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Do you have celebration plans for Wookiee Life Day? According to Disney, it's the galaxy's "most cheerful and magical holiday," so on November 17, the company will celebrate the event on Disney+ with a Lego Star Wars Holiday Special. Set immediately after Rise of the Skywalker, Rey and BB-8 go on a journey through the nine-film timeline that promises to give screen time to goodies and baddies current and past. Except it's all done in Lego, so painted tongues will be firmly in plastic cheeks.
Hopefully, somewhat better than the lesser known: Star Wars Holiday Special
The Star Wars Holiday Special[a] is a 1978 American television special set in the universe of the Star Wars science-fiction media franchise. Directed by Steve Binder, it was the first Star Wars spin-off film, set between the events of the original film and The Empire Strikes Back (1980). It stars the main cast of the original Star Wars and introduces the character of Boba Fett, who appeared in later films.
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The special is notorious for its extremely negative reception and has never been rebroadcast nor officially released on home video.[2][3] It has become something of a cultural legend due to the underground quality of its existence. It has been viewed and distributed in off-air recordings made from its original telecast by fans as bootleg copies, and it has also been uploaded to content-sharing websites.
(Score: 2) by Snotnose on Saturday August 15 2020, @10:09PM (7 children)
FFS peeps, I found it while posting my comment. It's downloaded already, I'll watch it later tonight.
Reminds me of another movie, Pinocchio in Outer Space. Saw it when I was a kid. For years I posted on forums about it, and searched online. Nobody had heard of it, I finally decided I'd dreamed it. Then I found it on a torrent site 3-4 years ago. It's bad. It's really bad. I quit maybe 30 minutes into it.
When the dust settled America realized it was saved by a porn star.
(Score: 2) by looorg on Saturday August 15 2020, @10:25PM (2 children)
Oh you are in for a very special evening ...
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday August 15 2020, @11:05PM (1 child)
I kept watching, thinking, "it's got to get better". No, it doesn't have to get better. I'm scarred for life . . .
(Score: 2) by looorg on Saturday August 15 2020, @11:11PM
Once you have seen it you can't un-see it.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 16 2020, @03:01AM
By all that is holy in this uncaring universe, do not watch it.
I saw it when it was aired. I sat there, eyes unable to tear away from the sheer insanity. When Bea Arthur appeared, my soul died... screaming.
Do you want to go through the rest of your life a soulless husk like me? Sure it'll help you in a political career, but the cost, man, the cost.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 16 2020, @06:47PM
Good luck. I so far have only managed to make it about half way. It is ... well terrible. Not in a 'i could see how someone may like this' but bad. This is coming from someone who kinda likes the movie Battlefield Earth (its bad but at least kinda consistent in its weird logic and at least kind of fun). That SW special is pure cash in and awful.
(Score: 2) by looorg on Monday August 17 2020, @05:21PM (1 child)
So ... What did you think? Best xmas special ever?
(Score: 2) by Snotnose on Monday August 17 2020, @06:06PM
I made it through 30 minutes of it, it's as bad as everyone says.
When the dust settled America realized it was saved by a porn star.