Long ago, in a galaxy not so far away, George Lucas allowed the Star Wars Holiday Special to be made. What happened on the night of November 17, 1978 can never be fully explained, but we make our best effort in our annual special edition of SYSK. May the force be with us all.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Chapter 1: What is the Star Wars Holiday Special?
Let's do a variety show. The problem was this. Apparently George Lucas didn't watch enough TV. Yeah. And he also overly trusted people who talked to him. Sure. Because by 1978, yes, variety shows had dominated television for over 10 years. But it had come to an end. It was getting stale.
Yeah, we're talking Carol Burnett show, one of my favorites.
Had just been canceled after 11 seasons.
That's a big red flag. Sonny and Cher had just had its last season. I mean, what else? Like, Hee Haw was still going on. Probably. They didn't know when to quit.
I think Hee Haw's still on. Solid Gold had yet to come on and take up the mantle. That wasn't a variety show. It was a little bit. There was talking in between the songs.
Yeah, remember the Mandrell sisters show? Yeah. I never watched that one.
What was with that country chic thing that happened?
Yeah, it was a big deal in the 70s.
It's kind of happening again, I think. Oh, because of that dude. The guy who won all the CMA awards. I don't know. He came along and he's like, actually country. His dad's like a coal miner for real from Kentucky. I think I know who you mean. Chris something. Yeah, he is good. He's come along and been like, what are you guys doing?
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Chapter 2: Why is the Star Wars Holiday Special so controversial?
Chapter 3: What does Life Day symbolize in the Star Wars universe?
Yes. Of the Honeymooners fame. Probably the star of the whole thing, really. He has the most lines, I would say. The most comprehensible lines.
Right. So he plays a trader, a human trader, that has recently been with Han Solo and Chewie and actually gets to Kazook and says, they're on the way, it's all good. Yeah, a trader, not traitor. Yeah, a trader is in trades humans for, you know, money.
No, he sells goods. Yeah, a trader. He doesn't trade humans. Yeah, he's in the human trade. No, he isn't really?
Yeah. He trades humans? Like he sells humans? I looked it up in the Star Wars Encyclopedia. It said that he was in the human trade.
Huh. So in this Christmas special. Yeah. Apparently they sanitized his background because he's basically just selling gadgets and novelties and stuff like that to the Wookiees and the Empire who were occupying the area. Yes. He comes bearing gifts. Yeah, because he's a friend of Chewbacca's family.
Yeah. So he comes bearing gifts. One of the gifts he gives is sort of like a little digital insert to a, oh, I guess you would call it a virtual reality. Hair dryer. Hair dryer. Hair dryer. Like a beauty shop hair dryer. Right. He gives it to Grandpa Itchy. Grandpa Itchy sits under this hair dryer, pops in this digital cassette, and it can only be described as softcore porn.
Apparently, the writers who were interviewed for this said that was totally the intent. They were trying to get what amounted to softcore porn that would pass the censors.
That's right.
So it's all... You can't even say it's innuendo. It's too obvious and overt for innuendo. Instead, it's just... It's just... It's just gross. It's really gross. Diane Carroll... Great singer. Yes, she is. A Vegas staple. Shows up and starts basically...
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