Directed by Steve Binder David Acomba Written by Rod Warren Bruce Vilanch Pat Proft Leonard Ripps Mitzie Welch Cast Mark Hamill ... Luke Skywalker Harrison Ford ... Han Solo Carrie Fisher ... Princess Leia Organa Anthony Daniels ... C-3PO Peter Mayhew ... Chewbacca James Earl Jones ... Darth Vader (voice) Bea Arthur ... Ackmena (as Beatrice Arthur) Art Carney ... Saun Dann Diahann Carroll ... Mermeia Holographic Wow Marty Balin ... Holographic Band Singer (as The Jefferson Starship) Craig Chaquico ... Holographic Band Member (as The Jefferson Starship) David Freiberg ... Holographic Band Singer (as The Jefferson Starship) Paul Kantner ... Holographic Band Member (as The Jefferson Starship) Harvey Korman ... Krelman / Chef Gormaanda / Amorphian Instructor Mickey Morton ... Malla Paul Gale ... Itchy Patty Maloney ... Lumpy Jack Rader ... Imperial Guard Officer Stephanie Stromer ... The Great Zorbak (Holographic Gymnast) Michael Potter ... Imperial Guard Officer Wazzan Troupe ... Holographic Tumblers (as The Wazzan Troupe) Yûichi Sugiyama ... Ringleader The Mumm Brothers ... The Reeko Brothers (as The Mum Brothers) Claude Woolman ... Imperial Officer (wallscreen) Lev Mailer ... Imperial Guard #1 John McLaughlin ... Imperial Stormtrooper #1 John Laughlin ... Imperial Stormtrooper Jefferson Starship ... The Jefferson Starship Uncredited Cast Gabriel Dell ... Boba Fett (voice) Don Francks ... Boba Fett (voice) Alec Guinness ... Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) Mary Ann Hay ... Dancer Linda Hoxit ... Teenage 'Wookie' Art James ... Announcer (voice) Larry Mollin ... Pilot (voice) Marcus Powell ... Rycar Ryjerd David Prowse ... Darth Vader (archive footage) Arthur Rowton ... Zutton Zutmore Leslie Schofield ... Chief Bast (archive footage) Rick J. Wagner ... Walrus Man Produced by Monroe E. Carol Dwight Hemion Joe Layton Rita Scott Gary Smith Jeff Starsh Ken Welch Mitzie Welch Original Music by Ian Fraser

Additional Info Premiere: November 17, 1978 Country: Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox Websites: Alternate Titles The 'Star Wars' Christmas Special Production Companies Smith-Hemion Productions 20th Century Fox Television (in association with) (as Twentieth Century-Fox Television) Lucasfilm Winters Hollywood Entertainment Holdings Corporation Distributors CBS   (1978) (USA) (TV) (original airing) Rating Stats Overall Rating 2.1 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #3,890 / 20,698 Site Ranking #3,886 Dead Man On Campus (1998) #3,887 Phantasm II (1988) #3,888 Fathers' Day (1997) #3,889 Paranormal Activity: Next Of Kin (2021) #3,890 The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) #3,891 Edison Force (2005) #3,892 The Wizard (1989) #3,893 Playing With Fire (2019) #3,894 Missing In Action (1984)