The Star Wars Holiday Special backdrop

The Star Wars Holiday Special poster

Quick Info

Rating

3.4/10

Release1978

Runtime1h 37m

StatusReleased

Budget$1,000,000

RevenueN/A

Production

20th Century Fox Television

Smith-Hemion Productions

Winters Hollywood Entertainment Holdings Corporation

Lucasfilm Ltd.

Nelvana

Movie

The Star Wars Holiday Special

1978

1h 37m

3.4

Adventure

Science Fiction

Family

Music

TV Movie

Synopsis

Luke Skywalker and Han Solo battle evil Imperial forces to help Chewbacca reach his imperiled family on the Wookiee planet - in time for Life Day, their most important day of the year!

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