Star Wars: Every Movie & TV Show Ranked Worst To Best

22. Star Wars Holiday Special

To call the Star Wars Holiday Special a travesty would be an understatement. In fact, it's such a vilified work of temporary insanity that George Lucas once famously said he'd smash every copy with a sledgehammer if he had the chance.

Directed by Steven Binder, the 1978 TV special takes place just after the events of A New Hope, and follows Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew) as they race to visit the wookiee's family whilst being pursued by the Empire.

With its atrociously cheap sets and painfully uncomfortable performances, the Holiday Special really is as bad as it sounds, featuring nonsense sing-alongs, half-formed characters, and the poor introduction of future franchise legend Boba Fett.

It's so bad, in fact, that it's never actually been released on home video, and can only be roughly watched here on YouTube. But, y'know, please don't.