The Star Wars Holiday Special
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...
1978 | 97m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Steve Binder, David Acomba |
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| Writer: | Bruce Vilanch, Pat Proft, Rod Warren, Mitzie Welch, Leonard Ripps |
| Staring: |
| Luke Skywalker and Han Solo battle evil Imperial forces to help Chewbacca reach his imperiled family on the Wookiee planet - in time for Life Day, their most important day of the year! | |
| Release Date: | Nov 17, 1978 |
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| Director: | Steve Binder, David Acomba |
| Writer: | Bruce Vilanch, Pat Proft, Rod Warren, Mitzie Welch, Leonard Ripps |
| Genres: | Family, Fantasy, Science Fiction, TV Movie |
| Keywords | holiday, talk show, musical, space, drunk, space opera, variety show |
| Production Companies | Lucasfilm Ltd., Nelvana, 20th Century Fox Television, Smith-Hemion Productions, Winters Hollywood Entertainment Holdings Corporation |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $1,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Peter Mayhew | Chewbacca |
| Mark Hamill | Luke Skywalker |
| Carrie Fisher | Princess Leia Organa |
| Harrison Ford | Han Solo |
| Anthony Daniels | C-3PO |
| James Earl Jones | Darth Vader (voice) |
| Bea Arthur | Ackmena |
| Art Carney | Saun Dann |
| Paul Kantner | Holographic Band Member |
| Diahann Carroll | Mermeia |
| David Freiberg | Holographic Band Singer |
| Marty Balin | Holographic Band Singer |
| Craig Chaquico | Holographic Band Member |
| John Barbata | Holographic Band Member |
| Harvey Korman | Chef Gormaanda / Amorphian Instructor / Krelman |
| Mickey Morton | Malla |
| Paul Gale | Itchy |
| Patty Maloney | Lumpy |
| Jack Rader | Imperial Guard Officer |
| Stephanie Stromer | The Great Zorbak (Holographic Gymnast) |
| Michael Potter | Imperial Guard Officer |
| Wazzan Troupe | Holographic Tumblers |
| Yûichi Sugiyama | Ringleader |
| Claude Woolman | Imperial Officer (wallscreen) |
| Lev Mailer | Imperial Guard #1 |
| David Prowse | Darth Vader |
| Don Francks | Boba Fett (uncredited voice) |
| Alec Guinness | Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Mary Ann Hay | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Linda Hoxit | Teenage 'Wookie' (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Steve Binder | Director |
| Bruce Vilanch | Writer |
| Pat Proft | Writer |
| George Lucas | Characters |
| Bob Mackie | Costume Design |
| David Acomba | Director |
| Ben Burtt | Sound Effects |
| Ralph McQuarrie | Art Designer |
| Rod Warren | Writer |
| Brian Bartholomew | Art Direction |
| Mitzie Welch | Writer |
| Garrett Lewis | Set Decoration |
| Michael Lorenz | Makeup Artist |
| Peter Cole | Sound |
| Keith Crary | Makeup Artist |
| Ian Fraser | Original Music Composer |
| Leonard Ripps | Writer |
| Dean Okrand | Sound Recordist |
| Jerry Bixman | Editor |
| Ed Greene | Sound |
| Verne Langdon | Makeup Artist |
| Vince Humphrey | Editor |
| John B. Field | Director of Photography |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Dwight Hemion | Executive Producer |
| Joe Layton | Producer |
| Gary Smith | Executive Producer |
| Jeff Starsh | Producer |
| Ken Welch | Producer |
| Mitzie Welch | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 17 | 26 | 10 |
| 2024 | 5 | 21 | 32 | 11 |
| 2024 | 6 | 20 | 34 | 13 |
| 2024 | 7 | 18 | 29 | 9 |
| 2024 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 8 |
| 2024 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 7 |
| 2024 | 10 | 16 | 38 | 7 |
| 2024 | 11 | 15 | 41 | 9 |
| 2024 | 12 | 16 | 24 | 11 |
| 2025 | 1 | 15 | 28 | 9 |
| 2025 | 2 | 11 | 20 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2024 | 12 | 654 | 785 |
I recently spoke about how, in my opinion at least, _Attack of the Clones_ is the worst theatrically released _Star Wars_ of all time. The reason I had to put that "theatrically released" qualifier in there, is because of _The Holiday Special_, because it absolutely **blitzes** _Clones_ when it come ... s to how low it sinks. _The Holiday Special_ isn't just a bad _Star Wars_ movie, it isn't just a bad movie full stop, it basically isn't a movie at all. _Final rating:½ - So bad it’s offensive. I may never fully recover._
What were they even thinking? Astonishingly bad, and not even in a humorous way either. After watching and, all in all, enjoying the main films from the <em>'Star Wars'</em> franchise, I thought I'd check out the many spin-off films. <em>'The Star Wars Holiday Special'</em> makes for quite the st ... art! I had heard bits and pieces about this down the years and those bits and pieces were usually pretty derogatory and now I can see why; it's far worse than I was anticipating though. The worst thing is that it doesn't even try to be silly and stupid, if actually attempts to be sincere and meaningful. It's utterly dire, from start to finish. No idea how they roped Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher into this, you gotta especially feel for Fisher given that end scene... wow. I wish it was 'so bad it's good' so it could've been ironically fun to watch, but it's the furthest thing from that.