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Stuff You Should Know

SYSK Selects: The Star Wars Holiday Special of 1978

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.582.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2020

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Long ago, in a galaxy not so far away, George Lucas allowed the Star Wars Holiday Special to be made. What happened on the night of November 17, 1978 can never be fully explained, but we make our best effort in our annual special edition of SYSK. May the force be with us all.

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0:05.0

Ahoy, a solemn Life Day to you all. This is Josh, and for this week's SYSK Selects, it's our annual Christmas edition of the Star Wars Holiday Special, here to kick off your holiday season in grand style. I know Life Day actually took place this year on November 17th,

0:25.6

but we wanted to wait to save it until a little closer to Christmas

0:29.6

to really put everybody in the Christmas spirit.

0:32.6

So here, everyone, is the stuff you should know annual holiday tradition

0:36.6

of the listening of the Star Wars holiday special episode. Enjoy. Happy holidays. Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, a production of Iheart Radio's How Stuff Works.

0:57.5

Hey, and of I Heart Radio's How Stuff Works. Hey and welcome to the podcast. I'm Josh Clark with Charles W. Chuckers Bryant and Jerry Jerome

1:04.8

Roland.

1:07.3

Who's the Wookie Mother?

1:09.1

Yeah, Mala.

1:11.3

That was the Wookie wife. Oh, Mala. That was the Wookie wife.

1:13.1

Oh, and mother.

1:14.0

Yeah, sure.

1:15.5

Chubaka's bomb is not with them any longer.

1:17.8

Yeah, she left.

1:19.2

She was not about to appear in that.

1:21.1

She went out the window.

1:23.7

I'm excited about this, I have to say.

1:26.6

We should say happy Star Wars Day.

1:29.5

Yeah, today is December 17th.

1:32.7

I have my opening night tickets.

1:35.2

Do you really?

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