The Star Wars Holiday Special Made Us Itchy and Lumpy - Rental Reviews 

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Before the internet I was starting to believe I made this special up in my head. None of my friends saw it or remembered it, so it was like a bad nightmare. Then the internet came and I realized the nightmare was real. This was no bad dream.

As the nerd says "WHAT WERE THEY THINKING!"

Sorry we were a little late with this one. Then again, it's Life Day, not Christmas... Reply to this with what you want to see reviewed in 2019.

Lumpy is the key to all of this, if we can get Lumpy working; because he is the funniest character we've ever had in any of the movies before. Oh yeah, Life Day is meant to be a Star Wars version of Thanksgiving, not Christmas. It aired November 17th.

Imagine Gordon Ramsay doing "Whip! Stir! Whip, whip, stir!"

Tony: this is the best anyone could do... Keiran: NO!

Star Wars: Holiday Special? No Star Wars: Acid Trip? Yes.

I used to be depressed and had poor time management skills. But that was before I found Skillshare. Now I'm depressed, but I'm more punctual and timely!

I remember being 8 years old when that special aired. They promoted the hell out of it. Specials were a big deal on TV back then and they pushed them hard. And this was "STAR WARS"!!!!! So of course, I was excited!!! I remember waiting all week to watch that damn thing. I had it circled in our "TV Guide" (Remember "TV Guide"?). And then that night, I sat down in our big comfortable chair to watch it. Immediately, I noticed that something was... off. Things were... wrong. About the moment that the hologram circus performers came out, I started thinking that "This kind of.. sucks.". But there was this serious battle going on in my head. This couldn't suck. "Star Wars" could do no wrong back then! It was "STAR WARS"!!! It couldn't POSSIBLY be sucking!!! This was "Star Wars"!!! Then... the musical numbers started... I sat in denial through the whole thing. This wasn't "Star Wars"!!! But it had "Star Wars" characters in it... kind of... My 8 year old brain was in crisis. I was just waiting... and waiting.. for this thing.. to turn into the "Star Wars" that I knew and loved. And then Princess Leia and Wookies were singing some godawful song and it just.. mercifully ended. The funny thing is that out of all my friends, I was the ONLY one who had seen this special. They thought that I was lying about the horror for ages until our 20's when I finally was able to find a video of it on the internet and show them the horror! Haha!!! Better late than never.

Did anyone else semi-expect Macaulay Culkin to still be there?

The thumbnail is just pure gold with James just unable to contain himself from laughter.

You can tell Carrie is blasted off coke in that portrait shot

If I had time and a sledgehammer, I’d track down every single bootleg copy of it and smash it. - George Lucas

My dad and I watched the Holiday Special on Christmas Day. He told me it's just as bad as he remembers. We sat there and riffed on the entire special.

Malla is still canon (as of pre-Disney) weirdly. She appears in backstory in Episode II, III and Clone Wars stuff. Not only is she dead (shot by a Clone Scout), but she was a Catamaran Pilot! She presumably killed loads of droids and clones.

Watching this episode of Rental Reviews has become my annual Christmas tradition. I can’t get over how much James cracks in this video. He genuinely can’t contain himself and you always know when it’s about to happen because he quickly looks down 🤣. Like the Star Wars Holiday Special itself, there are too many priceless moments to list.

Kieran being so mad at this it great! 😂😂😂

I actually remember watching this when I was 4 when It came out. I remember my mom telling us it was Stars Wars. Strangely enough the Bea Arthur stuff was burned into my memory and for the longest time I wondered what I actually saw and didn't figure it out until 2010 or so.

i feel like this where harrison ford git the idea to kill han

LMFAO @ 7:00 Tony: ...This is the best anyone could do. Kieran: "No!"

I watched the Star Wars Holiday Special on RU-vid 10 years ago, due to curiosity. The whole special. And I never watched it ever again.

This entire video was worth watching just for the notion of a Raiders of the Lost Ark Holiday Special. Pure. Genius.

Rental reviews is one series I always look forward to watching!! keep up the good work guys! :)

"The thing about it is, Geroge Lucas approved the story!!" Look, in the immortal worlds of Rick James, cocaine is a hell of a drug.

Now you have to review the two Ewok movies.

Bea Arthur was the best character

The animated Han Solo”s face in this Special looks exactly like Kylo Ren’s face.

The Han cartoon kind of looks like Adam Driver.

In Return of the Jedi the Ewoks were supposed to be Wookiees. But after hearing Chewbacas family make noises for over an hour on the holiday special they didn't want to repeat that mistake again.

The Boba Fett cartoon is the only good thing to come out of this

Watched a bootleg VHS tape of this many years ago. I'd rather eat my own balls than watch it again.

I love these rentals reviews. i hope you never stop doing these

Is there a skill share program on how to assemble a trans communicator and transport Wookies to life Day celebrations?

I'd love to see a collaboration between Cinemassacre and RedLetterMedia for a Best of the Worst episode.

Itchy's VR experience for moms and dads.

"Just keep going" hahahahaha that cranck me up!

The rifftrax commentary the old mst3k crew did is off the charts hilarious

I remember watching this when it originally was broadcast in tv. I remember loving the animated sequences but that's it.

That intro was so pure!

One of the strangest "Christmas" specials out there. The Bea Arthur musical number still blows my mind. Great Review by the way.

*HAPPY LIFE DAY, EVERYONE!!!!* *MAY THE FORCE BE WITH US!!*

A special holiday episode from Cinemassacre 362 days early? Awww, you didn’t have to!

Glad that James defended revenge of the sith

I love these movie review series James and you guys! please never stop!

Finally, James Rolfe is reviewing the Star Wars Holiday Special! Who knew Bea Arthur and Boba Fett were in this horrible special!

The Ewok Adventure is right in the foreground this whole time :D Will it be a Rental Review soon?? That would be sweet

I watched this as a kid I was traumatized

For me it is "Monty Python Meets Star Wars: At Christmas!"... Surreal, funny, a guilty pleasure!... I was waiting John Cleese to appear and say "...And now for something completely different!"

Happy Life Day, Cinemasacare Rentals

Love this series guys! Looking forward to more reviews in the future.

George Lucas hated this, and he said Jar Jar and Howard the Duck were fine.

I watched this on Christmas and I honestly gotta say I enjoyed it. I went in know what it was and I had very VERY low expectations. I think I enjoyed because of how absurd it is. My advice for anyone who hasn’t watched it is to expect it to be very weird, and look out for funny details. My favorite was this very pushy stormtrooper who holds his blaster from the battery pack.

I would much rather eat a bowl of Midichlorians topped with Jar Jar Dookie

Every part of the movie: Justin: “I don’t want to talk about that.”

Thanks for a great year cinemassacre. Can’t wait to see what happens in 2019! Can’t wait!

"Star Wars was a tool to make money." what?! tell me more ...

A surprise to be sure.... But a welcome one...

The Bea Arthur segment is genuinely wonderful and heartwarming… the only decent part in this bizarre special, for my money.

It's kind of funny that 'The Empire Strikes Back' came after this... "Quick, balance the series' tone! Quick!!"

Why do we need Bea Arth......SILENCE!

I was 14 years old when it was on TV. The special aired during a period when my Mom had taken away all our TV privileges (and I guess I should be thankful for that). I remember hearing other kids excitedly talking about the show about a week before it came on. But I never heard anything about it after that. I just thought it was going to be like everything else on TV and get repeated later. That never happened. I didn't realize until recently that Jonestown happened afterward and it suddenly became irrelevant. I didn't find out until about a decade ago what it was all about. When I see the footage now, I wonder whether the 14-year-old version of me would have enjoyed it. A few months earlier was when NBC ran the DC Legends shows, which I did see. Once I realized they weren't going to take it seriously, I was able to enjoy it on that level, but I was still rather disappointed. I probably would have felt the same way with the Star Wars special.

I love how James just loses it at the impressions of these guys.

I've only ever seen this with the RiffTrax commentary. It's starting to grow on me in some strange way. Don't know if I'm ready to watch it without the commentary, though.

When Kieran said that Chewbaccas mom had the thiccness...God left the chat

I would actually LOVE to see The Raiders of the Lost Ark Holiday Special

That intro is insanely disturbing, I love it.

Poor Kieran, he final got to talk in this one. Lol. Great vid

Yes. I would like to see a knockoff Indiana Jones Christmas special

December 28th, official day to celebrate Life Day.

Lumpy Itchy Sticky And Clyde...

This is easily my favorite rental review

Hey James been watching you since 2008! keep up the awesome work as always

*Love that Hollywood studio quality mask!*

I just love how the Robonerd helmet is reused as a virtual reality device x)

The Star Wars Holiday Special gave JonTron one of his funniest review videos ever. Seriously...I’ve watched it about ten times and it still gets me.

Utterly love this. Look forward to every episode. What about an 'extras' episode of outtakes and comments about how Macaulay Culkin really was off camera?

I wanna see the Cinemassacre Indiana Jones Christmas Special!

4:14 "I love Jesus"

I really enjoy these Rental Reviews and I hope you continue them.

Raiders of the Lost Ark Holliday Special Indiana Jones is giving an hour-long lecture on archaeology.

Good god I forgot how bad this was

omg I'm still laughing and the video is over lumpy sound effects on the actual x wing footage LOL James as the guy from temple of doom ROFL

"was that before this?" "no, I think that this was after that"

I hope this series lasts for a long time!

"Let's celebrate a day of peace"

Been watching this dude since I was 10; I’m 18 now and he’s still the same funny ass dude 😂

Do “Flight of the Navigator.” That movie is amazing and still holds up

*I HAVE THE HIGH GROUNDS* *HELLO THERE* *I"VE GOT A BAD FEELING ABOUT THIS*

Surprised Mike didn't get to be in this episode considering he watches Golden Girls and I'd like to know what he thinks of the Bea Arthur Cantina scene.

Good thing today is my birthday! Thanks for the unintentional gift guys!

the REAL holiday special: Santa clause runs afoul of the empire during christmas and engages in a duel above coruscant while trying to deliver presents.

At least this isn't as bad as Last Jedi. I bet Mark never imagined being in something worse than the Holiday special.

Can you guys review "AirHeads"?

After a week of binge-watching AVGN I can appreciate this

It's a wonderful life day until this Star Wars Christmas special came up.

YES STAR WARS *turns on tv* NO!!!!!! STAR WARS

I'll bet Disney remakes this.

"happened to listen to chewbaca's STUPID family"..., throwing the whole fam in just one shot

Nowadays, Christmas is the Star Wars Special.