History Quotes / TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial

->All my happy childhood memories of Star Wars? Vaporized. Hope for a better tomorrow? Gone. The eye of the tiger? I just plucked it out and stomped on it in hopes that I'll never see an atrocity like this again for as long as I live.
-->-- '''[[http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/starwars-holiday/page2.php i-mockery]]'''

'''Sam:''' Perfect! The one item we've stolen that causes worry when it disappears, and utter panic when it returns to public view.
-->-- ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'', while deciding [[ItMakesSenseInContext what stolen item to sneak back into a museum]].

-->-- '''Creator/ChrisStuckmann'''

->Creator/GeorgeLucas once said he wished he could track down every single copy of the ''Star Wars Holiday Special'' and smash it to pieces with a sledgehammer. Thanks to the easy breezy modern data transfers of today, that task just got a lot harder. A typical [=YouTube=] search turns up [[StreisandEffect fifty different tapings of the special.]] Thousands, maybe millions, are watching the horror at any given time around the world. That's a lot of hard drives to smash, George -- better get busy. And honestly, your time would be better spent doing that than whatever you're working on.

->George Lucas once said he wished he could track down every single copy of the ''Star Wars Holiday Special'' and smash it to pieces with a sledgehammer. Thanks to the easy breezy modern data transfers of today, that task just got a lot harder. A typical [=YouTube=] search turns up [[StreisandEffect fifty different tapings of the special.]] Thousands, maybe millions, are watching the horror at any given time around the world. That's a lot of hard drives to smash, George -- better get busy. And honestly, your time would be better spent doing that than whatever you're working on.

->I don't think it's any coincidence that the ''Star Wars Holiday Special'' aired one day before the Jonestown mass suicide. '''Did you think there wouldn't be consequences, Bea Arthur?!'''

->If ''The Star Wars Holiday Special was just shit that would be one thing, but it consists of us '''watching other people watch shit.'''

->It's a...it's a unique idea watching a farm animal open a present...not sure I'd build a whole show around it, but it is unique.

'''Jay:''' But you may find yourself in a situation where you need to walk through the desert. There's '''[[{{Dissimile}} never going to be a situation]]''' where you '''''NEED''''' to watch the ''Stars Wars Holiday Special''!\\

-->-- '''''[[http://teleport-city.com/wordpress/?p=588 Teleport City]]'''''

-->-- Creator/ChrisStuckmann

->'''Mike:''' It's like saying the desert is hot. Yes, the desert is hot, but unless you've walked through it for 24 hours with no water, [[IceCreamKoan you can't truly know how hot the desert is]]. You have to see the whole thing.\\

->You think it's so legendarily bad that you'll torrent it and sit through it just for the kitschy nerd cred. [[DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible I, too, once thought as you did.]]
-->-- '''Randall Munroe''', ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}''

->George Lucas once said he wished he could track down every single copy of the ''Star Wars Holiday Special'' and smash it to pieces with a sledgehammer. Thanks to the easy breezy modern data transfers of today, that task just got a lot harder. A typical [=YouTube=] search turns up [[TheStreisandEffect fifty different tapings of the special.]] Thousands, maybe millions, are watching the horror at any given time around the world. That's a lot of hard drives to smash, George -- better get busy. And honestly, your time would be better spent doing that than whatever you're working on.

->George Lucas once said he wished he could track down every single copy of the ''Star Wars Holiday Special'' and smash it to pieces with a sledgehammer. Thanks to the easy breezy modern data transfers of today, that task just got a lot harder. A typical Website/YouTube search turns up fifty different tapings of the special. Thousands, maybe millions, are watching the horror at any given time around the world. That's a lot of hard drives to smash, George -- better get busy. And honestly, your time would be better spent doing that than whatever you're working on.

->Some people think, mistakenly, that the ''Star Wars Holiday Special'' is hilariously entertaining in the [[SoBadItsGood it's-so-bad-it's-good]] category. These people are idiots. Idiots who have never sat through an entire viewing of the ''Holiday Special''...It is mostly like watching a one-armed, blind, five-year-old bowl in slow motion for an hour and a half."''

->''George Lucas once said he wished he could track down every single copy of the ''Star Wars Holiday Special'' and smash it to pieces with a sledgehammer. Thanks to the easy breezy modern data transfers of today, that task just got a lot harder. A typical Website/YouTube search turns up fifty different tapings of the special. Thousands, maybe millions, are watching the horror at any given time around the world. That's a lot of hard drives to smash, George -- better get busy. And honestly, your time would be better spent doing that than whatever you're working on.

-->-- ''WebVideo/BestOfTheWorst'' on ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial''

->I don't think it's any coincidence that the ''Star Wars Holiday Special'' aired one day before the Jonestown mass suicide. '''[[SuckinessIsPainful Did you think there wouldn't be consequences, Bea Arthur?!]]'''

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->''"Well, I know that Creator/GeorgeLucas doesn't like it at all. When I was working on '''The Illustrated Franchise/StarWars Universe''', he told me that [[CreatorBacklash he would be happy if every copy could be tracked down and smashed]]..."''
-->-- '''Kevin J. Anderson'''

->''"Some people think, mistakenly, that the ''Star Wars Holiday Special'' is hilariously entertaining in the [[SoBadItsGood it's-so-bad-it's-good]] category. These people are idiots. Idiots who have never sat through an entire viewing of the Holiday Special. True, parts of the special are great fun, however the vast majority of the special is completely unwatchable. It is mostly like watching a one-armed, blind, five-year-old bowl in slow motion for an hour and a half."''
-->-- '''[[http://www.chefelf.com/starwars/holiday_intro.php Chef Elf's]]''' comments on ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial''

->''"If '''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial''' was just shit that would be one thing, but it consists of us '''watching other people watch shit.'''"''
-->-- '''Alex Jackson'''

->''"[[BileFascination You think it's so legendarily bad that you'll torrent it and sit through it just for the kitschy nerd cred.]] I, too, once thought as you did."''

->''"[[TearJerker Come back soon. I'll be waiting.]]"''
-->-- '''Creator/BeaArthur''' as Ackmena.

->'''Helix:''' How about our authorized copy of ''The Star Wars Holiday Special'', signed by George Lucas?
->'''Sam:''' Perfect! The one item we've stolen that causes worry when it disappears, and utter panic when it returns to public view.

->''"This review maybe makes it sound like it's so bad it's good, and in some ways I guess it is, but in most other ways it's sort of like putting live hornets in your ass."''
-->-- ''[[http://teleport-city.com/wordpress/?p=588 Teleport City]]''

->"This is [[Creator/GeorgeLucas the guy]] who said (shows picture of [[TheScrappy Jar Jar]]) this is ok and (shows picture of ''Film/HowardTheDuck'') this is ok. Which means ''this'' is the project that he was personally ashamed of. [[LogicBomb I'm going to go over it again]]: (shows picture of [[TheScrappy Jar Jar]]) ok, (shows picture of ''Film/HowardTheDuck'') ok, (shows picture of the Holiday Special) personally ashamed of."
-> ({{Beat}})
->"[[ThisIsGonnaSuck There are not enough toilets in the world to contain the amount of shit-spewing fear that I'm going through right now]]."
-->-- '''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic''' before doing [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/15087-swchr his review]].

->''"Huh. Well, it's not every day you see the stupidest thing you've ever seen."''
-->-- '''{{Podcast/Rifftrax}}'''

->''"I hope this doesn't come across as sacrilegious, but... Life Day '''eats!'''"''

->''"[[WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer Why was it such a misfit?]] You ''know'' why."''
-->-- '''[[Website/PlatypusComix Peter Paltridge]]''' "reviews" ''The Star Wars Holiday Special'' for "Blog/TheIslandOfMisfitChristmasSpecials"

->''"George Lucas once said he wished he could track down every single copy of the Star Wars Holiday Special and smash it to pieces with a sledgehammer. Thanks to the easy breezy modern data transfers of today, that task just got a lot harder. A typical Website/YouTube search turns up fifty different tapings of the special. Thousands, maybe millions, are watching the horror at any given time around the world. That's a lot of hard drives to smash, George -- better get busy. And honestly, your time would be better spent doing that than whatever you're working on."''
-->-- '''Website/PlatypusComix''', "The Ads of The Star Wars Holiday Special"

->''NO.''
->''NO.''
->''NO.''
->''[[BigNo NOOOOOOOOOO!]]''
->''"I don't know what else to say except that this scene has completely shattered my soul. All my happy childhood memories of Star Wars? Vaporized. Hope for a better tomorrow? Gone. The eye of the tiger? I just plucked it out and stomped on it in hopes that I'll never see an atrocity like this again for as long as I live."''
-->-- ''[[http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/starwars-holiday/page2.php i-mockery's review of the show, specifically when Itchy watches the pornographic video]].''

->"[[ThisIsGonnaSuck There are not enough toliets in the world to contain the amount of shit-spewing fear that I'm going through right now]]."

-->-- '''[[Website/PlatypusComix Peter Paltridge]]''' "reviews" ''The Star Wars Holiday Special'' for his "Island of Misfit Christmas Specials" series

->''"[[RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer Why was it such a misfit?]] You ''know'' why."''

->''"[[Film/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer Why was it such a misfit?]] You ''know'' why."''