2020 · animation · family · sci-fi
LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special
Directed by Ken Cunningham50m2020
As her friends prep for a Life Day holiday celebration, Rey journeys with BB-8 on a quest to gain a deeper knowledge of the Force at a mysterious Jedi Temple. There, she embarks on a cross-timeline adventure through beloved moments in Star Wars history, coming into contact with iconic heroes and villains from all eras of the saga. But will she make it back in time for the Life Day feast?
Our read: LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special (2020) reads as a cosy, breathless, inventive animation · family · sci-fi entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, breathless, gentle animation / family, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, measured.
- cosy
- brisk
- gentle
- redemptive
Watching LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special tonight? Spin for your lens.
Everyone on the couch spins once and gets one craft to watch for. After the credits, compare what you caught.
Your lens for tonight
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Everyone on the couch gets one craft to watch for. Spin the wheel to get yours. Sound on: the narrator reads your mission.
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How LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special feels to watch.
Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.
What watching it is actually like.
“You want painless Star Wars nostalgia and LEGO gags in under an hour.”
Skip it tonight — Silly holiday parody and deep-cut callbacks bore you within ten minutes.
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Discussion
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