This is not true, there is no such thing as a theater that does not support colour. A film projector doesn't need to do anything different to show colour film vs b&w film. It was Dolby Stereo sound that most theaters did not support and those theaters got prints with mono sound instead. Star Wars was NEVER shown in black and white in theaters.
The novelization of Star Wars was released in Christmas of 1976 and completely sold out. A good portion of the kids going to see Star Wars were seeing an adaptation of a book they read.
@@barnstormer546 Even accounting for inflation, that would still make no more than 50m in today's $. Marketing and actors' payroll simply cost _much_ more than they used to. Also, cinema ticket prices have soared like crazy over the last few decades, especially due to the VHS revolution.
@CrimsonTheNeek: Holy shit, tard cart. He's telling everyone to "do the research". That in itself says that most people don't know obscure influences. How hard is that to realize? You're funny, keep it coming, Chad.
“These people are odd, even by the standards of a high crime area that’s no stranger to people sleeping on the street.” Damn. 1980s news media was SAVAGE.
Disney also destroyed the escapism for a lot of us. Now that we know what the future is for our beloved heroes in Disney’s cannon. They’ve become failures, cowards, unhappy lonely people. Thanks Disney.
@@whiskeycompany13 but it's not "women power", diversity for diversity's sake, or complaining for representation for lgbtq... Star Wars was a simple good guys fight for freedom from the bad guys and that even the most evil of them can be redeemed. I can see the argument that Star Wars was a metaphor for historical events such as the world wars or religious beliefs but its not social justice propaganda.
Yeah but it’s so true though. That’s why Star Wars was so amazing when it came out. It essentially combined two dead genres. Westerns movies which became oversaturated in the 50s and 60s and the Sci Fi genre which was either Schlock or Twilight Zone. I think that’s why a lot of people like The Mandalorian. It may be different but it feels like a return to roots compared to the sequel trilogy which doesn’t actually feel like Star Wars for most of it and a weird fever dream of corporate pandering and awful script writing.
@@pavan_kumar556 As impossible as it might be, I’d love to see a western version of star wars, like some alternate universe in which the movies are actually set in the Wild West.
You feel that way because it's what just happened. Much as we might complain about boomers today, they had it just as bad (if not worse) when it came to enduring dismissive and judgmental rhetoric on many things they did, or would develop an interest in.
@CrimsonTheNeek boomers think more then this zombie generation everything cool was made back then today's movies,music, and so called art are all shit so easy on the boomer bashing you owned them way more then you think boy!!!
Yeah, no moral or message, after saying it was Good against Evil. Sort of like, oh, I don't know, maybe the Bible? Which apparently also has no moral or message. Then for Empire they say "retarded kids" Groan
Geoffrey Linehan no moral msgs. Really? It’s called a fokin NEW HOPE! Teaches about friendship, corruption, senates, politics, spiritual powers, inner self, love, helping others, science, discipline, war, hope, teachers, books, culture, good vs bad... What the FOK more they want? Same as twilight, iron man, titanic...yeah, right!
@@femmefuntime Except that the Empire's uniforms are Nazi inspired and the word Jedi is a contraction of Jehudi (Jew). The Jedis also have a Jewish ethos.
He's right, you know. Those who participate in the Special Olympics are incredibly brave people who overcome adversity. People who create religions based on Star Wars are the real retards.
@@Manx123 Two popular religions, Christianity and Islam, are both based on fantasy fiction books. I see nothing different with a religion based on fantasy fiction movies and cartoons.
"It's not the actors, it's the special effects that steal the show" That's the reason why so many Star Wars clones failed miserably. What makes Star Wars so special is a combination of outstanding special visual and sound effects, the incredible score by John Williams, iconic characters and a rousing plot.
Even Lucas said that you need two things for a movie to be successful and that was a great story and great characters. Special effects didn't even factor into the equation.
@beta wave I'm pretty sure that's exactly where he went wrong. He knew that digitally he could create anything and he really went overboard with it with the prequels. One of the things I really enjoyed about the originals was the special effects at that time and how everything was so real.
It's still funny how the media back in the days gave so much covering to the special effects. 40 years later, when those effects are mostly pre-historical, we still love these movies for the exact opposite reason: characters, story and actors.
The reporter covering The Empire Strikes Back is named “George Lewis.” At first I thought the anchor had said, “George Lucas has the story.” Yes, yes he does.
I remember being 6 years old and wondering about this movie all the adults were talking about. While my dad stood in line for the theater, I went around to the side of the building and put my ear to the wall trying to hear what was going on in there... And the reactions of people to the movie were visceral and moving... laughter, cheers and applause at all the right points. Everyone was a friend of everyone that day.
Probably because the news was the only marketing you would receive that wasn't a trailer. People could easily avoid it. Kinda like trailer breakdowns on CZcams.
“Star Wars is simple escapist entertainment...no moral, no message.” USE THE FORCE, DOUGLAS! LET GO, DOUGLAS!” “He’s turned off his targeting camera!” “Douglas, are you ok?” “I’m alright! No moral, no message here!!” 0:40 - 3:31
@@psych46 Was just thinking the same thing. I'm not a big fan of the new movies at all but I felt the series started over-complicating things with social messages from the prequels onwards to be fair. They just went totally overkill with the newer ones.
A small diverse group of scavenger rebels miraculously defeating a technologically superior (implied racially segregationist) government dressed as Nazis, but no, definetely no politics here.
The news broadcast was about the original Star Wars (what is called “A New Hope” now) The reporter was saying there’s no message in ANH, when in fact there were a lot of supermarket tabloids denouncing (and some supporting) the idea of “the Force” as a secretive message, an attempt to introduce Eastern mythology to American youth (including things like Yoga, if you’re young enough to remember that outcry when schools started having it in PE). That’s what I was referring to, not to the hardcore leftist crap that prances about like it’s legit SW movies.
That’s what they told middle aged folks and the elderly who watched broadcast news. The younger generations were already Sci-fi fans from things like Star Trek and all the silly sci-fi before ‘77.
Too be fair, that is when Star Wars fans started to get annoying. Then the prequels came out and crushed their dreams. Sequels came out just to shit on the original and to make money. At least we still have the extended universe...oh wait.
"lee-ah?" Well, to be fair, even that rebel general giving the flight crew their briefing on the Death Star's vulnerable exhaust port mispronounces Leia's name this way... :)
@@VicEntity Speaking of which, George Lucas, who produced the Indiana Jones movies which were directed by his friend named Steven Spielberg, came up with the name because his pet dog, a malamute, was named Indiana.
They probably didn't want to give credit to George. I mean, listen to the way they describe the fans. These news people seemed to be incredibly cynical and dismissive of the "odd" people waiting in line for Return Of The Jedi.
Not exactly. The reporter said, "Alan Ladd Jr., an executive at 20th Century Fox, whose film this is..." It sounds to me like he meant the film is 20th Century Fox's.
Christopher Thorkon George had little involvement in the early trilogy. It was his idea and some of his writing, but between Fox and the editing, it was no longer fully his and better off as a result
Star Wars had no moral message? I strongly disagree. 'Strive to do the right thing, even against all odds', that was a message I took away from the film, and that was when I was 6 years old. Geez, that reporter was so cynical.
@@TS-qq7vr True, I didn't think too much about the moral message, either, when I was a kid. But I knew what that message was; I knew the Empire was evil, but the Rebels kept fighting despite the odds. Point is, there is a moral message.
Yeah, that's not a message. It's a cliche. Compared to sci-fi which typically explores complex themes, the original Star Wars movie (A New Hope) is pretty devoid of any such nuance. Even your quote doesn't really say anything. "Strive to do the right thing." Well everyone believes that. Tarkin for all you know believes he's doing the right thing. The key is in what *you* consider to be "the right thing" to do.
@@UnchainedEruption It may be a cliched moral message, but it's still a moral message. Nor does a theme have to be complex. You might enjoy complex themes; so do I. But, nonetheless, Star Wars has a theme. And you're taking me out of context, by the way. You know that when I said, "Strive to do the right thing...", it was in the context of good against evil. If you don't believe in concepts such as doing what is "good" or "right", because you believe that such concepts are subjective or relative to every individual, well, then so be it. Just know that the whole history of humanity and storytelling disagrees with you.
I can't explain it but when I saw the ladies packaging those tie fighters I just broke down in tears. I have That tie fighter from Return of the Jedi. To know that those people are the ones who built my toy. They look as though they took pride in their work and to know that the result, in that box landed in my hands and inspired me to make my dreams come true too. The dreams and hopes of a child to go on and do great things. Those people brought joy to so many children, including me. To see those boxes and think that one of those could be MY Tie Fighter. It just broke me down and I cried. I can't explain why exactly. i guess its just the memory and emotions of remembering my childhood. I don't know.
It is a fun story, but still fiction. Try studying history. There are a lot of real life events that are inspirational. This is how I might wax poetically about the early aviation pioneers who inspired me to fly. Now I could see something like "George Lucas inspired me to get into filmmaking..." being emotional. Unless there is something you arent telling us, like you flew the Space Shuttle or something like that...
It's funny how, even in 1980, news stations couldn't help but say things like "the movie is pure escapism, no big social message, but these days, with the way the world is, there is a lot to escape from," echoing a lot of modern day news reports. Makes me wonder if there was ever such a thing as "these days" or if there was ever even a time that this world hasn't been "the way it is."
The segment covering the first movie dated June 13, 1977, blows my mind. I was born 5 months later that year. It's just crazy seeing footage and knowing you were not alive when it was originally broadcasted. Thanks to CZcams I was able to see it tonight for the first time, 42 years later.
OK - I get that maybe Star Wars had no moral or message, I'll give you that. But Empire?!? Holy smokes - that movie changed people's lives! Why? Yoda. 1) That the greatest Jedi warrior is this little green guy who's 800 years old (moral: don't judge a book, don't underestimate, etc.) 2) Yoda's line: "Try not. Do. Or do not. There is no try." 3) Remember this is 1980 - and Empire shows a black man running an entire planet (at least the mining colony.) Long before we had movies with black presidents. 4) When Yoda lifts the X-wing. And Luke says "I don't believe it." and Yoda says "That is why you fail." LIFE CHANGING!! I could go on - but jeez did NBC News miss the whole point back then.
Disney seems to be just as clueless about Star Wars as NBC was back then. Unless *Jon Favreau* is appointed head of Lucas Film, I don't see Star Wars films being any great ever again.
And the first of the first Star Wars is literally about a bunch of college hippies who follow some weird ass spiritual cult & sit around in jungle temples, miraculously defeating the universe’s most technologically mighty government (whom are all dressed as Nazis & literally called ”stormtroopers”) through guerilla warfare & their belief in spirituality - that came out 2 years after the Vietnam war.
The news was so much different. They mention the escapist quality of movies. A large corporation talked about advertising costs openly. They talk about potential sales goals openly. There was a spoiler in the news.
Omg! The FEELS!!!!!!! Started tearing up. All the excitement and severe emotions coming back! Almost like a time machine! Thank u sooooooo much for this!
SuperBondfan007 I remember when I was 14, I camped out with my older brother to go see Return of the Jedi. It was a really great experience. We meet a lot of cool fans that made camping out for the film really enjoyable. We had a blast exchanging theories about the film, talking about how we prepared to camp out for days on end, and so much more.
@@vro981 I saw return of the jedi when I was 6 in the movie theater in long island NY, but I never camped out. Guess my parents waited a bit to take me.
@@sergequick5053 It's only meaningful because you give it meaning :) Personally I would love to camp out to buy tickets for a movie without having the theater call security on me lol
Love this video, thanks for uploading. Main attraction to me is the viewpoint from the National Network News. Some outstanding news/journalistic talent.
I am so glad I was alive and in theater for all 3 of these MASTERPIECES. Only 2 years old in 77 but I remember the bar scene with the fun music and the weird creatures. People waiting in line for 6 days sleeping on the HARD sidewalk!?!? Damn man, shows how awesome episodes IV V VI are.
@Sir Knight Errant I hate Last Jedi, but only because it was bland and generic. They're not trying to "push a SJW agenda." Force Awakens and Rise of Skywalker were pretty good, though Force Awakened copied Empire Strikes Back a bit too much. You evidently despise the movies for daring to have a female protagonist, which is silly. Some pieces of media can fail because of trying to be "woke" instead of a good story, but hating the message is sexist/racist. Hating how it ruins franchises (Land of Stories, Mass Effect, Charlie's Angels) is understandable. My point is, some people create stories with the express desire of making money off of the Me Too movement. Some people ignore that and make good stories. But a golden few make stories that use a minority in their story in a way that makes sense, and doesn't detract from the experience/story and become amazing tales that move people's minds and hearts.
Sir Knight Errant Cool down man! I’m well aware Disney made it for the money, but the people who were in production clearly wanted it to be good. And I assumed (incorrectly, I now realize) that you disliked her because of her gender from your SJW comment. People who complain about SJW agendas usually use that complain as a way of masking their sexism/racism. But that also kinda makes your comment wrong. You dislike the movies for Disney’s greed corrupting them, not the “SJW” agenda then, right?
It's frustrating, to say the least. Seeing as how this pre-dates the prequels, you can't expect them to be savvy about how The Empire was once The Republic...
It's true, I remember going to Star Wars in the 70s and there was no message, in fact nothing even happened at all. They just got in their spaceships and sat there until the movie ended. No message, no content, no anything. I didn't discover til years later that it was actually because of a broken projector
He means moral [of the story]; the lesson to take away from it. Good guys are good and bad guys are bad is not a moral, just self-evident descriptions.
No. A dozen others had fallen out of favor. 'Retarded' was the politically correct term in 1977. 45 years from now the kids will be shocked to hear us referring to special needs...
Nah, plenty of stuff was always offensive. People just didn't have the courage to speak out about it. Now they do. Sorry if that inconveniences bigots (not sorry).
@@edgeninja no, negative words just get replaced with another overtime because what was once considered the correct term was deemed offensive because any word used for someone with a condition will be viewed as insulting.
Language changes, the context in which we view it changes, culture changes, that's life. If you're going to worry about every little thing that changes around you you're gonna be worrying a lot, fight the battles you know will help people instead of little silly contrivances.
@Sir Knight Errant Eh, back then movies and TV shows were bad influences, childish and the people consuming them were losers... Then it was heavy metal, and then videogames... And even before that, it was comic books. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
“...and Chewbacca who somehow knows how to pilot a spaceship”
That was rude as hell
Elaine Jensen at least they didn’t say he was retarded .... those poor kids at the empire premier ....
Now wook here, that's racism from a galaxy far, far away, and I won't hear of it.
@@deanrussell2224 I'm glad I'm not the only one that noticed those poor _retaaded_ children.
Heard a contemporary review of a new hope and they said 'Han is a ruthless rogue, but he has a dog... So he must be a nice guy'
Man, poor chewie. Thinking like this is exactly why he didn't get the medal he deserved.
I've never seen star wars in Black and White before
@Aaron Morris It didn't need to be colorized as it was already in color. Special editions restored that color.
In 1977 my grandfather seen it in black n white at a theater in oakland,ca. It wasnt untill the late 80s we seen it in colour
@@Alex-bm5rc bull shit its 1977 not 57
@@Alex-bm5rc This. It came out in color, but a lot of theaters didn't support it yet. Only bigger cities had them in full color.
This is not true, there is no such thing as a theater that does not support colour. A film projector doesn't need to do anything different to show colour film vs b&w film. It was Dolby Stereo sound that most theaters did not support and those theaters got prints with mono sound instead. Star Wars was NEVER shown in black and white in theaters.
They deadass spoiled the whole damn movie in the reporting lmao
I guess they really thought Star Wars was bantha fodder.
Oh how damn wrong they all were
It’s because at those times you could no about a movie and still enjoy the film
The novelization of Star Wars was released in Christmas of 1976 and completely sold out. A good portion of the kids going to see Star Wars were seeing an adaptation of a book they read.
@@domino_201 The thing is that it was not so popular nor relevant what minorities such as kids and Nerds among society thought was good back then...
cowboymovie in space without any message.
“Star Wars has no moral, no messa-“
“That’s not true. That’s IMPOSSIBLE.”
Funny but Luke was wrong unlike that reporter. Search you feelings. You know it to be true.
@Keithustus “NNNNOOOOOoooo! NOOOOooooo!”
Joshua Moncreiff I mean, Star Wars does sound like a porno name.
At least they got the escapism correct
Considering the other sci fi movies in the 70s that were heavy on message but short on fun it's not a surprise the reporter would say that.
"There are no sex scenes in Star Wars" Woah, imagine
Josiah Pike there's Leia in that hot Bikini 😍😍😍😍😍😏😍😍😉
Twincest
Apparently all that porn I watch is loaded with "moral messages."
mikeyblaise18 Not in the 1977 film
He was strictly taking about the first one. And anyway, a woman in a bikini is sex? Since when?
"it cost 9 million dollars to produce, it will bring in at least ten times that amount"
*chuckle* this guy has no idea...
Rikard Nilsson I mean he said atleast
@@jeremydavis5661 Yes but that's like saying "my stocks in microsoft will increase at least 1 dollar in value the next ten years" in 1985.
@@danejasho Well, I'm pretty certain 9 million dollars was worth more in 1977.
@@barnstormer546 Even accounting for inflation, that would still make no more than 50m in today's $. Marketing and actors' payroll simply cost _much_ more than they used to. Also, cinema ticket prices have soared like crazy over the last few decades, especially due to the VHS revolution.
At least
Reporters calling Star Wars fans weird nerds for 11 minutes
Call us nerds! Idc!
Sniffles
They were a lot more blunt and honest in those days.
Yes even back then there was Centrist liberals networks The Establishment love those corrupted guys. 😅
The first clip is literally them praising the movie and comparing it to the boomer westerns they like.
Oh never mind that was somehow a complaint
"And Chewbacca, that somehow knows how to pilot a space ship"
He's lucky it wasn't a live coverage, he'd have lost both arms.
As if Chewbacca was the first nonhumanoid to pilot a fictional spaceship, hehe! The Dalek would zap him first.
Paul Freedman and he didn’t have the high ground.
@@ShamrockParticle Wookies are humanoid
Space Dead - A non-human humanoid.
Classic racism
Seeing NBC trying to dumb down Star Wars for the ignorant masses was an alien experience.
Sorry to break it to you, but Star Wars is pretty damn simplistic. There's no moral ambiguity.
@Cinematic Curtain: "If you do the research" corroborates the whole idea most people don't follow the writer's influences.
mOrAl AmBiGUiTy
@Cinematic Curtain: I never say whoosh in comments, but I really have to here.
@CrimsonTheNeek: Holy shit, tard cart. He's telling everyone to "do the research". That in itself says that most people don't know obscure influences. How hard is that to realize? You're funny, keep it coming, Chad.
“These people are odd, even by the standards of a high crime area that’s no stranger to people sleeping on the street.”
Damn. 1980s news media was SAVAGE.
"it's like the force is with us"
"The force is with them, occasionally, the police force that is"
At least these encamped people didn't urinate or defecate in the street.
Yep. They were much more blunt and honest in those days... No sugar-coating for all the evil, spoiled babies
Jedidah Fire ok boomer
Still Savage even today!!
“These days the way the world is, there is a lot to escape from”
Nothing has changed
Except they try to shove a political message in an escapist movie.
Disney also destroyed the escapism for a lot of us. Now that we know what the future is for our beloved heroes in Disney’s cannon. They’ve become failures, cowards, unhappy lonely people. Thanks Disney.
@@saymynameice-zen-berg511 Speak for yourself!!
@Ch1ll
Movies have always had political messages in them you fucking Snowflake even Star Wars
@@whiskeycompany13 but it's not "women power", diversity for diversity's sake, or complaining for representation for lgbtq...
Star Wars was a simple good guys fight for freedom from the bad guys and that even the most evil of them can be redeemed.
I can see the argument that Star Wars was a metaphor for historical events such as the world wars or religious beliefs but its not social justice propaganda.
“A cowboy movie set in space”
Mandalorian foreshadowing
Yeah but it’s so true though. That’s why Star Wars was so amazing when it came out. It essentially combined two dead genres. Westerns movies which became oversaturated in the 50s and 60s and the Sci Fi genre which was either Schlock or Twilight Zone.
I think that’s why a lot of people like The Mandalorian. It may be different but it feels like a return to roots compared to the sequel trilogy which doesn’t actually feel like Star Wars for most of it and a weird fever dream of corporate pandering and awful script writing.
Firefly foreshadowing
For me star wars is a space samurai movie
@@pavan_kumar556
As impossible as it might be, I’d love to see a western version of star wars, like some alternate universe in which the movies are actually set in the Wild West.
Cowboy bebop foreshadowing
Damn spoilers were everywhere back in the day
Yeah, Ikr almost as worse as Homer Simpson's infamous flub.
@@MrBoyYankee what's that?
@@alexrecrem9094 Homer told people waiting in line that Darth Vader was Lukes father.
@@MLBlue30 oof
They’re everywhere nowadays lol
“...and Chewbacca, who somehow knows how to pilot a spaceship.”
That’s racist.
No, thats wookieist
It is!
No, that's a movie!
Zach would be excellent at cinemasins. Lol!
@@thomashumphrey4953 he's just joking
Why do I feel like I’m being judged for liking Star Wars after watching this...?
You feel that way because it's what just happened.
Much as we might complain about boomers today, they had it just as bad (if not worse) when it came to enduring dismissive and judgmental rhetoric on many things they did, or would develop an interest in.
Same
His name is Ronald McDougall, but he became a vice president at Burger King not McDonald's... He was on the verge of greatness, he was this close
That’s so weird hearing them say the Star Wars films, each of them, have no moral messages.
To be fair, you really have to dig deep for something meaningful other than "good is good"
@@zgSH4DOW
Yea
@CrimsonTheNeek boomers think more then this zombie generation everything cool was made back then today's movies,music, and so called art are all shit so easy on the boomer bashing you owned them way more then you think boy!!!
Yeah, no moral or message, after saying it was Good against Evil. Sort of like, oh, I don't know, maybe the Bible? Which apparently also has no moral or message.
Then for Empire they say "retarded kids" Groan
Geoffrey Linehan
no moral msgs. Really?
It’s called a fokin NEW HOPE!
Teaches about friendship, corruption, senates, politics, spiritual powers, inner self, love, helping others, science, discipline, war, hope, teachers, books, culture, good vs bad...
What the FOK more they want?
Same as twilight, iron man, titanic...yeah, right!
Newsies: "No moral message"
Jedis: "Am I a joke to you?"
TacShooter george lucas: yeah.....it’s about Vietnam
@@femmefuntime Except that the Empire's uniforms are Nazi inspired and the word Jedi is a contraction of Jehudi (Jew). The Jedis also have a Jewish ethos.
It’s Jedi you stupid fuck not Jedis
@@Keist44 Exactly
TacShooter there is none
Reporter: Star Wars has no moral, no message
Fans: literally create religions based on Star Wars
Lmoa
He's right, you know.
Those who participate in the Special Olympics are incredibly brave people who overcome adversity. People who create religions based on Star Wars are the real retards.
@@Manx123 Two popular religions, Christianity and Islam, are both based on fantasy fiction books. I see nothing different with a religion based on fantasy fiction movies and cartoons.
@@Domasiukas
Dear god you fedoratipping neckbeards piss me off
@@Domasiukas You have a point but it wasn't needed, wanted or a useful addition to the comments.
“That’s princess lee-a, who is held captive by the bad guys”
That's how a character (recently seen the films but forgot who) I believe was on the rebellion called her 'lee-a' too lol
And don’t forget ham solo
Man not everyone was a nerd back on the 80's.
They didn't care nor the viewers.
*cmon, ham, we gotsa save lee-a from da bad gais!*
That’s what most of the characters called her in a new hope
10:10 The vice president of Burger King is called Ronald Mcdougall? Is that a joke?
Everything in this video seems like a joke lmao
He was originally an executive at Wendy's
Jim McCracken his lawyer is named Grim M. Ace
His son is named Pizza the Hut
Griffin French His lawyer was Thanos?
"It's not the actors, it's the special effects that steal the show"
That's the reason why so many Star Wars clones failed miserably.
What makes Star Wars so special is a combination of outstanding special visual and sound effects, the incredible score by John Williams, iconic characters and a rousing plot.
Yep, Disney thought they could just cram a bunch of special effects in with sjw rubbish and nobody would notice.
They were wrong.
Even Lucas said that you need two things for a movie to be successful and that was a great story and great characters. Special effects didn't even factor into the equation.
@@generalzod7959 Complaining about "sjws" is rubbish you deluded sheep.
@beta wave I'm pretty sure that's exactly where he went wrong. He knew that digitally he could create anything and he really went overboard with it with the prequels. One of the things I really enjoyed about the originals was the special effects at that time and how everything was so real.
@beta wave Haha yeah!
This makes Star Wars look like it's made in the 1920s
“That’s IMPOSSIBLE!”
Lol what. No it makes it look like it was made in the 70s
Watch like, anything else from the 70s. This checks out haha
It's still funny how the media back in the days gave so much covering to the special effects. 40 years later, when those effects are mostly pre-historical, we still love these movies for the exact opposite reason: characters, story and actors.
The special effects still hold up, but people now are able to better appreciate the characters, story and themes for the films.
"But these days with the way the world is, there's a lot to escape from."
Nice to know somethings never change lol
Yup that struck me...‘twas always thus...
And always will be.
"Pure escapism... no social message.." we could use some of that again in today's SW sequels
Things weren’t that bad in 1980 from what I remember
@@tcraigh1 you dont remember anything do you?
Palpatine: "Lord Vader... you are my.... number one... bad guy!"
The reporter covering The Empire Strikes Back is named “George Lewis.” At first I thought the anchor had said, “George Lucas has the story.” Yes, yes he does.
Are we any kin?, Johnny Hawkins Kentucky USA!!!
I remember being 6 years old and wondering about this movie all the adults were talking about. While my dad stood in line for the theater, I went around to the side of the building and put my ear to the wall trying to hear what was going on in there... And the reactions of people to the movie were visceral and moving... laughter, cheers and applause at all the right points. Everyone was a friend of everyone that day.
Bruh why they just telling the whole movie Id be so pissed
@CrimsonTheNeek Hasn't really changed since then.
People were a little more mentally stable back then and didn't have breakdowns over some spoilers
@Wolveon
>1977
>2 years after the Vietnam War
I wouldn't say people were "more mentally stable" back then lol
Alvin Ong Not every individual went to Vietnam.
Probably because the news was the only marketing you would receive that wasn't a trailer. People could easily avoid it. Kinda like trailer breakdowns on CZcams.
“Star Wars is simple escapist entertainment...no moral, no message.”
USE THE FORCE, DOUGLAS! LET GO, DOUGLAS!”
“He’s turned off his targeting camera!”
“Douglas, are you ok?”
“I’m alright! No moral, no message here!!” 0:40 - 3:31
"No moral message" ... guess Rian Johnson didn't get that memo, huh?
@@psych46 Was just thinking the same thing. I'm not a big fan of the new movies at all but I felt the series started over-complicating things with social messages from the prequels onwards to be fair. They just went totally overkill with the newer ones.
A small diverse group of scavenger rebels miraculously defeating a technologically superior (implied racially segregationist) government dressed as Nazis, but no, definetely no politics here.
Also the Rebels are a bunch of spiritual fucking college hippies, it’s really not particularly subtle guys
The news broadcast was about the original Star Wars (what is called “A New Hope” now) The reporter was saying there’s no message in ANH, when in fact there were a lot of supermarket tabloids denouncing (and some supporting) the idea of “the Force” as a secretive message, an attempt to introduce Eastern mythology to American youth (including things like Yoga, if you’re young enough to remember that outcry when schools started having it in PE).
That’s what I was referring to, not to the hardcore leftist crap that prances about like it’s legit SW movies.
"Pure and simple with no moral and no message"
Amazing, every word of what you just said was wrong
What is the moral of Star Wars?
@@PtPartss I wonder how I could apply that to real life. Like, converting my enemies to my friends so that we can fight a greater enemy?
親華會員 the moral of Star Wars is that the force is a cycle, and that it constantly tries to balance itself but over swings every time.
Ronald McDougall is the Vice President of Burger King...
“Ironic...”
He could save others from the clown but not himself.
Is Ronald McDonald a clown as to make fun of him? Lol
@@highmcfuckas3045 awww you're cute.
I love how they make fun of people waiting in line for days for a movie, but have no problem with people doing the same thing for a football game...
No one does that
Calm dowm
Nobody camps out a week before a football game. It doesn't happen.
@@DixiePokerAce You have clearly never been to a big time college football campus.
OK NERD
6:52 “This is the odd, Emphasis on Odd”. That’s a normal scene in San Francisco now
It's crazy to see how entertainment was so drenched in the western setting that they had to sell Star Wars as a "Cowboy Movie in Space".
That’s what they told middle aged folks and the elderly who watched broadcast news. The younger generations were already Sci-fi fans from things like Star Trek and all the silly sci-fi before ‘77.
@@Keithustus yeah. I live with my grandparents and they still wouldn't give Star Wars a chance lol
@@terratheterribl Mine neither, but that's because they were Christian fundamentalists.
“I know why I’m supposed to be here”
“Why?”
“Caus i got nowhere else to go”
4:00 lol, absolutely lost it.
It sounded like Peter Griffin
Back in the day you could call a spade a spade & a retard a retard.
It was the Boomer years.
I fucking miss it when they could say what it was.
Now 99% of the fans are retarded.
"The only difference is that the good guys ride spaceships instead of horses."
*Looks at The Rise of Skywalker*
If only they knew...
ZanFear looking at the rise of sky walker is a mistake
Oh, do they have space horses? I'm so glad they tied to that very important plot point!!
....knew about Tauntauns...
@@davidbrockmeier9538 Those are adorable, fluffy, space lizards, not horses, thank you very much.
ZanFear you mean Mandalorian right?
Jesus christ that last report really hated star wars fans
Too be fair, that is when Star Wars fans started to get annoying. Then the prequels came out and crushed their dreams. Sequels came out just to shit on the original and to make money. At least we still have the extended universe...oh wait.
@@kylevernonand what did the EU start?
"Alan Ladd Jr. whose film it is" -The last time someone attributed Star Wars to a studio exec instead of George Lucas
I wasnt going to say.hilarious no one vwr heard of alan ladd jr again.
Until Kathleen Kennedy, that is. 😉😉
“For the most part they’ve gone unmolested at least for the most part”
Random Dude: EEEAAAEEEEAAAEEEAAA
Also Random Dude: "C O M M U N I S T A !"
first time i've heard the word unmolested and i hope it's the last
Princess “lee-ah?” Chewbacca who “somehow” knows how to pilot a spaceship? Blasphemy
A Spectator that pronunciation is used by a few characters namely 3po and tarkin
Andy C next time put this -> 🤓 emoji.
"lee-ah?" Well, to be fair, even that rebel general giving the flight crew their briefing on the Death Star's vulnerable exhaust port mispronounces Leia's name this way... :)
This second one is ridiculous but just the other day I saw an Star Wars Fan comparing wookies to dogs
@@VicEntity Speaking of which, George Lucas, who produced the Indiana Jones movies which were directed by his friend named Steven Spielberg, came up with the name because his pet dog, a malamute, was named Indiana.
I died at "I'm calling about Return of the Jedi."
First segment: BREAKING NEWS. 1400 members of the rebel alliance were arrested protesting the Empire building a superweapon.
Ya when I started watching and it was about a nuclear site I was thinking this would be about Reagan’s Star Wars and to be disappointed.
“ you meet a lot of odd people here?”
“ this are the odd people waiting”
Never tell me the odds!
Very funny to hear Star Wars referred to as Alan Ladd Jr.'s film.
They probably didn't want to give credit to George. I mean, listen to the way they describe the fans. These news people seemed to be incredibly cynical and dismissive of the "odd" people waiting in line for Return Of The Jedi.
Not exactly. The reporter said, "Alan Ladd Jr., an executive at 20th Century Fox, whose film this is..." It sounds to me like he meant the film is 20th Century Fox's.
Christopher Thorkon He was actually instrumental in getting the film made. George says none of it would have been possible without him
Christopher Thorkon George had little involvement in the early trilogy. It was his idea and some of his writing, but between Fox and the editing, it was no longer fully his and better off as a result
I mean, the people waiting in line were quite odd. Who the fuck waits in line for a week to see a 2 hour long film.
I like how they constantly reiterate how simple the plot is to ease people into the setting.
The phrase "may the Force be with you"
Translates to"keep the money rolling"
Me: that could not be more true
Star Wars had no moral message? I strongly disagree. 'Strive to do the right thing, even against all odds', that was a message I took away from the film, and that was when I was 6 years old. Geez, that reporter was so cynical.
I was 7 and I got that light sabers and laser noises were cool. We didn't play much moral message on the playground doing Star Wars.
@@TS-qq7vr True, I didn't think too much about the moral message, either, when I was a kid. But I knew what that message was; I knew the Empire was evil, but the Rebels kept fighting despite the odds. Point is, there is a moral message.
Yeah, that's not a message. It's a cliche. Compared to sci-fi which typically explores complex themes, the original Star Wars movie (A New Hope) is pretty devoid of any such nuance. Even your quote doesn't really say anything. "Strive to do the right thing." Well everyone believes that. Tarkin for all you know believes he's doing the right thing. The key is in what *you* consider to be "the right thing" to do.
@@UnchainedEruption It may be a cliched moral message, but it's still a moral message. Nor does a theme have to be complex. You might enjoy complex themes; so do I. But, nonetheless, Star Wars has a theme. And you're taking me out of context, by the way. You know that when I said, "Strive to do the right thing...", it was in the context of good against evil. If you don't believe in concepts such as doing what is "good" or "right", because you believe that such concepts are subjective or relative to every individual, well, then so be it. Just know that the whole history of humanity and storytelling disagrees with you.
It was before any of the sequels. None of the characters hard arcs yet.
I can't explain it but when I saw the ladies packaging those tie fighters I just broke down in tears. I have That tie fighter from Return of the Jedi. To know that those people are the ones who built my toy. They look as though they took pride in their work and to know that the result, in that box landed in my hands and inspired me to make my dreams come true too. The dreams and hopes of a child to go on and do great things. Those people brought joy to so many children, including me. To see those boxes and think that one of those could be MY Tie Fighter. It just broke me down and I cried. I can't explain why exactly. i guess its just the memory and emotions of remembering my childhood. I don't know.
The Lavian do not make fun of him. He’s a y-wing fighter.
@The Lavian thank the maker he was not on that blasted Death star.. or Dantooine
der kunstler I hope they know how much joy they brought people
The Lavian 😂😂😂
It is a fun story, but still fiction. Try studying history. There are a lot of real life events that are inspirational. This is how I might wax poetically about the early aviation pioneers who inspired me to fly.
Now I could see something like "George Lucas inspired me to get into filmmaking..." being emotional.
Unless there is something you arent telling us, like you flew the Space Shuttle or something like that...
It's funny how, even in 1980, news stations couldn't help but say things like "the movie is pure escapism, no big social message, but these days, with the way the world is, there is a lot to escape from," echoing a lot of modern day news reports. Makes me wonder if there was ever such a thing as "these days" or if there was ever even a time that this world hasn't been "the way it is."
The news media has always been good at fearmongering
The segment covering the first movie dated June 13, 1977, blows my mind. I was born 5 months later that year. It's just crazy seeing footage and knowing you were not alive when it was originally broadcasted. Thanks to CZcams I was able to see it tonight for the first time, 42 years later.
The only thing more mind blowing is footage from Japan when Dragon Quest III released. Kids were literally skipping school to buy it and play.
2:52 "And Chewbacca, who somehow knows how to pilot a space ship"
That's rac......ummm....specieist
my thoughts exactly lol
AND HUG
Worst journalists ever
I was thinking that haha
To be fair, he looks like a walking carpet
OK - I get that maybe Star Wars had no moral or message, I'll give you that. But Empire?!? Holy smokes - that movie changed people's lives! Why? Yoda. 1) That the greatest Jedi warrior is this little green guy who's 800 years old (moral: don't judge a book, don't underestimate, etc.) 2) Yoda's line: "Try not. Do. Or do not. There is no try." 3) Remember this is 1980 - and Empire shows a black man running an entire planet (at least the mining colony.) Long before we had movies with black presidents. 4) When Yoda lifts the X-wing. And Luke says "I don't believe it." and Yoda says "That is why you fail." LIFE CHANGING!! I could go on - but jeez did NBC News miss the whole point back then.
Disney seems to be just as clueless about Star Wars as NBC was back then.
Unless *Jon Favreau* is appointed head of Lucas Film, I don't see Star Wars films being any great ever again.
Yep, there was only one black guy in space and it was Billy Dee Williams. How cool is that?
TALK!!!
Of course the first film had a message! It may have been as simple as “nazis are bad”, but it’s no less important...
And the first of the first Star Wars is literally about a bunch of college hippies who follow some weird ass spiritual cult & sit around in jungle temples, miraculously defeating the universe’s most technologically mighty government (whom are all dressed as Nazis & literally called ”stormtroopers”) through guerilla warfare & their belief in spirituality - that came out 2 years after the Vietnam war.
What I wouldn't give to back and relive that time of my life again.
The news was so much different. They mention the escapist quality of movies. A large corporation talked about advertising costs openly. They talk about potential sales goals openly. There was a spoiler in the news.
There was nothing more spoilery in those reports than we have now in trailers.
Alan Ladd Jr. The studio exec who made Star Wars, Alien, & Blade Runner a reality.
... You'd think he man would have had a nicer office than that.
@@jamesanthony8438 George Lucas forbid it! 🤣
Omg! The FEELS!!!!!!!
Started tearing up. All the excitement and severe emotions coming back! Almost like a time machine! Thank u sooooooo much for this!
0:26 “Douglas Kiker reports” WHAT AN UNFORTUNATE NAME
Early 80s: People camping out a week before the film
2020: Online pre-release ticket sales
Times have indeed changed! :)
SuperBondfan007 I remember when I was 14, I camped out with my older brother to go see Return of the Jedi. It was a really great experience. We meet a lot of cool fans that made camping out for the film really enjoyable. We had a blast exchanging theories about the film, talking about how we prepared to camp out for days on end, and so much more.
Pre release tickets didn’t exist 15 years ago either. Remember having to camp out for games and movies
I rather camp out more meaningful
@@vro981 I saw return of the jedi when I was 6 in the movie theater in long island NY, but I never camped out. Guess my parents waited a bit to take me.
@@sergequick5053 It's only meaningful because you give it meaning :) Personally I would love to camp out to buy tickets for a movie without having the theater call security on me lol
9:35 back when they made toys in the USA.
They still make toys in the US. They're just as shitty as they used to be and cost 10 times as much now.
I missed that...that’s a very good point. Defo all made in China now.
4:00 U can't say that on television anymore. lol
Jay121 he hurt me
Lol I was laughing. Didn’t expect that.
they went from retarded to special. gtfo.
probably because it was overdone so much it didnt mean anything anymore, language changes over time. Change with it or die mad about it.
The reason is that the word wasn't used as an insult that much back then as it is these days.
me: seems incontinent enough so far
4:00 *R E T A R T E D C H I L D R E N*
Incontinent
Shame that I had to scroll the comments that much to find this
Love this video, thanks for uploading. Main attraction to me is the viewpoint from the National Network News. Some outstanding news/journalistic talent.
I find a comment about Chewbacca being able to drive a space ship a bit offensive
go ahead, laugh it up fuzzball.
Torres Boxing then you need to reassess your life.
oh lighten up.
Even in crappy News Reel edited film and sound. Star Wars still kicks ass!
Burger King spokesman Ronald 😂
Still?
I am so glad I was alive and in theater for all 3 of these MASTERPIECES. Only 2 years old in 77 but I remember the bar scene with the fun music and the weird creatures. People waiting in line for 6 days sleeping on the HARD sidewalk!?!? Damn man, shows how awesome episodes IV V VI are.
Return Of The Jedi "An assault on the senses" this guy would have a seizure if he saw what a typical blockbuster is now.
All because of George Lucas accelerating that process by inventing whole new technologies to make it possible.
"....the force is with them. The police force, that is....they've gone unmolested, for the most part" 7:38
Geez that turned real dark real quick
8:01 Jonah Hill
"Molested" here meaning harassed or disturbed. Not as in sexually violated.
7:37 ⏰ is better
@@TS-qq7vr how old was he in 1983?
"There are no sex scenes in Star Wars..."
What about when the talking frog butt raped a blond teenager in the swamps?
Not in the 1977 film.
@Sir Knight Errant or maybe two characters in the background kissing for a few seconds isn't a big deal.
@Sir Knight Errant I hate Last Jedi, but only because it was bland and generic. They're not trying to "push a SJW agenda." Force Awakens and Rise of Skywalker were pretty good, though Force Awakened copied Empire Strikes Back a bit too much. You evidently despise the movies for daring to have a female protagonist, which is silly. Some pieces of media can fail because of trying to be "woke" instead of a good story, but hating the message is sexist/racist. Hating how it ruins franchises (Land of Stories, Mass Effect, Charlie's Angels) is understandable. My point is, some people create stories with the express desire of making money off of the Me Too movement. Some people ignore that and make good stories. But a golden few make stories that use a minority in their story in a way that makes sense, and doesn't detract from the experience/story and become amazing tales that move people's minds and hearts.
Sir Knight Errant Cool down man! I’m well aware Disney made it for the money, but the people who were in production clearly wanted it to be good. And I assumed (incorrectly, I now realize) that you disliked her because of her gender from your SJW comment. People who complain about SJW agendas usually use that complain as a way of masking their sexism/racism. But that also kinda makes your comment wrong. You dislike the movies for Disney’s greed corrupting them, not the “SJW” agenda then, right?
Great video sir. This brings back so many good memories of the good days. They will never steal the good memories that so many of us have.
They should’ve interviewed a 16 year old eric foreman in the 77 newscasts
Daniel Crozier 🤣🤣🤣
The guy giving the reviews name was George Lewis
I love the subtle "emphasis on odd"
7:42 - LOL did he just call the Star Wars nerds communists?
EYIEYIEYIEYAAAAA
3:59 "I find his lack of faith disturbing"
“Enough of this! Vader release him!”
Dont know how yougot this footage, but thank u for it. Fantastic!
The moral is believe in yourself and your friends.
Star Wars fans don’t have friends
And to choose to be good even when it can be so easy to be bad.
@@malalalalala2985 that’s just a stereotype.
I didn't expect a 1940s quality video for this in 1977
They use “good guy” and “bad guy” a lot
It was during the Cold War.
It's one of the most simple and relatable forms of narrative. Relatable because family education is based on the Bible.
It's frustrating, to say the least.
Seeing as how this pre-dates the prequels, you can't expect them to be savvy about how The Empire was once The Republic...
I love these old news segments covering Star Wars.
It's wild seeing people working a factory job & assembling toys instead of our mechanical overlords.
Yeah, and elderly people at that! Nowadays if you're over 45 you're practically unemployable.
A documentary about those Jedi campers would be fascinating.
2:29 "That's Princess Leea."
That hurt me physically.
A cowboy movie set in space, wow, I never thought of it like that before.
Andy then you gotta see the mandolorian
Yeah but wheres the lassos? Oh wait... Tractor beams. Dammit!
Yeah, with some old Samurai and martial art movies in the mix.
@@DonVigaDeFierro I think that's not til later when the prequels came out
It actually was a deliberate part of putting it together. Star Wars, especially the first film, was a mashup of westerns, WWII films, and samurai.
4:00 Excuse me Sir. Sir! We're going to have to cancel you.
Waaah, my language is being policed.
"unlike jaws it doesn't frighten people" for the most part maybe, but the crispy bodies scene haunted me for years
Roonil Wazlib yeah, you can tell these news people are anti-Star Wars critics who probably didn’t even watch the whole movie.
So sad what has happened to Star Wars since then.
Its like being in a time machine! Thank you for uploading this!
No moral? Is he mental? Good vs Bad is moral
It's true, I remember going to Star Wars in the 70s and there was no message, in fact nothing even happened at all. They just got in their spaceships and sat there until the movie ended. No message, no content, no anything.
I didn't discover til years later that it was actually because of a broken projector
He means moral [of the story]; the lesson to take away from it. Good guys are good and bad guys are bad is not a moral, just self-evident descriptions.
I remember waiting in line 2 hours to see these movies
4:00 .... back in the day where not everyone got offended by a simple word
No. A dozen others had fallen out of favor. 'Retarded' was the politically correct term in 1977. 45 years from now the kids will be shocked to hear us referring to special needs...
Nah, plenty of stuff was always offensive. People just didn't have the courage to speak out about it. Now they do. Sorry if that inconveniences bigots (not sorry).
Oh stfu
@@edgeninja no, negative words just get replaced with another overtime because what was once considered the correct term was deemed offensive because any word used for someone with a condition will be viewed as insulting.
Language changes, the context in which we view it changes, culture changes, that's life. If you're going to worry about every little thing that changes around you you're gonna be worrying a lot, fight the battles you know will help people instead of little silly contrivances.
7:05
When someone asks you why you are at Walmart getting groceries on a Friday night
Thanks for uploading, that was great!
A classic time where we knew how we are. Star Wars truly took us to a galaxy far, far away...
Awesome video!!!! Thanks guys.👍
I love hearing news reports about GOOD Star Wars films!
And there’s only been one since 1983 so yes it’s amazing seeing coverage like this.
@@Keithustus Ah Christ, you're one of _those_ people
40 year old virgin: “I know why I’m supposed to be here.”
Reporter: “Why?”
40 year old virgin: - shrugs - “Cause I got nowhere else to go.”
7:00 🕖
Let me see, you cried with Endgame?
@Sir Knight Errant Eh, back then movies and TV shows were bad influences, childish and the people consuming them were losers... Then it was heavy metal, and then videogames... And even before that, it was comic books.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
StahlBlitz 😂😂😂
*Steel Beam* So true.
Thank you for posting... 😎👍🏾
RIP - Laddy. Thanks for keeping the faith and bringing us Star Wars.