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'Walking Dead' cast crafts a 'Star Wars Holiday Special' spoof

Norman Reedus, Andrew Lincoln and others from the hit show envision a Star Wars-esque special complete with musical acts, weird celebrity appearances and nonhuman sidekicks for Red Nose Day.

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How do you make a violent TV show about zombies more lighthearted and not a complete bloody gorefest?

In a new video in honor of Red Nose Day, "Walking Dead" actors Norman Reedus and Andrew

Joining Reedus and

In pure "Star Wars Holiday Special" fashion, their version includes music acts such as Coldplay. Actor Jeff Goldblum shows up to lend a hand too.

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A stop-motion "Walking Dead" adventure from Robot Chicken too? Yes please!

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And just like the animated Boba Fett cartoon in the Star Wars special, there would be a stop-motion "Walking Dead" adventure from Robot Chicken.

"Talking Dead" host Chris Hardwick and actor Dax Shepard fight over who gets to play Han Solo in the special, which makes us long for an actual "Star Wars Holiday Special" reboot starring them both.

Sadly, the video ends with both Reedus and