"He'd make an excellent 'Dracula.'" LOL! Peter Cushing was the KING of B Horror. He was the "Vampire" hunter. Christopher Lee, who will appear in the prequels, is your 'Dracula.'" One of the best all time.
There was no cgi st the time. Practical effects. You’re probably going to be watching the officially released cgi version released in 1997, then updated several times over the years. Please don’t let this dissuade you because remember Lucas had to create his award winning effects team from scratch. Industrial Light and Magic then went on to produce award winning effects for other films.
There was *ONE* CG sequence in the original 1977 version. The Death Star schematics during the "locker room" pep talk were legit vector graphics rendered at University of Illinois-Chicago's Electronic Visualization Laboratory. There's been CG in movies since original Westworld (1971) but for the first decade or so it was only used to represent *in-universe* graphics, like computer readouts, targeting systems, robot-vision, etc. The first real CG VFX used to represent something that wasn't CG in the movie were the spaceships in "The Last Starfighter" (1984) and it looks pretty fake, like an old video game. (It still manages to look cool because of the design and the animation) Miniatures were still standard for spaceships well into the 90's. "Tron" (1981) and the Genesis sequence in Star Trek 2 (1982) were pretty advanced, but that was still graphics-as-graphics, representing imagery that was generated by a computer in the movie
I'd rather see claymation than the best cgi there is!😂 Sadly as an old dude I'm allergic to it!😔 I remember being a little kid in '70's. We waited all week for Saturday morning cartoons. It was magical! Then I saw a show how they were made-one drawing at a time & it wrecked cartoons for me! All I could think about was the poor dude having to draw picture after picture... I've tried to watch Lord of the Rings so many times I got it on vhs!😂 I've tried at least a dozen times to force myself & havent made it beyond tavern!😔 I don't see wizards & demons. All I see are actors getting paid millions to act to nothing! Green-screens everywhere, and a bunch of kids punching computer keys! Now if the guy that did "Excalibur" did it old school, THAT would be some EPIC SHIT!!!🤣🤣🤣 Must be nice, friends, but I have a disability!😂 ✌🌎❤
@@satyadasgumbyji8956 CGI is an invaluable resource and allows us to do incredible things we really couldn't dream of without it. With that said, not all CGI is top-notch (just like some practical effects are pretty bad), and not everything that's done with it is great. Obviously, there was an evolution to the process, and the early you go, the more limited the CGI is (and the more likely it looks terrible). We're getting to the point now where we can do some crazy things with it, but of course movie-makers are going to keep pushing to the edge of the capabilities of what they've got to work with, and so we're going to still end up with stuff that looks fake in a distinctly CGI way (and then there's just cheap trash like Birdemic). But I think it's foolish to wish it away, and it's not like practical effects don't have their limitations... they just have a different flavor to how they look fake. Just look at "The Thing", which had some amazingly creeping special effects, but most of it still doesn't look authentically real, and some of it is actually a bit clunky. With all of that said, most of the CGI added in the special editions of Star Wars isn't up to par with the original practical effects, and it clashes with them stylistically anyway. So it sticks out and looks tacky. It also isn't how the movie originally looked, and when people nowadays watch the movie, like for reaction channels, they're approaching it as a '70s movie and often don't realize it was later mucked with. And that bothers me to no end. If you want to make inferior touch-ups available, I guess that's okay, but the original should be freely commercial available as a piece of history, if nothing else. Honestly, if they had just touched up the special effects a bit (doing away with the green squares around spaceships, introducing a bit more movement to them in space battles and stuff like that), I think it'd be a different story. Then it'd be a bit more like remastering a music album to improve production as opposed to adding new instruments and shit. Mind you, I'd still want the original stuff to be available, but then it wouldn't be significantly changing anything. Cloud City is a more compelling scene when it actually has windows looking out into the clouds though.
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@@chrisleebowers Westworld was 1973 and featured the first use of pixelation (Yul Brynner's robot point of view), not CGI. The first use of CGI was in the memory-holed 1976 sequel Futureworld. Tron was 1982, and even if it and the Genesis scene in Star Trek II were intended to be in-movie graphic representations, I'd still say the only thing that matters is whether either actually worked convincingly in their own right or not.
Vader was NOT the only imperial to survive. The death star was basically a huge weapons platform and a terrifying addition to the imperial arsenal, but by no means was it their only warship. It was just the only one of that size and power level (ie: able to take out a whole planeet). The empire has tens of thousands of large warships (and millions of smaller craft), and they are spread all across the galaxy controlling many thousands of star systems. So while this was a big victory for the rebel alliance, they are still a tiny force, underfunded, and hopelessly outgunned.
The actor that portrayed Grand Moff Tarkin, Peter Cushing, played Van Helsing against another Star Wars alum, Christopher Lee, who played Dracula. Although; you’re right, with his high cheek bones he would have made a great Dracula.
Don’t forget David Prowse the man inside the Vader costume played Frankenstein’s monster, as well as the mummy and a hammer films alongside Cushing and Lee.
Having seen the original in the theater opening week, and many times since, I can say that the original special effects actually hold up better than the newer Special Edition cgi effects
I still remember having waited in line for three hours to get tickets for three days later, even three weeks after the premiere in my country. And then the scrolling titles and the big spaceship slowly flying "above our heads" in the beginning. Watching this in row 10 (of 30) in a big cinema with 600+ seats was quite impressive and can't be felt when watching it now from dvd or on tv, even on an 80" screen at home. Having lots of cgi and stupid fastpaced action in newer movies simply can't replace interesting stories and carefully crafted and filmed contents of older movies or even old b/w classics, where i often even can't tell afterwards whether they were b/w or in color.
@@charlesf2804 you could clean up some of the artfacting from the first generation compositing and blue screen effects. Beyond that, maybe clean up some of the blaster effects and spruce up the lightsaber battle a bit (especially that one, online to camera shot of Obi wan's lightsaber), ditch Jabba and call it done.
One of the best opening scenes in cinema history. Just thrown into the middle of the action with little hints to the backstory scattered here and there.
Remember seeing this when it was released back in 1977 it was only called Star Wars then it wasn't until the release of The Empire Strikes Back that it was changed to Episode IV A New Hope, and George started in the middle of the series as he felt that it was an easier story to tell given the limited technology at the time, C-3PO's character was originally going to be a con man with an american accent but George changed his mind when he heard Anthony Daniels the actor inside the costume started speaking the lines, the British actor who played Grand Moff Tarkin was portrayed by the late great actor Sir Peter Cushing who starred in a lot of horror movies back in the 50s to the early 70s for the British horror studio Hammer Films, he played a variety of characters but he is most famously known for portraying Baron Victor Frankenstien six times and Doctor Van Helsing five times, Carrie Fisher was only 19 when they made this film and she said it was very difficult to act angry in front of Peter Cushing because he was such a kind generous and lovely man so she would think of someone she didn't like when doing the her scenes with him, she also said that he smelt of Lavender, Peter Cushing absolutely loved staring in Star Wars as he said it was a lot of fun, Sir Alec Guinness on the other hand didn't really want to play Obi Wan Kenobi he said the film was "fairy tale rubbish" but the films moral good and the studio offering to double his salary plus his wife said it would be good for him convinced him to play the role, also as the years went by he came to resent the fame the film series brought him and wished he would be remembered for his other work and not just for the Star Wars films.
@@MGower4465 Yeah that`s what I was thinking. Didn`t he agree to get 2% percent of the movie`s revenue as salary. I mean can we say cha-ching ? Probably the best financial decision he ever made.
I saw Star Wars for the first time about 10 days after it opened in May of 77 and when the Death Star blew up, almost everyone in the theater jumped up out of there seats and let out a big cheers. Saw the movie 4 times that year, it really was a big thing.
Also when Han comes blazing in getting Vader off Luke’s tail the entire theater cheered it was so cool back then , you just had to be there, what a fun time
Actually, the most popular vehicle to introduce cgi to the public was terminator 2 in 1991 and the abyss in 1990 and more primitive versions dating back to the 80’s. But none were used in the original trilogy.
You youngsters. You didn't mention Harrison Ford as Hans Solo. Ford went to become probably the biggest actor in Hollywood until Tom Hanks came along. If you ever saw the Lost in Space tv show from the 60's, C3PO is basically Dr. Smith from that show. Oh, try to remember how young Luke looks in this movie. Between this movie and the second one, Mark Hamill the actor who plays Luke, was in a real bad car accident and his face was pretty messed up during the filming. They had a clever way of explaining in the beginning of the second movie why he looked different. LOL, you mean the Jetsons car wit the dome. Not the Flintstones. The funniest line in the whole series is Obi Wan saying how precise the Storm Troopers are with their shots. THEY literally NEVER hit anything. LOL. Really enjoyed your reaction. :)
It’s funny to me watching younger people watching these movies for the first time because you can’t avoid the fact that EVERYONE knows the truth about Luke’s father. But when that reveal was made back in the first theatrical release….. IT WAS A SHOCKER TO EVERYONE OF HISTORICAL PROPORTIONS!!!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Super quick, not really, the Emperor took 18 years to disolve the parliament... Not what I would call quick. Droids don't typically drink lemonade or whatever... Jabba here was added back into the movie un CGI form. The first real appearance of the beast was in Return of the Jedi. First footage from A New Hope featured a Human Jabba, much smaller than the future slug. No wonder why Han stands so close to him (they reanimated Han to make him walk on the tail also...)
Alec Guiness and Peter Cushing are HUGE big name actors and we’re before this movie came out. How George Lucas convinced them to be a part of this is beyond me! But what magnificent performances from both of them further creating film icons!!
Alec Guiness agreed to work for a lower rate in exchange for a portion of the film's profits. In the end, he made more money on A New Hope than all his other films combined.
"...creatures, and CGI..." Originally, there was no CGI in these movies (or, at least, not like we understand CGI today). It was almost entirely practical effects. However you'll be watching the versions released after 1997 where scenes and CGI was _added to_ the movies, as well as lots of other tweaks. Some are fine, some are _disastrously stupid._ Some of them were done _specifically_ to make them tie in with the Prequel Trilogy which came out in 1998. As a whole, it's unfortunate and broken. It's such a shame that you can't watch these movies as they originally were before they were tampered with. One of the _worst_ offenders in _this_ movie is the Cantina scene where Greedo, trying to take Han in for the reward... _shoots at Han!_ Sure, he misses (and in _some_ versions, Han _dodges_ the thing), but really... why would Greedo fire _at all?_ In the original... he didn't. And fans _of_ the original refer to this as 'Han Shot First'... because he did, and Greedo died, and that was the extent of the conflict between them. "...you can't get any more information out of him..." Yeah, Vader has some anger issues. On the other hand, he's a positive sea of tranquility compared to _other_ characters in later movies. It's _almost_ like later movies failed to understand how cold anger is so effective. "...a lot of these characters aren't real people..." Based on what? Consider everything you've seen of C-3PO in this movie... and tell me _other than_ being made of metal how he's not a 'real person', how a 'real person' would behave differently. "...it reminds me of WALL-E..." Yep. Lots of people get that. We don't _know_ that WALL-E was based off of this stuff, but it seems rather plausible. "...that's a pretty gross creature..." Horses are pretty gross creatures, too. :) The one you saw walking was CGI added in 1997. "...oh he's so whiny..." He's 19 (as far as the movie goes). Whiny teen? ... Yeah, that tracks. "...like we all don't know who his father is..." In 1977 they didn't. Nor in 1978. :) "...were the Sand People the little gremlins?..." Little gremlins were "Jawas", Sand People are... well, you saw. "...why don't they serve droids..." Because droids are the black people of 1870's USA. "...I was not expecting it to be graphic..." And George Lucas insists these movies are made for kids. "...they kinda speak about them a little bit and then they immediately go into explaining who they are..." That scene with Jabba was added in 1997. And it isn't needed for this movie, because Jabba doesn't _matter_ to this movie. "...funniest line ever..." It's pretty up there. I _also_ like 'Wonderful girl! Either I'm gonna kill her or I'm beginning to like her!' "...she's so smart..." Yeah, but Hollywood would try to convince you there's never been a strong, female character in movies before 2005 when they were invented. :) "...how are you gonna get past that? The Force!..." I know you're young, but believe it or not there _was_ a time that spending fifteen minutes learning a brand new power you only ever _heard_ of a couple days ago wasn't enough to make you an expert in it. And there was _even_ a time it took time and training and practice to be able to do things with a new skill or ability, it wasn't just 'oo, I just learned this existed so now I can do everything just because'. Not every character is a Mary-Sue. At least Luke, here, has _some_ experience with the Force, and actually using it, prior to the big pay-off at the end. "...she knows they were being tracked..." Yeah, it's one of the _really dumb things_ about this movie. If you were sure you were being tracked, go _anywhere else,_ then get a _different ship,_ leave, do it two more times, and _then_ go to your secret base. "...he does care..." Yeah, C-3PO and R2D2 are an old married couple. Get on each other's nerves, fight and bicker, but they care. "...I did think it was kind of a gimmick how Darth Vader was the only one to survive..." Well, if any others _did_ survive it wouldn't much matter. There could have been half a dozen survivors but only Vader _mattered._ But I agree, it _is_ something of a trope. So! Now that you're done this, and when you finish with the other two, may I suggest the following: Look at a poster of Raiders of the Lost Ark, look up the phrase "Beam Me Up, Scotty", and then watch these movies in this order: The Wizard of Oz (1939), Planet of the Apes (1968), Alien (1979), Spaceballs (1987). Have a nice day!
There was no CGI in the 1970s miss. All the ships were real models built by model makers and real backdrops including matte paintings and simple blue/green screen add-ins. The lasers and lightsaber effects were rotoscoped onto to the film images. Everything else were large, actual practical effects, sets, ships, interiors, vehicles etc. Only a few monsters and outdoor droids in a couple very brief Mos Eisley spaceport exterior shots were CGI and they were added in much later in the 1990s for the special edition release which you watched.
You have the advantage of hindsight. What seems obvious now was not obvious when this movie was being made. I saw this movie in 1977 when it first came out. We had NO idea that there was going to be a "next one". Only Lucas had that kind of faith in his movie. Most of us thought, well, that was great but did NOT expect a sequel. The studio didn't think so either because they signed away marketing rights to Lucas that made him ultra-rich. Very few of the main actors in this movie thought it was going to be as popular as it was, either. As fantastic as it seems now, Star Wars was not a sure thing and the stuff that is now part of well-known popular culture was sprung on us as a surprise.
I liked your reaction. I could hear the movie and you at excellent volume levels. I could see the clips you showed. You showed enough clips that I could follow the story and know what was happening So many reactors don't get all of that right, but you did. And your comments along the way were great. Looking forward to more!
37:19 Someone actually did an animated version of this duel that can be found on TH-cam. The animators went all out in imagining what two Force Masters could.
It’s funny that everyone seems to think that C-3PO is mean to R2D2, but forget that R2 isn’t understandable, so we have little idea of the (possibly) awful things R2 says to 3-PO. Perhaps he’s so rude because R2 is always calling him horrible things?
1:57 ok so this movie is 19 years after the events of (the prequel) episode III, the ancient galactic republic together with galactic liberty has fallen!! as result of the Clone Wars, and what emerges from its ashes to replace it is a new galactic political super-power which has consolidated the remaining supporting star systems (political bodies) into unified Empire, controlled by the most ancient evil (thought extinct) - the Sith, unbeknownst .. all other star systems which fell away are sympathetic & loyal to foundations of a free republic and its ancient protectors (the Jedi) which have all but been exterminated, closely untaken by the emperors most loyal servant Darth Vader, .. this story begins with the empire in hot pursuit of rebel spies who managed to steal the plans for the most powerful weapon “The Death Star (planet killer) as the movie unfolds it explains that the only chance to restore freedom lies within the bloodline of the Skywalker family who are literally … the last Hope ..
I would say the most famous person in Stars Wars would be Alec Guinness in order to convince him to take on the role of Obi-Wan Lucas agreed to give him a percentage of all stars wars merchandise that sold which made him over 100 million dollars before taxes aside from Guinness I would add another famous name Peter Cushing who played Grand Moff Tarkin.
As far as the effects of the time. Unless you are watching the pre-digitally enhanced ones, then SOME of the effects were updated in the 90's. You can find comparisons on youtube I think where they show the original and the digitally enhanced side by side. Do not get me wrong. The effects they developed in the 7-'s when this was made were still impressive and ground breaking for their time.
When Luke chose the red droid over R2D2 it blew itself up already knowing Luke's destiny. Its said that Skippy the JEDI DROID was fully aware of lots of goings on in the galaxy. Keeping C3PO and R2D2 together in Luke's service was key to him realizing his fate. WILD!!!!!
I like when you saw Harrison Ford you remarked that he was a famous person you knew. When this movie was released all of the actors were basically unknown except for Sir Alec Guinness ( Obi Wan) who was cast so the movie would have someone people had heard of. Prior to Star Wars Harrison Ford basically only had a small role in director George Lucas'movie American Graffiti.
43:34 Luke’s wingman Wedge Antilles is played by Scottish actor Denis Lawson. Despite being a minor supporting character , Wedge makes it all the way thru the trilogy and beyond. In real life Lawson is uncle and grand uncle to actors who play major and minor parts in the Star Wars prequel movies. You could say Star Wars is their family business!
Great reaction to a classic action adventure sci-fi film. "I've got a bad feeling about this" is uttered by someone in every Star Wars film (and as inside joke, even Indiana Jones played by Harrison Ford, said it in one if his films too 😉).
Jabba was originally played by a human, that's why Solo seems to stand so close. The entire scene was cut (it can be found online) but added back in to the remastered versions with a CGI overlay of a skinny, svelte Jabba atop the human. This Jabba soon discovers donuts.
Star Wars is so brilliant because it’s underlying themes and meaning can be derived by anyone. The story-telling by George Lucas is done so well that most things aren’t directly explained so that each person can really draw their own meaning. Sure, it’s in space, but it’s more fantasy/opera than science-fiction. I hope you enjoy your journey to a galaxy far, far away :)
Keep in mind that there was no such thing as realistic CGI back then. The only versions of the movies that area available are the ones that have been updated with newer effects over the years, though most of the original effects are still in the movie. Back then, visual effects were achieved with models, miniatures, matte paintings, animatronics, stop-motion photography and lighting tricks. The next film takes place 3 years later.
This was originally produced as a singular, self contained movie. Film franchises weren't a thing yet so sequels weren't the automatic plan. You could say that Star Wars really started the era of sequel franchises. 🤔
And the only reason it got a sequel was the money it made. People literally got out of the movie and stood in line to see it again-lines that stretched around blocks in New York City and other big cities. George Lucas created a phenomenon.
I was 13 Years old in 1977 when I saw Star Wars in the Movie Theaters'. Special Effects were ahead of it's time! It was originally just called Star Wars and got renumbered Episode IV when Episode V The Empire was released in 1980.
That's not quite right. It had the "Episode IV" right in the title crawl from the beginning with the theatrical release. People only started calling it "Episode IV" rather than "Star Wars" after the prequels came out.
There’s a theory that the stormtroopers were bad at shooting (despite Obi Wan saying they were precise) because they were ordered to not hit them so the heroes could escape to be tracked in the end.
@TommygunNG Spellchecker sometimes will unwittingly correct "droids" Also, droids take up customer space in the establishment, can't consume beverages, etc. and can be used to record private conversations. The android bounty hunter 4-Lom used to just order a drink and never touch it, but of course, pay for it. Just to do his job.
It's funny (and a bit sad) how you say "Like we all don't know who Luke's father is." Maybe the most memed line in cinema history. But in 1977 when I was sitting in the theater, I sure didn't know.
19:41 "Why don't they serve droids?" In a word? *Racism...* The flip side of that is nobody pays them any mind... they're beneath notice so nobody thinks that one of them could be The Frodo that's running around with the Death Star plans. At the beginning when the ran across that hallway and nobody shot them, it was because everybody were too busy shooting at the *real* enemies who could shoot back! But yeah, the overall treatment of droids in this series is upsetting and it gets worse over time. It's not quite "Blade Runner" but The Star Wars universe is ripe for a robot rebellion. It's subtle here at first, but by the time you get to the newer movies and shows, it's clear that treatment of droids is one of the more fcuked up things about this world, and it may blow up in their faces soon, Matrix/Terminator style...
If you check the 6 episodes docummentary called 'Light & Magic' (Disney +) you're going to witness the greatness that they achieved back in 1977. It was a peak never done before them. Practical effects at its best. They invented a new era. Handmade geniuses.
Easter Egg. In the detention block scene, Luke says "Prisoner transfer from cell block 1138". This is in reference to Lucas's first feature length film, THX 1138. The red robot that blows a gasket is actually an R5, not an R2 like the blue one. The R5 is made up of cheaper parts - Owen likely chooses it for that reason, and because he has free labor from Luke to fix it. The R2 was much mire reliable but much more expensive. And in spite of Threepio's claims, Artoo is the older one by a fair number of years. When Owen tells Luke to take Artoo and "have its memory wiped", that essentially kills the being the droid becomes by experience. By this point, Artoo actually is malfunctioning to some extent since he has avoided memory wipes for several decades, and as hevis at the core a computer, he has developed some behaviors other members of the R2 product line would consider embarrassing or even scandalous. He even openly questions his owner's instructions, and defies orders. Threepio has been wiped infrequently, and his tendency to babble is symptomatic of that. In Star Wars Legends, Luke gives both droids manumission, giving them freedom, or more accurately, self-ownership. They remain property under Galactic Law, but are each their own property. For reasons one will see later, organic people are leery of droids that are too independent.
This was the first movie my wife and I went to see on one of our first dates back in the spring of 1978. As a fan I am going to suggest you watch one of the stand alone movies which does not start with "Star Wars", either before you watch episode V, or after episode VI. The movie Rogue One ties directly to the first three episodes so much, they actually used scenes which were filmed back in 1975/1976 but never were used. They did have to CGI several faces onto actors, because they had aged so much, but you will see actors from episode IV and VI, in Rogue One.
Excellent point about Luke needing to be careful with his new weapon. Unfortunately, there was no NLSA - National Light Saber Association - offering saber safety classes.
Luke's uncle and aunt being so graphically dead shouldn't be a surprise - look at all the Disney movies that start out with the death of parents - like Bambi which starts with his mother shot by a hunter ... dead parents is a long standing tradition.
Welcome to the vast SW universe enjoyed your commentary and reaction. I also to started my journey in 1977 and enjoy all the SW universe,.. As some are more entertaining they all are fun rides. Pay no attention to some of the fandom that need to be unhappy with how some of it is presented. I look forward to following your journey beautiful ❤
This was a heck of a movie to see as a 10 year old kid. Revolutionary special effects (especially compared to the 'Whammo Frisbee dipped in gas with a few sprinklers on a string' days). Practical camera work, innovative model work and optical effects in Star Wars, the first 'true' CGI in Hollywood was in a little movie called The Last Starfighter (1984) a good movie, not Star Wars, but then even Lucas really only managed it with the OG Trilogy.
Sad to say this has been edited many many times mostly editing and improving the cgi. So if you get the VHS version of this movie, you can see the original version. This movie really did though help movie making more then any other in how special effects were done. Not to mention, the story was fantastic
Thanks, Ashna! Welcome to the galaxy. 🌠 I love all the movies and live-action series... and animated series. Most are aimed at kids, but contain themes that appeal to adults, as well. So far, only ANDOR is specifically made for adults. It happens to be my favorite; but all of them have elements to savor. #CatchEmAllProduction #StarWars #ANewHope
Jabba wasn't present in the original release of this, when it was simply titled "Star Wars." He was inserted into unused footage of Han when it was modified into "A New Hope."
Peter Cushing played Vanhelsing in a 1958 Dracula movie starring Christopher Lee as Count Dracula. Lee is in the sequels so it was so funny that you mentioned Cushing looking like he would be a good Dracula.
It's still just called "Star Wars." No one ever went to the cinema to see a movie called "A New Hope", and this was the biggest movie of all time. Other people, including Lucas and Disney, can CALL it what they want, it can't change what movie it is, and was.
It's now Cannon the scene with R5-D4 (the red Droid). R2-D2 told him his mission and what he was carrying for the Rebellion and he self destructed himself.
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"He'd make an excellent 'Dracula.'" LOL! Peter Cushing was the KING of B Horror. He was the "Vampire" hunter. Christopher Lee, who will appear in the prequels, is your 'Dracula.'" One of the best all time.
Van Helsing was the Name, fun fact Peter Cushing was also Doctor Who.
There was no cgi st the time. Practical effects. You’re probably going to be watching the officially released cgi version released in 1997, then updated several times over the years. Please don’t let this dissuade you because remember Lucas had to create his award winning effects team from scratch. Industrial Light and Magic then went on to produce award winning effects for other films.
There was *ONE* CG sequence in the original 1977 version. The Death Star schematics during the "locker room" pep talk were legit vector graphics rendered at University of Illinois-Chicago's Electronic Visualization Laboratory.
There's been CG in movies since original Westworld (1971) but for the first decade or so it was only used to represent *in-universe* graphics, like computer readouts, targeting systems, robot-vision, etc. The first real CG VFX used to represent something that wasn't CG in the movie were the spaceships in "The Last Starfighter" (1984) and it looks pretty fake, like an old video game. (It still manages to look cool because of the design and the animation) Miniatures were still standard for spaceships well into the 90's.
"Tron" (1981) and the Genesis sequence in Star Trek 2 (1982) were pretty advanced, but that was still graphics-as-graphics, representing imagery that was generated by a computer in the movie
I'd rather see claymation than the best cgi there is!😂 Sadly as an old dude I'm allergic to it!😔 I remember being a little kid in '70's. We waited all week for Saturday morning cartoons. It was magical! Then I saw a show how they were made-one drawing at a time & it wrecked cartoons for me! All I could think about was the poor dude having to draw picture after picture... I've tried to watch Lord of the Rings so many times I got it on vhs!😂 I've tried at least a dozen times to force myself & havent made it beyond tavern!😔 I don't see wizards & demons. All I see are actors getting paid millions to act to nothing! Green-screens everywhere, and a bunch of kids punching computer keys! Now if the guy that did "Excalibur" did it old school, THAT would be some EPIC SHIT!!!🤣🤣🤣
Must be nice, friends, but I have a disability!😂
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@@satyadasgumbyji8956 CGI is an invaluable resource and allows us to do incredible things we really couldn't dream of without it. With that said, not all CGI is top-notch (just like some practical effects are pretty bad), and not everything that's done with it is great. Obviously, there was an evolution to the process, and the early you go, the more limited the CGI is (and the more likely it looks terrible). We're getting to the point now where we can do some crazy things with it, but of course movie-makers are going to keep pushing to the edge of the capabilities of what they've got to work with, and so we're going to still end up with stuff that looks fake in a distinctly CGI way (and then there's just cheap trash like Birdemic). But I think it's foolish to wish it away, and it's not like practical effects don't have their limitations... they just have a different flavor to how they look fake. Just look at "The Thing", which had some amazingly creeping special effects, but most of it still doesn't look authentically real, and some of it is actually a bit clunky.
With all of that said, most of the CGI added in the special editions of Star Wars isn't up to par with the original practical effects, and it clashes with them stylistically anyway. So it sticks out and looks tacky. It also isn't how the movie originally looked, and when people nowadays watch the movie, like for reaction channels, they're approaching it as a '70s movie and often don't realize it was later mucked with. And that bothers me to no end. If you want to make inferior touch-ups available, I guess that's okay, but the original should be freely commercial available as a piece of history, if nothing else.
Honestly, if they had just touched up the special effects a bit (doing away with the green squares around spaceships, introducing a bit more movement to them in space battles and stuff like that), I think it'd be a different story. Then it'd be a bit more like remastering a music album to improve production as opposed to adding new instruments and shit. Mind you, I'd still want the original stuff to be available, but then it wouldn't be significantly changing anything. Cloud City is a more compelling scene when it actually has windows looking out into the clouds though.
@stuffy Hello, friend! I can see you're passionate about the subject & obviously know a lot more about it than I care to know😂, so I respect & APPRECIATE your insights!🙏 Here's a few of my own for ya: I remember in 1985, 6th grade, they introduced computer class for very 1st time. I also remember it took the entire period to just program in your name & address!😅 it was a nightmare. Then in college when i took required course, most, like myself, still didn't have home computers so had to spend time after school in campus computer lab. Another nightmare, so I quit computers after school in 1997. I finally said I'll give it another try in 2002. I paid $800 for a refurbished laptop. It took DAAAYS of said NIGHTMARE just to get the mofo running!😅 The the very 1st time I tried to do research, I hit the wrong button evidently, & spent the next hour talking to a guy in Bangladesh trying to get the gd computer to work again! By the time I went through all that, spent all that money, I LITERALLY could've walked to library, got what I needed & been home by the time I got off the phone & I was DONE!!! How the fuk is that progress, friend?!😅 I'll never get those hours back! And neither will y'all!😔 I didn't get one of these things y'all call a "phone" till FORCED to in '19! Didn't know wtf a TH-cam was until I looked up an author & saw little box with arrow & tapped. Blew my mind, to say the least! But since then, I've had to change "phone" plans, & BOTH times I had to get someone who knew computers/"phones" & STILL TOOK DAYS for them to set-up! How long have y'all had these things?! They can send message to Mars at click of a button, but 20 yrs later you can't just push a button after turn on new phone? Where's the progress with that???!!! Once again, I'll/we'll never get the hrs, days, months of said nightmare back!!! I'm a writer, maybe can't tell here😂, but have been a touring musician/performance artist for 3 decades. Best thing in the world would be to have a laptop, but I can't trust it & refuse to go thru hell of days of just getting it set-up ever again, let alone every time I buy a new product! I still use pen & paper, then I type it on a TYPEWRITER, THEN I put it on old laptop for copies! It's not even the learning I have a problem with, it's the gd BUFFERING!!! You know, in the 1950s a 5yro could wash clothes, dry them,, & turn on the tv & watch it while they did. I'll be 52 next month, AND I CAN'T DO ANY OF THAT TODAY!😂 I could go on, but will TRY & stfu!😂 Arthur C. Clark said he wrote "2001: A Space Odyssey" in the '60's because he said even every pocket calculator HAS ITS OWN ATTITUDE!👹🔥
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No, thank you! I'll type & bury my works in the ground, fuk a cloud! They'll be there long after "HAL" has destroyed everything else! With your computer knowledge, you do see what's about to happen with AI., don't you, friend? They're about to unleash the ultimate weapon against us. Nobody's gonna know what's real or not in media, a disaster will "happen" & government will say, we have to live in fukn Aldous Huxley "1984" for our own protection, & most of the public will embrace it whole-heartedly! Where do you think all these TRILLIONS of gov dollars have been disappearing to? Once the step is taken, WE'RE DONE!!!Unfortunately it's inevitable! It's about to hit, FOR SURE!!!😔
Sorry to bum y'all out, but here's something you can rely on, friend(s)! A KEY to the Matrix!
see joseph selbie the physics of god: unifying quantum physics, consciousness, m-theory, heaven, neuroscience, and transcendence audio bk here on yt. scientific proof thru quantum physics for laymen. explains simulation theory as well! see also top harvard physicist john hagelin vedas.
We are in the Matrix, friend(s), but not of the Matrix! And that's the last thing they want you knowing!
Bless you friend, & thanks for taking the time!
And may the "Source" be with you all!!!🙏
I Am Hologram!😎
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@@chrisleebowers Westworld was 1973 and featured the first use of pixelation (Yul Brynner's robot point of view), not CGI. The first use of CGI was in the memory-holed 1976 sequel Futureworld. Tron was 1982, and even if it and the Genesis scene in Star Trek II were intended to be in-movie graphic representations, I'd still say the only thing that matters is whether either actually worked convincingly in their own right or not.
Vader was NOT the only imperial to survive. The death star was basically a huge weapons platform and a terrifying addition to the imperial arsenal, but by no means was it their only warship. It was just the only one of that size and power level (ie: able to take out a whole planeet).
The empire has tens of thousands of large warships (and millions of smaller craft), and they are spread all across the galaxy controlling many thousands of star systems. So while this was a big victory for the rebel alliance, they are still a tiny force, underfunded, and hopelessly outgunned.
not to mention theres more than likely a few imperial officers that have there own private planets
The actor that portrayed Grand Moff Tarkin, Peter Cushing, played Van Helsing against another Star Wars alum, Christopher Lee, who played Dracula. Although; you’re right, with his high cheek bones he would have made a great Dracula.
Don’t forget David Prowse the man inside the Vader costume played Frankenstein’s monster, as well as the mummy and a hammer films alongside Cushing and Lee.
And the Green Cross Code Man
Thank you. I wanted to say this, too.
Christopher lee also was in the Lord of the rings and many other movies.
Lucas actually wanted Christopher Lee to play Tarkin, but he referred Lucas to Cushing. I imagine he jumped at the chance to play Dooku.
Having seen the original in the theater opening week, and many times since, I can say that the original special effects actually hold up better than the newer Special Edition cgi effects
I still remember having waited in line for three hours to get tickets for three days later, even three weeks after the premiere in my country. And then the scrolling titles and the big spaceship slowly flying "above our heads" in the beginning. Watching this in row 10 (of 30) in a big cinema with 600+ seats was quite impressive and can't be felt when watching it now from dvd or on tv, even on an 80" screen at home. Having lots of cgi and stupid fastpaced action in newer movies simply can't replace interesting stories and carefully crafted and filmed contents of older movies or even old b/w classics, where i often even can't tell afterwards whether they were b/w or in color.
I agree. The CGI looks out of place to me, having seen the original in theaters and on laserdisc.
@@charlesf2804 you could clean up some of the artfacting from the first generation compositing and blue screen effects. Beyond that, maybe clean up some of the blaster effects and spruce up the lightsaber battle a bit (especially that one, online to camera shot of Obi wan's lightsaber), ditch Jabba and call it done.
@@rodentnolastname6612 Unfortunately, Lucas went further. And as you say, that one shot of Obi-Wan's lightsaber could have used some help for sure.
i cant remember the old special effects well enough anymore. its been ages since i saw the "despecialized" version.
"they're not real people so it's easier to not get attached"
Immediately has sympathy for R2D2 being shot with the stun gun 🤣🤣🤣
Oh yeah and then everyone gets attached to our two droids after that
Glad you liked it. Welcome to the Star Wars fan community! Just as Obi Wan said to Luke…
“You’ve taken your first steps into a larger world.” 🙂
"He'd make a excellent dracula... with those cheekbones" Yep. Peter Cushing was in Dracula in 1958 haha.
One of the best opening scenes in cinema history. Just thrown into the middle of the action with little hints to the backstory scattered here and there.
The Force will be with you, always.
Remember seeing this when it was released back in 1977 it was only called Star Wars then it wasn't until the release of The Empire Strikes Back that it was changed to Episode IV A New Hope, and George started in the middle of the series as he felt that it was an easier story to tell given the limited technology at the time, C-3PO's character was originally going to be a con man with an american accent but George changed his mind when he heard Anthony Daniels the actor inside the costume started speaking the lines, the British actor who played Grand Moff Tarkin was portrayed by the late great actor Sir Peter Cushing who starred in a lot of horror movies back in the 50s to the early 70s for the British horror studio Hammer Films, he played a variety of characters but he is most famously known for portraying Baron Victor Frankenstien six times and Doctor Van Helsing five times,
Carrie Fisher was only 19 when they made this film and she said it was very difficult to act angry in front of Peter Cushing because he was such a kind generous and lovely man so she would think of someone she didn't like when doing the her scenes with him, she also said that he smelt of Lavender, Peter Cushing absolutely loved staring in Star Wars as he said it was a lot of fun, Sir Alec Guinness on the other hand didn't really want to play Obi Wan Kenobi he said the film was "fairy tale rubbish" but the films moral good and the studio offering to double his salary plus his wife said it would be good for him convinced him to play the role, also as the years went by he came to resent the fame the film series brought him and wished he would be remembered for his other work and not just for the Star Wars films.
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Yeah, Guiness certainly didn't ket his distaste for the material get in the way of depositing his checks.
@@MGower4465 Yeah that`s what I was thinking. Didn`t he agree to get 2% percent of the movie`s revenue as salary. I mean can we say cha-ching ? Probably the best financial decision he ever made.
I saw Star Wars for the first time about 10 days after it opened in May of 77 and when the Death Star blew up, almost everyone in the theater jumped up out of there seats and let out a big cheers. Saw the movie 4 times that year, it really was a big thing.
Also when Han comes blazing in getting Vader off Luke’s tail the entire theater cheered it was so cool back then , you just had to be there, what a fun time
the CGI were added in 1997 (computers were able to do CGI since Jurassic Park in 1993)
Actually, the most popular vehicle to introduce cgi to the public was terminator 2 in 1991 and the abyss in 1990 and more primitive versions dating back to the 80’s. But none were used in the original trilogy.
First reactor I've seen truly enjoy Han's "conversation" with the "Command Center Officer." Bonus points. "How are you...?"
You youngsters. You didn't mention Harrison Ford as Hans Solo. Ford went to become probably the biggest actor in Hollywood until Tom Hanks came along. If you ever saw the Lost in Space tv show from the 60's, C3PO is basically Dr. Smith from that show.
Oh, try to remember how young Luke looks in this movie. Between this movie and the second one, Mark Hamill the actor who plays Luke, was in a real bad car accident and his face was pretty messed up during the filming. They had a clever way of explaining in the beginning of the second movie why he looked different. LOL, you mean the Jetsons car wit the dome. Not the Flintstones. The funniest line in the whole series is Obi Wan saying how precise the Storm Troopers are with their shots. THEY literally NEVER hit anything. LOL.
Really enjoyed your reaction. :)
It’s funny to me watching younger people watching these movies for the first time because you can’t avoid the fact that EVERYONE knows the truth about Luke’s father. But when that reveal was made back in the first theatrical release….. IT WAS A SHOCKER TO EVERYONE OF HISTORICAL PROPORTIONS!!!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Yeah, I still can't believe Vader killed him. Totally nuts.
Really like your production setup, video quality and audio are great!
Super quick, not really, the Emperor took 18 years to disolve the parliament... Not what I would call quick.
Droids don't typically drink lemonade or whatever...
Jabba here was added back into the movie un CGI form. The first real appearance of the beast was in Return of the Jedi. First footage from A New Hope featured a Human Jabba, much smaller than the future slug. No wonder why Han stands so close to him (they reanimated Han to make him walk on the tail also...)
The stormtroopers were ordered to miss.
Their orders were to allow the targets to escape.
So they could be tracked to the rebel base.
So first of all welcome to the Star Wars family!!! You have a long journey ahead, but don’t worry … we’ll all be with you 😉
Alec Guiness and Peter Cushing are HUGE big name actors and we’re before this movie came out. How George Lucas convinced them to be a part of this is beyond me! But what magnificent performances from both of them further creating film icons!!
Alec Guiness agreed to work for a lower rate in exchange for a portion of the film's profits. In the end, he made more money on A New Hope than all his other films combined.
@michaelschroeck2254 watch the Vice documentary. It explains how he got Sir Alec.
15:49 Obi Wan then sends an anonymous tip-off; within hours Luke’s aunt and uncle are dead.
"...creatures, and CGI..."
Originally, there was no CGI in these movies (or, at least, not like we understand CGI today). It was almost entirely practical effects. However you'll be watching the versions released after 1997 where scenes and CGI was _added to_ the movies, as well as lots of other tweaks. Some are fine, some are _disastrously stupid._ Some of them were done _specifically_ to make them tie in with the Prequel Trilogy which came out in 1998. As a whole, it's unfortunate and broken. It's such a shame that you can't watch these movies as they originally were before they were tampered with. One of the _worst_ offenders in _this_ movie is the Cantina scene where Greedo, trying to take Han in for the reward... _shoots at Han!_ Sure, he misses (and in _some_ versions, Han _dodges_ the thing), but really... why would Greedo fire _at all?_ In the original... he didn't. And fans _of_ the original refer to this as 'Han Shot First'... because he did, and Greedo died, and that was the extent of the conflict between them.
"...you can't get any more information out of him..."
Yeah, Vader has some anger issues. On the other hand, he's a positive sea of tranquility compared to _other_ characters in later movies. It's _almost_ like later movies failed to understand how cold anger is so effective.
"...a lot of these characters aren't real people..."
Based on what? Consider everything you've seen of C-3PO in this movie... and tell me _other than_ being made of metal how he's not a 'real person', how a 'real person' would behave differently.
"...it reminds me of WALL-E..."
Yep. Lots of people get that. We don't _know_ that WALL-E was based off of this stuff, but it seems rather plausible.
"...that's a pretty gross creature..."
Horses are pretty gross creatures, too. :)
The one you saw walking was CGI added in 1997.
"...oh he's so whiny..."
He's 19 (as far as the movie goes). Whiny teen? ... Yeah, that tracks.
"...like we all don't know who his father is..."
In 1977 they didn't. Nor in 1978. :)
"...were the Sand People the little gremlins?..."
Little gremlins were "Jawas", Sand People are... well, you saw.
"...why don't they serve droids..."
Because droids are the black people of 1870's USA.
"...I was not expecting it to be graphic..."
And George Lucas insists these movies are made for kids.
"...they kinda speak about them a little bit and then they immediately go into explaining who they are..."
That scene with Jabba was added in 1997. And it isn't needed for this movie, because Jabba doesn't _matter_ to this movie.
"...funniest line ever..."
It's pretty up there. I _also_ like 'Wonderful girl! Either I'm gonna kill her or I'm beginning to like her!'
"...she's so smart..."
Yeah, but Hollywood would try to convince you there's never been a strong, female character in movies before 2005 when they were invented. :)
"...how are you gonna get past that? The Force!..."
I know you're young, but believe it or not there _was_ a time that spending fifteen minutes learning a brand new power you only ever _heard_ of a couple days ago wasn't enough to make you an expert in it. And there was _even_ a time it took time and training and practice to be able to do things with a new skill or ability, it wasn't just 'oo, I just learned this existed so now I can do everything just because'. Not every character is a Mary-Sue. At least Luke, here, has _some_ experience with the Force, and actually using it, prior to the big pay-off at the end.
"...she knows they were being tracked..."
Yeah, it's one of the _really dumb things_ about this movie. If you were sure you were being tracked, go _anywhere else,_ then get a _different ship,_ leave, do it two more times, and _then_ go to your secret base.
"...he does care..."
Yeah, C-3PO and R2D2 are an old married couple. Get on each other's nerves, fight and bicker, but they care.
"...I did think it was kind of a gimmick how Darth Vader was the only one to survive..."
Well, if any others _did_ survive it wouldn't much matter. There could have been half a dozen survivors but only Vader _mattered._ But I agree, it _is_ something of a trope.
So! Now that you're done this, and when you finish with the other two, may I suggest the following: Look at a poster of Raiders of the Lost Ark, look up the phrase "Beam Me Up, Scotty", and then watch these movies in this order: The Wizard of Oz (1939), Planet of the Apes (1968), Alien (1979), Spaceballs (1987).
Have a nice day!
There was no CGI in the 1970s miss. All the ships were real models built by model makers and real backdrops including matte paintings and simple blue/green screen add-ins. The lasers and lightsaber effects were rotoscoped onto to the film images. Everything else were large, actual practical effects, sets, ships, interiors, vehicles etc.
Only a few monsters and outdoor droids in a couple very brief Mos Eisley spaceport exterior shots were CGI and they were added in much later in the 1990s for the special edition release which you watched.
You gotta give the "guys" a break. "Leia" had been doing this since she was 10. ;)
For the record, Han Solo’s line about the “boring conversation” before blasting the communications panel was an ad lib.
It wasn't CGI back then
You have the advantage of hindsight. What seems obvious now was not obvious when this movie was being made. I saw this movie in 1977 when it first came out. We had NO idea that there was going to be a "next one". Only Lucas had that kind of faith in his movie. Most of us thought, well, that was great but did NOT expect a sequel. The studio didn't think so either because they signed away marketing rights to Lucas that made him ultra-rich. Very few of the main actors in this movie thought it was going to be as popular as it was, either. As fantastic as it seems now, Star Wars was not a sure thing and the stuff that is now part of well-known popular culture was sprung on us as a surprise.
I liked your reaction.
I could hear the movie and you at excellent volume levels.
I could see the clips you showed.
You showed enough clips that I could follow the story and know what was happening
So many reactors don't get all of that right, but you did.
And your comments along the way were great.
Looking forward to more!
🚀 *NO CGI BACK THEN. JUST VERY CREATIVE WELL DONE PRACTICAL EFFECTS.*
14 vids, a strong start. Congrats!
Only the trolls want you to watch them in chronological order so as to spoil your fun and the surprises.
37:11 Twirling’s a good trick!
Am so happy your watching star wars one of the famous movies of all time stormtroopers are so cool your so beautiful my the force be with you
“ he sounds a little like a pessimist.” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Just you wait!!!! 🤣🤣🤣👍🏻👍🏻
It's so cute how she calls him "Java".
43:53 - "The heroes of the galaxy . . . and Chewy."
You've made many people unhappy with that comment.
37:19 Someone actually did an animated version of this duel that can be found on TH-cam.
The animators went all out in imagining what two Force Masters could.
32:04 Nobody usually laughs at this; it’s my favourite line too.
"C3P0 sounds kinda like a pessimist"
Nailed it, just one minute into the movie.
The original theatrical release had to cut the second shot of crispy Owen and Beru to avoid an R rating.
It’s funny that everyone seems to think that C-3PO is mean to R2D2, but forget that R2 isn’t understandable, so we have little idea of the (possibly) awful things R2 says to 3-PO. Perhaps he’s so rude because R2 is always calling him horrible things?
1:57 ok so this movie is 19 years after the events of (the prequel) episode III, the ancient galactic republic together with galactic liberty has fallen!! as result of the Clone Wars, and what emerges from its ashes to replace it is a new galactic political super-power which has consolidated the remaining supporting star systems (political bodies) into unified Empire, controlled by the most ancient evil (thought extinct) - the Sith, unbeknownst .. all other star systems which fell away are sympathetic & loyal to foundations of a free republic and its ancient protectors (the Jedi) which have all but been exterminated, closely untaken by the emperors most loyal servant Darth Vader, ..
this story begins with the empire in hot pursuit of rebel spies who managed to steal the plans for the most powerful weapon “The Death Star (planet killer) as the movie unfolds it explains that the only chance to restore freedom lies within the bloodline of the Skywalker family who are literally … the last Hope ..
Look, it's 3cp0!
I would say the most famous person in Stars Wars would be Alec Guinness in order to convince him to take on the role of Obi-Wan Lucas agreed to give him a percentage of all stars wars merchandise that sold which made him over 100 million dollars before taxes aside from Guinness I would add another famous name Peter Cushing who played Grand Moff Tarkin.
As far as the effects of the time. Unless you are watching the pre-digitally enhanced ones, then SOME of the effects were updated in the 90's. You can find comparisons on youtube I think where they show the original and the digitally enhanced side by side. Do not get me wrong. The effects they developed in the 7-'s when this was made were still impressive and ground breaking for their time.
"Star Wars": The Hero's Journey of Luke Skywalker. It is good that you are watching this saga in Release Order.
36:10 “That’s not how the Force works!”
4-6 are the originals and best of the 9, but it's a fun journey.
Remember to use the force.
Glad you started in release order. You get the explanations. Some reactors start with Episode 1 and are lost because they don't have the info.
Good reaction. Welcome to Star Wars.
We shall watch your career with great interest.
Leia is a strong female done right. Smart, creative, strong and still vulnerable
As others point out - there was no CGI then.
When Luke chose the red droid over R2D2 it blew itself up already knowing Luke's destiny. Its said that Skippy the JEDI DROID was fully aware of lots of goings on in the galaxy. Keeping C3PO and R2D2 together in Luke's service was key to him realizing his fate.
WILD!!!!!
I’m glad you enjoyed Star Wars.
Their names are C-3PO and R2-D2
23:19 Jabba was on Atkins during this movie. After the next one he just let himself go.
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I like when you saw Harrison Ford you remarked that he was a famous person you knew. When this movie was released all of the actors were basically unknown except for Sir Alec Guinness ( Obi Wan) who was cast so the movie would have someone people had heard of. Prior to Star Wars Harrison Ford basically only had a small role in director George Lucas'movie American Graffiti.
Mama Cass from the Mamas and the Papas knew him. She said her reaction upon seeing him was "Hey! That's my pot dealer!"
THAT was fun... New subber!
36:41 His full name is Obi Wandering-around.
30:12 after what happens in episode II - III Ben learns the concept of keeping balance in the force!! 🤐
43:34 Luke’s wingman Wedge Antilles is played by Scottish actor Denis Lawson. Despite being a minor supporting character , Wedge makes it all the way thru the trilogy and beyond.
In real life Lawson is uncle and grand uncle to actors who play major and minor parts in the Star Wars prequel movies.
You could say Star Wars is their family business!
Great reaction to a classic action adventure sci-fi film.
"I've got a bad feeling about this" is uttered by someone in every Star Wars film (and as inside joke, even Indiana Jones played by Harrison Ford, said it in one if his films too 😉).
The only CGI in the original release was the Death Star schematic that R2 was carrying around in his rusty innards.
Jabba was originally played by a human, that's why Solo seems to stand so close. The entire scene was cut (it can be found online) but added back in to the remastered versions with a CGI overlay of a skinny, svelte Jabba atop the human. This Jabba soon discovers donuts.
Star Wars is so brilliant because it’s underlying themes and meaning can be derived by anyone. The story-telling by George Lucas is done so well that most things aren’t directly explained so that each person can really draw their own meaning. Sure, it’s in space, but it’s more fantasy/opera than science-fiction.
I hope you enjoy your journey to a galaxy far, far away :)
It is an alegoric US Independence War. The imperials even have British accent.
@@josepablolunasanchez1283 I don’t think it’s meant to be directly allegorical. It has more of a Joseph Campbell Hero’s Journey archetype.
Keep in mind that there was no such thing as realistic CGI back then. The only versions of the movies that area available are the ones that have been updated with newer effects over the years, though most of the original effects are still in the movie.
Back then, visual effects were achieved with models, miniatures, matte paintings, animatronics, stop-motion photography and lighting tricks.
The next film takes place 3 years later.
Jawas are the little guys. And the sandpeople are different. You will see. What the sandpeople look like?
This was originally produced as a singular, self contained movie. Film franchises weren't a thing yet so sequels weren't the automatic plan. You could say that Star Wars really started the era of sequel franchises. 🤔
And the only reason it got a sequel was the money it made. People literally got out of the movie and stood in line to see it again-lines that stretched around blocks in New York City and other big cities. George Lucas created a phenomenon.
I was 13 Years old in 1977 when I saw Star Wars in the Movie Theaters'. Special Effects were ahead of it's time! It was originally just called Star Wars and got renumbered Episode IV when Episode V The Empire was released in 1980.
That's not quite right. It had the "Episode IV" right in the title crawl from the beginning with the theatrical release. People only started calling it "Episode IV" rather than "Star Wars" after the prequels came out.
There’s a theory that the stormtroopers were bad at shooting (despite Obi Wan saying they were precise) because they were ordered to not hit them so the heroes could escape to be tracked in the end.
19:47 In the Clone Wars druids served as the army for the Separatist faction. So there was animosity towards them.
SPOILER!
Also, they were DROIDS, not druids. I’m not sure what religion, the robotic troops practiced.
@TommygunNG
Spellchecker sometimes will unwittingly correct "droids"
Also, droids take up customer space in the establishment, can't consume beverages, etc. and can be used to record private conversations. The android bounty hunter 4-Lom used to just order a drink and never touch it, but of course, pay for it. Just to do his job.
It's funny (and a bit sad) how you say "Like we all don't know who Luke's father is."
Maybe the most memed line in cinema history.
But in 1977 when I was sitting in the theater, I sure didn't know.
Love your laugh and running commentary! New sub!
Saw at the theater! Thanks
19:41 "Why don't they serve droids?"
In a word? *Racism...*
The flip side of that is nobody pays them any mind... they're beneath notice so nobody thinks that one of them could be The Frodo that's running around with the Death Star plans. At the beginning when the ran across that hallway and nobody shot them, it was because everybody were too busy shooting at the *real* enemies who could shoot back!
But yeah, the overall treatment of droids in this series is upsetting and it gets worse over time.
It's not quite "Blade Runner" but The Star Wars universe is ripe for a robot rebellion. It's subtle here at first, but by the time you get to the newer movies and shows, it's clear that treatment of droids is one of the more fcuked up things about this world, and it may blow up in their faces soon, Matrix/Terminator style...
37:29 He’s like Prince Andrew; he’s seen some serious sh*t.
Really enjoyed your review!! looking forward to episode V
@14:18ish... "Careful with that thing!" Lol!!! =X-D Love your sense of humor! Here and there you got me giggling and chuckling! Great reaction!
If you check the 6 episodes docummentary called 'Light & Magic' (Disney +) you're going to witness the greatness that they achieved back in 1977.
It was a peak never done before them.
Practical effects at its best.
They invented a new era.
Handmade geniuses.
3:33 - It was a rhetorical question. Vader knew the officer was lying, so killing him was just a show of power.
Easter Egg. In the detention block scene, Luke says "Prisoner transfer from cell block 1138". This is in reference to Lucas's first feature length film, THX 1138.
The red robot that blows a gasket is actually an R5, not an R2 like the blue one. The R5 is made up of cheaper parts - Owen likely chooses it for that reason, and because he has free labor from Luke to fix it. The R2 was much mire reliable but much more expensive.
And in spite of Threepio's claims, Artoo is the older one by a fair number of years. When Owen tells Luke to take Artoo and "have its memory wiped", that essentially kills the being the droid becomes by experience. By this point, Artoo actually is malfunctioning to some extent since he has avoided memory wipes for several decades, and as hevis at the core a computer, he has developed some behaviors other members of the R2 product line would consider embarrassing or even scandalous. He even openly questions his owner's instructions, and defies orders. Threepio has been wiped infrequently, and his tendency to babble is symptomatic of that.
In Star Wars Legends, Luke gives both droids manumission, giving them freedom, or more accurately, self-ownership. They remain property under Galactic Law, but are each their own property. For reasons one will see later, organic people are leery of droids that are too independent.
04:44 hello kitty 😺
19:35 droids record sh*t (like conversations and activities) and there are alot criminals in there talking about stuff they dont want recorded
This was the first movie my wife and I went to see on one of our first dates back in the spring of 1978. As a fan I am going to suggest you watch one of the stand alone movies which does not start with "Star Wars", either before you watch episode V, or after episode VI. The movie Rogue One ties directly to the first three episodes so much, they actually used scenes which were filmed back in 1975/1976 but never were used. They did have to CGI several faces onto actors, because they had aged so much, but you will see actors from episode IV and VI, in Rogue One.
Excellent point about Luke needing to be careful with his new weapon. Unfortunately, there was no NLSA - National Light Saber Association - offering saber safety classes.
Luke's uncle and aunt being so graphically dead shouldn't be a surprise - look at all the Disney movies that start out with the death of parents - like Bambi which starts with his mother shot by a hunter ... dead parents is a long standing tradition.
About 97-99% was done with practical effects not c.g.i.
There was no CGI when SW first came out... The movies were re- released with CGI added effects before the prequels came out..
@@raybernal6829 I know I saw them in theater by the version being watched " has c.g.i. enhancments" so.. my statement stands
@@bobbombar6711 some more info on your statement would have been helpful like "the version she watched" .. but ok.
Actually the Death Star schematic shown when planning the trench run was early CGI
Welcome to the vast SW universe enjoyed your commentary and reaction. I also to started my journey in 1977 and enjoy all the SW universe,.. As some are more entertaining they all are fun rides. Pay no attention to some of the fandom that need to be unhappy with how some of it is presented. I look forward to following your journey beautiful ❤
Im glad you enjoyed it, i got to watch it in a theater when i was younger, you will watch the rest of starwars 👋 in jedi mind trick 😁
This was a heck of a movie to see as a 10 year old kid. Revolutionary special effects (especially compared to the 'Whammo Frisbee dipped in gas with a few sprinklers on a string' days). Practical camera work, innovative model work and optical effects in Star Wars, the first 'true' CGI in Hollywood was in a little movie called The Last Starfighter (1984) a good movie, not Star Wars, but then even Lucas really only managed it with the OG Trilogy.
Sad to say this has been edited many many times mostly editing and improving the cgi. So if you get the VHS version of this movie, you can see the original version. This movie really did though help movie making more then any other in how special effects were done. Not to mention, the story was fantastic
Thanks, Ashna! Welcome to the galaxy. 🌠 I love all the movies and live-action series... and animated series. Most are aimed at kids, but contain themes that appeal to adults, as well. So far, only ANDOR is specifically made for adults. It happens to be my favorite; but all of them have elements to savor. #CatchEmAllProduction #StarWars #ANewHope
Jabba wasn't present in the original release of this, when it was simply titled "Star Wars." He was inserted into unused footage of Han when it was modified into "A New Hope."
Peter Cushing played Vanhelsing in a 1958 Dracula movie starring Christopher Lee as Count Dracula. Lee is in the sequels so it was so funny that you mentioned Cushing looking like he would be a good Dracula.
It's still just called "Star Wars." No one ever went to the cinema to see a movie called "A New Hope", and this was the biggest movie of all time. Other people, including Lucas and Disney, can CALL it what they want, it can't change what movie it is, and was.
another fun fact: when tarkin killed aldran that caused rebels coming more common so in the end tarkin helped the end of the empire
It's now Cannon the scene with R5-D4 (the red Droid). R2-D2 told him his mission and what he was carrying for the Rebellion and he self destructed himself.
I was 14 when this was released and it never gets old
Han walked over Jabba's tail