Things I Like: The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special (2020 Film)

The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special Disney+ movie poster

I’ve been meaning to watch The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special for about 3 years now, but every time I think about watching it, it’s not really Christmas time. But this year I finally managed to overcome my ADD and sat down and watched it.

Poe and C-3PO The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special Disney+ movie

The film takes place after the events of The Rise of Skywalker. Rey Palpatine and her friends are celebrating the Wookie holiday Life Day.

Rey Palpatine and BB-8 open time portal The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special Disney+ movie

But she finds an artifact that opens up portals and takes her back to various points of time that are important to both Jedi and the Sith.

Luke Skywalker training on Dagobah with Master Yoda The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special Disney+ movie

Such as Luke Skywalker’s training with Yoda on Dagobah.

Han Solo shoots Darth Vader with Millennium Falcon The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special Disney+ movie

Or Han Solo almost defeating Darth Vader in ship to ship combat.

Rey Palpatine using yellow lightsaber against Darth Vader The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special Disney+ movie

But it doesn’t take long for her to break every time traveling rule in the book and create absolute chaos in its wake.

Wookies Ewoks and R2-D2 celebrating Life Day The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special Disney+ movie

Without spoiling too much more, I will say that I enjoyed but didn’t quite love the Lego Star Wars Holiday Special. It was a cute idea and there’s some decent jokes, but compared to something like The Lego Batman Movie, this is definitely far less quality.

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