Since George Lucas disavowed the Christmas Special it is heretical to say this. In 1978 when it first aired, ever kid under 12 loved the Star Wars Christmas Special. The special was for kids, not adults, like all other Christmas TV specials were. This was the time when children’s television like Mr Rodger’s Neighborhood and the Muppet Show were popular. So in relation to kids TV at the time it wasn’t that bad.
Definitely not. We felt like we had been ripped off.
And it was the Holiday Special, not the Christmas Special. The special was for kids, not adults...
Definitely not. The bar scenes, the dialogue, the stupid singing nonsense, etc. were NOT made for kids. Bea Arthur and Art Carney were NOT there to make it a kids movie.