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I think this is the first video of yours I have seen. To quote a Monty Python film, "What an eccentric performance." I was going to paraphrase a quote from Episode I, but will save that for after you see it. Looking forward to the Empire Strikes Back reaction.
Jabba wasn't in the original, that was added to the DVD. And, as everyone knows... HAN SHOT FIRST!! 😁 PS Lucas was looking for a girl with spunk. Carrie Fisher was 19 but she definitely had it.
I wish I had the power to transport every young person back to 1977 and experience this in a packed theater (after waiting for hours in a line that wraps around the block) and experience the pure spontaneous joy and group excitement. Everyone gasped and cheered and laughed and roared with applause at the end. It was a transformative moment. I was ten years old when I had this experience and it changed me so deeply, I couldn’t even express what I had experienced afterward.
I saw Jedi when they re-released it in ‘85 here in Toronto. I was 5 so it was my only theatrical experience of SW, after seeing the first two on early VHS. I don’t remember the crowd reaction, but it was a life changing experience. Along with Explorers and Back to the Future that year, too!
@@nataschasummersI was there in '77 and seeing this film multiple times and the years waiting for the next two films was a glorious period of imagination and eagerness. Before the Dark Times,.. before Disney ruined things.
One thing to remember is when this came out, it was just Star Wars. Not "A New Hope". No Episodes. Just Star Wars. Nothing like it had been done before really. There was absolutely no guarantee that this one would be a success let alone sequels so it was pretty much a self contained story.
Here is a interesting factoid The in-universe origins of the nickname Ben has an interesting story behind it. Back in Obi-wan's younger days, he was order to protect a women named Satine Kryze who's recently became the leader of the Mandalorians and they spent significant time together and became extremely “close” and Ben was her nickname for him. He would use it as a code name during the Clone Wars too.
There’s no wrong way to be a Star Wars fan. It’s awesome you’ve enjoyed the newer stuff without having seen the original films. I hope your journey into Star Wars fandom!
"I need more. I need more." Imagine having to wait three years for more. This film blew me away when I saw it in 1977. It literally changed the path of cinema.
And if you remember, there was no immediate announcement that there would (or should be) another movie. Like Natascha said, it kind of felt like this story had been told- what else was there? We didn't know about Lucas's larger vision. Sequels were not an automatic thing back then. I can only think of the Planet of the Apes series, the 2 Godfather movies, and I guess you can include the James Bond movies as having "follow ups".
In 1983 I was married and had 2 children. One was 4 and I sewed him a Luke Skywalker outfit. I made myself Princess Leia, and because he had a beard I had my husband as Obi-One. There were no patterns for it so I took similar ones and did it that way. For the cloak of OBI I took an army blanket which was gruff enough looking to be a material the could be used tor that. I got a dress pattern with open sleeves like an angel design and put cuffs around the wrist. We went to what was called a Sci-Fi convention. That was before the Comic Books took it over. I went to those back in the 70's before Star Wars had even come out. We stood in line at the Graumans Chinese Theater opening day. May 25th 1977. We were in line for about 4 hours and it was so worth it. See the special effects that were in the first film had never been seen before because Lucas did all his own out of his creative mind. What you said looked cheesy had never been accomplished. A good portion of the creatures were CGI in 1990 when it was redone by him.
Candi, thanks I was going to say Mark and Carrie talked about in later interviews about the lines you were in California. I was 10 when this came out. We waited hours. The movie house was playing it in 3 different screens and it was still hours to get in. There was such a demand for anything Star Wars. On a lighter note the Star Wars Holiday Special was so bad. ( how bad was it). Carrie Fisher played it get of people from her home after a party. And the house would clear out.
Don't frighten us with your sorcerer's ways Lord Vader. Your sad devotion to TH-cam media will help you find the stolen data tapes or give you clairvoyance to find the rebels
That isn't a model car with a doll, "Landspeeders first appear in Star Wars. Two of them-Luke Skywalker's (Mark Hamill) X-34 and a V-35-were designed by noted special effects artist John Stears and were fitted around cars. Skywalker's landspeeder was designed and built by Ogle Design around the chassis of a Bond Bug three-wheeler car.[1][2][3] One of the major challenges the production crew faced was disguising the wheels to create the illusion that the craft was hovering.[4][5] For certain shots, they shot from camera angles that masked the wheels; for long-distance shots, they used reflective material, gelatin on the camera lens, and shadow effects. A small blur could be seen under the speeder, which George Lucas called "The Force Spot" (stated in Special Edition Tape).[4] Production designer Roger Christian used an angled mirror and a broom attached to the vehicle's underside to create, at certain angles, the illusion that the craft was hovering and kicking up dust.[3] Star Wars creator George Lucas used digital technology to enhance the landspeeder effects in the Special Edition of A New Hope.[
She just knew it was fake and mocked how bad it looked then didn't say anything about the realism or lack thereof of the CGI "Dinosaur" seconds later 😅🤦♂️
For some medium close-up shots they mounted a full-size mockup of the landspeeder on a rotating arm so it could go 'round and 'round like a merry-go-round while being held up off the ground. This allowed it to rotate into frame, seemingly floating in midair, with the actors sitting in the seats, and with the supporting arm hidden behind the vehicle.
The shot she reacted to looked fake to her, I think, because it was shot from a long distance with a telephoto lens and that makes the image very grainy and there is a slight heat mirage in the lower portion of the frame. This shot was not cleaned up or enhanced in anyway and, in comparison to the footage that comes before and after, it looks out of place.
@@Lethgar_Smith I wasn't criticizing your crush, just letting her know what it actual was. If she asks, I will tell her you scared me away and I was defeated. Hope that helps. Good luck! She is awful cute though. Do you think a guy like me and a princess...?
Great reaction!! Remember seeing this in the theater back in 1977 when I was 7 years old. The entire theater was on their feet cheering and clapping during the final Death Star scene. I BEGGED my father to take me the following weekend to see it again. Definitely a mind altering experience!!
Fun fact: Peter Cushing, who played Tarkin, had very large feet and unfortunately the costume department got him boots that were too small! So, after shooting a couple scenes with agonizing feet, he went to George Lucas and explained the problem and George agreed that all the rest of his scenes would be shot from the waist up. Thus, Peter Cushing, Grand Moff Tarkin, commanded the Death Star wearing carpet slippers! 😂😂😂
This is where the fun begins. I can’t wait to see the other Star Wars reactions it’s going to be a blast to watch Natascha’s journey into this universe
The fist time seeing this in a theater in 1977, surround sound was a new thing coupled with the Imperial Star Destroyer coming on endlessly overhead and shaking you in your seat was overwhelming.
Ah, that Darth Vader is a big neck-squisher from way back. It's essentially his go-to move, unless he's facing a Jedi. 'Once a neck-squisher, always a neck-squisher.'
_A long time ago, in a movie theater about 50 miles away ..._ *THERE WAS NO EPISODE TITLE* The studio didn't think this film would make much money. Lucas was crossing his fingers that it didn't bomb. For all he knew, Lucas was making one standalone movie. "Episode IV" and "A New Hope" were added in later releases, to be in line with the numbering adopted with Episode V. I first saw _Star Wars_ in 1977, at the Indian Hills Theater in Omaha, Nebraska, US (pop. 1M). The Indian Hills was one of the last remaining Cinerama theaters in existence (it's long gone, now). Cinerama was an experimental widescreen format seen in the 1950s and 1960s. It had an extremely curved screen, such that films shot in Cinerama used _three cameras_ and _three projectors_ : one for the center of the screen and one for each side. Everything had to be constantly synchronized so that the film looked normal onscreen. If you see Cinerama films on DVD/Bluray/streaming today, it often looks distorted on the left and right. This is caused by converting a curved film to a flat screen. So there I was at the Indian Hills at the tender age of 12 -- the film's precise target demographic. The Indian Hills seated 810 patrons: 662 on the main floor and 148 in the balcony. It was completely packed, as was every screening of _Star Wars_ until the film left theaters I'd gotten to the theater rather late, forcing me to sit in the center seat of row one. This turned out to be fantastically good bad luck. Today, the center of row one is a terrible seat due to parallax distortion. In a theater the size of the Indian Hills, that distortion didn't exist because the screen was far enough away from the seats. However, it was close enough so that it filled my field of view from top to bottom. The screen was large and curved enough so that it filled my field of view from periphery to periphery. _Star Wars_ was shot in CinemaScope, a more popular experimental widescreen format of the era. While not technically the same as Cinerama, it still lent itself well to that screen. I watched _Star Wars_ with the film filling my entire field of view from top-to-bottom and side-to-side. I didn't have to turn my head to watch it unless I wanted to, and I usually didn't. It was an astonishingly immersive experience. Not even IMAX comes close. Add to that the massive audience reaction that shouldn't be overlooked. It was a shared experience that I've only seen at _Infinity War_ and _Endgame_ on their opening nights, when there were a lot of fans present. This audience reaction happened at every screening, in every theater, everywhere in the world, until _Star Wars_ left the screens. Imagine 810 people all cheering, clapping, jumping to their feet, and occasionally crying all at once. The shared experience was amazing, as it fed on itself. No one held back, it just kept growing and growing until the destruction of the Death Star -- which prompted massive roaring from the audience. The film itself was like nothing put to the screen at that time. While cinematically based on old _Flash Gordon_ and _Buck Rogers_ movie serials of the 1930s, this was a big-budget, big-screen version like nothing anyone had ever seen before. It completely changed science fiction on the movie screen. Until that time, you occasionally got a good science fiction film, but they tended to be years apart. After _Star Wars_ , there were multiple good science fiction movies every year, a trend that continues to this very day. There would be no modern _Star Trek_ without _Star Wars_ . _Star Wars_ was such a massive hit for 20th Century-Fox that Paramount quickly looked around and said, "Aha! We have this _Star Trek_ thing that Trekkies are always saying they want more of. Let's make it into a movie!" Thus _Star Trek - The Motion Picture_ was released in 1979. Without that, there would be no _Star Trek_ today. _Star Wars_ changed filmmaking from a business perspective. The film grabbed audiences like nothing seen in the entire history of cinema. While _Jaws_ was technically the first summer blockbuster, _Star Wars_ cemented summer as the time to release action-heavy, family-friendly films. The special effects of _Star Wars_ were utterly innovative, and the tools created by the likes of John Dykstra became commonplace in films that don't even have special effects. Almost all special effects in the Original Trilogy were achieved either in-camera, with optical effects, miniatures, extremely detailed paintings, or a combination of those techniques. CGI that allows an entire film to be shot on a green screen wasn't even a glimmer in anyone's eye. In 1977, the most advanced computers were the size of an SUV and didn't have the computing power of your phone. CGI as a primary filmmaking technique wasn't popularized until _Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow_ in 2004. By then, computing power/square centimeter had skyrocketed exponentially. The special effects spawned Industrial Light and Magic, a company created and owned by George Lucas. ILM is still in existence today, constantly innovating with new technologies to create visual effects for many, many films and TV series. From it's inception, ILM has been considered the gold standard of VFX companies. In short, this film was nothing like what had come before. It changed _everything about cinema_ . And I got to see it with an audience of 810, on a screen so immersive that I got nauseous during the Trench Run.
Amazing! You remind me of one commenter who saw Star Wars as a kid in a drive-in at night, under a starry sky. Where the screen ended and where the skies begain became one... he was fully expecting to see the Millenium Falcon pass over his head roaring! Cheers from Paris! I saw it at age 4 in a beautiful, immense theater that has been split into many smaller ones now.
I feel like I have seen your comment before? We might follow some of the same channels, regardless. I kind of wish I could see these movies again for the first time. What an experience.
re: Star Trek, I used to think that as well, but actually, they were already planning to make a Star Trek movie long before Star Wars came out. There is a tv talk show episode from Feb 1976 with a couple of the ST cast and Jimmy Doohan mentions that they're going to be doing a movie, and that he expected that there was going to be a series of them. So, Star Wars' impact only related to the direction they went with the movie, its budget, things like that.
@18:10 That is actually people riding in the speeder. Originally you could see yellowish blurriness under the speeder from them using Vaseline smudged, between the speeder and the ground, on the film to make it appear as if it was floating and not riding along on regular tires. ETA: The speeder also bounced up and down from the terrain quite a bit more before the special edition clean up.
@@nataschasummers This short vid (2:43) shows (briefly @0:30) what it looked like in theaters when it came out. The vid has some fun speculation about the speeder as a prop itself as well. th-cam.com/video/DMoniZkLoQQ/w-d-xo.html This was a great reaction and looking forward to the next ones!!
The landspeeder that you thought was so funny isn't actually a model miniature and a doll. It's a full sized vehicle (and actor) with effects to blur the wheels.
I love Star Wars. I was very young when it was in theaters back in 1977. I was able to see it like a decade later in the 1980's on TV and video cassette.
Don't believe it. I've seen the 'behind-the-scenes' and 'making of... ' specials that came out to hype the release of Empire, way back when, and Ms. Summers is dead accurate. It was a maquette on a stick.
@@jean-paulaudette9246 There were no miniatures used in the land speeder shots at all. Even a small amount of research into the subject would show you this. So no, Ms. Summers is most certainly not dead accurate. Please don't tell people they're wrong if you don't know what you're talking about.
At around 18:28 you say "that is giving me a little toy on fishing line vibe". I nearly fell off my seat laughing. When I was in 6th grade in the 70s, my 6th grades religious study class decided to do a more god-driven version of Star Wars movie as our final project. We filmed it on Super8 film, which meant we only had one take for each scene and had to film sequentially. I, an amateur model maker, built a very nice replica of Luke's Landspeeder. It was decided to use it as our main spacecraft. It had fishing line attached to the front (still connected to a fishing pole) and two fishing lines attached to the back to stabilize. The front fishing line was run thru the pull on a kitchen cabinet for angle. As we filmed the scene, and the narration said the spaceship was being pulled gently toward the Death Star (again made by me, but this time a paper mache balloon painted Grey with Sharpie designs drawn on it), the cabinet drawer was pulled open and spaceship dropped out of frame. Someone offscreen panicked and slammed the door shut. The ship then flew up and out of the scene and then bounced up and down on the rest of the way to the Death Star. When we showed this to our church, this scene got uproarious laughter and my uncle fell off his chair in the choir. It was not what we were shooting for, but I remain proud of it to this day.
@luketimewalker No, I wish. It was 1978 or '79. Over the years, the film got lost in moves and time. I have no idea where it went. It's a shame, actually. It was a tremendously fun blunder that now exists only in my memory. TH-cam would have loved (and probably hated) it.
So many people have always wondered who Ben does not recognize R2. Ben wasn’t lying…. He never owned a droid. Also in that galaxy droids are commonplace and utility tools like a hammer or a chainsaw. They also all look very similar. If someone brought you a toothbrush you had when you were 8 years old 30 years later, would you recognize it?! No! “ hey this was your pencil you had I 3rd grade! Remember it?” No you wouldn’t.
Fun fact: The Chewbacca costume that the late, great Peter Mayhew wore was not supposed to get wet in the garbage compactor scene. But it did, and considering the fact that the original suit was made of yak hair, It produced a pretty funky odor.
The eye roll at 3PO's whining about being tricked had me bagging up. LOL, the sass she was expressing to Leia not getting her dress wet was fantastic. Dorky big smile all you like, we fans have been doing that for decades.
Also, even though it was certainly not the first movie to do merchandising, _Star Wars_ brought it to an absolutely unprecedented level. Brilliant move on the part of Lucas, retaining those rights.
The Sand People, also known as the Tusken Raiders. are natives to the planet of Tatooine. Humans and other alien races colonized Tatooine and have gradually taken more land that originally belonged to the Tusken. Basically like the settlers taking indigenous peoples land. Some tribes of Tusken have now become raiders attacking settlements and travelers.
10:30 -- RE: So 3PO can understand the Beep Boop Beeps?! Can anyone else...?; A: Short answer, Yes, there is a small minority of people who can understand the language R2 is using, sometimes because they have him plugged into a screen of some kind but not always. The tones and more importantly the inflections act in exactly the same manner as body language. Again, "3 Villains of the Hidden Fortress" is surprisingly the best reference for R2's "voice" inflections. When it sounds like a scream or an excited yell, it's because Lucas is using the performance of a Japanese actor as the template for how it should sound and make the people around R2 feel.
Red Lobster standing by... That was so much fun loved it, the reaction and the cosplay, I'm here for it. Can't wait to see the next ones :) Chewie gets the last line in the movie, translated he says: This is bullsh*t why don't I get a medal, I was there the whole time!
Machete order makes perfect sense and is better than release order or chronological order. Rogue one leads straight to 4, and you learn to fear Vader much more greatly. 4, introduces everything at a slow pace, eases you into the universe. 1, who was Luke's father? What were the Jedi like before they died? 2, what were the Clone Wars? Some cross-trilogy references start to happen. (Optional clone wars movie & essential episodes, except mortis arc - sows seeds for later adventures & enriches prequel era. Even clone wars finale is ok at this point - seeing it from Ahsokas point of view doesnt exactly spoil anything.) (Optional SOLO - brings us back to the Empire Era, primes us for Han, Chewie & Lando relationship) 5 - after seeing Anakin in prequels, the ending here is MUCH more shocking 3 - and this is MUCH more emotional - plus you see the clone wars finale from Anakin/Obiwans/Yodas perspective (Optional Bad Batch - if you have fallen in love with the clones then you'll like this. You can see how they deal with the birth of the Empire.) (Optional OBI-WAN series - reminds us of the brutality of the Empire, the state of the Jedi after Vader destroys them, and of course, the ending is a real emotional ride) 6 - all the loose ends are tied up. Everything is much heavier with history and is emotionally exponentially more satisfying, especially the last half hour. You can save Rebels for after 6, then you're set for Mando, Boba Fett, Ahsoka, Andor, all in their season release order.
I knew you’d love Star Wars. There’s a reason that single movie changed cinema forever. The Original 6 by George are complete magic. You’re in for the best 6 movie saga in cinema. Just like Lord of the Rings is the best trilogy ever made.
57:40 Welcome to the club! I don't think I've encoutered your specific kind of Star Wars fan yet, having seen the newer stuff but not the originals. This ought to be an interesting viewpoint! Loved your cosplay! very on point! Yes, Alderaan really got destroyed. it was a huge power move from the empire, showing their ability to destroy a whole planet, scaring others in line. Had the Rebel alliance not been able to destroy it, no one would be willing to stand against the Empire.
This Princess Leia cosplay made me think about what the creator of this franchise said to the actress who played Leia. "Don't wear a bra, because there are no bras in space." And we had Return of the Jedi and what he said made even less sense.
Bra.. not needed in space!!😅 however for boys.. the whole wear boxer shorts (cus gravity- exact opposite of the boobies idea) needs dealt with.. poor space girls
@@izzonj Word. Even if the gravity is fake, it still cause le sag. George didn't know shyte, as every woman needs a bit of restraint on their mammaries. Even in space (flappy flappy flappy!).
A little trivia for you. Peter Cushing (The actor who played Grand Moff Tarkin) has a whole bunch of shots of him above his waste. That is because the knee-high boots that he was given to wear were too small and cramped up his feet something terrible. Since they did not have a budget for wardrobe, they just had shots of Peter Cushing from above the knees in most of the shots and he wore regular shoes in those shots.
What a fun reaction! Rogue One, the movie you were thinking of with Jyn Erso, ends right before this one picks up in the Star Wars timeline. Keep in mind that the Empire still exists even though Luke destroyed the Death Star. The reason this movie ended like this is because George Lucas didn’t know if it would be successful enough to create sequels. So he made this one so that it could stand alone. Cheers!
Crazy thing about the landspeeder shots you thought used strings and puppets - those were "real." The speeder was built on a car with mirrors over the bottom to make it look like it was floating. So the floating off the ground (the thing you accepted) was simple in-camera illusion, and the rest was actually real! This movie pushed special effects forward immeasurably, and one of the things they learned over time was that being real and "looking realistic" are oddly different things.
I think the best order to watch them is to start with A New Hope, then Empire Strikes Back, then go back and watch The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith before finishing off with Return of the Jedi. For me it just maximises the experience.
18:00 It might have looked like "a toy with dolls in it" to you, but it was not. It was a car with the real actors in it, with the wheels removed later in post-production. It's amazing to me how certain younger viewers watching this are primed to expect bad-looking effects, so even when the effects are fine, they convince themselves that they look bad.
45:55 Back in 1977 I was at band practice, my younger sisters, mum and dad were at the drive ins watching this movie. My dad, not much of a sci-fi guy loved this scene and the fact that the Empire had a kind of WWII axis power vibe. This scene reminded him of several WWII B-17 bomber belly, and top turret fighting movies that he had watched during his young child and teenhood.
Great reaction! In 1977,this was the first movie my mom ever took me to. I was 5. I still remember the experience vividly, and it is my favorite memory of my mother. Wish you could have seen it as we did as kids, before Lucas lost his mind. 😁
Somebody probably already posted this, but Luke's vehicle was not a toy. It was a wheeled vehicle. They filmed it, then removed the tires from the film.
Very excited to see this and your reactions! This always brings me back to 1977 as a 12 year old boy and all the excitement before, during, and after A New Hope! Even standing in a huge line that went around the theater was exciting listening to everyone talk and feel this excitement! I hope you enjoy and have fun like we did! I'm ready for questions, because you will have plenty, trust me! I did, we all did! Enjoy!
Karl....yes! The lines were insane. It was the first time we had a film phenomenon like that. It was big news on all three network TV channels. I wish I still had my hardbound Art of Star Wars book. Could sit there all day and draw those ships and characters
@seankennedy4548 You are right; I've been in lines before, but nothing on this scale. One of my mother's good friends was a movie editor and she gave me something priceless and important to me; a first printing of The Star Wars Portfolio paintings by Ralph Mcquarrie! I still have them! I remember before A New Hope it was the blockbuster movie Jaws in 1975. In the 80's: Empire Strikes Back, Return Of The Jedi, maybe E.T., Ghostbusters, Top Gun, Raiders Of The Lost Ark, Karate Kid, and The Terminator were important movies for me. The only other important film(s) for me was The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy and the buzz and lines associated with it and came close was this trilogy!
Oh boy. Be prepared, Natascha, SW fans are brutal 😂. Loved your LotR reactions, so I’m here for this. Glad you’re getting into so many cool franchises for the first time!
6:04 "I love this theme tune, you know. Music is epic." The first time I rewatched this trilogy since I was a kid, I declared that John Williams was 80% of the reason they succeeded.
Wow I was so surprised I got caught off guard, your reaction was even better than I expected, is like looking at a kid watching the movie for the first time and that's how much we love it too nowadays, rewatching this movie over and over only gets better and better.
C3-PO: "What a desolate place this is" - It's actually Tunisia in North Africa. Luke: "She's rich" - Not any more, since they just blew up her home planet. Palace, banks, parents, all gone. The monster in the trash compactor: It's a brand new Death Star, they just did the first test by blowing up Alderaan. If it had survived more than a few hours, it would have been headed for some serious health violations. 😛
When I watched in the cinema "A New Hope" for the first time (1977), then the title was only "Star Wars", without "Episode IV A New Hope". On the first day I watched it three times, on the second day four times. :)
1st time on your channel and had a blast watching your reaction! I'm a long time Star Wars fan and watched it in the cinema back in 1977 ( many times haha). Can't wait for you to see the next one! You looked like you had a blast which was awesome! Keep smiling 🙂👍
Even though you've heard plenty pop culture references it still surprised you to see them in context that they made all the more sense. "You've taken your first step into a larger world"
Actually Luke's Landspeeder was REAL. They just hid the wheels and made it look like it was flying. So, in a way, it was much more real than the other spaceship effects.
The Vader vs Kenobi lightsabre duel was the first - later films benefited from newer tech and better vfx. But to see what it could have looked like using modern effects watch Scene 38 Reimagined th-cam.com/video/to2SMng4u1k/w-d-xo.html Currently at 48 Million views
Natasha, fun fact: Grand Moff Tarkin, Vader's boss on the Death Star, was played by Peter Cushing. An actor known for doing Hammer Horror films, he also played Doctor Who in the 2 1960's films based on the original Dalek and Dalek Invasion of Earth serials.
You should know Natascha that Lukes landspeeder was not a little modle or toy. It was shot at a distance and they used vasoline on the camera lense so it made it blurry under the speeder so you couldn't see wheels. The blurr may have been cleaned up since them but that was the reason they originally did the shots like that.
This may be is a hot take, but it's so surprisingly refreshing to interact with star wars fans who started w/ the disney stuff. A lot of the fandom has been so toxic for so long, but the enthusiasm the post-disney acquisition fans bring heals my old bones. Even though I don't love everything that disney has put out regarding star wars, I do enjoy a lot of it and I'd much rather chat with someone who loves every piece of star wars media than spend another minute listening to an "original trilogy only" person ever again if I could 😆
Fascinating. Referring to other fans as "toxic" is hardly the way to "bring fans together." In fact, the technical term for that is "demonization." And yes, that is EXACTLY what I see in the above posts. It's unfortunate to start off well... simply saying "I like this and it's nice to see someone else who likes it too." But the instant that you start attacking those who disagree with you... and calling people with whom you disagree "toxic" is an act of AGGRESSION, not one of defense... and a sleazy one at that... you've ceded all right to the "moral high ground." I tend to agree with the poster directly above my post, who thinks these comments seem almost like those now proven to have come from Kathleen Kennedy's PR agency... which have been even more egregious than those openly coming out of the Disney PR department (which at least has to try to maintain an appearance of propriety). I personally appreciate "Rogue One," and the first two seasons of "The Mandalorian," while it was being made by Jon Favreau. I personally despise everything else which has come out of the Disney period. To you, that makes me "toxic." I couldn't care less. To me, Star Wars includes everything pre-Disney, including my collection of books, comics, games, etc. It only includes anything from Disney when and where that does not contradict any of that. Luke married Mara Jade, a former "secret agent" who reported directly to Palpatine. They had a son, Ben Skywalker. Han and Leia married as well, and had three children... the twins, Jacen and Jayna Solo, and a son, Anakin Solo. Anakin was killed in a war, after becoming a Jedi. Failing to prevent Anakin's death pushed Jacen into exploring "the unifying force" (combining the dark and light sides), but he inevitably fell to the dark side, and among other things he did, he murdered Mara Jade Skywalker. Han and Leia never split up. There was never a "first order," and Palpatine did return, briefly, by transferring his consciousness into a series of clone bodies, none of which could last... and he was finally totally destroyed by the pregnant Leia, and the son inside of her, Anakin. Leia became chief of state of the New Republic. The conflict permanently ended with the truce at Bakura, and the "Imperial Remnant" eventually became a solid ally of the New Republic. There was never a "First Order." And so on and so on. I reject everything in Disney which contradicts any of the formerly canonical "Expanded Universe," which Disney "erased" when they bought George out. The only exception is that I can accept the Rogue One story about the Death Star Plans, and can allow that the guy who previously was the one to obtain them, Kyle Katarn, might've not been involved in that specific mission after all. (Though as far as I'm concerned, he might've gotten the revised plans for its successor.) Disney canon just isn't very good... but if you only know the six theatrical films prior to it, you might not feel as strongly. You wouldn't have as much to compare it to... and likely, you never really cared about SW prior to seeing the new Disney stories, anyway. The bad dialogue, bad plotting, "Mary Sue" lead character with absolutely no "hero's journey" whatsoever, "Darth Whiney" as the main villain, horrific treatment of Luke Skywalker and Han Solo, the purple-haired "girl-boss" whose refusal to brief her subordinates succeeded in killing thousands of (off screen) lives... "Rose" stopping a heroic act by one of the only decent characters so she could kiss him... plus how awfully "The Mandalorian" was destroyed once Favreau was demoted by Kennedy... ... Well, there's plenty of reason to despise the material. And those who made it. But there is still no reason to attack those who like it. We can disagree without demonization. That has to go both ways, though.
@@ColeSlawMcGraw That's an awfully lazy comment just to reinforce that you're more interested in insults than in dialogue. Why not just throw your poop and be done with it? 🙄
1. Sir. Alec Guinness/Obi-Wan didn't want the part. Being a Shakespearian actor, he thought the entire idea was silly and was beneath him, but his wife talked him into taking the part. 2. The shrug Chewy gives Luke after he scares the tiny black droid is 3. These movies were put out in a certain order because there was limited technology and Lucas used and pushed forward the images needed to make a quality product. The best way to watch the is in the order they came out. We had to wait years for the next one. There was no internet where we had access to them whenever we wanted. 4. No need to go into anything after VI. Disney took over and the quality dropped. I realize you have to. 5. The only CGI was put in for the 25th anniversary package in this film are the critters the stormtroopers were riding at the beginning of the search for the robots, a couple of the huge critters outside the pub, the scene with Jabba the Hutt and some very miner changes. Those were put in later after CGI was available. Otherwise, everything is what we had in 1977. 6. Obi-Wan sacrificed himself after he told Vader he would be stronger than ever. He went back into the force. He knows it's Luke's job to take over. 7. The awkwardness in the detention space is because Ford didn't know his lines. It was kept in the movie anyway because it worked. 8. The next two are the best of the series. Enjoy
So many great English actors, also filmed in England at pinewood etc....best in the business ! George knew the score from... previous old school effects!
The term “blockbuster”? Yea, we busted the blocks around the theater. Saw this one 20+ times in the theater from ‘77-‘78, up until they ripped it out of the projectors. I then saw it more during the re-release just before ESB. It’s hard to describe just how much Star Wars was EVERYWHERE then, it was THE culture of the time and it changed the way movies were made. When I say everywhere, it’s like literally all over. Every restaurant had merch, licensed and not, TV shows had skits about it, talk shows, well, talked about it, and we played Star Wars all day. Still have all my toys from them, they have their shrine in my cave.
Do we need too?!,,,,,,,,,,, Oh I love your banter..... Its so refreshing. Welcome to The Children Of Star Wars. OH and I would never have noticed your dress until you mentioned it. Not to worry, I would be fine even if you presented "that" type of show. 😉 I remember when I met the actor who was in the Darth Vader outfit,,,,He was really cool. I was so sad when he died. He was really nice to me and my family.
welcome to the Star Wars universe! now you must react to every movie. this franchise defined my childhood... your accent is adorable - you could be an actress in one of the movies yourself!
The landspeeder was a full sized vehicle Mirrors were placed at the bottom to he the wheels and make it look like it floated. They even put Vaseline on the bottom of the camera lense to hide it a bit, that's why the shots of it driving are from a distance. Closet shots are shot from a bit above to not show the bottom of the speeder.
The first Star Wars films were made mostly in the UK at Pinewood Studios, Shepperton and Elstree studios in the heart of London, in case you didn't know. 😁
Hope you'll visit Star Wars Galaxy's Edge (either at Disneyland in California or Hollywood Studios in Orlando).Mark Hamil says the blue milk there is MUCH better than what he had in the movie.
Your comment, when they were in the trash chamber. about Leia not diving into to help Luke in the dirty water,....to protect her "dress". Well, Carrie Fisher did admit that she was not allowed to wear a bra during this film. It was the 70's....yet an earth-style Bra under her gown, would have been visible, too obvious,...and George Lucas made that rule. Carrie F' revealed this in an interview in 1980 for Rolling Stone magazine. She wore 'gaffer's tape' over her nipples. (I was a teen then, Carrie F' was my first Celeb' crush)....so her dress getting wet, would have been obvious. Carrie F' advised other actress's in modern Star Wars to assert themselves, if they felt design for their costume was not reasonable.
Thank you so, SO much for joining me for the start of my Star Wars Original Trilogy journey!
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I think this is the first video of yours I have seen. To quote a Monty Python film, "What an eccentric performance." I was going to paraphrase a quote from Episode I, but will save that for after you see it. Looking forward to the Empire Strikes Back reaction.
"Slender as a willow wand clear River Daughter"- I can be Your Tom Bombadil.
Jabba wasn't in the original, that was added to the DVD.
And, as everyone knows... HAN SHOT FIRST!! 😁
PS Lucas was looking for a girl with spunk. Carrie Fisher was 19 but she definitely had it.
Love the little Tom Jones Space Buns song in the after section on top of the light saber version of the theme. Good stuff ace.
I wish I had the power to transport every young person back to 1977 and experience this in a packed theater (after waiting for hours in a line that wraps around the block) and experience the pure spontaneous joy and group excitement. Everyone gasped and cheered and laughed and roared with applause at the end. It was a transformative moment.
I was ten years old when I had this experience and it changed me so deeply, I couldn’t even express what I had experienced afterward.
yes i absolutely wish i could have been there for this 🥺 can't imagine the atmosphere it would have been so moving i bet! 🩷
@@nataschasummers 💕💕💕
I saw Jedi when they re-released it in ‘85 here in Toronto. I was 5 so it was my only theatrical experience of SW, after seeing the first two on early VHS. I don’t remember the crowd reaction, but it was a life changing experience. Along with Explorers and Back to the Future that year, too!
I was 7 .....saw it 3 more times that Summer. ❤
@@nataschasummersI was there in '77 and seeing this film multiple times and the years waiting for the next two films was a glorious period of imagination and eagerness.
Before the Dark Times,.. before Disney ruined things.
I laughed so hard at your "So fake.." at the most practical effect in the whole series! 🤣
yeahhhhhh - I really did accidentally put some disrespect on that car. 🤣
One thing to remember is when this came out, it was just Star Wars. Not "A New Hope". No Episodes. Just Star Wars. Nothing like it had been done before really. There was absolutely no guarantee that this one would be a success let alone sequels so it was pretty much a self contained story.
and Darth Vader never said nooooOOOO like some tard
I have a digital copy of Star Wars without “A New Hope” or “Episode 4” on the crawl. I even have a digital copy of 8mm copy of it.
They added Episode IV when it was re-released in 1981.
Your Leia makeup is flawless and the dedication to the cosplay is appreciated 😂
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"Should have brought a guun," still h as me chuckling.
Here is a interesting factoid The in-universe origins of the nickname Ben has an interesting story behind it. Back in Obi-wan's younger days, he was order to protect a women named Satine Kryze who's recently became the leader of the Mandalorians and they spent significant time together and became extremely “close” and Ben was her nickname for him. He would use it as a code name during the Clone Wars too.
There’s no wrong way to be a Star Wars fan. It’s awesome you’ve enjoyed the newer stuff without having seen the original films. I hope your journey into Star Wars fandom!
"I need more. I need more." Imagine having to wait three years for more. This film blew me away when I saw it in 1977. It literally changed the path of cinema.
I feel your pain brother!!!! I was 9.....
yeah i would have been dying for it to come out, the painnnnn you all must have felt waiting it out 🤣🥺
And if you remember, there was no immediate announcement that there would (or should be) another movie. Like Natascha said, it kind of felt like this story had been told- what else was there? We didn't know about Lucas's larger vision. Sequels were not an automatic thing back then. I can only think of the Planet of the Apes series, the 2 Godfather movies, and I guess you can include the James Bond movies as having "follow ups".
Tell me more, tell me more, does he look like a bitch?
Everyone wanted more. This movie was known for people going back to see it dozens of times, at full movie ticket prices.
In 1983 I was married and had 2 children. One was 4 and I sewed him a Luke Skywalker outfit. I made myself Princess Leia, and because he had a beard I had my husband as Obi-One. There were no patterns for it so I took similar ones and did it that way. For the cloak of OBI I took an army blanket which was gruff enough looking to be a material the could be used tor that. I got a dress pattern with open sleeves like an angel design and put cuffs around the wrist. We went to what was called a Sci-Fi convention. That was before the Comic Books took it over. I went to those back in the 70's before Star Wars had even come out. We stood in line at the Graumans Chinese Theater opening day. May 25th 1977. We were in line for about 4 hours and it was so worth it. See the special effects that were in the first film had never been seen before because Lucas did all his own out of his creative mind. What you said looked cheesy had never been accomplished. A good portion of the creatures were CGI in 1990 when it was redone by him.
Obi-Wan, not Obi-One
Actually Lukes Speeder was full sized and they used mirror tricks yo conceal the wheels.
Candi, thanks I was going to say Mark and Carrie talked about in later interviews about the lines you were in California. I was 10 when this came out. We waited hours. The movie house was playing it in 3 different screens and it was still hours to get in. There was such a demand for anything Star Wars. On a lighter note the Star Wars Holiday Special was so bad. ( how bad was it). Carrie Fisher played it get of people from her home after a party. And the house would clear out.
Don’t be too proud of this technological channel you’ve constructed. The ability to upload videos is insignificant next to the power of The Force.
Don't frighten us with your sorcerer's ways Lord Vader. Your sad devotion to TH-cam media will help you find the stolen data tapes or give you clairvoyance to find the rebels
She is part of the Rebel Alliance and a reactor! Take her away!
That isn't a model car with a doll,
"Landspeeders first appear in Star Wars. Two of them-Luke Skywalker's (Mark Hamill) X-34 and a V-35-were designed by noted special effects artist John Stears and were fitted around cars. Skywalker's landspeeder was designed and built by Ogle Design around the chassis of a Bond Bug three-wheeler car.[1][2][3] One of the major challenges the production crew faced was disguising the wheels to create the illusion that the craft was hovering.[4][5] For certain shots, they shot from camera angles that masked the wheels; for long-distance shots, they used reflective material, gelatin on the camera lens, and shadow effects. A small blur could be seen under the speeder, which George Lucas called "The Force Spot" (stated in Special Edition Tape).[4] Production designer Roger Christian used an angled mirror and a broom attached to the vehicle's underside to create, at certain angles, the illusion that the craft was hovering and kicking up dust.[3] Star Wars creator George Lucas used digital technology to enhance the landspeeder effects in the Special Edition of A New Hope.[
She just knew it was fake and mocked how bad it looked then didn't say anything about the realism or lack thereof of the CGI "Dinosaur" seconds later 😅🤦♂️
Loved the reaction though!
For some medium close-up shots they mounted a full-size mockup of the landspeeder on a rotating arm so it could go 'round and 'round like a merry-go-round while being held up off the ground. This allowed it to rotate into frame, seemingly floating in midair, with the actors sitting in the seats, and with the supporting arm hidden behind the vehicle.
The shot she reacted to looked fake to her, I think, because it was shot from a long distance with a telephoto lens and that makes the image very grainy and there is a slight heat mirage in the lower portion of the frame. This shot was not cleaned up or enhanced in anyway and, in comparison to the footage that comes before and after, it looks out of place.
@@Lethgar_Smith I wasn't criticizing your crush, just letting her know what it actual was. If she asks, I will tell her you scared me away and I was defeated. Hope that helps. Good luck!
She is awful cute though. Do you think a guy like me and a princess...?
Great reaction!! Remember seeing this in the theater back in 1977 when I was 7 years old. The entire theater was on their feet cheering and clapping during the final Death Star scene. I BEGGED my father to take me the following weekend to see it again. Definitely a mind altering experience!!
the irony of calling the speeder 'so fake' but liking how the cgi looks...
The effort counts🙂 it's great to see younger generations validating our love of these kinds of older movies that shook our childhoods
awh thanks so much and so glad you enjoyed 🥰
Fun fact: Peter Cushing, who played Tarkin, had very large feet and unfortunately the costume department got him boots that were too small! So, after shooting a couple scenes with agonizing feet, he went to George Lucas and explained the problem and George agreed that all the rest of his scenes would be shot from the waist up. Thus, Peter Cushing, Grand Moff Tarkin, commanded the Death Star wearing carpet slippers! 😂😂😂
This is where the fun begins. I can’t wait to see the other Star Wars reactions it’s going to be a blast to watch Natascha’s journey into this universe
thank you so much for being here ❤❤
You’re very welcome
Return of the Jedi cosplay could prove interesting.
Hell yeah!
I'm greatly looking forward to seeing that
If she chickens out, then I'm canceling my subscription. lol
Talk about sci fi fantasy!
You must be referring to the amazingly talented Ewok hair stylists.
You doing cosplay is adorable! Enjoyed the reaction, Greyhound/Salukki….
The fist time seeing this in a theater in 1977, surround sound was a new thing coupled with the Imperial Star Destroyer coming on endlessly overhead and shaking you in your seat was overwhelming.
Ah, that Darth Vader is a big neck-squisher from way back. It's essentially his go-to move, unless he's facing a Jedi. 'Once a neck-squisher, always a neck-squisher.'
You are clearly having fun. I'm here for it.
couldn't contain myself 🤣🫶
_A long time ago, in a movie theater about 50 miles away ..._
*THERE WAS NO EPISODE TITLE*
The studio didn't think this film would make much money. Lucas was crossing his fingers that it didn't bomb. For all he knew, Lucas was making one standalone movie. "Episode IV" and "A New Hope" were added in later releases, to be in line with the numbering adopted with Episode V.
I first saw _Star Wars_ in 1977, at the Indian Hills Theater in Omaha, Nebraska, US (pop. 1M). The Indian Hills was one of the last remaining Cinerama theaters in existence (it's long gone, now).
Cinerama was an experimental widescreen format seen in the 1950s and 1960s. It had an extremely curved screen, such that films shot in Cinerama used _three cameras_ and _three projectors_ : one for the center of the screen and one for each side. Everything had to be constantly synchronized so that the film looked normal onscreen.
If you see Cinerama films on DVD/Bluray/streaming today, it often looks distorted on the left and right. This is caused by converting a curved film to a flat screen.
So there I was at the Indian Hills at the tender age of 12 -- the film's precise target demographic. The Indian Hills seated 810 patrons: 662 on the main floor and 148 in the balcony. It was completely packed, as was every screening of _Star Wars_ until the film left theaters
I'd gotten to the theater rather late, forcing me to sit in the center seat of row one.
This turned out to be fantastically good bad luck.
Today, the center of row one is a terrible seat due to parallax distortion. In a theater the size of the Indian Hills, that distortion didn't exist because the screen was far enough away from the seats. However, it was close enough so that it filled my field of view from top to bottom.
The screen was large and curved enough so that it filled my field of view from periphery to periphery.
_Star Wars_ was shot in CinemaScope, a more popular experimental widescreen format of the era. While not technically the same as Cinerama, it still lent itself well to that screen.
I watched _Star Wars_ with the film filling my entire field of view from top-to-bottom and side-to-side. I didn't have to turn my head to watch it unless I wanted to, and I usually didn't.
It was an astonishingly immersive experience. Not even IMAX comes close.
Add to that the massive audience reaction that shouldn't be overlooked. It was a shared experience that I've only seen at _Infinity War_ and _Endgame_ on their opening nights, when there were a lot of fans present.
This audience reaction happened at every screening, in every theater, everywhere in the world, until _Star Wars_ left the screens.
Imagine 810 people all cheering, clapping, jumping to their feet, and occasionally crying all at once. The shared experience was amazing, as it fed on itself. No one held back, it just kept growing and growing until the destruction of the Death Star -- which prompted massive roaring from the audience.
The film itself was like nothing put to the screen at that time. While cinematically based on old _Flash Gordon_ and _Buck Rogers_ movie serials of the 1930s, this was a big-budget, big-screen version like nothing anyone had ever seen before.
It completely changed science fiction on the movie screen. Until that time, you occasionally got a good science fiction film, but they tended to be years apart. After _Star Wars_ , there were multiple good science fiction movies every year, a trend that continues to this very day.
There would be no modern _Star Trek_ without _Star Wars_ . _Star Wars_ was such a massive hit for 20th Century-Fox that Paramount quickly looked around and said, "Aha! We have this _Star Trek_ thing that Trekkies are always saying they want more of. Let's make it into a movie!"
Thus _Star Trek - The Motion Picture_ was released in 1979. Without that, there would be no _Star Trek_ today.
_Star Wars_ changed filmmaking from a business perspective. The film grabbed audiences like nothing seen in the entire history of cinema. While _Jaws_ was technically the first summer blockbuster, _Star Wars_ cemented summer as the time to release action-heavy, family-friendly films.
The special effects of _Star Wars_ were utterly innovative, and the tools created by the likes of John Dykstra became commonplace in films that don't even have special effects.
Almost all special effects in the Original Trilogy were achieved either in-camera, with optical effects, miniatures, extremely detailed paintings, or a combination of those techniques. CGI that allows an entire film to be shot on a green screen wasn't even a glimmer in anyone's eye.
In 1977, the most advanced computers were the size of an SUV and didn't have the computing power of your phone. CGI as a primary filmmaking technique wasn't popularized until _Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow_ in 2004. By then, computing power/square centimeter had skyrocketed exponentially.
The special effects spawned Industrial Light and Magic, a company created and owned by George Lucas. ILM is still in existence today, constantly innovating with new technologies to create visual effects for many, many films and TV series. From it's inception, ILM has been considered the gold standard of VFX companies.
In short, this film was nothing like what had come before. It changed _everything about cinema_ .
And I got to see it with an audience of 810, on a screen so immersive that I got nauseous during the Trench Run.
Amazing! You remind me of one commenter who saw Star Wars as a kid in a drive-in at night, under a starry sky. Where the screen ended and where the skies begain became one... he was fully expecting to see the Millenium Falcon pass over his head roaring!
Cheers from Paris!
I saw it at age 4 in a beautiful, immense theater that has been split into many smaller ones now.
JFC, no one's reading all that nonsense...
@@BRD529 *shrug.* I don't expect many people to read it. However, those who do might enjoy it.
Or not. Either way works for me.
I feel like I have seen your comment before? We might follow some of the same channels, regardless. I kind of wish I could see these movies again for the first time. What an experience.
re: Star Trek, I used to think that as well, but actually, they were already planning to make a Star Trek movie long before Star Wars came out. There is a tv talk show episode from Feb 1976 with a couple of the ST cast and Jimmy Doohan mentions that they're going to be doing a movie, and that he expected that there was going to be a series of them. So, Star Wars' impact only related to the direction they went with the movie, its budget, things like that.
I've never heard "Princess Leia" sound so Northern! lol 😜
@18:10 That is actually people riding in the speeder. Originally you could see yellowish blurriness under the speeder from them using Vaseline smudged, between the speeder and the ground, on the film to make it appear as if it was floating and not riding along on regular tires. ETA: The speeder also bounced up and down from the terrain quite a bit more before the special edition clean up.
this is honestly more shocking to me than anything else in this movie 🤣
@@nataschasummers This short vid (2:43) shows (briefly @0:30) what it looked like in theaters when it came out. The vid has some fun speculation about the speeder as a prop itself as well. th-cam.com/video/DMoniZkLoQQ/w-d-xo.html
This was a great reaction and looking forward to the next ones!!
They used a mirror.
The landspeeder that you thought was so funny isn't actually a model miniature and a doll. It's a full sized vehicle (and actor) with effects to blur the wheels.
This much I have now found out 😂😂 I do a public apology in the next vid out tonight! 😂🎉
It was actually a practical effect. They mounted a mirror underneath, pointing slightly downwards, to cover the wheels and reflect the ground.
43:56 "Only a master of evil Darth..."
Greatest comeback ever.
It was a total coincidence that I tapped the subscribe button when you mentioned cosplay and princess Leia bikini.
I love Star Wars. I was very young when it was in theaters back in 1977. I was able to see it like a decade later in the 1980's on TV and video cassette.
I love your enthusiasm (and accent). Your cosplays for this and LOTR are all wonderful ❤
thank you so much you sweetheart 🩷
The speeder is actually a real vehicle with a mirror hiding the wheels
the up close one yes, surely the one where it's driving at "speed" isn't haha
@@nataschasummers Yes it is
No way 😂 oh god I feel partially bad but partially not bc it’s nae in me that it comes off like a toy on a moving backdrop 😂
Don't believe it. I've seen the 'behind-the-scenes' and 'making of... ' specials that came out to hype the release of Empire, way back when, and Ms. Summers is dead accurate. It was a maquette on a stick.
@@jean-paulaudette9246 There were no miniatures used in the land speeder shots at all. Even a small amount of research into the subject would show you this. So no, Ms. Summers is most certainly not dead accurate. Please don't tell people they're wrong if you don't know what you're talking about.
You're looking great, girl. Costume leaves no room for doubt what it is, who needs great budget if they're as imaginative as you are.
dollars i got few of, imagination by the bucket load....darn 🤣
@@nataschasummers I agree with Arthur, there's way more value in your imaginative homemade stuff than in run-of-the-mill costumes!
At around 18:28 you say "that is giving me a little toy on fishing line vibe". I nearly fell off my seat laughing. When I was in 6th grade in the 70s, my 6th grades religious study class decided to do a more god-driven version of Star Wars movie as our final project. We filmed it on Super8 film, which meant we only had one take for each scene and had to film sequentially. I, an amateur model maker, built a very nice replica of Luke's Landspeeder. It was decided to use it as our main spacecraft. It had fishing line attached to the front (still connected to a fishing pole) and two fishing lines attached to the back to stabilize. The front fishing line was run thru the pull on a kitchen cabinet for angle.
As we filmed the scene, and the narration said the spaceship was being pulled gently toward the Death Star (again made by me, but this time a paper mache balloon painted Grey with Sharpie designs drawn on it), the cabinet drawer was pulled open and spaceship dropped out of frame. Someone offscreen panicked and slammed the door shut. The ship then flew up and out of the scene and then bounced up and down on the rest of the way to the Death Star.
When we showed this to our church, this scene got uproarious laughter and my uncle fell off his chair in the choir.
It was not what we were shooting for, but I remain proud of it to this day.
great story! Did you upload it somewhere?
@luketimewalker No, I wish. It was 1978 or '79. Over the years, the film got lost in moves and time. I have no idea where it went. It's a shame, actually. It was a tremendously fun blunder that now exists only in my memory. TH-cam would have loved (and probably hated) it.
@@PreRockDoc ah well. Cheers to organic memories!
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So many people have always wondered who Ben does not recognize R2. Ben wasn’t lying…. He never owned a droid. Also in that galaxy droids are commonplace and utility tools like a hammer or a chainsaw. They also all look very similar. If someone brought you a toothbrush you had when you were 8 years old 30 years later, would you recognize it?! No! “ hey this was your pencil you had I 3rd grade! Remember it?” No you wouldn’t.
Fun fact: The Chewbacca costume that the late, great Peter Mayhew wore was not supposed to get wet in the garbage compactor scene. But it did, and considering the fact that the original suit was made of yak hair, It produced a pretty funky odor.
What an incredible smell they discovered. 😉
The eye roll at 3PO's whining about being tricked had me bagging up.
LOL, the sass she was expressing to Leia not getting her dress wet was fantastic.
Dorky big smile all you like, we fans have been doing that for decades.
77, this film changed Cinema forever.
Also, even though it was certainly not the first movie to do merchandising, _Star Wars_ brought it to an absolutely unprecedented level. Brilliant move on the part of Lucas, retaining those rights.
The Sand People, also known as the Tusken Raiders. are natives to the planet of Tatooine. Humans and other alien races colonized Tatooine and have gradually taken more land that originally belonged to the Tusken. Basically like the settlers taking indigenous peoples land. Some tribes of Tusken have now become raiders attacking settlements and travelers.
10:30 -- RE: So 3PO can understand the Beep Boop Beeps?! Can anyone else...?; A: Short answer, Yes, there is a small minority of people who can understand the language R2 is using, sometimes because they have him plugged into a screen of some kind but not always. The tones and more importantly the inflections act in exactly the same manner as body language.
Again, "3 Villains of the Hidden Fortress" is surprisingly the best reference for R2's "voice" inflections. When it sounds like a scream or an excited yell, it's because Lucas is using the performance of a Japanese actor as the template for how it should sound and make the people around R2 feel.
Red Lobster standing by... That was so much fun loved it, the reaction and the cosplay, I'm here for it. Can't wait to see the next ones :) Chewie gets the last line in the movie, translated he says: This is bullsh*t why don't I get a medal, I was there the whole time!
omg I didn't notice he didn't get a medal - JUSTICE FOR CHEWIE 🫶
Red October standing by…
I saw this at the cinema back in 1977 when I was 4 years old, and yet I still remember it like it was yesterday.
I was 9 when Star Wars was released, 12 when Empire was released and 15 when Leah's Bikini was released!
perfect timing hahaha
Leia's gold bikini was the best thing to ever happen to a 14 year old boy 😄
I was 5 for Slave Leia, and I got it even then😅
@@jamesleblanc7437 When I was 5 Julie Newmar as Catwomen is all I needed to know I was straight!
Machete order makes perfect sense and is better than release order or chronological order.
Rogue one leads straight to 4, and you learn to fear Vader much more greatly.
4, introduces everything at a slow pace, eases you into the universe.
1, who was Luke's father? What were the Jedi like before they died?
2, what were the Clone Wars? Some cross-trilogy references start to happen.
(Optional clone wars movie & essential episodes, except mortis arc - sows seeds for later adventures & enriches prequel era. Even clone wars finale is ok at this point - seeing it from Ahsokas point of view doesnt exactly spoil anything.)
(Optional SOLO - brings us back to the Empire Era, primes us for Han, Chewie & Lando relationship)
5 - after seeing Anakin in prequels, the ending here is MUCH more shocking
3 - and this is MUCH more emotional - plus you see the clone wars finale from Anakin/Obiwans/Yodas perspective
(Optional Bad Batch - if you have fallen in love with the clones then you'll like this. You can see how they deal with the birth of the Empire.)
(Optional OBI-WAN series - reminds us of the brutality of the Empire, the state of the Jedi after Vader destroys them, and of course, the ending is a real emotional ride)
6 - all the loose ends are tied up. Everything is much heavier with history and is emotionally exponentially more satisfying, especially the last half hour.
You can save Rebels for after 6, then you're set for Mando, Boba Fett, Ahsoka, Andor, all in their season release order.
Realized I missed Bad Batch, added that in there.
I knew you’d love Star Wars. There’s a reason that single movie changed cinema forever. The Original 6 by George are complete magic. You’re in for the best 6 movie saga in cinema. Just like Lord of the Rings is the best trilogy ever made.
R2 is the real MVP of the saga
agree
@@nataschasummers he is a metal doggo if you think of it. That's why we love him
One thing that's always bothered me about this film, is the fact that Chewie doesn't get a medal too.
Racist fuckers.
I like to think he probably growled at them when they tried to give him one 😂
Bartender happens to be on the honor committee...
"We don't award their kind in here"....
Bartender has been fired from 50 bars since the new order.
Lol...Carl Sagan said the same thing.
i didn't notice and that's just as appalling of me - justice for chewie!
Pretty amazing for 1977. This is my childhood
The number of times she said "This looks so fake" when it wasn't got to be pretty comical.
57:40 Welcome to the club!
I don't think I've encoutered your specific kind of Star Wars fan yet, having seen the newer stuff but not the originals. This ought to be an interesting viewpoint!
Loved your cosplay! very on point!
Yes, Alderaan really got destroyed. it was a huge power move from the empire, showing their ability to destroy a whole planet, scaring others in line. Had the Rebel alliance not been able to destroy it, no one would be willing to stand against the Empire.
This Princess Leia cosplay made me think about what the creator of this franchise said to the actress who played Leia. "Don't wear a bra, because there are no bras in space." And we had Return of the Jedi and what he said made even less sense.
But they weren’t in space, they were in atmosphere. Leia is not on a planetary surface until the final 20 minutes of the first movie.
Translation “Sex sells”
Bra.. not needed in space!!😅 however for boys.. the whole wear boxer shorts (cus gravity- exact opposite of the boobies idea) needs dealt with.. poor space girls
@@thomaspappalardo7589 she was always in a gravity environment, though
@@izzonj Word. Even if the gravity is fake, it still cause le sag. George didn't know shyte, as every woman needs a bit of restraint on their mammaries. Even in space (flappy flappy flappy!).
A little trivia for you. Peter Cushing (The actor who played Grand Moff Tarkin) has a whole bunch of shots of him above his waste. That is because the knee-high boots that he was given to wear were too small and cramped up his feet something terrible. Since they did not have a budget for wardrobe, they just had shots of Peter Cushing from above the knees in most of the shots and he wore regular shoes in those shots.
What a fun reaction!
Rogue One, the movie you were thinking of with Jyn Erso, ends right before this one picks up in the Star Wars timeline.
Keep in mind that the Empire still exists even though Luke destroyed the Death Star. The reason this movie ended like this is because George Lucas didn’t know if it would be successful enough to create sequels. So he made this one so that it could stand alone.
Cheers!
Crazy thing about the landspeeder shots you thought used strings and puppets - those were "real." The speeder was built on a car with mirrors over the bottom to make it look like it was floating. So the floating off the ground (the thing you accepted) was simple in-camera illusion, and the rest was actually real! This movie pushed special effects forward immeasurably, and one of the things they learned over time was that being real and "looking realistic" are oddly different things.
I love the outfit! You say "Oh no!" So many times, I half expect the Kool Aid man to bust in through the wall. 😅
im so sorry 🤣🤣🤣
@@nataschasummers don't be sorry! 😊 You're doing great!
I think the best order to watch them is to start with A New Hope, then Empire Strikes Back, then go back and watch The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith before finishing off with Return of the Jedi. For me it just maximises the experience.
18:00 It might have looked like "a toy with dolls in it" to you, but it was not. It was a car with the real actors in it, with the wheels removed later in post-production.
It's amazing to me how certain younger viewers watching this are primed to expect bad-looking effects, so even when the effects are fine, they convince themselves that they look bad.
45:55
Back in 1977 I was at band practice, my younger sisters, mum and dad were at the drive ins watching this movie.
My dad, not much of a sci-fi guy loved this scene and the fact that the Empire had a kind of WWII axis power vibe.
This scene reminded him of several WWII B-17 bomber belly, and top turret fighting movies that he had watched during his young child and teenhood.
Great reaction! In 1977,this was the first movie my mom ever took me to. I was 5. I still remember the experience vividly, and it is my favorite memory of my mother. Wish you could have seen it as we did as kids, before Lucas lost his mind. 😁
22:16 You reminded me of my childhood. I used to make my own lightsaber by using a bamboo and aluminium foil and then did like this.
Somebody probably already posted this, but Luke's vehicle was not a toy. It was a wheeled vehicle. They filmed it, then removed the tires from the film.
Very excited to see this and your reactions! This always brings me back to 1977 as a 12 year old boy and all the excitement before, during, and after A New Hope! Even standing in a huge line that went around the theater was exciting listening to everyone talk and feel this excitement! I hope you enjoy and have fun like we did! I'm ready for questions, because you will have plenty, trust me! I did, we all did! Enjoy!
Can't wait! i so wish i could have been a teen seeing this at the movies for the first time, what a time to be alive!
Karl....yes! The lines were insane. It was the first time we had a film phenomenon like that. It was big news on all three network TV channels. I wish I still had my hardbound Art of Star Wars book. Could sit there all day and draw those ships and characters
@seankennedy4548 You are right; I've been in lines before, but nothing on this scale. One of my mother's good friends was a movie editor and she gave me something priceless and important to me; a first printing of The Star Wars Portfolio paintings by Ralph Mcquarrie! I still have them! I remember before A New Hope it was the blockbuster movie Jaws in 1975. In the 80's: Empire Strikes Back, Return Of The Jedi, maybe E.T., Ghostbusters, Top Gun, Raiders Of The Lost Ark, Karate Kid, and The Terminator were important movies for me. The only other important film(s) for me was The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy and the buzz and lines associated with it and came close was this trilogy!
@@karlschmitt6359 AWESOME!
I loved the reaction!
Your joy is pure.
Glad you enjoyed it, thank you so much lovely!
Luke's landspeeder is real. They put a mirror along the side to make it appear to be floating.
Oh boy. Be prepared, Natascha, SW fans are brutal 😂. Loved your LotR reactions, so I’m here for this. Glad you’re getting into so many cool franchises for the first time!
I love that the landspeeder which was a custom car with mirrors on it looks fake but the CGI dinosaurs added in 20 years later are totally real.
25:06 "I find your lack of faith disturbing". That's a very popular meme.
The speeder is not a little toy, it is a vehicle, but they used a mirror to hide the wheels of the vehicle!
6:04 "I love this theme tune, you know. Music is epic." The first time I rewatched this trilogy since I was a kid, I declared that John Williams was 80% of the reason they succeeded.
"Do it!"
If/when you watch the prequels, remember this line.
"All the stuff with Daisy Ridley, all that good stuff, I've seen it all." 🥰
Every SW fan: "Them's fighting words." 😑
i knowwww. i'm the worst 🤣
Wow I was so surprised I got caught off guard, your reaction was even better than I expected, is like looking at a kid watching the movie for the first time and that's how much we love it too nowadays, rewatching this movie over and over only gets better and better.
C3-PO: "What a desolate place this is" - It's actually Tunisia in North Africa.
Luke: "She's rich" - Not any more, since they just blew up her home planet. Palace, banks, parents, all gone.
The monster in the trash compactor: It's a brand new Death Star, they just did the first test by blowing up Alderaan. If it had survived more than a few hours, it would have been headed for some serious health violations. 😛
When I watched in the cinema "A New Hope" for the first time (1977), then the title was only "Star Wars", without "Episode IV A New Hope". On the first day I watched it three times, on the second day four times. :)
1st time on your channel and had a blast watching your reaction! I'm a long time Star Wars fan and watched it in the cinema back in 1977 ( many times haha). Can't wait for you to see the next one! You looked like you had a blast which was awesome! Keep smiling 🙂👍
I just want to make it clear. While in the Mos Eisley Cantina and confronted by the bounty hunter, Han Shot First!
Even though you've heard plenty pop culture references it still surprised you to see them in context that they made all the more sense. "You've taken your first step into a larger world"
Ah, my favorite film. It’s marvelous to see you already getting into the cool new stuff, and I hope you have a blast with the series!
Actually Luke's Landspeeder was REAL. They just hid the wheels and made it look like it was flying. So, in a way, it was much more real than the other spaceship effects.
The stormtrooper whacking his head off the door always gets me laughing
The Vader vs Kenobi lightsabre duel was the first - later films benefited from newer tech and better vfx. But to see what it could have looked like using modern effects watch Scene 38 Reimagined th-cam.com/video/to2SMng4u1k/w-d-xo.html
Currently at 48 Million views
Natasha, fun fact: Grand Moff Tarkin, Vader's boss on the Death Star, was played by Peter Cushing. An actor known for doing Hammer Horror films, he also played Doctor Who in the 2 1960's films based on the original Dalek and Dalek Invasion of Earth serials.
You should know Natascha that Lukes landspeeder was not a little modle or toy. It was shot at a distance and they used vasoline on the camera lense so it made it blurry under the speeder so you couldn't see wheels. The blurr may have been cleaned up since them but that was the reason they originally did the shots like that.
This may be is a hot take, but it's so surprisingly refreshing to interact with star wars fans who started w/ the disney stuff. A lot of the fandom has been so toxic for so long, but the enthusiasm the post-disney acquisition fans bring heals my old bones. Even though I don't love everything that disney has put out regarding star wars, I do enjoy a lot of it and I'd much rather chat with someone who loves every piece of star wars media than spend another minute listening to an "original trilogy only" person ever again if I could 😆
These posts sound like soulless, corporate advertisements.
Fascinating.
Referring to other fans as "toxic" is hardly the way to "bring fans together."
In fact, the technical term for that is "demonization." And yes, that is EXACTLY what I see in the above posts.
It's unfortunate to start off well... simply saying "I like this and it's nice to see someone else who likes it too."
But the instant that you start attacking those who disagree with you... and calling people with whom you disagree "toxic" is an act of AGGRESSION, not one of defense... and a sleazy one at that... you've ceded all right to the "moral high ground."
I tend to agree with the poster directly above my post, who thinks these comments seem almost like those now proven to have come from Kathleen Kennedy's PR agency... which have been even more egregious than those openly coming out of the Disney PR department (which at least has to try to maintain an appearance of propriety).
I personally appreciate "Rogue One," and the first two seasons of "The Mandalorian," while it was being made by Jon Favreau. I personally despise everything else which has come out of the Disney period.
To you, that makes me "toxic." I couldn't care less. To me, Star Wars includes everything pre-Disney, including my collection of books, comics, games, etc. It only includes anything from Disney when and where that does not contradict any of that.
Luke married Mara Jade, a former "secret agent" who reported directly to Palpatine. They had a son, Ben Skywalker. Han and Leia married as well, and had three children... the twins, Jacen and Jayna Solo, and a son, Anakin Solo. Anakin was killed in a war, after becoming a Jedi. Failing to prevent Anakin's death pushed Jacen into exploring "the unifying force" (combining the dark and light sides), but he inevitably fell to the dark side, and among other things he did, he murdered Mara Jade Skywalker.
Han and Leia never split up. There was never a "first order," and Palpatine did return, briefly, by transferring his consciousness into a series of clone bodies, none of which could last... and he was finally totally destroyed by the pregnant Leia, and the son inside of her, Anakin.
Leia became chief of state of the New Republic. The conflict permanently ended with the truce at Bakura, and the "Imperial Remnant" eventually became a solid ally of the New Republic. There was never a "First Order."
And so on and so on.
I reject everything in Disney which contradicts any of the formerly canonical "Expanded Universe," which Disney "erased" when they bought George out.
The only exception is that I can accept the Rogue One story about the Death Star Plans, and can allow that the guy who previously was the one to obtain them, Kyle Katarn, might've not been involved in that specific mission after all. (Though as far as I'm concerned, he might've gotten the revised plans for its successor.)
Disney canon just isn't very good... but if you only know the six theatrical films prior to it, you might not feel as strongly. You wouldn't have as much to compare it to... and likely, you never really cared about SW prior to seeing the new Disney stories, anyway.
The bad dialogue, bad plotting, "Mary Sue" lead character with absolutely no "hero's journey" whatsoever, "Darth Whiney" as the main villain, horrific treatment of Luke Skywalker and Han Solo, the purple-haired "girl-boss" whose refusal to brief her subordinates succeeded in killing thousands of (off screen) lives... "Rose" stopping a heroic act by one of the only decent characters so she could kiss him... plus how awfully "The Mandalorian" was destroyed once Favreau was demoted by Kennedy...
... Well, there's plenty of reason to despise the material. And those who made it.
But there is still no reason to attack those who like it. We can disagree without demonization.
That has to go both ways, though.
@@carybrown851 That was a lot of words just to reinforce my stance on the matter.
@@TylerD288 k dawg
@@ColeSlawMcGraw That's an awfully lazy comment just to reinforce that you're more interested in insults than in dialogue.
Why not just throw your poop and be done with it? 🙄
1. Sir. Alec Guinness/Obi-Wan didn't want the part. Being a Shakespearian actor, he thought the entire idea was silly and was beneath him, but his wife talked him into taking the part.
2. The shrug Chewy gives Luke after he scares the tiny black droid is
3. These movies were put out in a certain order because there was limited technology and Lucas used and pushed forward the images needed to make a quality product. The best way to watch the is in the order they came out. We had to wait years for the next one. There was no internet where we had access to them whenever we wanted.
4. No need to go into anything after VI. Disney took over and the quality dropped. I realize you have to.
5. The only CGI was put in for the 25th anniversary package in this film are the critters the stormtroopers were riding at the beginning of the search for the robots, a couple of the huge critters outside the pub, the scene with Jabba the Hutt and some very miner changes. Those were put in later after CGI was available. Otherwise, everything is what we had in 1977.
6. Obi-Wan sacrificed himself after he told Vader he would be stronger than ever. He went back into the force. He knows it's Luke's job to take over.
7. The awkwardness in the detention space is because Ford didn't know his lines. It was kept in the movie anyway because it worked.
8. The next two are the best of the series. Enjoy
I love your princess Leia outfit.Take a photo with it.
26:00 Remember, "Not Disney".
You're the most beautiful Princess Leia I've ever seen. And hopefully you know I mean that with the utmost respect. Wonderful reaction.❤❤❤
too kind 💖
The stormtrooper who said
"These aren't the droid we're looking for"
"Stop that ship, blast em!"
Is the actor who voiced Launchpad in Ducktales.
So many great English actors, also filmed in England at pinewood etc....best in the business ! George knew the score from... previous old school effects!
The term “blockbuster”? Yea, we busted the blocks around the theater. Saw this one 20+ times in the theater from ‘77-‘78, up until they ripped it out of the projectors. I then saw it more during the re-release just before ESB. It’s hard to describe just how much Star Wars was EVERYWHERE then, it was THE culture of the time and it changed the way movies were made. When I say everywhere, it’s like literally all over. Every restaurant had merch, licensed and not, TV shows had skits about it, talk shows, well, talked about it, and we played Star Wars all day.
Still have all my toys from them, they have their shrine in my cave.
Do we need too?!,,,,,,,,,,, Oh I love your banter..... Its so refreshing. Welcome to The Children Of Star Wars. OH and I would never have noticed your dress until you mentioned it. Not to worry, I would be fine even if you presented "that" type of show. 😉 I remember when I met the actor who was in the Darth Vader outfit,,,,He was really cool. I was so sad when he died. He was really nice to me and my family.
welcome to the Star Wars universe! now you must react to every movie. this franchise defined my childhood... your accent is adorable - you could be an actress in one of the movies yourself!
awh imagine! 😍
35:23: *”You’ve taken your first step into a larger world.”*
Loving the cosplay dedication and the general humour! So fun!
Also thanking the algorithm gods for sending me this channel!
The landspeeder was a full sized vehicle
Mirrors were placed at the bottom to he the wheels and make it look like it floated. They even put Vaseline on the bottom of the camera lense to hide it a bit, that's why the shots of it driving are from a distance. Closet shots are shot from a bit above to not show the bottom of the speeder.
Fantastic lovely to have a northern bird do a Starwars a new hope commentary x
R2-D2 sounds were modelled after sounds of a baby. This is why sound design for R2-D2 sounds so cute.
The first Star Wars films were made mostly in the UK at Pinewood Studios, Shepperton and Elstree studios in the heart of London, in case you didn't know. 😁
Hope you'll visit Star Wars Galaxy's Edge (either at Disneyland in California or Hollywood Studios in Orlando).Mark Hamil says the blue milk there is MUCH better than what he had in the movie.
LOL really ? 🤣🤣
i would LOVE to - i've been on the ride at Disneyland Paris about 6 years ago!
@@nataschasummers I still need to go there. Then I'll be able to cross "Pilot the Millennium Falcon" off my lifelong bucket list.
Uncle Owen was worried about his nephew Luke and didn't want to see him hurt or killed, like his father.
Your comment, when they were in the trash chamber. about Leia not diving into to help Luke in the dirty water,....to protect her "dress". Well, Carrie Fisher did admit that she was not allowed to wear a bra during this film. It was the 70's....yet an earth-style Bra under her gown, would have been visible, too obvious,...and George Lucas made that rule. Carrie F' revealed this in an interview in 1980 for Rolling Stone magazine. She wore 'gaffer's tape' over her nipples. (I was a teen then, Carrie F' was my first Celeb' crush)....so her dress getting wet, would have been obvious. Carrie F' advised other actress's in modern Star Wars to assert themselves, if they felt design for their costume was not reasonable.