Monday, November 29, 2004

The best movie ever


Star Wars Holiday Special
, The (1978) (TV)
Directed by
David Acomba
Steve Binder

Writing credits
Pat Proft
Leonard Ripps

Genre: Adventure / Musical / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
Tagline: Luke Skywalker and Han Solo battle evil Imperial forces to help Chewbacca reach his imperiled family on the Wookiee planet - in time for Life Day, their most important day of the year!
Plot Outline: Chewie and Han Solo are trying to get home to Chewie's family, so they can celebrate Lifeday.
User Rating: 3.5/10 (944 votes)
Cast overview, first billed only:
Mark Hamill .... Luke Skywalker
Harrison Ford .... Han Solo
Carrie Fisher .... Princess Leia Organa
Anthony Daniels .... C-3PO
Peter Mayhew .... Chewbacca
James Earl Jones .... Darth Vader (voice)
Beatrice Arthur .... Ackmena
Art Carney .... Saundan
Diahann Carroll .... Holographic wow
Harvey Korman .... Krelman/Chef Gormaanda/Amorphian instructor
Mickey Morton .... Malla
Paul Gate .... Itchy
Patty Maloney .... Lumpy
Michael Potter
Yƻichi Sugiyama .... Ringleader
Marty Balin .... Holographic Band Singer (as The Jefferson Starship)
Craig Chaquico .... Holographic Band Member (as The Jefferson Starship)
Don Francks .... Boba Fett (voice)
Paul Gale .... Itchy
Paul Kantner .... Holographic Band Member (as The Jefferson Starship)
Alec Guinness .... Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
David Prowse .... Darth Vader (uncredited)
Arthur Rowton .... Zutton (uncredited)
Leslie Schofield .... Chief Bast (uncredited)

Runtime: 97 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Color (DeLuxe)
Sound Mix: Mono

Trivia: This special has never been released on video, however bootleg home-recorded videos have been circulating for years and are now all over the internet. George Lucas once remarked at an Australian convention that "If I had the time and a sledgehammer, I would track down every bootlegged copy of that program and smash it".

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