The background, for those unfamiliar with it: The Star Wars Holiday
Special (aka "A Very Wookiee Christmas") was a TV special featuring most
of the characters from the original movie, three member of Chewbacca's
family, and three comic TV actors (Harvey Korman, Bea Arthur, and Art
Carney ), which aired only once on CBS, on November 17, 1978. The plot
involves Han Solo and Chewbacca fleeing Imperial ships in an effort to
get Chewie back to his homeworld of Kashyyyk in time for "Life Day"
(a wimpy ecumenical holiday every bit as vague as "The Force," but
without the compensating virtue of enabling serious ass-kicking). Back
on Kashyyyk, Chewie's family, wife Malla, father Itchy, and son Lumpy
(somehow "Itchy" and "Lumpy" just don't seem to mesh with the rest of
the Star Wars universe nomenclature), are all waiting for his return,
and amuse themselves by talking on the videophone to original Star Wars
cast members, cooking, building toys, and dodging Imperial Storm Troopers.
http://www.locusmag.com/2005/Features/0401_StarWarsDVD.html
I actually quite enjoyed the show, it's a shame there isn't really a DVD. :(
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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