Star Wars Holiday Special (1979) REACTION!!

Its the worst Christmas Viewing Party ever as Eric Shane Rick Calvin and Aaron react to and discuss the 1979 Star Wars Holiday Special
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[@jonnyo3379]

Shane’s dead eyed despair contrasted with Rick’s Joy was a sight to behold.

[@multiverse_media2023]

Look at what we did to poor Shane.

[@glennwelsh9784]

"There is something off about her eyes." That's because Carrie Fisher admitted that she was high to the bejeezus when they filmed this. And can you really blame her?

[@joshuaseagondollar2495]

Harrison Ford apparently forgot he was a part of this special (or he blocked it from his memory).

[@raiden_c1]

Not high. Just drunk as fuck

[@ninboy01]

Raiden Crow I doubt that. This was around the time Carrie got deep into cocaine.

[@franziskanerweissbiersfasf8145]

@@raiden_c1 she loved her cocaine lmao. Also cocaine takes any emotion or expression from your face

[@habitsrabbit]

@@franziskanerweissbiersfasf8145 ^ our princess really enjoyed her coke, didn't she..she's missed greatly.

[@unhandmepriest]

I just love how much Shane hates this holiday special. He's such a broken man because of this.

[@redcardinalist]

Our work is complete...!

[@cyote312ify]

He went from "This cant be that bad to, please for the love of god let me get up from this table and let me go home to my family, I need to hug them after seeing this."

[@daffy8995]

Poor Shane trying to make sense of it all and Aaron desperately trying to justify its existence.

[@Vichingo23]

His reaction to this makes we wish even more he was in the Dragon Ball Evolution reaction.

[@nicksquatch7212]

How did you comment 2 days ago?

[@MegaRay220]

My favorite part is how Harrison Ford seems into it for the most part, like he’s doing his job, but then when Carrie Fisher starts singing, he just absolutely dies inside

[@fun2building]

I sorta feel like he took this more seriously than he did ANH and as a result is more defining for his character, like he doesn't give any delivery as uninterested as "yesss I bet you have" in the holiday special

[@CartwheelJoe]

fun2building he did ANH before he did this

[@fun2building]

@@CartwheelJoe ...yeah?

[@CartwheelJoe]

fun2building oh misread it as you said he did this and then did ANH

[@alucard624]

This was likely where his dislike for Star Wars in general started. He had been trying to get Han killed off ever since Empire. He got his wish finally in The Force Awakens.

[@Liesmith424]

Group: " Shane: "They won't be doing this a lot, right?" Eric: >_> Rick: :D

[@tpeack]

they did it, they finally found a star wars product shane didn't like.

[@celeste1737]

Tpeack They broke Shane, he is a completely broken man 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@CosmicAlpha101]

Can u believe that looper the youtube channel thought this was better than the clone wars movie

[@salvadorgomez6190]

@@CosmicAlpha101 l-

[@WhoviVortex]

Shane’s enjoyment slowly fading into fear and disappointment is the funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time, omg

[@supernerdgavin]

I’ve never seen Rick so damn happy.

[@PierceArner]

The explosion of joy from him at 19:54 had me in tears of laughter.

[@In-The-Zone]

We will only see it again in a decade when Berserk finally wins a poll

[@chuchmunk9052]

The Boys episode 4, when the dolphin gets run over

[@judemiller]

"Still better than 3 hours of RAW." XD

[@animusswtor4822]

He was again this weekend in their reaction to „The Room“

[@AiggEbe]

Shane on the Wookiee language: "Is there a lot of it?" I can see the pain on Eric's face.

[@DTIII]

This is Shane's greatest reaction ever lmao

[@TainoMoya]

Facts

[@clairedex]

This and Attack on Titan s3e17 are my top favorites from Shane.

[@exessen1684]

Shane was definitely the MVP of this reaction. 31:33 "I'm not trying to be funny" after making one of the best jokes ever made on this channel 😂

[@diegotm4365]

@JARU what does he say ?

[@UsernameyMcUsernameFace]

@@diegotm4365 "They look like they're all gonna drink koolaid and die" (google if you need context)

[@lewis821]

This is the single most hilarious reaction on this channel. Shane is MVP

[@Cookieboy70]

Shane is never my favorite reactor of the group, but his reaction to this was the best of all 2019, lol.

[@Blackhawk211]

Avatar the last airbender movie reaction is funnier

[@Lunyaaaa]

I keep coming back. It's so good.

[@FarikoWishless]

And now we have this AND the room drunk reaction

[@TkOHarley14]

@@Cookieboy70 May he be missed

[@Dumplinos_Bricks]

31:26 Shane’s legendary joke 💀 Edit: Aaron starts getting force choked after hearing it

[@Ivan-O]

Please tell me what he said, I couldn't understand.

[@Dumplinos_Bricks]

Ivan “Look like they’re all gonna drink Kool Aid and die”

[@Ivan-O]

@@Dumplinos_Bricks Lmao thanks, that's actually hilarious.

[@Dumplinos_Bricks]

Ivan Bro I was in tears, fucking Shane man 😂

[@rnjrgreen8723]

the force is strong with this one.

[@cinecho76]

Rick is living his BEST life.

[@celeste1737]

FR-Z At the expense of the others (especially Shane’s) pain and misery lol

[@JassanT]

I was crying. But Shane saying "If it doesn't jack me off, then I don't want it" completely killed me XD EDIT: Shane completely destroyed me. Shane's reactions were the best parts

[@celeste1737]

Jassan T. Brown Shane saying, “looks like they’re all going to drink kool-aid and die” and the reaction from the guys had me cracking up for 10 solid minutes

[@Mrryn]

@@celeste1737 The best part is how completely deadpan he said. Like you could almost read his thoughts and hear him thinking "And I kinda hope they do, at this point."

[@useless_a7184]

I love that Shane cant even enjoy him making the crew choke with laughter

[@glacticgrapes9390]

an optimistic shanes slow descent into despair while watching this makes this the best reaction ever lol

[@emilym4276]

Rick: "you all took your LSD before this right?" Sums up this special very well

[@newgennerd7336]

This is the absolute pinnacle reaction of Blind Wave, I don't think anything will ever beat it. Shane's slow descent into hating this is hilarious.

[@vinnytheevyllpopcorn8291]

It took them a few months, but gaddamn they actually did it lmao

[@StupidWeb]

The room one is actually really funny

[@willowism]

the room reaction is also incredible

[@multiverse_media2023]

The Fast 9 reaction was good too.

[@erosion271]

“Why did darth Vader star in this production” 😂😂😂

[@TylerCharlesFisher]

Vader did a lot of things that he's not proud of.

[@junbowman]

@@TylerCharlesFisher Like having the low ground?

[@captainbirch2.079]

@@junbowman it could be argued that being in the holiday special is the lowest of ground

[@junbowman]

@@captainbirch2.079 lol Very true! 😂

[@miniluv7330]

@@captainbirch2.079 I guess now we know why Obi-Wan wasn’t in the Holiday Special

[@toonguy7739]

You know, Blind Wave is a really fun channel to watch because of the positivity, mostly. I enjoy the fact that they go into things with usually one person who really enjoys the show/movie they're watching (I.E. See Rick with Cowboy Bebop or Aaron/Calvin with Doctor Who) who can guide the others along. It's a nice relaxing experience, I enjoy it very much. But I've got to be honest, seeing Eric in physical and emotional pain throughout this and seeing Shane descend into misanthropy makes me yearn for more terrible shit like this special to watch.

[@thatonepsycho5157]

I don't know what you're talking about, Rick was clearly having the time of his life.

[@DovahkiinMaster172]

“C’mon Blindwave let’s see a little smile”

[@grayjedithebalance5497]

They don't need your congratulations, they were in the holiday special" lol

[@zeke8921]

The fact that rick goes through this whole thing in absolute joy and Shane slowly descends into almost a suicidal state brings me immense pleasure

[@sleepyfork5250]

I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.

[@comahan]

Without hesitation, and without irony, the greatest reaction ive ever seen.

[@Mrryn]

Kinda like Rick's love for this special: without hesitation or irony xD

[@rogerlie4176]

Impressive that you managed to do this without the aid of alcohol.

[@celeste1737]

Shane: “It’s f*cking weird!” 😂😂😂😂 Such an understatement! Poor Shane, Rick is enjoying their misery entirely too much!

[@CrazyCon500Games]

Eric's face through this is beautiful. The poor man, but the faces of pure pain he makes is entertaining.

[@FullTiltClownShoes]

51:55 Everyone else is still laughing about the horribleness but Shane is so done...he doesn't even want them to talk about it anymore lmao

[@actualfactual7944]

Eric saying Rick what are we doing? 04:12 is all of us when they realized there are no subtitles. I love it, I am Shane 100 percent

[@Fardawg]

Mark Hamill had his accident on January 11, 1977, before the first movie even came out (I believe he was on his way to do some ADR for it when he crashed). So this was indeed after the accident (the special began filming about 1 year and 7 months later) and they tried to hide the scars with too much makeup.

[@gochem3013]

Poor Mark. Don't worry, He'll be fine in mid or late 1977.

[@Rukie44]

To quote DBZA Kirillin: "Namek has shorter days than this has been."

[@jannaarnold2509]

Okay I’ll say it Rick is the ultimate Star Wars fan to have seen this 3 TIMES!

[@celeste1737]

Janna Arnold Rick is a sadist who enjoys bad movies and inflicting them onto others to suffer through for his enjoyment lol 😆

[@flaggerify]

No, he's a fan of bad movies.

[@monoculares]

4:14 "rick what are we doing" THE REGRET. HILARIOUS LMAOOO

[@evanbrown46]

Thank You Shane

[@stardestroyeruk7025]

Shanes face of hate, boredom and sadness is the best part 🤣😂😆

[@leighgasp]

"they all look like they're going to drink kool aid and die" crying my eyes out

[@joshjames582]

"There's something off about her eyes." Yeah. It's called cocaine.

[@supremesilver455]

After watching this, I can safely say that Star wars truly peaked with this special, nothing afterwards would beat the originals

[@Homeskiller22]

Almost 2 years later, I still come back to this wholesome video regularly :D

[@MarisuSedai]

This AND Dragon Ball Evolution? The holidays weren’t kind to Blind Wave this year.

[@BuggyD_Clown927]

18:17 was the best part😂

[@angiadcock8196]

"Jesus Calvin ... IT'S LIFE DAY!" gets me every time.

[@roxtechs]

This was Rick’s pay back for the guys leaving him to wander alone at Star Wars Celebration.

[@omarisifontes565]

22:50 Their initial reactions killed me, I literally LOL for like 5-10m replaying that, it was actually quite painful.

[@namecomingsoon9517]

This is Eric getting back at Shane for not watching DBE with him

[@AzLolFun]

Eric and Shanes dispair, Aaron's confusion and Rick's giddiness is all fantastic 😂

[@trevthomscultclassiccorner2037]

Calvin's sense of discovery...

[@MrStGeorgeIllawarra]

When Bea Arthur's character lamenting how lonely she is, is one of the best parts of this you know how bad this is.

[@PierceArner]

15:21 is the perfect summary of their experience.

[@Pir-o]

16:33 "Somethings wrong about her eyes". Thats cocaine Rick. She was high AF while they filmed this. You can rly notice it especially in those scenes where shes trying to stand up.

[@roxtechs]

Take a shot every time they say “I thought it was over or it’s too long”

[@gu212]

31:26 I almost died from laughing too much

[@staticmonkey8436]

Rick’s love and excitement for absolutely god awful movies gives me life lol.

[@captainbirch2.079]

I have a friend that watched this so many times, he swears he can understand the wookies. Needless to say, I'm terrified of him and his determination

[@Coeaxe]

It's amazing how Star Wars survived this, imagine just seeing Star Wars and then seeing this.

[@deeh1127]

"Still better than 3 hours of Raw." -true words from a wise man

[@tomeisenmenger7048]

THIS is the ONLY way to watch the Star Wars Holiday Special for the first time - chillin' with Blind Wave!!(I couldn't bring myself to just ... well... *watch* it for over 40 years!) Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

[@thewerewolff7248]

So a couple of months later I think this is gonna be my go to “I’m feeling sad and need cheering up because without fail it makes me breathless after laughing so hard every time

[@FullTiltClownShoes]

This is the funniest reaction I've ever watched. I was laughing the whole time.

[@sugarmike]

12:45 made me lose it laughing hahahaha

[@XxHrallundeadrogueXx]

"is this almost over" *pauses video at 18 mins and sees theres a reaction clip at the 32 min mark* hehehehe

[@nerdpocalypse5004]

Literally a second ago I got the alert about the Die Hard commentary being on KZbin and then I thought to myself "shouldn't the Holiday Special reaction be up already" and lo and behold it was suddenly there

[@alexanderholzer7392]

Wow, someone actually spelled "lo and behold" correctly.

[@Commander_Shepard.]

Lol and behold

[@Taizen001]

Omfg this is one of the best reactions I've ever seen. Such a roller coaster of emotion. Shane, I know you were suffering in this but everything from you in this reaction was priceless

[@brendonmartin1658]

Man.... Shane that might of been one of the best timed jokes I’ve ever heard. Well done sir

[@scottkliff1660]

There's no anti-drug PSA quite like Jefferson Airplane becoming Jefferson Starship.

[@celeste1737]

Scott Kliff 😂😂😂😂

[@dakgoss2023]

“I thought it was lagging” “...NO!”

[@jpwphoenix1701]

This reaction is so hilarious! I had tears running down my face. Shane's brain literally melted at one point while the others are laughing their asses off. Thanks so much for being brave and doing this.

[@sonnic1995]

I love how everyone but Shane is enjoying it ironically, but Shane's unironically hating it... like at 24:49, everyone's like "hahahaha :D" and Shane's like "this is stupid >:L"

[@jordanz9578]

This is Shane's best reaction ever

[@toukie]

Nothing I love more than seeing Rick crying because he's laughing so much at Shane's horrified comments

[@RobDLC]

One of the BEST reactions....EVER! Everyone laughing so hard except poor Shane. I hadn’t seen the “special” since it aired. Thanks for making me laugh so much today.

[@dpcnreactions7062]

For many years, I would tell people about this show and no one believed me. Everyone thought I was making it up until the internet came along and it finally appeared on youtube.

[@nachoman408]

"Rick, what are we doing?" I felt the pain in those words

[@greigclement9081]

This is the funniest reaction I've ever seen on this channel. Thanks, guys. Priceless.

[@JedediahParish]

I love how rick loves this movie.

[@eisenkrone6116]

I feel bad for Shane, Aaron and Calvin look like they are at least entertained, Eric knows what is coming, Rick is delighted, but Shane just looks miserable.

[@Brushless707]

One of the funnest reactions I've seen in a minute.

[@LouBird]

This special may not have turned into a Christmas tradition, but me watching this reaction video has! Merry Christmas, Blind Wave!

[@karljonson3287]

Epic movie commentary. Shane's slow demise from optimisticly hopefull to scared and emotionally empty is amazing.

[@DewkChronic]

"Excuse me Mrs Chewbacca there is a few hundred hairs in my soup"

[@LightShadowOnyx]

rick really surprises me never thought he would enjoy this

[@Avocado11]

6:47 I waited the entire time for Poochie to be on my screen. 11:00 The Great Kazooka home of the Goongan. 32:13 Chewy's "Where's my medal" stare. If only he knew 40 years later he would randomly get it.

[@animusswtor4822]

Eric: „there’s no person in this world that’ll go “ Zoom in on ricks face in enjoyment

[@judemiller]

15:00 "They gotta learn at some point..." "THE BOY HAS TO LEARN" From the Star Wars friggin holiday special? lmao This whole video...I have not laughed that hard in months. THANK YOU!

[@MrZekesyoutubechannel]

15:21 your welcome. Just keep pressing that 😂

[@CT3127Bumblebee]

Better than 3 hours of RAW -Rick So sad how true that is

[@eily_b]

I totally love the sound effect 16:12 of the .... just going into space and landing on a planet to create mankind. 😂

[@tehdipstick]

Lucas's involvement basically boiled down to him agreeing to make a Christmas special and doing some consultation. Not to the point where he was approached about the plot or any potential characters. Any actual consultation he did was just answering minor question the people behind the special had over the phone. They kept him in the dark about a lot of it, like giving Chewie a family.

[@Hydelsius]

This was brutal to watch, even with all the edits. A tip of the hat to Blind Wave.

[@ElMundoDeHadesOK]

funnily enough... GEORGE LUCAS HIMSELF declared pre-disney sale... that THIS SPECIAL IS NOT CANNON xD

[@macuna1995]

This just proves that rock music does exist in the Star Wars universe. How awesome is that?!

[@TainoMoya]

This was hilarious. I had never heard calvin laugh that hard hahaha

[@idrc1415]

Even though it baffles me, I love seeing how happy this is making Rick. It's just so hilarious. Also, just watching the highlights of this Special, and as entertaining as their reactions and torture are....it is still the biggest struggle to get through this lol I actually scrubbed ahead and loudly exclaimed "oh my god, I still have 10 minutes?!?!?!"

[@sargeras8529]

I'm here after the room video.

[@arwyss]

24:53 You think that’s bad? I’m watching you watching a wookie watching tv.

[@karmentaylorkt]

This was joyous, I have not laughed so hard in a long time! Your friendship is beautiful!

[@mauz4588]

Holiday specials that were a combination of musical performances and comedy bits were common at the time. Usually just presented in variety show format with no connecting theme. The fact that they forced a bare bones story and theme (Star Wars) over what would have otherwise just been a variety show was super weird and a big contribution to why it was so bad.

[@johnw8578]

I saw this as kid as it aired. Hey, at least we got some Boba Fett in it! And I was STARVED for something Star Wars! Having to wait 3 years for a movie was agonizing! By the way, Harvey Corman was a great comedic tv actor at the time. You might recognized him in some Mel Brooks films.

[@DiscipleOfLeisure]

God I remember, as a kid, looking forward to this airing. Seeing the ad, double checking the TV Guide to make sure I knew exactly when to be in front of the TV when it came on. This was literally my second shot at getting to see anything Star Wars having only seen Ep IV once at the theater. Even at age 9 it was a heck of a contrast.