I just found a copy of Star Wars Holiday Special (from 1978)

[Auzzie]

oh no hahaha I just found a copy of the Star Wars Holiday Special.

I will watch it over the next few days.

So who has seen it? And who knows the history of it?

hahahaha cant wait to watch it.

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[The Hulk]

I haven't seen the full thing just bits of it. It has a lot of hate though.

 

[Al]

"Well, I know that George Lucas doesn't like it at all—when I was working on The Illustrated Star Wars Universe, he told me that he would be happy if every copy could be tracked down and burned..."

―Kevin J. Anderson
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Other than 'Life Day' being a combination of Thanksgiving and Christmas, Lucas had nothing to do with the Holiday Special. It was a long time before he even acknowledges it's existence.

Anyway, here it is: