A Disturbance in the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened (2023)

★ 5.9 1h 31m IMDb

In 1978, CBS aired the “Star Wars Holiday Special” the week before Thanksgiving to an audience of 13 million people. Considered one of the worst shows in television history, it aired only once. George Lucas tried to bury it and an infamous camp legend was born. This documentary unravels the mysteries behind the most bizarre Star Wars spin-offs of all time.

A Disturbance in the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened

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Seth Green
Seth Green as Self Age 52 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Seth Benjamin Green (né Gesshel-Green; born February 8, 1974) is an American actor. His film debut came with a role in the comedy-drama film The Hotel New Hampshire (1984), and he went on to have supp...
Kevin Smith
Kevin Smith as Self Age 55 · Red Bank, New Jersey, USA Kevin Patrick Smith (born August 2, 1970) is an American filmmaker, actor, comedian, public speaker, comic book writer, author, and podcaster. He came to prominence with the low-budget comedy film Cl...
Paul Scheer
Paul Scheer as Self Age 50 · Huntington, New York, USA Paul Christian Scheer was born in Huntington, New York, on January 31, 1976. He attended St. Anthony's High School in Huntington, and then went on to study communication and education at New York Univ...
Taran Killam
Taran Killam as Self Age 44 · Culver City, California, USA Taran Killam (born on April 1, 1982) is an American actor. He is known for his television work on The Amanda Show and Saturday Night Live, as well as his roles in the films Stuck in the Suburbs, 12 Ye...
'Weird Al' Yankovic
'Weird Al' Yankovic as Self Age 66 · Lynwood, California, USA Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic (born October 23, 1959) is an American singer-songwriter, music producer, actor, comedian, writer, satirist, and parodist. Yankovic is known for his humorous songs t...
Bruce Vilanch
Bruce Vilanch as Self Age 77 · New York, New York From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Bruce Vilanch (born November 23, 1948) is an American comedy writer, songwriter and actor. He is a six-time Emmy Award-winner known to industry professionals in...

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