12/27/2004

Stunningly bad

Filed under: @ 3:21 pm

Courtesy of Tom Tomorrow, we can get a highlight reel from the Star Wars Holiday Special (Link to video).

I can actually vaguely recall seeing this insofar as I can remember having watched some show with a family of Wookies when I was really, really young. I reconciled the memory to an over-active imagination as I had subsequently never seen anything with a family of Wookies before - at least I now know what the deal is.

Not sure which is funnier: 1970’s TV production values, the stunningly bad stunt of a stormtrooper tripping over a rifle and consequently off a balcony, the unapologetic merchandising attempt at the end, or - a special nod to Sean here - Bea Arthur singing in the cantina band.

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