'The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special' will debut on Disney Plus on November 17, incorporating elements from the original 1978 holiday special

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• "The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special" will premiere exclusively on Disney Plus on November 17.
• The 45-minute animated special takes place after "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker " and will incorporate elements from the 1978 live action "Star Wars Holiday Special," as well as characters from all nine "Star Wars" films.
• "The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special" is one of several new "Star Wars" projects created for Disney Plus; you can subscribe to the streaming service for $6.99 per month or $49.99 per year.

"The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special" will premiere on Disney Plus on November 17, more than 40 years after Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, and Carrie Fisher starred in the live action "Star Wars Holiday Special" in 1978.

Based on the announcement posted to the official Star Wars website, "The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special" takes place after the "The Rise of Skywalker," which concluded the latest "Star Wars" film trilogy in December 2019. Characters from all nine "Star Wars" films are said to appear in the 45-minute animated special, including Rey, Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, and Yoda.

The holiday special will incorporate elements from the 1978 "Star Wars Holiday Special," a small piece of "Star Wars" culture often lampooned for its campy nature. The cast will once again visit Chewbacca's home world of Kashyyyk to celebrate a holiday called "Life Day." Rey finds a Jedi temple that sends her on a sprawling journey across the "Star Wars" timeline, encountering heroes and villains from the past.

"The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special" is being produced by Atomic Cartoons and Lucasfilm. Atomic previously produced animated Lego tie-ins for "Jurassic World" and "Spider-Man."

How to watch "The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special"

To watch "The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special" you'll need to subscribe to Disney Plus. The special will debut on the service on November 17. Disney Plus offers monthly and annual plans, priced at $6.99 and $69.99, respectively.

Disney Plus is also available in a discounted bundle with Hulu and ESPN+ for $12.99 per month, a deal that will save you about $6 per month compared to paying for all three services separately. If you're already a subscriber to one of those services, you can upgrade to the bundle here.

Disney Plus is the exclusive subscription streaming home for "Star Wars" films and TV shows (though the 1978 holiday special is tragically absent). The final season of the "Star Wars Clone Wars" animated series debuted on Disney Plus earlier this year and several new "Star Wars" shows are currently in development, including season 2 of "The Mandalorian," and a series based on Jedi master Obi-Wan Kenobi.

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