The Star Wars Holiday Special from 1978

[RaverDrew]

...and if anything encapsulates the utter cluelessness of the whole enterprise, it's the cartoon that Lucas shoe-horned in halfway through said magnum opus (with the "first ever appearance" of Bobba Fett):

I don't think Lucas had that much to do with it tbf

Lucas was asked if the film had soured him on working in television. He replied: "The special from 1978 really didn't have much to do with us, you know. I can't remember what network it was on, but it was a thing that they did. We kind of let them do it. It was done by... I can't even remember who the group was, but they were variety TV guys. We let them use the characters and stuff and that probably wasn't the smartest thing to do, but you learn from those experiences."

 

[Voley]

I'm not going to watch it but doesn't Jon Bon Jovi sing 'Merry Xmas R2D2' on it? Actually, I should see this, I think.

 

[retroboy]

Bon Jovi sings on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_in_the_Stars