Was the Star Wars Holiday Special good?

Being a one-off television special, there was no great effort put into the production which was of notably lesser quality than the original film that already lacked studio backing at the time. Contemporary critics have compared the special to being like a bad episode of Saturday Night Live.

Why does Luke look so weird in the Star Wars Holiday Special?

Perhaps as a result of Hamill’s car accident a year and a half earlier, and the facial reconstruction surgery that followed, he appears in the special under several pounds of pancake makeup, eyeliner, and other cosmetics that leave him resembling less the Luke we met on Tatooine than a young Carol Channing.

Did George Lucas have anything to do with the holiday special?

Lucas doesn’t say much about the special itself, just that he—and by extension Lucasfilm— did not have any involvement other than to suggest they make an animated short using this cool new character they’d designed, Boba Fett.

Is Star Wars Christmas special canon?

Though die-hard fans might wish otherwise, the Star Wars Holiday Special isn’t technically canon. However, that hasn’t stopped the creators from pulling elements from the Holiday Special into the franchise’s universe.

Was the Star Wars Christmas Special bad?

But one piece of “Star Wars” memorabilia is notably absent from the canon: the resoundingly panned, time-immemorially terrible, “Star Wars Holiday Special.”

Is the Star Wars Holiday Special The Worst Movie Ever?

Reception. The special is notorious for its extremely negative reception, both from Star Wars fans and the general public. David Hofstede, author of What Were They Thinking?: The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History, ranked the holiday special at #1, calling it “the worst two hours of television ever”.

Why did Mark Hamill look different in the holiday special?

He had to have some of his ear put into his nose. So they adjusted the film with this snow monster to right away in the movie scratch his face to account for his looks being different.”

Did Mark Hamill do a handstand?

Hamill also shared another nugget: unlike the Cloud City stunt, that actually was the actor doing that single-handed handstand in which Luke balanced Yoda on his foot while his character lifted rocks with The Force.

Was Mark Hamill in the Christmas special?

This bizarre Christmas film featured all of the hits. From Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker to Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher as Han Solo and Princess Leia, the stars piled in for this extravaganza.

Is Star Wars Holiday Special 1978 Canon?

Legacy. Prior to the establishment of the Lucasfilm Story Group, the special was classified as S-canon. The Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith art department used the Holiday Special to aid in designing the look of the planet Kashyyyk for the film.

Will Boba Fett ride the rancor?

Fett expressed a desire to learn to ride the rancor after hearing that the Witches of Dathomir had been known to do so. Fett went on to keep it in the rancor pit in Jabba’s Palace, and used it to intimidate the crime bosses of Mos Espa. After the Battle for Mos Espa, the rancor has become Boba’s personal mount.

Who is Boba Fett’s wife?

Sintas Vel
Affiliation(s) Sintas Vel was a female Kiffar from the planet Kiffu, who became a bounty hunter at a young age. It would be during her career as a bounty hunter that Sintas would meet fellow bounty hunter Boba Fett, whom she fell in love with and later married when she was eighteen years old.

Is the Star Wars holiday special worth watching?

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. December 21, 2019 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review… Worst of all are some musical numbers that in most cases we simply do not know why they were included. [Full Review in Spanish]

When does the Lego Star Wars holiday special take place?

Using the original (cult car-crash-you-can’t-look-away-from) 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special for inspiration, the LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special takes place after the demise of the First Order, post-Rise of Skywalker, and reunites Rey, Finn, Poe, and Rose for a celebration of Life Day on Kashyyyk.

Did George Lucas want Star Wars erased from human memory?

Try Harder! 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. March 25, 2020 | Full Review…