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Lando is Billy Dee Williams
Different force users know how to do different things.
He wasn't trying to kill Luke he was trying to convert him to the dark side and what Luke was doing is choosing what he thought was death instead of becoming evil..
All your questions about the Empire will be answered in episode 1,2,3.
Mark Hamill got into a serious car accident during the filming of this movie and had to undergo some facial reconstruction surgery and that's why he looks different. The messed up face he has is not cosmetic.
The force and "Some kind of remote transmission". The Force whispers to you like Yoda said "Things you will see, other places, the past, the future".
Ben Achieved Immortality through the force becoming a Force Ghost and preserving his knowledge.
Lucas omitted the twist "I am your Father" from the script until the day of shooting to keep it from leaking. But once its out there and becomes a part of pop culture its impossible to avoid.
Not a spoiler:
To answer your question about the Empire:
Empire is based somewhere, Corosant (I spelled it wrong) its a city covering an entire planet in the lore.
The prequel films will explain its origins.
I never thought it was possible to overthink Star wars to this degree but here we are
Hahaha!
Yeah... fast forward 60% on this one... 😬😅
Could you imagine how long the patreon version is?
Tiresome to say the least.
Annoying, repetitive. And annoying, repetitive. And annoying, repetitive.
“I sometimes obsess over small details unnecessarily.” Bit of an understatement lmao.
To a fault tbh
1980 - i’m five years old. My grandfather takes me to see this movie. Grown adults were screaming “HE’S LYING!” at Darth Vader when the reveal happened. It’s just pandemonium- people are losing their minds. And i had no idea movies could potentially not have a happy ending. It was a crazy experience. Plus we weren’t promised a third movie- for all we knew that was it.
5 in 80. Me too 😊
Yeah, this was one of the most anticipated movies ever and it straight up denied the heroes a happy ending. Everybody loses, Han is captured, possibly dead, Luke fights Vader, loses, gets his hand cut off, almost falls to his death, and they barely escape with their lives. The Empire is at large, the heroes are on the run, hope is lost. That's where they choose to end the movie. It's bold, it really projects confidence, like the writers/director are gambling that you will be so invested that you'll wait and see the next one just to get the true conclusion to the story. Obviously they were right and it was a huge success. I think they challenged the Hollywood formula tbh, they deliberately said we are not making this movie a self-contained story, it's just the next PART of the story, if you want the real ending you have to see the next one.
Star Wars walked so other stories like the Marvel Universe could run
@@marvelsandals4228 and then they both fell on their face for lack of confident direction and agenda driven garbage. Thanks Disney ❤
I was 11, I remember insisting for the next 3 years that Vader had been lying. I could not accept that the bad guy would tell the truth.
@@Jon_FM Apparently a lot of people who saw it without prior knowledge thought he might be lying. Something I have been robbed by being spoiled the twist by my classmates before I saw it. That was like in the early 90s, when I was in primary school. I saw it on VHS my parents had recorded from the TV.
You have to remember that Luke has Force senses and Force telekinesis.
He can sense an escape route in the abyss and pull himself towards it and slow his fall.
He can also sense the truth of what Vader says, and feel their connection. He can sort of sense his family, even if he doesn't exactly understand what he's sensing.
The reason they had Luke attacked at the start of the movie was due to Mark being in a horrific car accident between movies, it messed up his face so badly they weren't sure if they could fix it. Honestly in time his face healed almost perfectly, but he was still healing during the filming of Empire. So they did the monster attack at the start to explain why Mark had changed and seemed so injured for the film. By Jedi he looks a few more steps back to his normal self.
addendum..., there's been a little "urban legend" exaggeration over the years :-
On January 11, 1977, Mark Hamill got into a car accident that fractured his nose and left cheekbone. If the accident had happened four months later, the news would have been in every paper around the world. But at the time, Hamill was still an unknown actor who had just finished being the lead in a yet-to-be-released sci-fi movie in which he wore all white and wielded a glowing sword. Hamill had to have cartilage taken from his ear to rebuild his nose.
But when "Star Wars: A New Hope" opened on May 25, 1977, breaking box office records and making everyone involved - especially Hamill as Luke Skywalker - overnight sensations, little attention was made about Hamill's accident.
However when the sequel to "A New Hope," 1980's "The Empire Strikes Back," opened with Skywalker being mauled in the face by a Wampa,
fans speculated that the scene was written because Hamill's face looked different after his accident.
The rumor has become one of the biggest unsolved mysteries of the "Star Wars" saga, 40 years after the film was released.
Mark Hamill got in an accident after filming 'A New Hope' Speaking to Gossip Magazine in 1978 for the release of "Corvette Summer," which was released between "A New Hope" and "The Empire Strikes Back," Hamill spoke about the accident.
"What happened was that I was on the wrong freeway," Hamill said. "I was way out in the sticks somewhere and there were no cars and no traffic,
thank God. I was going about 65-70 mph... So yes I was speeding, going too fast for the conditions... and what happened, I think, was that I tried
to negotiate an off-ramp and lost control, tumbled over, and went off the road. I fractured my nose and my cheek."
Hamill also said in the interview that the next day he was supposed to do pick-up shots for "A New Hope" of scenes on Tatooine.
This led to director George Lucas having to use a double, though the shots were for scenes where you wouldn't see Hamill's face.
@@Laurie473 You left out some of his interview "I just woke up and I was in the hospital and I knew that I had hurt myself very, very, very badly... but I wasn't really sure. And then someone held a mirror up to my face and I just felt that my career was over.
I was so upset to see how badly I had hurt myself."
Yeah, the accident was never that bad, as he later revealed in another interview. People took the quote about him thinking his career was over the wrong way. He was just talking about his initial reaction.
@@DigitalJediMaster Which interview was that ?
@@DigitalJediMaster
Hamill was also later quoted as saying that nobody even noticed the damage to his face which is not true . Seeing ESB as a child I thought that it was a different actor initially , he looked much older to me than in the first film . He doesn't seem to like to talk about the accident much and he seems to downplay it when he does .
Frankly I love the scene where Lando opens the door to reveal Vader. It shows just how much of a bad ass Han is. He doesn't freeze, he doesn't hesitate, he sees the galaxy's #2 bad guy and his first response is to draw and put rounds down range.
And Vader is such a G he just stood there, held his hand out, and tanked those shots like a fedup dad blockin Nerf darts from his kids. Then he took that shit with the quickness and put his ass in Time Out 😂😂😂
Because Han is as quick with his wits as he is with his ship. And his pistol. He is also the type of guy to shoot first.
Han always shoots first.
And he puts himself in front of Leia directly, shielding her, like quite literally in front of Leia and Chewie, in the direct line of fire if there was some sort of response.
I not only shows how skilled of a gunslinger and warrior he is, always on the lookout and ready for battle, but that he also cares for the ones he loves and is willing to risk his life to protect the people he cares about.
@@GhostWatcher2024 Then there's another edition where they shoot at the same time. Both dumb, should have left it alone.
Your reactions are unbelievably fascinating. It's like going back in time to the 80's and rewatching all of our initial reactions and questions about The Force, except we didn't get official answers until 16 years after Return of the Jedi. It was truly a mysterious concept for the better part of the 80's and 90's.
So true! They tortured us not knowing for 16 years.
His reactions are kind of ignorant
I grew up as these films were released, nobody ever had these questions.
@@Lost_n_Found_1 yeah that's the point. He doesn't know anything about the universe. Because he's watching them for the first time. That's uh how a reaction works
@@sydny909 No, being ignorant has nothing to do with reacting. Maybe look up the word you intend on debating the meaning of before replying, lol.
Okay there's one very subtle motion that Lando does after Vader alters the deal on Lando and walks away to prepare for Luke's arrival. Lando kind of rubs his throat very softly as Vader walks away right. I (and a few friends of mine) believe that Vader was - oh so gently - gripping his throat with the force just then to send Lando a message about who was actually in control.
Yes, Vader could easily have killed Luke, but that was not his plan. He wanted to test Luke to see how far along Luke's training had gotten. His plan was to have Luke join him. That's why he fought with only one hand until Luke actually hit him, then he used two and cut Luke's hand off.
Exactly.
Yeah the whole fight between Vader and Luke is less life and death, and more a really toxic supervillain dad shit-testing his long lost son for latent super-powers. If he wanted to kill him there wouldnt have been a fight to begin with lmao
I wish people would remember this when they watch the Kylo Ren and Rey fight in TFA. Kylo was hurt...and he wasn't trying to kill her...he wanted to train her.
When ObiWan said "if you strike me down I will become more powerful than you can imagine" he became part of the force itself.
As in a mentor for one of the new most powerful beings in the Galaxy. A mentor who can travel wherever the student is, and help guide them almost anywhere, any time.
That is a power Vader could not imagine the value of.
Yep, he really died. He's a damn ghost now. He is "one with the Force" now, but as he said he "can't interfere," since he's just a ghost. He's not a part of the physical world, he can't interact with things outside of communicating with people
On the CGI touch ups: In Ep V they did not redo a whole lot. In fact aside from some removed blue screen/ chroma key artefacts and the ice monster, nothing got touched up until they reach Bespin. Very impressive
Impressive is an understatement. The asteroid field chase is one of the most stunning practical effect sequences I've ever seen.
I saw this in the theatre when it premiered and it was pre-internet, so there were no spoilers at all. When the father line was spoken, the whole audience - which had been quite animated until then, cheering on the characters, etc - went stone silent. It was like all the air had been sucked out of the theatre. When it was over, a bunch of us sat out in the parking lot and had a really good debate about whether or not it was true, or if Vader was just lying to Luke to get him to turn. We wouldn't find out for sure for another three years when RotJ came out.
Yeah, back then the only spoilers were people (friends,movie critics etc) that saw the movie before you had a chance to. lol I miss those days lol
You're not crazy, Luke's actor (Mark Hamill) was in an accident between films that left his face scarred.
Yep. Motorcycle.That is why they had him get hurt in the beginning.
Luke Meatcrayon just doesnt have the same ring to it
@@cheebagardens1759 honestly the fact that they adapted that I’m not sure that’s the right word, but they did that blew my mind as a kid for some reason, real life injury used to keep a character in tact in universe. Super neat.
@@imperious8905 if you want to see what it would have looked like if they tried to cover up his scars, just watch The Star Wars Holiday Special.
@@Thundarr100 Don't ever watch the Star Wars Holiday Special. It's terrible.
“He’s just not a farmer, he has too much of his father in him”
“That’s what I’m afraid of”
I always had a soft spot for Owen and Beru
@@sergioaccioly5219 "I always had a soft spot for Owen and Beru"
And now that spot is hard and crunchy.
@@michaelm.1947 That's dark, man. Funny as hell, but dark.
@@michaelm.1947 DUDE......!😂🔥
People will get mad that you're looking at all the small details ant nitpicking inconsistencies, but to me it shows that you're genuinely curious about the movie and what it's about. Quickly becoming one of my favorite movie reaction/review channels :)
Episodes 1, 2, and 3 do a pretty good job of telling you where the Empire came from and about the scale of what it encompasses.
The emperor made a lot of power plays and convinced people that it was their own idea.
"Don't trust this guy bro, he's weird" and "I'm definitely not on Vader's side" are two of my favorite Vader-related remarks anyones ever made while watching this movie.
Vader: Join me.
Luke: I'll never join you!
Vader: Why not?
Luke: You're WEIRD. Also you got some serious bad vibes, bro.
@@marvelsandals4228 😂😂😂 hahaha yes!!!
Not only were audiences in 1980 astonished hearing that line, most of the cast and crew were surprised, too. The line in the printed scripts which David Prowse (the actor in the Vader suit) said during filming was "Obi-Wan killed your father". George Lucas and director Irvin Kershner pulled Mark Hamill aside 10 minutes before shooting the scene, told him what James Earl Jones would actually be saying in the dub and to react to that and not tell anyone for two years.
And audiences argued about if Darth Vader told the truth or a lie until Jedi came out
Reportedly, David Prowse was very annoyed at not being told what the real line was, saying he'd have played the scene differently. And at the movie's premiere, with the stars in attendance, when that line came up Harrison Ford leaned over to Mark Hamill and said, "You effing didn't tell me!"
@@greenmonsterprod Mark... why didn't you tell me?
I want to see the alternate universe where Lucas actually went with "Obi Wan killed your father." I wonder what the next movie would have been like or the various prequels/sequels. I can imagine maybe Luke's father was Vader's friend, and maybe he turned to the Dark side, so Obi Wan killed him, which led Darth Vader to hate him, it would explain why he has become so ruthless and hardened, like he will stop at nothing to get his revenge. What if the "Dark side" is just a matter of perspective or something, they could have gone so many directions with this
@@bassterix7151 Mark Hamil: Well, what I told you was true...from a certain point of view.
The wipe transitions are a homage to Japanese film maker Akira Kurosawa, whom George Lucas is a big fan of. I’ve seen Kurosawa’s Samurai films, starring Toshiro Mifune, and they’re full of wipe transitions, a signature of Kurosawa’s films.
The whole first episode was an homage to his film The Hidden Fortress - with the Death Star being the titular fortress, Leia being the analog to the rebel princess from Kurosawa's movie, and the odd choice to have the droids be the POV characters for the first half of the film being a direct homage to the two squabbling peasants from whose perspective The Hidden Fortress is told.
The first "oh yeah, they redid this one..." that was a practical effect in the original.
And the tauntauns are miniatures stop-motion. Mark Hamill was in an accident. So they wrote the beginning to give him the scar that he got in real life.
Luke's mistake on Dagobah was that he was still functioning under the impression that when he used the Force, it was a manifestation of his own physical strength, his own capabilities...and he knew he couldn't lift his fighter out of the swamp under his own physical strength. He was not yet aware that using the Force is potentially channeling the energy of the entire universe to manifest your will, whether benevolent, or malevolent.
His aunt said in the first movie "He's got too much of his father in him" and his uncle responded "I know, that's what bothers me" or something to that effect, because he knew his father turned to the dark side.
also the last time they saw him he just slaughtered the tuskens
@Gary Vincent I don't think he told them about that, just Padme.
@@mikehunt69981 im sure they can put 2 and 2 together, mom taken by tuskens, angry man with super powers comes back with mom....
@@garyvincent7397 Now I need to Explain a Movie Badly, by referring to Vader as "Angry Man with Super Powers"
Angry Child Discovers he has Superpowers, blows up battleship.
Angry Man with Superpowers flirts awkwardly, loses hand
Angry Man with Superpowers does multiple genocides
Angry Man with Superpowers Fights with Swords and Starfighters, while failing to look for droids
Angry Man with Superpowers beats and gaslights his son
Angry Man with Superpowers has second thoughts about a lot of things
@@MrFelblood loosely describe harry potter
orphan boy who lives with his aunt and uncle is never told about his parents until he meets a strange old wizzard who tells him his dad is a wizzard and takes him to be trained by an older wiser wizzard meets a girl around his age who while theres an odd tension they will only love eachothers as siblings, later in the franchise he finds out his dad wasnt as cool as he thought he was
The moment with the probe droid early in the movie when you noted that they must have enhanced the effects...they did, but not there...that's how it looked in the theater. Also, Vader's ship sending out probe droids wasn't anywhere near Hoth, it was sending probe droids throughout the galaxy. Luke looks different because the actor was in a serious car accident that damaged his face between movies.
Yeah, this one has the least changes. only CGI added was the stuff on cloud city. It just shows how awesome ILM did on this.
I hear it that Mark was in the far left lane on the 10 Freeway in L.A., found out he was about to miss his exit and made a wild 6-lane-change and hit the highway concrete barriers and signs.
@@billolsen4360 He was out in the middle of nowhere when it happened, not in LA, with no traffic around. He tried to take an off ramp too fast and went off the embankment.
@@hettbeans Thanks! Always thought the story about driving on The 10 in Los Angeles sounded a little too pat.
I always love your analytical approach to reactions. Speaking from a neuro divergent brain, myself. Because of your analysis of each program, you are undoubtedly right with most of your assessments and assumptions. (I stand in awe of your Game of Thrones series, because you've "guessed" *analyzed* so much correctly.) Thank you! You are a breath of fresh air!
Luke accepts it because he searched his feelings and now he knows it to be true. In other words he can feel it through the Force.
Yeah, this guy isn't here to understand it... he's here to criticize it. We're two films in and he's still calling R2 "the trashcan". I've never seen anyone more hell-bent on trashing a classic film series than this guy. Just obnoxious.
That probe droid in the beginning is not added later, it's practical effects. Same for a lot of stuff.
I thought it was funny how he was immediately wrong about what was/wasn't CGI.
@@daze3o5 …and so overconfident in his mistaken opinion.
I'm sure it has been answered already, but the voice of Vader is provided by James Earl Jones. I'm sure you've seen him in a few films (Gardens of Stone, Hunt for Red October, Conan the Barbarian, Field of Dreams, etc.). And Lando is played by Billy Dee Williams, another big actor from the 1970's. Known for his role in Lady Sings The Blues and of course his Colt 45 malt liquor commercials.
"Regardless of what that gold thing says. It really does like the trash can thing." A true Star Wars fanatic.
Re: Stormtrooper aim- Remember, Luke said he could barely see out of the trooper helmet when he was wearing it.
BTW- every time MrLBoyed talks about how lucky Luke is I hear Obi-wan's line from the previous film "In my experience, there''s no such thing as luck."
Stormtroopers vs named characters = they die but accomplish the goal (herding the main characters to their ship so they can lead the Empire to the Rebel base)
Stormtroopers vs mooks = dead mooks (the boarding operation at the start of SW4 A New Hope)
As to Luke not seeing out of it, note how Han was able to see easily, and likely adjusted Luke's helmet while in the elevator (note how Luke later helped shoot out the sensors in the detention block, was able to see which cell was Leia's, and was able to see Leia).
-LUCK- All is, as The Force wills it
When Vader tells Luke to search his feelings, Luke takes a moment to feel their connection through the Force. The Force can provide guidance and clarity. That is why Luke believed it - he could feel it.
Ty all the rambling makes him miss crucial plot lines.
I love your reactions, you make questions very much similar to the ones I had when I first seens the movies. I also find that the way you think, the path you take to get to a point is very different than me, so interesting to follow a new train of thoughts. Sending much respect from Brazil 🇧🇷
Han didn't forfeit the taun taun's life "for leisure", he was looking for Luke. He was hoping to find him before the sun set.
Yeah, that was a weird comment considering that what he was doing was plain.
Luke seeing his own face in the mask of Vader was a clue about his lineage, but most viewers perceive that scene as a warning that Luke could become another Vader, which is also valid. Another clue was his uncle and aunt's conversation from the first film talking about Luke having too much of his father in him. "That's what I'm afraid of." That's usually understood to mean that they're worried Luke would get himself killed acting the hero, just like his father. Again, also valid, but there was a deeper context because his uncle and aunt both knew the real story behind Vader. We don't learn it until later.
Actually in the canon comics.. Owen & Beru assumed Anakin died during the Jedi purge being killed by the 501st Legion. This was the propoganda the Empire spread. They alos held Obi-Wan responsible for his demise
I don't think that Luke seeing his face in Vader's mask had anything to do with his lineage, it was more a warning that he could fall to the dark side in pursuit of the light, just as Anakin had.
@@marvinleach3059 comics are afterthoughts, not canon
Ah yes. Episode 5! The sequel that made Hollywood rethink what a sequel is supposed to be!
I would agree, except The Godfather 2 came out 6 years before this sequel.
@@deuce0619 i would agree, but star wars reaches a much wider audience.
hyperbole
@@deuce0619 100% this
@@tigerbait134 It does but Godfather 2 is a masterpiece as well, it’s truly sad that when you’re captured by a new franchise the sequel usually destroys that excitement you have.
Please continue with this series my man ! I personally really love how you're questioning everything. For real if you watch episodes 1, 2 and 3 after episode 6 then alot of your answers will be explained....kinda.
I love these videos. The way you go in depth on your thoughts about what you're seeing is really great
"Obi wan never told you what happened to your father?" Every time I watch this movie I see more emotion from Vader... Especially during the final act of the film....
Which they completely ruined in the special edition of ROTJ.
We all watched the movies as they came out. We didn't ask questions through the movie. We all paid attention to to film, and learned answers to our silent questions as the movie revealed them to us.
But that would be a boring reaction.
Bro this is a reaction not a silent watch party
@@Chronal-Rend This isn't a reaction video. It's a dissection.
@@MrDeathpilot it actually says reaction in the title. His method of reacting is dissecting. Which side are you on lol
@@MrDeathpilot why are you talking about that. That was so random lol. This is his movie reaction channel He's not a politician. It is him watching these movies for the first time and sharing with you his reaction based on his lived experiences lol
The Force wouldn't have been able to find the base for a few reasons, but the biggest of which is that only Force sensitives can sense other Force sensitives and the "signal" gets weaker with distance. So finding the base through Luke with the Force was needle in a haystack status.
I haven’t seen anyone else address it, but Empire takes place 3 years after A New Hope, and Return of the Jedi is set a year after Empire.
Each of the movies you've seen so far include traps that don't work if the stormtroopers actually shoot their targets. In Star Wars they wanted to place a tracker on the Falcon and let them escape, in this one they wanted to make sure that Luke reached Vader unharmed. They were told to miss while making it look realistic, which they did.
We even get a demonstration (off-screen but implied and in the subtext of the dialog) of what happens when the Rebellion actually fights the stormtroopers head to head:
They get shredded.
It took the Stormtroopers MINUTES to overrun the outer defenses and break into the base. There's a *reason* that the instant they figured out that the probe droid had noticed them, that the General gave the order to begin the evacuation. They -knew- there was no way for them to stand and fight against the Stormstroopers. They had a collapsing defensive strategy, to hold off the Imperials as long as possible, and the instant they start getting overrun, to retreat to the next defensive line and do it all over again. It's a delaying strategy, one based on the idea that you are going to lose, because the opposition is utterly overwhelming.
That is the fear that the Stormtrooper inspired. In Star Wars, and in real life.
@@Vyrexuviel Also in Episode IV when they board to Tantine. The rebels need to hold a single door, with about a dozen people, partial cover and lying in wait for the stormtroopers to break through. They last about 5 seconds. It just that the plot-armor of r2d2 and the others is too strong.
I also find it funny how it resulted in the games (e.g.jedi academy &co) making the imperial blaster hilariously inaccurate.
Please be aware that it is a CHOICE to interpret it in that way. Other interpretations are just as valid.
@@damocles8159 main problem there seems they were blinded by the explosion of the door being cut open. They should have known better than to look directly into it.
there are soooooo many times i wanna reach through my screen and tell him he has as much as we did at the time. 4, 5, 6. that was it. enjoy it for what it is, not what it isnt.
It is the same actor playing Luke… (Mark Hamill)was in a car accident and messed up his face between movies. It was the reason he got smacked in the face by the Wampa at the beginning.
There’s lore, perspective, study, and training all part of learning the force. But essentially from a story and writing perspective, using and learning the force is an emotional journey one takes. The true story George is trying to tell is one of growth and understanding, the force is a conduit for those ideas. When done right it’s not about learning how the force works, you learn about yourself and from that can access and use the force in many different ways.
The moment that Ben died he became one with the Force. That's what he meant when he said "If you strike me down I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine."
There was very little CGI added here compared to A New Hope, the scenes you referred to at the beginning of the movie were all physical model shots and stop motion. One of the innovations they did was to move the camera while shooting a single frame to simulate motion blur in the stop motion footage to make it look less jerky.
Yeah, the new stop motion technique used in this movie is called go motion. Looks great. One of the best uses of it I ever saw in a movie is for the dragon in Dragonslayer. That dragon looks amazing... still one of the best looking movie/TV dragons and it was over 40 years ago!
A lot of Cloud City has been enhanced. In the original version, many walls where white. They added city background in there.
Bringing the Tonton despite knowing it would freeze wasn't entirely a point of leisure. It allowed him to get TO Luke faster, and then he was able to (rather disturbingly) cut the then-dead creature open and stuff Luke inside it to keep him warm while he dragged him back to base.
1) Think of the Empire as similar to Rome. It started as a republic, composed of a confederation of every settled planet. Then, after a series of events, the Galactic Senate reached a crisis that led them to appoint a Chancellor, who centralized power and became The Emperor (basically, what Caesar did). The Senate is based on a planet called Coruscant, but the empire's military is spread across the galaxy.
2) The asteroid trope started with this scene in Star Wars and, arguably from Dune with the Navigators.
3) Vader doesn't wear the suit for fun or intimidation. He got massively f-ed up earlier in life, as you could see from the back of his head. The rest of him doesn't look much better.
4) The force doesn't care about distance. Think of the force as a Jungian concept, where everything is connected with everything else, regardless of distance or situation. Force ghosts can work literally anywhere in the galaxy, as long as there is a person force sensitive enough to interact with them there. Similarly, someone like Yoda can look across massive distances.
5) Vader is a Sith, not a Jedi, and his abilities are suited to combat. Not all force users have the same powers, and so Yoda can do things that Vadar could never even hope to attempt. Conversely, Vader has powers that Yoda will never use because they are based in the dark side.
6) The unearned confidence of people who learn the basics is called the "Dunning Kruger effect"
7) Coincidence and luck are really much less of a factor with force users. They instinctually sense things going on from a distance, and so their instincts tend to lead them towards their goals. Literally, the universe itself is doing them a solid and making things work out for them. Of course, this works both ways, as the universe doesn't discriminate between light and dark side force users, and so the Sith have the same advantage as the Jedi.
I knew it was gonna happen. You spoiled the plot of the prequels.. c'mon man... Not every question needs to be answered. And no saying "after a series of events" doesn't make it better
@@DC3328 You honestly think he's watching the prequels? He'll get through the first half of Episode 1. They just aren't good movies.
@@theprogressivecynic2407 I'm sure he likes to make money, so yes I think he'll watch it. Given his nitpicking for this one, he'll probably hate it but maybe like the politics of it. Seems to be what he's asking for.
Or similar to our USA even more important cause we are living it...Rome, sure absolutely...More importantly , let's pay attention to modernity so we don't allow some imperial...a.k.a. authoritarian bullshit to happen yet again!! Lmao, just saying!!!
@@theprogressivecynic2407 that is your personal opinion, many people love the prequels, including those like myself who grew up only with the originals. Just because you don't like them doesn't give you the right to spoil them for others on the assumption that they will share your opinion. They are also very important to the plot.
"Luke, don't join this guy, he's weird" That was not what I was expecting you to say. Great reaction :)
Vader: Join me.
Luke: I'll never join you!
Vader: Why not?
Luke: You're WEIRD. Also you got some serious bad vibes, bro.
The first Star Wars was a fairly low budget film, and most of the money went into founding Industrial Light & Magic (which you've probably heard of) because the effects used really didn't exist yet so they had to create their own effects studio.
This film on the other hand was riding on the success of the first, and used the profits from the first, so was a proper blockbuster budget film.
Fun fact, originally none of these films had episode numbers. Those were added for the re-release because episodes 1-3 were entering production.
Just a fun fact, "No I am your father" was not the line spoken on set as they didn't want to risk it leaking through someone. Mark Hamill was pulled aside right before and told what the actual line was so he could react appropriately. The line used on set was, "No, Obi Wan killed your father"
That star destroyer at the beginning the movie could’ve been literally anywhere those probes are equipped with small hyper drives, allowing them to scour entire sectors in a matter of weeks.
The original trilogy is the second part of Lucas’s story. He thought it was fun to start the tale in the middle, like a serial he used to watch if you missed the first parts. Mainly because his imagination was more than was possible to creature at the time. Eventually, tech advanced enough where he could tell the story he wanted and George made episodes 1-3 during the late 90’s early 2000’s.
it was actually because he thought it would flop, so he started with the "more exciting" chapters involving the war against the Death Star era of the Empire, he didnt think audiences of the time would find the political machinations if the first 3 chapters of the story visually interesting
@Cannibal Teddy that's very debatable, i dont think that the Prequels would've held together on their own in the beginning, and George Lucas didnt have much money to make ep 4 with. had Lucas started the franchise from the beginning without the charisma of Ford, Chewie and Vader, i dont think Star Wars would've remained anything more than a flash in the pan.
@@hephner78 I’m sure that’s the case as well. He wasn’t wrong either. However, he’s on record as saying watching Jurassic Park let him know visual effects could produce the type of story he wanted to tell. So he told it.
@Cannibal Teddy I’m pretty sure he wasn’t gonna do the prequels. I’ve seen interviews where he wasn’t ever going to make them, but changed his mind after seeing Jurassic Park. George was really gonna leave the OG trilogy as the entire saga for the longest time.
I remember when Lucasfilms told us that. However, I don't think that was entirely true. I also remember that Episode 3 took a long time to release because George Lucas was having a hard time writing a story that tied episode 2 to episode 4. While George Lucas probably had an idea of what he wanted to do, he hadn't fully worked out the story yet.
You are AWESOME!
Watching your videos on Star Wars is like watching all of modern Sci-Fi in reverse.
Most of your sci-fi viewing thus far (SG1, TNG, Bab V, etc), were direct results of these first few movies. Those luckly enough to have lived through the rough years of sci-fi remember most of your questions and confusion as we had some of the same head scratches as you. Where we differ though in that we did not have the other shows that you grew with to temper our expectations.
So when Yoda says," you must unlearn what you have learned", makes so much sense when you watch these films. You have to take in consideration that the things you know (in sci-fi media) and break it down to where a lot of it came from.
That example of the Enterprise episode that you quoted, it was a retelling of another sci-fi movie called "Enemy Mine". Which is, of course, a sci-fi spin on other works from different mediums.
Having said that though, don't change how you approach the rest of the series, I find your take most refreshing and unique.
May the Force be with you, always.
I think MrBoyd not immediately diving into Google and finding the answers to the many questions about the Force and the History of the Empire shows an incredible amount of self control I just do not possess
The range of the Force depends on the strength and ability of the Jedi and Sith using it. Those who are Force sensitiveand learn to wield it can become extremely powerful. You will learn the answers to many of your questions as you see the rest of the story. As for Lando, the actor is Billy Dee Williams, who has an extensive list of movie credits to his name. As for Luke, it's not luck... he's trusting the will of the Force...
It also depends on how they are using it.
"Sensing" another user or broadcasting thought can go out further than moving an object or sending a pushing wave of pressure.
Don't lie ro him about the force he has 2 more movies to find out where the force comes from. I can't say that with a straight face
According to lore, the force is its own entity and not a tool. In fact, it can actually get offended if you try to abuse it. So help me god if I find out if one of Disney movies ruined this... well I don't care what Disney thinks these days anyways. They're losing money for a reason.
@@mr44mag the force is a bacterial infection, there i was forced to give a spoiler
@@Raven5150 nobody forced you. as a matter of fact, someone did a much better job of explaining it without throwing in information that wasn't known until the late 1990s/early 2000s.
I am really enjoying watching him try to figure out the force and how it works and is manipulated etc. i can not wait for him to watch 1,2 and 3
Oh yeah. Especially when he said Yoda isn't that physical. Insert mad cackle.
It's all about the power house of the cell...?
there is no 1,2 and 3. There are only Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.
@@Hiraghm You're a child. The prequels are fine, especially RotS, which is arguably the best Star Wars movie of either trilogy. You have nostalgia glasses blinding you.
One of the reasons Star Wars is so popular is because it's every story we've been telling for thousands of years. It's a war movie, a pirate movie, a Western, a romance, Arthurian mythology, Greek/ Roman mythology, a comedy, a Bible movie, a Samurai movie, a Romance, an action movie, and countless other genres.
Beru: "Luke's just not a farmer, Owen. He has too much of his father in him."
Owen: "That's what I'm afraid of!"
I saw ESB the first day it hit the theaters. The first time Yoda spoke, some guy in the audience yelled in astonishment "It's Fozzy Bear!"
Nowadays we we think of it as Yoda's voice. But Frank Oz was indeed Fozzy (and Miss Piggy and Ernie and Sam the Eagle and so many more.)
actually, the voice was the one that was used for Grover in Sesame Street. Fozzie had a different voice.
@@richardcarrier8323 I will forever in my mind now picture Yoda as Grover.
@@swordandmug I cannot dishonor the Jedi Master - Grover has YODA's voice!
@@richardcarrier8323 It was all Frank Oz. And that's what the guy in the theater yelled.
Episodes I, II, III will be helpful to many of your questions once you get to those. Loving the reactions so far.
Hi Mr. LBoyd. I'm really enjoying your review of Star Wars! I'm a Trekkie too, but my first love is Star Wars, as SW has been a part of my entire life. It's funny that all the questions you're asking will be answered in subsequent films. Luke is not just lucky, he's unconsciously using THE FORCE! 😁 "I am one with the force, and the force is with me" ♥
I think the push analogy can work, because there are not only space ships, but also ground based ones like Lukes' speeder in 'A New Hope'. Sure it is hovering, but I can see a scenario where you might have to push that
Of the entire franchise Empire is the best film, but to see the ending in Return of the Jedi is so satisfying in so many ways that it’s often the most fun to watch.
“What is the empire and who runs it?? …seriously”
Bro I am so excited to watch you react to the prequels you lol hoping you do 🙏
"Despite what he says, the gold thing really likes the trash can thing."
🤦♀️OMG I'm Dying! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Luke's fall - he could've used the Force to guide his fall into the exhaust shaft. You can see the shaft curve, which then would allow him to slow down, also with the Force.
As someone who saw EVERY ONE of these movies in the theater (Episode IV for my 7th Birthday), I can tell you we had all these same questions at the time. They were subsequently answered in 6, 1,2,and 3.
I saw Return of the Jedi on the last day of its first showing. I had been in the hospital and was so upset that I was going to missed it. My mom took me to see it straight from hospital to theater.
@@AndieO W mom
@@AndieO You had a good mother. Hope she's still among us.
The actor who played Luke was in a serious car accident between Star Wars and Empire. He had damage to his face and had to have his nose reconstructed. I heard that one of the reasons they went with the yeti (Wampa) scene was to explain why he looked slightly different. He was hit directly in the face with the face by the creature and they even gave him a scar.
The overthinking for a fantasy movie is killing me haha love it :)
Also fun fact: guy who played Luke ACTUALLY have been in car crash between first and second movies and he landed on face , he went through few operations so yes his face DID changed a bit.
There a serious need for 1)suspension of disbelief 2)imagination and 3) some overall chill 😂
I've never seen anyone overthink a movie so much. His brain is fascinating. That said reaction was still fun to watch! ^_^
Just saw this video. I think some thing that everyone should realize is that the Director filmed this movie to mirror itself. Everything that happens in the beginning of the movie happens in the end. If you notice it, the middle of the movie is where Luke fights, the hallucination of Darth Vader in the cave. But everything mimics up to that point for example, Luke’s hanging in the ice cave and Luke’s hanging under cloud city. It adds a great depth to an already amazing film.
A New Hope was originally a "standalone" movie. Lucas had different ideas: One movie, trilogy, whole series. When Hope went gangbusters, they rereleased with Chapter 4 prior to Empire's release. At that point, the idea was three trilogies: Vader's backstory/fall (1-3), Vader's redemption (4-6), Vader's legacy (7-9)
So much for the legacy lol
@@Lost_n_Found_1 If there was any justice in this galaxy (or any other, especially those far far away), they'd take the franchise and give it to someone with more respect for the fans and franchise.
@@jimamos7984 Agreed, but sadly it's far more complicated than that. Right now we have both good and bad people working on Star Wars. I was hoping for a complete retcon, but after season 3 of Mando, which isn't bad imo, it just shows me that they're beginning to connect dots with the aimless sequel trilogy. I'm just not sure what to expect now.
Luke uses the force to guide himself into the ventilation shaft when he falls. He does the same thing when he jumps from the giant ATAT (4 legged vehicle) in the snow. He uses the force to slow his fall. Also, he uses the force to jump out of the carbon freeze chamber. There are some small details like that which are fleshed out in the novels that aren't in the film. But the novels came after the film and Lucas gave the authors those details to include.
Watching episode 4 with hindsight there are definitely clues you would pick up on. Such as them talking about his father's skills as a pilot an hour later you have Darth Vader flying around blasting people
What’s interesting is Mark Hammil (Luke Skywalker) was in an automobile accident before filming A New Hope, he ended up with a scar on his face. They made the scene with the snow beast to explain the scar.
It is Luke, Mark Hamill was in a car crash in between movies where he had to get facial surgery. The wampa attack is an in universe reason to explain why he looks different.
This film takes place 3 years after Ep.4, which was the previous film. There were many comic books that told of the heroes' adventures in between films.
And novels as well.
@@michaelm.1947 I don’t remember many novels between ANH and ESB except Splinter of the Mind’s Eye. I think most of the books started coming out after the OT was done.
To be fair, the film doesn't really explain that and its unfair to expect the audience to look up outside source material to understand that.
Love the film but that was a small mistep in the writing.
45:30 "In my experience, there is no such thing as luck." - Obi-Wan Kenobi
One of the main themes of Star Wars has always been fate and destiny, and that The Force runs parallel to all major events in the Galaxy. This is especially true when a living being is "strong with The Force". This is akin to a living being being part of prophecy.
"Luke, you are just an extremely lucky being, bro."
"In my experience, there's no such thing as luck."
Yeah, they were sort of all over the place with the way they said Leia's name in the first film, but they finally settled on LAY-AH instead of LEE-YA.
Can't wait to see your reaction to Return Of The Jedi. :)
Oh also the cave Luke went into on Dagobah where he fought Darth Vader and it was himself under the helmet is called “The Cave of Evil” and shows whoever enters their darkest fear. (**** I know way to much about this movie 😂)
The opening drone that looked amazing was actually an original effect. Very little was added to this movie. And the first episode really had just a few updates. The opening of the space port, the walking lizard and a few other shots. Lucas was simply trying to realize his original vision with new effects that became available after Jurassic Park.
Mark Hamill, the actor for Luke Skywalker, suffered a severe car accident a few months before filming this movie. He had major facial reconstruction surgery, and he was still healing they tried filming so that you couldn't see his face close up as much a possible.
at 7:24 you asked if Luke was played by the same person...turnes out, Mark Hamill (Luke) had filmed a movie called 'Corvette Summer' before 'Empire' and he was in a wreck and messed his nose up. The Wampa attack was the 'excuse' why his face was different.
All your questions are valid and it is what we were asking ourselves when these movies came up. You can understand why it was so huge , there was no background information , or lore so we were Al left wanting more and more. It was the great thing g about this movies they didn’t told you everything you had a lot to think and imagine about it. .
To answer your question…These guys were military officials. Other than the emperor and the Jedi, any other “force sensitive” individuals would have posed a threat to the emperors plans. They were trained in the ways of the force so they had no awareness of the “light side” vs the “dark side”. They were all under the belief that the Jedi went rogue against the republic and in order to restore order to the galaxy, good ol’ Palps installed himself as Galactic Emperor.
I mean the real answer is when Lucas was making the first movie he hadn't thought of all that yet, lol, the man made it up as he went. My head canon is that the Emperor believes in the Force and is 100% in on the Dark side, just like Vader, but only Vader knows. The Emperor keeps this secret from the general public and doesn't talk about the Force within his role as a political leader.
46:00 Remember what Obi-Wan said in the previous movie: "In my experience, there is no such thing as luck." The Force is what allowed Luke to survive his fall down Cloud City's reactor shaft.
I wanted to comment to encourage you to keep going. Your stream of consciousness commentary is wonderful and fresh. 😍
We need more fans like you that enjoy films. 💫
There's actually very little they changed in this one for the special edition. There's a bit of added CG to Cloud City, and with the Wampa (furry monster who was trying to eat Luke), but the rest is just groundbreaking stop motion and minatures shots.
And a cutscene of Darth Vader returning to his Star Destroyer that completely derails the pacing of the escape from Bespin in the Millennium Falcon. It absolutely didn't need to be re-inserted to the film and adds nothing to the story.
They also filled in the black bordering around objects in the film. Originally there were many times you could see subdued images where they added the effects over the top of the background.
What Yoda lacks in stature, he greatly makes up for it with his understanding and control of the Force.
He is a Jedi Grand Master after all!
I had never thought to link Luke's overconfidence to the Dunning Kruger effect and yet it makes so much sense.
"Is the Empire based somewhere or are they everywhere lording over you?"
The Empire: "Yes."
During or just before filming started on The Empire Strikes Back, Mark Hamil was in a bad automobile accident which resulted in facial scars and damage...they were worried he wasn't going to be able to film at all. But they made a change to explain the facial injuries...with these scenes.
Yes, that is Mark Hamill. He had a motorcycle accident between shooting the movies, which scarred his face. That is actually why they had him attacked by the "alien polar bear" to explain why his face has the fresh scars.
The number of people in the galaxy who are Force-sensitive is VERY small, in comparison with the hundreds of thousands of inhabited planets and star systems. Those have a strong enough connection to the Force to do stuff like move objects and manifest super powers is very small in comparison to that, and THEN most of those people were hunted down by Vader. So most people have only ever heard crazy stories about Jedi and the Force, which is why so many people in the first movie scoffed at those ideas. Also, the general public has never seen the Emperor, and have no idea that he is who he is.
WATCH ORDER SUGGESTION: Just a suggestion, consider going back and watching the first 3 episodes now that you have seen these 2. It's an order I've had many folks suggest as it answers a lot of the questions you have now, while also helping explain how things have come to be how they are. *Then* when you watch EP 6, you have a more full understanding and both trilogies have built up the finaly.
Whichever order you watch in though, I'm enjoying your thoughts on them and viewpoints! You ask a lot of questions the way I do when I'm taking in a new story!
I second this!
4-5-1-2-3-6 is the best watch order.
The jump all the way back to 1 can be a little jarring at first, but that order reveals everything in the most dramatic way