This... Just... WOW! May I have The Incredible Hulk back NOW please! I can't UNSEE THIS!
@@rivotrich7 what if you made a movie and you though it was good but no one else did what would you do
probably because he was in the process of Hulking out and only got half way, like this video gram.
"That debate was the worst thing I've ever seen & I was in The Star Wars Holiday Special." Mark Hamill, September 30, 2020
Yeah, that one won the internet that day.
He also asked Trump to pardon them for this lmao
It's canon.
@@bigpapaboomboom9735 hahahahaha
Just because he was in it, that doesn't mean that he's ever seen it. Harrison Ford denies all memory of it: ruclips.net/video/amln5OxsQlA/видео.html (start at 3:12)
I'm a 64 year old Star Wars fan. Having not seen it when it aired, and having successfully avoided it for decades, I just watched it here for the first time ever. It lived up to all I'd heard about it. Or down, depending on one's point of view. Bonus surprise: this was recorded off of WHIO in Dayton, OH, my hometown CBS station. The station IDs were a trip down memory lane.
I'm a 32 year old Star Wars fan and I probably laughed every 3 seconds during this entire movie. Nice to see the generations get together to watch...whatever this is. I'll probably wake up tomorrow thinking I dreamt this up while I was high.
@@Alexandra-rb7juthis was made on drugs. George Lucas was doin acid and shrooms for bout a month straight with he made this, he might’ve tried some angel dust and meth too. Mark Hamil looks baked on cocaine
Same as you, Hahahaha
I would have loved this when I was a kid... lol 😂
@@Alexandra-rb7juWe need sub titles but no one speaks Wookie lol 😮
I can't believe anyone went to see Empire Strikes Back after this
Empire is much better, anyway.
Same shit as all Star Wars.
@@topivaltanen4432 whatwhatwhat?
@@OliverKane3582 ooooooooh ok
@@OliverKane3582 Most people forgot it. It aired once in 1978 and was never released, so unless you watched that original airing, or got a bootleg VHS, you couldn't watch it until p2p in the early 2000s.
I have never heard a more chilling statement than "The Incredible Hulk will not be presented this evening."
the few moments of silence afterwards sent genuine chills up my spine, knowing what horrors lied afterward.
Yes indeed definitely upsetting my evening
Out of nowhere. 😂😂😂
And also that shows how big Star Wars was compared to Marvel back then at that time LOL
Chewbacca's family killed the Hulk so they could air this...
“I’d smash every copy with a sledgehammer if I could” - George Lucas
That the same George Lucas who came up with the idea to base the special around the Chewie family--and told the writers' team to shut up and get on with it when they protested? The same George Lucas who wrote the first draft of the script, and approved all of the dailies and signed off on the final edit?
Yup. Sure is.
@@joebryant8500 Maybe he learnt from his mistakes? Ever thought of that?
Sometimes humans do stuff in a state of excitement that they later realize was a huge mistake. Tis is one of em
@@tanmaydeshpande Because he denies he had anything to do with it. Disingenuous. It's why some of the producers grassed him up a few years ago. They were fed up with getting all the blame.
@@joebryant8500 ah. I didn't know about that. Guess I stand corrected
@@tanmaydeshpande lmao why he then didn't rechange the Han Greedo scene
I'm watching this in 5 minute sessions, it's the most I can manage 😬
i have seen this movie 68 times on youtube with commericals
Funny I'm watching it in small increments also.
I never could stomach watching the whole show. I remember watching this when it first aired, I changed the channel within the first 5 minutes because it was so bad. 🫣
They should add sub titles for the Wokies... SMH!
@@trevorbrown_artistYa every few years... Or ten! lol
"The Incredible Hulk will not be presented this evening"
Those BASTARDS...
I wish CBS or ABC would show it again on a network that don't have the balls to!
It’s funny how a special presentation was presented like an important news bulletin or something.
I totally remember getting excited to that
Hey the incredible hulk was a rerun anyway at that time I think.
especially since there was no schedule conflict. They just yanked it for shits and giggles.🤨
I'm still angry about it. 😉
Han's first line in the special: "That's it, I'm turning back." Too bad he didn't.
I'd like to think this was unscripted.
It was a warning
"I wish I hadn't shot first..."
It should've been "I've got a bad feeling about this." And he would have been spot on.
This has to be why Lucas killed everyone on kashyyk in episode 3
Maybe Ki Adi Mundi was a friend of Chewbacca's family. And he got killed too.
Caffeine Witcher forgetting someone?
Not just the men, but the women and the children too.
You mean Kazuk ;)
haha i would say it heavily influenced the decision
If Disney and Lucas film tried to strike this down, it would only become more powerful than they could possibly imagine. 🖍️🔦🤘
agreed
This should have been what Luke saw in the cave.
lmao underated comment 🤣
The quarantine is really doing something to me if I’m watching this.
I actually enjoyed this. This is The second time i watch this
Yes
Răzvan 2 Hardcore.Why do you like it, just wondering.
@@articalp ITS cute to see Chewie family
I up voted just so you had 69 likes
"R2D2 as...R2D2."
That's just brilliant casting, right there.
It's because Kenny Baker wasn't there for this, and the R2 they had was literally a remote controlled robot.
@@JL-sm6cg and its a nice joke too
I know right, what are the odds 🤣🤣🤣
Artoo
Kenny Baker short circuited after reading the script. So they had to get a real robot
I was ten, living in San Diego and I loved every second of this Christmas special.
This is a piece of TV History that simply cannot be lost.
It really represents tv history.
It's a piece of SOMETHING, alright!
How could somebody like this actual piece of garbage. I love Star Wars and this is a disgrace to the franchise. This is the worst Star Wars movie and in my opinion the worst film of all time. I can't believe this is the first movie that is a sequel to the original Star Wars. It upsets me. This is should not have the Star Wars name on it.
@@treatb09 😊agreed
It's a rare piece of TV history that is so awful that it completes the circle and became a must-watch classic!
*Man, I shouldn’t have taken those death sticks.*
Who needs to go home and rethink his life now
All that Green Milk.
Go home and rethink your life.
You bought death sticks? Hmmmmm
What death sticks
"The prequels are so terrible!"
"The sequels are so terrible!"
- People who haven't sat through this without any distractions
@@anomonyous Nice try. They're canon, doesn't mean you need to choose to watch them though.
I still rather watch this then the sequels
@@Necrow_Productions I don't believe you
I don't know how people hate Star Wars and call themselves star wars fans. I think some sequel is better than no sequel.
_"People who haven't sat through this without any distractions"_
Which is nothing compared sitting through the whole thing when it aired, with the commercial breaks and station-identification.
Just imagine. That was the second Star Wars movie.
agreed
@@only257 and easily the worst
Imagine seeing this as your first exposure to Star Wars😂
@@kevingray4980 if so, it would be your last
"How will we begin this holiday special? Lightsaber fight? A battle in space?"
"How about 10 straight minutes of Wookiees screaming at each other?"
"Give this man a raise!"
Oh an no captions to translate the grunts an shit lmao
@@yumadbro9554 you have bad grammar
@@Just1kartoffel yep
@@yumadbro9554 yep
Actually, it did begin with a battle in space. Just a VERY short one.
"The Incredible Hulk will not be presented this evening."
*Let this be a sign of what's to come.*
When the Hulk starts running for cover, that's your sign to follow suit.
Technically
Because this was mass broadcast I think it's Star Wars Canon 🥺
Now we know why Chewbacca didn't come home much.
Yeah, his hairy wife and kid
Ooof that Burn is as hot as Mustafar
lol
He deserves a LOT of credit for not drowning that annoying little shit... Or maybe, it's worse that he didn't. Someone should have.
Still the Wookies must be very tolerant and progressive regarding their sexual mores, given that daddy Wookie seemed to have a thing for homo SAPIENS porn.😂😂😂😂😂
But maybe cross breeding with homo sapiens brought the Wookies up out of their "primitive" existence, by giving them more intelligence??
Or David Brin was a "God" of the Wookie pantheon, who "improved" the Wookies by authoring their "uplift"? (Must be hardcore Sci-fi geek to get that last reference.)
R.I.P. Diahann Carroll, Art Carney, Peter Mayhew, Carrie Fisher, Harvey Korman, Kenny Baker, Bea Arthur. 😇
They didn’t mention Kenny Baker it’s a SAFETY DANCE if you want, it’s a SAFETY DANCE cause if you want to DANCE it’s a SAFETY DANCE.
Is that the girl from Golden Girls? Lol 😂
May all them find peace & be rested safely. Rest peacefully all them. They will be remembered for rest of eternity always.
I started to skip through some scenes that were just filler, without any actual content in them
But I quickly came to the conclusion that every scene is like that
Pen Cholez I wanted to watch it like I was in the 70s without fast forwarding but I couldn’t stand the musical number
Ten minutes of wookie dialogue is hard to follow. The movies gives them a few lines, with another character around so you can follow at least half the conversation. But three wookies alone? Nah. I think the two ewok movies had the same problem, you can't handle that much "jub-jub" straight.
Same, I almost wish I didn't watch this.
I tried skipping over all of the scenes that were too bizarre and weird to watch. When I finished doing that, the movie was over!
ChuckForPres If I was watching this for real in 1978 on live network TV, I would be begging for the commercials to come up quicker and more often
It’s a miracle this didn’t kill all hype for the sequel and swiftly end the franchise for good
Sean Prince Both of my parents are in their sixties and neither of them even knew this existed until I told them about it tonight. I feel like the Holiday Special kinda flew under the radar for a lot of people. From what I understand, TV events like this weren’t as big of a deal back then
Somehow CBS must have swept this under the rug quickly cuz it never aired on TV again, they must have gotten Kenner to kill all of the Holiday Special toy projects before they went to market, and they were very careful not to say another promotional word about this failed project ever again, which was luckily just enough to avoid killing the anticipation for the real series Episode V, which came to Theaters about 1.5 years later.
We might have been better off if it had. Is having Empire worth the 6 awful films that came after Return of the Jedi?
Keyboard Warrior I hear ya, but I’m still glad that this debacle of a TV movie didn’t kill off Episodes V and VI which are awesome, even if some of the rest of the series fell off a cliff after that.
Keyboard Warrior Revenge of the Sith was good
Legend has it that Carrie Fisher broke this out at her home parties that ran too long, to try to get straggling guests to leave!
Apparently, a VHS of the special was her price in order to provide commentary on the DVDs.
That would do it
When I was in college, I had "The Friend That Wouldn't Leave". My roommate and I had to pull out one of our Monty Python beta (yes, I said beta), tapes, and that would do it. Worked every time. This would have done it quicker.
Carrie: Let's watch the Star Wars Holiday Special!
Assholes who won't leave: Aight, Imma head out....
I'm not sure such a trick would work. People get high and/or drunk at parties.
I can honestly say, being 12 at the time and a Star Wars fan, I missed this special when it originally aired. I was only made aware of it years later. It is … one of a kind!
cool
This all could've been prevented if they just aired the incredible hulk
This is why we're in the worst timeline
I despise the hulk now, where as before I viewed him as just a marvel character.
@@deuceydee3506 What about a timeline where only this and the ST exists?
@@DacStudiosEntertainment im not the biggest hulk fan but Id rather have a 4 hour hulk marathon than watch this
Then we would lose this forever
This is the Cats version of Star Wars
This atrocity isn't even as bad as Cats2019.
@@trawlins396 it's true, I was just thinking that. I would gladly sit through Cats if it meant I didn't have to watch this
Omg u r sooooooo rite!!!
Nothing will ever compare to the garbage fire that is cats I burst out laughing in the theater when I saw the commercial because it looked so bad
@@trawlins396 Yes it is. This is trash than cats.
watching this all the way to the end is how you become a jedi master
LMBAO!
I’m halfway there
I did it
@@louishackney8269 Bea Arthur will now personally award you the title of Master. Congratulations, you earned it.
B d it's an honour
I was in 7th grade/12 years old when Star Wars came into movie theatres...i was totally blown away; a friend's mother took us in her VW Bug to a drive in and I and her two daughters sat in the back and watched SW....forever changed me....became totally obsessed. Had to have everything SW. I remember how excited I was to watch this special on TV. Yes, I do remember being disappointed that it kinda sucked but still, it was SW and on TV, a huge thing back then when I had to sit in the movie theater again and again to watch my fave movie never dreaming that some day I'd own it on videotape and then be able to stream it. I'm 59 now and Star Wars will always have a special place in my heart. My only regret is I never had children to share my love of the movie with. The first movie will of course always be my fave. RIP Carrie Fisher and others. Thanks for making my youth such a happy experience for me. And thank you for loading this video to watch again after so many years.
Agreed 🎉
Mark Hamill has more makeup on than most Drag Race contestants.
afaik this was around the time he had that car accident.
They caked the make-up on to hide the scars.
It's the 80s what do you expect?
@@HUTZKIKLON No, not the 80s yet.I saw this the night it was first shown .1978. One year after the original STAR WARS was released.
@@manbehindthemask2010 woah
It suits him for some reason 😂
A full length Star Wars special with the original cast, why have I never heard of this!?... . . . oh that's why.
This is better than half the trash on youtube, specially the front page fad recommendations.
@@KandiKlover yea
Lumpy was in this but not in the trilogy movies, that’s part of why, although at least this thing didn’t have Jar-Jar
@@rivotrich7 oh how hilarious would it be with our beloved Darth Binks!
@@Ultrasemen Jar Jar and Yoda are the true Sith Lords.
Everyone says they hate it... yet it has nearly 2 million views.
2020 has been hard on us all.
yeah and each view is under 2 minutes
LOL same here. i just stumbled across it for the first time ever today. Only in 2020 could i bare to watch SOME of this. i ended up fast forwarding through to the parts with Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford and Mark Hamill LOL
Yeah and people went nuts over Tiger King too.....folks love the cringe factor....
@@benhoward9198 hmmm i don't know. i personally couldn't stand Tiger King.
I saw it as a 10 year old in 1978. Yeah, was a train wreck back then too.
Acolyte made this look like the Godfather.
agreed
Damned straight.
*FR*
“Look how they massacred my boy”
Xmas special: Life day
Acolyte: Funeral day (for SW)
Strike this video down and it will become more powerful than you could possibly imagine!
Quality comment.
This video was the key to the Emperor's power......all that hate
@MAST3RCHIEF 98: Now that Disney owns Star Wars they'll go copyright mental like they do on everything.
Hahahahaha
heheh
After watching this I want to go home and rethink my life
And it doesn't take a Jedi to tell you that.
Sophie at the Outlander Club on Coruscant
I feel like whoever wrote this did so after buying the death sticks.
Screw that, just give me the deathsticks, nothing else will wipe this out of my mind
AND stop selling deathsitcks
I can’t believe they postponed Wionder woman and the Incredible Hulk for this
@Really Broken Hearted probably another unfortunate suffer of Fat Finger Syndrome (or FFS) which is only made worse by smartphone keyboards.
@@bryanc2262 my name is Greg & i suffer with ffs
@Really Broken Hearted what a comedian wow bravo
I do! And I was super stoked that they did because I was a 9 year old Star Wars nerd. :)
Have you seen the incredible hulk or Wonder woman episodes from back then? If you haven't than believe me, those shows look just as bad!
Just imagine. There was a world when the original film and the holiday special were the only Star Wars movies that existed.
I still remember watching this as a kid. My parents were going to a party at the neighbors and I was supposed to go but I wanted to watch this so my mother let me stay home and made me popcorn. Remember her coming home all excited and saying "So, how was it?!?" and I didn't even know how to respond to what I just watched and responded with something along the lines of "ok...I guess...". Think the memory stuck with me all these years because of the utter disappointment in something I had been so excited to see.
Do you wanna talk about it?
lol
Well if your son is now into Star Wars you know how to get rid of him for xmas
jk dont do it, no one deserves to be treateded this way
i bet you wish you had just gone to the party.
LOL
My family all watched it together. Every time there was a commercial break we all just looked at each other. No one wanted to be the one to say what we were all thinking. We'd all made sure to be home for this. We had to watch it to the end. It was like being glued to something because it might get worse, and I didn't want to miss it if it did. In those days us kids talked about shows this big at school, so I couldn't be the only one who didn't sit through all of it. I had to watch the whole thing or I couldn't make fun of it properly!
“Why do you keep watching this if it’s so bad?”
If one is to uncover the great mystery one must study all its aspects
It is but a mirror. To help you see what your own eyes cannot.
Not just the dogmatic narrow view of the Episodes and series. If you wish to become a complete and wise fan, you must embrace... a larger view
As someone who's read the early expanded universe and some of the weird places it went to, I agree wholeheartedly.
If once down the dark path you start, forever will it dominate your destiny. This shit will haunt you.
Have you heard of masochism?
If you managed to sit through this you are a freakin legend
Kincaid McCawley I used to love this as a kid
I’m a legend
Yep, got half way through, took a year break then finished it just then. Oh boy 😞
Made my whole family watch
I almost never stopped laughing
I was feeling down on Christmas Day which was just yesterday. I saw this for the first time and it cheered me up. This movie is so weird it’s magical.
Happy Life Day‼️
agreed saw it again on christmas eve for the 63th time
Happy holidays. We’re in current year ABY now, so be more considerate please.
@@elgusaniiiodeljuego6823are you joking? Or do you not know what life day is?
I mean...this really is just chaos. At this point, you can’t call it a bad movie. It’s not a movie at all. It’s a nonsensical gang bang of audio and colored pixels.
It's actually pretty hilarious if you are stoned out of your mind. XD
Nope, this is art.
Gabor K subjective I guess
M Van Enter I’ll take your word on that
It's not a movie. It's a tv special. It's a variety show. It's not good. It tried to capitalize on a hit movie. But it's not a movie and clearly no one said it is.
It's literally a miracle that Star Wars turned into the franchise it is now even after THIS was aired.
It truly is worse than what Disney later did to it.
I'm impressed by it's horribleness
At least it is not as bad as the force awakens
It's worse
@@henrygorsline3866 Wtf TFA is 3x better than this bs
@@tantris2876 facts tf😂
@@tantris2876 it was a joke
Imagine being the kid who was really looking forward to watching The Incredible Hulk only to be disappointed when finding out it was cancelled for this.
I was there. We kids were thrilled, being that it was Star Wars. Everyone in the school was talking about it. It was during the show that our glee turned to horror.
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Hayden is correct. This was heavily promoted before hand, we were all looking forward to it. Actually watching it was a huge level of "WTF?" I recall being sorely disappointed by everything except the animated feature which introduced Boba Fett.
True, we had to wait until the movies before we were disappointed by Boba Fett.
Out of curiosity, do you remember the Paul Lynde Halloween Special? All the cheese of this (With Pinky Tuscadero, Kiss and Witchypoo) but actually entertaining.
www.dailymotion.com/video/x43p1xg
In my home, it's not Christmas until this is shown.
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They should make a series on Disney Plus where its just Chewbacca at home with his family and there's no subtitles just wookie speak and random videos they watch
I mean, Jon Favreau's said after the success of The Mandalorian he genuinely wants to make a sequel to the Holiday Special on Disney+
@@ninjawhippetproductions7411 I'd love to see that.
The Ninja Whippet It’s been announced
@@ninjawhippetproductions7411 That will happen with the Lego Star Wars Holiday Special.
@@ninjawhippetproductions7411 i hate my life now thanks
When Lumpy said “RRAAAARGH” I really felt that
"eeeueeuurh" really resonated with me
Same. I don't know what it means, but somehow I was really touched by it.
You can't escape the fact that this was the introduction of Mandalorians into the Star Wars universe. So I hope Star Wars Holiday Special is what comes to mind next time you watch The Mandalorian.
I had to watch the Boba Fett part so I could see how he was introduced
Sorry man but i think i'm kinda going to ignoring this fact
@@galilelolparodien I guess that's acceptable. I kind of ignore the fact that episodes 7-9 were ever created. They don't exist in my reality.
And I kinda love that the mandalorian acknowledges that in tge first like, 5 minutes of episode 1
Mando’s sniper rifle was the same as the rifle Boba used in this too
2023!,…this get better every time I see it!,….I was glued to the television when this was originally aired!,..Brilliance!..X
So. Chewbacca is 'Chewy'. That means that 'Lumpy' Is Lumpbacca, and 'Itchy' is Itchbacca. Fantastic.
Lol that's what I was thinking about
ROFL
Lumpy is lumpurarru actually no joke
I laughed so hard I pissed my self
I hope you are happy
@Stoneryoda 937 And their second cousin removed, Chiwetel Eijofor.
I feel bad for Harrison. He looks like he regrets his life😂
He was actually putting effort into the role...imagine when he saw what the rest of it was like
Last I heard he was denying that had any part in this! (But Tape don’t lie!)
Mark Hamil looks like he is wearing a mark Hamil mask.
OmegaPoint042 they had to put a lot of makeup on him because he got into a car accident and had to have his face reconstructed. I’ve heard that’s also the reason why they had Luke get decked right in the face by the wampa, to justify why his face is different from in A New Hope
I was going to say what the heck happened to him.
@@thes7274473 that's a common myth, in the beginning of the movie you can see him with a normal face.
Also in his Jedi training.
@@thes7274473 his accident was in Jan 1977. He looked fine on the media tour Star Wars release summer of 77. People exaggerate his accident. It wasn't good, but he healedl up nicely by summer of 77. Look up some of his talk show appearances that summer as proof.
Lmao
I remember watching this as a 8 or 9 yr. old kid. Even then I knew something wasn't quit right with this show. What on Earth were they thinking. 😮😮 Lol
After watching 21 minutes of this, I finally understand the empire's drive to crush the rebels.
1:36:19 seen this movie 18 times😊
OH MY- THIS WAS A BAD DREAM
It's actually stunning how painfully long they drag out every single scene without adding anything
Have you seen Marvel lately? The Star Wars Holiday Special is Oscar winning compared to what's being vomited out of the house of the mouse.
I think for punishment Bob Eiger needs to be sit in a viewing room and allowed to watch this until either his eyes bleed, or begs George Lucas to take back Star Wars for free. Consider the money a tip.
I only made it to 16:14
That feeling when the droid attack on the wookies could have prevented this.
XD
Dammit Yoda
fucking ki-adi-mundi had to go and remind the counsel.fucking dickhead
😂🤣😂🤣😂
Best comment on here
This show aged me 100 years. I'm now an old man filled with regrets, longing for a better time, a more innocent age, and a merciful death.
Ten Hornet I want to fly to a desolate, far off planet and drown my ship. I will effectively maroon myself, and live out my few remaining days as an aged hermit
@@cameroncota9844 just move to another country/nation in real life on planet earth and try living as a hermit. Same thing. Different planets in star wars = different countries IRL. Same
This was pretty epic back in the day. Before we had internet, nothing was “on demand”. Most of us didn’t even have VCRs. There was a huge void of anything Star Wars in between movies. We craved anything having to do with Star Wars. Even something as corny as this was very welcome!
Exactly like a beggars can't be choosers type deal
As a 17 year old teenager, I paid money 19 times to see Star Wars in the theater. I remember how excited I was when I heard this was going to be broadcast. I also remember turning off the TV after the first five minutes. It hasn’t gotten better with age.
I'm 3 mins in, trying to see what everyone's talking about
There are zero redeeming qualities about it at all. It shouldn't exist, but it does, which is terrifying. What horror man is truly capable of.
I was only 8 yrs. old when the special was on TV but I remember my Dad cussing something about "space monkeys" and turned the channel to Starsky and Hutch LOL
That is my EXACT experience too, you were not alone in the Horror ! I went and ran around with friends that also was experiencing the Horror , we laughed together and played pitch & ate pizza . Glad I didn't forget, I'm 61 now. 🤠🖖🎄
@@fredwerza3478 BAHAHAHA...🤣🖖🎄
Gotta love how there’s alien names like “Chewbacca” and then he’s related to just “itchy” and “lumpy”
At least they didn't call one "Scratchy"
I like how the controls for Lumpy’s holographic video table are actually two 70’s era cassette players mounted side by side. If you look carefully you can see the carry handles are present and pushed in flush on the ends. I also like how their computer appears to have a QWERTY keyboard. Oh, and that balsa wood handrail that the trooper crashed through, that was awesome!
I think the writers knew better than to expend effort on this one....
Lumpys real name is actually lumpawaroo
It’s literally “chew tobacco” and just as stupid
I remember when this aired...I think I was in second grade. Usually the day after a cool special had aired, every kid talked about it in school. Not a word was spoken after this one.
Lol fuckin hilarious
Today the school would bring in professional counselors to help kids process their trauma after watching this. Back then we just internalized it and cried silently at night.
Teachers next day: "Don't do drugs, kids...or you'll end up making things like the Holiday Special."
R u a Star Wars fan still? And if u are did u watch the prequels and the clone wars tv series ?
I was 13 and living in a country town in NSW Australia when this aired on one of the two channels we were lucky to have. Color TV had been broadcasting for three years by then but not every family could afford the luxury. I remember a whole heap of us friends going over to another friend's place to watch this special on a Friday night during the summer Christmas school holidays on their brand new set. We all sat on the floor eyes glued to it...IN COLOR. I know this special hasn't aged well but it was magic for the time
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Ya, back when corny was a word we were still disassociated with. Fun was just supposed to be 😊 fun.
Legend says Lucas hired a hitman to take out every single person involved in this production.
It was order 67
Even all the main actors from the films
clfisher10 dym order 136?
@@dabbi827 just carrie fisher
@@ln7929 😳
Imagine writing, filming, and editing this and thinking it'll be fine.
There was a lot of cocaine and alcohol involved
@Matt S hahaha yessss. Them and kathLeen Kennedy wrecked star wars up worse then if they made 8 more of these
That took a LOT of coke!
@@WillowTitov and seemingly lsd
Most of the cast was probably on drugs, so everything probably seemed fine.
All I want for Christmas is a HD version of the original holiday special on Disney+
Yeah i was just searching for that, disappointed thst they didn't have it.
An HD*
Sadly this was recorded on tape instead of film, I have a personal copy of this and it's 23 fps Interlaced (which is really 60fps).
This happens with magnetic tape & not film.
meaning its stuck at 480i. The best they can do is upscale it to HD but it doesn't look very good.
@@OrangeYTT a man can dream one day to stare deep into the HD locs of Bea arthur and Itchy
We are getting one in the mandolirian era this year
People say the Holiday Special is bad but compared to Acolyte, it is preferable.
agreed
TRUTH.
Bro is lying to himself so hard rn 💀
It makes this look like Citizen Kane