It's time to pack it in, my fellow Star Wars fans. The atrocious(ly amazing)  。 Holiday Special。is officially canon.。

Jon Favreau treated Instagram followers to a teasing visual nugget tied to his upcoming TV series, The Mandalorian 。. You might look at the photo and think, "So what? It's just a funky Star Wars blaster, right?"。

Right. And wrong. This image contains multitudes. Look upon it and weep, Star Wars faithful. 。

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。 That's not just any blaster, you see. That blaster contains multitudes. It bears a。striking 。 resemblance to the one an animated version of the notorious bounty hunter carried around in the infamous。Star Wars Holiday Special 。

, a made-for-TV assault on the senses driven by hilariously bad writing and excessive holiday schmaltz.
。 The。Holiday Special。

Credit: lucasfilm 。

Now sure, the "canon" thing is a bit much. It's just a blaster with a cool design, and Favreau -- and the many creators he's working with -- should be afforded the creative license to pull visual elements out of Star Wars past and imbue them with new meaning. That's a cornerstone of what makes the broader fictional universe so successful, frankly.。 But it's still shocking for a Star Wars fan to see this relic from the。But it's still shocking for a Star Wars fan to see this relic from the。