4 Ways the "Star Wars Holiday Special" Was Ahead of Its Time!

Facebook Live or Reality TV

It may not be Facebook (which is only one of a few examples today), and it may not be reality TV, but at one point they watch a live feed of the Mos Eisley Cantina. It is neither explained nor implied that Chewbacca owns a stake in the Cantina business, so there’s no way they’re watching it for security purposes. It’s just so the Empire can see if Chewbacca is there pounding back some blue milk and ingesting some death sticks with his good time buddy Han rather than celebrating this family holiday. (Classic deadbeat dad.) This live feed is streamed into their house like so many other things these days. The scripted-ness of it, though, harkens toward reality TV, as somebody gets thrown out of the bar, a drunk professes his love to the bartender, a song is sung, and other wackiness that can only exist in a variety or reality show.