I remember this being broadcast when I was ten years old and what a bitter disappointment it was.
True story: it was only sponsored by General Motors; apparently everyone else had enough sense to steer clear of this flaming pile of poo.
Another true story: after eight minutes of watching it again I wanted to punch George Lucas in the face and drive a chevy citation full of TNT into the front of the GM building.
Where to begin? Oh yeah, how about the fact that the first five minutes consists of a child arguing with his mother nonverbally using growls, grunts and squeals over taking out the garbage?
And the guest stars...what were they thinking? Bea Arthur's appearance at the Mos Eisley cantina made about as much sense as the band playing the Charleston.
This special proves that Harvey Korman would take ANY role that was offered to him in the 70's. And that his only talent was acting as a straight man to Tim Conway.
At least Art Carney was able to consistently stay in character as the most ineffective operative in the Rebel Alliance. I'm also sure he didn't stand out at all as presumably the only human being in a planet full of Wookiees running an electronics store. It's about as clandestine as ISIS running a radio shack in the middle of Wisconsin.
The Boba Fett cartoon is widely held to be the best part of the whole affair, but for me it was the interspecies interactive holographic pron between Itchy and Diahann Carroll. I just can't help but wonder if the holograph emitter also functioned as a hair dryer.
Looking forward to what Paul, June-Dianne and Jason think about this.
