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Warning ! Contains spoilers for The Guardians of the Galaxy : Holiday Special !
James Gunn’sThe Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Specialcould make up forStar Wars ' miscarry attempt in 1978 . Set beforeThe Empire Strikes Back , theStar war Holiday Specialfeatured members of the original plaster bandage reunite on Chewbacca ’s home planet of Kashyyyk to observe " Life Day . " Unfortunately , this television special was largely met with disappointment upon release . More than 40 years later , the MCU come through whereStar Warsfailed .
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Specialis Marvel ’s 2d springy - action title fully consecrated to seasonal festivity , with the first beingWerewolf by Night , the MCU Halloween special that reveal more about the origin ofwerewolves and vampires in the MCU . The success ofWerewolf by Nighton Disney+ has direct to high outlook forThe Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special , which the MCU Phase 4 closer met with flying colors . While theStar Wars Holiday Specialis remembered as a failure , it ’s notable how it inspired the MCU ’s own lighthearted sci - fi Christmas special feature .
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The Star Wars Holiday Special Enabled The Guardian’s One
Despite theStar WarsChristmas peculiar dissatisfactory audiences , its infamy led long - timeStar Warsfan James Gunn to develop his own Holiday Special . Despite the return of a mould featuring Mark Hamill , Carrie Fisher , and Harrison Ford , theStar war Holiday Specialwas notoriously terrible , but it also naturalise its own legend of sorts , as it was never re - broadcast or released through any habitation video mediums . Living up to his public title of unapologetically bed theStar Wars Holiday Special , Gunn has paid testimonial to the Life Day story by pull off aspects to outfit the Guardians team . In the process , theHoliday Specialalso put up theMCU future of the Guardians of the Galaxy .
Though theGuardians of the Galaxy : Holiday Specialrevolves around the Guardians teaching each other about Christmas , its different trope are all urge on by element from theStar WarsChristmas special , like the live music carrying out . In particular , the alive sequence in theGuardians of the Galaxy : Holiday Specialare a nod to howStar Warsalso combine aliveness and live - action . The Guardians team has been ineffective to avoid friendlyStar Warscomparisons since it began too — as both are apparently squad - base space operas owned by Disney — so there ’s also the meta - humour of playing into that parallel with Gunn embracing the mind of the Christmas special for the MCU . It certainly made waiting forGuardians of the Galaxy Vol . 3just a little easier .
The Star Wars Holiday Special Is So Bad Even Disney Doesn’t Want It
The fact that theStar Wars Holiday Specialisn’t even on Disney+already answers any questions MCU orStar Warsviewers may have about how bad it actually is . In hindsight , it was n’t much of a challenge for Gunn to make something better , as it might have been more unmanageable to make something worse . To be fair , this is also a result of the meter . While theStar Wars Holiday Specialwas a bit of an experiment , theGuardians of the Galaxy : Holiday Specialis not as unusual of a lineament when compared to the eternal rest of contemporary telecasting , which also has much higher standards in cosmopolitan compare to the ' 70s .
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