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Since I've never actually watched it before, I'm going to live tweet the Star Wars Holiday Special. I've heard it's truly terrible so I may not make it through. A Thread 🧵Permalink On twitter.com
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Wow, even the opening scroll is insane, it's just unanswered question,.and teasing that a golden girl argues with greedo?!Permalink On twitter.com
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Each sentence had at least 3 exclamation points . . .Permalink On twitter.com
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For some reason they couldn't use the actual millennium falcon set?Permalink On twitter.com
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. . . they stopped in the middle of a fire fight for Chewie to give Han a hug.On twitter.com
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The second scene is all about Chewie's family but you know how they don't subtitle Chewie in English? They're also not subtitling the wookie-only scene and it is *long*Permalink On twitter.com
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This is like the first 30 minutes of Wall-E except not adorablePermalink On twitter.com
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A galaxy far far away is clearly what gave us 70s interior designPermalink On twitter.com
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The baby Wookie is now watching a hologram of gymnasts backed by music that sounds like someone continually falling onto a $7 Casio keyboard.Permalink On twitter.com
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I don't know if it's the dye job or what but I'm not 100% convinced this is actually Mark HamillPermalink On twitter.com
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The way Luke is delivering these lines it's like he's trying to seduce Chewie's wifePermalink On twitter.com
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Looks like they couldn't get a hold of the actual Darth Vader suit for this scenePermalink On twitter.com
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A wookie in an apron is watching an alien Julia Child and following alongPermalink On twitter.com
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The TV chef has 4 hands that's clearly just someone behind them like it's that Whose Line cooking gamePermalink On twitter.com
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On the upside I now know how to pronounce the Wookie planet of KashyyykPermalink On twitter.com
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So much Wookie-speak. It's like they didn't even bother making a script and just improvd the few English linesPermalink On twitter.com
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*Another* gymnast hologram sequencePermalink On twitter.com
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. . . now Chewie's dad is watching something that I'm like 80% sure is Wookie pornPermalink On twitter.com
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It hasn't been an hour and they're on their third hologram performancePermalink On twitter.com
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And for no apparent reason this hologram is Jefferson StarshipPermalink On twitter.com
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They're doing another English scene (finally!) and the dialog quality is *slightly* above Attack of the ClonesPermalink On twitter.com
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They've now switched to an animated segment for no apparent reasonPermalink On twitter.com
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I feel like I'm watching GI JoePermalink On twitter.com
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Hey they're introducing this new Boba Fett character! I hope he doesn't do much, seems to die, and then gets his own TV show 40 years laterPermalink On twitter.com
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They're searching for a talisman that makes things invisible because apparently the One Ring is around somewherePermalink On twitter.com
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"Hey you can draw Harrison Ford's face right?" "Uh sure"Permalink On twitter.com
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I'm still not sure why this whole segment is animated and how the baby Wookie is watching itPermalink On twitter.com
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I think the script writers just forgot about Chewie's dad for a while. almost everything is in this one house where they all are and I haven't seen him for like 30 minutesPermalink On twitter.com
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. . . Baby Wookie is assembling a thing from an instruction video. Nothing is happening other than the instructor giving assembly instructions and the Wookie following along and they're showing all. of. it.Permalink On twitter.com
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It's amazing. Each scene has as close to zero connection to the previous one as possible.Permalink On twitter.com
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I never really saw Golden Girls so just fill in your own reference herePermalink On twitter.com
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Don't worry, he drinks through his headPermalink On twitter.com
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. . . Bea Arthur is doing a musical number nowPermalink On twitter.com
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Offered without comment:Permalink On twitter.com
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ngl this song kind of slapsPermalink On twitter.com
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Han Solo just tripped a stormtrooper to deathPermalink On twitter.com
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1970s Harrison Ford's hair was fantasticPermalink On twitter.com
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The wookies are crying but I'm not sure why because they *still* aren't subtitling or having anyone translate.Permalink On twitter.com
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uhhh the wookies picked up snow globes, held them up, and were suddenly wearing red robes and transported so they're now walking into the sun?Permalink On twitter.com
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C-3PO was already in the sun?Permalink On twitter.com
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They're lowkey addressing Droid sapience in a throwaway linePermalink On twitter.com
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Were you worried they were only going to have 1 musical number? Fear not!Permalink On twitter.com
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Leia looks like she wants Chewbacca. I ship itPermalink On twitter.com
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"We've gotta fill like 3 more minutes!" "Ehhhh just throw a blue filter on top of some footage from A New Hope"Permalink On twitter.com
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Aaaand we're back from the sun with no explanation, but lost the humansPermalink On twitter.com
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And that's all folksPermalink On twitter.com
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All in all I think the only the that the Mandalorian can learn from this is get a Golden Girl to do a musical number. Give Betty White a callPermalink On twitter.com