The Star Wars Holiday Special

The Star Wars Holiday Special is a Star Wars television film made between Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope and Star Wars: Episode v: The Empire Strikes Back. This American film was made in 1978, and directed by Steve Binder and David Acomba from a screenplay by George Lucas. ==The story[ Edit] == Han Solo and Chewbacca on Kashyyyk, have a lot of trouble to the home planet of the Wookie, to come. Chewie's parents fear that he arrives too late to celebrate their national holiday. Also Luke Skywalker with R2-D2 and C-3PO Leia with are on their way to the Wookie planet. Darth Vader has with help of bounty hunter Boba Fett a trap for Han and Luke prepared. ==History[ Edit] == The Star Wars Holiday Special was as a television movie made for CBS. By George Lucas, the film was later found is of insufficient quality, it was never his intention that the film would be screened. However, soon bootlegversions floating around that by fans with a VCR of TV were included. Lucas once sighed: "If I had the time and a sledgehammer, I would track down every copy of that show and smash it."

Nowadays, the Star Wars Holiday Special, especially on the internet by fans, the film was also released on DVD. These versions have no official status. The film is also not part of the official series of Star Wars counted, though the main characters and the story lines part of Star Wars.