All right, but I still think ending Ridiculous 4 with the full Holiday Special memory haze recap of '77 SW complete with Chewie’s lifeless stare bookends, would be pretty funny (even on redundancy merits alone).

But I think we’ve said as much as is necessary about the canon status of the Holiday Special (I’m not even arguing either way in this post), and since most all I had left to say about the subject is in regards to a different Ridiculous episode, this should really be the last post on the subject (and honestly, a pretty amicable resolution to a Star Wars debate, as we all know how these things can go).

Specifically @TV’s Frink, if you haven’t watched the Holiday Special with Rifftrax, I recommend giving it a look. The shock of the show itself is pretty rough, but the jokes at its expense are great AND they even riff on the original '78 commercials, which is gold in itself. We watch the riffed special at least once a year now, and the pain of the horrible parts is pretty much gone; overall the experience is actually good.