THE STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL

1. INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON – COCKPIT

Han and Chewbacca are seated in the cockpit of the Falcon.

2. EXT. SPACE

The Falcon speeds across the screen. Two Star Destroyers
chase the Falcon and fire on her. Several of the laser
blasts connect with the shields.

3. INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON – COCKPIT

The Falcon rocks as lasers hit their shields.

HAN
That’s it I’m turning back.

Chewie growls at Han in reply.

HAN
I know your family’s waiting.

Chewie growls again.

HAN
I know it’s an important day.

Chewie growls again at Han.

HAN
All right. We’ll give it a try. I’ll set
short coordinates – we won’t jump far.

Han flips some switches on a control panel.

HAN
I’ll get you back there in time, pal.
Trust me.

Chewie growls and leans over and pits his arm around Han
very affectionately.

4. EXT. SPACE

A Star Destroyer is firing on the falcon.

5. INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON – COCKPIT

HAN
Our only hope now, is to outrun that
Imperial garbage scow, tho’. I’m going
to lightspeed.

Chewie growls yet again. Han smiles.

HAN
That’s the spirit! You’ll be celebrating
Life Day before you know it! Standby,
here’s where we say goodbye to our
unpleasant friends.

The Falcon makes the jump to hyperspace.

6. EXT. SPACE – STARFIELD

A graphic is displayed over the starfield left from the
Falcon jumping to lightspeed. It says: THE STAR WARS
HOLIDAY SPECIAL

ANNOUNCER
The Star Wars Holiday Special. Starring
Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker.

A clip is shown of Luke in his flight uniform.

ANNOUNCER
Harrison Ford as Han Solo.

A clip is shown of Han in the cockpit of the Falcon.

ANNOUNCER
Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia.

A clip is shown of Leia in her white dress from Star Wars.

ANNOUNCER
with, Anthony Daniels as C-3PO.

A clip is shown of C-3PO.

ANNOUNCER
Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca.

A clip is shown of Chewie.

ANNOUNCER
R2-D2 as R2-D2.

A clip is shown of Artoo rolling around.

ANNOUNCER
And, James Earl Jones as the voice of
Darth Vader.

A clip is shown of Vader walking down a corridor of the
Death Star with an Imperial Officer.

ANNOUNCER
Introducing Chewbacca’s family,

A clip is shown of Chewie’s family altogether.

ANNOUNCER
His wife, Malla.

A clip is shown of Malla who is around Chewbacca’s height
and slightly heavier.

ANNOUNCER
His father, Itchy.

A clip is shown of Itchy who is shorter than Chewie. He
has gray and white hair and a very bad under bite.

ANNOUNCER
His son, Lumpy.

A clip is shown of Lumpy who is a small wookiee child.

ANNOUNCER
With special guest stars, Beatrice
Arthur.

A clip of her is shown.

ANNOUNCER
Art Carney.

A clip of him is shown.

ANNOUNCER
Diahann Carroll.

A clip of her singing is shown.

ANNOUNCER
The Jefferson Starship.

A clip of the band performing is shown .

ANNOUNCER
Harvey Korman.

Different clips of him is shown in the roles he plays.

ANNOUNCER
And an animated Star Wars story on…

A clip is shown from the cartoon of Boba Fett on some
creature.

ANNOUNCER
The Star Wars Holiday Special.

The original graphic of THE STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL,
is brought back up.

7. EXT. WOOKIEE HOME – DAY

Outside shot of Chewbacca’s family’s home. It is a high
in the trees and looks like a cartoonish painting.

8. INT. WOOKIEE HOME – MAIN LIVING AREA

Malla is busy in the kitchen cleaning or cooking. Itchy is
sitting in a chair carving X-wings out of wood. Lumpy
comes down the steps “flying” one of the X-wings that
his grandfather has carved. He then proceeds to “fly” the
X-wing around Itchy’s head. Itchy growls at Lumpy in
anger. Malla makes a reluctant Lumpy leave his Grandfather
alone and to take out the garbage. On his way over to the
garbage can, Lumpy sees some cookies on the table and
picks one up. Malla sees this and makes him put it back.
She then hands him the garbage can he is to take out.
Lumpy heads to take out the garbage and Malla goes back
into the kitchen.

9. EXT. WOOKIEE HOUSE – PORCH – DAY

Lumpy exits the door and sets the can next to it. He
looks through the railing to the cartoonish ground far
below. He then looks back into the house to see if anyone
is watching. Apparently, the coast is clear, so, he
climbs up on the railing and walks along it like a
tightrope walker.

10. INT. WOOKIEE HOME – MAIN LIVING AREA

Malla walks over to Itchy and pats him on the shoulder.
She then walks over to some shelves and gets a picture
frame down with a picture of Chewbacca in it. Itchy walks
over to her. They exchange some grunts and growls. Malla
goes back to the kitchen. Itchy gets a cartridge from a
shelf and looks around for Lumpy. Lumpy runs up to him.
They head over to a hologram table similar to the chess
board on the Falcon. Itchy puts the cartridge in and a
strange circus of holographic aliens appear. They dance,
do acrobatics, and in general caper around. Lumpy is
very amused by this and claps at the end of the show.
Malla makes Lumpy come over and dry the dishes when its
over.

Malla goes over to a computer console and pushes some
buttons on it. Nonsense letter and number combinations
come up and then the message: YOU HAVE REACHED TRAFFIC
CONTROL is displayed. Itchy becomes interested and comes
over to Malla. She pushes more buttons and a message
saying: NO STARSHIPS IN AREA is displayed. Malla switches
off the computer.

They both then go over to the shelves again and pull
aside two panels to reveal a hidden communications
monitor. Appearing on the screen is Luke, in his pilot
uniform, and Artoo working on an engine in a workshop.
Luke, who is on his knees, looks up.

LUKE
(on monitor)
What’s that?
(to Artoo)
Oh, Artoo, look. It’s Chewbacca’s family.

11. INT. WORKSHOP

Chewbacca’s family waves at Luke and Artoo from the
monitor on Luke’s end.

12. INT. WOOKIEE HOME – MAIN LIVING AREA

On the monitor, Luke gives Artoo something.

LUKE
(to Artoo)
Here, keep working on it.

Luke gets up and walks toward his monitor.

LUKE
(to wookiees)
Hello Malla, Itchy. Hiya Lumpy.

The wookiees wave at Luke through the monitor.

LUKE
Where’s Chewbacca?

All three of them start grunting and growling at the same
time. Luke holds up his hands, as if to slow them down.

LUKE
Whoa, wait a minute! One at a time.

Itchy growls at Lumpy and Lumpy walks away mad at him.
Malla then “explains” to Luke what is wrong.

LUKE
Yeah…

Something begins to smoke so Artoo whistles and bumps
into Luke’s leg. Luke just motions him away without
looking at what Artoo wants.

LUKE
Not now, Artoo.

Malla gets down the picture of Chewbacca off of her shelf
and holds it up to her monitor. Artoo beeps more at Luke.
This time he notices the problem about the smoke.

LUKE
Uh, wait a minute, I don’t like the
looks of this. Let me get this fixed.

More smoke pours out of the engine that Luke was working
on. He takes a tool to it and adjusts something.

LUKE
(to Artoo)
Oh, Artoo, you’re supposed to be watching
that… There, that ought to hold it. I
think.

He waves the smoke away and makes another adjustment. He
then looks up to his monitor.

LUKE
(to Malla)
What’s up?

He sees the picture of Chewbacca that Malla is holding.

LUKE
Chewbacca… yeah, well, bring him to the
screen. I want to say hello to him.

The wookiees shake their heads at Luke. They continue
their growling.

LUKE
You don’t know where he is? …Oh, he’s
not there yet. Is that it?

The wookiees shake their heads in agreement at Luke’s
answer.

LUKE
Oh boy. Well, all I can tell you is that,
uh, he and Han left here on schedule. If
he’s not there now, they’re way overdue.
There must’ve been trouble.

More smoke comes out of the engine and Artoo beeps at
Luke. The wookiees start sounding upset.

LUKE
(to Artoo)
Artoo, please, this is important.
(to Malla)
Now, now listen. Calm down. I mean, you
know how Han and Chewbacca are – anything
could’ve happened – they could’ve, they
could’ve stopped off somewhere, or been
held up by an asteroid storm. Listen, I
wouldn’t worry about Chewbacca, I know
him and he hasn’t missed a Life Day yet,
right?

The wookiees nod in agreement at Luke on their monitor.

LUKE
Well, there you go! He’s not going to
miss this one either. It’s just taking
him a little longer to get there, that’s
all. He’ll make it.

Luke starts to turn away and notices the “sad” expression
on Malla’s face.

LUKE
Come on, don’t look so worried. Now,
Chewie’s not gonna wanna come home to a
house full of long faces, is he? Come on,
Malla. Let’s see a little smile. Come on…

Malla finally gives in and smiles for Luke. Luke smiles
back at her in response.

LUKE
There, that’s better. Try to enjoy your
Life Day. I gotta get back to this engine.
I think we might have it solved.

Artoo touches the engine and smoke comes out of it very
heavily.

LUKE
(to Artoo)
OH! ARTOO! What are you doing?! Oh no…

Artoo beeps at Luke. He looks up and pats Artoo on his
dome.

LUKE
It’s alright. Nobody’s perfect.

Smoke continues to fill the the workshop and the wookiees
monitor’s picture breaks up as the connection is broken.
They then close the secret panels to conceal the monitor.
Malla walks back over to the console that she used
earlier. She pushes more buttons on it and the screen
comes to life. First, the screen displays a message
saying: SUB TERMINAL 446B. Then, it flashes: STANDBY
followed by: CONNECT. The next screen pulls up the
message: TRADING POST WOOKIEE PLANET C. This then cuts to
a scene of a shop with an Imperial guard looking around
at the goods for sale. The owner of the establishment
walks into the store and notices the man. The owner is
Sondan.

SONDAN
Hello, an Imperial Guard. I suppose you
want to see my identification.

He reaches into his pocket to pull out his identification.

IMPERIAL GUARD
No, I’m off duty. I’ve come to look around
your shop.

SONDAN
Well, good, good, good. Look around,
browse around, make yourself at home…
As you can see I’ve got just about
everything a man or wookiee would want.

The Imperial Guard, who looking around on a table picks
up a clear bag and examines it.

SONDAN
Oh here, let me show you this; I really
love this.

He picks up a small clear box with a dark back on it. He
blows on it and shines it with his sleeve. He decides that
it is not good enough.

SONDAN
No…

He then picks up another and decides it is not good
enough either.

SONDAN
Uh-uh…

He then gets one that has a green base and smiles.

SONDAN
Ah, here we are. Here it is. A pocket
sized aquarium. Wonderful, isn’t it?

He hands the aquarium to the guard who holds it up to
show the fish that are inside of it.

SONDAN
And, you can take it with you anywhere.
And the tank is a snap to clean.

IMPERIAL GUARD
I hate fish.

He puts the small tank back on the table and browses some
more at what is on it.

SONDAN
Well, so do I, as a matter of fact. I
take a drink once and a while, but I just
thought I’d show you some of the stupid
stuff those wookiees purchase from me. Oh,
here…

He walks over to a shelf behind them and gets a shoe box
sized container from off it.

SONDAN
Here’s a hot little item that seems to be
moving pretty rapidly these days.

He sets the box on the table and opens it. A warbling
buzzer sounds and makes him look up.

SONDAN
Excuse me, I got a wall screen customer.

He turns to the wall screen.

SONDAN
(to Malla)
Good to see you again.

Malla growls and waves to him.

SONDAN
Don’t worry Malla. I know just why you’re
calling. You’re wondering when that
shaggy carpet you ordered will arrive at
your home.

Malla growls in agreement with his assumption.

SONDAN
Let me assure you madam, it’s on its way.
You know, it was made especially for you
by a little old woman four planets away.
She did it all by herself. In fact, you
might say she did it by Han… Solo.

Malla growls enthusiastically at him.

SONDAN
Tho’ it’s going to take some time to get
to you. I know you’ll understand.

He looks back to see if the Imperial Guard is paying
attention to him.

SONDAN
(under his breath)
You understand don’t you?

Malla growls agreement.

SONDAN
(normally)
Terrific! By the way, I’ll be by later to
drop off that extra proton energy pack.

Malla waves farewell and growls.

SONDAN
You’re welcome.

The call is terminated. Sondan turns back to the Guard
who is still browsing around the shop. He then proceeds
to pick up the item from the box that he was showing
before the wall screen call.

SONDAN
(to guard)
What’s a matter? Don’t you like this?

IMPERIAL GUARD
It’s just a groomer.

SONDAN
Just a groomer?

IMPERIAL GUARD
A groomer..

SONDAN
Just a groomer, you say? It’s a lot more
than that.

He picks up the manual for the groomer out of its box.

SONDAN
Evidently, you haven’t read the
instructions, the warranty, and the
guarantee.
(reading from the manual)
… besides shaving and hair trimming.
It’s guaranteed to lift stains off
clothing, faces, and hands. Cleans teeth,
fingers, and toenails. Washes eyes,
pierces ears, calculates, modulates, and
syncopates like rhythms and can repeat
the entire Imperial Code, all 17 volumes,
in half the time of the old XP-21. Just
the thing to keep you squeaky clean.

He puts the manual down on the table.

SONDAN
I use one of these all the time.

IMPERIAL GUARD
Really?

Sondan glances down at himself and notices how unkempt he
looks.

SONDAN
Well, not all the time, but some of the
time. Oh, another outstanding, uh,
feature of this little model – you can
recharge it by simply plugging it into
any ordinary laser outlet.

The Imperial Guard takes the groomer from the Sondan’s
hands and puts it in his belt.

IMPERIAL GUARD
I’ll take it.

SONDAN
Good! I thought you would. Well, would you
like to pay me something for it or give me
something in trade?

IMPERIAL GUARD
I said I’ll take it!

The Imperial Guard turns and leaves the shop with the
groomer.

SONDAN
That’s a load off my mind. I thought I
might embarrass you when I told you it
was a gift.
(to himself)
I don’t like embarrassing people. I don’t
like being embarrassed myself that’s why
I, uh, don’t like to embarrass people. I
just said that. … just a groomer…





13. EXT. SPACE

Two Star Destroyers head across the screen.

14. INT. CORRIDOR

Darth Vader and an Imperial Officer are walking down a
corridor.

IMPERIAL OFFICER
We’ve ordered a blockade and a curfew. And,
started a search operation. It’s just a
matter of time before we find the Rebels.

DARTH VADER
I want the Rebels located and identified.
If it means searching every household in
the system.

15. EXT. WOOKIEE HOME – DAY

Again, we are outside the cartoonish tree home of
Chewbacca’s family.

16. INT. WOOKIEE HOME

Lumpy and Malla are in the kitchen finishing the dishes.
Lumpy gets done drying the dishes and hands the towel to
his mother. He then waves at her and leaves the kitchen.
Malla just shakes her head at him. She then turns on the
monitor above the counter to a cooking show. A strange
looking “female” cook comes on.

COOK
Hello…

Malla gives a greeting to the cook.

COOK
Today we are going to be preparing a very
succulent dish called “Bantha Surprise.”

Malla heads over to another counter and get a large pot.
She brings it over by the monitor.

COOK
It’s not only a very hearty, nourishing
dish, but it’s very economical, too. So
all those hungry mouths in your household
will be going “yummy yum for their tummy
tum.” If you just follow along with me as
I prepare this popular favorite.

The cook picks up a hunk of meat off of her counter.

COOK
Now, today I’m going to be using the
tenderest cut of the bantha: the loin.
The loin is very tasty and serves four
nicely. But, of course, if your family
has a hearty appetite, I would suggest
then that old popular holiday favorite:
The Bantha Rump.

Malla growls in agreement. The cook drops her meat onto
the counter with a plop.

COOK
Um, very tender. Ah, we just slice into
bite-sized pieces.

The cook uses a small knife to slice up her’s. Malla
(whose meat is already in front of her) uses a large
meat cleaver to “slice” hers.

COOK
And only you know the size of a bite in
your family!

The cook points her knife at the camera and winks to
emphasize her point.

COOK
Oh! Alright, now it’s time to put our
chunks into our pots.

The two put their meat in the respective pots.

COOK
Nicely… nicely… Add a dash of negavo.

The cook tastes every ingredient she names before putting
it in her pot.

COOK
Umm, very good. A sprig of celentery. Umm,
umm, just a bit of turshum, always nice.
And, uh. Um! Turshum is nice! And, just a
little whisper of chelchum. Ah, looking
very nice.

Malla growls.

COOK
Guess what I forgot? A bit of the
calarantrum root! Wonderful! Just adds
that touch of piquancy. There we go.
Very nice. Um! Now we add enough liquid
to cover.

They both pour liquid into their pots.

COOK
And guess what we’re ready for now: the
cooking! Step one – we stir the mixture.
Stir, stir, stir, stir, stir, stir, stir,
stir, stir, stir, stir, very nice.

The cook stirs her mixture with every “stir” she says
with a spoon. Malla is stirring hers, too.

COOK
Now, step two – while we’re stirring, we
also whip.

The cook picks up a whip with her free hand. Malla follows
suit.

COOK
So it’s stir, whip, stir, whip, whip,
whip, stir, stir, whip, stir, whip, whip,
whip, stir. Now, let’s try it again
together at an increased tempo because
precision is very important in this
recipe and we do want a fine consistency,
don’t we? So, and on the count of one –
stir, whip, stir, whip, whip, whip, stir,
stir, whip, stir, whip, whip, whip, stir.
Come on, faster altogether now. Cooking
can be fun.
(faster)
Stir, whip, stir, whip, whip, whip, stir,
stir, whip, stir, whip, whip, whip, stir.
Wah! Having fun, having fun, alright.
Having it all nicely, now. Step three –
we also have to beat.

A “third” hand comes from behind the cook and picks up a
mallet. It places it in the pot.

COOK
So it’s: beat, beat, beat, stir, whip,
stir, whip, beat, beat, stir. That’s not
right. I’m sorry. Stir, whip, stir, whip,
whip, whip, stir, beat, stir, whip, stir,
whip, whip, whip, stir, beat. A ha ha,ha
ha ha, huh huh huh, huh huh huh. Coming…
coming along nicely. Mmmm, starting to
have a fine aroma.

The cook starts to sneeze. A “fourth” hand appears from
behind the cook. The hand puts a finger to her nose to
stop the sneeze.

COOK
Whew, caught it just in time. Now at this
time, I usually like to taste the broth.
So, we’ll have a little taste and see how
it’s coming along.

The fourth hand picks up a ladle and dips it in the pot
to get some broth. The cook tastes it. Malla just picks up
her whole pot and tastes it from there.

COOK
Mmmm, a little bit more turshum. A bit
negavo. A little tunkell. One for the pot,
um! Coming along very nice. Mmm! Oh,
wonderful! Coming along nicely…

Malla gets frustrated with keeping up with the cook and
shuts off her monitor. She takes her pot and puts it on
the floor.

17. EXT. SPACE

Several TIE fighters are attacking the Falcon. The ships
exchange fire and one of the TIEs are destroyed.

18. INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON – COCKPIT

Chewie puts his arm around Han and growls. Han smiles at
Chewie in return. Chewie growls again as the cockpit is
rocked from laser blasts.

HAN
Alright. Alright, the coordinates weren’t
the best.

Chewie growls in agreement to Han’s statement.

HAN
Out of the frying pan into the fryer, huh
pal? How should I know we’d come outta
hyperspace into the middle of an Imperial
convoy. At least against these fighters
we got more of a chance. However slim…

Chewie growls something to Han.

HAN
You can say that again. This is one Life
Day we won’t soon forget. Wait, I lost
control of the remote cannons.

Chewie growls.

HAN
I’m gonna hafta run back and operate the
aft gun manually. Stay on things here.
Why do I always think that taking you
home for Life Day’s gonna be easy?

Chewie just growls back at Han.

19. INT. WOOKIEE HOME – MAIN LIVING AREA

Malla is standing near their shelves staring at the
picture of Chewie that she is holding. Itchy is sleeping
in a chair. A loud buzzer sounds and wakes him up. The
two look around in alarm, not knowing what it means. The
wall screen comes on and an Imperial Officer appears on
it.

IMPERIAL OFFICER
Attention all viewers.

Malla and Itchy walk over to the screen to see what is the
problem.

IMPERIAL OFFICER
Due to suspected Rebel activity on the
Kashyyk planet, the Empire has declared
martial law. A blockade has been set up
around the planet. No ships will be
permitted to land or take off until
further notice.

A knock is heard at the door. Malla takes Lumpy towards
the kitchen and Itchy goes to answer the door. He growls
to see who is at the door.

SONDAN
(off screen)
It’s me Sondan.

Itchy opens the door and lets him in. Sondan is carrying
a bag with a box in it in one hand and something that
looks like a “boom box” in the other. Both have bows on
them.

SONDAN
(on screen)
Hi, Itchy. I brought you that proton pack.
You know, for the, uh, the whatsis, the
whatchamalcalit, the, the thingamabob,
the mind evaporator. That’s it, the mind
evaporator. Boy am I glad to see you
folks. How are my favorite wookiees today?
Why all the long hairy faces? I made it
through the Imperial patrol, didn’t I? If
I made it, Chewie and Han will. Is this
all the big hello I get?