Is it any wonder Rogue One lacks The Force Awakens hype when Abrams recently confirmed franchise isn’t the same without Skywalker and Solo clans?You might assume the worst Star Wars film of all time has to be The Phantom Menace,the film that introduced Jar Jar Binks, midichloreans and the tedious galactic senate. But you’d be wrong, and for there are far worse episodes of the long-running space saga lurking in the more fetid corners of a galaxy far,far away. First up is the 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special, featuring an obviously wasted Carrie Fisher, and what seems like hours of wookie grunting,and a deeply weird segue in which Chewbacca’s freaky-looking dad, Lumpy, or has a private sexual moment with his brand-new virtual reality machine. But rivalling it for sheer,brazen awfulness, whether only because the holiday special has something of that “so horrible it’s good” vibe, and is the little-remembered 1984 TV film Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure. Related: Disney confirms Star Wars anthology film for 2020 Related: Rogue One: A Star Wars epic set for reshoots to 'lighten film's mood' Related: What we learned from the Rogue One panel at Star Wars Celebration Europe Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com