I'll never forget the most dramatic line in cinema history: "I am your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate." Still get chills up my spine to this very day.
“I know”. It was a compassionate answer. He had been spending the whole movie trying to get Leia to recognize and admit to herself that she loves him. By saying, “I know”, it brings closure.
I always had a love/hate relationship with this line. When I was younger and heard guys act like it was the most bad ass line in history I could help but laugh at the results had any of them tried it out on a significant other. As I got older I could appreciate what you are saying. He was telling her upfront how he felt. In a bit of a cocky way, sure. It fits Han’s (fake-it-til you make it) smuggler personality. Like you observed his line was just letting her know that he knew. Just look at the way he looks at her as he goes into the carbon freeze. The look alone says it all.
@@michaelwhite3607 Not enough of these reactors observe their facial expressions. For example, Luke saying he wants to become a Jedi like his father. Of course he’s traumatized. You can see a little rejection in his face as he turns his head. He’s just seen his uncle burnt to a crisp. When Obi-Wan turns toward a new path, I saw trauma in Luke’s face.
AND, because Han has been telling her for the last three years through his actions how he feels. When she met him, he was only looking out for himself. But he joined the cause, he has been showing her that he is growing into a better person, trying to become "worthy" of her notice. Hell, we saw it in THIS movie; he had his clearance to leave, he and Chewie could have gotten out. But Han heard the Command Center had been hit, (he straight up tells her that's why he's there) and from context we realize that he a.) called the command center transport to find out if she was on board, and b.) went down there himself to make sure she was all right when the transport reported that they didn't have her. When she pulls away to get to another station--because she is a til-the-bitter-end kind of leader, we hear "Imperial troops have entered the base! Imperial troops have---[static]. And this time when Han goes to her, it's with concern and softness, taking her arm and saying, "Come on, that's it." And the look they share...she is scared now (the Imps HAVE tortured her before, after all) and he's gently holding her arm in a supportive way. And this time she relents. And he goes WITH her the whole way. The corridor to go to the Falcon goes in the OPPOSITE direction; he could have just sent her on her way and he could have gone his way, and maybe she would have been buried in that corridor collapse, who knows? Yes they argue a LOT, and there is all this verbal sparring, but Han Solo strikes me as the type of guy who wouldn't take the time to argue with someone if he didn't give a damn about them; he would blow them off and have nothing to do with them. AND...we don't know how long they were on the way to Cloud City. Long enough for Luke to train as a Jedi, for sure, and I am going to assume that takes more than a week. We don't know what he might have admitted to some night. At least, I like to think MAYBE he dropped a few hints, lol.
As a non-American, star wars isn't a part of our culture. Neither did we grow up with them, nor did the previous generation. While I kept hearing about it sporadically through school, it was only in college did I get the chance to watch it. I finished the trilogy in a single night, and I was so fascinated by it, that I did a re-run twice within the same week.
@@UTU49 I'm from India. Until about a decade ago there was barely any market for star wars here except for hardcore western movie / comic book enthusiasts. Like with most countries, the penetration of pop culture has exponentially increased over the past few years, that even our of peer pressure a considerable proportion of the current generation has watched star wars
I remember how freaked out I was when they got to the dinner scene on Cloud City, because Vader scared me so badly back then. And also, the whole, "what do you mean that's the end?!?!" Again, being only 11 or 12 when this came out and I saw it, I was all, "they can't end a movie like that!!!" *Such* a good movie. I am sad for Jacqui that she can't watch this spoiler-freed, but at least you get to see the wrap-up within a week, not 3 years!
Dunno if it was said but the first sequence with the monster attacking Luke was added because Mark Hamill was in a bad car accident which left him with some scars on his face so they added it in a way to explain them in the movie part of his face had gauze covering the right side of his face to also cover the scars for the first few shots
Luke’s entire right side of his face is hidden in bandages, supposedly hiding the scars left from his car accident two years before filming Empire in 1979. Therefore, this entire sequence with the Wampa and bandages and injuries was written to explain the scarring on Hamill’s face. In the Blu-Ray commentary of The Empire Strikes Back, George Lucas denies these claims and rumors, stating they added the scenes to build suspense. However, late actress Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia) claimed that the car accident is why the Wampa scene was added. Mark Hamill, on the other hand, has never addressed it.
You will appreciate this from a writing standpoint. There's actually a lot going on in this film that they don't explicitly point out, or rub your nose in - it just works as symbolism. All of the traits that Luke possesses in Episode IV fail him in this film. For example: it's getting dark so Han wants to go back in, but Luke stays out and gets attacked (a failure of being too brave). He leads the charge against the Imperial AT-ATs but loses his gunner, then his ship (a failure of being too impulsive). He rushes off from Dagobah to save his friends, even though it's a trap (a failure of being too loyal). When Yoda says the cave only contains "what you take with you," he's basically telling Luke this. Luke's failures are the results of the things he brings to the table. To "become a Jedi, like his father" (his promise from the first film), he needs to become a different kind of hero than the person he is. So at the very end, when Vader says "I am your father," that's when Luke realizes his two goals are totally incompatible. To become a Jedi like his father, he has to become Vader. It is literally his lowest point in the narrative, because after that, he falls out the bottom of the floating city.
Also, Jason Sudeikis said Season 2 of Ted Lasso was their version of "The Empire Strikes Back." It is Act 2 of a 3-act structure. When you get to the end of S2 Ted Lasso, that comparison would make a good discussion!
3:30 "That does not look like 1980..." It is! That beast Luke is riding is an action figure, stop motion animated a frame at a time. The same one that's been there since 1980. The snowspeeders searching for Luke and Han the next morning are the same miniatures they built in a shop 40 years ago, double exposed onto film stock in a dark room. (All of the footage had to be cleaned up and color corrected after the fact because film degrades, but they didn't shoot or build any new FX elements, the remastering was mostly to restore it to what it originally looked like.) The walker battle, to this day one of the most stunning FX action sequences ever, is still pretty much exactly the way it looked in 1980. The bulk of the added CG was in the Cloud City sequence. The shot you guys called out with the ships weaving through the buildings was completely new. During a lot of the interior scenes, windows with views of the city outside were added. "Where ARE we?" The Hoth exteriors were shot in Norway. Norwegian troops were outfitted with costumes and used as extras. Interiors were shot in sets in London. None of Leia's scenes were outside so she had no shooting days in Norway but Carrie visited them for fun. 40:30 "It's romantic foreshadowing!" "Well yeah if you want to get nerdy about it..." The line as written was actually "I love you too" and they shot it like that and everyone agreed that it sucked. So they shot a few more takes with Harrison improvising something else each time and "I know" is what they went with. Similar to the unplanned shooting of the swordsman in Raiders, It has since become an iconic Harrison Ford moment.
That "I know" from Han got a huge laugh when it came out - a little humor breaking the tension. Harrison Ford told Lucas he thought saying it back wouldn't be Han's style at all - so they decided on the cocky, very Han-like reply to Leia's pronouncement.
One fun-fact, because I love to read and watch interviews about the movies I like. Lucas knew the director of this movie, Irvin Kershner from USC School of Cinematic Arts, where Irvin was a professor for a while. He directed only 2 movies after this - Never Say Never Again and RoboCop 2
27:24 If I remember my Star Wars lore correctly, English in the Star Wars Universe is called Galactic Basic and very much like the English language has evolved over time. Yoda is so old that when he learned Galactic Basic they were using a different form of it. Essentially Yoda is speaking using an outdated version of Galactic Basic. It would be like if someone learned English during the Elizabethan Era and still speaks using that style. That’s just what I was told, I don’t know how accurate that actually is.
"..Definitely not James Earl Jones" True. The guy inside the Darth Vader suit is Dave Prowse. (Did meet him at a SW day in Denmark). Excellent reaction, Jacqui. As someone who saw it in the theatre when it was released, and having seen all the memes etc, I can appreciate your sense of the film. The "I AM your father" is one of the best moments in all of SW. It is absolutely the best of the SW films, though the others are not as bad as some people will make them.
Exactly. Jacqui already knows about Anakin Skywalker so she links that up immediately with the discussion between the Emperor and Darth Vader but we as an audience not knowing about Anakin were shocked by that line as we wondered how Luke would survive! And then another 3 year wait to find out whether is was true or not! I think I went to the theater at least 3 or 4 times just to make sure I hadn't missed a hint in the dialogue about the answer. It was great to see this without the spoiling going on despite the agony of the wait.
Do I still count as a redhead if I'm an old dude whose hair isn't red anymore? When I was 19 I stood in line with my dad to watch this movie. What is the internal temperature of it Wampa? Luke warm.
No one ever mentions it, but at the end when Lando takes the Falcon, he's straight up wearing Han's clothes lmao. Like, what??? "Guess I'm Han Solo now"
One of the major fan theories about Star Wars is that R2D2 is the ACTUAL hero of the series. And when you think about it, every major success of the rebellion comes directly from the result of one of his actions...
Luke is the "hero" of the quest and the adventure, but R2 is the *main character,* especially if you count all six or all nine of the episodes as one big story. The movies in fact may be his telling of events and the crawling text are his own "words" (as translated by 3PO) The main character doesn't always have to be the hero (Mad Max Fury Road, Big Trouble in Little China, etc)
When Vader talks to the Emperor in 'Empire Strikes Back,' what's going on is complicated. My read is this: 1) The Emperor IS NOT telling Vader anything that Vader doesn't already know!! Note that Vader said, in an earlier part of the movie, "...and I'm sure Skywalker is with them." So Vader already knew that someone named 'Skywalker' was a Big Person in the Rebel alliance, and he probably already knew that this Skywalker was THE PERSON who destroyed the Death Star. Vader also knew that when he (Vader) was attempting to shoot down Skywalker's X-Wing in 'A New Hope' that, "The Force is strong with this one." So, the Force is unusually strong with someone, who happens to have the name, 'Skywalker' - and 'Skywalker' is the same name that Vader had before he was Vader. So, Vader already knew he had a son, before he spoke to the Emperor. 2) If Vader already knew, why did he conceal that fact, and act surprised when the Emperor mentioned it? "How is that possible?" The answer is, that while Vader serves the Emperor, Vader also •hates• the Emperor, and has a different agenda than the Emperor. Vader wants to rescue Luke from death, and to kill the Emperor, and then rule the galaxy with his son - the only family he has left (that Vader knows about). That means turning Luke to the Dark Side. By contrast, the Emperor wants to remove Luke as a threat. That could mean destroying Luke, but when Vader suggests turning Luke to the dark side, the Emperor goes along with it: If Luke is converted to the Dark Side, the Emperor can "trade up" and replace Vader with "a new apprentice, one far younger and more powerful." 3) The Vader-Emperor scene was changed from the original release of "The Empire Strikes Back," and this is one instance where the change is a vast improvement. In the original scene, the dialogue between Vader and the Emperor was sufficiently vague as to confuse me: "Anakin Skywalker" was never mentioned. So when the Emperor, in the original scene says, "The son of Skywalker must not become a Jedi," I at first thought: "Well, LUKE is the only Skywalker we know from these movies. So, 'the son of Skywalker, must mean the son of Luke. But, Luke doesn't have a son, so what's going on?" The dialogue of the revised scene eliminates this confusion. So, when Vader talks to the Emperor in the (improved, revised) version, the version you watched, both Vader and the Emperor are "scheming past one another." Both men want a DIFFERENT final outcome, and while both want to turn Luke to the dark side, both want to use Luke for a different final purpose.
@@theshamelistThe scene as it was in 1980 and 1997. Vader- What is thy bidding my master? Emperor- There is a great disturbance in the Force. Vader- I have felt it. Emperor- We have a new enemy, Luke Skywalker. He could destroy us. Vader- He's just a boy. Obi-wan can no longer help him. Emperor- The Force is strong with him. The son of Skywalker must not become a Jedi. Vader- If he could be turned he would make a powerful ally. Emperor- Yes, yes he would be a great asset. Can it be done? Vader- He will join us or die master.
You two are so entertaining to watch. Thanks for the reactions. Not to get too deep into the weeds but Disney+ just came out with a documentary about the groundbreaking history that ILM (the special effects team) used to make the movies. Now, it’s about a 6 part episode that dives into ET, Jurassic Park, Terminator and more but the first come episodes really dive into these original movies.
For those of us who saw it in the theatre, including 8 1/2 year old me, we had to wait 3 years before the next one. At least the two of you can watch the conclusion in a matter of days if you wish.
Interesting point of note: not only is the text crawl iconic for Star Wars, but every single Star Wars movie opens with a space scene with the camera panning down from the stars to a space ship of some kind. Hilarious kind of wink wink nod nod moment, as Han was trying to get Leah to her ship, the door they passed that Han glanced at which had the weird yellow sign on it comes from a deleted scene where a Whampa (the snow beast that attacked Luke early on) had broken through into the base and the door was sealed off trapping the creature there. When the imperial troops storm the base, one group of them opened that same door and got attacked by the Whampa. 😂
Yes, much of it was shot in Norway for the outdoor shots, and indoor shots were on a soundstage at Pinewood Studios in England. The miniatures for the snowspeeders and walkers were done at Industrial Light & Magic in California.
My best friend (at the time) spoiled it for me the day before I was going to see it with my family. I was young enough that I was just excited by it anyway.
The reason the lights are still on when they destroyed the Hoth generators was because they were the SHIELD generators, which prevents bombardment from space and spaceships from landing in the compound from above. Until the shield is down, they HAVE to attack on the surface (walkers). That's why when the walker driver is targeting the generator he says "Lord Vader, the shields will be down momentarily, you may begin your landing." Shields down allow Lord Vader to land his ship and walk onto the base.
Yoda is 900 years old. I choose to believe that he’s that old man who is like “whatever. I said words. They understood what I meant,” and just doesn’t care enough to make himself clearer.
"I know" is actually an ad lib by Harrison. Apparently, they took several takes of Harrison saying "I love you too" (that was the original script) and no one was satisfied with any of them so they just told Harrison to improvise. When asked about, Harrison said he felt that was more in character for Han. Also, they actually DIDN'T know Harrison would be returning. Harrison was not contracted for the third movie and he vocally made it known that he felt Han's character arc was complete. That's why they ended it the way they did, and it's also why Lando was introduced.
"There is a lot of kissing in this movie." Princess Leia really likes kissing. If you are a man between 17 and 52, all you have to do is stand still and you WILL get kissed by Princess Leia.
Jackie, 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.
Wrong answer- this movie was not touched up by CGI except for a few minor scenes, like adding the Emporer's face. All puppets, models, and practical effects. A couple of the Bespin scenes were altered, and that was it. Also the ice planet of Hoth, was filmed in Norway. And they just happened to have one of the worst blizzards in decades during the shoot.
Only a handful of fx shots were updated in this film: - The scene of the Wampa eating the Tauntaun in the cave / crying out in pain after it's arm is severed - The Falcon flying through Cloud City to the landing platform - Several interior shots in Cloud City were updated to have windows with exterior views Other than that, all of the FX are original 1980s. Also, Wedge being "Rogue 2" has nothing to do with the Rogue One film. He is a member of Rogue Squadron, which is lead/commanded by Luke. Luke is Rogue One.
@8:50 The Hoth scenes were filmed at the Hardangerjøkulen Glacier in Norway. I saw this in theatres when I was 8. The biggest thing I remember wasn't even the outcry at the "I am your father" line, but rather the three years afterwards before we got a sequel. Remember, this was pre-internet. There was debate whether the line was true or if Vader was lying to manipulate Luke.
Surprisingly enough, "Rogue One" isn't a reference to the movie. It's the call sign for Wedge Antilles, who is the best pilot in the Rebellion (outside of Luke). As far as when it came out, nobody could believe the ending (both the reveal and the fact it doesn't end happily). Movies just didn't end poorly for the heroes.
I did see this in the theater in 1980. I was 6 at the time so it's a bit of a hazy memory. But I do remember people being shocked, outraged and crying when Vader said "I am your father!" and yes people were like WTF when it abruptly ended
The speeder shots are original footage. But in the original release there was a slight transparency of the cockpit matted over the exterior view. In the remastering work the speeder scenes were cleaned up, but the footage is original. It only looks CGI because they digitized it to clean up the footage. So it’s still practical effects with digital matting.
Extensions I recall noticing: the yeti got more air time, and the cloud city overflight was added. The morning after rescue squadron was in the 1980 movie, no need for CGI.
They couldn't get the Wampa (Yeti) suit to work. You only see it's arm and it's face in a close up in the original. There was a sequence in the script in which a pack of them attack Echo Base before The Empire does and they manage to trap one of them behind a blast door. There's an unused shot that they actually took in the battle scene where 3PO rips a sign off a door and runs away and then the stormtroopers open it and are immediately grabbed by the Wampa inside. th-cam.com/video/nX0CDwZJe-s/w-d-xo.html
I believe that the story behind George Lucas's choice to freeze the Hon Solo character was because Harrison Ford refused to sign a Multi-Film contract so he needed a way to write him out of the script if needed. The more you look into the Production of this movie you find a story directed in equal parts by the Writers and the realities of the industry.
Standout memory for me is watching this in theaters as a child. (Yes, I’m that old 😝) I spent months afterwards arguing with my friends that Darth Vader was not Luke’s father. I thought Vader was evil enough to lie, just to coax Luke to the dark side. This also made me want to be a Jedi SO badly.
I loved Jacqui's reference to Dark Helmet just as Sam was drinking coffee, considering that one scene in Spaceballs. Tidbits time: The opening scene of every single movie from episode 1 to 9 (and Rogue One) has at least one spaceship flying in space over/in front of a planet so start looking out for that. The taun-tauns (tawn-tawn) were stop-motion miniatures and the snowspeeders had some CGI in the initial flyover scenes but were mostly still the original miniatures. Those big ships were Imperial Class Star Destroyers, and that was Vader's personal flagship, the Executor, an Executor-class Super Star Destroyer. As Vader is Force choking Admiral Ozzel, Vader refers to the other officer as *Captain* Piett at the start of the conversation before he calls him *Admiral* Piett at the end of it. Instant field promotion, don't fuck it up. In the scene between Vader and the Emperor in the original theatrical version, the Emperor was a composite between actress Marjorie Eaton in a sculpted mask, with her eyes superimposed by a chimpanzee's, and voiced by Clive Revill. Aside from the change to Emperor Palpatine, Cloud City is the first time in this movie where there were significant CGI changes/additions, particularly exterior shots and the "cloud cars" (the ones that first escorted the Millennium Falcon on arrival). Hamill's reaction to the big reveal was performed based on what he knew it was going to be (as only he, George Lucas, and director Irvin Kershner knew before filming it), even though he couldn't hear the delivery over the sound of the wind machines. Oh and the city was actually named "Cloud City", on the planet Bespin.
Opening lizard Luke and Han are riding...those are stop motion puppets. When the snowspeeders go find Han and Luke the next morning, thats ZERO cgi. All models and helicopter shot (shot in Norway). In fact Empire has very little CGI added. Just the window backgrounds in Cloud City, some very light masking lines in the Hoth battle and the scene of Vader leaving CLoud City and landing back in his Star Destroyer
About Leia's Nerf herder insult to Han, Nerfs are animals kinda like goats/sheeps, a smaller version of the big banthas that the sand people ride. In a video game you take them into a herd house and generate food with those. So in essence, Leia who was raised as royalty insults Han by treating him of a dirty, ugly stupid pedantic peasant... Yes Carrie Fisher was short but she had a lot of charisma, even with her addiction problems and bipolar disorders she never lost her fierce and sharp sense of humour. Brave soul. That was the exterior SHIELD generator that got blown up.
@@slchance8839 During the part when Ben is at home explaining the Force to Luke. Reactors all react to Luke turning on the lightsaber. They miss Ben saying, “not as clumsy as a blaster. An elegant weapon for a more civilized age.” He says, “Anni was a good friend”.
@@visionaryventures12 ah.. I always thought he said " "And he was a good friend." Here's a clip: Video slowed down at 0:46 and you can hear him say "And He'" not "Ani". th-cam.com/video/g6LKfi9DUCs/w-d-xo.html
Vader was already searching for Luke. He knew. A lot of people seem to miss that the scenes between Vader and the Emperor are showing us that Vader is planning to betray him. He straight up says it at the end - that was his plan the whole time. So when he convinces the Emperor that turning Luke to the dark side is more valuable than destroying him, Vader's real motive is to team up with Luke so they can destroy the Emperor. Conversely, that is also probably the moment that the Emperor decides that he will just pit them against each other until only one is left as his apprentice.
Please forgive me if alot of people have already told you this about Yoda. Yoda is a Muppet. What I mean by that is that he was created by Jim Henson and Frank Oz which means Yoda is right at home with Kermit, Piggy, Fozzie, and the rest of the gang lol. When making Empire Strikes Back, George Lucas called up Jim Henson to ask for help creating Yoda and Jim Henson turned to Frank Oz and the two of them did the job. Frank Oz even gave life to Yoda in the movies which means that Frank was hiding somewhere controlling Yoda and, if I'm not mistaken, Frank Oz also spoke for Yoda.
When my family left the theater I remember dead silence until people hit the parking lot then you could hear people just wrapping their heads around it and start talking . I was very young and when that moment hit I got my elbow stuck in my popcorn box and never noticed till Luke got his new hand
23:15 the best part of this is that if you watch the Clone Wars animated series and the Prequel movies then you know full well that R2 KNOWS who this is and is TOTALLY playing along for the sake of testing Luke to add to his training... R2 is the greatest Ride of Die ally to the Skywalker family!!
It was episode 5 in theaters originally. But back in the day each movie was marketed by the title name not episode number. And of course the original movie Star Wars didn't get the episode 4 label until 1981.
I’ve seen many reactions to my fave childhood movies and I love the humor and fresh perspective from you both. Also note that although the movies were enhanced many of the special effects are still the practical ones from the originals. With a few notable exceptions which fans have a love/hate relationship with, there was more cleanup and enhancement than making entirely new cgi sequences. Industrial Light and Magic is the effects studio George Lucas created because no at the time could yet do what he needed for Star Wars. They revolutionized special effects and continue to do so to this day. If you saw the original cuts you’d be shocked that most of the effects are pretty much what you see today. Keep up the great work!
1:00 "it wasn't released as Episode IV, it was just released as Star Wars", Yes and no - as a child when Star Wars was first released we were enthralled as the words Episode IV scrawled across our the screen. After the movie we were desperate to find out what happened in the first three Episodes. Obviously we were gutted to learn that we might never find out! That excitement was obviously Lucas' (economic) hope, even if he originally just intended the words to be a shout-out to the classic movie serials (Flash Gordon, etc) which had similar titles on a weekly basis.
Wonderful outfit first.. and not as many "enhancements" in this one compared to A New Hope, mainly cloud city. All the walkers and tan tans were miniature stop motion, and even some of the asteroids were potatoes. And one of the main reason Luke was attacked by the snow monster, is Mark Hamill was in an accident before filming and got a scar on his face, so they had to figure out something. Good way to start age morning, fun show and fun pretty faces/people.
Jackie, this movie was the capitalist of so much psychological development in my young life. And way beyond the "no I'm your father". Me and my friends debated everything from Atlanta with jerk for betraying his friends. To Luke running off impetuously to help his friends rather than stay and complete his training. Luke's failure in the cave, "you only bring that what you need." I learned about female flirtation and playing hard to get, or hating you when they like you. So many life lessons in this movie that sparked ideas that would be the basis of many perceptions I formed going forward. So to say you missed out the spoiler free version, girl, you missed a lot.
Thanks, Sam! Thanks, Jacqui! ❄ I got to see this one twice in the cinema... with my maternal grandmother. Still my fave! #StarWars #TheEmpireStrikesBack #DisneyPlus
I was an apartment manager in N Hollywood and one of my tenants worked in that film. She drew in the light saber swords, and she told me how they did it
Sam and Jacqui are back!!! YEA!!!! - 3:25 - Imperial Star Destroyer is the proper term...and, yes, they are bad-ass. Vader's Super Star Destroyer flagship, 'Executor' is 19 kilometers long (if it landed on Manhatten Island, it would stretch from Tribeca to Harlem)...and it is my favorite ship in the entire franchise. - 4:12 - The Abominable Snowman...🤣🤣🤣 Actual name...Wampaa. - 8:49 - All of the exterior Hoth scenes were filmed in a glacier area around Finse, Norway. - 17:08 - Well, he can't die, yet...that's Julian Glover, who would later work for Lucas again in 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade' as Walter Donovan, and would play Grand Maester Pycelle in 'Game of Thrones'. - 21:17 - It is his Meditation Chamber. Yeah...not James Earl Jones.🤣🤣🤣 - 24:45 - A little background of off-stage shenanigans...Carrie Fisher, before she passed away wrote a final book detailing her experiences filming 'Star Wars' called 'The Princess Diarist'. In the book, she told about how she found a bunch of journals she kept during the filming of the first film and what happened. In the many years since then, partly due to her own problems with substance abuse, she had forgotten that she had had an affair...with Harrison Ford. Yep...Han and Leia are off-screen, too. Unfortunately, the affair was brief for many reasons...Harrison was married and the marriage was on the rocks anyway, and the age difference was pretty big (she was 19, he was 34). It really informs the chemistry they had on screen. Anyway, she told Harrison she was writing the book, and the first word out of his mouth was "Lawyer!". He relented, mainly because by the time the book was written (between Episodes VII & VIII of the Sequel Trilogy), Ford was with his third and current wife (actress Calista Flockhart) and the years kinda made it all a moot point. The cast was always very close...and got even closer with the Sequel Trilogy, due to all of them getting older and being back in the galaxy again. - 26:18 - Yes! Yes, Emperor Sheev Palpatine is indeed a HUGE douche canoe! 💯💯💯 I was 8 when this came out. When I saw this one it was at the same theater I saw the first one, but with my summer YMCA camp. They rented out the theater for a matinee during the week, and every kid was glued to the screen. It was amazing...and the uproar of the "No. I am your father." was huge!!! I love the Original Trilogy, with my favorite being Episode IV. And yeah...waiting three years until 1983 for 'Return of the Jedi' SUCKED!!! There was no internet, fan theories were hard to come by, and it was years before any of the films made it to the fledgling cable industry. I think Episode IV finally debuted on HBO in 1983, six years after its release.
Han didn’t say it back because he didn’t need to. Han has been saying it for three years. In that time Han stayed with the Rebellion for her. He risked everything for her. The entire point of the first act of the movie was Han being frustrating that Leia didn’t reciprocate his feelings for him. Not that she didn’t have any. By all means, Leia was head over heels for Han after he chose to stay with the rebellion. But, she is too committed to the cause to allow herself to feel romantically vulnerable and Han knows that. That’s why he was teasing her so ruthlessly. The bounty Hunter mentioned in the beginning of the film was his excuse to leave. Since the point was made; she doesn’t love him like he loves her. But even then, when the empire came he stayed with Leia until the very end. “I know” is Han’s way of saying “You admitted it. I won”. I bet it’s a comforting thought when your about to die.
I saw this in the theatre opening night. We had tickets to the second showing. As we were walking into the theatre the crowd from the first showing were coming out and a group of excited teenagers yelled to us "DARTH VADOR IS LUKES FATHER!" Talk about spoilers.
So quick bit of trivia. The scene were they arrive at Cloud City was filmed after Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher had spent the night at a party at Monty Python star Eric Idle’s house. Which is why they seem a little buzzed as they pretty much came from the party to the studio.
Not sure what part you say is CGI added later in the scene where they search for Han and Luke, but I was there for the original release and that scene was there in its entirety. I remember gettin those roller-coaster butterflies during that scene. These movies were groundbreaking in a lot of the effects.
Okay, you've likely seen these parody songs of this episode, but just in case, here is Weird Al Yankovic's "Yoda" song: th-cam.com/video/-IUMCyAR6U0/w-d-xo.html Also, here is Bad Lip Reading's "Seagulls (Stop It Now)" song: th-cam.com/video/U9t-slLl30E/w-d-xo.html Enjoy and have a good laugh today.
Thank you for sharing your reaction.😊it was soo entertaining to watch. Oh and btw after watching several of your reactions I can only think of one word when I would have to describe you two: fabulous 😉😉
Yup! 47:06 was ALL of us! Kids who didn't understand dramatic story structure were SOOO mad! We HATED this movie at first because of its ending! I think it's hysterically funny now how as adults we tend to agree that this is the best movie of the original trilogy. And you're very right that having to wait for a couple of years was part of the anger. 🤣
you mentioned once or twice that "they" got an increased budget... fun fact... Lucas funded this movie entirely from his share of the profits from A New Hope so that he did not have any studio oversight... it was the most expensive "Independent feature film" at the time and set a new precedent in the industry.
I'm glad to see the birth of a star wars fan lol I love love your reaction to my favorite movie of the franchise and with that said I'm a new subscriber
This is my favorite Star Wars movie!!! I loved it so much when I was a kid that I rode my bike to the Cinedome 70 theater to see it not once but three times in a row. Needless to say, I was in deep shit when I got home because I didn't tell my parents where I was going but it was worth it!!! You guys are so delightful and dynamic. 😍 I can't wait to see your reactions to all the other movies!!! 😃
I'll never forget the most dramatic line in cinema history: "I am your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate."
Still get chills up my spine to this very day.
"What's that make us?" "Absolutely nothing! Which is what you are about to become!"
Almost as dramatic as Frau Blucker saying, "Yes! YES! Say it! He vuz my boyfriend!"
Empire had the least extra CGI effects added in the Special Editions. Most of the film is still the original shots.
That's partly why is still the best; it hasn't been bastardised as much by Lucas.
@@rickardroach9075 You got that right. Glad that Lucas never got the rights to Wizard of Oz.
“I know”. It was a compassionate answer. He had been spending the whole movie trying to get Leia to recognize and admit to herself that she loves him. By saying, “I know”, it brings closure.
I always had a love/hate relationship with this line. When I was younger and heard guys act like it was the most bad ass line in history I could help but laugh at the results had any of them tried it out on a significant other. As I got older I could appreciate what you are saying. He was telling her upfront how he felt. In a bit of a cocky way, sure. It fits Han’s (fake-it-til you make it) smuggler personality. Like you observed his line was just letting her know that he knew. Just look at the way he looks at her as he goes into the carbon freeze. The look alone says it all.
@@michaelwhite3607 Not enough of these reactors observe their facial expressions. For example, Luke saying he wants to become a Jedi like his father. Of course he’s traumatized. You can see a little rejection in his face as he turns his head. He’s just seen his uncle burnt to a crisp. When Obi-Wan turns toward a new path, I saw trauma in Luke’s face.
AND, because Han has been telling her for the last three years through his actions how he feels. When she met him, he was only looking out for himself. But he joined the cause, he has been showing her that he is growing into a better person, trying to become "worthy" of her notice. Hell, we saw it in THIS movie; he had his clearance to leave, he and Chewie could have gotten out. But Han heard the Command Center had been hit, (he straight up tells her that's why he's there) and from context we realize that he a.) called the command center transport to find out if she was on board, and b.) went down there himself to make sure she was all right when the transport reported that they didn't have her. When she pulls away to get to another station--because she is a til-the-bitter-end kind of leader, we hear "Imperial troops have entered the base! Imperial troops have---[static]. And this time when Han goes to her, it's with concern and softness, taking her arm and saying, "Come on, that's it." And the look they share...she is scared now (the Imps HAVE tortured her before, after all) and he's gently holding her arm in a supportive way. And this time she relents.
And he goes WITH her the whole way. The corridor to go to the Falcon goes in the OPPOSITE direction; he could have just sent her on her way and he could have gone his way, and maybe she would have been buried in that corridor collapse, who knows?
Yes they argue a LOT, and there is all this verbal sparring, but Han Solo strikes me as the type of guy who wouldn't take the time to argue with someone if he didn't give a damn about them; he would blow them off and have nothing to do with them.
AND...we don't know how long they were on the way to Cloud City. Long enough for Luke to train as a Jedi, for sure, and I am going to assume that takes more than a week. We don't know what he might have admitted to some night. At least, I like to think MAYBE he dropped a few hints, lol.
As a non-American, star wars isn't a part of our culture. Neither did we grow up with them, nor did the previous generation.
While I kept hearing about it sporadically through school, it was only in college did I get the chance to watch it. I finished the trilogy in a single night, and I was so fascinated by it, that I did a re-run twice within the same week.
Really? How interesting! Glad you liked the movies though, and were able to watch them spoiler free! - Sam
Where in the world are you? Just curious about what areas of the world might have that degree of Star Wars exposure.
@@UTU49 I'm from India. Until about a decade ago there was barely any market for star wars here except for hardcore western movie / comic book enthusiasts. Like with most countries, the penetration of pop culture has exponentially increased over the past few years, that even our of peer pressure a considerable proportion of the current generation has watched star wars
hey kids, I saw all these in theatres in London on release day, all the original versions. Glad your generation loves them xx
That's amazing!! - Sam
I remember how freaked out I was when they got to the dinner scene on Cloud City, because Vader scared me so badly back then. And also, the whole, "what do you mean that's the end?!?!" Again, being only 11 or 12 when this came out and I saw it, I was all, "they can't end a movie like that!!!" *Such* a good movie. I am sad for Jacqui that she can't watch this spoiler-freed, but at least you get to see the wrap-up within a week, not 3 years!
Yikes... I was 12 when Empire came out and I remember going berserk for the following 3 years waiting to find out what happens!!! 🤪
Well at least you had Raiders of the Lost Ark and E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial to keep you busy...
Dunno if it was said but the first sequence with the monster attacking Luke was added because Mark Hamill was in a bad car accident which left him with some scars on his face so they added it in a way to explain them in the movie part of his face had gauze covering the right side of his face to also cover the scars for the first few shots
That's really interesting to know! Poor Mark, but glad he's okay and still cute as hell. - Sam
Luke’s entire right side of his face is hidden in bandages, supposedly hiding the scars left from his car accident two years before filming Empire in 1979. Therefore, this entire sequence with the Wampa and bandages and injuries was written to explain the scarring on Hamill’s face.
In the Blu-Ray commentary of The Empire Strikes Back, George Lucas denies these claims and rumors, stating they added the scenes to build suspense. However, late actress Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia) claimed that the car accident is why the Wampa scene was added. Mark Hamill, on the other hand, has never addressed it.
You will appreciate this from a writing standpoint. There's actually a lot going on in this film that they don't explicitly point out, or rub your nose in - it just works as symbolism. All of the traits that Luke possesses in Episode IV fail him in this film. For example: it's getting dark so Han wants to go back in, but Luke stays out and gets attacked (a failure of being too brave). He leads the charge against the Imperial AT-ATs but loses his gunner, then his ship (a failure of being too impulsive). He rushes off from Dagobah to save his friends, even though it's a trap (a failure of being too loyal). When Yoda says the cave only contains "what you take with you," he's basically telling Luke this. Luke's failures are the results of the things he brings to the table. To "become a Jedi, like his father" (his promise from the first film), he needs to become a different kind of hero than the person he is. So at the very end, when Vader says "I am your father," that's when Luke realizes his two goals are totally incompatible. To become a Jedi like his father, he has to become Vader. It is literally his lowest point in the narrative, because after that, he falls out the bottom of the floating city.
Also, Jason Sudeikis said Season 2 of Ted Lasso was their version of "The Empire Strikes Back." It is Act 2 of a 3-act structure. When you get to the end of S2 Ted Lasso, that comparison would make a good discussion!
3:30 "That does not look like 1980..."
It is!
That beast Luke is riding is an action figure, stop motion animated a frame at a time. The same one that's been there since 1980.
The snowspeeders searching for Luke and Han the next morning are the same miniatures they built in a shop 40 years ago, double exposed onto film stock in a dark room. (All of the footage had to be cleaned up and color corrected after the fact because film degrades, but they didn't shoot or build any new FX elements, the remastering was mostly to restore it to what it originally looked like.) The walker battle, to this day one of the most stunning FX action sequences ever, is still pretty much exactly the way it looked in 1980.
The bulk of the added CG was in the Cloud City sequence. The shot you guys called out with the ships weaving through the buildings was completely new. During a lot of the interior scenes, windows with views of the city outside were added.
"Where ARE we?" The Hoth exteriors were shot in Norway. Norwegian troops were outfitted with costumes and used as extras. Interiors were shot in sets in London. None of Leia's scenes were outside so she had no shooting days in Norway but Carrie visited them for fun.
40:30 "It's romantic foreshadowing!" "Well yeah if you want to get nerdy about it..."
The line as written was actually "I love you too" and they shot it like that and everyone agreed that it sucked. So they shot a few more takes with Harrison improvising something else each time and "I know" is what they went with. Similar to the unplanned shooting of the swordsman in Raiders, It has since become an iconic Harrison Ford moment.
How fascinating!! Thank you for this - it's amazing how real it looks! - Sam
These younglings think 1980 was the stone age
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I have dim but fond memories of all the bronze and iron tools that people used in the 80s.
@@UTU49 I can sense sarcasm in that statement
@@Dman425 That is because the Force is with you.
That "I know" from Han got a huge laugh when it came out - a little humor breaking the tension. Harrison Ford told Lucas he thought saying it back wouldn't be Han's style at all - so they decided on the cocky, very Han-like reply to Leia's pronouncement.
One fun-fact, because I love to read and watch interviews about the movies I like. Lucas knew the director of this movie, Irvin Kershner from USC School of Cinematic Arts, where Irvin was a professor for a while. He directed only 2 movies after this - Never Say Never Again and RoboCop 2
27:24 If I remember my Star Wars lore correctly, English in the Star Wars Universe is called Galactic Basic and very much like the English language has evolved over time. Yoda is so old that when he learned Galactic Basic they were using a different form of it. Essentially Yoda is speaking using an outdated version of Galactic Basic. It would be like if someone learned English during the Elizabethan Era and still speaks using that style.
That’s just what I was told, I don’t know how accurate that actually is.
It's a theory explained in some of the books, but it's never mentioned in the original movies. Up to you what you think is canon or not.
In legends the Language was called High Galactic. But even then the sentence structure was very different than Yoda's.
"..Definitely not James Earl Jones" True. The guy inside the Darth Vader suit is Dave Prowse. (Did meet him at a SW day in Denmark).
Excellent reaction, Jacqui. As someone who saw it in the theatre when it was released, and having seen all the memes etc, I can appreciate your sense of the film.
The "I AM your father" is one of the best moments in all of SW.
It is absolutely the best of the SW films, though the others are not as bad as some people will make them.
Exactly. Jacqui already knows about Anakin Skywalker so she links that up immediately with the discussion between the Emperor and Darth Vader but we as an audience not knowing about Anakin were shocked by that line as we wondered how Luke would survive! And then another 3 year wait to find out whether is was true or not! I think I went to the theater at least 3 or 4 times just to make sure I hadn't missed a hint in the dialogue about the answer. It was great to see this without the spoiling going on despite the agony of the wait.
Do I still count as a redhead if I'm an old dude whose hair isn't red anymore? When I was 19 I stood in line with my dad to watch this movie. What is the internal temperature of it Wampa? Luke warm.
"I know" is one of the greatest lines in all movie history
No one ever mentions it, but at the end when Lando takes the Falcon, he's straight up wearing Han's clothes lmao. Like, what??? "Guess I'm Han Solo now"
One of the major fan theories about Star Wars is that R2D2 is the ACTUAL hero of the series. And when you think about it, every major success of the rebellion comes directly from the result of one of his actions...
Luke is the "hero" of the quest and the adventure, but R2 is the *main character,* especially if you count all six or all nine of the episodes as one big story. The movies in fact may be his telling of events and the crawling text are his own "words" (as translated by 3PO)
The main character doesn't always have to be the hero (Mad Max Fury Road, Big Trouble in Little China, etc)
When Vader talks to the Emperor in 'Empire Strikes Back,' what's going on is complicated. My read is this:
1) The Emperor IS NOT telling Vader anything that Vader doesn't already know!! Note that Vader said, in an earlier part of the movie, "...and I'm sure Skywalker is with them." So Vader already knew that someone named 'Skywalker' was a Big Person in the Rebel alliance, and he probably already knew that this Skywalker was THE PERSON who destroyed the Death Star. Vader also knew that when he (Vader) was attempting to shoot down Skywalker's X-Wing in 'A New Hope' that, "The Force is strong with this one." So, the Force is unusually strong with someone, who happens to have the name, 'Skywalker' - and 'Skywalker' is the same name that Vader had before he was Vader. So, Vader already knew he had a son, before he spoke to the Emperor.
2) If Vader already knew, why did he conceal that fact, and act surprised when the Emperor mentioned it? "How is that possible?" The answer is, that while Vader serves the Emperor, Vader also •hates• the Emperor, and has a different agenda than the Emperor. Vader wants to rescue Luke from death, and to kill the Emperor, and then rule the galaxy with his son - the only family he has left (that Vader knows about). That means turning Luke to the Dark Side. By contrast, the Emperor wants to remove Luke as a threat. That could mean destroying Luke, but when Vader suggests turning Luke to the dark side, the Emperor goes along with it: If Luke is converted to the Dark Side, the Emperor can "trade up" and replace Vader with "a new apprentice, one far younger and more powerful."
3) The Vader-Emperor scene was changed from the original release of "The Empire Strikes Back," and this is one instance where the change is a vast improvement. In the original scene, the dialogue between Vader and the Emperor was sufficiently vague as to confuse me: "Anakin Skywalker" was never mentioned. So when the Emperor, in the original scene says, "The son of Skywalker must not become a Jedi," I at first thought: "Well, LUKE is the only Skywalker we know from these movies. So, 'the son of Skywalker, must mean the son of Luke. But, Luke doesn't have a son, so what's going on?" The dialogue of the revised scene eliminates this confusion.
So, when Vader talks to the Emperor in the (improved, revised) version, the version you watched, both Vader and the Emperor are "scheming past one another." Both men want a DIFFERENT final outcome, and while both want to turn Luke to the dark side, both want to use Luke for a different final purpose.
Wow! I'd never looked at it that way, and it makes a lot of sense. Thank you for explaining!
❤️Jacqui
@@theshamelistThe scene as it was in 1980 and 1997.
Vader- What is thy bidding my master?
Emperor- There is a great disturbance in the Force.
Vader- I have felt it.
Emperor- We have a new enemy, Luke Skywalker. He could destroy us.
Vader- He's just a boy. Obi-wan can no longer help him.
Emperor- The Force is strong with him. The son of Skywalker must not become a Jedi.
Vader- If he could be turned he would make a powerful ally.
Emperor- Yes, yes he would be a great asset. Can it be done?
Vader- He will join us or die master.
You two are so entertaining to watch. Thanks for the reactions.
Not to get too deep into the weeds but Disney+ just came out with a documentary about the groundbreaking history that ILM (the special effects team) used to make the movies. Now, it’s about a 6 part episode that dives into ET, Jurassic Park, Terminator and more but the first come episodes really dive into these original movies.
How cool! Thank you for telling us, we'll see about watching it! - Sam
Fantastic
For those of us who saw it in the theatre, including 8 1/2 year old me, we had to wait 3 years before the next one. At least the two of you can watch the conclusion in a matter of days if you wish.
The gold standard of Star Wars. No other Star Wars film has hit it since.
We agree. - Sam
Interesting point of note: not only is the text crawl iconic for Star Wars, but every single Star Wars movie opens with a space scene with the camera panning down from the stars to a space ship of some kind.
Hilarious kind of wink wink nod nod moment, as Han was trying to get Leah to her ship, the door they passed that Han glanced at which had the weird yellow sign on it comes from a deleted scene where a Whampa (the snow beast that attacked Luke early on) had broken through into the base and the door was sealed off trapping the creature there. When the imperial troops storm the base, one group of them opened that same door and got attacked by the Whampa. 😂
Those shots on Hoth were not CGI, they were the original shots from 1980.
Yes, much of it was shot in Norway for the outdoor shots, and indoor shots were on a soundstage at Pinewood Studios in England. The miniatures for the snowspeeders and walkers were done at Industrial Light & Magic in California.
@@technomikelyons I love that Carrie, although not part of any of those outside snow scenes (Hoth), still travelled to Norway and hang around set
You really can't imagine how mindblowing the Big reveal was in the theater. EVERYONES mind was blown. EVERYONE!!!
My best friend (at the time) spoiled it for me the day before I was going to see it with my family. I was young enough that I was just excited by it anyway.
There was such a gasp in the theater. You could swear the air was being sucked out of the auditorium.
'just. like. me.' Coincidentally, I'm getting 'Lucy and Ricky' vibes.
The reason the lights are still on when they destroyed the Hoth generators was because they were the SHIELD generators, which prevents bombardment from space and spaceships from landing in the compound from above.
Until the shield is down, they HAVE to attack on the surface (walkers). That's why when the walker driver is targeting the generator he says "Lord Vader, the shields will be down momentarily, you may begin your landing."
Shields down allow Lord Vader to land his ship and walk onto the base.
The Planet Hoth scenes were shot in Finse, Norway.
Yoda is 900 years old. I choose to believe that he’s that old man who is like “whatever. I said words. They understood what I meant,” and just doesn’t care enough to make himself clearer.
Fun Fact: Lucas still hadn't figured out some basic things like Luke and Leia's relationship till RotJ.
R2 and C3P0 are lifted from Kurasawa's The Hidden Fortress, the thin thief and fat thief.
The structure of 1930s and 1940s serials was being split into numbered chapters and a crawling text summarizing the prior week’s cliffhanger.
"I know" is actually an ad lib by Harrison. Apparently, they took several takes of Harrison saying "I love you too" (that was the original script) and no one was satisfied with any of them so they just told Harrison to improvise. When asked about, Harrison said he felt that was more in character for Han.
Also, they actually DIDN'T know Harrison would be returning. Harrison was not contracted for the third movie and he vocally made it known that he felt Han's character arc was complete. That's why they ended it the way they did, and it's also why Lando was introduced.
"There is a lot of kissing in this movie."
Princess Leia really likes kissing. If you are a man between 17 and 52, all you have to do is stand still and you WILL get kissed by Princess Leia.
Where's the line? Sign me up, the girl obviously knows what she's doing, and I respect that level of game. - Sam
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Leia's deleted scenes with Chewbacca and C-3PO are super hot.
Jackie, 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.
Wrong answer- this movie was not touched up by CGI except for a few minor scenes, like adding the Emporer's face. All puppets, models, and practical effects. A couple of the Bespin scenes were altered, and that was it. Also the ice planet of Hoth, was filmed in Norway. And they just happened to have one of the worst blizzards in decades during the shoot.
hans a narcasist, and when she says she loves him, he just sees it as yes, i knew that all the while we were playing snarky flirt games
"...the city in the clouds, I don't know what it's called." Cloud City. Glad I could help.
Only a handful of fx shots were updated in this film:
- The scene of the Wampa eating the Tauntaun in the cave / crying out in pain after it's arm is severed
- The Falcon flying through Cloud City to the landing platform
- Several interior shots in Cloud City were updated to have windows with exterior views
Other than that, all of the FX are original 1980s.
Also, Wedge being "Rogue 2" has nothing to do with the Rogue One film. He is a member of Rogue Squadron, which is lead/commanded by Luke. Luke is Rogue One.
@8:50 The Hoth scenes were filmed at the Hardangerjøkulen Glacier in Norway.
I saw this in theatres when I was 8. The biggest thing I remember wasn't even the outcry at the "I am your father" line, but rather the three years afterwards before we got a sequel. Remember, this was pre-internet. There was debate whether the line was true or if Vader was lying to manipulate Luke.
Darth Vader voice: "NOW YOU CAN APPRECIATE NATHAN SHELLEY'S ASCENSION"
Surprisingly enough, "Rogue One" isn't a reference to the movie. It's the call sign for Wedge Antilles, who is the best pilot in the Rebellion (outside of Luke).
As far as when it came out, nobody could believe the ending (both the reveal and the fact it doesn't end happily). Movies just didn't end poorly for the heroes.
Wedge's callsign is Rogue Three. He promotes to squadron leader in _Return of the Jedi_.
Great review. I love your passion and diction. Keep up the great work 👍🏻
I did see this in the theater in 1980. I was 6 at the time so it's a bit of a hazy memory. But I do remember people being shocked, outraged and crying when Vader said "I am your father!" and yes people were like WTF when it abruptly ended
The speeder shots are original footage. But in the original release there was a slight transparency of the cockpit matted over the exterior view. In the remastering work the speeder scenes were cleaned up, but the footage is original. It only looks CGI because they digitized it to clean up the footage. So it’s still practical effects with digital matting.
Extensions I recall noticing: the yeti got more air time, and the cloud city overflight was added. The morning after rescue squadron was in the 1980 movie, no need for CGI.
They couldn't get the Wampa (Yeti) suit to work. You only see it's arm and it's face in a close up in the original.
There was a sequence in the script in which a pack of them attack Echo Base before The Empire does and they manage to trap one of them behind a blast door. There's an unused shot that they actually took in the battle scene where 3PO rips a sign off a door and runs away and then the stormtroopers open it and are immediately grabbed by the Wampa inside.
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I was 11 when the Special Edition came to theaters and these movies blew me away, life long fan of the original and EU.
I believe that the story behind George Lucas's choice to freeze the Hon Solo character was because Harrison Ford refused to sign a Multi-Film contract so he needed a way to write him out of the script if needed. The more you look into the Production of this movie you find a story directed in equal parts by the Writers and the realities of the industry.
Oh interesting! That makes sense. ❤️Jacqui
Just thought of this: -that's two you owe me , junior. - No, _you're_ junior.
Standout memory for me is watching this in theaters as a child. (Yes, I’m that old 😝) I spent months afterwards arguing with my friends that Darth Vader was not Luke’s father. I thought Vader was evil enough to lie, just to coax Luke to the dark side.
This also made me want to be a Jedi SO badly.
I loved Jacqui's reference to Dark Helmet just as Sam was drinking coffee, considering that one scene in Spaceballs. Tidbits time: The opening scene of every single movie from episode 1 to 9 (and Rogue One) has at least one spaceship flying in space over/in front of a planet so start looking out for that. The taun-tauns (tawn-tawn) were stop-motion miniatures and the snowspeeders had some CGI in the initial flyover scenes but were mostly still the original miniatures. Those big ships were Imperial Class Star Destroyers, and that was Vader's personal flagship, the Executor, an Executor-class Super Star Destroyer. As Vader is Force choking Admiral Ozzel, Vader refers to the other officer as *Captain* Piett at the start of the conversation before he calls him *Admiral* Piett at the end of it. Instant field promotion, don't fuck it up. In the scene between Vader and the Emperor in the original theatrical version, the Emperor was a composite between actress Marjorie Eaton in a sculpted mask, with her eyes superimposed by a chimpanzee's, and voiced by Clive Revill. Aside from the change to Emperor Palpatine, Cloud City is the first time in this movie where there were significant CGI changes/additions, particularly exterior shots and the "cloud cars" (the ones that first escorted the Millennium Falcon on arrival). Hamill's reaction to the big reveal was performed based on what he knew it was going to be (as only he, George Lucas, and director Irvin Kershner knew before filming it), even though he couldn't hear the delivery over the sound of the wind machines. Oh and the city was actually named "Cloud City", on the planet Bespin.
Gods! Ive never seen a person do more movie references in 30 seconds than me but now I think I found them 😂😂😂👍
26:36 The first time I saw it, the Emperor was an old woman with chimpanzee eyes (voiced of Clive Revill) who didn't name-drop Anakin.
Opening lizard Luke and Han are riding...those are stop motion puppets. When the snowspeeders go find Han and Luke the next morning, thats ZERO cgi. All models and helicopter shot (shot in Norway). In fact Empire has very little CGI added. Just the window backgrounds in Cloud City, some very light masking lines in the Hoth battle and the scene of Vader leaving CLoud City and landing back in his Star Destroyer
That’s so cool!! What amazing practical effects!! - Sam
About Leia's Nerf herder insult to Han, Nerfs are animals kinda like goats/sheeps, a smaller version of the big banthas that the sand people ride. In a video game you take them into a herd house and generate food with those.
So in essence, Leia who was raised as royalty insults Han by treating him of a dirty, ugly stupid pedantic peasant...
Yes Carrie Fisher was short but she had a lot of charisma, even with her addiction problems and bipolar disorders she never lost her fierce and sharp sense of humour. Brave soul.
That was the exterior SHIELD generator that got blown up.
"Hello. My name is Luke Skywalker. You killed my father. Prepare to die."
"So...about that..."
Anakin’s name was mentioned by Ben Kenobi in the first movie. Same with the existence of The Emperor.
episode 4...when?
@@slchance8839 During the part when Ben is at home explaining the Force to Luke. Reactors all react to Luke turning on the lightsaber. They miss Ben saying, “not as clumsy as a blaster. An elegant weapon for a more civilized age.” He says, “Anni was a good friend”.
@@visionaryventures12 ah.. I always thought he said "
"And he was a good friend."
Here's a clip:
Video slowed down at 0:46 and you can hear him say "And He'" not "Ani".
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@@slchance8839 hmm. He DOES say “and he”
Vader was already searching for Luke. He knew. A lot of people seem to miss that the scenes between Vader and the Emperor are showing us that Vader is planning to betray him. He straight up says it at the end - that was his plan the whole time. So when he convinces the Emperor that turning Luke to the dark side is more valuable than destroying him, Vader's real motive is to team up with Luke so they can destroy the Emperor. Conversely, that is also probably the moment that the Emperor decides that he will just pit them against each other until only one is left as his apprentice.
17:27 That wasn't for the base.That structure provided power for the planetary shield protecting the base.
Please forgive me if alot of people have already told you this about Yoda. Yoda is a Muppet. What I mean by that is that he was created by Jim Henson and Frank Oz which means Yoda is right at home with Kermit, Piggy, Fozzie, and the rest of the gang lol. When making Empire Strikes Back, George Lucas called up Jim Henson to ask for help creating Yoda and Jim Henson turned to Frank Oz and the two of them did the job. Frank Oz even gave life to Yoda in the movies which means that Frank was hiding somewhere controlling Yoda and, if I'm not mistaken, Frank Oz also spoke for Yoda.
When my family left the theater I remember dead silence until people hit the parking lot then you could hear people just wrapping their heads around it and start talking . I was very young and when that moment hit I got my elbow stuck in my popcorn box and never noticed till Luke got his new hand
I saw the movie when it was originally released and I assumed Vader was lying.
I was 7 at the drive in when this came out and you could hear from all the cars the shock and horns honking when Vader does the big reveal.
In 1997 the origin 3 movies were rereleased in theaters with some upgraded and added effects, before the prequels came out.
23:15 the best part of this is that if you watch the Clone Wars animated series and the Prequel movies then you know full well that R2 KNOWS who this is and is TOTALLY playing along for the sake of testing Luke to add to his training... R2 is the greatest Ride of Die ally to the Skywalker family!!
It was episode 5 in theaters originally. But back in the day each movie was marketed by the title name not episode number. And of course the original movie Star Wars didn't get the episode 4 label until 1981.
I’ve seen many reactions to my fave childhood movies and I love the humor and fresh perspective from you both. Also note that although the movies were enhanced many of the special effects are still the practical ones from the originals. With a few notable exceptions which fans have a love/hate relationship with, there was more cleanup and enhancement than making entirely new cgi sequences. Industrial Light and Magic is the effects studio George Lucas created because no at the time could yet do what he needed for Star Wars. They revolutionized special effects and continue to do so to this day. If you saw the original cuts you’d be shocked that most of the effects are pretty much what you see today. Keep up the great work!
4:33 Don't worry Jacqui, we all appreciate your excellent space-buns. 👍
Thank you! ❤️Jacqui
1:00 "it wasn't released as Episode IV, it was just released as Star Wars",
Yes and no - as a child when Star Wars was first released we were enthralled as the words Episode IV scrawled across our the screen. After the movie we were desperate to find out what happened in the first three Episodes. Obviously we were gutted to learn that we might never find out!
That excitement was obviously Lucas' (economic) hope, even if he originally just intended the words to be a shout-out to the classic movie serials (Flash Gordon, etc) which had similar titles on a weekly basis.
No space buns: wearing the last movie's costumes, like fighting the previous war?
Before A New Hope, Harrison Ford used to sell weed to make money. In this movie, you see him get stoned. 😂😂🤣🤣
Wonderful outfit first.. and not as many "enhancements" in this one compared to A New Hope, mainly cloud city. All the walkers and tan tans were miniature stop motion, and even some of the asteroids were potatoes. And one of the main reason Luke was attacked by the snow monster, is Mark Hamill was in an accident before filming and got a scar on his face, so they had to figure out something. Good way to start age morning, fun show and fun pretty faces/people.
Jackie, this movie was the capitalist of so much psychological development in my young life. And way beyond the "no I'm your father". Me and my friends debated everything from Atlanta with jerk for betraying his friends. To Luke running off impetuously to help his friends rather than stay and complete his training. Luke's failure in the cave, "you only bring that what you need." I learned about female flirtation and playing hard to get, or hating you when they like you. So many life lessons in this movie that sparked ideas that would be the basis of many perceptions I formed going forward. So to say you missed out the spoiler free version, girl, you missed a lot.
The snow speeders are not Cg they are miniatures
Thanks, Sam! Thanks, Jacqui! ❄ I got to see this one twice in the cinema... with my maternal grandmother. Still my fave! #StarWars #TheEmpireStrikesBack #DisneyPlus
A possible Mandela moment, but I remember thinking 'Episode V, W.T.F?' when seeing this in 1980.
ESB was always E5. Star Wars was just Star Wars until 1981.
I was an apartment manager in N Hollywood and one of my tenants worked in that film. She drew in the light saber swords, and she told me how they did it
That's so cool!! - Sam
Jacqui's hair is beautiful and gave me a huge craving for cinnamon buns for some reason!!! You two are fun, thank you.... Fantastic reaction 🙂🙂🙂
I honestly had the same thought. Totally wanted to drizzle her in frosting and take a bite. - Sam
... yes, he can force choke through zoom.
I have to say watching you guys watch Star Wars makes me want to best friend to watch movies with. None of my friends care to watch movies.
Sam and Jacqui are back!!! YEA!!!!
- 3:25 - Imperial Star Destroyer is the proper term...and, yes, they are bad-ass. Vader's Super Star Destroyer flagship, 'Executor' is 19 kilometers long (if it landed on Manhatten Island, it would stretch from Tribeca to Harlem)...and it is my favorite ship in the entire franchise.
- 4:12 - The Abominable Snowman...🤣🤣🤣 Actual name...Wampaa.
- 8:49 - All of the exterior Hoth scenes were filmed in a glacier area around Finse, Norway.
- 17:08 - Well, he can't die, yet...that's Julian Glover, who would later work for Lucas again in 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade' as Walter Donovan, and would play Grand Maester Pycelle in 'Game of Thrones'.
- 21:17 - It is his Meditation Chamber. Yeah...not James Earl Jones.🤣🤣🤣
- 24:45 - A little background of off-stage shenanigans...Carrie Fisher, before she passed away wrote a final book detailing her experiences filming 'Star Wars' called 'The Princess Diarist'. In the book, she told about how she found a bunch of journals she kept during the filming of the first film and what happened. In the many years since then, partly due to her own problems with substance abuse, she had forgotten that she had had an affair...with Harrison Ford. Yep...Han and Leia are off-screen, too. Unfortunately, the affair was brief for many reasons...Harrison was married and the marriage was on the rocks anyway, and the age difference was pretty big (she was 19, he was 34). It really informs the chemistry they had on screen. Anyway, she told Harrison she was writing the book, and the first word out of his mouth was "Lawyer!". He relented, mainly because by the time the book was written (between Episodes VII & VIII of the Sequel Trilogy), Ford was with his third and current wife (actress Calista Flockhart) and the years kinda made it all a moot point. The cast was always very close...and got even closer with the Sequel Trilogy, due to all of them getting older and being back in the galaxy again.
- 26:18 - Yes! Yes, Emperor Sheev Palpatine is indeed a HUGE douche canoe! 💯💯💯
I was 8 when this came out. When I saw this one it was at the same theater I saw the first one, but with my summer YMCA camp. They rented out the theater for a matinee during the week, and every kid was glued to the screen. It was amazing...and the uproar of the "No. I am your father." was huge!!! I love the Original Trilogy, with my favorite being Episode IV. And yeah...waiting three years until 1983 for 'Return of the Jedi' SUCKED!!! There was no internet, fan theories were hard to come by, and it was years before any of the films made it to the fledgling cable industry. I think Episode IV finally debuted on HBO in 1983, six years after its release.
Papa Palpatine- Yo momma so ugly she put the "Ug" in ugnaught.
Almost nothing you thought was CGI was CGI - it was all practical effects.- models and stop-motion.
Han didn’t say it back because he didn’t need to. Han has been saying it for three years. In that time Han stayed with the Rebellion for her. He risked everything for her. The entire point of the first act of the movie was Han being frustrating that Leia didn’t reciprocate his feelings for him. Not that she didn’t have any.
By all means, Leia was head over heels for Han after he chose to stay with the rebellion. But, she is too committed to the cause to allow herself to feel romantically vulnerable and Han knows that. That’s why he was teasing her so ruthlessly. The bounty Hunter mentioned in the beginning of the film was his excuse to leave. Since the point was made; she doesn’t love him like he loves her. But even then, when the empire came he stayed with Leia until the very end. “I know” is Han’s way of saying “You admitted it. I won”. I bet it’s a comforting thought when your about to die.
Did you notice that Veers (the guy in the walker) is a young Grand Maester Pycelle?
I saw this in the theatre opening night. We had tickets to the second showing. As we were walking into the theatre the crowd from the first showing were coming out and a group of excited teenagers yelled to us "DARTH VADOR IS LUKES FATHER!" Talk about spoilers.
Teenagers man. The worst. - Sam
1,000 points to you for knowing it's a Bacta tank!
Taun taun is what luke is riding. Wampa is the creature attacking the taun taun. Star destroyer
19:52 I don’t like swamp. It’s cold, and damp, and mararial, and it wets everywhere.
So quick bit of trivia. The scene were they arrive at Cloud City was filmed after Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher had spent the night at a party at Monty Python star Eric Idle’s house. Which is why they seem a little buzzed as they pretty much came from the party to the studio.
The arctic scenes were filmed in Norway
Hoth scenes were filmed in Norway (apologies if this is a duplicate comment)
Glad you’ve liked the SW you’ve seen so far! I hope enjoy all the rest. May the force be with you!
Not sure what part you say is CGI added later in the scene where they search for Han and Luke, but I was there for the original release and that scene was there in its entirety. I remember gettin those roller-coaster butterflies during that scene. These movies were groundbreaking in a lot of the effects.
"Wait, that's it?" - just what we said back in the day. But we had to wait 3 years to see the next part of the story!
The movie title crawl can be done in most editors. This speeders on Hoth where models with Blue Screen not CGI.
Okay, you've likely seen these parody songs of this episode, but just in case, here is Weird Al Yankovic's "Yoda" song: th-cam.com/video/-IUMCyAR6U0/w-d-xo.html
Also, here is Bad Lip Reading's "Seagulls (Stop It Now)" song: th-cam.com/video/U9t-slLl30E/w-d-xo.html
Enjoy and have a good laugh today.
Thank you for sharing your reaction.😊it was soo entertaining to watch. Oh and btw after watching several of your reactions I can only think of one word when I would have to describe you two: fabulous 😉😉
Yup! 47:06 was ALL of us! Kids who didn't understand dramatic story structure were SOOO mad! We HATED this movie at first because of its ending! I think it's hysterically funny now how as adults we tend to agree that this is the best movie of the original trilogy. And you're very right that having to wait for a couple of years was part of the anger. 🤣
you mentioned once or twice that "they" got an increased budget... fun fact... Lucas funded this movie entirely from his share of the profits from A New Hope so that he did not have any studio oversight... it was the most expensive "Independent feature film" at the time and set a new precedent in the industry.
I'm glad to see the birth of a star wars fan lol
I love love your reaction to my favorite movie of the franchise and with that said I'm a new subscriber
Welcome aboard! We've got much Star Wars content left to go, so glad you could join us!
❤️Jacqui
This is my favorite Star Wars movie!!! I loved it so much when I was a kid that I rode my bike to the Cinedome 70 theater to see it not once but three times in a row. Needless to say, I was in deep shit when I got home because I didn't tell my parents where I was going but it was worth it!!!
You guys are so delightful and dynamic. 😍 I can't wait to see your reactions to all the other movies!!! 😃