Here’s a relic of the late 70s that I’m sure George Lucas has tried to destroy but couldn’t, thanks to the wonders of bootlegging and Youtube! It’s a cut down version of the 2 hour Star Wars Christmas Special that went to air in November 1978 and has never been seen on television again. It’s so surreal and weird and horribly cheesy – I’m sure Harrison Ford ranks it very highly on his career achievements (his ‘moving’ scene with Chewbacca’s family is a solid 9.6 on the Unintentional Comedy Scale).
Whilst I’m sure it might be a struggle to sit through the whole thing, this boiled down version gave me quite a few laugh-out-loud moments – particularly Bea Arthur’s cameo, any appearance by the Orange Mark Hamill, and the Wookiee virtual reality porno.
And the Wookiees are still better actors than Hayden Christensen.