bkev said:

SilverWook said:

bkev said:

I tried to watch the Holiday Special last night for the first time in full. Usually, I tend to skim it. What a mistake that was.

Wow. I was with a few friends who did this to humor me, and one of them loved it. Well, at least, for some reason he was captured by the Diahann Carroll segment. Other than that, though, we all hated it. I mean, I couldn't even ironically enjoy it. Turned it off halfway through the cartoon. And yes, for the record, we did use the rifftrax for part of it.

Worst decision I've made this week.

Turn in your fandom card, and clean out your locker. ;)

I did forget to mention that it does one thing none of the films manages. The Holiday Special actually deals with the Empire and normal people. In this regard, the fascist regime we're only told about in the films shines through. Not only is it fun to watch random Imperial soldiers be dicks to Chewbacca's family, it's interesting to see the propaganda film angle they put on the Cantina scene (OK, I finished it last night...)

I wish that there were still so few commercials on network TV. For God's sake, it felt like watching Hulu.

That's an interesting point. And Art Carney's character is the kind of Rebel spy or field operative we heard about but never saw in the films.

Still, how many stormtroopers are going to brag back at the barracks they trashed a little kid's room today, and ripped the head off a stuffed Bantha? ;)