The program includes stock footage from Star Wars, and also features a cartoon produced by Toronto-based Nelvana that officially introduces the bounty hunter Boba Fett. The program also features many other Star Wars characters, including Luke Skywalker, C-3PO, R2-D2, Darth Vader and Princess Leia (who sings the film's "theme song", set to the music of John Williams' Star Wars theme, near the end).
The variety-show segments and cartoon introduce a few other locales, such as a cantina on the desert planet of Tatooine and a gooey, reddish ocean planet known as Panna. The special introduces three members of Chewbacca's family: his father Itchy, his wife Malla, and his son Lumpy, though these names were later explained to have been nicknames, their full names being Attichitcuk, Mallatobuck, and Lumpawarrump, respectively.ĭuring the special, scenes also take place in outer space and in spacecraft including the Millennium Falcon and an Imperial Star Destroyer. They are pursued by agents of the Galactic Empire, who are searching for members of the Rebel Alliance on the planet. In the storyline that ties the special together, Chewbacca and Han Solo visit Kashyyyk, Chewbacca's home world, to celebrate Life Day. It was also broadcast in New Zealand on TVNZ and in Australia on the Seven Network. 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. The show was broadcast in its entirety only once, in the United States, on Friday, Novem(the week before Thanksgiving), on the U.S. It is one of the first official Star Wars spin-offs, and was directed by Steve Binder. It stars the film's main cast while introducing the character Boba Fett, who would appear in later films. The Star Wars Holiday Special is a 1978 American television film set in the Star Wars galaxy.
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