Originally published at: Happy Life Day, the Star Wars holiday celebrating Wookiee life | Boing Boing
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Now, the animated short, The Story of the Faithful Wookiee, was the gem in this otherwise fairly cringy show.
Animated by Nelvana, which has a very French animation look to it (reminds me of Moebius’ work as well), it is the first mass media appearance of Boba Fett. (Technically the first public appearance was a parade at the San Anselmo County Fair.)
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I remember watching it but not bothering to finish it. “Why is the actress from Maude in this? Wait, she… she’s singing now? I’m confused.”
The only things missing were Paul Lynde, Margaret Hamilton & Kiss.
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or you can just jump right to the end to see a coked-out-of-her-mind leia “singing” “life day”, a bored-out-of-his-mind han solo who wants to be anywhere else in the galaxy but in this weird wokee-realm which just happens to look like a very cheap tv-set (which it is*), a completly stoned-out-of-his-mind luke who is just happy he has nothing to do, aaand an embarrassed chewie, who thanks his wokee-gods hes wearing this funny red robe to hide his erection, because leia is again cuddling with him despite for his whole family to be in plain sight…
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edit/ ha!
It’s rumoured Carrie Fisher was high on cocaine when she sang the final song about the glory of Life Day to the main Star Wars theme – for her sake, you really have to hope this is true.
thnx, guardian.
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The immortal Harvey Korman (prior to a second pair of arms appearing)
((egads that narrow and delayed gif size limit can prove the challenge))
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I may be old fashioned, but I don’t start my Life Day celebrations until after Thanksgiving.
No mention ITT of the Rifftrax version of the Special, but it is hilarious and is required yearly viewing for me. 1 year is exactly long enough for me to forget how painful it is to sit through.
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I’m now jealous of some alternate universe wherein Paul Lynde played a fabulous Wookiee.
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its not even funny-bad, its just awful.
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Funny but appropriate that all the Life Day robes for sale in Disneyland right now are Wookie-sized:
However Chewbacca is sadly not wearing one of these in the park today. I just checked, and he’s still naked.
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I found a video of it somewhere and tried to watch it. Nothing can prepare you for how bad it is.
I managed five minutes before I skipped ahead to the Boba Fett cartoon.
Maybe drugs are the only way to make it bearable.
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I see everyone is stepping lightly around the
VR WOOKIE PORN FOR GRANDPA!!??!!
Have you all successfully sublimated your trauma? I have not
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It wasn’t VR wookie porn for grandpa. It was VR human porn for the grandpa wookie.
…And no, that doesn’t really improve things. 
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whatever that means. I just successfully forgot. thank you for bringing it back.
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So I’m not sure how I missed this earlier, but apparently someone made a whole documentary film about the Star Wars Holiday Special that includes appearances by celebrities like Weird Al:
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well, there is always this classic til then. even if its 10 years to late (the documentary, I mean…);
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