Plunging the Depths of Star Wars

If you're the kind of person who compulsively blurts out "Four!" when someone refers to the 1977 Star Wars movie as "Star Wars One" or if you read Star Wars paperbacks, then you probably already know about the dismal spectacle known as the Star Wars Holiday Special. This two-hour bowel movement from a day when TV was really sick is possibly the worst TV episode of all time. You can read about it here http://www.starwarsholidayspecial.com/. There are bootlegs floating around (some reports claim it's one of the most bootlegged broadcasts in history) like little viruses. George Lucas has not been able to eradicate it even though he once said he'd like to hunt them all down and smash them with a hammer.