Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

Fantastic!

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

This movie is one of the most painful things I have ever experienced. As someone who goes out of their way to watch terrible movies I can attest to the draining power of this particular TV special. I'm a fan of the Star Wars saga but this makes me never want to look at Mark Hamill or any of his co-stars ever again. Everything moves painfully slow and goes on for far. Far. FAR too long. You'll see what I mean when it comes to the creepy dancing scene or the inappropriate scene of the grandfather wookie watching a provocatively dressed woman. Harrison Ford is clearly there for a pay check - or because he was being threatened at gun point along with the rest of his family and all he held dear (you can tell from the dead look in his sad and helpless eyes). Watch it for the Star Wars Canon. Not for fun.

I watched this film with my friend Gunner and, wow it was bad. So bad, that as George Lucas said and I quote "If I had the time and a sledgehammer, I'd track down every copy of that thing and smash it." Not only does it have nothing to do with Star Wars, but what it does is even more insulting. A terrible dance routine that preceded Jedi Rocks, a wookiee watching a tutorial video, and don't get me started on the awkward scene where Itchy watches... well, it's better not to mention it, honestly.What's even sadder is that this was the introduction of Boba Fett, and while he does more than what he did in the movies, he's still not a major threat to the rebellion heroes. Also, this film feels the need to bring in the main Star Wars cast, but if you look into their faces, not even trying, you can see how bored they are. They know what they're in. The only thing that saves the film from anything lower is that the B. Arthur scene, as pointless as it was, wasn't horrible. It brought back the cantina from A New Hope with some cool creatures and an emotional song. But that can't save this movie from being terrible.That being said, and, if you want to see a film so bad and awkward, this is for you. But if you actually expect something related to Star Wars, look elsewhere. To end this review off, I'll quote what I said when I and Gunner finished watching the film. "It's one of the weirdest movies I've ever seen, but at the same time, it's one of the worst ones I've ever seen!"

The Star Wars Holiday Special was the first production to be released after 'A New Hope''s 1977 release; this special was released the year after. What can I say that nobody else has already said about this televised monstrosity? I don't know; George Lucas, the big cheese himself, disowned this film after witnessing the guest-star-ridden variety-horror show unraveling before his eyes. This is probably one of the only things Lucas and Star Wars fans mutually agree on: that The Holiday Special is an unmitigated disaster.The film starts off okay, as we see Han Solo and Chewbacca in the Millennium Falcon, although filmed on late 70s video-tape; after the two outrun a pair of Star Destroyers (using stock footage from the original Star Wars film), we get the Star Wars theme playing, then the title-card and then... "The Star Wars Holiday Special!": a crappy voice-over, announcing the cast names and guest stars. Off to a good start I see.If that wasn't enough of a bad sign that this film is easily the worst thing to be branded with the 'Star Wars' name, the rest of the film after that opening comprises ALMOST ENTIRELY OF CHEWBACCA'S FAMILY, and NO English translation to interpret what they're growling! Even when there's an occasional break from the Wookiees 'speaking', the segments are painful to watch, except the one redeeming factor in this steaming pile of Bantha-poodoo: the animated segment where we see Boba Fett for the very first time.The Star Wars Holiday Special is full of inconsistencies, out-of-place appearances of Art Carney, Bea Arthur, Jefferson Starship, Harvey Korman, and lastly Wookiee-heartthrob/jerk-off: Diahann Carroll.If you're a Star Wars fan who was heart-broken by The Prequel Trilogy's disappointment, then stay the hell away from this because this just might kill you with its awfulness. AVOID IT LIKE THE DARK SIDE!

Upon finding a copy of this at Goodwill, commercials intact, I must say... what were they thinking? The copy I saw was a fresh tape from it's original 1978 airing and didn't lose it's taste in cheesy badness. I'm sorry, but when you have Harvey Korman dressed as a multi-armed female alien on a cooking show singing "Whip, Whip, Stir" I don't know how anyone can take this seriously. Even the DVD box art which encased this gem was making fun of it the whole time. It's one of those cases where you feel embarrassed for the people who made the production along with feeling embarrassed for have seeing it. Same feeling I get when I see "WE WISH YOU A TURTLE Christmas."