I think the holiday special is required viewing. It literally lives up to the hype. When you watch it you can't turn away. It's like each scene is topping the next. You see Bea Arthur singing goodnight to the cantina aliens and you think to yourself: Wow, nothing could be worse than this. Then you get to the 20 minute sequence where the Wookies are all talking to each other without subtitles. Then you get to the part where the Empire breaks into their home and destroys the kid's bantha toy.

By the time you see Carrie Fisher singing "the life day song" to the main theme of Star Wars, you're just numb.