The much-maligned 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special gets a special screening at The Video Archive.
Marvel at this deep-space Christmas tale as Chewbacca and Han Solo try to get to Kashyyyk in time for Chewie to celebrate Life Day with his father, wife and son.
Musical numbers, comedy sketches and wookie dialogue follow in a made-for-TV movie which stars Harrison Ford, Peter Mayhew, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and others, but was not directly overseen by Star Wars creator George Lucas — perhaps to its detriment.
Lucas later said of the film, “If I had the time and a sledgehammer, I would track down every copy of that show and smash it.”
7:30-10 p.m. Wednesday. Free admission. The Video Archive, 965 E. McMillan St., Walnut Hills, facebook.com/videoarchivecincinnati.
This article appears in Dec 5-12, 2018.
