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The Star Wars Holiday Special was a two-hour television special (including commercials) set in the Star Wars galaxy . It was broadcast on Friday, November 17 , 1978 on CBS -TV from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time (EST), but was so poorly received that it has never been re-aired. The main storyline of the film (set in 0 ABY ) transpires on the Wookiee home planet of Kashyyyk. During the course of the film, scenes also take place in outer space and in spacecraft such as the Millennium Falcon and an Imperial Star Destroyer . The variety-show segments and cartoon introduce a few other locales, such as a cantina on the desert planet of Tatooine and a water planet known as Panna . Chewbacca and Han Solo visit Kashyyyk , Chewbacca's home world, to celebrate the Wookiee holiday Life Day . Along the way, they are pursued by agents of the Galactic Empire who are searching the planet for Rebel agents . The special introduces three members of Chewbacca's family: his father, Itchy , his wife, Malla , and his son Lumpy . The program also features cameos (although the cameo actors are listed as stars) by other Star Wars characters, including Luke Skywalker , C-3PO , R2-D2 , Darth Vader , and Princess Leia (who sings the film's "theme song", set to the music of John Williams 's Star Wars theme, near the end). The program is probably best known for an animated cartoon produced by Toronto-based Nelvana that introduces, for the first official time in the Star Wars universe, the bounty hunter Boba Fett . Though the program received excellent ratings for its one-time airing, Star Wars creator George Lucas 's involvement in the special's production was limited, and he was unhappy with the results. He reportedly removed his story credit from the special, despite creating the original story material for it. It has never been re-aired or officially released on video, but has been widely bootlegged by fans, many of whom consider it ironically hilarious or kitschy . Despite disagreements over its quality, this film is considered the first canonical sequel to A New Hope . It was the first film produced, in a total of four Star Wars spin-off films.

The Holiday Special is important for being the first film-length Star Wars story to appear following the release of Episode IV, as well as for showing an expanded look at parts of that universe. The main focus of the film, which is intended to tie together the stories of A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back, is the Blockade of Kashyyyk . For the most part, though, the plot serves as little more than a means to string together a series of musical numbers, celebrity cameo appearances, and other variety-show acts, including songs and comedy routines by such 1970s celebrities as Jefferson Starship , Diahann Carroll , Art Carney , Harvey Korman , and Beatrice Arthur .