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Kevin is currently working on a Star Wars related project. This means when people ask me how he's doing, I get to say, Oh, he's pretty busy. Workin' with George Lucas and all. I shrug. (Eh! Whateveh.) In actuality, he's not working directly with Lucas - his boss is. But, still. Whatevs.

Because people around the office have heard about the much maligned Star Wars Holiday Special, someone in the company got their hands on a bootleg of the disaster. Two nights ago, sober and terrified, we watched it. Good gooseberries, people. Have you seen this?

For 10 uninterrupted minutes, Chewbacca's wife, son, and The Abominable Snowman (grandpa wookiee) carry on daily routine as they prepare to celebrate "Life Day". Of course, they speak their wookiee language. For ten minutes. Uninterrupted. Then, of course, the ENTIRE show is about this family. And they're all wookiee-talk throughout the whole show. The wife even watches a drag queen-four armed-parody of Julia Childs as she makes her dinner. And, yes. We watch as she gathers and chops each. and every. ingredient.

Then, there's the random musical numbers - most especially the one with Diahann Carroll in the virtual reality device. My mouth? It was dragging on the floor, and I was tripping over my lower lip. Stunning.

I certainly understand why Lucasfilms wants to bury this project...why people like us (who support the horror by watching a bootleg) are his biggest nightmare. At first, I felt pretty covert about watching the show. But, then...then I went online. Not only is this thing all over eBay, but it's on YouTube. This reminds me of the Milgram experiment in the 50's, wherein an average person will defer responsibility for doing something bad if someone else takes the blame. It's not so bad! Everyone else is doing it, and someone in particular is to blame for selling the copies and posting them online in the first place.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: The internet is a weird and wily place.

But 1978? Even weirder.