Even More Star Wars Christmas Magic

If watching the Star Wars Holiday TV special wasn’t enough for your Wookie-loving heart, well, no need to despair- there’s more where that came from.

Hot on the heels of the rousing success that was the TV special, just in time for the 1980 holiday season came Christmas Among the Stars, the Christmas album nobody asked for.

The album was recorded only two months before it was released and included the single “What Do You Get A Wookie For Christmas (When He Already Owns A Comb?” The track, “R2-D2 We Wish You A Merry Christmas” features not only Anthony Daniels as CP-30, it also features a lead vocal from Jon Bon Jovi before he became THAT Jon Bon Jovi.

StarWars.com has compiled 10 fun facts about this album, in case you were looking for such things. And the Star Wars Trilogy site has the whole album posted, so you can listen to and enjoy every single track as you watch the snowflakes fall.

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  • Why? Episode 379- Mothership Connected
  • Why? Episode 378- Competitive Scrabble
  • Why? Episode 377- David Leaf on Brian Wilson
  • Why? Episode 376- Alternative for the Masses
  • Why? Episode 375- The Victorian Obsession With Death Pt 2
  • Why? Episode 375- The Victorian Obsession With Death Pt 1
  • Why? Episode 374- Actress/Therapist Ivy Austin
  • Why? Episode 373- Spice Girls Collector Liz West
  • Why? Episode 372- Princess Cheyenne: Boston's Most Famous Stripper
  • Why? Episode 371- Tom Huddleston on the World of David Lynch
  • Why? Episode 370- ERB-1 Touring a Nuclear Power Plant
  • Why? Episode 369-Talking Taylor Swift
  • Why? Episode 368- Escaping from Vault Disney
  • Why? Episode 367- Catching up
  • Why? Episode 366 Searching for David Ackles
  • Why? Episode 365- The Solve-Along Murder, She Wrote
  • Why? Episode 364- A Legally Naked State of the Union
  • Why? Episode 363- Beatles Hairdresser Leslie Cavendish
  • Why? Epsiode 362- Family rock n' roll with Secret Monkey Weekend
  • Why? Episode 361- The Mascot Hall of Fame