Star Wars: Holiday Special

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Star Wars: Holiday Special

1978

1h 37m

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Brad Newsome

Sydney Morning Herald

Yes, it features Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford, but nobody who saw this kitschy TV abomination back in 1978 was surprised that George Lucas wanted it erased from human memory.

Mar 25, 2020

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Gail Williams

The Hollywood Reporter

If the prospect of a two-hour Star Wars Holiday Special conjured up visions of "May the force be with you" repeated ad nauseam in your head, this show on CBS was a welcome surprise.

Oct 3, 2015

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Daniel Kraus

Salon.com

Yes, it was that unprecedented. Yes, it was that bad.

Aug 13, 2008

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Carson Timar

ButteredPopcorn

A complete miscalculation on what will interest and entertain the consumer, there isn't a single reason why one should give the film the time of day and truly it does deserve to be lost how it has been.

Rated: F

Aug 28, 2022

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Alan French

Sunshine State Cineplex

You will curse god for this show's mere existence.

Rated: .5/4

Dec 25, 2019

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Shaun Munro

Flickering Myth

The Star Wars Holiday Special is a work of such baffling insanity that every Star Wars fan deserves to watch it once - but probably only once.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 21, 2019

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Артур М

Sure It's better than acolyte, but it's still is terrible and worse than sequels, go watch it yourself, it's free on youtube.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/18/25

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Lord V

This is what Vader forced Han to watch while torturing him in the empire strikes back.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/10/24

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Will G

A million times better than The Acolyte. I will never watch The Acolyte again but I would watch this a hundred times over watching The Acolyte again once.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/21/24

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Richard C

After watching Star Wars the Acolyte I appreciate this more now!

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

07/19/24

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Felicia B

Better than Disney star wars "the acolyte". Didn't give my hyper space tummy problems.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

07/18/24

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Corey M

-3 holiday special +4 not acolyte -1 George Lucas gave up on Star Wars and now it is what it is. But I’d rather watch this on repeat than anything Disney has crapped out since taking over the franchise.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/07/24

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Steven D. Binder

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Mark Hamill

Luke Skywalker

Harrison Ford

Han Solo

Carrie Fisher

Princess Leia

Anthony Daniels

C-3PO

Peter Mayhew

Chewbacca

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Director: Steven D. Binder
Release Date (TV): Nov 17, 1978
Runtime: 1h 37m