***** Yes. A few years ago he was in an interview and the guy asked him what he thought of the Star Wars Holiday Special. Ford said something like "I'm sorry I don't recall that."
***** I think it was. I'll have to look it up. Can't blame him though. I'd want to wipe this from my memory too if I was involved with this abomination.
I met the guy that played Chewbacca and yes, he voiced ALL the Wookies in this special. I put my hand on his shoulder and said "I am so sorry" he smiled when I said that. I think he hated this as much as George Lucas.
+Otha Bland, Jr. Mark Hamill was in a car accident, before Empire Strikes Back, fun fact, they added the scene with the Wampa to explain why Luke had scars.
You know what would be absolutely hilarious? If in Star Wars Episode 7, they reference this Holiday Special, like mentioning something that happened "last Life Day," and then shudder like as if it was a bad memory they would rather forget.
Aftermath,Harrison Ford : Doesn't want to remember this and speak about this. Once he said "I was there, man." Carrie Fisher : Memory got wiped out. Mark Hamill : He thinks this was hillarious, and just add this one to next Starwars special edition.
The reason why Mark Hamill looks so odd in this special is that he is absolutely caked in makeup. This special takes place between the original "Star Wars" and "The Empire Strikes Back" during which Hamill was involved in a terrible car accident that nearly killed him. He had extensive facial reconstruction done and never looked quite the same in the second two movies.
I googled his accident, and he actually got hurt on Jan 11th 1977. Six months before the release of the original Star Wars film, and close to two years before this special. So while he does look different from the first movie, Nostalgic critic was really making fun of his Ken doll haircut and over done make up, with heavy eyeliner.
MeAccordingToLife thanksgiving is right around the time we celebrate other holidays like christmas, hannukah, kwanza, halloween, and new years so theres no need to get panties in a twist over an american holiday special coming out around a season of american holidays.
+Alicia Coburg He'd make it so that Han was stationary at the very end, instead of jerking slightly to trick buddy off of the railing. "Stormy ducked first!"
+TechLikeABoss Well I'm pretty sure that you are going to be disowned by your entire family for forcing such a horrendous torment upon them that prisoners at Guantanamo Bay would beg to be waterboarded instead of being forced to watch this aneurysm inducing Christmas Special. You have my sympathies
GET IN THE MECH SHINJI (Never seen NGE but I know the congratulations scene and seen a bit of the End movie where Shinji is at the girl's house and when the screen flips)
Prequels: Three movies with an understandable plot, but was boring and made almost no sense Holiday Special: There's probably a plot to this, but I don't speak wookiee.
This... This is... My God. My poor father watched this so eagerly when he was a child. I understand now why he drinks. I want everyone to remember this shit whenever they feel like complaining about Jar Jar or Hayden Christensen. Remember that it could be SO MUCH FUCKING WORSE!!!!!
I watched this when I was a child. I thought it was "odd," not like a TRUE Star Wars flick. I did like "Light the Sky on Fire," Bea Arthur, and of course Boba Fett.
Guys, I am Christian and wasn't offended by Santa Christ... it is just a joke and isn't meant to be offensive... both are well known people during Christmas and it makes sense to combine them. I am more offended by the hard-core anti-anything-that-is-religious inconsiderate atheists in the comments than what ever NC does... when NC does it, he knows it is a joke and doesn't mean to hurt people... just to make them laugh.
***** Glad to see that, there are always 2 groups to Atheism, Christianity, and Islam... there are the annoying rude extremists and then people like us who happen to believe in God or don't but don't force it or berate others for doing different.
You know, the weird thing about this is: no matter how shitty this show is you can't hate Mark Hamill or Harrison Ford's brief appearances. They are just so good. And Hamill always has an overall likable personality.
Yes. Except while Minions was bearable outside of advertising this is death. Not that Minions was THAT bearable, but besides the advertising there are worse
How did all of the actors EVER agree to do this ? Not one of them read the script and said "Uh, no - bad career move. REAL bad". Amazing the power Lucas had over them.
Sir Fur I'll be honest it's not mine but it's similar to the one I have in my mind so I use it since I have no money for comissioning an actual drawing of my fursona but hey at least you like the pic.
You know what? Life Day should've been a holiday for DROIDS! Think about it! This could've been a holiday that gives us the back story about how droids have become more intelligent! Like how they're able to form opinions and emotions like C-3po does! Is it mostly Artificial Intelligence or REAL INTELLIGENCE FROM AN UNKNOWN SOURCE??? And what does it feel like to be built instead of being born? I literally came up with a better holiday special off the top of my head!!!
+Aziria Shingen Because they won't you idiot. There's nothing to indicate that they'd be trying to ruin it. But hey, bitchy SW fans will never be satisfied
MsTheCommentator sounds like a goat being tortured while barely choking back it's own vomit. In short it sounds a lot like the German Language. Only prettier -Rifftrax.
I could have made a great Star Wars : Holiday Special. Rebel troops and Imperial troops are engaged in brutal combat on a small jungle planet. Both sides low on food and ammunition. An Imperial officer comes across the lines to give food to the Rebel troops. Both armies celebrate Peace Day, the end of the great Mandalorian Wars. Rebel troops and Imperial troops talk about why their at war, and try to figure out what's going on. Finally the Emperor becomes frustrated with this, and dispatches Darth Vader and the 501 Stormtrooper Legion the attack everyone. Some soldiers from both sides escape on a shuttle and some Stormtroopers decide to join the Rebels and some other soldiers decide to leave the Empire and others decide to leave the Rebels and seek a life of peace.
But in the Nostalgia Critic character's universe it makes sense why he considered The Christmas Tree to be worse than the Star Wars Holiday Special since the film was so bad Santa Christ wiped the Critic's memory of it so he'd forget it existed. So the Critic thinks The Christmas Tree is worse because he's forgotten the existence of the Holiday Special.
14:18 "Was the Carol Burnett Show canceled at this time?" -NC Actually yes! The Holiday Special came out on November 17, 1978 and the Carol Burnett show ended in MARCH 29,1978! To make matter worse on that quote on two fronts, Harvey Korman left the show after its 10th season and Carol Burnett actually ended the show on her own terms rather to have it cancel later on, ending on March 29, 1978. As Wonka once said "YOU LOSE! GOOD DAY SIR!"
What I get out of the first scene with the Wookies: The young one is playing around with his toy plane and the mom asks him to clean the kitchen. However the youngling doesn't want to and tries to convince his grandfather to tell her for him to not do so. The Grandfather refuses to defend and the young wookie at that point had no choice but to clean the Kitchen.
I'm still waiting for someone from Disney to think it would be a good idea to re-release this. And don't say it wont happen, because we all know that if Disney can make a dollar off it, they will cram it down our throats, pull it out of our asses, and then cram it down our throats again.
I imagine they don't even have to. They can pull of something even more shitty than Holday Special. The next Kingdom Hearts game will probably feature Star Wars characters, for better or worse.
GeneralErlend . Actually, I don't think Star Wars in Kingdom Hearts 3 would be bad. Just imagine if someone hired Boba Fett to go after Sora, and the famed bounty hunter knows of a way to travel between the worlds and shows up in the middle of The Avengers (remember, Disney owns Marvel as well, so it could happen).
+casartherandom I'm pretty sure Gungans wouldn't live that long. He was probably pretty old by the 3rd movie even. At least, I hope Gungans don't live that long...
***** True. And I just remembered that the special edition Return of the Jedi had either Jar Jar or someone like him during the celebrations at the end so he may have lived at least that long.
Here's a question I'm sure everybody has asked: *_"WHAT THE HELL WAS GEORGE LUCAS THINKING??!!!"_* BTW, I've disabled the replies (thank you, Google+, for that wonderful new feature) because I don't wanna hear any excuse about how "It's not completely his fault". In case you forgot: *STAR WARS IS **_HIS_** CREATION, HE GAVE THIS THE GREEN LIGHT, THAT AUTOMATICALLY MAKES IT HIS GODDAMN FAULT!!!*
drybowserman9091 I'd say this is worse. XD Because this one had the coolest source material around it that it stomped on. We weren't already attached to the characters in The Christmas Tree and then had to watch them treated like THIS.
I think Harrison ford was more embarrased than George Lucas. Now that disney own Star wars we may just get a holiday special sequal with appearances by Mickey Mouse and Donald duck.
This special is so bad that i had to take several breaks during this review so that i wouldn't lose my sanity. And i didn't even have to watch it all. You have my eternal sympathy Nostalgia Critic.
Long before this review I actually found the full version of the special on CZcams. Somehow I watched all the way through, never watched it again. Well, I did through the review here, but that doesn't count.
He didn't have anything to do with this. Someone wanted to do this, and George just gave them permission. In fact, after watching this, he has said that if he ever finds a copy of this in a video store, he would smash every copy with a sledgehammer, even though the internet owns it now
Wookies physically can't speak Basic (except for one with an extremely rare impediment in the Thrawn trilogy), but most can understand Basic just fine. Go on. Call me a nerd. When it comes to Star Wars, I wear it proudly.
There must have been some cultural shift when the Emperor took over that resulted in them speaking their own languages, since prior to that, they all spoke basic to each other in vaguely offensive dialects...
Eliezar18 the wookiee in the Thrawn trilogy couldn't speak basic, it's speech was at a frequency that made it much easier for humans with a basic knowledge of the language to understand
+Joe Rivet He got his specific copy from a friend/neighbor he had at the time, who recorded it onto a VHS and transferred it to a DVD. In fact, the whole Santa Christ thing was done at the singing part because the singing is where the DVD cuts off. xD
I'm convinced the closing of the Cantina also has a larger importance in the series as a whole. I mean to me one flaw of the entire movie series is never really showing how much evil the Empire is. They do bad things, sure, but mostly to the Jedi and the Rebels. We've never clearly shown the impact it had on regular people, for what we know it could actually be a really nice government, and it's the rebels who really are causing problems! Well, this shows that the empire is affecting everybody negatively, even on the small scale. Why did they close the cantina? Your guess is as good as mine, the point is not the reasons to me, the point is the effect.
KrossoverGod I still support the empire. The people on the Death Store had families. I'm talking the janitors, the mechanics, those people. The Empire, however, managed to tame the outer rim, when the republic could not
The makeup on Mark Hamill was understandable though. That was around the time he was in the car crash that fucked up his face. It makes sense as to why they would need to xdo him up like that.
I prayed that this atrocity would have stayed repressed in the darkest depth of peoples minds, never to be spoken of again. I prayed that the generation that saw this burned every copy of the film and took the knowledge of it's existence to their graves. I feel the critic, as awesome as he is, has done a disservice to the franchise by reminding people of it's unholy presence. But at least this film can serve as a cautionary tale.
This is what the Empire made as the ultimate torture device. This is the reason Rebels had almost lost and cost many Bontoms their lives because Emperor Palpetine just said "SHOW THEM THE HOLIDAY SPECIAL." The rebel alliance plans were suddenly revealed to them. In Episode 5, the screams Han made was because of this not the interrogation device.
Wow... honestly I don't understand how you made it through that. The ONLY part of this special that got me through this was your reactions and Santa Christ saving the day for even the mere few minutes that he was on screen!
+Ivan Simpson no, that accident happened just prior to Empire Strikes Back, that's why they did the wampa scene, so luke would have random scars that weren't there in A New Hope. they just thought that all the girls would give more focus to Mark Hamill if he had a stupid orange spray-on tan that made him look more like an orangutan than an actual human. (not dissing anyone who likes/wears spray-on tans)
+Sokandueler95 Wrong. Mark had his accident in 1977 before Star Wars came out. You can see how his nose is changed in all the interviews during the premier compared to his face in the movie, A New Hope and before that. He had MUCH make up in those interviews too, to cover the scars above his mouth.... Ofc here he has even MORE make up. Like even eyeshadow on his eyelids?? I don't really understand that why :D:D
This Xmas special was my first exposure to star wars as a kid and sadly because of it, even though I'm sure they're good, I've never been able to bring myself to watch anything star wars. Dammit George Lucas.
Watch the Original Trilogy first, then the Prequels, then The Clone Wars. Trust me, if you watch the series in that order, you'll love Star Wars. Fuck the Prequel haters! The prequels were awesome! Especially Darth Maul.
Darth Sorrow Darth Maul: Half the man he used to be. Anakin Skywalker: See Nostalgia Critic's review of Batman and Robin and compare Ani to Dick Grayson.
Alex LeBlanc One month later I know but I sat down and watched it recently and you were right, that movie was incredible. I see where the hype comes from now lol
I have to give the actors playing the Wookiee family credit. That kind of extended, almost entirely physical mime performance is really hard to pull off, especially when the rest of the production is giving you zero support. 5:15 - Cartoon elephant leans in: "He was in a car crash."
Really? I never knew that. This is actually one nice thing about comments (of course certain caution is warranted) that one can get nice trivia about things one never knew.
This is more bad than I thought. The idea I had for me and my friends to watch this before Episode 7 may have been the worse idea I ever had. I didn't heed the warning on Wikipedia... Good job the Nostalgia Critic saved me...
+TheInsaneComputer Gamer "The idea I had for me and my friends to watch this before Episode 7 may have been the worse idea I ever had." Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah you're killing me here!
I love the fact that Harrison Ford denies even remembering he was in this thing.
***** Yes. A few years ago he was in an interview and the guy asked him what he thought of the Star Wars Holiday Special. Ford said something like "I'm sorry I don't recall that."
***** I think it was. I'll have to look it up. Can't blame him though. I'd want to wipe this from my memory too if I was involved with this abomination.
***** Exactly. One of the absolute worst things I've ever seen in my life.
They probably found him while he was drunk or something. Maybe he signed up for a comedy skit!
TheBlue Sentinel Haha I could believe that.
Rey: "There are stories about what happened."
Han: "It's true. All of it."
Finn: "Even Life Day?"
Han: "Shut the fuck up."
Finn: "What’s wrong with Life Day?"
I met the guy that played Chewbacca and yes, he voiced ALL the Wookies in this special. I put my hand on his shoulder and said "I am so sorry" he smiled when I said that. I think he hated this as much as George Lucas.
@TheDreReichDude it's Joonas Soutamo
i made the dumbass mistake of even mentioning it to him when I met him. He was not amused.
He doesn't voice the wookies, they use bear like noises for the wookies, he was just in the costume
Wow 200+ people bought this bullshit comment. Wow.
Carrey Fisher says she plays this on her TV in order to make people leave her house parties.
EpicLiamPaul, Really?
Haha.
I can imagine if she was in Hell, Carrie would just turn the holiday special on to keep the demons out.
She slays demons!
Since she’s gone, I wonder if her daughter puts this on in order to get people to leave when she’s hosting a party.
Why do I think Mark Hamill crashed his car on purpose in hopes that he'd be too injured to appear in this
It explains so much!
+Otha Bland, Jr. Its a joke...
+Otha Bland, Jr. Mark Hamill was in a car accident, before Empire Strikes Back, fun fact, they added the scene with the Wampa to explain why Luke had scars.
Actually that scene was already planned before the accident
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5:20 "well that just perms my hair!"
it gets me every time
I don't even get it.
+digitivortex hair joke.
Guilherme Almeida Now I get it.
5:21
same! that, and "why do we need Bee Arthur?"
You know what would be absolutely hilarious? If in Star Wars Episode 7, they reference this Holiday Special, like mentioning something that happened "last Life Day," and then shudder like as if it was a bad memory they would rather forget.
that would be so funny
That would be glorious.
+Tekrothebountyhunter ALL OF MY YES
If they do it right it will be so funny
"Chewie this is worse than that time I came to visit on Life Day 40 years ago".... *Han Solo shivers*
my digital media teacher made us watch this movie when we were rude to the substitute.
+thegreatninjaman SERIOUSLY!? Damn, I bet they learned their lesson! Probably were scared for life.
+benjamin jones If she didn't, she should be arrested for murder.
almost ruined star wars for us.
+thegreatninjaman that is the worst form of punishment i have ever heard, how did you guys survive through that?
did she take away phones and electronic devices just to see this piece of shit
George Lucas inn filming this was either:
A) Drunk
B) High
C) On LSD
D) All of the above
E) None of the above
@FreedomHero4 I choose "D."
George Lucas never actually made this
Chad Woods So the answer is E then.
*In
And "On LSD" and "High" are the same things!
Erm... true I'll go with true.
No wonder why Kylo Ren is so hell-bent on killing off the original Star Wars cast
jmac3y And why Kylo Ren turned to the dark side. And you can't really blame him.
Olufolarin Oduntan Even his uncle Luke tried to kill him in his sleep.
But hey, that’s actually Rian’s fault. Not Mark Hamill’s.
He killed Han and Luke solely due to this
And yet, the Star Wars Holiday Special is way better than any of the Disney Soy Wars sequel movies....
@@jonw3738 in retrospect, absolutely
Mark Hamill recently made an offhand comment that the Holiday Special should be an extra on TFA's DVD release. I would love that.
+Pale Horse Hell no. I use the Holiday Special to defend the prequels.
+godzillavkk Okay then.
+Pale Horse NNNOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
+Pale Horse "off-hand" HAHAHA!
+Pale Horse How sadistic is he!?
"Ve hear you've been hiding Jewish Evoks!"
IM DEAD HAHA!
+Macker I'll call an ambulance.
I have been summoned.
Storm Trooper... Makes a whole lot of sense.
10:40
Now I see why, in Return of the Jedi, the shield generator was placed in Endor and not Kashyyk.
Aftermath,Harrison Ford : Doesn't want to remember this and speak about this. Once he said "I was there, man."
Carrie Fisher : Memory got wiped out.
Mark Hamill : He thinks this was hillarious, and just add this one to next Starwars special edition.
This makes the Phantom Menace look like Citizen Kane.
+insanetrain33 Phantom Menace is better then the majority says it is.
+godzillavkk very true.
Nothing wrong with the Phantom Menace, genius.
The phantom menace is the most disappointing thing since my son.
TrippyTheShroom
Manchild.
There is only two words that can come out of my mouth after watching this: STIR and WHIP.
Now watch me whip "OK" Now whatch me stir-stir "OK"
"Santa Christ"
Don't remind me 😖
And rawr
That's 3 words
The reason why Mark Hamill looks so odd in this special is that he is absolutely caked in makeup. This special takes place between the original "Star Wars" and "The Empire Strikes Back" during which Hamill was involved in a terrible car accident that nearly killed him. He had extensive facial reconstruction done and never looked quite the same in the second two movies.
I googled his accident, and he actually got hurt on Jan 11th 1977. Six months before the release of the original Star Wars film, and close to two years before this special. So while he does look different from the first movie, Nostalgic critic was really making fun of his Ken doll haircut and over done make up, with heavy eyeliner.
And then he became the Joker. >:)
MeAccordingToLife It came out around Thanksgiving 1978. That is why I believe it was called the "Holiday" Special.
It occurred in March of 1978.
MeAccordingToLife thanksgiving is right around the time we celebrate other holidays like christmas, hannukah, kwanza, halloween, and new years so theres no need to get panties in a twist over an american holiday special coming out around a season of american holidays.
"We hear you've been hiding Jewish Ewoks."
Hahaha
I use this special to defend the prequels.
+godzillavkk Lol -- me too! :-D
+godzillavkk Good idea
Alejandro Silva
I'd love to force a prequel hater to watch this.
+godzillavkk It's a damn good defense.
AstroManX100
Thanks.
I'm just waiting for George Lucas to give it special effects and release it on blu ray
he hates it so much that instead of "fixing" it he'd rather destroy it knowing that the special edition would make it even worse.
would you buy it? lol
pursuing222 probably XD
It wasn't going to happen then, and it probably won't happen now, since Disney now owns all of this
+Alicia Coburg He'd make it so that Han was stationary at the very end, instead of jerking slightly to trick buddy off of the railing. "Stormy ducked first!"
"Soon the cantina will be crushed and Bea Arthur will be one of us."
- Emperor Palpatine
"Did I mention she started doing drugs in this special?"
I love when jokes become suddenly relevant and shocking years later by accident.
I'm literally going to make my entire family watch this on Christmas
This will be fun
TechLikeABoss That would be hilarious.
+TechLikeABoss Well I'm pretty sure that you are going to be disowned by your entire family for forcing such a horrendous torment upon them that prisoners at Guantanamo Bay would beg to be waterboarded instead of being forced to watch this aneurysm inducing Christmas Special. You have my sympathies
You heartless monster. Don't torture your family on Christmas.
You're a monster
I tried to show it to my family on Christmas Eve 2016.
Soon the cantina will be crushed and Bea Arthur will be one of us. xD
+7b7Ben lol "Why do we need Bea Arth...SILENCE!"
+Spencer Lamb I loved that part
+7b7Ben My favourite part!
Darth Vader- "Why do we need Bea Arthur"?
Empires Palpetine- "SILENCE"!
Same
"I exist for you. I am in your mind as you create me.
Do you want to become one with me, Shinji?"
GET IN THE MECH SHINJI (Never seen NGE but I know the congratulations scene and seen a bit of the End movie where Shinji is at the girl's house and when the screen flips)
I just want to go for the record and say that the ending of this video is the best ending for anything in history. Period.
Indeed.
Santta Christ was the dumbest idea ever the ending sucked
Prequels: Three movies with an understandable plot, but was boring and made almost no sense
Holiday Special: There's probably a plot to this, but I don't speak wookiee.
+Boshwa I'd rather watch the prequels then this.
+godzillavkk Everyone would.
+godzillavkk I'd watch Star Wars: The Clone Wars (the movie, not the cartoon spinoff) over this.
Leopold Litchenstein Good profile picture, 10/10.
Leopold Litchenstein
I prefer the 2003 series.
This... This is... My God. My poor father watched this so eagerly when he was a child. I understand now why he drinks. I want everyone to remember this shit whenever they feel like complaining about Jar Jar or Hayden Christensen. Remember that it could be SO MUCH FUCKING WORSE!!!!!
I watched this when I was a child. I thought it was "odd," not like a TRUE Star Wars flick. I did like "Light the Sky on Fire," Bea Arthur, and of course Boba Fett.
Guys, I am Christian and wasn't offended by Santa Christ... it is just a joke and isn't meant to be offensive... both are well known people during Christmas and it makes sense to combine them. I am more offended by the hard-core anti-anything-that-is-religious inconsiderate atheists in the comments than what ever NC does... when NC does it, he knows it is a joke and doesn't mean to hurt people... just to make them laugh.
Truth
***** Glad to see that, there are always 2 groups to Atheism, Christianity, and Islam... there are the annoying rude extremists and then people like us who happen to believe in God or don't but don't force it or berate others for doing different.
It's not like Family Guy where they Make-Fun-Of/Insult Jesus any chance they get
***** I think you have mixed up atheism with anti-theism.
Wait, we have those? I didn't think anyone was that much of a dick.
I made my brother watch the Star Wars Christmas Special....he couldn't make it past the first ten minutes,
Well, I am a devil...
I couldn't get past the first 2 minutes of Star Wars Christmas. It was just... It was horrible.
Wow, either you're evil or he has no endurance.
I'm the devil, thats why.
TheChibiFangirl You should try the room next
14:35
"And yes, they show you every. single. solitary. STEP!"
You know, the weird thing about this is: no matter how shitty this show is you can't hate Mark Hamill or Harrison Ford's brief appearances. They are just so good. And Hamill always has an overall likable personality.
Danielle Pluzsik he has so much make up on. they hadnt figured out how much make up yet to put on his face post car crash.
Much like The Minions, this is what happens when you give side characters their own movie.
F*** that movie
Yes. Except while Minions was bearable outside of advertising this is death. Not that Minions was THAT bearable, but besides the advertising there are worse
Or planet sheen or cars 2
+Aaron Unash therapy weren't the worst thing ever, but they aren't good
Aaron Unash Damn you! I was trying so hard to erase Planet Sheen out of my mind!
Wojti 2000 Decent, but unnecessary.
How did all of the actors EVER agree to do this ? Not one of them read the script and said "Uh, no - bad career move. REAL bad". Amazing the power Lucas had over them.
Not at all... Bea Arthur did it as a favor to a producer and Art Carney was drunk.
seeburg220 The only thing that had an amazing power over Carrie Fisher was the cocaine.
Lucas didn't have anything to do with this.
*****
He told them to introduce Boba Fett. But he envisioned it as a much bigger segment. And not animated.
***** Well he did as he owned the rights to the franchise and characters.
He gave the greenlight for them to be used.
I wonder what the suicide rate was that Christmas?
Over 9000
+The Boss Stage1 WHAT?!?! 9000?!?!
+Dr. Dhoom from anime maker site
+Mark Ukrainetz Jesus was about to come down then saw this and said fuck that ... im good bruh
+Mark Ukrainetz Disproportionately high among Star Wars fans.
Santa Christ is the most badass person ever
Ah, yes. The good ol' days where Doug DOESN'T destroy the world with his spirit during Christmas time...
I bet you George Lucas drank too much eggnog when making this special.
That's a nice way of putting it.
21melpomene
Yes, but at the same time he probably was drunk...or crazy
GaarasIchibi88 Maybe.
@Gaaraslchibi88, Well, either eggnog or blue milk that expired years ago.
Lucas didnt make it; but he most have been drunk for not watching it before it aired
God, this special makes me want to play the starting level in The Force Unleashed. On repeat. For 4 HOURS!
lol I'm dead
+Masdaw Galshini Why not all that awesomeness in the levels on Raxus Prime? THOSE WERE FUCKING BADASS!!!
+True Warrior You. Have. AN AWESOME FURSONA!!!
Sir Fur I'll be honest it's not mine but it's similar to the one I have in my mind so I use it since I have no money for comissioning an actual drawing of my fursona but hey at least you like the pic.
True Warrior Oh. It's okay.
Nostalgia Critic is now so nostalgic he should make a video about The Nostalgia Critic.
"We hear you've been hiding Jewish Ewoks" I swear to god Doug I haven't laughed this hard in ages.
You know what? Life Day should've been a holiday for DROIDS!
Think about it! This could've been a holiday that gives us the back story about how droids have become more intelligent! Like how they're able to form opinions and emotions like C-3po does!
Is it mostly Artificial Intelligence or REAL INTELLIGENCE FROM AN UNKNOWN SOURCE??? And what does it feel like to be built instead of being born?
I literally came up with a better holiday special off the top of my head!!!
+Mauricio Vasquez (Spirits) Are you saying you want 2 hours of beeing and whirring noises? :P
+Liliana Lancheros The worst part is that it's still a better idea XDDD
+Liliana Lancheros Well, many droids can talk.
And at least some droids can talk.
The answer to how many inter species love nest is over 9000
11:39 Oh look, Disney foreshadowing.
BioniclesaurKing4t2 Illuminati confirmed.
I... I don't believe you! Star Wars 7 will be good!
I fucking broke.
+Aziria Shingen Because they won't you idiot. There's nothing to indicate that they'd be trying to ruin it. But hey, bitchy SW fans will never be satisfied
hidden Mickey
Wow in the cartoon Han kinda looks like Kylo 😅
"We hear you've been hiding Jewish Ewoks." OMG that was trulu hillarious, that made my night especially in that accent.
When Chewbacca roared and Hans said, "You can say that again," I expected NC to say, "Or just have your family say it another 100 fucking times!"
Sir or madam, you have a very adorable icon.
Madam, thanks. And thank you!~ :3
First of all LOL that was funny. Second y commentator not the charmentator
The name's been with me for a while, and the icon less so. People seem to get a real kick out of that adorable charmander though. :3
MsTheCommentator sounds like a goat being tortured while barely choking back it's own vomit. In short it sounds a lot like the German Language. Only prettier
-Rifftrax.
Star Wars Holiday Special = Every live action show on Adult Swim
I could have made a great Star Wars : Holiday Special. Rebel troops and Imperial troops are engaged in brutal combat on a small jungle planet. Both sides low on food and ammunition. An Imperial officer comes across the lines to give food to the Rebel troops. Both armies celebrate Peace Day, the end of the great Mandalorian Wars. Rebel troops and Imperial troops talk about why their at war, and try to figure out what's going on. Finally the Emperor becomes frustrated with this, and dispatches Darth Vader and the 501 Stormtrooper Legion the attack everyone. Some soldiers from both sides escape on a shuttle and some Stormtroopers decide to join the Rebels and some other soldiers decide to leave the Empire and others decide to leave the Rebels and seek a life of peace.
"THIS IS THE WORST! THIS IS THE WORST CHRISTMAS SPECIAL EVER!"
4 years later, he finds another Christmas special that forever changed his opinion..
But in the Nostalgia Critic character's universe it makes sense why he considered The Christmas Tree to be worse than the Star Wars Holiday Special since the film was so bad Santa Christ wiped the Critic's memory of it so he'd forget it existed. So the Critic thinks The Christmas Tree is worse because he's forgotten the existence of the Holiday Special.
The part with the wookie speak made my dog look around in fear.
14:18 "Was the Carol Burnett Show canceled at this time?" -NC
Actually yes! The Holiday Special came out on November 17, 1978 and the Carol Burnett show ended in MARCH 29,1978! To make matter worse on that quote on two fronts, Harvey Korman left the show after its 10th season and Carol Burnett actually ended the show on her own terms rather to have it cancel later on, ending on March 29, 1978.
As Wonka once said "YOU LOSE! GOOD DAY SIR!"
What I get out of the first scene with the Wookies:
The young one is playing around with his toy plane and the mom asks him to clean the kitchen. However the youngling doesn't want to and tries to convince his grandfather to tell her for him to not do so. The Grandfather refuses to defend and the young wookie at that point had no choice but to clean the Kitchen.
I dont like sand
Its corse, rough and irritating. And it gets everywhere.
Kovacsfilms Here everything is soft and smooth......
I can't. I'm a senator.
WHAT?!
Maxwell Garrison You are in my very soul.
I wish that i could just wish away my feelings
Bea Arthur was very talented and the bar scene probably wouldn't have worked without someone as amazing as her.
Wow... I thought the "Star Wars Holiday Special" in the "White and Nerdy" music video was just a joke!
You know how in each fandom there's this one thing that they never speak of?
I just realized this must be that one thing of the Star Wars fandom.
Okay... *shuts up about it forever*
Tiny Greenness
This is actually canon
Tiny Greenness Doctor Who has Dimensions in Time
You mean Love and Monsters?
oh, you mean like GT in the DBZ fandom? (SHUDDERS) ugh... GT...
I'm still waiting for someone from Disney to think it would be a good idea to re-release this. And don't say it wont happen, because we all know that if Disney can make a dollar off it, they will cram it down our throats, pull it out of our asses, and then cram it down our throats again.
I imagine they don't even have to. They can pull of something even more shitty than Holday Special. The next Kingdom Hearts game will probably feature Star Wars characters, for better or worse.
GeneralErlend .
Actually, I don't think Star Wars in Kingdom Hearts 3 would be bad. Just imagine if someone hired Boba Fett to go after Sora, and the famed bounty hunter knows of a way to travel between the worlds and shows up in the middle of The Avengers (remember, Disney owns Marvel as well, so it could happen).
The Dork Knight As long as it doesn't count as SW canon, I'm fine with it.
Drugs, Hardcore drugs is the only explanation as to why this was made.
That part with the grandpa wookie and the black woman was fucking hilarious, I even love his mouth, its just so weird how it moves its looks funny.
Art Carney said, "Mala, you're coming because you're going to help me"
Actually I think he said, "Mala, will you come in the kitchen and help me!"
☝️ these people got whooshed
😂
9:13 Because we don't WANT to see Grandpa's hands!
Santa Christ is love.
Santa Christ is life.
"I'm stupid now. I don't even care." ROFL
I've heard that Jar Jar's skeleton will make an appearance in the new Star Wars coming out. Can we get Chewy's family too?
And jar jars death scene! Please kill him
+casartherandom I'm pretty sure Gungans wouldn't live that long. He was probably pretty old by the 3rd movie even.
At least, I hope Gungans don't live that long...
***** True. And I just remembered that the special edition Return of the Jedi had either Jar Jar or someone like him during the celebrations at the end so he may have lived at least that long.
hes not dead he is the new with lord
Spoiler. When the new republic is destroyed by star killer base, you can see jar jar on one of the planets getting destroyed
Here's a question I'm sure everybody has asked: *_"WHAT THE HELL WAS GEORGE LUCAS THINKING??!!!"_*
BTW, I've disabled the replies (thank you, Google+, for that wonderful new feature) because I don't wanna hear any excuse about how "It's not completely his fault". In case you forgot: *STAR WARS IS **_HIS_** CREATION, HE GAVE THIS THE GREEN LIGHT, THAT AUTOMATICALLY MAKES IT HIS GODDAMN FAULT!!!*
It looks like Nelvana did the animated part. The droids look exactly the same as they do in the Droids cartoon in the 80s.
Come to think of it, the mustached guy in the cartoon does bear a striking resemblance to Nicholas's master in _The Care Bears Movie_ .
This has got to be Critic's best review of all time!
Star Wars Holiday Special VS The Christmas Tree.....
Tie!!! They both want to be away from existence
drybowserman9091 I'd say this is worse. XD Because this one had the coolest source material around it that it stomped on. We weren't already attached to the characters in The Christmas Tree and then had to watch them treated like THIS.
The excitement I got from the Star Wars 7 trailer was almost completely eradicated from this.
They both now have competition from The Rapsittie Street Kids: Believe in Santa......which included MARK HAMILL!
SHWS has Boba Fett and it's so bad it's good. Christmas Tree sucks. You always win if you are good? REALLY?!
I think Harrison ford was more embarrased than George Lucas. Now that disney own Star wars we may just get a holiday special sequal with appearances by Mickey Mouse and Donald duck.
I think Disney has actually stated that they are going to go out of their way to NOT do that.
364dragonrider
Someone's still gonna sneak in a goddamn Mickey cameo, the cinematographers always do.
How The Fuck Would That Happen?? Think Dumbass!
Cant be any worse than this
It would be legally registered as a form of suicide.
This special is so bad that i had to take several breaks during this review so that i wouldn't lose my sanity. And i didn't even have to watch it all. You have my eternal sympathy Nostalgia Critic.
That was how I felt during the The Last Airbender Review.
Long before this review I actually found the full version of the special on CZcams. Somehow I watched all the way through, never watched it again. Well, I did through the review here, but that doesn't count.
"Ew...why can't we see grampa's hands?!?!"
I died laughing.
I respect George Lucas for what he does, but.......WHAT THE F**K WAS HE THINKING WHEN HE CAME UP WITH THIS?!?!??!?
HE did this? U sure?
He had no involvement in this, he gave the people permission to use the characters
He was thinking: "Boy, these drugs are strong."
The same thing he was thinking as he was making the prequels...except for Episode III. That one was awesome.
He didn't have anything to do with this. Someone wanted to do this, and George just gave them permission. In fact, after watching this, he has said that if he ever finds a copy of this in a video store, he would smash every copy with a sledgehammer, even though the internet owns it now
In truth, most aliens speak basic but prefer their own languages due to traditions/customs.
Wookies physically can't speak Basic (except for one with an extremely rare impediment in the Thrawn trilogy), but most can understand Basic just fine.
Go on. Call me a nerd. When it comes to Star Wars, I wear it proudly.
I know. And lolz I salute you!
There must have been some cultural shift when the Emperor took over that resulted in them speaking their own languages, since prior to that, they all spoke basic to each other in vaguely offensive dialects...
It was probably to prevent their thoughts from being understood when speaking to each other.
Eliezar18 the wookiee in the Thrawn trilogy couldn't speak basic, it's speech was at a frequency that made it much easier for humans with a basic knowledge of the language to understand
This video caused me to download the script to this episode to see if it was actually like that.
It was close enough.
Hah! I actually did that too!
I did too.
RIP Carrie Fisher. :'(
How did he get a copy of this if George Lucas went out of his way to make sure no one saw it?
Internet
touche lol.
People recorded it, and then they put it online when the Internet was made
Also, people will sell their copies of their VHS recordings.
+Joe Rivet He got his specific copy from a friend/neighbor he had at the time, who recorded it onto a VHS and transferred it to a DVD. In fact, the whole Santa Christ thing was done at the singing part because the singing is where the DVD cuts off. xD
+Michelle Lehto that makes more sense cause i was wondering why he stopped reviewing it right when at that scene
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"If I had the time and money, I'd hunt down every copy"
-George Lucas on the Star Wars Holiday Special
This is basically Wookie channel surfing. They watch the Food Network, MTV, Cinemax, Cartoon Network, DIY, and TLC while waiting for Chewbacca and Han
That actually would have made more sense. Just as boring, but it would have made more sense....
Cartoon Network no exist in 1978. Neither did Cyborg
I'm convinced the closing of the Cantina also has a larger importance in the series as a whole.
I mean to me one flaw of the entire movie series is never really showing how much evil the Empire is. They do bad things, sure, but mostly to the Jedi and the Rebels. We've never clearly shown the impact it had on regular people, for what we know it could actually be a really nice government, and it's the rebels who really are causing problems! Well, this shows that the empire is affecting everybody negatively, even on the small scale. Why did they close the cantina? Your guess is as good as mine, the point is not the reasons to me, the point is the effect.
KrossoverGod
I still support the empire. The people on the Death Store had families. I'm talking the janitors, the mechanics, those people. The Empire, however, managed to tame the outer rim, when the republic could not
KrossoverGod **mind blown**
LOL @ "Death Store". Comic Book Guy from The Simpsons says: "Worst... store... EV-ER!"
Don't matter anymore, it's not canon.
Black_Death
Come on, who'd ever consider the Christmas Special canon?? That scene is self contained, though.
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Danielle Pluzsik
You forgot Beat.
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Sadly, the movie's so bad, even the Critic's commentary can barely make it watchable. I really feel for you here, Critic,
His reaction to Life on Tatooine is hilarious!
The makeup on Mark Hamill was understandable though. That was around the time he was in the car crash that fucked up his face. It makes sense as to why they would need to xdo him up like that.
If you look closely, you can see the divot of his scar on his cheek.
Not really that understandable.
Yes they used make up to cover the damage...but why was it bright orange and why do that to his hair?
Steve Perrin This was the late 70s. It's probably the TV quality that makes him look orange, not his makeup.
Michelle Lehto But no one else in the same special, using the same late 70's TV quality, with the same make up artists had the same orange look?
I prayed that this atrocity would have stayed repressed in the darkest depth of peoples minds, never to be spoken of again. I prayed that the generation that saw this burned every copy of the film and took the knowledge of it's existence to their graves.
I feel the critic, as awesome as he is, has done a disservice to the franchise by reminding people of it's unholy presence.
But at least this film can serve as a cautionary tale.
This is what the Empire made as the ultimate torture device. This is the reason Rebels had almost lost and cost many Bontoms their lives because Emperor Palpetine just said "SHOW THEM THE HOLIDAY SPECIAL." The rebel alliance plans were suddenly revealed to them. In Episode 5, the screams Han made was because of this not the interrogation device.
HAHAHAHAHA
I liked the part where the Wookees roared.
Yeah highlight of the movie
XD you will find touhou fans everywhere
Why u gotta make fun of toho fans?
i a touhou fan too
Oh...I thought u were making fun of us.
Santa Christ to the rescue!!! :DD
OMG YOU WATCH HIM TOO?!?!?!?
Of course I do! xD
Axel Lea Still Love you bro!
Same here! xD
Darkness and shit.
How does this have 50% on Rotten Tomatoes?
Gboi116 It should have a lower score lmao
So bad, it's good.
A lot of people like it ironically
hijhiysonikku I like it because of the animation
Vader: Why do we need Bee Arthur?
Emporer: SILENCE!!!!
This is NOT hyperbole: The SWHS legit triggered my anxiety.
Remember, this was the 70s, we also got KISS MEETS THE PHANTOM OF THE PARK, HR PUFNSTUF, and LOGAN'S RUN. This was NOT considered WEIRD AT ALL.
Oh wow! I almost forgot about that shit! That Kiss one was really bad!
I don't like Logan's run but it's great compared to this shit.
Logan's Run was a great concept.
Logan's run sexiest movie of all time my ass
Wow... honestly I don't understand how you made it through that. The ONLY part of this special that got me through this was your reactions and Santa Christ saving the day for even the mere few minutes that he was on screen!
5:09
I think Mark Hamill's car accident has something to do with it.
+Ivan Simpson no, that accident happened just prior to Empire Strikes Back, that's why they did the wampa scene, so luke would have random scars that weren't there in A New Hope. they just thought that all the girls would give more focus to Mark Hamill if he had a stupid orange spray-on tan that made him look more like an orangutan than an actual human. (not dissing anyone who likes/wears spray-on tans)
+Sokandueler95 Wrong. Mark had his accident in 1977 before Star Wars came out. You can see how his nose is changed in all the interviews during the premier compared to his face in the movie, A New Hope and before that. He had MUCH make up in those interviews too, to cover the scars above his mouth.... Ofc here he has even MORE make up. Like even eyeshadow on his eyelids?? I don't really understand that why :D:D
+Sokandueler95 also they used plastic surgery on mark Hamil's face
This Xmas special was my first exposure to star wars as a kid and sadly because of it, even though I'm sure they're good, I've never been able to bring myself to watch anything star wars. Dammit George Lucas.
I am so sorry. But trust me; watch the fourth movie "A New Hope". That's all you need. And yes; stay away from the Prequels.
Oh God, you poor- go watch A New Hope. It'll clense your soul.
Watch the Original Trilogy first, then the Prequels, then The Clone Wars. Trust me, if you watch the series in that order, you'll love Star Wars. Fuck the Prequel haters! The prequels were awesome! Especially Darth Maul.
Darth Sorrow Darth Maul: Half the man he used to be.
Anakin Skywalker: See Nostalgia Critic's review of Batman and Robin and compare Ani to Dick Grayson.
Alex LeBlanc One month later I know but I sat down and watched it recently and you were right, that movie was incredible. I see where the hype comes from now lol
I wonder if this special would be seen as an acceptable torture method. It's horrific
The introduction of the best Nostalgia Critic character
Only thing that'd make it even better is if he was aware of Cyborg
Goddammit who put Roger Waters in a Han Solo outfit!
I have to give the actors playing the Wookiee family credit. That kind of extended, almost entirely physical mime performance is really hard to pull off, especially when the rest of the production is giving you zero support.
5:15 - Cartoon elephant leans in: "He was in a car crash."
Really? I never knew that.
This is actually one nice thing about comments (of course certain caution is warranted) that one can get nice trivia about things one never knew.
No wonder the Empire Strikes Back. I'd try to crush any rebels involved in this garbage myself.
6:00 Now watch me whip, now watch me stir it, now watch me whip, whip, now watch me stir it.
This is more bad than I thought. The idea I had for me and my friends to watch this before Episode 7 may have been the worse idea I ever had.
I didn't heed the warning on Wikipedia... Good job the Nostalgia Critic saved me...
+TheInsaneComputer Gamer "The idea I had for me and my friends to watch this before Episode 7 may have been the worse idea I ever had."
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah you're killing me here!