@@Moonwalkdefender prequels have errors but It has a lot of good in it. 7-8-9 is just a disgrace and Disney should be ashamed for doing this to our beloved franchise.
@@zotyomester8223 I thought 7 was pretty good and that 8 is what ruined the potential story they could’ve had since 8 killed off all there potential characters like Snoke and others
The fact that they cheer the moment Vader turns into Anakin and picks up Palpatine instead of after Palpatine gets thrown down the shaft speaks volumes of how emotionally significant that moment was to audiences.
I remember cheering during Superman, Superman II, Raiders Of the Lost Ark, Star Wars, E.T. and Return of the Jedi. I don't remember cheering past the 1980's, sometimes laughing, but no cheering.
I remember! I was only eleven when this came out, but waited in line with my brothers to see it, and the audience went NUTS at this moment! I'll never forget it.
It's crazy isn't it, I'm going to rewatch it for the millionth time because how can a mask which was fearsome for three films then emote like that? I've always appreciated but never quite understood..
This seems like very polite applause and a few enthusiastic cheers compared to the absolute cacophony of ecstatic screams of joy and wild gesticulations I recall from the audience I was in on Opening Day in 1983. We were literally hollering at Vader to “DO SOMETHING!!!!” before he actually did, at which point it was like 1,000 simultaneous nerd orgasms, followed by tears. I’m not joking, either, it was a very passionate, moving experience for a lot of us who’d been waiting three years to see it. We went berserk.
@@hellothere2808 Well, I guess audiences can show some national traits. But every individual is different. My twin sister (!) wasn't in tears, though she loved the movie just as much...
Palpatine spent so much time working on corrupting Anakin Skywalker. But after all the years of having Vader as his attack dog, broken, twisted, and mutilated, THIS is where he made his biggest mistake. Palpatine forgot what it was that got him Anakin Skywalker in the first place: his desperate need to protect his loved ones from dying. If Palpatine had remembered this, he perhaps wouldn’t have dared to kill Luke. Anakin/Vader knows what love is. Palpatine has never known love in his life.
Anakin. Just a pathetic coward trying to get someone to love him. It’s really sad tbh. He was always so worried about loosing everyone he never enjoyed being with them. Then he killed them smh. Dude was a nut case.
Would have felt good for Vader throwing palps down the shaft. finally free from Palptines manipulative/evil ways was probably sick and tired of being his servant
The significance I saw was, in saving Luke, Vader was saving one of the last parts of Padmé… the failure that haunted him the most, the thing he had thought slipped away from him 20 years ago, and in that moment he realized he finally had the chance to do it. Ofc this is all with the added context of the prequels, but it gives the moment even more weight IMO
@@Shyyrn Vader must have had many chances to remove Palpatine, but they were all selfish reasons. This time was for family. You might be onto something.
In the 80s, it was extremely rare to have any cams in cinemas. 1 they were ridiculously expensive and bulky and difficult to sneak in, and 2. People just enjoyed the movies without having the urge to film everything
Damn that makes me feel bad… I saw episode 3 at 5 years old and when the “master Skywalker there are too many of them what are we going to do?” scene came up I turned to my dad and said “Ooooh he’s gonna kill them all isn’t he?” And my dad said “Ummm… no… he’s gonna help them” and I was like “no he won’t… if he’s turned evil that’s not what he’d do” Later the scene where ObiWan tells Padme about this comes up and I turned and say loudly “see! I told you he would kill them!” My dad: 🤦🤦🤦🤦
I can still see this in my mind's eye. When Darth Vader lifted the Emperor, the whole theater jumped to its feet and cheered like it was their team's game-winning shot. I will never forget that joy as an 8 year-old for as long as I live.
Dude I saw that recently. I can't believe they added it in, it ruins the scene. Lots of the crap they added in was fucking cringe. I wish I could rent or buy the original version I grew up on. I never should've gotten rid of the VHS's.
I like this so much better than the modern blue ray version. Of course I'm a child of the 80's, in my personal opinion Vader's silence has such a greater impact.
@@Cableguy15 I would've loved to hear something like DIEE while he threw him down the shaft. Yes, it's not needed, but it would make up for a nice addition, if the ,,No" is kept.
@@mikelitoris9610 it was awesome eh? Also vividly remember the moose we almost smoked crossing the hwy, on the way to the theatre! This was also before the days of airbags too…. good times!!!
Experienced this moment as a 10 1/2 yr old in the theater and it was a very moving moment along with Vader's and Yoda's death. But the crowd erupted loudly & jubulenty during this unforgettable moment.
You couldnt even see Anakin's face only Vader's mask and you could still see how conflicted he was about this. Still amazes me that they were able to capture that so well and so simple
The entire crowd in theater in west covina applauded during this scene 1983... It was overwhelming.. I was 10 years young and remember like it was yesterday... To understand the true fallen jedi behind the mask..
@@shayne2168 if he added a sex scene between leia and the Ewoks you’d probably support that too. Don’t get mad at me because you accept mediocrity without realizing it’s mediocrity.
I so jealous I wasn’t alive at this time, this is why movie theaters are so special compared to watching the movie at home, hearing this applause from others that are just excited as you. At least I got to see the crowd go nuts at No Way Home
@@painpega I was the loudest person there, I first watched the Sam Raimi Spider-Man movies when I was like, two years old, so seeing my man Tobey Maguire back as Peter Parker was an experience unlike any other.
When I saw it in 83, the theater we were in really went wild when Vader grabbed Palpatine. Most people jumped out of their seats and were cheering. It was a remarkable, memorable moment.
@@zx713 most of Filonis stuff is great but the sequels definitely weren’t. We shouldn’t “embrace disney” we should hope Filoni does a good job without Disney screwing him over
Same here. I was born in 1992 and is coming 30 and seeing this part tears me. It's so impactful and emotional. You feel it of Vader struggle and what he is looking at. He decided enough is enough I have to take this guy out.
Between this scene and the funeral pyre, I lose it every time. First saw the original trilogy when I was seven and ROTJ still makes me weep twenty-seven years later.
I remember seeing this very early in the run and I swear I remember someone in the audience saying "wait... is he going to..." when Vader turned. About a half second later the audience erupted in applause.
I remember a similar reaction to Back to the Future att the cinema in 1985. It was ofc the "-You leave her alone!" scene, when McFly knocks out Biff. The audience was clapping and cheering like crazy, me included :)
We went nuts. It was a big deal. As a kid I heard rumors about what happened in the film and I didn't believe it. Vader was evil, that's all. When he turned away from evil to save Luke, with no reward, only death, I couldn't comprehend it at first. That's what a good guy would do. So that means.....Luke saved a good guy in the black costume. Wow. Blew our little kid minds.
It really does. It's remarkable that someone (or multiple people) actually snuck in a camera, filmed this scene, probably knowing what was going to happen from seeing the film already, and somehow preserve this into the digital age. The journey that camera footage went through alone was remarkable just as much as us reacting to an audience who were around before most of us were even born, reacting to one of the best moments in cinema history for the very first time.
@@mcmoonball no, the audio is super fucked until the cheering for some reason, there is a clear filter over it and back then it would have been impossible to bring a camera into a cinema cause they were huge.
I will never forget being at the movies that May day in 1983! Half of my school was at the theater. I recall being so happy Anakin Skywalker had returned and saved his son Luke. This was the best moment in the entire trilogy and everyone in the theater was cheering for him!
I showed this to my friend for the first time. The moment Vader reaches for the Emperor, his face face went from horrific contortions and sheer shock to a long awaited and peaceful relief. He'd been holding his breath for it. Literally.
0:36 That music, hearing those notes swell, that is the moment Anakin Skywalker returned, and sacraficed himself to save his son. Tears every damn time. Return of the Jedi gets a lot of flack, but this is a movie done right, with the evil villain redeemed by the love and trust of his son.
It's remarkable that someone (or multiple people) actually snuck in a camera, filmed this scene, probably knowing what was going to happen from seeing the film already, and somehow preserve this into the digital age. The journey that camera footage went through alone was remarkable just as much as us reacting to an audience who were around before most of us were even born, reacting to one of the best moments in cinema history for the very first time.
Since I was only 6 years old when ROTJ came out, unfortunately, this was the only one of the original 3 that I saw in theatres. Like in many other theatres, ours had a very similar reaction to this scene.
Imagine a rerelease of all of 1-6 in theatres. Fans would go absolutely nuts. As someone born in 2002 I never got to experience it in theatres but thankfully my dad already had physical copies of all the movies so I watched it at an early age.
This video is FAKE AF. In 1983 they were still using film projectors which means you wouldn't get the raster pixels on the screen interfering with the sensor pixels of the camera. That means this was filmed on a TV or a modern digital projector. Once you realize this you can tell the film grain was put in post along with the canned audience reaction. Please don't post misleading videos like this
@@ezelop19 - Thank you! I just made a big reply to this video in the post. I was a kid in 1983, and no way in hell were people filming the screen and/or audience for reactions. There were no such things as spoilers: we actually tried not to spoil the movie for other people who had not seen it back then!
@@user-kg2ne8ku2c That actor for palpatine wasn’t even in the original trilogy, they replaced him so that it fit with the prequels after they released, same with the force ghost of Anakin. So yeah, this is very fake
Accidentally? Nope. He was plotting to kill the Emperor all along. But when he realized that Luke was his son,his whole attitude changed. He began to realize what he was all along…the Chosen One.
This scene played infinitely better when Vader didn't telegraph his intentions with that insipid "Noooo!" line. You were kept in suspense until the very end when Vader's actions spoke for themselves.
I saw this in 1983 with a group of two hundred Star Wars fans. When Vader lifted up the Emperor the cheering was so loud in the theater that you couldn't even hear the movie.
Saw it in theaters as a kid and said it then and will say it still: most cheer worthy moment in cinema history (spent 6 months with cinematographer Alan Hume and used to talk to him about it all the time)
As a kid ESB was my favorite but as an adult being able to appreciate character development and plot this takes the spot. It was so subtle, you can’t even see his face, no dialogue but you know exactly what he was thinking. Modern movie makers lost this
@@peterbarnes7726 might be fake but in 1983, i think they had video 📹 recorders but bigger ones. But the footage is the original return of the Jedi b.c Darth Vader is silent when he picks up the emperor. The updated return of the Jedi has Darth Vader say "Nooooooo!"
When I saw it the audience was yelling at the screen "help him, HELP HIM!!!!!" and when he did you could not even hear the movie the roar was that loud! This must have been a very subdued audience, both times I saw it in 83, reactions were the same!!
It's interesting to watch the online reactions to this from folks - especially young women - who have chosen to watch Star Wars in Chronological order. They literally spend 4, 5 and 6 desperately hoping against hope that their beloved Anakin will return. So this scene is literally trilogy saving for them.
@@rodericblack4657 I dunno. I've never watched the prequels - I don't really consider them valid - but I'm guessing the guy who plays Anakin is sympathetic and good looking. It's also interesting that girls weren't really that into Star Wars when it came out, but that seems to have changed as well. And I might just be missing young male reactions.
That's how I felt as a 14 year old kid. I went back and watched at least two or three more times that summer during the matinee. It was only 2 bucks in 1983. That scene never gets old.
This original ending was more powerful than the "No!" Darth Vader yells out before picking up the Emporor and throwing him. This is because of the element of surprise. I had no idea how far away Darth Vader was to the Emporor. The close-ups show more emotion and conflict, especially with Vader. It adds extra elements of anxiety/anticipation making the payoff worth more.
Wild that these cheers come from a time before I was even born. And I can hear them. I wonder how many were parents just waiting for the man to finally stand up for his own children haha
I wasn’t even alive at Star Wars’ inception so I didn’t have the honor of experiencing the Original Trilogy in theaters. But something about hearing the audiences excitement while watching this scene for the first time just makes me tear up.
I remember seeing it when it came out like it was yesterday. All 3 movies were mind blowing when they came out. I still remember standing in line outside to see A New Hope. I couldn't stop staring at the movie poster.
still makes me cry every time i see it, it is so good!. wish i knew how to covert my old VHS tapes to my computer, the silence is way better. even after seeing the film a million times, it still doesn't loose its tension in the moment, nor the joy of seeing Anakin save his son
More like a connection, in EP3 he yells no once he understands he lost everything he cared about , Obi, Padme and everything that already happened, his No was the final time Anakin would be there until this scene when he saves Luke, his last two connections to his old life, Anakin returns the same way he leaves.
When you realize that if the emperor would just shut up and not say things like “let the hate flow through you” Luke might’ve (just maybe) turned to the dark side
@@pyktukasplays4945 the newer one for sure. Maybe that’s just because it’s the only version I’ve ever seen but to me it just sounds weird not hearing Vader say anything.
@@joshbrown5842 It was the opposite for me. This is the version that I grew up with. It's odd to me that they inserted him saying "no", as if we didn't understand what he's thinking, it has to be spelled out for us now. And, if anything it makes it even more bizarre that the Emperor doesn't notice that Vader is about to turn on him.
We waited in line for 3 hours to get into the theater. It was the most incredible movie experience I ever had. The crowd was so into it you would have though the actors were present in the theater.
Ha. I remember this- first live-action film I saw in theatre (before was, like, Bambi, which you know's deep trauma). I was... shocked? Confused. "What is he doing, why is he doing that?!" My father tells me "it's 'cos he's his dad." "But you're *my* dad and you'd never do that!"
Recuerdo el día que fui al cine a ver esta película, el público reía, gritaba de emoción, es cuando el cine era mágico y nos sorprendían estas escenas. Nunca lo olvidaré.
This scene shows even through all the countless years of hatred, pain, loneliness and suffering that Anakin was still in there beneath the mask. He never truly lost himself to the darkness. He possessed the one thing sidious could never understand. Love. Vader was just the painful shell of a suit he was trapped in. The old saying of the suit doesn't make the man.
@@emastermet609 Why would I not snap at the movies when they're, in YOUR WORDS, dog shit? The legends comics explained in detail how he returned. Episode 9's explanation was literally just a line from Episode 3 that wasn't even referencing self-revival.
@@eldritchinterface7481 I'm talking about THAT aspect dawg, Palpatine coming back ain't nothing new, hell, even after he died a second time he was about to break out of Hell in Legends.
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Emperors biggest mistake was counting on there being only one Jedi in that room. There were two.
"This is out of hand!! Now there are two of you?!"
You deserve more likes
Got me in the feels with this comment
That was the moment in which Anakin remember his mission to fight against the Sith
Haha destiny 🤣
I saw this movie in the theater as a kid with my dad and my brothers. To this day that scene is still every bit as powerful and emotional.
I'm jealous why did I have to be born during the prequels lol
I got to enjoy seeing episode 1 in theaters in ‘99. I was 7.
@@Moonwalkdefender prequels have errors but It has a lot of good in it. 7-8-9 is just a disgrace and Disney should be ashamed for doing this to our beloved franchise.
@@zotyomester8223 I thought 7 was pretty good and that 8 is what ruined the potential story they could’ve had since 8 killed off all there potential characters like Snoke and others
Im so jealous u got to see all the orginal stuff without spoilers and all that
The fact that they cheer the moment Vader turns into Anakin and picks up Palpatine instead of after Palpatine gets thrown down the shaft speaks volumes of how emotionally significant that moment was to audiences.
I'm pretty sure Anakin was always there. This is the moment that Anakin destroys Vader.
@@harrymcnally6437 That's deep. So true.
Me too me too, and yes agreed
@@harrymcnally6437 yup
And it was all ruined by the rise of Skywalker!
In 80s audience cheered very rarely. But this made all theatres explode.
I remember cheering during Superman, Superman II, Raiders Of the Lost Ark, Star Wars, E.T. and Return of the Jedi. I don't remember cheering past the 1980's, sometimes laughing, but no cheering.
@@mj011n1r how old are you
True. It was almost like being in a stadium. The Enterprise A showing up towards the end of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home was a close second, however.
Yes remember that back then crowd went wild.
I remember! I was only eleven when this came out, but waited in line with my brothers to see it, and the audience went NUTS at this moment! I'll never forget it.
I can see his emotions behind the mask. Such a powerful scene.
It's crazy isn't it, I'm going to rewatch it for the millionth time because how can a mask which was fearsome for three films then emote like that? I've always appreciated but never quite understood..
@@Screwtxpe. it’s the music, the buildup, the tragedy between father and son, the lightning
Everything in the right combination to gripe our feelings
@@darkprinceofdorne true true but I'm still, idk it still boggles the mind lol
So much better without the added in "No.... NOOOOOO!" which just cheapened the moment I felt.
@@Screwtxpe. body language
The Emperor wasn’t killed by Darth Vader, he was killed by Anakin Skywalker.
You mean Rey Skywalker
@@owenmuratore7145 shut up
@@owenmuratore7145....Who ?
bro what 💀
Yea, you guys remember Anakin Skywalker, right? The guy that murdered all those defenseless children in the Jedi Temple...
This seems like very polite applause and a few enthusiastic cheers compared to the absolute cacophony of ecstatic screams of joy and wild gesticulations I recall from the audience I was in on Opening Day in 1983. We were literally hollering at Vader to “DO SOMETHING!!!!” before he actually did, at which point it was like 1,000 simultaneous nerd orgasms, followed by tears. I’m not joking, either, it was a very passionate, moving experience for a lot of us who’d been waiting three years to see it. We went berserk.
I reckon it could be the difference between American audiences and British audiences.
Damn I wish I could hear that
@@hellothere2808 Well, I'm Dutch, and I remember being in tears when I left the cinema...
@@JohanHerrenberg Fair enough, I wasn't even alive when it came out, so I wouldn't really know
@@hellothere2808 Well, I guess audiences can show some national traits. But every individual is different. My twin sister (!) wasn't in tears, though she loved the movie just as much...
Palpatine spent so much time working on corrupting Anakin Skywalker. But after all the years of having Vader as his attack dog, broken, twisted, and mutilated, THIS is where he made his biggest mistake. Palpatine forgot what it was that got him Anakin Skywalker in the first place: his desperate need to protect his loved ones from dying. If Palpatine had remembered this, he perhaps wouldn’t have dared to kill Luke. Anakin/Vader knows what love is. Palpatine has never known love in his life.
Spot on. Bravo!
Magnificent.
Anakin. Just a pathetic coward trying to get someone to love him. It’s really sad tbh. He was always so worried about loosing everyone he never enjoyed being with them. Then he killed them smh. Dude was a nut case.
Brilliant observation!
palp clearly knows love & has atleast one child 😈 probably more that remained undiscovered
This made me love Vader even more
This is so much better than the modern day blue ray crap! Vader's silence has such a greater impact. 😁
I thought the blu ray’s first quiet ”no” sounded really cool but whatever.
The fact that he would forget everything just to save his son is amazing, considering it's litterally Darth Vader
@@ethanowen4417 Darth Vader was gone at this point. It was Anakin in Vader's armor.
You mean Anakin
All the joy Palpatine stole from Anakin, hell I'd throw him down that shaft.
Would have felt good for Vader throwing palps down the shaft. finally free from Palptines manipulative/evil ways was probably sick and tired of being his servant
I agree. And after all the promises Palpatine made Anakin...hell, when I found out that Padme was dead...the first person to die would be Palpatine.
The significance I saw was, in saving Luke, Vader was saving one of the last parts of Padmé… the failure that haunted him the most, the thing he had thought slipped away from him 20 years ago, and in that moment he realized he finally had the chance to do it.
Ofc this is all with the added context of the prequels, but it gives the moment even more weight IMO
@@Shyyrn Vader must have had many chances to remove Palpatine, but they were all selfish reasons. This time was for family. You might be onto something.
When Vader said “it’s forcin time” really hit home to a lot of audience in 1983
This makes me wanna see a full theater reaction to this movie
It’s gonna be playing at “Docs Drive In” this month in Buda Texas!
It can never be quite the same as when no one new it was coming...we hoped, but we weren't sure!
In the 80s, it was extremely rare to have any cams in cinemas. 1 they were ridiculously expensive and bulky and difficult to sneak in, and 2. People just enjoyed the movies without having the urge to film everything
Man I wish I could experience this in the 80s but I wasn’t born yet
@@darthderp8066 It was pretty wild...on opening day we waited in line for six hours for tickets!
I saw this scene for the first time when I was 4.
I told my dad: "don't worry, his dad is gonna save him"
And my dad hugged me 😂
Aww, that's so sweet
Damn that makes me feel bad… I saw episode 3 at 5 years old and when the “master Skywalker there are too many of them what are we going to do?” scene came up I turned to my dad and said “Ooooh he’s gonna kill them all isn’t he?” And my dad said “Ummm… no… he’s gonna help them” and I was like “no he won’t… if he’s turned evil that’s not what he’d do”
Later the scene where ObiWan tells Padme about this comes up and I turned and say loudly “see! I told you he would kill them!”
My dad: 🤦🤦🤦🤦
@@supersonic7605 I'm so sorry. (>")>
That’s adorable
I can still see this in my mind's eye. When Darth Vader lifted the Emperor, the whole theater jumped to its feet and cheered like it was their team's game-winning shot. I will never forget that joy as an 8 year-old for as long as I live.
Great memories!!!!
I forgot how good it sounded when Vader stays silent instead of screaming
He hardly screams bro he says no like 3 times
Dude I saw that recently. I can't believe they added it in, it ruins the scene. Lots of the crap they added in was fucking cringe. I wish I could rent or buy the original version I grew up on. I never should've gotten rid of the VHS's.
@@Obese_Pterodactyl agreed
Nooooooo!
@@Poolordm someone hasn't watched the original
I like this so much better than the modern blue ray version. Of course I'm a child of the 80's, in my personal opinion Vader's silence has such a greater impact.
It's just better film making. His body language said it all. The overly theatrical "NO!" was completely unnecessary.
@@Cableguy15 I totally agree!
@@Cableguy15 I would've loved to hear something like DIEE while he threw him down the shaft.
Yes, it's not needed, but it would make up for a nice addition, if the ,,No" is kept.
Indeed.
Oh don’t worry, what you’ve said is fact. Anyone who thinks the “no” is better is simply wrong.
Proud to say that I actually experienced this reaction in ‘83 as a 7 year old kid. Most memorable time at any theatre!!!
Liar !!! how can you have experienced it at 7 yrld in `83
knowing that you die at 72 in `81 near Crystal Lake😁
Agree 💯,…. I was 10
@@mikelitoris9610 it was awesome eh? Also vividly remember the moose we almost smoked crossing the hwy, on the way to the theatre!
This was also before the days of airbags too…. good times!!!
Experienced this moment as a 10 1/2 yr old in the theater and it was a very moving moment along with Vader's and Yoda's death. But the crowd erupted loudly & jubulenty during this unforgettable moment.
I was 7 also. Was just this week I was telling my son how the audience pop at that moment was the greatest experience I'd ever had at the movies.
You couldnt even see Anakin's face only Vader's mask and you could still see how conflicted he was about this. Still amazes me that they were able to capture that so well and so simple
I mean look at the Mandalorian
The entire crowd in theater in west covina applauded during this scene 1983...
It was overwhelming..
I was 10 years young and remember like it was yesterday...
To understand the true fallen jedi behind the mask..
First time I’ve actually seen this scene without Vader saying “no” over and over. So much better with him staying silent. My god.
Yeah, yet another dumb Lucas edit. The guy can’t help but turning every meaningful moment into a cringefest.
imo kinda awkward without the no. i feel like people would've complained just as much if it was there originally and he took it out
@@Keist44 I mean it’s his fucking movie so.
@@shayne2168 if he added a sex scene between leia and the Ewoks you’d probably support that too. Don’t get mad at me because you accept mediocrity without realizing it’s mediocrity.
@@Keist44 NOW THAT WOULD WIN AN ACADEMY AWARD
I so jealous I wasn’t alive at this time, this is why movie theaters are so special compared to watching the movie at home, hearing this applause from others that are just excited as you.
At least I got to see the crowd go nuts at No Way Home
man my nwh audience was silent basically the whole time i hate everything
@@painpega
I was the loudest person there, I first watched the Sam Raimi Spider-Man movies when I was like, two years old, so seeing my man Tobey Maguire back as Peter Parker was an experience unlike any other.
It's okay to enjoy things in silence too though. Or just enjoy them loudly yourself f everyone elses reaction. 👍
This isn't even real dude. Compare the quality of the movie audio to the "audience"
For sure. I saw endgame the day it came out in singapore. Everyone went nuts
When I saw it in 83, the theater we were in really went wild when Vader grabbed Palpatine. Most people jumped out of their seats and were cheering. It was a remarkable, memorable moment.
Still the best moment in Star Wars, ignore Disney's fan fiction.
Well some of the shit Luke did in Legends was amazing.
Nope. Embrace Disney and Dave Filoni who is creating legendary material. I 100% guarantee you watch it all.
9 or 3 are the best one
Based
@@zx713 most of Filonis stuff is great but the sequels definitely weren’t. We shouldn’t “embrace disney” we should hope Filoni does a good job without Disney screwing him over
This bring a tear to my eye every time Vader picks up the Emperor and throw him off fir saving his son.
Same here. I was born in 1992 and is coming 30 and seeing this part tears me. It's so impactful and emotional. You feel it of Vader struggle and what he is looking at. He decided enough is enough I have to take this guy out.
Between this scene and the funeral pyre, I lose it every time. First saw the original trilogy when I was seven and ROTJ still makes me weep twenty-seven years later.
One of the greatest redemption scenes in cinematic history.
Almost 40 years later and still a great movie.
Always will be.
Wait.... I thought movies turn bad after so many years?
@@mws755 lol
0:32 "C'mon! Do it!"
I love it when the audience is so emotionally involved like that 😆
I just LOVE the close up of Vaders facial expressions
I watched the original trilogy on VHS I don't know how many times when I was younger. Still gives me goosebumps seeing this.
I remember seeing this very early in the run and I swear I remember someone in the audience saying "wait... is he going to..." when Vader turned. About a half second later the audience erupted in applause.
I remember a similar reaction to Back to the Future att the cinema in 1985. It was ofc the "-You leave her alone!" scene, when McFly knocks out Biff. The audience was clapping and cheering like crazy, me included :)
It's amazing how Vader's death's head helmet actually seems to emote in this scene.
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Man, I would have LOVED to have experienced what these people got to experience in theaters!
We went nuts. It was a big deal. As a kid I heard rumors about what happened in the film and I didn't believe it. Vader was evil, that's all. When he turned away from evil to save Luke, with no reward, only death, I couldn't comprehend it at first. That's what a good guy would do. So that means.....Luke saved a good guy in the black costume. Wow. Blew our little kid minds.
@@bbb462cid Forever jealous, my friend. 💜
Can we appreciate that someone broke laws to sneak a camera into a theatre, and now we have this genuine nerdgasm on film. This belongs in a museum.
It really does. It's remarkable that someone (or multiple people) actually snuck in a camera, filmed this scene, probably knowing what was going to happen from seeing the film already, and somehow preserve this into the digital age. The journey that camera footage went through alone was remarkable just as much as us reacting to an audience who were around before most of us were even born, reacting to one of the best moments in cinema history for the very first time.
Funny how nearly everyone thinks this is a genuine audio recording of the audience from 1983
It's...it's not?
@@mcmoonball no, the audio is super fucked until the cheering for some reason, there is a clear filter over it and back then it would have been impossible to bring a camera into a cinema cause they were huge.
@@theref690 exactly
Shush, ignorance is bliss.
@@drachna lol people are confortable with it
Finally, the scene without the stupid NOOOOOOOoooo. This must have been an amazing moment.
I will never forget being at the movies that May day in 1983! Half of my school was at the theater. I recall being so happy Anakin Skywalker had returned and saved his son Luke. This was the best moment in the entire trilogy and everyone in the theater was cheering for him!
I remember the whole theater going 'Come on, Vader. Save him'. Very powerful, emotional moment.
I showed this to my friend for the first time. The moment Vader reaches for the Emperor, his face face went from horrific contortions and sheer shock to a long awaited and peaceful relief. He'd been holding his breath for it. Literally.
Theatrical or Special Edition?
A New Hope was unique, Empire Strikes Back was action packed, but Return of the Jedi was the heart of it all.
He remembered the promise he made over his mother's grave, he swore that he wouldn't fail again at saving his loved ones.
My favourite part was when Darth Vader said " I am all the jedi!" Before saying, "It's Morbin time," and then Morbed all over the emperor
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😂🤣😂
0:36 That music, hearing those notes swell, that is the moment Anakin Skywalker returned, and sacraficed himself to save his son. Tears every damn time. Return of the Jedi gets a lot of flack, but this is a movie done right, with the evil villain redeemed by the love and trust of his son.
This 40-year old live audience reaction recording is a piece of history!
It's remarkable that someone (or multiple people) actually snuck in a camera, filmed this scene, probably knowing what was going to happen from seeing the film already, and somehow preserve this into the digital age. The journey that camera footage went through alone was remarkable just as much as us reacting to an audience who were around before most of us were even born, reacting to one of the best moments in cinema history for the very first time.
I've always preferred the original where Darth Vader doesn't say "Noo!". Don't know why, I think the "no" is too over the top and ruins it
I remember this scene like it was yesterday!! The theater I was in went absolutely nuts. We were cheering Vader on. Brilliant movie with great ending.
Since I was only 6 years old when ROTJ came out, unfortunately, this was the only one of the original 3 that I saw in theatres. Like in many other theatres, ours had a very similar reaction to this scene.
That sounds awesome
@Michael OConnell the first one I saw was ep 1... but my favorites will always stay: Revenge of The Sith & Return of The Jedi
Imagine a rerelease of all of 1-6 in theatres. Fans would go absolutely nuts. As someone born in 2002 I never got to experience it in theatres but thankfully my dad already had physical copies of all the movies so I watched it at an early age.
6? How about just the first three. The prequels are garbage.
@@rodericblack4657 Revenge of the Sith is one of the best??? To each their own but the amount of prequel fans would make it worth it
It’s always emotional to see Anakin finally break free of the prison Palpatine kept him in all those years.
I too remember seeing this in a theater as a 12 year old...the reactions are real. Was a great time to be a kid.
That was one of the biggest applauses I've ever heard in the theater. I remember that moment like it was yesterday.
I too remember being a 12 year old in ‘83 and hearing the audience cheer at that moment.
This video is FAKE AF.
In 1983 they were still using film projectors which means you wouldn't get the raster pixels on the screen interfering with the sensor pixels of the camera. That means this was filmed on a TV or a modern digital projector. Once you realize this you can tell the film grain was put in post along with the canned audience reaction.
Please don't post misleading videos like this
Finally an original audience reaction.
This obviously fake bro
@@bignutty5180 proof
@@user-kg2ne8ku2c It's near to impossible for there to be a recording of a theater reaction back in 1983
@@ezelop19 - Thank you! I just made a big reply to this video in the post. I was a kid in 1983, and no way in hell were people filming the screen and/or audience for reactions. There were no such things as spoilers: we actually tried not to spoil the movie for other people who had not seen it back then!
@@user-kg2ne8ku2c That actor for palpatine wasn’t even in the original trilogy, they replaced him so that it fit with the prequels after they released, same with the force ghost of Anakin. So yeah, this is very fake
Still brings tears! I was nine years old when I saw this in the theater live. Just amazing
But how am I suppose to know what darth vader was doing without the "NOOOOOOO" part?
Did he accidentally drop the emperor into that bottomless pit?
Accidentally? Nope. He was plotting to kill the Emperor all along. But when he realized that Luke was his son,his whole attitude changed. He began to realize what he was all along…the Chosen One.
This scene played infinitely better when Vader didn't telegraph his intentions with that insipid "Noooo!" line. You were kept in suspense until the very end when Vader's actions spoke for themselves.
Bro you three have no fucking idea what sarcasm is don't you?
Damn people can’t understand you’re joking
its like poetry it fuckin rhymes
Ooooooohhh, brings me chills, this does....
I saw this in 1983 with a group of two hundred Star Wars fans. When Vader lifted up the Emperor the cheering was so loud in the theater that you couldn't even hear the movie.
Saw it in theaters as a kid and said it then and will say it still: most cheer worthy moment in cinema history (spent 6 months with cinematographer Alan Hume and used to talk to him about it all the time)
Hard if not impossible to hear Vader say “It’s morbin’ time!” over all that cheering.
This scene gives me goosebumps, every time!
Also, seeing Palpatine killing someone while he stands refers to Mace Windu. Anakin couldn't let it happen again.
Vader was like “ ok, bitch ….your going down …..the shaft !!! “
"I am a Jedi, like my father before me" - Anakin saves the day again...
We love you, Skyguy.
I saw this in the theater as a kid and I remember the exact same reaction.
I saw it in theater in ‘83. The audience stood up and went nuts for that scene and they also clapped when the Sail Barge exploded.
As a kid ESB was my favorite but as an adult being able to appreciate character development and plot this takes the spot. It was so subtle, you can’t even see his face, no dialogue but you know exactly what he was thinking. Modern movie makers lost this
This is gold! Thanks for posting 👍🏻
But is it Allah Gold?
@@hrodwulf6457 u have an excellent profile pic 👍🏻
This is fake though. It would be impossible for people to record something like this because they didn’t have small video cameras back then.
@@peterbarnes7726 might be fake but in 1983, i think they had video 📹 recorders but bigger ones. But the footage is the original return of the Jedi b.c Darth Vader is silent when he picks up the emperor. The updated return of the Jedi has Darth Vader say "Nooooooo!"
When I saw it the audience was yelling at the screen "help him, HELP HIM!!!!!" and when he did you could not even hear the movie the roar was that loud!
This must have been a very subdued audience, both times I saw it in 83, reactions were the same!!
I remember the audience cheering in Revenge of the Sith when yoda threw sidious across the room.
It's interesting to watch the online reactions to this from folks - especially young women - who have chosen to watch Star Wars in Chronological order. They literally spend 4, 5 and 6 desperately hoping against hope that their beloved Anakin will return. So this scene is literally trilogy saving for them.
Especially young women? Why?
@@rodericblack4657 I dunno. I've never watched the prequels - I don't really consider them valid - but I'm guessing the guy who plays Anakin is sympathetic and good looking. It's also interesting that girls weren't really that into Star Wars when it came out, but that seems to have changed as well. And I might just be missing young male reactions.
That's how I felt as a 14 year old kid. I went back and watched at least two or three more times that summer during the matinee. It was only 2 bucks in 1983. That scene never gets old.
omg..just got transported to my 80"s..very cool!!
Same !
Same thing happened where I was at too in 1983 was a standing ovation the roof nearly came off👍
This original ending was more powerful than the "No!" Darth Vader yells out before picking up the Emporor and throwing him.
This is because of the element of surprise. I had no idea how far away Darth Vader was to the Emporor.
The close-ups show more emotion and conflict, especially with Vader.
It adds extra elements of anxiety/anticipation making the payoff worth more.
Though you do see Vader hobble back to the Emperor’s side. Pretty critical piece of blocking but I guess it could be missed by some.
The no isn't bad though
Wild that these cheers come from a time before I was even born. And I can hear them. I wonder how many were parents just waiting for the man to finally stand up for his own children haha
So much better without the stupid "NO...NOOOO"
I wasn’t even alive at Star Wars’ inception so I didn’t have the honor of experiencing the Original Trilogy in theaters. But something about hearing the audiences excitement while watching this scene for the first time just makes me tear up.
This guy must have had the world's biggest VHS camera😂😂😂
I remember seeing it when it came out like it was yesterday. All 3 movies were mind blowing when they came out. I still remember standing in line outside to see A New Hope. I couldn't stop staring at the movie poster.
still makes me cry every time i see it, it is so good!. wish i knew how to covert my old VHS tapes to my computer, the silence is way better. even after seeing the film a million times, it still doesn't loose its tension in the moment, nor the joy of seeing Anakin save his son
crazy to think that the bluray release put Vader's "nooooo!" from RofS in this scene....utter vandalism.
Why the hell did George feel the need to dub this over with Vader yelling "no?" The scene doesn't need that at all, and it ruins the moment.
More like a connection, in EP3 he yells no once he understands he lost everything he cared about , Obi, Padme and everything that already happened, his No was the final time Anakin would be there until this scene when he saves Luke, his last two connections to his old life, Anakin returns the same way he leaves.
@@USAgent-gk8es The "no" in ROTS is even more awkward and misplaced, though.
When you realize that if the emperor would just shut up and not say things like “let the hate flow through you” Luke might’ve (just maybe) turned to the dark side
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*First movie I ever seen at age 7 and the last time I ever heard crowd in a Theater get so excited.*
Never knew that the Nooo Vader says was added in the newer version of the movie,
Which do you prefer?
@@pyktukasplays4945 the newer one for sure. Maybe that’s just because it’s the only version I’ve ever seen but to me it just sounds weird not hearing Vader say anything.
@@joshbrown5842 Ah, understandable
@@joshbrown5842 It was the opposite for me. This is the version that I grew up with. It's odd to me that they inserted him saying "no", as if we didn't understand what he's thinking, it has to be spelled out for us now. And, if anything it makes it even more bizarre that the Emperor doesn't notice that Vader is about to turn on him.
@@sakhalnakhash1123 that is actually a very good point. You would definitely think that the emperor would notice.
We waited in line for 3 hours to get into the theater. It was the most incredible movie experience I ever had. The crowd was so into it you would have though the actors were present in the theater.
Ha. I remember this- first live-action film I saw in theatre (before was, like, Bambi, which you know's deep trauma).
I was... shocked? Confused. "What is he doing, why is he doing that?!" My father tells me "it's 'cos he's his dad."
"But you're *my* dad and you'd never do that!"
37 years later, and this shit still makes me tear up. And cheer.
Recuerdo el día que fui al cine a ver esta película, el público reía, gritaba de emoción, es cuando el cine era mágico y nos sorprendían estas escenas. Nunca lo olvidaré.
The look in his eye…“You might have messed me up, Palpatine, but you ain’t f***in’ with my boy!” 😂
This is the Best Star Wars movie ever made
This scene shows even through all the countless years of hatred, pain, loneliness and suffering that Anakin was still in there beneath the mask. He never truly lost himself to the darkness. He possessed the one thing sidious could never understand. Love. Vader was just the painful shell of a suit he was trapped in. The old saying of the suit doesn't make the man.
Little did the audiences of '83 know that 'somehow Palpatine would return' and invalidate Anakin's redemption entirely...
He came back in the comics too so don't snap at the movies, even tho they're dog shit
@@emastermet609 Why would I not snap at the movies when they're, in YOUR WORDS, dog shit? The legends comics explained in detail how he returned. Episode 9's explanation was literally just a line from Episode 3 that wasn't even referencing self-revival.
@@eldritchinterface7481 I'm talking about THAT aspect dawg, Palpatine coming back ain't nothing new, hell, even after he died a second time he was about to break out of Hell in Legends.
Saw this in a theater in Philly in 1983 and I still remember the reaction of everyone cheering in the theater at that moment.
One of the greatest moments in cinema history
Then, the audience was yet able to figure out on its own that Vader was conflicted without that stupid "No, nooooo!"
There was never a fuckin noooo
1) I've always wished I could relive opening weekends of movies before my time 2) This still makes me tear up. 3) He doesn't say, "Noooo." Thank you!
nice stock "audience cheering sound effect" lol. clickbait