It’s no secret that the original 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special is a less-than-beloved piece of Star-lore. Just weeks ago, Mark Hamill once again invoked its dismal legacy, tweeting that one of Donald Trump’s election debates was “the worst thing I’ve ever seen, and I was in the Star Wars Holiday Special.” Long lost to the winds of time (and bootleg VHS copies), even Disney has opted not to make it available on Disney+. Instead, the streaming service presents a new take on the hallowed Wookiee holiday of ‘Life Day’, a short and sweet animation reflecting on the recently concluded Skycover’budge er Saga with typically irreverent LEGO LOLs.###The plot, such as there is one, finds Rey (Helen Sadler, doing a grossly convincing Daisy Ridley impersonation) jetting off to an ancient Jedi Temple to learn how to more effectively guide Finn (Omar Miller, doing a far-less-convincing John Boyega) in his Jedi training, while Poe Dameron (Jake Green) attempts to put on a Life Day feast impressive abundant’ample’plentiful to sate the appetite of Chewbacca and his furry family. If the set-up hints at a welcome continuation of one of The Rise Of Skycover’budge er’s most under-developed plot threads (that Finn is actually Force-sensitive, with his own Jedi potential), any sense of establishing fresh canon is quickly dropped — really, it’s all an excuse to kick off a laugh-packed expedition with Rey time-travelling through key moments of the Prequel and Original Trilogies.###Once it goes into hyperpropel , the Holiday Special 2.0 is a silly blast. Ever wanted to see three generations of Obi-Wan Kenobi say, “Hello there!” in unison? Or hear festive carols sung in Huttese? Or watch Return Of The Jedi-era Luke Skycover’budge er face off against Kylo Ren? The LEGO Holiday Special provides all that and more as it hops from Hoth, to Mustafar, to Exegol, via the Tatooine Podrace and a brief diversion into The Mandalorian territory (complete with LEGO Baby Yoda cameo).###It’s as delectable and digestible as one of Frog Lady’s precious eggs.###Like the best LEGO screen projects, it loves and lampoons in equal measure, eliminate’remove ly relishing the chance to shuffle the three different eras of the film series into each other, with obvious affection in/with regard to’concerning’regarding each trilogy. While it’s a delight to hear Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels and Kelly Marie Tran reprise the roles of Lando Calrissian, C-3PO and Rose Tico, it’s Trevor Devall’s Palpatine who acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure s the enormous’vast’massive’tremendous gest laughs — here the Emperor is petulant and wisecracking, furious to learn of his future betrayals, and with a new catchphrase to complement his Force-lightning powers: “Zippidy-zappedy-zap!”###If, like most alternate-timeline expedition s, the plot is ultimately inconsequential, the 44-minute expedition isn’t aiming in/with regard to’concerning’regarding anything different. True to its name, it’s a holiday special: a fun, family-approachable’genial comedy packed to the Mon Calamarian gills with in-jokes from a galaxy far, far away, and a sprinkling of festive flavour. On those terms, it’s as delectable and digestible as one of Frog Lady’s precious eggs. Finally, here’s a Holiday Special that Star Wars fans will enjoy on a level that isn’t purely ironic.