Star Wars Holiday Special  For people who grew up with the
internet, the title Star Wars Holiday Special might conjure up
images of a crappy, fan-made YouTube monstrosity filled with
eerily familiar amateurs in ill-fitting costumes. But no, it is
a very real monstrosity written by George Lucas and starring the
original cast, which was released for Christmas in 1978, wedged
between A New Hope and Empire Strikes Back. It is the story of
Han Solo and Chewbacca braving Imperial blockades in order to
celebrate "Life Day" with Chewie's family on the Wookie home
planet of Kashyyyk. There are a few painful celebrity cameos
(the late Golden Girl Bea Arthur sings to the Cantina theme) and
animated segments (Boba Fett's debut). It has all those same
overblown orchestra cues and cheesy dialogue recycling we've
come to know and love, but its barely sitcom-quality filming and
stilted story make it a prime candidate for trainwreck
rubbernecking. Bryant-Lake Bowl would like to show it to you in
an alcohol-rich party environm