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'Star Wars' exclusive: New Disney+ Lego holiday special pays homage to its kitschy 1978 predecessor - USA TODAY
Aug 13, 2020 1 min, 26 secs
17 on Disney+, “The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special” brings Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron back together to celebrate Life Day.

17 on the Disney+ streaming service, “The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special” brings beloved heroes like Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron back together to celebrate Life Day, the “Star Wars”-y holiday introduced way back in the infamous “Star Wars Holiday Special” that first aired on CBS Nov.

The new project features animated building-block versions of characters throughout “Star Wars” history and pays homage to the special'sdisco-era predecessor, which has become a so-bad-it's-good cult favorite as fans have found it via video-sharing sites and bootleg videos.

Cringe inducing: Remembering that infamously bad 'Star Wars' holiday special, 40 years later.

Finn, Rey, Poe Dameron, Rose Tico and Chewbacca gather for Life Day festivities in the upcoming "The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special" on Disney+. (Photo: LUCASFILM).

The Lego holiday special, which Rimes teases will feature a few “Star Wars” movie actors reprising their roles, catches up with the cast after the events of last year’s saga-closing “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.” Rey and droid pal BB-8 head off on a quest to gain a deeper knowledge of the Force, but their visit to a mysterious Jedi Temple sends them careening through time and space.

Kenny Baker, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, and Mark Hamill during the filming of the CBS-TV special "The Star Wars Holiday" in Los Angeles on Nov

He adds that Lego versions of some of the Wookiee characters from the ‘70s special will appear in the upcoming update

Rimes hopes that “The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special” becomes “as beloved as something like ‘Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer' " for fans

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