Star Wars Holiday Special Pitch Meeting

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Step inside the pitch meeting that led to the Star Wars Holiday Special!
Star Wars is one of the most beloved franchises in the world. But between the first and second movie, when nobody really knew what it was going to be-- they tried to capitalize on the success of A New Hope while working on Empire Strikes Back. That attempt took the form of the Star Wars Holiday Special, a made-for-TV movie that’s set in the Star Wars universe and featured Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia, Chewbacca, and Chewbacca’s family. Okay, MOSTLY Chewbacca’s family actually.
The special raises a ton of questions- like why isn’t Luke blinking? Why does Chewbacca’s family have so many screens? How are they accessing live feeds of private establishments? Why did do the bad guys watch a full Jefferson Starship music video? Why is Bea Arthur here and why is she singing? What’s up with that weird virtual reality fantasy lady? And most importantly WHAT IS GOING ON?!
To answer all these questions and more, step inside the pitch meeting that led to the Star Wars Holiday Special!
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[@kinginconsistent]

Screen Rant will you do a Jumanji one next?

[@domidayv]

So to be clear: You're reminding us of how torturing the SWHS was... And you want us to catch it on Disney+?

[@zacharylumsden]

Is this sponsored by disney+ by any chqnce

[@shubhiaggarwal429]

Please do Jumanji : The next level ! It will be super easy, barely an inconvenience!

[@ElderSnake90]

@@shubhiaggarwal429 so many things to pick apart in that movie.

[@Didi2552]

"Princess Leia sings?" "Why not? She might become a Disney Princess one day."

[@fullmetalcrusader]

She technically is

[@Operation_Bagel]

steven Kendrick Congratulations you found the joke

[@markdoane6486]

“Fingers crosses!” 🤞

[@Selvokaz]

She can't her story ends to sadly, a deserter husband, a psycho father killing son, and apparently, she just gives up living in the end and fades away as Luke did.

[@gristlyknave831]

@@Selvokaz That's only if you acknowledge those movies

[@jasonph2522]

I am 51- I eagerly watched this on television back then. I still recall vividly the horror of it all and the conversation at school the next day with my equally perplexed and disgusted friends.

[@theultimatereductionist7592]

I am so sorry for your traumatized youth!

[@OhNoNotAgain42]

I have the identical memory of childhood trauma

[@attiasprouse682]

I would like details, if you please.

[@H3x4r35]

Please tell us more! What did people think about this, were they wondering why it was a thing, did they have any rampant theories about the franchise? Did the more informed people think it was an attempt at sabotaging the franchise from shady people in Hollywood? Or some sort of an "artistic" experiment gone wrong? Or the doing of drug-crazed individuals?

[@OhNoNotAgain42]

@@H3x4r35 We were 10-12 year old kids who had seen Star Wars multiple times. We played Star Wars on the playground. We had the toys. We thought the Holiday Special would be an action packed story with our heroes. Instead, it was this horrible, weird variety show.

[@nassmatic]

Whenever Carrie Fisher wanted her guests to leave her home after hosting a party, she would show the Star Wars Holiday Special. It worked every time. RIP Carrie Fisher.

[@GroovingPict]

wait, George Lucas wanted to destroy every copy of this in existence, and he wasnt aware one of the movie's biggest stars had a copy?

[@MagpieR6]

​@GroovingPic its not exactly hard to get 🤣

[@user-sb8yy6zj4q]

@@GroovingPict I thought that was Howard the Duck?

[@GroovingPict]

@@MagpieR6 back then it was

[@Julia-lk8jn]

Is there a source for that? The only thing I could find was that Carrie Fisher _claimed_ she'd use it for that, and that might just as well have been a joking comment on it's quality.

[@grannys1704]

"he's like a little chewbacca if he wanted to eat your bone marrow"

[@AtlantiansGaming]

Grannys collection so... an Ewok?

[@trojancamo2550]

It was no where near as bad as little Ryan tho Just don’t watch the new Christmas video on Ryan’s channel unless you want to be scarred.

[@KyleJustinLyons]

I actually had to pause the video cause I was laughing so hard loool

[@OneEyeDollar6]

"Quote from the video we all just watched to get likes"

[@grannys1704]

@@OneEyeDollar6 im not looking for likes, just sharing one of my favorite parts of the video!

[@daedalus25]

This is what I like to show to all those Star Wars fans who claim that you're not a true fan if you don't like everything Star Wars.

[@songohan3321]

Please don't. This thing causes physical and emotional trauma.

[@tedwards1025]

@Charlie Vetsworth There are literally tons of people like this on the internet. And it isn't exclusive to Star Wars, it's a gatekeeping problem in every fandom. Also, your anecdotal experience does not mean that nobody exists who is like this or that there are not many of these people. Dumbass.

[@tedwards1025]

@@songohan3321 That is the point

[@Eanki_]

@Charlie Vetsworth imagine taking a post about fandom gatekeeping, literally a universal phenomenon across the Internet, and making it about your hate boner for a country.

[@davidfleming3890]

I also throw in the Ewok Movies for good measure

[@petitio_principii]

The most perfect installment of the Star Wars franchise, George Lucas never felt he needed to retouch it.

[@theultimatereductionist7592]

Except with a sledgehammer!

[@crossingplays2155]

If you say that to his face, he'd probably kill you lol

[@jamiemiller1482]

@@crossingplays2155 He would try!!! “Cue battle of the heroes”

[@curly_wyn]

Lmaoooo

[@crossingplays2155]

@@jamiemiller1482 lol

[@davidroosa4561]

Little known fact: the Geneva convention makes it a war crime to show this movie to POWs

[@ScreenRant]

😂

[@markromine5103]

^Funny because it's true.

[@michaelclarkj]

This sounds true. Hmm.

[@tmi9885]

Looked all over. Could not find one source that backs up that claim.

[@jasonboyd2479]

This is funny, but not true. 1). It’s ridiculous to even think showing a movie (no matter how bad) is a war crime. 2). I’ve found zero facts, none. 😐

[@stefanjoeres7149]

To quote Nicolas Cage: “Oh No, My Eyes.“

[@JoeSyxpack]

"Not the Beas!"

[@josephbassey1501]

Quoting Nicholas cage is tight

[@chimpinaneckbrace]

Joe Syxpack The Bea Arthurs?

[@ncrawford5673]

Quoting Nicholas cage is super easy barely an inconvenience

[@sidecharacter3193]

Stefan Joeres oh Nicolas cage is Tight

[@kingcosworth2643]

In Weird Al Yankovic's song 'White and Nerdy' The bootleg video he buys in the alley and gets super excited about is a VHS copy of the Star Wars Holiday Special.

[@painkillerjones6232]

Leave it to Yankovic!!

[@daniel4647]

That's actually how I found out it existed lol

[@thebrickdoc5543]

When you realize that Ryan actually had to watch the movie to make this pitch meeting

[@raydunakin]

Talk about taking one for the team!

[@seanweir]

It’s not to bad if you take breaks

[@svavarkjarrval8757]

@@seanweir Or watch it with RiffTrax.

[@ihatehandles69420]

Someone else probably wrote the script

[@chatteyj]

Hey I would actually love to see this lol, I don't think they've ever shown in on British TV.

[@houstisiomcfinasto9665]

I can imagine nothing Harrison Ford hates more than that he was in this.

[@WillGame4Beer]

Have you seen the sequels?

[@mathunit1]

@@WillGame4Beer Holiday special is objectively worse.

[@sirunbekannt5653]

Indiana Jones 4?

[@CaptWesStarwind]

And that includes a plane crash.

[@devildavin]

i wish some one had a vhs of the holiday special and take it to him to sign. i think he would go ballistic and crash another plane

[@DodaGarcia]

The "how come you didn't repeat the word 'entertaining'?" kills me every time

[@donovanulrich348]

Cuz iv only ever herd of this thing as a punchline or denied its existence The entertainment was thinking a million dollar 80's franchise made this

[@quentinle4892]

I wish they would always replace 'tight' with 'groovy for every Pitch Meeting set in the 70s.

[@alwaysxnever]

Definitely a missed opportunity. Lol

[@projectmayhem6898]

Oh well, I guess they will keep on truckin'.

[@artman2oo3]

That would be TIGHT! I mean, Groovy!

[@Commanber]

Yeah but isn't this set in the 80s?

[@bernardfinucane2061]

Groovy was more a 60s thing

[@SirAthiro]

"How come you didn't repeat the word "entertaining "?" "Anyways..." 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@michaelknight437]

I didn't repeat entertaining because lying is super hard, a huge inconvenience

[@kaneo1]

Actually, it's super easy. Not even a thing. Well, okay then!

[@blackout995]

"People that are not all there... like... like amputees" Sir you owe me a mouthful of coffee

[@quantum_shhhhart]

one year later & it still makes me laugh

[@JS-iu6wk]

I laughed so hard at that part too...

[@henrybierman8431]

Why are you eating or drinking when watching these

[@cjraymond8827]

Yeah, stick it to those guys, am I right? Hilarious.

[@Coastfog]

You're trying to guess where he's gonna go, and then... I love how his mind works.

[@discotequilasunset]

“Mom can we watch Star Wars?” “We have Star Wars at home” Star Wars at home:

[@GeminibBorn]

Lmfao

[@c_6951]

🤣🤣🤣

[@dhruvbhatia5645]

😂😂😂😂

[@atley4328]

Nah this is the Star Wars sold at the weed store.

[@jakefoxx7978]

Star Wars...more like Star Worse

[@thecouncilofnine4692]

Ohhhhhhhhh, using 70s wigs for a 70s Pitch Meeting is tight!

[@krudmonger]

I came down here to say exactly this, kudos beating me to it!

[@sageoz9886]

Super-freaky; barely an Afro-sheen dance

[@shadowthesavagehedgehog4296]

It's Super Easy, Barely An Inconvenience.

[@les907]

@@shadowthesavagehedgehog4296 Oh really?

[@canaan466]

The Ghost of Winterfell *groovy

[@themanflake]

"People are finally gonna get their answers." "What, what do you mean?" "Well Star Wars was great, but the whole time I was asking, 'What are Chewbacca's Father's Fantasies?'" Oh I died🤣

[@prospersikhwari5289]

Killed me

[@billbozeman]

My hat is off to Ryan... I’ve had this for bout 15 years and have STILL been unable to watch it to the end. Props to you, friend.

[@KingRandor82]

Then how did you make it thru Episode II? (and I'm assuming you have)

[@Kilgore6549]

The RiffTrax version is very entertaining.

[@GODOFAWSOMENESS1]

KingRandor82 even if he got through episode two he would still have to go through episode three.

[@ericpaul698]

Don't worry. You are not alone. It is literally impossible to watch. I have tried and there is no way

[@unclecreepy7025]

I think I got half way through and watching this I was like “oh, so it just gets weird at the end.”

[@tshoemake5945]

Fun fact george Lucas once said that if he has the time and a hammer he would hunt down every copy of the star wars holiday special and smash it.

[@1SaG]

Understandable. Just as understandable as my desire to hunt down every "special edition" copy of the OT movies and destroy those as well.

[@SYNAPTIKMETAL]

Well he's not getting my copy.

[@jasonbowman9521]

I was fairly young in the 70s but it's my favorite era. Weird and cool stuff and sci fi was fun and clunky before Star Wars. Though SW is technically Sci Fi Fantasy I guess.

[@juanfranciscovillarroelthu6876]

The Fisher Family will forever preserve a copy in honor of Carrie.

[@twimpix555]

I thought you're gonna say if George Lucas has the time he'd do an HD remake of this one too.

[@rahulmenon9530]

Knowing Harrison Ford's personality, it's really good that he didn't quit acting after being in this or we'd have missed some great movies

[@richardmahn7589]

Like surviving a nuclear blast in a fridge? Good times!

[@donovanulrich348]

Pfft The prairie dogs were the main character in that movie 😂😂

[@user-ln4gd6hx7e]

​@@donovanulrich348Prairie dogs coming out of the ground look like poop.

[@jonsjunkmailonly]

This is a a Christmas tradition around my house. When the whole "naughty list" thing isn't working, I force my kids to watch it

[@holdguard4624]

jonsjunkmailonly You're a monster. This is child abuse to make your kids watch that, even if they have been misbehaving!

[@John_the_Paul]

That's... the evilest thing I can imagine.

[@PapaKelsExperience]

The dark side of Force is a pathway to many abuses some consider to be unnatural.

[@alphagamer9505]

You're a monster

[@schattentaenzerin]

Geeez, what did your kids do? 😳

[@bobbobson110]

"If I had the time and a hammer, I would track down every copy of the Holiday Special and smash it." George clearly didn't anticipate the internet.

[@witekstrzeleckich7657]

Now, back to 9/11

[@commandercaptain4664]

If anyone can take a hammer to the entire internet, it's El Flanneled Uno.

[@antaine1916]

...and yet it still hasn't given us access to "The Day The Clown Cried" --- I'll get you, yet, Jerry Lewis!!!!

[@histguy101]

Then he will take his hammer and smash the internet

[@Captain-Cosmo]

I was in fourth grade when the original Star Wars came out. Like every kid at the time, I HAD to be home to see The Star Wars Holiday Special. (No VCRs back then.) This pitch meeting just triggered a PTSD episode that I'm still recovering from. Thanks a lot, Ryan....

[@asdf072xxp]

This was the TV special that ended my childhood. Learning that Santa wasn't real was a cakewalk compared to this.

[@jediknightjairinaiki560]

Wait! What?! Who isn't real? 🥺

[@morphingninja]

@@jediknightjairinaiki560 of course not, or I'd be very disappointed that the guy who can get into any house to deliver presents and knows if you've been bad or good didn't use that power proactively and save the world a lot of trouble.

[@sylph8005]

Learning Santa wasn't real was super easy, barely an inconvenience

[@yardyNation]

I was three or four and my family told me when I asked that 'Santa wasn't real and what a silly thing to believe in.'

[@natewilson111]

@@sylph8005 that's tight

[@1805movie]

There needs to be a documentary on the making of the "Holiday Special".

[@captaingenius-o1c]

no, they need to make a PREQUELS trilogy about the Holiday Special....

[@darrenrobinson9041]

There already is one, it's called "Reefer Madness"....lol

[@my3dviews]

@@captaingenius-o1c All about Jar Jar Binks and his family celebrating the holidays. LOL

[@thesullivanstreetproject]

@@kevinwilt3918 nah, they’d just ruin it...

[@RuminatingRaptor]

@@kevinwilt3918 They have a lego Star Wars holiday special. I’m too afraid to watch it. 😂

[@NinjaBearFilms]

So this is going to be a family watching various things on screens throughout the house. So the Holiday Special predicted life in 2020.

[@juststatedtheobvious9633]

Even down to the VR semi-porn but totally safe for work music video, which is half of what you'll get if you start randomly clicking KZbin's VR suggestions without knowing how to read Japanese. But they didn't predict all the terrible horror shorts trying to jump scare you without telling you where the jump scare is. Or how people with VR cameras generally don't understand advanced concepts like "personal space" and "motion sickness".

[@Julia-lk8jn]

@@juststatedtheobvious9633 I was having similar thoughts about what the resident Dirty Old Men might be watching on his smartphone these days ... also, now I'm a bit tempted to do the "search YT for Japanese VR" experiment.

[@jackguerre]

The fact that you had to watch this entire movie for this...

[@OneEyeDollar6]

He's a brave man.

[@cormacconnolly6655]

Careful hes a hero

[@dylanmacaya9166]

It was easy for him, barely an inconvenience.

[@EnsignSteve]

"It's like someone watched Star Wars once months ago and then tried to draw it from memory" I LOL'd so hard at this!!

[@Raz.C]

re - 1:33 "How come you didn't repeat the word _entertaining?"_ It's amazing how the smallest things can be so bloody funny!!! I really love these pitch meeting, though I'm worried that I may have watched them all. If screenwriter guy and producer guy don't mind violating social-distancing policies to film more episodes, the whole community would really appreciate it.

[@DodaGarcia]

That part was my favorite, so perfectly delivered

[@abduljah9355]

There are way more episodes besides this.

[@Raz.C]

@@abduljah9355 Yes. I knew this 3 years ago when I wrote that comment.

[@joeyjojack]

I actually remember watching the SWHS on Tv as a kid. Years later I convinced myself that I must have imagined it since I never heard about it again. And then came the Interwebs. 👍😊

[@dudester873]

"And then the little wookie is going to watch a full tutorial for a thing that doesn't exist." "I suppose that may as well happen." "It will."

[@joedoe1096]

The delivery for that line was so perfect, best line in a great skit.

[@denniseldridge2936]

So.... he's watching just about any crowd-funding pitch video?

[@blazer3756]

I just got to that part while reading this lol

[@bricksgaming8999]

I have that in an attic somewhere

[@richardmahn7589]

@@denniseldridge2936 I'm still waiting for that kick starter project to be done....

[@jenandjuice_]

This is one of my favorite pitch meetings. I’ve seen it *at least* 100 times and laugh every single time

[@salmonellq2981]

"Not all there like.... like amputees" how do you come up with this stuff lmao

[@guillermostreiger2307]

That line killed me

[@lennywright5655]

I’ve never seen the Star Wars Holiday Special and now I see why everyone involved pretend it never existed.. Wow wow WOW!

[@Dargonhuman]

Yea yea yea.

[@AtheistOrphan]

Lenny Wright - You are missing out on one of life’s experiences!

[@Strugen.]

@Atheist Orphan if that experience is horrible torture then yes

[@Paidraig]

There is an upside to it: it was the first time Boba Fett showed up.

[@jamesanthony8438]

As bad as this special was, it's still better than Di$ney "Star Wars" trilogy. =)

[@trekkiejunk]

The man behind this holiday special is Steve Binder. He is also the man who produced Elvis Presley's 1968 NBC Special, better known as "The Comeback Special," which is widely acclaimed, and credited with helping to revive Elvis's music career. Crazy how he can fall so hard.

[@Julia-lk8jn]

I have this dim memory that it was George Lucas who insisted on the Chewbacca clan speaking entirely in growls, no sub-titles - and that's just the meddling that we know about. I guess getting ham-strung like that doesn't really bring out a director's motivation to go above and beyond.

[@dflaming1371]

I. Watched. That. Whole. Damn. Nightmare. Also the wigs killed me

[@dflaming1371]

By nightmare I meant the special

[@marquis911]

I watched if with Rifftrax.

[@BuzzardPlanet97]

I think I’ve watched the whole thing but never in one sitting, I don’t think I could manage it lol

[@josefernandesvancouver5595]

I tried. Gave up in maybe 10 minutes. And I was a Star Wars fan. It almost ruined my love for the movie. It was unbelievably bad.

[@StevieB8363]

@@dflaming1371 I hope you are getting therapy!

[@knifetoucher]

Why isn't anyone asking the real questions like WHAT ARE CHEWBACCA'S FATHER'S MOTHER'S BROTHER'S 3RD COUSIN TWICE REMOVED'S FANTASY THO?

[@VisceralHamster]

BROJAK HORSEMALE I know right! I was so uncomfortable through the whole thing wondering that.

[@emmanuelperez1516]

ur name and profile pic are both horrifying and beautiful

[@chimpinaneckbrace]

Jar Jar porn

[@chimpinaneckbrace]

@Michael Freed Just think of all the erotic things Jar Jar can do with his duckbill.

[@MijmerMopper]

Time for a m nigh shyamalan and zack snyder cooperation to make a sequal to this movie focused on that question.

[@matthewluecke3704]

Imagine being a young kid, excited to go the drive-in with his parents for some kind of Star Wars thing. And this is shown. And then The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977 film) was shown. I couldn't have been more than 7. It was a weird evening.

[@Batgirl219]

“That’s the hilarious part. It’s a man dressed as a woman.” Tyler Perry would like to know your location.

[@st.michaelthearchangel7774]

Sad that this is a real thing.

[@caseytodd7632]

First thing that popped in my head when I saw the man-woman. This is Madea in the 70s.

[@sumoking3002]

Meanwhile in 2020 the BBC is still making Mrs Brown's boys..... shudder

[@jimmym3352]

I can't help but notice that character seems to have black face? Which right at present moment is a huge controversy and people are losing their jobs over it. Or maybe it's grey face? I suppose no one would be offended if it was grey face.

[@koala201211]

@@jimmym3352 I can't even tell

[@palpatine775]

"How come you didn't repeat the word entertaining?" - I'm pretty sure George Lucas asked this same exact question 40 years ago.

[@tacenda3250]

@@TheReaverOfDarkness George Lucas didn't make this

[@jansimacek5084]

"It's very bold"

[@rahulmenon9530]

Then The Empire Strikes Back did a back flip, snapped the holiday special's neck, and saved the franchise

[@donovanulrich348]

Oohhhhh Saving a Billion Dollar Empire is TIGHT

[@robertbaur3145]

The Mandalorian makes the special canon by referencing life day.. When Han says in Force Awakens "its all True all of it" He MEANS all of it

[@Haterator]

He's also using the rifle which was ONLY shown in the cartoon segment of the special when Boba Fett carries it.

[@Iced333]

It only makes Life day canon. Thrawn exists in rebels that doesn't make heir to the empire canon again.

[@TheGuardDuck]

@@Iced333 This. So life day is cannon. Big deal. THIS, is NOT.

[@ScionStorm1]

@@TheGuardDuck waiting for Mandalorion to bust into a guys home while he's watching VR porn. lol

[@akmason74]

@@Iced333 The Force ghost of Bea Arthur is going to appear in Rise of Skywalker, it will just be easier if you start trying to accept it now...

[@kjoc70]

"He looks like a little Chewbacca, but if he wanted to eat your bone marrow." Reminds me of a character from a recent "The first man to..." video.

[@CyberSaiyan13]

Look, I'm gonna need you to get all the way off my back about Ryan's terrifying demon baby

[@kjoc70]

@@CyberSaiyan13 Okay, let me get off of that thing.

[@Rafdi13]

Wow wow wow wow

[@bebeat1812]

Now wasn't that super easy barely an inconvenience

[@stevenbobbybills]

@@dannybenhur6123 the first child to ruin Christmas

[@alwaysxnever]

The fact that there are subtle differences in the backgrounds for some of these is just great.Good on you Ryan.

[@matte4562]

Ryan's arms must hurt after carrying this channel for so long

[@nickb9472]

Actually it's super easy, barely an inconvenience

[@raghavgairola2270]

His back actually

[@ieuanhunt552]

@@raghavgairola2270 oh back pain is tight

[@kyoshi1184]

Wowwowwowwow

[@sphakamisozondi]

@@raghavgairola2270 oopsie!

[@Haterator]

Dear Santa Ryan, for Christmas I have only one wish: A Pitch Meeting for *THE ROOM* Thank you and stay tight A fan

[@mahoutsuguy863]

Would he pitch it as Wiseau???

[@sageoz9886]

Looks like someone has seen the Tommy W. Star Wars fan film, it's the truly best envisioning of the SW Universe yet conceived....'tis a shame that Tommy wasn't acting back in '77!

[@les907]

But isnt it going to be complicated to get literally anyone to imitate Tommy Wiseau for the sake of pitching The Room, let alone Ryan?

[@changetheworldthroughme2949]

Please!

[@les907]

@Ed Hate oh really?

[@TeatroGrotesco]

"Why? Why are you doing this?" -Best summation of this horror

[@theterbear9915]

Mark Hamill looks like he's caked in makeup.

[@cesaramoga]

The Terbear he was in a car accident before this special so he got a scar on his face. Make up was used to cover his “Mark”

[@marquis911]

@@cesaramoga But why did it have to be Trump color?

[@manwithaplan5503]

@@marquis911 It wasn't exactly as topical then.

[@baldingpatriot]

The real question is why did he have eyeliner?

[@DChatc]

@@cesaramoga He looks just like a Buddi doll!

[@ErikEinherjar66]

Nobody: Cocaine: Let’s make a Star Wars Holiday Special!

[@leonelramireza.4826]

Erik cocaine is a hell of a drug!

[@vtrwriter]

Cocaine is TIGHT!

[@WeldinMike27]

You mean, lets take cocaine, mix it with dope, smoke it, then inject the bong water and then make a Christmas special.

[@memberberry8242]

No no no mate. Kill Bill you make on cocaine. This is acid.

[@mikec1222]

Yeah, I mean most of it could be justified as "shitty attempt at a variety show" but wtf is up with the going into space and the light portal and whatnot

[@alicia1463]

The first 15 min or so is nothing but wookiees with no subtitles. I can distinctly remember being so happy to see Luke because I could understand him. 😄

[@jedvush9139]

He really put himself through that whole movie. God bless you

[@dancrane3807]

Sacrificing yourself for others is tight!

[@Julia-lk8jn]

Wait, what, movie? Like, 90 minutes movie? I never watched it, I just figured it was a thirty minute thing or so.

[@notme222]

@@Julia-lk8jn The version that's out on the internet has commercials included and it's 2 hours. (And yes, watching commercials from the 1970s is more entertaining than the actual special.)

[@theproplady]

Interesting fact: The holo-acrobat troup that Lumpy watches later went on to become Cirque du Soleil so at least something good came of all this.

[@marquis911]

It also got a cameo in an episode of Futurama "Zapp Dingbat".

[@ericjourdain892]

Ahem

[@RossLeavitt]

Does cirque du soleil have better music than the holo-acrobats had?

[@dan_hitchman007]

@@RossLeavitt Not really.

[@ferderonhurgeron9263]

Not really, no..

[@Manbeast43]

Why is no one talking about those fantastic wigs? Or Ryan's amazing wookie speaking?

[@evilcritter]

He nails every character!

[@raydunakin]

The Star Wars Holiday Special is the only thing creepier than Baby Ryan.

[@commandercaptain4664]

Star Wars fans: Ew, Luke is drinking space cow titty juice! Holiday Special: Hold my Wookiee porn...

[@Betta66]

"They're also going to watch a livestream of a man at a trading post." "A livestream? What's that?" "Oh, it's a thing that doesn't exist yet cuz it's the 1970s." "Are you a time traveler?" "I don't know." "Fair enough."

[@ShizuruNakatsu]

"So why did you assume it would be invented some time in the future?" "Because." "That works." Alternatively: "If you're not a time traveller then how do you know what exists in the future?" "Look, I'm going to need you to get aaaaalll the way off my back about this time travel thing." "Sure, let me just get right off that thing ."

[@pentelegomenon1175]

This was less than 5 years after the Rumble In The Jungle which was seen by about 50 million people live on pay-per-view, so CCTV technology was pretty advanced by this point, it's not that much of a logical leap.

[@Betta66]

@@pentelegomenon1175 I understand, but I'm gonna need you to get all the way off my back about that

[@PotrzebieConolly]

@@pentelegomenon1175 And even before that Elvis Aloha from Hawaii. Don't think the term "livestream" was used then, so this Producer would still be confused.

[@dillydean]

You do know they had live tv back then. It was like live streaming but it was just one channel doing bits

[@JaylukKhan]

The Bea Arthur musical number actually slaps though. I watch it every year.

[@werdna9006]

My deep sympathies Ryan for having to sit through and analyze this "special" to do this great (as usual) pitch meeting

[@tiredoffools8929]

"It's like someone watched Star Wars once months ago and then tried to draw it from memory" 🤣🤣🤣

[@riftshredder5438]

Executive: so how high were you when you wrote this script? Script Writer: Well I saw my dog become a Wookie and dance all over the house while Star Wars was playing in the background Executive: Good enough for me

[@geardog24]

Ironically the cartoon short in the special was the first appearance of Boba Fett.

[@sujoygupta5264]

Riding a dragon, no less 🤣

[@tomkerruish2982]

I think he showed up in a parade somewhere first. Edit: yep, he was in the San Anselmo Country Fair parade nearly two months before the Special aired.

[@artphone610]

He is the object of the lamest fan obsession ever.

[@TimThomason]

Wow wow wow wow

[@anthonytabbi1913]

Interesting. not irony though

[@mr.vargas5648]

Legend is 90% of this shows budget were spent on coke.

[@JonnySublime]

andy pete seems a little low

[@PapaKelsExperience]

And a lot of that was spent during the pitch and creative meetings.

[@hiimapenguin]

a. cola, jk

[@mr.vargas5648]

@@hiimapenguin cocainum!

[@hiimapenguin]

@@mr.vargas5648 Coca. Cola

[@holyfamilycrusader3512]

“He looks just like a little Chewbacca, but if he wanted to eat your bone marrow” 😂😂

[@gristlyknave831]

This is Boba Fett's first appearance no wonder why he's a fan favorite

[@wolfgang2477]

“And that’s gonna happen because..? “And that’s gonna happen because.” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@BossMan-yu1og]

30 years a Star Wars fan. Never knew this "special" existed. Funny you should mention that it's best watched while under the influence... When I finally did watch it, I couldn't get past the first 5 minutes... even while stoned.

[@johangonzalez2290]

“What are Chewbacca’s fathers fantasies?” Lol 😂😂😂😂

[@dereklarner6298]

All I want for Christmas is a pitch meeting for Big Trouble in Little China, The Thing, and Escape From New York.

[@robertpalumbo9089]

Yes

[@AiringAustin]

The Thing would be awesome

[@Dystopia1111]

So basically a pitch meeting for every Kurt Russell movie. Actually, I would really enjoy that👍.

[@HufflepuffBaseball42313]

@@Dystopia1111 miracle

[@darkknight13352]

"And he's only got 22 hours to save the president!" "Oh why is that?" "The summit meeting will be over." "But can't they just delay the meeting until he's saved? I feel like they'd completely understand news like this." "No." "Why not?" "Because!" "Fair enough."

[@strawbarry7834]

I watch this review every few months, and always laugh my ass off at it. Just the best review of that total LSD-trip of a show. It took me years to convince my brothers that it actually existed and that it wasn't just something I imagined. Thank god for whoever videotaped it back in the day and circulated those tapes. A legit hero.

[@eiffelviolet]

People think the special is a Mandela Effect.

[@xr4ti548]

The Star Wars Holiday Special is what the Bus plays on the highway to hell.

[@AndrewCheshire]

On repeat for thirty-seven years, and then you get to hell lol

[@TetsuDeinonychus]

@@AndrewCheshire ...and you're happy to get there.

[@liamwright2510]

Oh god spare me 😂😂😂😂😂

[@wes426]

This is how Sam Neill really lost his eyes in event horizon

[@RachelG1979]

Lol that would have been hysterical

[@StevieB8363]

This "special" is more terrifying than Event Horizon could ever be. I'd rather take my chances with demons from another dimension that watch this.

[@redpanda9367]

I love that Writer Guy’s voice dubs over Luke’s when he asks Mala for a little smile lol

[@1963Iota]

Unlike some of you all, I remember watching this when it premiered as a 6 year old and walking away from it. My mother asked me why I was not watching it and I told her "because, there are no space fights." 😆😆

[@chesterkleinhans4207]

"The people who would understand this are the ones who aren't all there." "So, you mean like amputees or something." I had to stop the video for a moment. I couldn't stop laughing.

[@NovardNoodle]

yeah that one totally caught me off guard XD

[@Milliardo5]

I was laughing from the start. Great video to describe this special piece in SW lore. Next to SW Kinect of course...

[@simcoe4045]

Pretty sure that joke is from That 70s show.

[@isheetfromaswhole3657]

I didn't laugh.

[@brokethekid7581]

Knowing your own theme song is tight

[@iforgot87872]

"Huh I thought I finally had a grasp on this thing." lmao.

[@Haterator]

I like how you accurately depicted the time period by placing a typewriter on the desk.

[@tomkerruish2982]

Don't forget the hair.

[@benjamindury6580]

0:50 sums up the whole thing

[@10tonhamster]

Carrie Fisher "sings" - well, that's one way to describe it.

[@RictusHolloweye]

She was so high she had to grip onto Chewie to stay upright.

[@Its__Good]

Guy 1: "So I've got an idea for this streaming service where loads of cool Disney content will be." Guy 2: "Cool, cool, cool" Guy 1: "But we won't launch it in the UK for like 5 months' so everyone will have illegally streamed everything already."

[@semanticsamuel936]

Urghh, why did they do this? Can't see any reason why they wouldn't launch the service in the UK at the same time as everywhere else.

[@OneEyeDollar6]

Guy 2: Illegally streaming stuff is tight!

[@MrWizeazz]

It'sGood Can you use a VPN to view it instead?

[@StacieMMeier]

@@semanticsamuel936 They do it because the UK has special rules for showing certain shows and movies, they have to agree to it. Normally, they allow it, just has to be official. BBFC is the one to blame for this. Their slogan is: "View what is right for you". LOL. This is why many movies in the UK are censored compared to North American audiences versions. For example, Gone in Sixty Seconds (Movies) are a concern because they feared the movies would likely to assist would-be car thieves. That first movie was censored, for awhile. All North American shows and movies suffer this silly system of rules. EU also has a system of rules that UK has to obey dealing with movies, since Brexit is coming (About time), that system be no longer an issue.

[@salazardeltoro4561]

"Not all there." "Ah, like amputees?"

[@dsproductions19]

Oddly enough, Life Day is considered canon, and it shows up as background lore in a few places. It even shows up in SWTOR as the name of the holiday event.

[@jeffreyshoemaker7403]

“Like amputees.” I nearly died 😂

[@artman2oo3]

“A variety of entertaining things!” “Right, a variety of things!” LOL

[@bluefalconssuck5881]

Ahhh Yes... The Christmas Special. Cocaine is a helluva drug.

[@seamuswalker6879]

Cocaine is Tⁱ𝐠h͜͡𝓽

[@snr.froggymooopew7781]

So is this special

[@radrobd123]

Actually when the Holiday Special actually aired, it aired a week before Thanksgiving 1978

[@MegaBradster1]

His description of Lumpy reminded me of his son

[@GeorgeMonet]

The Star Wars Holiday Special for when you need the motivation to arrive at your own execution early.

[@donnation]

"Its like someone watched Star Wars months ago and then tried to draw it from memory." Hahahahahahaahahaha

[@JacintaColvin]

You've really got to wonder how this one made it all the way through production and was released on an unsuspecting public, without one person saying "Hold up. Maybe this is a bad idea..." And putting a stop to it. Even Lucas wanted to kill it with fire (or hammers apparently) as soon as he saw it.

[@andybell6915]

Guy Pitching: 'And then they all light up some lanterns and teleport into space!' Exec: 'Oh my god'

[@somniavitasunt]

"Not all there - like amputees." Maybe your best one yet, hahaha.

[@j.vonhogen9650]

Brilliant! There's just one mistake: it says "20th Century Fox" on the glass door, but the SWHS was actually produced by CBS, not by Fox.

[@Menaceblue3]

Okay, I'm gonna need you to get off my back about this!

[@j.vonhogen9650]

@@Menaceblue3 🤣

[@histguy101]

@fitzmarker 20th Century Fox funded and distributed 1977 Star Wars.

[@TAPKAC]

@@histguy101 True, but it didn't have its own TV network back then. That came later in the mid-80's.

[@andreanne5934]

I've seen ALL the pitch meetings but this one is my all time favorite, I laugh out loud every time. Can't even pick a favorite quote, everything is so damn brillant!

[@homerthecat3623]

Agree, i watch it every few months and i laugh the whole way through 😀

[@jeffreym.8957]

Batman Forever is the best one.

[@a20000211]

"Then Chewey does a backflip and saves the christmas..."

[@MrPooly1459]

He forgot to snap the bad guy's neck.

[@diaris8177]

@@MrPooly1459 and save the day

[@MrPooly1459]

@@diaris8177 Well the first guy that he saved Christmas so that should work right?

[@diaris8177]

@@MrPooly1459 it has a 100% chance success rate :)

[@swes9598]

@@diaris8177 Saves the life day.

[@skywalker42069]

“Ohhhhhhh not all there.... like amputees”😂😂😂

[@atiqjunglist]

Genius

[@interdimensionalsteve8172]

"I suppose that may as well happen" - LOL. These are endlessly funny with so many small clever moments that make you giggle.

[@S4ns]

"How come you didn't repeat the word 'entertaining'?" "Anyway ..."

[@kanyewest9591]

That moment when you're looking for another catchphrase, Suddenly BOOM!! "Things are tight"

[@LuisSierra42]

catchphrases are tight

[@justinthepirate4621]

They are super easy, barely an inconvenience to find

[@BrickArmyProductions]

“he looks like a mini Chewbacca but if you wanted to eat your bone marrow”