The Star Wars Holiday Special

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Star Wars franchise work television special variety show

The Star Wars Holiday Special is a 1978 Star Wars franchise television variety show infamous for its poor reception, bizarre musical and comedy segments, and rarity, which has since made it a cult curiosity among fans.

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Surface form Occurrences
Star Wars Holiday Special 4
Star Wars Holiday Special (voice of Boba Fett) 1
Star Wars Holiday Special animated segment 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Star Wars franchise work ⓘ
television special ⓘ
variety show ⓘ
availability never officially released on home video ⓘ
basedOn Star Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
canonicalStatus generally considered non-canon ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director David Acomba NERFINISHED ⓘ
Steve Binder NERFINISHED ⓘ
fandomStatus cult favorite ⓘ
featuresCharacter Boba Fett NERFINISHED ⓘ
C-3PO NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chewbacca NERFINISHED ⓘ
Darth Vader NERFINISHED ⓘ
Han Solo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Itchy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Luke Skywalker NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lumpy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Malla NERFINISHED ⓘ
Princess Leia NERFINISHED ⓘ
R2-D2 NERFINISHED ⓘ
focusesOn Chewbacca's family ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
musical television special ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
variety show ⓘ
guestStar Art Carney NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bea Arthur NERFINISHED ⓘ
Diahann Carroll NERFINISHED ⓘ
Harvey Korman NERFINISHED ⓘ
language English ⓘ
musicBy John Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableSegment animated Boba Fett segment ⓘ
notableSong Princess Leia Life Day song ⓘ
originalNetwork CBS ⓘ
originalReleaseDate 1978-11-17 ⓘ
partOf Star Wars franchise NERFINISHED ⓘ
plotElement Life Day celebration ⓘ
producer Gary Kurtz NERFINISHED ⓘ
reception widely panned ⓘ
runningTime approximately 97 minutes ⓘ
setting Kashyyyk NERFINISHED ⓘ
stars Anthony Daniels NERFINISHED ⓘ
Carrie Fisher NERFINISHED ⓘ
Harrison Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ
James Earl Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kenny Baker NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mark Hamill NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peter Mayhew NERFINISHED ⓘ
writer Bruce Vilanch NERFINISHED ⓘ
Leonard Ripps NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mitzie Welch NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pat Proft NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rod Warren NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Boba Fett → appearsIn → The Star Wars Holiday Special ⓘ
this entity surface form: Star Wars Holiday Special
Kashyyyk → appearsIn → The Star Wars Holiday Special ⓘ
this entity surface form: Star Wars Holiday Special
Lumpawaroo → appearsIn → The Star Wars Holiday Special ⓘ
Mallatobuck → appearsIn → The Star Wars Holiday Special ⓘ
this entity surface form: Star Wars Holiday Special
Mallatobuck → firstAppearance → The Star Wars Holiday Special ⓘ
Boba Fett → firstOnScreenAppearance → The Star Wars Holiday Special ⓘ
this entity surface form: Star Wars Holiday Special animated segment
Anthony Daniels → notableWork → The Star Wars Holiday Special ⓘ
this entity surface form: Star Wars: Holiday Special
Art Carney → notableWork → The Star Wars Holiday Special ⓘ
Carrie Fisher → notableWork → The Star Wars Holiday Special ⓘ
Don Francks → notableWork → The Star Wars Holiday Special ⓘ
this entity surface form: Star Wars Holiday Special (voice of Boba Fett)
Peter Mayhew → notableWork → The Star Wars Holiday Special ⓘ
this entity surface form: Star Wars Holiday Special
Bea Arthur → voiceWork → The Star Wars Holiday Special ⓘ