The album was produced by Meco Monardo (who had previously recorded "Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk"), with the hope that this would be the first in a series of annual "Star Wars" Christmas albums. The Title. the Story, and majority of the album's original songs, both music and lyrics, were written by Yeston, then a Yale University music professor who went on to become a Tony Award-winning Broadway musical composer. One of his songs, "What Can You Get a Wookiee for Christmas (When He Already Owns a Comb)", with vocals by Yeston, went on to become a recurring top-40 X-mas hit.