Saw this movie in a packed theater with long lines around the building. As the previous viewers were leaving they told us "Wait until the BIG reveal" but they would not tell us what it was. After we saw the movie we left and told the next group "Wait until the BIG reveal" but we did not tell them....
While SOME of the effects have been updated over the years with newer techniques, most of the original effects are still in the films. This film had the fewest changes made to it because while the first movie wasn't expected to be a hit and so had a small budget, this film had a much bigger budget. The few changes in this film actually help the movie, for the most part.
I am right with you that it's a shame you and a lot of people didn't get the experience of seeing these before it all became ingrained in pop culture but it is still fun watching with someone that hasn't seen it before and it's also nice to someone not pretending to be oblivious to what's going to happen. And by the way, I think the most mis quoted line in film is "play it again Sam", it's even mis quoted in film studies books😂
Imagine having to wait 3 years to find out what happened! Also in the theater was the best because we didn’t know anything about anything really so every twist was a WoW moment, thanks!
This is the very first Star Wars film that I had ever seen. I took my children to see it in a movie theater when it was first released. It is also my favorite Star Wars film.
The big four legged walker is called a AT-AT walker crewed by either 2 to 4 men n has room in the back for more men n speeder bikes with a strong shield n the small two legged walker is called a AT-ST walker crewed by 2 men ( I can actually speak like master Yoda )
the darth vader anakin secret it was only 3 people who knew before the scene and that was George Mark and i think the 3d one was Irvin Kershner(Dircector)
24:29 so During the High Republic, the 12 seats on the Council consist of three Grand Masters, including Yoda, and two others I can’t mention for fear of spoiling 🤐 just before the purge and climatic end of the Clone Wars new imperial legislation ruled that the Jedi order were considered a threat to democracy and the further development of new future paved by the empire!! naturally all lies of course, so Yoda one of the few survivors fled to Dagobah and awaited the time of the fulfilment of the prophecy.
When Luke first met Yoda, Yoda was testing Luke's patience. If you remember, in Yoda's hut, when Ben talked to Yoda, he, Yoda, stated that he had been watching Luke through the Force. and that Luke was impatient, so this was a test. Also, Yes Vader knew he had a son, but that is a longer story I don't want to get into right now.
@@swarlesincharge6753 About Vader knowing Luke was his son? In one of the novels, I think the Vader series. After a new hope, Vader dispatched Boba Fett to find out about the young Rebel who destroyed the Death Star. All Fett came back with was his name "Skywalker." I am under the impression that Vader was not sure who knew about him, so that is why he replied "how can that be so" to the emperor when he mentioned it.
I also saw it as Yoda testing Luke to see how he would treat someone that he thought could be of no help to him. A test of patience, and also of his compassion. :)
In 77 I was 6 years old in the theater watching Star Wars I've been a fan since then seen every Star Wars movie in the theater even the clone Wars anime movie in the theater and I don't have a favorite movie I just love all SW
It might be useful to know that before computer, special effects weren't called cgi... as that denote "computer-generated imagery". *Special* *visual* *effects* before computers ranged from stop-motion photography to minatures to matte paintings to other analog tricks. While these special editions of the STAR WARS movies do have cgi enhancements, the old school term of *special* *effects* would best apply.
I dont agree that Lando betrayed Han solo. Other than choosing death, he was powerless to prevent anything that happens at the end of the movie. If anything, Han solo wrecked Lando’s life. He was a big shot administrator of this facility and soon after he’s a fugitive from the Empire. All because Han decided to show up. That’s my perspective.
Yup... just imagine if federal agents show up at your door and tell you that some guy you knew 15 or 20 years ago is traveling with a wanted fugitive and may be headed to your house. They tell you they aren't actually after your old acquaintance, just the other guy you've never heard of. But they threaten to arrest you and your family if you aid or abet that person in any way. They set up a sting operation to catch this fugitive (named Luke) and assure you your former friend will not be harmed. I mean, in reality, it's worse than that for Lando. He's got the safety and security of THOUSANDS of residents in his hands. He handled the whole situation in the best way he could.
When we only look at things from the heroes' perspectives Lando can seem like a bad guy but when you see the whole picture he is really a good guy trying to help the people at his facility. The depth of the movie makes it good to me!
Ashna, you do not yet realize your importance. You have only begun to discover your power. Join me, and I will complete your training. With our combined strength, we can end this destructive conflict and bring order to the galaxy. It is your destiny..
In your intro you mentioned CGI. You have lived your whole life with CGI; it's just how movies made during your lifetime get made. But CGI didn't exist until around the early 1990s. At least, not like you think of it (stuff that looks real put into a movie that looks real). That's because before that time, computers couldn't make any graphics look real enough to put them in a movie. Sure, we had movies like Tron in 1982 full of CGI, but it looks like cartoon graphics from a cheap, old videogame - you would never put that kind of CGI into Star Wars because everybody would laugh at the poorly rendered video game alien walking around. Movies like Terminator 2 (1991) and Jurassic Park (1993) really opened the door for CGI as maybe the first two blockbuster movies that relied heavily on realistic-looking CGI inserted into a realist movie. Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back had ZERO CGI when they were made, but later revisions in the late 1990s added a little bit. 9:30 "That looked like CGI to me." Han riding the Tauntaun was done with a little miniature model filmed with stop motion. No CGI. "I couldn't find a firm answer as to how much CGI is in this film." Absolutely none if you got the original version, or a couple tiny edits adding up to only a few seconds of film time if you got the Special Edition.
Just know that Luke did well ONLY in that he didn't choose to go with Vader. Other than that, the fight did not go well. Vader is VASTLY more powerful than Luke, and was toying with Luke in much the same way a cat might toy with a mouse. Vader was merely testing Luke's skills and force potential. In reality, Vader could have squashed him like a bug anytime he wanted. Notice that Vader's temper was triggered for just a brief second when Luke managed to nick his shoulder... and he responded by quickly disarming Luke (both literally and figuratively).
I was 13 Years old in 1977 when I saw Star Wars in the Movie Theatre and 16 Years old in 1980 when I saw Star Wars Episode V The Empire Strikes Back in the Movie Theatre. Mark Hamill the actor who portrays Luke Skywalker had an accident in between the Filming of Episodes IV and V. They wrote in the Scene of Luke being attacked to explain why his face looked different. Everyone in the Movie Theatre was shocked and gasped when Darth Vader told Luke who he was. The Han Solo Ad Lib was when princess Leia tells Han I love you and he responds with I know. in take after Take Harrison Ford tried to say he loved Princess Leia back. It was not working so he goes I know on one Take. Harrison Ford explained to George Lucas that I know would be more like a Han solo response and George Lucas agreed. There is a running joke in Star Wars films about how many people or Droids have a bad Feeling. About this.
There is arguably very little CGI in this episode. What exists was added for the rerelease in the late 90's and the vast majority of it was used to hide some of the production techniques of the existing practical effects. Surrounding ships there were square mattes used to compose shots, the CGI was primarily used to hide the squares around ships. They also "painted" over the interior snowspeeder scenes because the original method of putting the prop cockpits to interact with the physical set and miniature props of the world of Hoth required them to use a translucent version of the cockpit. I never noticed it until after the special edition release, but they basically just digitally changed the transparency of the cockpit. There's only a few digitally added scenes with the Wampa (snow monster) attack, and Vader walking to his ship on Cloud city... they also added windows and changed lighting in many cloud city scenes and showed an outdoor shot of the citizens when asked to flee the city. Everything else is entirely practical effects, the tauntaun's were stop action puppets. Lucas also digitally replaced and added some actors in the rebel base, largely as an experiment to see if he could. In the first film the Special Edition is largely blasphemy, they made Han shoot first, and added dinosaurs and slapstick comedy to the arrival of Mos Eisley where the cantina is. They also added scenes cut from the original release which served no purpose, including the Jabba scene which looked horrible They added a lot of Stormtroopers and made some explosions more impressive. I think the best shot added is with the rebel fighters approaching the Death Star and you could see pilots moving within, that type of detail wasn't feasible before. They erased the composite boxes and tweaked the colors of the dual sunset. CGI did not exist at all until the mid 80's It wasn't really used effectively until " Young Sherlock Holmes" in 1985 and the compositing software which is really what revolutionized digital film making wasn't used until the "Young Indiana Jones" series in 1992. There was no CGI in 1977 and feel "Star Wars" was better without it. The techniques used to clean up and add to this episode though were very well done. What they did in "Return of the Jedi" is pretty silly replacing an existing band that fit into their world with a goofy blues band with digital performers. Puppets and living people will always look better than digital.
22:55 oh yes” you get to see Anakin at the height of his heroic prime, before he’s devoured by Vader, and naturally the reasons and of course it’s sad consequence
You’re disappointed about the big reveal. I can understand why when I seen it I thought it was amazing but I seen these films when they originally came out. As far younger people today who are disappointed because they learned the reference true popular culture I blame their parents. My children were introduced to Star Wars at a young age and they got to experience it the same way I did. It’s funny to me it makes a real difference if you see it when you’re young it’s just that bit more magical. All of my kids and grandkids absolutely love Star Wars and I believe it’s because they seen it originally with the eyes and imaginations of a child. Then when you’re older, I’m watching it as an adult you pick up on the more complex parts of the story, but you also have the nostalgia from your childhood making the movie more epic. So when you eventually have a family of your own, remember this and have your kids, watch it when they’re younger. Sat down one Sunday put it on make a family day of it. Play the first movie a few times for them to really get into it and make them wait to see the next one and the next one and the next one don’t give it to them all straight away let the suspense build.
3 CGI examples, obvious to a 1977 viewing 15-year old: The large creatures the stormtroopers are riding on, the Jawa vehicle, the rebel fleet approaching the Death Star.
13:54 so the Empire's imperial Walker or AT-AT walkers were descendents of six-legged AT-TEs (The All Terrain Tactical Enforcer) used by the Republic during the Clone Wars. Walkers could simply step over obstacles that stopped wheeled or tracked vehicles, and their massive size and resemblance to huge beasts struck terror in the Empire's enemies, these are upgrade models and major part of the Galactic Empire's motor-pool.
The shot of Han appearing just as Ben disappears was not cgi. It was in the original film. I’m not sure if it was stop motion or what though. Maybe a more knowledgeable fan can explain how they did it 😂
There was no CGI in the original trilogy when they were first released to theaters, for the simple reason that movie quality CGI didn't really exist back then. There were very few companies developing high quality CGI back in the 80s, and the processes were so slow and the equipment so expensive that it wasn't practical. Tron was one of the earliest uses of CGI, and even there the effects were primitive and used sparingly. One company bought a Cray 1 supercomputer and sold time for other early projects like The Last Starfighter and the planet Jupiter sequences in the movie 2010. That company didn't survive long; its work was way too costly and took too long to produce, and there weren't enough customers in those days to keep them going.
Lando didn't betray Han. Vader and the Empire showed up before Han did. Lando had to make a deal with Vader. If he didn't, Vader would have killed Lando and destroyed Cloud City completely. Lando knew that. He really had no choice. And Lando tried to secretly stop Han from landing at Cloud City by sending out ships to try to chase him off. And Lando tried to make the best deal that would save the people in Cloud city and minimize any harm to Han and the gang. Lando didn't want to make any deal, but in the situation he was in he just did his best to try and help the best he could. If you really think about it Lando really didn't have a choice.
14:15 "The good side is so outnumbered." The bad guys are a giant empire of thousands of worlds across a whole galaxy. The good guys are a tiny little group of rebels living in a cave on an uninhabitable planet. Yeah, they are outnumbered. Rebels always are. When rebels outnumber the existing government, they just take over and become the new government. Luke and Leia are a long, long, long way from having those numbers.
Film is set three years after the first. han , Luke, Leia, the droids, and Chewie have become a surrogate family for each other. One of the things that made these films work so well is that Harrison ford, Mark Hammil, and Carrie fisher did become close friends during the shooting of the first fulm. They became even closer due to becoming huge stars when it was a unexpected cultural phenomenon Mark Hamilton who played Luke said this film was the hardest for him to shoot because he spent most if it the production separate from the rest of the cast fi ill Ming the stuff with Yoda which was all in a soundstage and wss just him and a pupprt. He was much happier filming return of the Jedi because he got to work with ford and fisher more
the good thing is that you dont bleed out from lightsaber wounds. the "blade" is so hot that it cauterizes the flesh instantly. usually there is very little blood involved. sure most of the time depending on how you are hit by this weapon you are instantly dead, or incapacitated. mostly from shock and pain. there is very little that can resist a light saber. forcefields for example, or very rare metal alloys like "beskar", which is the one the mandalorians craft their body armor from.
With the CGI, the versions you're watching now have been heavily remastered with new CGI elements added and refined. Look for the despecialised version for the original release.
Shame they're all too much of a pain to get for most people to bother. I much prefer the 4k77, etc., versions to despecialised myself but despecialised looks better to modern audiences probably. Although the D+77 versions made on the same forum as 4k77 are in 4k and use the 4k blu-rays as a source. Looks great for people who don't like grain, etc.
It is interesting that you asked why they didn't have dinner. It would nice to see them sit down for a meal in the dining room with Darth Vader and Boba Fett. Although the conversation would have been awkward. It would be fun to see Boba Fett ask to pass the potatoes.
There was no CGI used at all in any of the Original Star Wars trilogy. What happened is in the 90's George Lucas decided to make a digital copy of the film so he could clean the movies digitally via computer. When he did, he realized computer tech had advanced enough that he could add things into the films via CGI, things he would have liked to when he made the films but didn't have the ability or time and money to add. So, he added CGI elements into the film. If you look on YT, you can find videos that show you what was added in each film and show you the original scene side by side with the changed scene. Most of the movies are as they originally were. But certain things were added or changed. But when these movies were first made and released in theaters, they didn't have any CGI in them. Everything in them were practical effects. Even though he made a digital remaster in the 90's The added CGI was added in 2011. Most additions are fine. Some not as good and some of them actually outraged Star Wars fans and weren't well accepted.
6:11 essentially balance in the force will be established according to prophecy … but yes everything has been placed in order to bring Luke further along in his training 🤐
15:54 ok so the All Terrain Scout Transport (AT-ST), also known as a Scout Transport, Scout Walker, or derisively as a chicken walker, was a lightweight, bipedal walker used by the ground forces of the Galactic Empire. Later, the First Order used an updated variant of the AT-ST within their military.
“Cinema’s most misquoted line on the planet.” I distinctly remember seeing the movie in the theater, and then noting over the years how it was being altered. Then the “Mandela effect” idea came around, and people say I’m crazy.
You're not crazy, you're just mistaken. Our brains are incredibly unreliable in how they house and recall memories. I misremember things all the time, but because I'm not so arrogant as to assume I can never be wrong, I accept it right away and move on.
Watch the animated movie clone wars then clone wars seasons 1-7, Rebels, and all the live action shows ... disney plus has a timeline order to watch everything ... rebels and the Mandalorian are great
About him falling into the pipe. Not only is it luck, it's physically impossible. There's two options. Either the changing slope of the tube is gentle enough that he doesn't go splat from having hit it after falling hundreds of feet, or it's not. If it isn't, he dies on impact. If it _is_ gentle enough, though, he dies from friction burns as he slows down. Either way, he's doomed. Great scene, though. Then again, a lightsaber battle should be... really, really gross. Lightsabers cut using heat, and they have to impart a lot of heat very, very fast or else they won't be able to cut. Lightsabers also have thickness, they aren't infinitely thin or anything. So when Luke lost his hand, a segment of his wrist maybe a quarter inch thick was turned from a solid into a vapor. Flesh is mostly water, so what's the volume difference between water and steam? ... 1000 times. In that fraction of a second as the saber passed through his wrist, that portion got a minimum of 1000 times bigger, which should have ended in an explosion of red spray. _Stabbing_ someone with this would be just as bad, with the steam going in all directions, including through the person's body, leading to another explosion and bloody bits raining down everywhere. ... Physics can be a harsh mistress. As for not having seen Jabba... in the originals you don't see him _at all_ in this movie _or_ the previous one.
26:45 legend had it that Anakin died in last incredible battle between the Jedi and the imperial order sent to destroy them, although no trace of his body was found, .. Vader wished to server all connection to his former life as Skywalker…. Wait until you see episode III 😳😨
18:55 "Won't the pressure of the universe hurt him?" There is no pressure in space. Zero. On Earth, the highest pressure is in deep, deep water - because water is heavy (lift a large bucket of water to find out how heavy) and a whole ocean of water on top of you is a lot of pressure. Space is the opposite because there i s nothing heavy pushing on you to create pressure. There is a good argument to be bade that if Luke steps on the gas and suddenly flies off really, really fast (very high acceleration), then maybe R2-D2 might fly out of his little rumble seat, especially if Luke accelerates and dives downward at the same time. But I imagine R2 is designed with attachments to hold on like a vise, so he'll be ok.
You're not wrong, there is CGI in these films... However there originally wasn't. Everything was done with optical and practical processes. In 1997 they re-released the original trilogy with extended scenes, previously cut scenes, replaced actors, and CGI elements. In the years following these effects have been updated numerous times with various releases.
The story behind the reveal is that DV was to say OWK killed your father and that is how the scene was filmed with David Prowse the actor who portrayed DV saying the line that OBi killed Anakin with MH reacting to that. Later director Irvin Kershner told MH in confidence what the real line was with only IK GL MH and JEJ knowing the truth. MH has told this story many times most famously on Graham Norton when they were promoting the new trilogy. MH kept the secret for a couple of years and at the premiere the rest of the cast saw it.
Besides, what would the point be of Mark knowing at all, unless it was so he could react to the real dialogue and not what was spoken by David Prowse.@@raybernal6829
55:35 Vader spares Piett because of his sorrow for losing his son, the first beacon of hope in his life since he first put on the suit. He know that he can't lash out on the one responsible, himself, for making his son choose potential death in that shaft before his father.
Peter mayhew who played cheque was 7foot 3. Carrie fisher was only around 5 foot tall the height difference is very striking when they are in scenes together. He is over 2 feet taller than her.
26:57 so George Lucas pointed out that the real conflict in this episode was not between Luke and Vader !! But instead within Vader!! and indeed Vader Vs Anakin, so Anakin was nearly dead within the depths of Vader, but through the force when learning of Luke’s existence, this revitalised Anakin’s spirit, .. so the main theme of this movie is for Anakin’s reconnection to his family and redemption, and Vader’s mission is to prevent that from happening by killing Luke, this is why during the climatic fight in cloud city, Vader is fighting against both Anakin & Luke, .. and infact George points out that it’s in fact Anakin within Vader who saves Luke from being Killed.
this is the best yoda. it always bugged me in the prequels how bland and scold-y he was (although his fight scenes were awesome). I like how the original yoda was kind of whimsical yet still serious. he really seemed like an enlightened master. his little monologue about the force was the most interesting explanation of how it works, and I'll never really forgive Lucas for cheapening the whole idea of a mystical force with all that mitichlorian garbage
It's surprising how you seem to know almost nothing about the story, but everything about how the movies were made, where they were made, "the big secret", etc.
This movie received the least amount of "tampering" by Lucas of the original trilogy. There are a very few scenes (such as the taun-taun being eaten and the shots of Cloud City) added, but it's mostly intact. Perhaps you'd watch the despecialized (1980 original) version and compare. Many fans consider this the best of the series, not just of the original trilogy; Leigh Brackett, an actual sci-fi author, was involved in the screenplay, which might explain that in part.
38:53 this is the first time a lone padawan has ever intentionally ever gone off alone to face the Dark Lord of the Sith, traditionally either a jedi or master Jedi and apprentice would challenge a Sith Lord, so naturally in this case both Ben and Yoda were surprised that Luke was hurrying off alone, knowing Ben and Yoda could not assist him.
How much CG are you looking at? That's a tricky question. This movie had ZERO CG shots in the original 1980 version. AND...out of the three, it had the least amount of redone CG shots added in 1997 and the later releases. All they really did was add a couple shots of the "Wampa" - the big Yeti type creature that eats Luke's Tauntaun, and then in Cloud City, there's one big fancy flyover shot with The Falcon flying through the buildings that's new, and in some of the early shots when Lando is showing them around, they added some windows to some of the walls in the background that showed the view of the sky and buildings outside and vehicles flying around. That's pretty much it. Other than that, you are watching a mostly unaltered version of original 1980 Empire Strikes Back with all old-school practical special effects and optical composite visual effects. "Smoke and mirrors;" makeup, puppets, animatronics, miniatures, matte-paintings on glass, blowing sh!t up for real. The whole walker assault battle sequence at the beginning, the chase through the asteroids, the showdown with Vader, and escape from Cloud City is all exactly how it looked in 1980, without a single a computer in use. "A New Hope" was the one that had the most extensive reworking of the VFX shots, particularly the exterior shots of the Mos Eisley spaceport town. A lot of the creatures and vehicle traffic in the streets are CG and there's a few shots that weren't even in the original. A lot of the creatures were not in the original at all, a couple, like the big lizard the stormtroopers ride around, were in the original but didn't look great and were replaced with CGI. BUT - the "banthas" - the big creatures the sand people rode around, on were *elephants in costumes,* and all the alien characters inside the cantina were practical makeup and costume FX. Jabba was not in the original. They shot the scene, with a human actor as a stand-in, intending to add a stop-motion animated creature in post, but they ran out of money and time. We didn't get to see him until "Return of The Jedi" in 1983 where he was (a stunningly awesome) live, practical puppet/animatronic effect. But for 1997, he added the scene back in with a CGI Jabba. (That looked awful in 1997 and looks a lot better now) Somewhat controversially, one change he made was having Greedo shoot Han and miss before Han shoots him. Fans revolted, "Han shot first" T-shirts became a movement within the fandom. In later versions, they made Greedo and Han shoot simultaneously, but originally Han just deleted his a$$ without a second thought. The only CG in ORIGINAL original Star Wars was The Death Star plans in the "locker room" scene where they're telling the pilots the battle plan at the end. Those were legit vector graphics rendered by the University of Illinois's computer department. For the first decade or so, that's mostly what CG was used for, to represent *in-universe* graphics like targeting scopes, computer readouts, vehicle instrument panels, robot-vision, etc. And even that stuff was faked a lot because real computer graphics was expensive and time consuming. Other than the Death Star plans all the other graphics like the targetting scopes in all the spaceships were all traditional cel animation hand-drawn by cartoon animators. When you see "Return of The Jedi" there's not a whole lot of it he changed or re-worked, most of what you're seeing is original 1983 Return of The Jedi but there is one sequence near the beginning that is a couple solid minutes of added CG characters (and it will be obvious AF) and then a few shots he adds at the end, that kind of don't make sense until you see The Prequels.
It's a shame that because of pop culture (and 40 years) it's almost imposible to keep the plot twist from this movie not being spoiled, it ruins the experience for sure. Personally, I had the plot twist to The Sixth Sense spoiled and have refused to see the movie because of that since it's basically the payoff for the whole thing.
Finding out you did research prior to watching Star Wars just ruins some vital moments. For the sake of authenticity, please please do not do any more research!! Learn to experience the films the way we did. With wondrous surprise! You'll enjoy them even more. I promise and 1000% guarantee it!😊
The original had probably zero CGI. But, after the re-release prior to the prequels, the CGI is basically replacing or augmenting the practical space shots or large hroups of aliens/background actors. It was more obvious in Episode IV A New Hope. In Episode V, some of the Empire ships in the asteroid field looked CGI.
"I don't believe it"
"That is why you fail" 🐸
these updated thumbnails go hardd. And im eyeing that playlist. Please dont make me wait 6 months for another star wars!
"Cinema's most mis-quoted line on the planet." Yes! It's so frustrating, isn't it?!
“i’d never want a promotion (in the empire)”
Saw this movie in a packed theater with long lines around the building. As the previous viewers were leaving they told us "Wait until the BIG reveal" but they would not tell us what it was. After we saw the movie we left and told the next group "Wait until the BIG reveal" but we did not tell them....
While SOME of the effects have been updated over the years with newer techniques, most of the original effects are still in the films. This film had the fewest changes made to it because while the first movie wasn't expected to be a hit and so had a small budget, this film had a much bigger budget. The few changes in this film actually help the movie, for the most part.
I am right with you that it's a shame you and a lot of people didn't get the experience of seeing these before it all became ingrained in pop culture but it is still fun watching with someone that hasn't seen it before and it's also nice to someone not pretending to be oblivious to what's going to happen. And by the way, I think the most mis quoted line in film is "play it again Sam", it's even mis quoted in film studies books😂
play it, sam
tawn tawn were stop motion as well as the snow walkers
Imagine having to wait 3 years to find out what happened! Also in the theater was the best because we didn’t know anything about anything really so every twist was a WoW moment, thanks!
This is the very first Star Wars film that I had ever seen. I took my children to see it in a movie theater when it was first released. It is also my favorite Star Wars film.
thanks, I really enjoyed your review!! - the title of the next episode is hint at the return/redemption of a Jedi long thought dead!!
The big four legged walker is called a AT-AT walker crewed by either 2 to 4 men n has room in the back for more men n speeder bikes with a strong shield n the small two legged walker is called a AT-ST walker crewed by 2 men ( I can actually speak like master Yoda )
Join them or die.
“A couple of options. Not good. But something to work with.“
I like your logic.
the darth vader anakin secret it was only 3 people who knew before the scene and that was George Mark and i think the 3d one was Irvin Kershner(Dircector)
24:29 so During the High Republic, the 12 seats on the Council consist of three Grand Masters, including Yoda, and two others I can’t mention for fear of spoiling 🤐
just before the purge and climatic end of the Clone Wars new imperial legislation ruled that the Jedi order were considered a threat to democracy and the further development of new future paved by the empire!! naturally all lies of course, so Yoda one of the few survivors fled to Dagobah and awaited the time of the fulfilment of the prophecy.
When Luke first met Yoda, Yoda was testing Luke's patience. If you remember, in Yoda's hut, when Ben talked to Yoda, he, Yoda, stated that he had been watching Luke through the Force. and that Luke was impatient, so this was a test. Also, Yes Vader knew he had a son, but that is a longer story I don't want to get into right now.
What? Get into it i wanna know
@@swarlesincharge6753 About Vader knowing Luke was his son? In one of the novels, I think the Vader series. After a new hope, Vader dispatched Boba Fett to find out about the young Rebel who destroyed the Death Star. All Fett came back with was his name "Skywalker." I am under the impression that Vader was not sure who knew about him, so that is why he replied "how can that be so" to the emperor when he mentioned it.
@@dillonlexingtonoh thats interesting!
I also saw it as Yoda testing Luke to see how he would treat someone that he thought could be of no help to him. A test of patience, and also of his compassion. :)
It always surprises me how often young people don't recognize outright Trolling on Yoda's part to test Luke's patience. :}
23:56 Yoda is acting as he’s testing Luke, and with good reason, Yoda’s been here for around 22 years “hiding”
39:09 there are three Skywalker’s in this movie!!!
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In 77 I was 6 years old in the theater watching Star Wars I've been a fan since then seen every Star Wars movie in the theater even the clone Wars anime movie in the theater and I don't have a favorite movie I just love all SW
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The Executor.
The flagship of the Death Squadron, the fleet of capital ships under Vader's command since the battle of Yavin.
It might be useful to know that before computer, special effects weren't called cgi... as that denote "computer-generated imagery". *Special* *visual* *effects* before computers ranged from stop-motion photography to minatures to matte paintings to other analog tricks. While these special editions of the STAR WARS movies do have cgi enhancements, the old school term of *special* *effects* would best apply.
Vader spends part of the fight being a proud dad
I dont agree that Lando betrayed Han solo. Other than choosing death, he was powerless to prevent anything that happens at the end of the movie. If anything, Han solo wrecked Lando’s life. He was a big shot administrator of this facility and soon after he’s a fugitive from the Empire. All because Han decided to show up. That’s my perspective.
Yup... just imagine if federal agents show up at your door and tell you that some guy you knew 15 or 20 years ago is traveling with a wanted fugitive and may be headed to your house. They tell you they aren't actually after your old acquaintance, just the other guy you've never heard of. But they threaten to arrest you and your family if you aid or abet that person in any way. They set up a sting operation to catch this fugitive (named Luke) and assure you your former friend will not be harmed.
I mean, in reality, it's worse than that for Lando. He's got the safety and security of THOUSANDS of residents in his hands. He handled the whole situation in the best way he could.
With hindsight, I think the twin pod cloud cars were trying to warn him away.
Thank you! I wholeheartedly agree!
@@kwams26great point
When we only look at things from the heroes' perspectives Lando can seem like a bad guy but when you see the whole picture he is really a good guy trying to help the people at his facility. The depth of the movie makes it good to me!
Knowing the plot twists in advance, you have my sympathies.
The whole suspense of this Masterpiece..... Ruined!
Most people know them though
Oh you got to meet the little green guy that's my favorite part of the movie
Jabba was briefly seen in Episode IV, in Mos Eisley (on Tatooine) before they take off with Han Solo...
@hephner78 Thank you Mr Spock...
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9:26 KITTY!! 🥰🥰🥰
In your intro you mentioned CGI.
You have lived your whole life with CGI; it's just how movies made during your lifetime get made.
But CGI didn't exist until around the early 1990s. At least, not like you think of it (stuff that looks real put into a movie that looks real).
That's because before that time, computers couldn't make any graphics look real enough to put them in a movie.
Sure, we had movies like Tron in 1982 full of CGI, but it looks like cartoon graphics from a cheap, old videogame - you would never put that kind of CGI into Star Wars because everybody would laugh at the poorly rendered video game alien walking around.
Movies like Terminator 2 (1991) and Jurassic Park (1993) really opened the door for CGI as maybe the first two blockbuster movies that relied heavily on realistic-looking CGI inserted into a realist movie.
Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back had ZERO CGI when they were made, but later revisions in the late 1990s added a little bit.
9:30 "That looked like CGI to me."
Han riding the Tauntaun was done with a little miniature model filmed with stop motion. No CGI.
"I couldn't find a firm answer as to how much CGI is in this film."
Absolutely none if you got the original version, or a couple tiny edits adding up to only a few seconds of film time if you got the Special Edition.
I'm sure that worm was in a actual planet that probably got blown up but still survive being in a big enough asteroid
Finally!
Just know that Luke did well ONLY in that he didn't choose to go with Vader. Other than that, the fight did not go well. Vader is VASTLY more powerful than Luke, and was toying with Luke in much the same way a cat might toy with a mouse.
Vader was merely testing Luke's skills and force potential. In reality, Vader could have squashed him like a bug anytime he wanted. Notice that Vader's temper was triggered for just a brief second when Luke managed to nick his shoulder... and he responded by quickly disarming Luke (both literally and figuratively).
Boba Jett😂😂😂 that’s actually a cooler name
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No admiral Piett was already in charge since Vader choked admiral Ozzel at Hoth.
Remember that it was a captain he choked in the current scene.
Why so much research before watching a movie? I don’t even watch trailers.
Cinema's most misquoted line is "Play it again, Sam".
I was 13 Years old in 1977 when I saw Star Wars in the Movie Theatre and 16 Years old in 1980 when I saw Star Wars Episode V The Empire Strikes Back in the Movie Theatre. Mark Hamill the actor who portrays Luke Skywalker had an accident in between the Filming of Episodes IV and V. They wrote in the Scene of Luke being attacked to explain why his face looked different.
Everyone in the Movie Theatre was shocked and gasped when Darth Vader told Luke who he was.
The Han Solo Ad Lib was when princess Leia tells Han I love you and he responds with I know. in take after Take Harrison Ford tried to say he loved Princess Leia back. It was not working so he goes I know on one Take. Harrison Ford explained to George Lucas that I know would be more like a Han solo response and George Lucas agreed.
There is a running joke in Star Wars films about how many people or Droids have a bad Feeling. About this.
Also misquoted: 'Play it again, Sam.'
Yeah that would be cool Yoda puts it back in the swampy water until Luke can learn to get it out on his own lol
There is arguably very little CGI in this episode. What exists was added for the rerelease in the late 90's and the vast majority of it was used to hide some of the production techniques of the existing practical effects. Surrounding ships there were square mattes used to compose shots, the CGI was primarily used to hide the squares around ships. They also "painted" over the interior snowspeeder scenes because the original method of putting the prop cockpits to interact with the physical set and miniature props of the world of Hoth required them to use a translucent version of the cockpit. I never noticed it until after the special edition release, but they basically just digitally changed the transparency of the cockpit. There's only a few digitally added scenes with the Wampa (snow monster) attack, and Vader walking to his ship on Cloud city... they also added windows and changed lighting in many cloud city scenes and showed an outdoor shot of the citizens when asked to flee the city. Everything else is entirely practical effects, the tauntaun's were stop action puppets. Lucas also digitally replaced and added some actors in the rebel base, largely as an experiment to see if he could. In the first film the Special Edition is largely blasphemy, they made Han shoot first, and added dinosaurs and slapstick comedy to the arrival of Mos Eisley where the cantina is. They also added scenes cut from the original release which served no purpose, including the Jabba scene which looked horrible They added a lot of Stormtroopers and made some explosions more impressive. I think the best shot added is with the rebel fighters approaching the Death Star and you could see pilots moving within, that type of detail wasn't feasible before. They erased the composite boxes and tweaked the colors of the dual sunset. CGI did not exist at all until the mid 80's It wasn't really used effectively until " Young Sherlock Holmes" in 1985 and the compositing software which is really what revolutionized digital film making wasn't used until the "Young Indiana Jones" series in 1992. There was no CGI in 1977 and feel "Star Wars" was better without it. The techniques used to clean up and add to this episode though were very well done. What they did in "Return of the Jedi" is pretty silly replacing an existing band that fit into their world with a goofy blues band with digital performers. Puppets and living people will always look better than digital.
22:55 oh yes” you get to see Anakin at the height of his heroic prime, before he’s devoured by Vader, and naturally the reasons and of course it’s sad consequence
"The other" is David Bowie's brother. Joey. Say it with me, Joey Bowie. YOU WILL RESPECT THAT TOO.
You’re disappointed about the big reveal. I can understand why when I seen it I thought it was amazing but I seen these films when they originally came out. As far younger people today who are disappointed because they learned the reference true popular culture I blame their parents. My children were introduced to Star Wars at a young age and they got to experience it the same way I did. It’s funny to me it makes a real difference if you see it when you’re young it’s just that bit more magical. All of my kids and grandkids absolutely love Star Wars and I believe it’s because they seen it originally with the eyes and imaginations of a child. Then when you’re older, I’m watching it as an adult you pick up on the more complex parts of the story, but you also have the nostalgia from your childhood making the movie more epic. So when you eventually have a family of your own, remember this and have your kids, watch it when they’re younger. Sat down one Sunday put it on make a family day of it. Play the first movie a few times for them to really get into it and make them wait to see the next one and the next one and the next one don’t give it to them all straight away let the suspense build.
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK* struck me!: YEAH this tends to happen when you watch a non-disney star wars movie !
3 CGI examples, obvious to a 1977 viewing 15-year old: The large creatures the stormtroopers are riding on, the Jawa vehicle, the rebel fleet approaching the Death Star.
13:54 so the Empire's imperial Walker or AT-AT walkers were descendents of six-legged AT-TEs (The All Terrain Tactical Enforcer) used by the Republic during the Clone Wars. Walkers could simply step over obstacles that stopped wheeled or tracked vehicles, and their massive size and resemblance to huge beasts struck terror in the Empire's enemies, these are upgrade models and major part of the Galactic Empire's motor-pool.
if you want to learn about effects see "From Star Wars to Jedi: he making of a saga"
What's the inside temperature of a tauntaun? Lukewarm of course.
Do you guys grow up knowing that Vader is Luke’s father?
The shot of Han appearing just as Ben disappears was not cgi. It was in the original film. I’m not sure if it was stop motion or what though. Maybe a more knowledgeable fan can explain how they did it 😂
Obi-Wan is just double exposed on the film. Han on the tauntaun running up behind him is stop-motion.
Stop motion 100%
There was no CGI in the original trilogy when they were first released to theaters, for the simple reason that movie quality CGI didn't really exist back then. There were very few companies developing high quality CGI back in the 80s, and the processes were so slow and the equipment so expensive that it wasn't practical. Tron was one of the earliest uses of CGI, and even there the effects were primitive and used sparingly. One company bought a Cray 1 supercomputer and sold time for other early projects like The Last Starfighter and the planet Jupiter sequences in the movie 2010. That company didn't survive long; its work was way too costly and took too long to produce, and there weren't enough customers in those days to keep them going.
Lando didn't betray Han. Vader and the Empire showed up before Han did. Lando had to make a deal with Vader. If he didn't, Vader would have killed Lando and destroyed Cloud City completely. Lando knew that. He really had no choice. And Lando tried to secretly stop Han from landing at Cloud City by sending out ships to try to chase him off. And Lando tried to make the best deal that would save the people in Cloud city and minimize any harm to Han and the gang. Lando didn't want to make any deal, but in the situation he was in he just did his best to try and help the best he could.
If you really think about it Lando really didn't have a choice.
I can't wait to see you react return of the Jedi, after new years day.
14:15 "The good side is so outnumbered."
The bad guys are a giant empire of thousands of worlds across a whole galaxy.
The good guys are a tiny little group of rebels living in a cave on an uninhabitable planet.
Yeah, they are outnumbered.
Rebels always are.
When rebels outnumber the existing government, they just take over and become the new government.
Luke and Leia are a long, long, long way from having those numbers.
Film is set three years after the first. han , Luke, Leia, the droids, and Chewie have become a surrogate family for each other.
One of the things that made these films work so well is that Harrison ford, Mark Hammil, and Carrie fisher did become close friends during the shooting of the first fulm. They became even closer due to becoming huge stars when it was a unexpected cultural phenomenon
Mark Hamilton who played Luke said this film was the hardest for him to shoot because he spent most if it the production separate from the rest of the cast fi ill Ming the stuff with Yoda which was all in a soundstage and wss just him and a pupprt. He was much happier filming return of the Jedi because he got to work with ford and fisher more
Star Wars episode three revenge of the Sith is the greatest Star Wars movie of all time
the good thing is that you dont bleed out from lightsaber wounds. the "blade" is so hot that it cauterizes the flesh instantly. usually there is very little blood involved. sure most of the time depending on how you are hit by this weapon you are instantly dead, or incapacitated. mostly from shock and pain. there is very little that can resist a light saber. forcefields for example, or very rare metal alloys like "beskar", which is the one the mandalorians craft their body armor from.
With the CGI, the versions you're watching now have been heavily remastered with new CGI elements added and refined.
Look for the despecialised version for the original release.
Shame they're all too much of a pain to get for most people to bother. I much prefer the 4k77, etc., versions to despecialised myself but despecialised looks better to modern audiences probably. Although the D+77 versions made on the same forum as 4k77 are in 4k and use the 4k blu-rays as a source. Looks great for people who don't like grain, etc.
It is interesting that you asked why they didn't have dinner. It would nice to see them sit down for a meal in the dining room with Darth Vader and Boba Fett. Although the conversation would have been awkward. It would be fun to see Boba Fett ask to pass the potatoes.
It is actually C-3PO
There was no CGI used at all in any of the Original Star Wars trilogy. What happened is in the 90's George Lucas decided to make a digital copy of the film so he could clean the movies digitally via computer. When he did, he realized computer tech had advanced enough that he could add things into the films via CGI, things he would have liked to when he made the films but didn't have the ability or time and money to add. So, he added CGI elements into the film. If you look on YT, you can find videos that show you what was added in each film and show you the original scene side by side with the changed scene. Most of the movies are as they originally were. But certain things were added or changed. But when these movies were first made and released in theaters, they didn't have any CGI in them. Everything in them were practical effects. Even though he made a digital remaster in the 90's The added CGI was added in 2011.
Most additions are fine. Some not as good and some of them actually outraged Star Wars fans and weren't well accepted.
Overweight pilot #1 this is Carlos Spicyweiner.
6:11 essentially balance in the force will be established according to prophecy … but yes everything has been placed in order to bring Luke further along in his training 🤐
15:54 ok so the All Terrain Scout Transport (AT-ST), also known as a Scout Transport, Scout Walker, or derisively as a chicken walker, was a lightweight, bipedal walker used by the ground forces of the Galactic Empire. Later, the First Order used an updated variant of the AT-ST within their military.
wampa was originally a guy on stilts who kept falling over.
Also CGI: the Falcon flyover of the Cloud City.
“Cinema’s most misquoted line on the planet.”
I distinctly remember seeing the movie in the theater, and then noting over the years how it was being altered. Then the “Mandela effect” idea came around, and people say I’m crazy.
You're not crazy, you're just mistaken. Our brains are incredibly unreliable in how they house and recall memories. I misremember things all the time, but because I'm not so arrogant as to assume I can never be wrong, I accept it right away and move on.
No, I am not mistaken. Other people have misquoted the line, and I have for over 40 years corrected them.
Watch the animated movie clone wars then clone wars seasons 1-7, Rebels, and all the live action shows ... disney plus has a timeline order to watch everything ... rebels and the Mandalorian are great
About him falling into the pipe. Not only is it luck, it's physically impossible. There's two options. Either the changing slope of the tube is gentle enough that he doesn't go splat from having hit it after falling hundreds of feet, or it's not. If it isn't, he dies on impact. If it _is_ gentle enough, though, he dies from friction burns as he slows down. Either way, he's doomed. Great scene, though.
Then again, a lightsaber battle should be... really, really gross. Lightsabers cut using heat, and they have to impart a lot of heat very, very fast or else they won't be able to cut. Lightsabers also have thickness, they aren't infinitely thin or anything. So when Luke lost his hand, a segment of his wrist maybe a quarter inch thick was turned from a solid into a vapor. Flesh is mostly water, so what's the volume difference between water and steam? ... 1000 times. In that fraction of a second as the saber passed through his wrist, that portion got a minimum of 1000 times bigger, which should have ended in an explosion of red spray. _Stabbing_ someone with this would be just as bad, with the steam going in all directions, including through the person's body, leading to another explosion and bloody bits raining down everywhere.
... Physics can be a harsh mistress.
As for not having seen Jabba... in the originals you don't see him _at all_ in this movie _or_ the previous one.
3-CPO 😂😂😂
26:45 legend had it that Anakin died in last incredible battle between the Jedi and the imperial order sent to destroy them, although no trace of his body was found, .. Vader wished to server all connection to his former life as Skywalker…. Wait until you see episode III 😳😨
Lol 3PO is in a bucket.
It is a space slug.
18:55 "Won't the pressure of the universe hurt him?"
There is no pressure in space.
Zero.
On Earth, the highest pressure is in deep, deep water - because water is heavy (lift a large bucket of water to find out how heavy) and a whole ocean of water on top of you is a lot of pressure.
Space is the opposite because there i s nothing heavy pushing on you to create pressure.
There is a good argument to be bade that if Luke steps on the gas and suddenly flies off really, really fast (very high acceleration), then maybe R2-D2 might fly out of his little rumble seat, especially if Luke accelerates and dives downward at the same time.
But I imagine R2 is designed with attachments to hold on like a vise, so he'll be ok.
In other movies with characters who are slaves do you find them to be "debbie downers" as well?
In the novels set during and after cheque take to calling Luke, cub. He becomes very protective of Luke and Leia and the droids.
His in episode 6 returned of the Jedi
Luke and company are not dead because Vader can feel them alive. #ForceEvidence.
The bounty hunter in question is Boba Fett.
You're not wrong, there is CGI in these films... However there originally wasn't. Everything was done with optical and practical processes. In 1997 they re-released the original trilogy with extended scenes, previously cut scenes, replaced actors, and CGI elements. In the years following these effects have been updated numerous times with various releases.
The story behind the reveal is that DV was to say OWK killed your father and that is how the scene was filmed with David Prowse the actor who portrayed DV saying the line that OBi killed Anakin with MH reacting to that. Later director Irvin Kershner told MH in confidence what the real line was with only IK GL MH and JEJ knowing the truth. MH has told this story many times most famously on Graham Norton when they were promoting the new trilogy. MH kept the secret for a couple of years and at the premiere the rest of the cast saw it.
MH knew when he delivered his lines, but the rest of your account is accurate.
@@gregmitchell2257 that's not the way I've heard the story told but 🙄
Besides, what would the point be of Mark knowing at all, unless it was so he could react to the real dialogue and not what was spoken by David Prowse.@@raybernal6829
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Vader spares Piett because of his sorrow for losing his son, the first beacon of hope in his life since he first put on the suit.
He know that he can't lash out on the one responsible, himself, for making his son choose potential death in that shaft before his father.
Peter mayhew who played cheque was 7foot 3. Carrie fisher was only around 5 foot tall the height difference is very striking when they are in scenes together. He is over 2 feet taller than her.
The running tom-toms and the imperial walkers were stop motion photography not an CGI
There is no CGI in any of these first 3 films
26:57 so George Lucas pointed out that the real conflict in this episode was not between Luke and Vader !! But instead within Vader!! and indeed Vader Vs Anakin, so Anakin was nearly dead within the depths of Vader, but through the force when learning of Luke’s existence, this revitalised Anakin’s spirit, .. so the main theme of this movie is for Anakin’s reconnection to his family and redemption, and Vader’s mission is to prevent that from happening by killing Luke, this is why during the climatic fight in cloud city, Vader is fighting against both Anakin & Luke, .. and infact George points out that it’s in fact Anakin within Vader who saves Luke from being Killed.
'3-CPO' How dare you! ;)
The only CGI in this film were little things like in cloud city. They added windows when it was originally a blank wall
this is the best yoda. it always bugged me in the prequels how bland and scold-y he was (although his fight scenes were awesome). I like how the original yoda was kind of whimsical yet still serious. he really seemed like an enlightened master. his little monologue about the force was the most interesting explanation of how it works, and I'll never really forgive Lucas for cheapening the whole idea of a mystical force with all that mitichlorian garbage
Wait until you see Star Wars episode III, it’s so good it’s shocking 😳😨
It's surprising how you seem to know almost nothing about the story, but everything about how the movies were made, where they were made, "the big secret", etc.
Harrison Ford was the only main actor who did not sign a 3 picture deal so George Lucas did not know if Han would need to be written off.
Paying off Jabba was the only way to get him to cancel the bounty
This movie received the least amount of "tampering" by Lucas of the original trilogy. There are a very few scenes (such as the taun-taun being eaten and the shots of Cloud City) added, but it's mostly intact. Perhaps you'd watch the despecialized (1980 original) version and compare. Many fans consider this the best of the series, not just of the original trilogy; Leigh Brackett, an actual sci-fi author, was involved in the screenplay, which might explain that in part.
Yoda is not a Master.
He was the Grand Master of the Jedi Order. :)
38:53 this is the first time a lone padawan has ever intentionally ever gone off alone to face the Dark Lord of the Sith, traditionally either a jedi or master Jedi and apprentice would challenge a Sith Lord, so naturally in this case both Ben and Yoda were surprised that Luke was hurrying off alone, knowing Ben and Yoda could not assist him.
How much CG are you looking at? That's a tricky question.
This movie had ZERO CG shots in the original 1980 version. AND...out of the three, it had the least amount of redone CG shots added in 1997 and the later releases. All they really did was add a couple shots of the "Wampa" - the big Yeti type creature that eats Luke's Tauntaun, and then in Cloud City, there's one big fancy flyover shot with The Falcon flying through the buildings that's new, and in some of the early shots when Lando is showing them around, they added some windows to some of the walls in the background that showed the view of the sky and buildings outside and vehicles flying around. That's pretty much it. Other than that, you are watching a mostly unaltered version of original 1980 Empire Strikes Back with all old-school practical special effects and optical composite visual effects. "Smoke and mirrors;" makeup, puppets, animatronics, miniatures, matte-paintings on glass, blowing sh!t up for real. The whole walker assault battle sequence at the beginning, the chase through the asteroids, the showdown with Vader, and escape from Cloud City is all exactly how it looked in 1980, without a single a computer in use.
"A New Hope" was the one that had the most extensive reworking of the VFX shots, particularly the exterior shots of the Mos Eisley spaceport town. A lot of the creatures and vehicle traffic in the streets are CG and there's a few shots that weren't even in the original. A lot of the creatures were not in the original at all, a couple, like the big lizard the stormtroopers ride around, were in the original but didn't look great and were replaced with CGI. BUT - the "banthas" - the big creatures the sand people rode around, on were *elephants in costumes,* and all the alien characters inside the cantina were practical makeup and costume FX.
Jabba was not in the original. They shot the scene, with a human actor as a stand-in, intending to add a stop-motion animated creature in post, but they ran out of money and time. We didn't get to see him until "Return of The Jedi" in 1983 where he was (a stunningly awesome) live, practical puppet/animatronic effect. But for 1997, he added the scene back in with a CGI Jabba. (That looked awful in 1997 and looks a lot better now)
Somewhat controversially, one change he made was having Greedo shoot Han and miss before Han shoots him. Fans revolted, "Han shot first" T-shirts became a movement within the fandom. In later versions, they made Greedo and Han shoot simultaneously, but originally Han just deleted his a$$ without a second thought.
The only CG in ORIGINAL original Star Wars was The Death Star plans in the "locker room" scene where they're telling the pilots the battle plan at the end. Those were legit vector graphics rendered by the University of Illinois's computer department. For the first decade or so, that's mostly what CG was used for, to represent *in-universe* graphics like targeting scopes, computer readouts, vehicle instrument panels, robot-vision, etc. And even that stuff was faked a lot because real computer graphics was expensive and time consuming. Other than the Death Star plans all the other graphics like the targetting scopes in all the spaceships were all traditional cel animation hand-drawn by cartoon animators.
When you see "Return of The Jedi" there's not a whole lot of it he changed or re-worked, most of what you're seeing is original 1983 Return of The Jedi but there is one sequence near the beginning that is a couple solid minutes of added CG characters (and it will be obvious AF) and then a few shots he adds at the end, that kind of don't make sense until you see The Prequels.
It's a shame that because of pop culture (and 40 years) it's almost imposible to keep the plot twist from this movie not being spoiled, it ruins the experience for sure.
Personally, I had the plot twist to The Sixth Sense spoiled and have refused to see the movie because of that since it's basically the payoff for the whole thing.
Finding out you did research prior to watching Star Wars just ruins some vital moments. For the sake of authenticity, please please do not do any more research!! Learn to experience the films the way we did. With wondrous surprise! You'll enjoy them even more. I promise and 1000% guarantee it!😊
The original had probably zero CGI. But, after the re-release prior to the prequels, the CGI is basically replacing or augmenting the practical space shots or large hroups of aliens/background actors.
It was more obvious in Episode IV A New Hope. In Episode V, some of the Empire ships in the asteroid field looked CGI.