Coby “forces” herself to watch STAR WARS A NEW HOPE (1977) Movie Reaction FIRST TIME WATCHING
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Star Wars is an American epic space opera media franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the eponymous 1977 film and quickly became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon. The franchise has been expanded into various films and other media, including television series, video games, novels, comic books, theme park attractions, and themed areas, comprising an all-encompassing fictional universe. Star Wars is one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time.
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I don't care how large your TV is today, I still remember the effect of the opening sequence on a real movie theater screen, looking up and the massive star destroyer comes into the screen and the sound of battle filled the theater. We all knew this was something different, special, and would change our lives forever. And it did.
that summer '77 EVERYBODY in the theater cheered CRAZILY when the 1st star destroyer bay passed overhead ... and there was still MORE star destroyer still passing overhead.
Correct, that was the pivotal moment when we knew it was going to be everything we had hoped for wrt special effects etc.
I can still hear the gasp of the audience as the Star Destroyer thundered overhead chasing Leia's tiny ship.
@@GM-fh5jp For me in 77 when the pan down to Tatooine happened just before the SD the audience let out a huge gasp, my first experience of a group reaction
I watched the re-release of it in theatres in 97, despite having seen it on VHS before, I can understand what it must have felt like first time around in the 70's. Just wish Lucas didn't add the CGI in the 90's refresh.
Absolutely. I even got to see it at the outdoor theater in out town. Amazing to see that and enjoy the mono sound coming out of the metal box hanging off the window.
My Dad knew Anthony Daniels, the actor who plays C-3PO. He’s a really nice chap. I was about 11-12 when the Phantom Menace came out, and I got invited to go to his house for afternoon tea and to talk about all things Star Wars. I got to try on a couple of parts of the C-3PO costume that he had at home, and Mr. Daniels signed a few things for me. That was such a good day.
That was a perfect day for you. So very glad you had the opportunity to meet him.
That's an awesome story
Well I've heard different that he's rather arrogant, and he famously didn't get along with Danny Baker the guy who played R2D2. So you're lucky to have had a good experience.
I MET HIM AT THE CHICAGO WIZARD WORLD ABOUT 10 OR 12 YEARS AGO AND HE WAS VERY ALOOF AND SNOBBY. I WAS NOT VERY IMPRESSED. BILLY DEE WILLIAMS (LANDO CALRISSIAN) WAS ALSO PRETTY RUDE AS WELL. HEY, SOME CELEBS ARE SUPER NICE, AND SOME ARE ARROGANT AND MEAN. JUST LIKE KIDS YOU USED TO GO TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH. MANY OF THESE ACTORS NEVER GREW UP OR WENT TO COLLEGE. SOME NEVER EVEN MADE IT THROUGH TO HIGH SCHOOL.
@@rednasseel4113 they say, "never meet your hero's"
Imagine being 6 years old and seeing this on a movie screen in 1977 for the first time. Nothing like this had been seen before. ❤
I was 7. I thought the storm troopers were robots also.
Yup. Luckily I was around that age when I watched this on the cinema for the first time when I came out. I saw the trailer a few months before, watching Luke and Leia swinging sold me! I was absolutely giddy with excitement watching the whole thing. A cinematic excitement that had still never been topped closing on 50 years later. It’s lovely to watch younger adults discover the fun and adventure now. A testament to timeless story telling.
I was 10 & it came out on my BDay weekend.
One of the best movies of its time. It was the era of Star Wars, Close encounters, JAWS & many other now classics.
I don't have to imagine it. I still remember seeing Darth Vader for the first time.
It was amazing❤️
It's hard to describe the feeling of seeing this as a kid on the big screen in 1977. It was like the very first day of my existence...........
Agreed!
Totally mate there really is nothing contemporaneous that you could compare it to. I think I was like nine years old at the time and my sister took me to see it and my mind was just blown. I still have my Star Wars cards.
To quote Obi-Wan Kenobi: Coby, “you have taken your first step into a larger world.”
Old fool, I knew you were going to say that.
"Great, kid, don't get cocky"
I don't watch many Star Wars reactions anymore, mostly because I vehemently disagree with first-time viewers (especially adult ones) watching them in release order -- even though about 98% of reaction viewers still pig-headedly insist on it (and 98% of reactors also indulge them as a result). It's as if they don't care that it largely spoils Eps. I-III. 🤷♂(And, for the record, I'm an old school fan, not a Millennial.)
@@ComeOnIsSuchAJoy There is absolutely nothing wrong with watching them in release order.
@@kennethbaker5223 Other than the whole aforementioned going into the prequels already knowing their general outcome and thus potentially not being as invested in its story as a result. I know those of us who grew up on the movies and saw them as they came out didn't have a choice, but don't deny that choice to people who now *do* have it.
The Jabba the Hutt scene wasn't in the original theatrical cut. The scene was filmed in 1977, but with a human actor standing in for Jabba. At the time, George Lucas hadn't figured out what Jabba the Hutt was going to look like. The plan was to try to do hand-drawn animation on top of the film to give the actor playing Jabba an alien look. It didn't work out, though, so the scene was abandoned. The deleted scene was then finished with CGI 20 years later as part of the 1997 Special Edition re-release.
The original Jabba is a not too subtle Baron Harkonnen expy - a bloated gangster running a spice empire - that they turned into an even less subtle Leto 2 expy - a worm with arms and a face running a spice empire 🤣🤣🤣
“Jabba, you’re a wonderful human being”
@@diegopansini3152 Worst insult imaginable. 🤪
One of THE most foolish additions. If he wanted to add a few little desert mice, or a dewback, that's set dressing. Taking that scene, adding in a Jabba with 1990s CGI technology: horrible. For one thing, it turns Jabba into a figure of jokes and disrespect. Stepping on his tail?! For another thing, it severely dilutes his appearance later on: it worked so much better as a major reveal. For another thing, this Jabba is more or less human-sized, and a year or two later he's enormous? Ridiculous. Ill-conceived, ill-rendered, just an all-around poor decision. I know that artists are never truly satisfied, but at some point you have to let it be what it is, and his constant "fixing" and tinkering just made things worse.
-My 2¢
@@TSIRKLAND It was a lot better idea than turning Darth Vader into a crying little sissy.
I was 13 years old in 1977. Star Wars wasn't just another movie, it was a life altering experience!
same. people born later just can't really comprehend how world-changing this film was at the time. there hasn't been anything so impactful since. the previous milestone had been 2001, released 9 years earlier, which changed film entirely, not just sci fi.
I think one thing that most don't ever really mention ever is that humans only walked on the moon in 1969. In about 8 years, this movie as we as other space movies came out. Can you imagine someone age 10 watching the moon landing, and THEN watching this movie!? Freakin INTENSE!
I'm still salty that Chewie didn't get a medal at the end here. He deserves one too.
According to, I think, the Heir to the Empire trilogy, Leia mentions that Chewie turned down the medal because he hates being touched by a lot of beings.
The awarding of medals is not the way of Wookie culture.
Chewie may not have gotten a medal but he did have the last line in the movie.
@@sirjohn2248 A nice bookend. C-3PO started us off. So the first and last lines of dialogue are delivered by non-Humans.
Like the start say a long time ago in a Galaxy far far away. So no Earth I always put it at the time of the Dinosaurs. The story got to us in 1977. Traveling millions of years in space.
Great reaction. None of us in the audience in 1977 knew anything before seeing this movie. You asked many of the same questions we did. :)
I love the meme where Leia is comforting Luke after Obi Wan died.
“My entire planet was just destroyed but I’m so sorry that the old man you’ve known for a day is dead.”
R2D2: "Ooooooh snap!" - Robot Chicken
It is from a Robot Chicken bit actually voice by carrie fisher before she died. It is as funny as Gary the Storm Trooper standing up for his daughter on bring daughter to work day
@cartwright,
Apparently, people have quick recovery times in far-away galaxies.
Too much crying in the movie would've made it maybe weird?? BTW: we all grieve in different ways!!
"Turn the Volume up" i almost died laughing knowing that loud song was about to play.
"THERE'S NO UNDERWEAR IN SPACE"... George Lucas had to convinced Carrie to go Commando under her outfits, explaining that underwear was "an Earth Thing".
The braless look was in in the seventies. Lots of women went braless in movies and in their personal lives. The braless look was even associated with feminism. Carrie Fischer certainly embellished the story to make it seem more sleazy than it really was.
White gown, wet trash compactor... 😬
But if you know what he contributed to Raiders, George has always been a creeper.
Farewell, Carrie Fisher. "Drowned in moonlight, strangled by her own bra", as she wanted to be remembered.
That's so 70's
Braless anyway, Lucas told her that they didn't wear bras in space. She gave him crap for it when she got older and wiser.
I remember getting my mother to watch it with me in the theater. She ended up loving the whole trilogy. Sadly she passed away from cancer in 2011. This movie will always be special to me. She was the best.
Sorry for your loss. 😢 Was it the last film she ever watched before she died?
I saw it in the theaters originally with my mom as well. She kept poking me and asking "Do you like this?" and I kept telling her to shoosh. LOL.. Ironically, when my mom was in the hospital and out of her mind with drugs, a few years before her death, she told me that in her huluscinations , she was seeing aliens attacking everyone and that "I knew I had to get to you, because your the person who would know how to handle aliens." LOL, Still arguably the greatest compliment I have ever gotten.
@@zzzzzzzzzzzk We saw It's a wonderful life . I kissed her goodnight. The next morning she passed away. Now whenever I hear a bell ring I know she got her wings.
@@broodhunter21 I can tell she was a wonderful lady.
My mother passed away in 1989 when I was 9. Ernest Saves Christmas is the last movie I remember watching with her.
I was 11. My dad took me. There was a line around the theater and we ended up in the front row which I remember my dad grousing about. From the moment the stormtroopers came down that corridor, total brain reboot. From what we played with, read, drew pictures of in class, talked about, and covered our walls with (though my KISS Spirit of '76 poster didn't budge) all changed.
I'm so jealous of anyone who gets to experience Star Wars for the first time. There is nothing like that feeling of awe and escapism George Lucus' galaxy of stories gives you. I was never the same after the first time I saw it. The senses of hope, freedom, to fight for what's right, to strive to be a hero... All of these emotions completely cemented within me as a child, from the moment I watched this movie.
Now, watching you, Coby, (and you're so naturally intelligent in your guesses of the story lines and impacts of any given moment, it is such a pleasure watching you're reactions. You're brightness and joy as you discover and react. It's enough that this ol' Aussie movie geek is falling in love with you.
I daydream to have a girl as bright and beautiful as you to share in movie watching joy like this. And then have so much to chat about it with. You're pretty special, hey?!
Never change superstar 🤩 ❤J 😘
50:04 Holy shiza! Did Coby really just say she's 40? I wouldv'e guessed 29 tops. Killing it!
Yes, an extreme classic beauty. Don't tell her I'm gushing over her.
I agree. She is a fine looking woman.
that's it, i give up guessing ages... just the other day i met one looking like 30 but was 44 and now this... it's cheating i say, cheating.
@@raistormrs yup. Maybe its because we are getting older and all attractive women now look younger.
@@raistormrsMy mom turns 80 in 3 months, but people are still sometimes skeptical that she qualifies for the senior discount.
Both Vader and Governor Tarkin answer to the emperor, who was mentioned in this movie but not seen.
yes, but vader does not answer to tarkin, he respects him and defers to him because hes commander of the death star. but overall, vader is the number 2 power in the universe, behind the emperor.
Yes, "empires" tend to be pretty large affairs, with lots of bases and armies, and fleets, and generals...
@@foreignmilk5589exactly, Vader is the emperor's attack dog, a free agent, not unlike an inquisitor. Not part of the military / imperial command structure. Any one of those officers could be cut down by Vader and no one would blink an eye, or cause a fuss. Even Tarkin, but Vader, yes, respects Tarkin and his decision making, quite severe and hard-nosed, like Vader himself.
@@foreignmilk5589 But that's not what is presented in the original film and not how viewers would have perceived it in 1977. Cushing was deliberately cast as essentially the main villain to give the Empire a human face, as Lucas explained. Vader was the important breakout character, rather like a Bond henchman with a great back story. If Tarkin is Goldfinger, Vader is Oddjob, to make a clumsy comparison. He clearly does defer to Tarkin, ("holding his leash") but that is retconned slightly in The Empire Strikes Back when he gains his own Star Destroyer and is presented as the main villain. It was a narrative decision. But viewed on its own, the 1977 film does show Vader in a different light, rather like an emissary from The Emperor to keep an eye on things and act as his strong arm. He's the thug sent to do the dirty work.
@@simoncroft5416that is all completely correct as of this film, however, i, without giving anything away, was remarking on the broader scope of the story vs this film alone. this is the only film where it could be seen that tarkin was in control, and in all other films, it isnt even in question, so officially, vader is number 2. but even in iv, it didnt make sense that tarkin would be in charge. vader just by the force alone couldve been in charge if it wasnt for the emperor, so it may have even just been clunky writing or editing to not expressly show vaders positionbof authority. having said that, none of it actually matters considering its all make believe lol
Anthony Daniels was C-3PO, the late Kenny Baker was inside R2-D2 and the late Peter Mayhew was Chewbacca. Baker was only 3' 8" tall. Peter Mayhew was diagnosed with giantism and also had Marfan's Syndrome. His peak height was 7' 3". The late David Prowse (6' 6" tall) played Darth Vader with James Earl Jones doing the voice.
Here's a fun little fact -- when Luke tells 3P0 the number of the garbage masher's door to open, Mark Hamill says he just improvised and said his home phone number.
mark hamill busted a blood vessel in his face being under water so long in that scene
I've always thought the number 3263827 was a hot rod car reference from Lucas: Pontiac 326, Chevy 327, both 8 cylinder engines.
@@jimmyboy131 That makes NO sense! NO where in that number does 327 run consecutively!!! Peace out...
@@Ramjetwarrior Just look at it creatively and the numbers are there: 326 and 327 are there along with the 8.
"prisoner transfer from cell 1138" is a reference to Lucas's first movie THX 1138, which is also the source of the name of the sound quality assurance company THX, created for the sound in Return of the Jedi.
Chewbacca was played by Peter Mayhew, a 7'3" hospital orderly. He continued to play the role until 2015, when health issues forced him to split the work with a younger actor, who then took over the role in subsequent movies. Sadly he passed away in 2019. Chewbacca's "voice" was created by mixing various animal noises.
And on 'the other end' was Kenny Baker, aka R2D2.
The "younger actor" is a former basketball player from Finland, Joonas Suotamo. He's 6'11".
Fun fact, Peter Mayhew spoke all his lines in the films, so every actor can react to his actual lines. Of course it was all covered over by the noises
I got to meet him at Dragon*Con in 2006 I think. It's really hard to describe how TALL 7'3" is. The whole place would kind of stop and watch him get up and walk. And David Prowse was there too. He was also the sweetest guy. Shook my kids' hands, his hands were like five times their size. You could totally tell he was the guy inside chewbacca's suit, too. The way he moved and the way his eyes moved. They were part of the character. A beautiful human being.
I hear George Lucas patterned Chewbacca's voice after the sounds coming out of his Husky. I can guarantee that's exactly what Husky dogs sound like when they try to talk back.
The scene were R2-D2 falls forward after being zapped by the Jawa had the entire audience laughing when I first SW in 77.'
Originally the only episode and called just Star Wars, "Episode IV A New Hope" was added later when the franchise expanded to six and then nine episodes. Surprisingly, Darth Vader escapes despite no sequel planned at the time.
Oh I'm sure Lucas was hoping for the success, that's why he left the ending opened to expand it later
yes the title was added later but we knew, early on, that Lucas was contemplating a series, and that this movie was in media res, even if the story wasn't fleshed out yet.
by the time the first three were done, it was pretty well accepted they were to be the middle set of a nine movie arc.
"Boring conversation anyway" does pop up from time to time but it's probably one of those deals you may not have even known it was a reference in context.
It actually was used in the movie "Navy SEALs"
little baddie.
Harrison Ford forgot his line, and improvised.
"Situation normal" is favourite line😊
If by "forgot his lines" you mean "intentionally didn't learn anything but the gist of the dialogue to sound like someone trying to come up with the right thing to say" then yes, yes he did.
I watched this movie the first day it was released in 1977 as a 16-year old kid, and have been a fan since then. I had never been to a movie where the line went around the outside of the building for hours.
It is difficult for someone to understand the distinctiveness of this movie when watched for the first time in 2024. Some truly groundbreaking features were seen and heard when this movie was released: Modern CGI was essentially invented for this movie, incredible camera tracking, an amazing musical score, and an ongoing script requiring multiple movies to complete the story. This was mind-blowing a movie when released, with nothing like it seen before.
First saw it in ate July (I had joined the army in June). When the parking lot features a guy basting the soundtrack out of his Camaro flaunting a HUGE SW belt buckle and T shirt in OK well...Oh and have you ever seen it in German?
Cgi was not invented for this movie. Babylon 5 used cgi in 93/94 when it was released. It may have been used before that.
Silly people were SO OBSESSED with this movie in 1977. Just couldn't understand them AT ALL. I only saw it a mere eleven times in a Cinerama theatre in Denver.
@@jughead4845 czcams.com/video/v_QoigEbwyA/video.htmlsi=WlbpJDbA0ImjdAXd
Creating Computer Graphics for Star Wars: Episode IV (1976)
In 1976, pioneering computer animator Larry Cuba was responsible for creating the 45 second animated Star Wars sequence as the Rebel leaders are explaining how to attack the Death Star. Here he explains his process and what was involved in creating the historic schematic on PDP-11/45, the computer that led eventually to Pixar and the digital effects we see all the time now. This, in a big way, is where it all started.
@@jughead4845 There is a video here on CZcams called: "Creating Computer Graphics for Star Wars: Episode IV (1976)"
czcams.com/video/v_QoigEbwyA/video.htmlsi=VnHPzQ99SfRYo3yM
That says the following:
"In 1976, pioneering computer animator Larry Cuba was responsible for creating the 45 second animated Star Wars sequence as the Rebel leaders are explaining how to attack the Death Star. Here he explains his process and what was involved in creating the historic schematic on PDP-11/45, the computer that led eventually to Pixar and the digital effects we see all the time now. This, in a big way, is where it all started."
This is the Stars Wars people love. Character building. You said you thought they started out together because most movies start out powerful and a team these days. But this, character building, team building. It was part of the experience.
I love watching people's reactions for their first time watching Star Wars! This did not disappoint, I'm glad you enjoyed! It's like watching it for the first time vicariously through you and it's sooooo gooood! Can't wait to see more!
Every Star Wars film begins with "A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away" meaning this story takes place a million years ago in a galaxy other than our own, so it has nothing to do with Earth at all.
Kid me liked to think that this story from a very long time ago in this distant galaxy was only reaching us 'now' after travelling at the speed of light to get here. Then George made the prequels and that theory went out the window for university me...
Apparently there was a comic book, definitely *not* canon, where Han Solo crash landed on Earth and was killed by native Americans. Centuries later, his remains are found by Indiana Jones, searching for the Sasquatch, who turns out to be Chewbacca. 🤣
“A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away” should be interpreted within our context. Our solar system which consists of our planet earth and the moon 🌙 and the sun ☀️ and all the planets 🪐 are circa 4.5 billion years old. The whole universe is circa 14.5 billion years old. Our sun which is just a humdrum star is about middle age so it should continue to burn and sustain the solar system for about another 4.5 to 5 billion years. Other galaxies have star systems very much like ours but have already come and gone within 9 to 10 billion years since the Big Bang began. All this means that the place, story and creatures of the Star Wars universe have already come and gone in very ancient times in another remote galaxy and only their story survives
@@mattp6089That was meant to be it. That's why it's a long time ago, because it was far away and the light took time to reach us. Not because of us seeing Star Wars through a telescope, but the inspiration of the time and place setting is the fact that when you look at a far away galaxy you are seeing it in the distant past.
The prequels don't ruin any of that. It's just looking at the slightly further past.
That's like saying that learning about Julius Caesar ruins what you learned about Claudius.
I know that it was not because of the information in the prequels, it was the time setting. But it was destined to be written about since at least 1980. So that's before Return of the Jedi was complete. So I can't think of what you could have learned from the University that changed it.
I understand about the light reaching us. But dude, my man, the movie starts with writing on the screen, so it was telling you about the story and then you see the vision. You can't think that you were seeing it from Earth. Prequels have nothing to do with that or with University.
If someone was to see Star Wars for the first time and they started at Episode 1, it's going to be the same for them as it was when you were a kid and the same thing if they started at Episode 4, or any of them, even episode 7 (even though it sux).
Please tell me what you learned about in University that you didn't know about as a kid.
When I was a kid we knew that the light from the Sun took 8 minutes to get to the Earth and that the other stars were lightyears away and that lightyears are a measure of distance. We also knew that galaxies were hundreds of lightyears apart.
So we knew from the scroll that if Star Wars is in a galaxy far far away, then it was a very long time ago if you looked at it because of the light travelling that vast distance to reach us.
I don't know what more you could have learned from the University on the subject. 🤔
Maybe you (people) just get older and less fun and you think that it was because of going to University.
I would not know, not having been to University myself.
Anyway I thought that I ruined Star Wars for myself when I learned about Einstein's theory of relativity when I was a kid, and that it was not scientificly possible to go to "light speed" but it was explained to me by theoretical Physicists that they were thinking of the possibility of "folding" space for warp travel.
So I don't think I will rule out anything. Even time travel?
Of course, time travel is fun. But not too much time travel.
And really, what did I know about the FTL drive on the Millennium Falcon when I was a kid?
I didn't even know what a carburettor was. 😂
@@Yngvarfo What? Stop! Is that really true?
If you're a Jedi you can't fight with vengeance because any kind of anger leads to the dark side
Tell that to Anakin
@@tru3sk1llThey tried... Too late
@@raybernal6829 He sees through the lies of the Jedi.
@@Progger11 😉 but missed Palpatines
@tru3sk1ll She'll learn about Anakin soon enough
This is now one of my favorite videos I’ve ever watched. Star Wars is and has always been a huge part of my life; it’s been a comfort in times of despair and a beacon of (a new) hope in my life as a husband, father, teacher, and writer. Watching you experience the original film brought me so much joy; I’m not exaggerating when I say it was truly moving. I know these films backwards, forwards, and behind the scenes, but seeing you witness it all for the first time brings all the magic I’ve loved since I was a little kid right back. Thank you for this! It’s aaaaalmost as much fun as sharing these movies with my daughter for the first time! I can’t wait to continue watching your first journey through that galaxy far, far away. May the Force be with you!
You need to go back and watch the Binary Sunset again without talking through it. Right after Luke has dinner with his aunt and uncle, he goes out and watches the sunset, and it has some of the most beautiful music from any movie ever.
One of my favorite scenes as well.
Your are so right my friend!!!
a scene with no dialogue and no action that would not be made today.
Thank you!! 🙄
Highlight of a soundtrack full of iconic movements.
(I wore out the vinyl AND the 8Track)!
There was no scene with Jabba before they remastered it. Jabba never showed up until Return of the Jedi originally.
Not in the film itself, but it had been shot with a guy with the intention of replacing him in post. That didn't happen due to cost. So they used CGI to do it in the Special Edition. I don't think they really knew what Jabba would look like and so we ended up with the scene where Han walks around him and also calling him a wonderful human being...
@@presencerocks2224 That "Wonderful human being" hits even better because we know now that Jabba is not a human.. So it feels like extra sass from Han. Unintended, but works great.
@@TarisSinclairThe line hits because Jabba was always supposed to be an alien.
Indeed. It's a strange one though because while it's not needed for "STAR WARS" as a standalone movie, the scene works as being in part 1 of a 3 part series.
Fear not, yes, there are millions of Star Wars nerds out there willing to troll beginners.. But these are just movies. They are meant to be enjoyed first and foremost. Have fun!
We have been training for more than three days with Yoda to tackle the comments section! We are ready. May the force be with us.
I prefer to just troll the Star Wars nerds themselves? 🤣
"Do we go to earth?" That was answered just before the title of the movie: "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away."
Lotta people in the comments assuming that just because the first scene we see is in a galaxy far far away, that they couldn't travel to another one later :P
(Yeah yeah I know canonically it's all one galaxy, just sayin, this is space fantasy and they didn't rule it out within the film!)
You are far too young to understand but in 1977, this movie was absolutely groundbreaking. The special effects, practical though they were, were like nothing anyone had ever seen. It was a true cultural phenomenon and those of us who were around to see it in '77were forever changed by it.
She's 40
I love the way C3-PO was panicking when Luke got back and offering his parts to fix R2-D2 (for all the arguing they do, they are brothers)
Coby was saying she thought they were best friends, and I was like "welll, best friends and an old married couple and siblings, really."
Governor Tarkin (the "older" guy "bossing around" Darth Vader) is British classic horror film actor Peter Cushing. (Cushing starred in a number of horror films with Christopher Lee, who appears in the prequels as Count Dooku).
Obi-Wan Kenobi is another famous British classic film actor Sir Alec Guiness ("The Bridge on the River Kwai" among others).
You probably know that James Earl Jones (another famous classic film actor) voices Darth Vader (the man in the suit is someone different).
R2D2 and C3PO are supposed to be kind of a parody take on "Abbott & Costello".
All of your questions including family relations will eventually be answered if you watch all 3 films, plus the 3 prequels, and even "Rogue One" which takes place between episodes 3 and 4.
Yes, aside from the very small handful of CGI creatures and effects that Lucas added in later, most everything else is matte paintings, blue screen (back then), large sets (on soundstages and in the Tunisian desert), models, costumes, and real special effects.
Developed by George Lucas and his team and his newly formed company Industrial Light Magic (ILM) which went on to become Hollywood's premier special effects company. 😊
The 2 droids are also directly copied from the old samurai film The Hidden Fortress, as well as some other aspects of this movie.
@@3DJapan That film is by the modernist auteur Akira Kurosawa (who subverted some of the then-standard Japanese period drama conventions), the filmmaker who also made The Seven Samurai (remade in Hollywood as The Magnificent Seven), Rashomon, Yojimbo (remade as A Fistful of Dollars), and Ran (his version of Shakespeare's King Lear). As it happens, the Japanese (samurai) period film genre is referred to as "jidaigeki". Pretty obvious how George Lucas used a shortened version of that word to name those light-side "Force" users in Star Wars lore.
At no point in the filming of Star Wars did Peter Cushing wear shoes. He refused to wear them 🤣
Actually, C3-PO and R2-D2 were more a take on Laurel and Hardy than Abbott and Costello.
I'm in my 70s and have seen this movie 20 times, but watching it along with you was a delight. Great reaction !
Always something to remember when watching this movie for the first time, it was revolutionary at the time, all modern special effects owe a great deal to Lucas Films and this movie was inspired by Saturday Matinee serials aimed towards 10-12 year-old boys. It is a simple hero's journey tale and it works so very, very well.
The "next one" is Empire Strikes Back. The best Star Wars movie and it's not even close. Do not miss it!
III comes close.
Better writing but slower direction, more like a traditional Hollywood movie.
@@mwvidz324 Hahahahaha, nothing made after 83 comes close, nothing made after 83 is real star wars. The prequels were an abomination. Worse than the sequels.
@@edix1673 Why do some people always have to be this gatekeepy?
@@SpielkindFR because we respect a great fanchise and are saddened by its ongoing decline into mediocrity.
The Jawa transporter is left over from stuff abandoned by a mining consortium that tried to make Tatooine pay off. They used them to transport large quantities of ore. When they went broke, they abandoned the transporter crawlers, which were taken over by Jawas, with each one becoming home gor one Jawa clan.
Wait, really?! Was it Czerka? Because screw Czerka.
Oh that makes sense.
This might be the best reaction to Star Wars I’ve ever seen. I loved how authentic you were throughout…I could tell how intently you were watching, and picking up on little things (like when you said about Luke’s aunt…”she knows something”). Considering you knew next to noting about the movie, only some names and images, it was so much fun to see how excited you got when you met certain characters for the first time…like when Obi-wan appears and you mentioned you had goose bumps. For someone who almost prided herself on having never watched it, you still permitted yourself to give it a totally fair chance and just went along for the ride.
I also found it interesting that you thought that the “gang” was together from the start, and were surprised to find out that was not the case. I can see that. In other franchises like Star Trek, typically the main characters are all together from the start. But, I never thought about it from the POV of someone who has never seen it, but who would have been exposed to the characters all their lives.
Anyhow, great reaction! And welcome to the fandom…nerd! 😉
Let us all take a moment to appreciate Jek Porkins sacrifice. "I'm allright", indeed 😢
Remember the empire is everywhere in the galaxy it's not Just the deathstar ..that was just a super weapon they had
To watch the original, "un-special edition," you need to find Harmy's Despecialized Edition. It is a complete restoration of the original, produced by dedicated fans in the Fanedit community. It represents Star Wars as originally seen in its first theater run.
I have a copy of the original on VHS. But, I don't have a VHS player.
@@douglasmagowan2709 They're still made, you know. BUT ... if that's an original 70s tape, might wanna just keep that.
Did it say “episode VIII(8, maybe, I don’t remember what exact number it was)” since Lucas wanted it to appear as if this movie was just another in a line of movies with no actual intention of making any prequels.
@@turbopokey the original version doesn't have any episode subtitles. Just goes straight to "It is a period of civil war ..."
@@wonderfulwookiee6443 not the one I’ve watched. It did the “Star Wars “ thing the started the crawl with “episode (something, but definitely not 4): a New Hope”
Bail Organa was on Alderaan when the Death Star blew it up, so he died with his wife and the rest of the citizens of the planet. This is confirmed in a scene in Rouge One: A Star Wars Story which is set shortly before A New Hope.
So fun to see a new generation experience this movie for the first time. I was 8 years old when I saw it in a theater in 1977, and it blew my mind like it did everyone else's. It's just a shame that it's not possible for you to see the original version we saw then, when it was just "Star Wars" -- none of this "Episode IV: A New Hope" stuff -- and just had its original practical effects -- the only CGI was the low-res displays you see on screens (eg the mission briefing with the Death Star diagrams). Nothing fancier than that was possilble yet.
The trench run at the end is based on real events. In WW2 Brittish bombers blew up three German Dams and they had to run a gauntlet of anti aircraft fire to get to the target. Most of the planes never returned. There is a movie called the dam busters about it. Its a classic movie, and worth a watch.
Also, the trench run in that move is shot by shot super similar to the trench run in this film.
Those snooty British bomber pilots were always so damn casual about it too. You can't convince any of them to take credit for doing a fantastic job in WW2...mostly because they only consider their comrades who didn't return from the dogfights as the real heroes.
Most of the original visual effects are still in the film. They were groundbreaking at the time, and it's only a handful of scenes that have been updated, and you can usually tell by the CGI. Realistic CGI wasn't really a thing until the mid 90s.
I only regret they CGI'd Jabba....they made him WAY too much of a push-over...that part should have remained cut.
Despecialized or similar fan editions of the movies are the best way to watch them now. None of the official available versions are as good.
@@Pianodean well there is more cgi incoming to regret in the other films
some of the explosions are a bit extra but easier to wave them off than Jabba that's for sure
the extra animals or floating droids aren't that bad, only the "Han shot first" bit compares to showing Jabba so early
changing that from a sneak attack to a dodge and counter was just a bit too far
@@fastertove I have the old official theatrical release, that is the best one to have. The OG film before the updates. It might be cleaned up I dunno but it's exactly how everyone remembers seeing it. The set also comes with the updates version and maybe an ad for xbox lego star wars. I just know I checked the store every time to find it, and there were like 30 different versions of these movies. None of the other sets I saw were clean. I just got lucky one day.
Industrial Light and Magic special effects company was born from the efforts to create the effects for this film.
I love that Coby recognizes that Star Wars is based on old-time serials. As far as having the confidence to start with episode IV. George Lucas wanted to make a six episode serial, but the studio would only back three movies, so he made the last three as there was still enough information for people to understand the story and still feel complete
Fun fact, that Droid that Colby said "Looks like a trash can" actually WAS a trash can that George "retrofitted" to make into a Droid for the film!
And that particular model of Droid was supposed to be a walking battery pack
Called a Gonk droid after the sound it makes.
Was George model building for the movie? or another George?
@@Joliie Is that a serious question, or are you trolling?
Gonk gonk!
One of my favourite movie experience moments was when I first watched this in theatres when I was 12 years-pld in 1977. When the Millennium Falcon swooped in out of nowhere in the attack on the Death Star. The entire theater cheered aloud.
Your old
Droids are common place within Star Wars. They are used for all sorts of things and are considered property. The Stormtroopers not questioning C3P0 wouldn't be unusual just because there are tons of droids working on the Death Star. In addition what makes R2D2 so special is that he has never had his memory wiped so he has accumulated years and years of knowledge. Most droids will have their memories wiped on a regular basis to avoid them gaining enough knowledge to potentially rebel against their owners.
I thought C3P0 and R2D2 had their memory wiped after the end of episode 3.
@@venomdonut6905 Only C-3PO.
The great Peter Cushing as Grand Moff Tarkin. One of the greatest horror actors of all time!! Menace seethes from him. The quintessential villain as shown in his performances in Hammer’s Frankenstein series as Dr. Victor Frankenstein.
Neat easter egg when luke says prisoner from cell block 1138, THX 1138 was George Lucas’s first film and he named his surround sound the same.
A fun fact I found out only today myself, When Luke, Han, and Chewbacca enter the elevator (in Stormtrooper garb and prisoner), Luke says something "I can hardly see in this thing", Hamill thought the cameras weren't rolling and was actually saying that to Harrison Ford. It became a keeper. I love that stuff. There's less overall fixes and adds than you may think though Lucas did clean up some things that really bothered him. He tweaked each of the films to some degree.........On the Deathstar when Han chases the stormtroopers to a bunker full of them, it was originally just a dead end and the few troopers turned around and chased Han back. The bunker full of troopers makes it more stressful and fun. Enjoy this galaxy, think you will love it.
Peter Mayhew a 7-foot-3-inch Englishman is in the Chewbacca costume he sadly passed away in 2019.
The 70s was a magical decade to grow up in. First in 75 you had the hallmark of summer blockbusters...Jaws. The the bicentennial 76. I was 14 in 77 when Star Wars hit the screen. Everyone was blown away it raised yhe bar for movies. Think about it. Where would movies be without Star Wars? Even the music of the 70s was magical. No autotune. People had talent. If you weren't alive then I feel for you.
@ 30:52 - "Transfer from cell block 1138" Another reference to Lucas's first movie - "THX-1138". You should watch that movie. I loved when they used the "little short to be a storm trooper" line in that episode of "Supernatural".
7:05 Yes, Anthony Daniels is inside the C-3PO suit and the late Kenny Baker is inside R2-D2 (most of the time).
There's a rumor that Baker left behind R2DooDoo in the costume a couple times just because the director & actors were too worn out after a day of shooting and didn't want to add a bathroom break cuz it was really late in the evening,. 🤨
"A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away".
"Is that Earth?" Hilarious. :)
I’ve seen it so many times.
Yes, for all the jagoffs who insist that Star Wars is sci-fi first and foremost as opposed to fantasy, show me where Earth factors into its universe. 🙄 I'll wait.
can sci-fi not take place in any universe besides our own?
@@westcoast7429 it can, doesn't change the fact that SW is more of a fantasy / fairy tale - that happens to take place in space - than being sci-fi
the pure existence of technological devices doesn’t make it science fiction. it's about the themes the movies focus on. sci-fi stories focus on the effect of science and technology on society... the main question of sci-fi movies is “what would be if we had technology XYZ or scientific knowledge ABC?” in SW futuristic technology exist, but the story is never about said technology and their impact. thematically, SW is fantasy and, at the end of the day, tells us a very classical fairy tale of good versus evil
the same could be said about the dune movies too.. very classical fantasy story as well..
@@crappiefisher1331 Ahhh you never read Dune you would find it full of details about EVERYTHING, Dune cannot be equated with Star Wars at least if you read the book it is far more intellectual than Star Wars can even dream of being. Dune is certainly science fiction in fact it is the science fiction answer to War and Peace.
This reaction was wonderful. Seeing you realize all the things from Disney and how happy that made you is absolutely heartwarming ❤️
In the last scene on the steps, Carrie Fisher must have thought, "FINALLY! There's underwear in space".
There is an actor, Kenny Baker, inside the Artoo suit *some* of the time. Other times it is entirely mechanical and controlled from offstage. If Artoo is traveling, its a remote controlled version. This version generated bloopers as it occasionally went off on its own, and frequently fell over.
Threepio is Anthony Daniels, who wore the suit and later did voiceover as well, dubbing over himself in post.
Why do people put Artoo instead of R2?
_A long time ago, in a movie theater about 50 miles away ..._
*THERE WAS NO EPISODE TITLE*
The studio didn't think this film would make much money. Lucas was crossing his fingers that it didn't bomb. For all he knew, Lucas was making one standalone movie. "Episode IV" and "A New Hope" were added in later releases, to be in line with the numbering adopted with Episode V.
I first saw _Star Wars_ in 1977, at the Indian Hills Theater in Omaha, Nebraska, US (a city of about 1M). The Indian Hills was one of the last remaining Cinerama theaters in existence (it's long gone, now).
Cinerama was an experimental widescreen format seen in the 1950s and 1960s. It had an extremely curved screen, such that films shot in Cinerama used _three cameras_ and _three projectors_ : one for the center of the screen and one for each side. Everything had to be constantly synchronized so that the film looked normal onscreen.
If you see Cinerama films on DVD/Bluray/streaming today, it often looks distorted on the left and right. This is caused by converting a curved film to a flat screen.
So there I was at the Indian Hills at the tender age of 12 -- the film's precise target demographic. The Indian Hills seated 810 patrons: 662 on the main floor and 148 in the balcony. It was completely packed, as was every screening of _Star Wars_ in every theater in the world, until the film left theaters.
I'd gotten to the theater rather late, forcing me to sit in the center seat of row one.
This turned out to be fantastically good bad luck.
Today, the center of row one is a terrible seat due to parallax distortion. In a theater the size of the Indian Hills, that distortion didn't exist because the screen was far enough away from the seats. However, it was close enough so that it filled my field of view from top to bottom.
The screen was large and curved enough so that it filled my field of view from periphery to periphery.
_Star Wars_ was shot in CinemaScope, a more popular widescreen format that we still see today. While not technically the same as Cinerama, it still lent itself well to that screen.
I watched _Star Wars_ with the film filling my entire field of view from top-to-bottom and side-to-side. I didn't have to turn my head to watch it unless I wanted to, and I usually didn't.
It was an astonishingly immersive experience. Not even IMAX comes close.
Add to that the massive audience reaction that shouldn't be overlooked. It was a shared experience that I've only seen at _Infinity War_ and _Endgame_ on their opening nights, when there were a lot of fans present.
This audience reaction happened at every screening, in every theater, everywhere in the world, until _Star Wars_ left the screens.
Imagine 810 people all cheering, clapping, jumping to their feet, and occasionally crying all at once. The shared experience was amazing, as it fed on itself. No one held back, it just kept growing and growing until the destruction of the Death Star -- which prompted massive roaring from the audience.
The film itself was like nothing put to the screen at that time. While cinematically based on old _Flash Gordon_ and _Buck Rogers_ movie serials of the 1930s, this was a big-budget, big-screen version like nothing anyone had ever seen before.
It completely changed science fiction on the movie screen. Until that time, you occasionally got a good science fiction film, but they tended to be years apart. After _Star Wars_ , there were multiple good science fiction movies every year, a trend that continues to this very day.
There would be no modern _Star Trek_ without _Star Wars_ . _Star Wars_ was such a massive hit for 20th Century-Fox that Paramount quickly looked around and said, "Aha! We have this _Star Trek_ thing that Trekkies are always saying they want more of. Let's make it into a movie!"
Thus _Star Trek - The Motion Picture_ was released in 1979. Without that, there would be no _Star Trek_ today.
_Star Wars_ changed filmmaking from a business perspective. The film grabbed audiences like nothing seen in the entire history of cinema. While _Jaws_ was technically the first summer blockbuster, _Star Wars_ cemented summer as the time to release action-heavy, family-friendly films.
The special effects of _Star Wars_ were utterly innovative, and the tools created by the likes of John Dykstra became commonplace in films that don't even have special effects.
Almost all special effects in the Original Trilogy were achieved either in-camera, with optical effects, miniatures, extremely detailed paintings, or a combination of those techniques. CGI that allows an entire film to be shot on a green screen wasn't even a glimmer in anyone's eye.
In 1977, the most advanced computers were the size of an SUV and didn't have the computing power of your phone. CGI as a primary filmmaking technique wasn't popularized until _Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow_ in 2004. By then, computing power/square centimeter had skyrocketed exponentially.
The special effects spawned Industrial Light and Magic, a company created and owned by George Lucas. ILM is still in existence today, constantly innovating with new technologies to create visual effects for many, many films and TV series. From it's inception, ILM has been considered the gold standard of VFX companies.
In short, this film was nothing like what had come before. It changed _everything about cinema_ .
And I got to see it with an audience of 810, on a screen so immersive that I got nauseous during the Trench Run.
Hold up. Explain that about Sky Captain again? That movie bombed, even though I liked it. There were plenty of movies that came out before 2004 that used CGI as a primary filmmaking technique, two of them being Star Wars movies. So unless there's a technicality I'm not understanding here, please explain further.
@MeanMrMustard1 _Sky Captain_ bombed, but it was shot 100% on a green screen. There were no sets of any kind. Even things like the cockpits were all green.
Behind-the-scenes interviews with actors routinely show them as frustrated with the entire process because they had absolutely no idea what they were supposed to be reacting to nor interacting with.
Yes, there were films prior to 2004 that made use of green screens, but they still had at least some sets. _Sky Captain_ was all green. Since then, other films have followed suit for certain scenes, but still have at least some sets.
I just meant that _Sky Captain_ marked the first time you could make a movie totally on a green screen with no sets whatsoever.
As a 40-year veteran in computer science, I simply mark that film as the moment when computing reached a new milestone, nothing more. I rather enjoy the film because it's got so many nods and homages to older scifi films.
When Polly is describing the arrival of the giant robots over the phone, her dialog is exactly the same as part of the 1938 _War of the Worlds_ radio broadcast. The robots themselves are nearly identical to those seen in the 1941 Fleischer Brothers Superman cartoon, "The Mechanical Monsters" (though they're much larger). The people pointing to them and the police shooting machine guns at them are nearly shot-for-shot the same as in the cartoon.
The film is Baron Laurence Olivier's final screen appearance, a couple of decades after his death, achieved via CGI and footage from films in his youth.
There's a lot of that in _Sky Captain_ . I understand why it bombed, but it's something I get a kick out of.
So it was just a computing milestone, that's all. CGI had certainly been used before, with _Jurasssic Park_ being its first major milestone. However, _Sky Captain_ was a milestone because it was 100% green screen. 👍
I saw it at the Cooper in Lincoln!
@billolsen4360 I lived in Lincoln. I'm sure I saw it multiple times at the Cooper, too!
Probably also at one of the drive-ins when it reached them. As I'm sure you remember, as kids, our parents took us to the drive-in so they could throw us out of the car to the playground in front of the screen, and probably to watch the movie until it got too cold or the mosquitoes came out.
Ah, the joys of Gen-X! 😁
the lord of the rings movies and star wars prequels used CGI and green screen a lot and it was before 2004. btw that was one of the most common complaints about these movies.
I remember looking forward to this the day of its first showing in the UK. A few friends and I queing up at our small local cinema back in 1977, almost at the front of the queue. Got the drink chocolate and popcorn. Sat near the middle of the cinema and was totally blown away by the whole film. The storyline, the special effects like we'd never seen before. Then there was the tension as the Death Star got closer and closer to the Rebel Base on Yavin 4 (I think it was Yavin 4). Seeing it at the cinema was the best, seeing it at home on VHS was second best. Thank god for George Lucas. Watching your video brings back so many great memories, thanks for that.
24:25 in the original filming of the scene, Jabba was just a human, but the scene was ultimately cut from the movie because it didn't really serve any purpose (we already learned everything we need to know from the Greedo scene in the cantina). reintroducing the scene with a CG Jabba is one of those things Lucas did just because he could at the cost of solving the "who is Jabba" mystery way too early. but at least it gave us the line "Jabba, you are a wonderful human being."
One of my favorite Sci Fi movies ever made!
It was nominated for 10 Oscars including Best Picture but won for
Best Visual Effects
Best Film Editing
Best Costume Design
Best Production Design
Best Sound Editing
Best Sound Effects
Best Original Score.
It made $777 million dollars ($2 billion dollars today) against a $10 million dollar budget.
Believe it or not, the cancelled 1975 DUNE adaptation was one of the major inspirations for the movie, as well as the western and samurai films.
I was so mad that it lost Best Picture to "Annie Hall."
"Hold your fire?! Are we paying by the laser now?"
"You don't do the budget, Terry! I do!"
I can just imagine the confrontation with Vader, when they explain that they didn't open fire
This was explained later as the empire had a bad reputation for being terrible shots, so every commander was looking to increase his ratio of shots to hits, and didn't want to take a shot at a worthless target and risk another miss, or 20
Eh. None of this will matter when we're famous singers.
"So are you just born with the Force or can anyone learn it?"
40 years later and we are still debating viciously
The text that for the Tractor Beam Generator was originally in english but because none of the other Star Wars movies had english text, it was changed into Basic text. It said "Tractor Beam Energy Level" (and still does but in Basic).
Artoo has such a fowl mouth they beeped all his dialog
Artoo?? Wtf
Carrie Fisher was 18 during the making of this movie. Harrison Ford and Carrie had a fling while making this movie.
@Cosmo-Kramer when it came out she was 19
I've just found your channel. Your comments, questions, perspective and insight had me smiling and grinning the whole time. My dad took my sisters and I to see Star Wars in the theatre when we were young. I feel so lucky to have been a kid as these movies were released. This is the first video of yours I've seen and am going straight to your Empire Strikes Back. (If it matters, I hardly ever comment but i just felt I had to.) Please keep it up.
I'm cooking while i watch, I can't wait for you to meet Yoda and the Ewocks(sp?) 🙂
May the Force be with you.
The Bantha that the Sand People/Tusken Raiders ride was an elephant dressed in yak fur and palm fronds and a mask. Originally George Lucas thought of either do that or doing with stop motion puppets but since he wanted a Tusken Raider to jump on the creature and ride on it, the latter choice wasn't an opition. This was before you could use CCI.
The Emperor is the top baddie. They talk about him during the conference meeting where Vader chokes one guy. Moff Tarkin is the head of the Death Star and one of the Emperor's top military commanders. You hit it on the head, Vader isn't military, he's more like the Emperor's attack dog, or lead henchman. Lord Vader is technically not military, more like the Speaker of the House (lol).
A better simile is that Lord Vader is to Emperor Palpatine like how a Mob enforcer is to a crime family's Godfather.
@@pauld6967 Great analogy! That's what I was going for and you did it better! Well done.
@@minnesotajones261 Thank you. I am glad to have been of help.
So, imagine Vader as a dignitary coming aboard a vessel. The commander of the ship is still in charge of the vessel, and therefore has some command over the visiting dignitary while on board. But, they are of separate command structures overall (within The Empire).
Darth Vader is the Sheriff of Nottingham for those who remember another famous swashbuckler the Adventures of Robin Hood which was also cited as an inspiration for Star Wars.
Coby, I feel you on the “Boring conversation anyway” line. One of my favorite lines period. It feels so improvised. 😂
The music is epic. John Williams, Ennio Morricone and Hans Zimmer are outstanding and without competition when it comes to film music. Oh, so much good music !
(some other high points: Mark Knopfler's score for Princess Bride, the song selection for Ferris Buehler's Day Off)
I stayed in the theater and watched this a second time with my mom when it came out. I ended up seeing it 7 times when it was new. We had never seen anything to compare, as far as effects go. It was just so much fun!
In case you missed it, Coby I've watched a few New Hope reactions. You did a fantastic job, this was really fun watching it with you.
Also, don't be afraid of watching popular movies. We watch you because we trust you and your taste in these movies. So be at ease, and May the Force be with you. 😘
It was a delight watching with you. I'm gonna have to sign up for more...
4:26. I know it's only a couple of metres, but when I saw Star Wars for the first time (British Terrestrial TV Premiere.) I couldn't understand how R2-D2 and C-3PO were able to cross, what was essentially a randomised horizontal blaster barrage. Although saying that, I'd never heard or knew of this little thing called PLOT ARMOUR!
Seasoned veterans of this series SOO enjoy experiencing these films with someone for the first time. Especially when we were exposed at so young an age. Enjoyed this!
Oh nice! Your editor edited this scene --- 23:13 --- as it should have been as originally shot back in 1977 but infamously altered in 1997. Kudos to the editor!
Thank you for noticing
@@popcornroulettereactions of course! Seeing that Lucas changed it back in 1997 pissed me off, lol
Ahhh the infamous debate where the only right answer is Han shot first lol
Damn right! Han shot first!
Lol, I was bracing myself for "maclunkey"!
George Lucas really spent some time trying to make this an old fashioned hero's journey. He studied Joseph Campbell's work on old myths and the elements that make them up.
He also clearly took inspiration from Japanese samurai films. Akira Kurosawa's "The Hidden Fortress" in particular. If you watch it, you'll immediately see where C-3PO and R2-D2 came from. 😄
The exact relationship between Luke and his uncle and aunt is made clear in the prequels.
Clearly, you already know that you're watching a revised version. I don't mind it as much as others. The effect of the stun ray on princess Leia in the beginning was as it always was, I think. Maybe cleaned up a little. However, the entry into the Mos Eisley spaceport was greatly expanded, clearly to make it look like a city. There was no overhead view in the original, and we saw very few buildings. I'm not sure if there was some model work, or if it's all CGI. Clearly, all the creatures who populate the streets are CGI.
And you weren't the only one who got confused about who was getting blown up in the final battle. Denis Lawson played Wedge, the other remaining pilot, but when he saw the movie, he saw an explosion that he thought was his death, so he was surprised to be asked to come back for The Empire Strikes Back. 😊
Coby, please don't read the rest of my comment. It regards spoilers.
Yngvarfo, don't hint at future spoilers. You don't have to tell her certain things will be revealed later. She doesn't know what to expect so let her enjoy the ride blind, like many of us did.
@@MeanMrMustard1 - Considering that there were several actual spoilers here concerning things like Jabba and The Emperor, and she did ask the question several times, I thought it better to just say that it would be addressed later, and so leaving it dead, rather than letting her question be left dangling and possibly be actually spoiled later like other questions have been.
I remember seeing this in the theater on the opening with my best friend then going back on the weekend with our church youth group. It was ahead of its time and the theater erupted in cheers when the Death Star was destroyed.
This came out when I was ten. I too found that 'you have taken your first step into a larger world.'
So, I've seen a lot of these, as anyone on a channel that hasn't seen it, eventually gets there, but Coby, I have to say this is probably my favorite first time reaction to A New Hope. I thought about it for a bit before typing this, but you did an amazing job. Brava!
Wow, thanks!
She called Darth Vader’s tie fighter a McNuggets box. 😂 too funny!
Mvp reactor comment right there
Years ago I met Kenny Baker, the fellow who played R2D2. Absolutely the nicest man in the world, a real gem of a man.
My brain is hardwired at this point to give me chills when I see even the few seconds of the climax that you kept in this edit, just need the three key elements: 1) The glowing torpedoes veering down the shaft 2) just a few notes of John William's score at its bombastic peak 3) Mark Hamill's gasp of relief and lean back in his cockpit. Effects, music, and acting = all time iconic action scene.
OH YES. You made my day Coby!!
24:15 Jabba was not only updated for this scene. In the original he hadn't even had his appearance in person until episode VI.
It's a shame that in the 1990s they suddenly decided to give his character away this early. Thereby they took nearly all the mystery from a great villain.
There was a heavyset man who played Jabba originally.
They replaced him with a CGI Jabba the Hutt.
I believe they filmed the scene but Jabba was played by a regular human. It was cut from the final film. When they remastered it, Lucas put the scene back in but replaced the human with a CGI Jabba. I agree that it was not needed.
Yes, I can confirm. There was a deleted scene from this movie that included a version of jabba the Hutt who was played by a human. They made him a big slug in return of the Jedi, so when they decided to stick this scene back into the movie for the 1990s re-release, they had to magic up a version of jabba the Hutt, even though nothing about the dialogue really matches the character. Notice that moment where Han Solo steps on jabba's tail. That was included because Han walked around the human jabba, and they had to find a way to make it work.
Let us all hope that someday the real Star wars trilogy is re-released in a way that everyone can see it.
Since Lucas was going to make the prequels, and Jabba appears right away there, watching in proper episode order would mean he was already known, and not a "reveal". Clearly, they didn't have the budget or tech to try to put Jabba in at this point in '77, but like everything else, Lucas had his chance to update a few things via the unused scene. Some of the dialog repeats the conversation with Greedo, so that was a compromise scene, also showing Han's ruthlessness.
Yeah, how it was originally filmed with Declan Mulholland can be found on CZcams. George always intended to replace him, but nothing they wanted to try was going to really work. Certainly some kind of stop-motion figure, which was the original idea, wasn't going to properly blend. So the whole scene was dropped. Notice how the Gredo scene just before the Jabba scene pretty much has the exact same exposition.
The little guys with the glowing eyes are Jawas. They were played by 12 local Tunisian children hired from a village near the filming sight.
Jim Henson's Muppet and costume team had a very big part in the first 3 movies.
Fun fact. In the original release, Han Solo shot first in the bar.
It's not just trash water in the compactor. Something very big and nasty was living in it too.
The Death Star is 100 MILES in diameter.
And now she can proudly say she has watched Star Wars! 😊
I celebrated my 6th birthday the day after this was released in 1977 and my Mom took me to see it several times when it came to my hometown. I instantly loved everything about it. I had posters on my walls, the official Star Wars storybook, and the score to the film on vinyl. And I still have a copy of it on vinyl. Amazing to listen to. I also have the DVD's of all three films as they were originally released in 1977, 1980 and 1983. I prefer watching those to the ones with the added CGI and scenes. Not that I mind watching those, but I still like watching them as they were originally released. Loved your reaction to this and I am looking forward to your reactions to The Empire Strikes Back and Return Of The Jedi.
Jabba was added, was originally a human in a cut scene. Cgi was used to add Jabba in the re-release. Han shot first, Greedo didn't shoot in the original. Planet explosion, some fighter sequences, the rest is original. Those are the biggest changes of note. imo
Yup. In the original, Greedo was aiming his pistol, unaware of Han reaching for his holster under the table. Then, suddenly… bam! Greedo drops to the table.
There were several versions, as George kept changing it, of Greedo and Han shooting simultaneously. None of them made sense.
This scene seems to have become a bit of an obsession for Mr. Lucas. There wasn't anything wrong with the first version where Han just blasts Greedo with no warning. But Lucas felt that this made Han look bad. Maybe a little, but that only enhanced his character arc. So Lucas changed it to Greedo shooting first, but hitting the wall about a foot above and 2 feet right of Han's head. That looked absurd, because Greedo was supposedly a bounty hunter and the gun was about 3 feet from Han. Then he had a version where Han seems to unnaturally move his head, as if to explain how Greedo missed by so much. That one looked unnatural. Then he added a version where Greedo say "MAKLUNKY" before they both shoot. I don't even know what that was about. @@visionaryventures12
"...The rest is original..."
Tons of background stuff was added with CGI. Like 9:46 "is he an updated graphic?"
When I saw this when it came out, when they jumped to light speed, the audience erupted in the biggest cheers I've ever heard in a movie theater! I still don't think that moment has ever been surpassed.
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"I Wanna Know Who Played Chewie"
The actor who played Chewbacca was Peter Mayhew, who at the time of this movie's release had been working at King's Cross Hospital as an orderly
Fantastic job. Thanks for doing these!