Hidden Meaning of Star Wars Ep.4: A New Hope - Earthling Cinema
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What if an alien in the future stumbled upon Star Wars? Welcome to Earthling Cinema, where we examine the last remaining artifacts of a once-proud culture and try to understand what human lives were like before their planet was destroyed. I'm your host, Garyx Wormuloid.
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Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Starring: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher
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"From Seahorses.." (shows Dolphin)
"...To Horses." (shows Seahorse)
Because wolves, cockroaches, seahorses, and other creatures are horses, but not horses.
the humor in this video is so clever I love it
Wow, you just argued that one of the most popular films of all time actually had a negative effect on the history of cinema. That takes balls (or whatever your species equivalent is) and I respect you for it.
Also, just to point out: it's not that unbelievable that in a totalitarian society someone as young as Luke would be ignorant of events just two decades earlier. I don't know much about the expanded universe, even going by the films it seems obvious that the Empire hates the Jedai enough to not allow mention of them anywhere under their control.
He does that often. Even some of the best stuff he'll find some sarcastic spin on it to make it seem as if That's what caused our extinction. It's hilarious. And I think Star Wars fans are smart enough to know that he's being sarcastic. Well... At least I hope so. Wormuloid I hear is pretty scary with the new lightsaber that just came out. Wouldn't want anymore amputations.
Barry Gormley Why should he care for an extinct species?
Barry Gormley You mean Eyebrows?
Barry Gormley That Star Wars (and Jaws) changed t how Hollywood works, to the detriment of film quality, is not a unique argument. Before then the studios would give money to directors and make money on the movies that worked, like the Godfather and Raging Bull and Midnight Cowboy. In the late seventies, because of the success of big films like Star Wars, the emphasis shifted to big formulaic blockbusters.
Popularity is not an indication of quality. McDonald's is the most popular restaurant in the country. Bud Light is the most popular beer.
HildebrandJohnson But it's not like silly, escapists fantasies weren't popular in the Pre-Star Wars era. Look at the early James Bond films.
I lost it when he called M. Dew toxic waste and the miami heat which seams to have something to do with sports a fascist regime
if u watched basketball from 2010-2014 everyone thought the Heat were the literal Nazi's of the NBA cus Lebron was dicking everyones favorite team down
I'd like to see his take on Napoleon Dynamite; well, I'd mainly like to see his sarcasm about Napoleon Dynamite.
EpixArtwork i would too
"...all of which directly lead to the extinction of the human race."
That's actually pretty deep.
supermanadamio I was like wait...what did he say?
***** I just kept scrolling
I knew it! It was capitalism all along!
I mean, capitalism, pollution.
"And the one that came out last week " good one.
Tangly I didn't get that joke. Care to explain?
Bao Le The trailer dude
Bao Le He's saying another Star Wars movie just game out. This could imply a lot of things:
1. If Episode 7 just came out a week ago, then either humanity gets destroyed (these videos are supposedly about analyzing artifacts from a dead civilization) before the release of Episode 7 or Episode 7 gets pushed back so far that humanity is destroyed before it is released.
2. If it's an episode beyond 7 then somebody went nuts franchising Star Wars and new movies are still being released after humanity's destruction.
Bao Le He is implying that Star Wars just got its 587th sequel out last week
Tangly look at the toy story video. He states that Disney is still alive and is a super power, so Disney is still making new Star Wars films.
I knew the Luke wearing white and Vader wearing black symbolized their sides. but i never realized the same about Han and the Stormtroopers. good show.
Vader definitely doesn't represent yin, though. If anyone represents yin, it's Mon Mothma.
Big eyebrows that link up to a shared conciousness? No wonder than dude with unibrows in my class was like the smartest person on Earth.
+SnowScales , does that mean that Milhouse is a meme?
HAHAH THATS ME
No! Millhouse will never be a meme. But Millhouse is not a meme is a meme.
were you in my high school in Plainwell Michigan in 1975 ?
That was me !
ROFLMFAO
"May the Force be ever in your favor, Mr. Frodo." -Dumbledore
You nasty nasty fellow.
The farce is strong with this one...
That bit about the movie industry was shockingly accurate and kind of an eye opener. I'm sure it isn't just this movie, and I do enjoy Star Wars, but it does seem like it was released during the transition to a focus on shitty cheesy action movies.
+|Jake|C| The bit that came straight after, about film merchandising, is pretty much spot on. I believe Star Wars is credited with the start of excessive branding of film. Can't say if it will be our end though (give it a few years).
It is funny that, way back in 1983, George Lucas said in an interview that "A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing."
Ah, those were different times, when movies had things rarely seen nowadays like; intriguing plots, carefully crafted stories, and great acting.
Now, thanks to the unheeded words of George Lucas, (even by himself), and the massive profits from movies by Michael "Boom Boom" Bay, pretty boring things are all we have left.
"All of which led to the extinction of the human race."
Prophetic words indeed.
As James Carville might say, "It's the economy, stupid!" Society as a whole went through a massive shift, abandoning the progressive politics of the past 40 years in exchange for neoliberal austerity. I am unsure if this was all sparked by economic uncertainty...I have seen others suggest racial tensions played a factor (white people were sick of the advancements in rights blacks and other minorities had been gaining...and then those uppity women thought they should get in on the action, too), but it's no surprise that a big cultural shift would come along with this political shift.
I'm pretty sure Vader is dutch, Vater is german
The Dutch part is correct.
Kyle Sofia Nolan I speak both languages, so I'm quite sure about both.
+Daniel Hofkes that's cool man. I love Star Wars so I try to know as much of it as I can
Kyle Sofia Nolan Cool:) Where are you from?
+Daniel Hofkes I'm an American. For foreign languages, I speak some French. I do reviews for movies on my channel, and I'm going to start reviewing Star Wars for Episode 7. I need all the support I can get. Can you check out my channel?
Nothing saddens me more about Star Wars than the realization that millions of innocent technicians, engineers, and pilots who were simply trying to make do in an awful world (like Luke would have by joining The Academy) were destroyed in the rebellion (then again in the last movie but with more construction workers added in). Not all of them were evil sith lords, dictators, and..bad people. Some might just be the guys who pushed all those buttons that lit up but did nothing.
Why do people Always think Vader comes from the German word: Vater? It comes from the Dutch word: Vader, wich yes, does also mean Father.
Bart van Oosterhout mostly from the movie "Pitch Perfect"
Didn't see that movie.
Actually, Darth Vader is a portion of the word "Invader", just like Darth Sidious is taken from Insidious, Darth Plagueis, obviously invokes Plague, Darth Tenebrous means Darkness, etc.
The link to any translation to "Father" is purely coincidental
It wasn't intentionally father at all tho
Well that summed up everything. No need for me to have a star war marathon anymore.
If this movie was made now Chewy not getting the medal would be taken as racist
#WookieLivesMatter
The comment about SW ruining good filmmaking is pretty edgy. Not sure if SW was the cause, but it sure was the forerunner. Great episode!
Sure and the new era of films ushered out good filmmaking as stated in the video. I just equated ushering with ruining.
It's oversimplifying to say that movies were ruined after Star Wars, or that there weren't bad movies made before Star Wars. True, Star Wars lead to an increasing era of movies as business ventures over art projects, but it isn't really Star Wars' fault that other producers tried to bottle that lightning, and even a profit-minded movie can be high art (think the Inception, especially in regards to a Shared Spectical). *They did not stop making good movies after 1977.* Besides, having a simple narrative or a lot of special effects doesn't make a movie bad, making a bad movie makes a movie bad.
Ofcourse it's oversimplifying. And you're right. Saying movies were ruined after Star Wars is strictly from the point of view that the pre-SW way of making movies was better in some way. And something was lost after that.
You can't blame a series for creators deciding to abandon originality
priitsan it was a joke... Hollywood is a propaganda machine, it will continue to churn out movies promoting the agenda of the Establishment long after Lucas stops milking Darth Vader.
I know you guys would get thousands of requests but anyway:
1. PLEASE do the Graduate!!! Its so much more important then The Phantom Menace!
2. Please do Apocalypse Now after the Graduate, there is a lot of content that can and should be analysed in that movie!
Also really appreciate what you do; hilarious & intelligent!
I lost it at the Miami Heat line
Alien - analysed by aliens. Please.
I know the matrix lost the poll last week but please analize it some time
Do all of them! 1-6 plus the Clone Wars and Rebels.
Ms. Service Well clone wars is a 6 season tv show witch would take a lot of episodes and rebels is no where near done.
pandaman281 I meant the movies.
Ms. Service so rebels made a movie and then a show ? I still have to watch it
No but it just had a 50 min first episode.
oooh ok thanks I will have to check it out.
that is my fav line. "Faith a human concept necessitated by crippling mental inefficiencies"
i voted for the graduate because it's one of the best films ever and i want to hear your take on the complex family relationships and of course plastics...but this is the internet, so i look forward to you analysis of the empire strikes back
People keep saying that 'vader' is German for father, while all along, it's Dutch for father instead. Oh internet.
Renske Dunnewold you claim that vater isn't German for father. A quick Google search determined... That was a lie!
Curt Coomer But the "t" in Vater isn't pronounced "th" or "d"
If you haven't noticed, the aliens don't always get the facts right in the series.
Eric David "Alfred Hitler." :-D
@Eric: But he did get it right actually... he says "vater" with a "t" (though he does not pronounce it German it is a "t" and not as a "d" like in dutch)
lol at the number of people correcting his innacuracies towards human culture and language in teh comments XD
no seriously Lol... there is dozens of jokes made about the fact he knows nothing about human culture, and it is blindingly obvious... and you are going to correct him on Vater/Vader adn father and dutch and german or whatever...
guy thinks a dolphin is a seahorse XD
Do V for vendetta. It would be cool the see how you interpret it.
Do Birdman!
The King Slayer oo omg yes!
The King Slayer oo qotsa!!!!
The King Slayer oo I'm afraid that one is far down in the..........pecking order
TheRaven why?
Become Your Strength hell yeah :)
Wormuloid eye brow game is on fleek brah
What is this "ep.4" nonsense?!? This is episode 1 to me.
Originally, it was suppose to be called "Star Wars", not "A new Hope" or some other bullcrap George Lucas pulled later on the 80's to milk the franchise, but hey "Empire strikes Back" was pretty epic.... the Ewoks in "Return of the Jedi" bothered the fuck out us fans until we were giving some worse shit called "Jar Jar binks",
Darth Vader actually comes from Dark Invader. The name was invented for the first draft, where he was a barely featured general. It wasn't even decided that he'd be Luke's father until after the first movie came out!
Then why was the character given the name 'Father'? Darth is a conflation of 'Dark' and 'Death'.
maggie smith I thought it was a compression of "Dark Lord of the Sith".
9:11 The old guy in the middle looks kinda like Kozo Fuyutsuki from NGE.
oh I see what you did there with the prequels very clever very clever
I still want to see The Graduate decomposition, it sounds interesting
We get to punch Jar Jar! ^_^
It seems even aliens hate the prequels because a human construct called "the internet" told them so
Or maybe they just watched them and realized that if they didn't have to Star Wars name, they would be sold in the $5.00 DVD bin at walmart
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Blindly hating the prequels slowly has stopped being cool anymore so yeah
Mohammed Zaid I mean, i definitely dont hate them blindly...i just feel like they dont stand up to the originals in ANY way shape or form, they might as well be a completely different series
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I see. If it's your own opinion and judgement, then I respect it (as long as you didn't like that disgrace for a movie named SW: ANH reboot, oh, TFA :P)
To me, the prequels were essential. The OT was too dull and the special effects were too tacky (considering it's as old as that). The prequels not only had better CGI, but actually expanded the SW universe beyond the small realm of just 3-4 lead characters and converted it to a full fledged universe of it's own. The breathtaking visuals of different planets and the battles gave a feeling of grandeur. It showed the time when the Jedi order were at their prime of power and what's more, had much better lightsaber duels and some of the best OST the franchise ever had to offer. It showed us how the Sith came to power and how Anakin got curropted to join the dark side.
The only thing that was poor about the prequels was the dialogue but apart from that, they were 10/10. Brought so many memorable things to the SW universe - Darth Maul, Duel of the Fates, Qui Gon, set the perfect stage for the possible rise of Darth Plagueis in Ep VII, the clones, the Jedi masters Windu and all.
Imho, you just can't enjoy like 30% of the SW cinematic universe, the rest of the 60% (bar TFA) is essential too
i like TFA for one reason. IT STILL FELT LIKE STAR WARS the story in the preqels was weak and boring. the CGI in the first two doesn't hold up as well as the effects in the originals (not the special editions) and to me it just seems like they didnt care. I watched the preqels much after i saw the originals and just kept wondering why it felt so much different and quite frankly wrong.
...from toxic waste to sea horses to horses. Wormuloid is seriously on some good space dust when he analyzes these primitive Earthling films.
Thanks for not ruining this one by showing a guy who claims to be you at the end nagging for subscriptions and shit. Really ruined the atmosphere. I was kinda waiting for it this time with my pointer ready on the unsub button. I'm glad I didn't have to click it, cause I find this program very educating. :)
How about Boyz N The Hood, South Central, Menace II Society, Friday, New Jack City, Higher Learning, CB4, Poetic Justice, Juice or Don't Be A Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood? Really, I'm just interested to see how you'd handle those.
EDIT: I meant to add Do the Right Thing and Blankman to this as well.
Without a doubt one of the funniest and most thought provoking Earthling Cinemas to date. Keep on keeping on you delightful big browed alien you.
Faith a "concept necessitated by crippling mental deficiency" I kind of agree with that.
"...faith, a human concept necessitated by crippling mental insufficiencies."
Priceless! have a a thumb up!
"and the one that came out last week wasn't bad either" creepiest thing I've ever heard since I just saw the force awakens last week at the theatre.
Every time I think Hidden Meaning videos got better with time I watch an older one and realize, nope, they've always been this good.
This video helped me think critically of character design, and for that, I salute you Garax! 👍
German: Vater = Father; Nederlands: Vader = Father.
So you can chose.
2:14 Which is a complete misrepresentation of Taoism and a misunderstanding of what the taijitu (the symbol often incorrectly referred to as a "yin-yang" when yin and yang are what it represents, not the symbol's name) represents. The white half, yang, represents concepts like light, day, order (which can be oppressive), and sensory-focused masculine energy, whereas the black half, yin, represents concepts like dark, night, chaos (which can be liberating), and intuitive feminine energy. So the factions have their color schemes reversed since the bad guys represents "order" (in the form of oppression). Granted, the Jedi also represented "order" in their time.
2:53 Order? Chaos? What's the difference? If "order" is oppression, give me "chaos" any day. Case in point: 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' and 'Demolition Man'.
2:24 Ackchyually, the OG Stormtroopers date back to WW1 and weren't necessarily "bad guys" (though there were no "good guys" in WW1). Hitler's Stormtroopers named themselves after the OG ones, hence the modern perception of the term (relative to the current Earth year).
3:52 Vader has a yang-centric personality and belief system, so his wearing black is definitely NOT symbolic of yin.
3:58 All the "good guys" have personalities and belief systems that are relatively balanced between yin and yang.
4:00 Han's personality and belief system are yang-centric, but in a Chaotic Neutral sort of way instead of Lawful Evil. Of course, he evolves into Chaotic Good.
they go to a club?!?
freaking hilarious
I am inappropriately turned on by Garyx Wormuloid... The soft voice, the relaxed face, the focus in his eyes, the eye contact... And the bow at the end, with eyes closed is so intimate... Anyone else?
I can see why you'd be turned on by those. I've been turned on by *much* worse, so you're quite normal compared to me.
+Umgubular Slashkilter Me too, but I think it's the eyebrows!
Felds Liscia Oh, don't even get me started on the eyebrows. Mmm, delicious... On second thought, do you think people like us might freak him out a tiny little bit? Hope he does not stop doing those things. People of Wisecrack, please ignore any and all comments that I posted. Nothing to see here!
C'mon, Wisecrack, keep moving. You see nothing here.
Have you ever thought of reviewing A Clockwork Orange or Reservoir Dogs?
Earthling Cinema deserves to be up their with Honest Trailers, Cinemasins, and Red Letter Media when it comes to the best movie analysis videos.
Oh my God. The Star Wars nerds are getting angry. .....Vader means father in DUTCH, not German!!!...well like Eyebrows said about Han Solo shooting first, or not......"Who Cares"!!!!!!
there’s a dark horse comic that explains why chewie didn’t get a metal. wookiee can only wear metals by other rookies . something like that . honors and metals from others are meaning less only from rookie to wookie. go read the comic i’m pretty close in explaining it
I was surprised that most of the facts were true.
This comment used to offend people... times have changed
Facts are, by definition true. Just leaving this out there.
Ok I was just saying that most of the time. So yeah don't need to be a critic on comments.
Michael Lee Don't worry bro, I'm just sayin'.
+Marcelelias11 Not you the other guy
Obi-Wan forgets his ID, the bouncer kicks him out, and the rest of them get all worked up about it.
I don't why that's funny but its just is for some reason.
wonderful review
That vote at the end really isn't fair, you guys. Who's going to pass up a chance to hit Jar-Jar in the face?
Henric von Winklebottom jar jar is the best character in all of cinema
How many people punched their monitor when he said to punch Jar Jar in the face?
I'm surprised they didnt mention it when speaking about colors. Vader's suit is almost entirely black but in the center has 2 buttons a red on and a blue one, symbolizing the inner conflict the character experiences
The Force Awakens should be next!
I wonder if you will ever analyze Tekkonkinkreet.
"And Spoiler Alert: Vater means Father in German"
My reaction: NOOOOOOOO!
Just spent 15 minutes punching Jar Jar in the face.
"Boogie Nights"!
That last comment had me dying.
Merchandise led to humanity's end lmfao
This is 100% accurate to realty.
ep 6 and 7 is just a rerun of 4 but with different subplots
anyone think the intro is so satisfying? The paper crumple?
Blythe Hailey I often restart the video and raise the volume to make sure I hear it right.
Haha yeah, you gotta love WiseCrack :P
I punched Jar Jar in the face; please do The Empire Strikes Back.
Garyx can you please do Mulholland Drive? :]
Dutch, not German. But the Vader - Father connection wasn't planned until after the 1st movie, it is a retcon that Lucas now insists was his idea all along, but it's clear from basically every other source that he just thought it was a cool villainous sounding name, abbreviated from INvader (just like Darth Sidious was abbreviated from Insidious), and Darth was a name, not a title at first.
Also (Grand) Moff (Tarkin); Mof was a dutch curse word for nazi.
Pretty please do Adams family values with sugar on top
Good jokes. Well done. Love the channel
Weird question:
Do you think the Star Wars IV dvd case is missing because it was mysteriously burned in a fire when no one was looking?
jezus when do they learn?!
german:
fater=father
dutch:
vader=father
wich is more like darth vader??
It's 'vater' in german
Yeah sorry i don't speak vater but i just know that it's with a t
+Sam Van Der Plas yeah no problem, i just wanted to get that straight.
+Sam Van Der Plas , are you saying that it's NOT pronounced "Dark Invader"?
Are are you suggesting that former siths were NOT "INSIDIOUS"?
Mike Richard that's probably the case yes but i want people who think vater=vader in german shit that they know that the dutch version of father is much closer
Love, love, love your channel and would love it even more if you did Berserk. Pls.
The godfather analysis would be sweet
"Obi-wan forgets his ID, so the bouncer kicks him out."
Had me dying.
The Empire Strikes Back
I wonder why Darth Sidious gave Anakin the name Darth Vader. Help me out, Star wars nerds!
+Jakob Snowthecrow becuase no one put thought in to those movies
Vader is dutch for father
+tushingbro i get that. Thats george lucas reason for naming him vader. But i doubt that sidious knows any dutch so why the heck would he choose that name? Another weakness of the prequels, as it appears.
+Jakob Snowthecrow are you asking me why "Dark Insidious" named a "Dark Invader" ?
Go outside for answers. George "Zim-Zam" Lucas put no thought into his movies. Just passive-aggressive apathy, hate against rock music and implied racism.
The bible goes into depth about the "Witch of Endor" (of Samuel, chapter 28:3-25) and the "THX 1137" (of Judges 11:37) where she wanders the desert before perishing as a abortion demanded by her deity.
You did some nice research, but it would have been interesting to highlight some of the stages of the monomyth as they come up in the movie.
Could've gone straight to the source and said Vader is Father in Dutch
... Vadar doesn't mean father in German. It's Dutch.
It would be cool to see a Chinatown analysis
In a way, this analysis is suggesting that Star Wars was responsible for everything bad that happened to the film industry afterwards.
do Donnie Darko please
Which eye brow do I have to pluck to get a Dune episode?
LMFAO those salty dislikes. Get over it!
the third reich and the miami heart LOL
How would you spell Darth Vaders breathing
Huuuu-pherrrrr.
Jacob Kwiatkowski I would say haaawwww perrrrrrr but
hu haaaaa
Garyx likes to feed his eyebrows some cheese beforehand, it keeps them from getting restless during the broadcast!
Please analyse Whiplash or Birdman!
Well, Vader did say, "the ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the Force." So it wasn't 100% reliance on technology on the Empire's part. Also.....HAN SHOT FIRST
Scathing.
Incredible! Funny and completely poignant. I have the same opinion in my Definition of Sci Fi video, as far as Star Wars wrecking movies, but it's only 2% as entertaining as this!
Wait... the Miami Heat are fascist? Hm. Makes sense.
...and the one that came out last week wasn't bad either.
I would argue that the real decline appeared in 2007 when having a sequel became all the rage in Hollywood after Spider Man 3, Ocean's Thirteen The Bourne Ultimatum, Rush Hour 3, Shrek the Third, Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End, were all released that same summer.
It's funny how we read so much into these movies and their meaning, but I wonder sometimes if the people who make them even realize what they were doing. Do we give too much credit to the creators of these films? Like the part about the use of color, it seems brilliant but did the creators have that intention or was it just because it looked cool. I dunno I have a hard time believing people are that smart or even care that much to include those details.I feel like sometimes we give them way to much credit but that's just me.
I sometimes think that too. Thats why english class, in my eyes, is such bullshit. you analyse shakespears lines down to the word and people make him out to be such a deep, complex writer whereas he might have just thought "this is a dope line to include". However, i think in recent years when film making has become more of an art form, in film school and places like that, film makers are encouraged to think and plan out shots to enhance the mood using lighting or colour or stuff like that.