Where to Watch The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)

Looking to feast your eyes on 'The Star Wars Holiday Special' on your TV, phone, or tablet? Hunting down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the Steve Binder-directed movie via subscription can be challenging, so we here at Moviefone want to do the heavy lifting.

Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription alternatives - along with the availability of 'The Star Wars Holiday Special' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the various whats and wheres of how you can watch 'The Star Wars Holiday Special' right now, here are some finer points about the 20th Century Fox Television, Smith-Hemion Productions, Winters Hollywood Entertainment Holdings Corporation, Lucasfilm Ltd., Nelvana science fiction flick.

Released November 17th, 1978, 'The Star Wars Holiday Special' stars Peter Mayhew, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford The PG movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 37 min, and received a user score of 34 (out of 100) on TMDb, which put together reviews from 475 well-known users.

You probably already know what the movie's about, but just in case... Here's the plot: "Luke Skywalker and Han Solo battle evil Imperial forces to help Chewbacca reach his imperiled family on the Wookiee planet - in time for Life Day, their most important day of the year!" .