# Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 10, 2006, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-holiday-special-1978/347810 "2006-03-10T09:20:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-holiday-special-1978/347810/101 "2006-03-24T19:10:26Z")
Aha! It self adjusts to the browser size! ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2023, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-holiday-special-1978/347810/102 "2023-11-18T00:02:41Z")
One zombie re-animation deserves another: > **[‘Star Wars’ Documentary About Infamous 1978 Holiday Special Sets Release Date...](https://variety.com/2023/film/news/star-wars-documentary-1978-holiday-special-release-date-1235790381/)** > > "A Disturbance in the Force," a documentary about the ill-fated 1978 "Star Wars Holiday Special," will arrive from a galaxy far, far away in December. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2023, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-holiday-special-1978/347810/103 "2023-11-18T00:48:39Z")
They actually put out action figures specifically from the Holiday Special recently for the first time ever. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2023, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-holiday-special-1978/347810/104 "2023-11-18T01:18:58Z")
the lego starwars xmas special does nothing but make fun of it and a wonderful life … ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2023, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-holiday-special-1978/347810/105 "2023-11-18T01:31:44Z")
If you don’t want to have to sit through the whole thing, there are now numerous YouTube videos recapping it, some more mocking than others. For a making-of angle there’s [Secret Galaxy](https://youtu.be/YqL0uCzfGhM?si=b4NVFulh16zMGSS5) or [Yesterworld](https://youtu.be/Gb1igJuKGo4?si=BgOFntQR12Y6TNB-). And of course there’s a [Pitch Meeting](https://youtu.be/Q9YQn8j--xs?si=eCooNAoiZpuLJkvH) and an [Honest Trailer](https://youtu.be/vFQ8hsZsDkA?si=I4gC_H8YtAZFP9HV). ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-holiday-special-1978/347810/106 "2023-12-08T03:24:11Z")
Just watched the documentary. It was pretty good, but I don’t think it needed to be an hour and a half. > **[Home | A Disturbance in the Force](https://www.disturbanceintheforce.com/)** > > Documentary about the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-holiday-special-1978/347810/107 "2023-12-08T03:28:02Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Just watched the documentary. I’ve just finished watching it myself tonight. Someone in the doc described Life Day as “Wookie Rosh Hashanah”, which really made me laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-holiday-special-1978/347810/108 "2023-12-08T03:38:02Z")
I could have gone my entire life without seeing Grandpa Wookie getting his Groove On. To be fair, I _was_ warned for years. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-holiday-special-1978/347810/109 "2023-12-08T10:54:53Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > Were there any film or TV depictions of virtual reality before this show? Dunno if it counts, but in 1974, on _Star Trek: the Animated Series_, the Enterprise had a holodeck. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2023, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-holiday-special-1978/347810/110 "2023-12-11T01:00:20Z")
I remember watching it as a kid, what I remember most was the Boba Fett cartoon, which was pretty cool. I just watched the documentary about the special. The 70s were weird, we just accepted a Donnie and Marie Star Wars dance number. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2023, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-holiday-special-1978/347810/111 "2023-12-11T02:08:08Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > The 70s were weird, we just accepted a Donnie and Marie Star Wars dance number. I had never heard of that or the Richard Pryor thing. ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/t-aDHbBWfMQ/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/t-aDHbBWfMQ?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Emqoqsa2EuA/maxresdefault.jpg "The Richard Pryor Show - Star Wars Bar (1977)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Emqoqsa2EuA) I remember _Sesame Street_ and _The Muppet Show_, though. I wonder why they weren’t mentioned? [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/I6Rdi9mwMUc/hqdefault.jpg "Sesame Street Episodes 1364 and 1396 with C3PO and R2D2 Super Cut") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6Rdi9mwMUc) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RGXAnI7Zy90/hqdefault.jpg "The Muppet Show Mark Hamill opening sequence") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGXAnI7Zy90) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-holiday-special-1978/347810.md?page=5)