**THE WACPINE OF ‘THE STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL’**

WRITING: 1
ATMOSPHERE: 0
CHARACTERS: 2
PRODUCTION: 0
INTRIGUE: 0
NOVELTY: 4
ENJOYMENT: 0

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**The Good:**

To be fair, the Han and Chewie parts in the Falcon are fine, but there are only two or three of them, so that doesn’t help much.

Anthony Daniels puts in a fine performance.

The animated part, while horrible, is probably the best part of this mess, since it has that sense of adventure over it and a somewhat coherent script.

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**The Bad:**

The opening sketch sees Chewie’s "family" grunt their way through bizarre daily activities in such a horrible way that I almost stopped watching there and then. It's loud, it's pointless, it's bizarre and it's not Star Wars.

What the hell have they done with Mark Hamill's face?

What the hell is that Imperial Guard doing, he sounds stoned?

Watching Chewie's "wife" watch a Star Wars cooking show is the stupidest thing I've ever seen.

This production is so offensive and wrong in every possible way, and very disturbing for children and adults alike. The sheer amounts of sexual innuendos, psychedelia and weirdness present is staggering.

There's no real plot here. We mix Chewie's family celebrating Life Day with random Stormtroopers and even more random other characters joining, Jefferson Starship singing and Luke having troubles with his spaceship. Oh, and other weird musical performances and an animated sequence. What a plot.

I won't say any more about the performances, the terrible production design, the strange and trippy editing and directing choices, or the fact that the special makes less sense the longer you watch it. Just don't watch it.

This special is offensive towards the entire Star Wars franchise, its characters, concepts and worlds. It's not funny, it's not filled with Christmas magic and it's so far from Star Wars that it's no wonder the world pretends it doesn’t exist.

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**The Ugly:**

I guess Boba Fett got his first canonical appearance.

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**WACPINE RATING: 1.00 / 10 = 0,5 stars**