Star Wars Holiday Special
| Star Wars Holiday Special | |
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| Directed by | Steve Binder |
| Produced by | George Lucas |
| Written by | Getty Images |
| Starring | Same cast as the OT |
| Music by | John Williams |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date | November 17, 1978 |
Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | Too much |
| Box office | Aired on TV, but still managed to flopp regardless |
“What if the Ewoks are like elves in the galaxy, and Santa is like a Sith Lord or something?”
The Star Wars Holiday Special is a 1978 comedy-space-christmas movie, which also acts a spin-off film set in the Star Wars galaxy. It was directed by Steve Binder, while being produced and overseen by George Lucas. It served as a pivotal point in the franchise, airing across every major television service in the United States, Canada, Antartica, and even Alaska.
Plot[edit | edit source]
STAR WARS
EPISODE IV.V
THE HOLIDAY SPECIAL
Meanwhile, HAN SOLO and CHEWBACCA spend Christmas Eve in the slammer after being arrested for a DUI.
DARTH VADER is approached by the GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST and must relive his early days in hopes that he will not become like his Master, DARTH EBENEZER SCROOGE....
Narrated by the guy from Discovery Channel, we set foot into the Wookie forests of the Amazon Rain Forest, where the Wookies are fighting a war against the Americans — who are attempting to acquire some exotic Christmas trees. Wait no, that was the plot of Avatar, wasn't it?
Rather, we are shown the daily lives of fur-creatures babbling while watching a TV cooking show hosted by a tranny. We also see the inclusion of softcore porn, where Grandpa Wookie watches 20 minutes of some lady saying "Well, aren't you excited? Ooh, someone's excited!"
On the other side of the galaxy, Luke visits a dozen Target and Kmart stores looking for the perfect set of sexy lingerie for Princess Leia, who he still doesn't know is his sister.
Production[edit | edit source]
The Star Wars Holiday Special started off as a joke between Lucas and his wife while having Christmas dinner in 1977. George was working on the sequel to the first Star War, but now better and cooler with the now pop-culture icon, Boba Fett.
Instead of calling it something like Star Wars: The Last Christmas or Star Wars Episode 4.5, but technically 1.5: The Christmas, Hannukah, and similar Movie, the producers agreed that Holiday Special was more inclusive and non-judgemental and might refer to any number of real-life or made-up holidays — and not just Jesus's birthday. To put a really vague edge on it, they took the Christ way out of Christmas and had the characters celebrate 'Life Day', which could refer to anything.
Themes[edit | edit source]
AT-AT sex[edit | edit source]
Careful viewers will note that two AT-AT walkers are breeding during one of many cool, and interesting fight scenes. This means that there would be major implications in the Star Wars saga if Imperial Machines are fertile, such as: that's how vehicles/ships are made, if baby AT-ATs's grow up to become big AT-AT's, and if there is a market for AT-AT porn in the galaxy.
Sandmen[edit | edit source]
Since it doesn't snow on Tatooine, children there build Sandmen, instead of the much more cooler Snowmen that kids on Hoth have the luxury to make during the holiday season. Director Steve Binder said that this was an easter egg to the real-world fictional character, Mr. Sandman, who much like the Ghost of Christmas Past who visits Darth Vader in the film through dreams. However, this does not mean that the 2022 Netflix series, The Sandman, is connected to the Star Wars expanded universe.
What is "Life Day"?[edit | edit source]
As mentioned earlier in this article, the Holiday special omits any semblance with any real Holidays and instead opts for "Life Day". It is wildly suspected that "Life Day" is a celebration of sex and all the hot things that come with sex. This is possibly why Luke was searching for the hottest lingerie possible for his sister Princess Leia.
