History Trivia / TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial

** Creator/AnthonyDaniels (C-3PO) claimed in an interview that he still has his copy of the script, but is too embarrassed to even look at it. In a documentary promoting the worldwide tour of ''Star Wars: In Concert'', notes with a laugh that the ''Star Wars'' universe includes "The horrible Holiday Special that nobody talks about". In his 2019 autobiography ''I Am C-3PO: The Inside Story'', Daniels referred to the special as a "turd".

** Because of its infamy, as well as Lucas [[StreisandEffect actively trying to bury it]], the special has ''never'' been rebroadcast on television. As of 2022, over '''40''' years later, it still has not, even as ownership of the franchise has [[Creator/{{Disney}} shifted hands]] from Lucas. Podcast/RiffTrax has done a bang-up job keeping the Life Day spirit alive, having played the special '''''twelve consecutive times''''' on November 17, 2021 (the 43rd anniversary) through their Website/{{Twitch}} channel. Additionally, a dedicated documentary focused on the making of the special would be made and released in 2023.

** Mickey Morton portrays Gormaanda's second set of arms in addition to Malla.

** The voices for Boba Fett (Gabriel Dell, who would reprise the role for ''WesternAnimation/{{Droids}}'') and Captain Kazan (whose actor currently remains unknown; but speculated to be Creator/JohnLarroquette) from the animated segment are similarly uncredited.

** The voices for Boba Fett (Music/DonFrancks, who would reprise the role for ''WesternAnimation/{{Droids}}'') and Captain Kazan (whose actor currently remains unknown) from the animated segment are similarly uncredited.

** Because of its infamy, as well as Lucas [[StreisandEffect actively trying to bury it]], the special has ''never'' been rebroadcast on television. As of 2022, over '''40''' years later, it still has not, even as ownership of the franchise has [[Creator/{{Disney}} shifted hands]] from Lucas. Podcast/RiffTrax has done a bang-up job keeping the Life Day spirit alive, having played the special '''''twelve consecutive times''''' on November 17, 2021 (the 43rd anniversary) through their Website/{{Twitch}} channel.

** The documentary ''Film/EmpireOfDreams'' originally had a 10-minute segment dedicated to the special to emphasize what could've happened to the franchise if Creator/GeorgeLucas hadn't maintained control over it, but it was cut out for pacing reasons.

** ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'': In "Robot Chicken Star Wars", there's a segment in which George Lucas goes to a therapist to discuss the Holiday Special.

** Three characters ([[CrosscastRole Chef Gormaanda]], the Amorphiian instructor, and Krelman) are played by Creator/HarveyKorman.

** Creator/MarkHamill [[https://youtu.be/p6dIYUoSeFQ thought the script was awful from the first reading]] and initially ''refused'' to participate. Lucas had to tell him that they were pretty much locked into making it as a "favor" to the merchandisers. However, he does think it's fascinating enough to make it worthwhile to release on home video.

** Creator/AnthonyDaniels (C-3PO) claimed in an interview that he still has his copy of the script, but is too embarrassed to even look at it. In a documentary promoting the worldwide tour of ''Star Wars: In Concert'', notes with a laugh that the ''Star Wars'' universe includes "The horrible Holiday Special that nobody talks about". In 2019, Daniels referred to the special as a "turd" in his autobiography.

* SameLanguageDub: Leslie Schofield's line of dialogue in his scene with Darth Vader (a redubbed DeletedScene from the film) was dubbed by an unidentified voice actor.

* RefittedForSequel: An early idea for ''A New Hope'' was for the film to begin in a Wookiee household, with a FramingDevice of Wookiee parents telling the events of the film to their child.

* TheDanza: A variant: Chef ''Gormaanda'' is played by Harvey Korman.

* According to writer Bruce Vilanch, the holographic circus acrobats later became Creator/CirqueDuSoleil.

* ActingForTwo: Three characters ([[CrosscastRole Chef Gormaanda]], the Amorphiian instructor, and Krelman) are played by Creator/HarveyKorman.

* CrossCastRole: Chewbacca's son Lumpy is played by 3'11" tall actress Patty Maloney.

** Even the ''director'', Steve Binder (best known for ''Film/TAMIShow'' and Music/ElvisPresley's '''68 Comeback Special'', as well as ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse'' and the live-action segments of ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow'') won't defend it.

* HeAlsoDid: One of the writers was Pat Proft, who did a lot of work with the Creator/ZuckerAbrahamsAndZucker trio (as part of their Kentucky Fried Theater comedy troupe and as co-writer of several of their films).

** Even the ''director'', Steve Binder (best known for ''Film/TAMIShow'' and Music/ElvisPresley's '''68 Comeback Special'', as well as the live-action segments of ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow'') won't defend it.

** The special was supposed to segue into ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', but unfortunately the only part of the special that got it right was the animated segment.

* HeAlsoDid: One of the writers was Pat Proft, who would go on to have a career working with the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker trio.

** Creator/GeorgeLucas allegedly said, "If I had the time and a sledgehammer, I would track down every copy of that special and smash it." He apparently didn't mind the Boba Fett short, though -- it was the only part of the special that was remastered and featured as an EasterEgg for the Blu-Ray release of the six films that he oversaw and years later Disney +.

** Even the ''director'', Steve Binder (best known for ''Film/TAMIShow'' and Music/ElvisPresley's '''68 Comeback Special'') won't defend it.