You know, when you really get down to it, and get past all of the silly aspects of the holiday special, there really is something there that does what Lucas intended it to do originally. Originally, his idea was for it to tie together the plots of ANH and ESB through the story of this holiday special. Well, what actually happens does do that pretty well. You basically see Vader attempting to hunt down the rebels responsible for the first death star's destruction. Yes, it does turn out to look very stupid, but that IS what happens. I mean, they actually blockade Kashyyyk and all in their search. Seems like a somewhat worthy piece of star wars history to me.