The Star Wars Holiday Special

I know I know may seem a bit out of place to talk about a star wars special on a blog for a book about Jimmy Carter. However any Carter fan worth their salt will know that a giant poster of Star Wars graces the halls of the Jimmy Carter Presidential library. Not to mention the fact that the movies came out during the Carter Presidency and the New star wars movie that is just days away from rocking our world.
Plus, its my blog and I can do what I want. Its not like anyone reads it anyways. Now heres a bit of back story info for you, that I told  painstakingly took from Wikipedia

The Star Wars Holiday Special is a 1978 American television film set in the Star Wars galaxy. It stars the film's main cast while introducing the character Boba Fett, who would appear in later films. It is one of the first official Star Wars spin-offs, and was directed by Steve Binder. The show was broadcast in its entirety only once, in the United States, on Friday, November 17, 1978 (the week before Thanksgiving[1]), on the U.S. television network CBS from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm, Eastern Standard Time (EST), pre-empting Wonder Woman and The Incredible Hulk; and on the Canadian television network CTV from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm, Eastern Standard Time.It was also broadcast in New Zealand on TVNZ and in Australia on the Seven Network.



Now here is the beautiful thing about this shit salad of a holiday special, it was created as a shameless way to cash in on the Star Wars mania taking hold of the nation at the time. It has nearly every major actor from the movie (no amount of money could have gotten them Guinness) and there is at least ten minutes worth of footage from the movie in this "special"
So you would think that given the level of involvement, everyone would have to embrace it. Nope!!!  George Lucas acts like it doesn't exist and the Star Wars Fandom love to hate it. Anyway I mention all of this because its Christmas and Man I really need some Star Wars love today.

So I know this is terrible and believe me no one would argue that. I think Carrie FIsher was drunk during its creation. The guy who played C-3PO apparently has to be piss drunk to stand watching it. But there is a lovely 1970s lameness about it. Kinda like all those terrible Epcot rides that are now closed
anyway google it and enjoy

or you could do what I did and just watch this review instead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS6PwQcCIXo