The original Star Wars ends with the Rebel Alliance risking everything to blow up the Death Star, officially to save the galaxy from the Empire. But here’s another theory: maybe—just maybe—Luke and ...

When the Star Wars Holiday Special aired on CBS in 1978, it didn’t just confuse audiences, it flat-out blindsided them. Coming off the massive success of Star Wars , fans tuned in expecting something ...

The Star Wars Holiday Special might have a complicated legacy, but the 1978 release is credited with introducing the world to ...

(Stacker) - George Lucas' “Star Wars” saga stands as the most dominant pop-culture franchise of the last half-century. The space western has permeated virtually every medium, from film and video game ...

The Star Wars Holiday Special remains an infamous moment in pop culture history, and director Steve Binder shared the whole ...

A long time ago, on TV sets far, far away, Star Wars got weird. Described as "completely mental" and "the definition of cringe-worthy", the infamous two-hour Star Wars Holiday Special aired on CBS in ...

Viewers who watched the first episode of Skeleton Crew might have noticed an Easter egg that refers to one of the most infamous parts of Star Wars lore—the 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special. One of the ...

For decades, the “Star Wars Holiday Special” was relegated to a punchline among fans of the franchise. Originally broadcast on CBS on Nov. 17, 1978, it stood as an oddity in the Star Wars universe, ...

For decades, the Star Wars Holiday Special was a misbegotten artifact of a specific era of network TV variety-show thinking, and Lucasfilm seemed content to pretend it never happened. Fans considered ...

George Lucas' "Star Wars" saga stands as the most dominant pop-culture franchise of the last half-century. The space western has permeated virtually every medium, from film and video game to slippers ...

We should note, this is not a reuse of the old ’70s footage, but a recreation. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, director Jon Watts said “We recreated it. We initially wanted to see if we could get ...