The Donny & Marie Star Wars Special is absurd and incredible

11/16/23 • 53 min

Dagobah Dispatch: An EW Star Wars Podcast

What if we told you that there is a Star Wars relic from the 1970s that actually rivals The Star Wars Holiday Special when it comes to pure WTF-ery? This week, we deep dive on the 1977 season 3 premiere of Donny & Marie — which featured dancing stormtroopers, Kris Kristofferson as Han Solo, and singing... so much singing. Listen in as we break the entire thing down — perhaps against our better judgement.

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