I can't believe I forgot to blog about the new Star Wars Holiday Special!
The original Holiday Special is of course legendary, largely due to being awful. It has two redeeming features:
- It introduced Boba Fett to the world (though, of course, I maintain that he is wildly over-rated)
- It is almost impossible to find, meaning that almost nobody has actually seen it, actually including me.
However, one of the key benefits of switching to the Lego format is that this enabled them to lean in to the inherent silliness of the occasion - since both the concept of a Holiday Special for Star Wars and the various Lego animations are rather goofy, the people making this could simply lean in to it and come to something that was actually rather fun.
And so it is with this holiday special - don't go in expecting a hard-hitting adventure, a massive new piece of Star Wars lore, or anything like that; don't expect the plot to really make too much sense or to hold up under scrutiny; and don't over-think it. Just watch, enjoy, and have the occasional chuckle.
Or watch something else instead - that is, of course, also a valid option.
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