The Star Wars Holiday Special remains the worst endeavor the Star Wars franchise ever embarked upon. It arrived 18 months after Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope, with the saga still brand new and no one certain what to make of it. As recounted in the new documentary A Disturbance in the Force, that resulted in a perfect storm of disaster as the swashbuckling space opera was handed over to variety show TV producers who didn't have the first idea what Star Wars was all about. Bad decision followed upon bad decision, with the Star Wars cast forced to put up with it while director George Lucas focused on getting Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back up to speed. The results were the rare kind of memorable badness that makes for the wrong kind of immortality.
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