Star Wars Holiday Special

[8BitNinja]

Hello everyone, Let's talk about the best Star Wars movie in the entire franchise, and possibly the greatest movie ever made. I love this movie and I watch it three times a day. I need it like I need air.

Keep in mind, this thread is completely a joke. I'm pretty sure very few people like this movie. I'm just making fun of something not controversial this time.

[2D8HP]

Despite how many times one saw Star Wars determining how "cool" one was in 5th grade back in 1977 (no way did Ben see it 15 times, where are the ticket stubs huh?!), I only saw the Christmas Special once when it first broadcast.

I remember that I found it dull, but little else beyond Chewbacca having a family.

[An Enemy Spy]

How could anyone have thought that what a Star Wars Christmas show needed was an old wookie jacking off in the living room?

[AdmiralCheez]

I have only seen it once, and I intend to keep it that way. I mean, it has a few interesting bits, but the majority of it is so dull and... ugh. I still can't believe I managed to watch the whole thing in one sitting.

[factotum]

Now, if only the Holiday Special had been the *only* occasion where the world at large asked, "George, what were you *thinking*?"...

[Siosilvar]

At least it has the Boba Fett cartoon in the middle. Unfortunately that's the closest thing to a redeeming factor I remember from it.

[Kid Jake]

How could anyone have thought that what a Star Wars Christmas show needed was an old wookie jacking off in the living room?

In all fairness, I'm pretty sure the addition of an elderly wookie beating off in the living room would have improved the Prequels.

[Ebon_Drake]

For all its sins, it gave us that one awesome GIF of a wookiee saying "suck my ****" and for that I am truly thankful.

***Vaguely NWS*** (http://i.imgur.com/Xu9hgkR.gif)

[Peelee]

wookie
Wookiee. 2 Es.

wookie
Wookiee. 2 Es.

wookiee
Good man.

Anyway. I think the bigger crime with the Wookiee segment was having such a huge amount of time on them having lengthy conversations with no subtitles.

[An Enemy Spy]

Now, if only the Holiday Special had been the *only* occasion where the world at large asked, "George, what were you *thinking*?"...

George Lucas had almost nothing to do with the Holiday Special outside of giving permission for them to use his property. He wrote a short script which was abandoned when the network execs demanded it be a variety show, and then was too busy working on Empire Strikes Back to be involved with the making of the special.

[Pex]

Rargh gargh ooargh mmm yeeagh eeoah. Aargh huuyah margh augagh. Rorgh!

[8BitNinja]

In all fairness, I'm pretty sure the addition of an elderly wookie beating off in the living room would have improved the Prequels.

This is the funniest thing I've read all week.

[Legato Endless]

The segment concerning the bar owner having to bid Farewell as her establishment closes for good isn't that bad actually. The actress manages a bit of real pathos despite being sandwiched between various unspeakably bad comedy bits.

[dps]

There were too huge problems that meant that the special was doomed to be bad, no matter what other choices were made. First, the decision to make it a musical/variety show. Why? It makes no sense to do that. How could anyone have thought that it was a good idea.

Second, the afore-mentioned presence of long segments with unsubtitled conversations in Wookie. Again, how could anyone have thought it was a good idea?

Beyond that, the script and dialogue were weak, and for the most part the cast just phoned in their performances (though I do have to give the producers props for getting the main actors from the film to even show up). And the musical numbers weren't good, either. (The exception would be the one with the bar owner (Bea Arthur) closing up her bar. That was actually pretty decent, though it had almost nothing to do with the rest of the special.)

[Peelee]

unsubtitled conversations in Wookie.
Shyriiwook, actually, is the name of their language.

Also, Wookiee. 2 Es.

[Fri]

fun fact: they don't have enough budget for full-body wookiee costumes for everyone for the final scene. That's why everyone are robed, it's actually just non-costumed people in robes wearing commercial wookiee masks.

[Cikomyr]

fun fact: they don't have enough budget for full-body wookie costumes for everyone for the final scene. That's why everyone are robed, it's actually just non-costumed people in robes wearing commercial wookie masks.

So its like a wookie amateur cosplay con?

[Nerd-o-rama]

The segment concerning the bar owner having to bid Farewell as her establishment closes for good isn't that bad actually. The actress manages a bit of real pathos despite being sandwiched between various unspeakably bad comedy bits.

Bea Arthur never played a bad role in her life. Not even this monstrosity could slow her down. You can't really go wrong with Jefferson Starship either, even if their number had nothing to do with anything.

Also, 8BN, you could also consider making threads that are...how do I put this. More thought-out?

[Peelee]

So its like a wookie amateur cosplay con?

OK, now I'm starting to think y'all are doing this intentionally.

[The Glyphstone]

(To the tune of 'C Is For Cookie')

There's two E's in 'Wookiee, this really bothers me
Two E's in 'Wookiee', this really bothers me
Two E's in 'Wookiee', this really bothers me
Wookiee, Wookiee, Wookiee, has two E's!!!!

[Cikomyr]

OK, now I'm starting to think y'all are doing this intentionally.

At first, no.

But eventually, yes. Sorry, but it was so entertaining.

Notice that i removed the 2nd "e" of the post i quoted.

[Peelee]

At first, no.

But eventually, yes. Sorry, but it was so entertaining.

Notice that i removed the 2nd "e" of the post i quoted.

I didn't even catch that. Well played!


(To the tune of 'C Is For Cookie')

There's two E's in 'Wookiee, this really bothers me
Two E's in 'Wookiee', this really bothers me
Two E's in 'Wookiee', this really bothers me
Wookiee, Wookiee, Wookiee, has two E's!!!!

You're my favorite.

[8BitNinja]

fun fact: they don't have enough budget for full-body wookiee costumes for everyone for the final scene. That's why everyone are robed, it's actually just non-costumed people in robes wearing commercial wookiee masks.

The more you know.

Thanks for enlightening us today.


So its like a wookie amateur cosplay con?

That's pretty much the entire movie

[rachelallan]

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[Celestia]

I don't even understand the thinking behind putting it on Planet Wookieee. Surely, they could have picked literally any other characters to center this on.

In all honesty, after watching it, I think the infamy of the Holiday Special is completely overblown. It, at worst, on the low end of mediocrity. There were numerous stupid things, but it was largely just boring. It's not the worst thing ever. Hell, it's not even the worst thing to come out of Star Wars. *cough*Mount Sorrow*cough*

[Peelee]

Planet Wookieee

OK, that was kinda clever.

[danzibr]

Oh yeah, that Wocky movie. I saw part of it once, liked the Boba Fett animated bit.

[Nerd-o-rama]

I don't even understand the thinking behind putting it on Planet Wookieee. Surely, they could have picked literally any other characters to center this on.

In all honesty, after watching it, I think the infamy of the Holiday Special is completely overblown. It, at worst, on the low end of mediocrity. There were numerous stupid things, but it was largely just boring. It's not the worst thing ever. Hell, it's not even the worst thing to come out of Star Wars. *cough*Mount Sorrow*cough*

I think the fact that it was a boring, badly acted variety show actually makes it worse. How do you get from Star Wars to that?

Also I appreciate that this thread is pretty much just an excuse to troll Pele now.