@@abrahamedelstein4806 I get that there are fake reactors out there, and I am pretty good at spotting them, I think. But I really do not believe she said that with any knowledge about the meme. They are being attacked by a monster in the water and there was indeed higher ground they could go to get away. Pretty reasonable statement. For you and me, it obviously makes us think of something else, but not so for her.
George Lucas actually had to create his own special effects company to make Star Wars because every other special effects company he talked to said what he wanted to do was impossible. He created Industrial Lights and Magic and they have been one of the leading special effects companies pretty much ever since. They do a lot of movies nowadays especially Marvel movies.
They're the galactic empire. They can do whatever the f they want with or without cause. Probable or otherwise... 😅 And no they were not all on that death star. The next one is called "The Empire strikes back" for a reason. 😉
I was a brand new Second Lieutenant in the Army when this came out and saw it in a theater filled with Army officers and soldiers. It was wild! It was like attending a rave with high energy running through the audience the whole time. When the Death Star was knocked out the entire audience leaped up cheering. What a fun memory.Also, if you are seeing this now you have no idea of the impact it had. It was such a staggering leap forward for special effects that it hyper-charged everyone who saw it.
It was also amazing because, at the time, movies were all about blurry morality and no heroes, so Darth Vader showing up in black boots, black armor, black cape, sounding like an asthmatic mainframe was *mind blowing.*
I wish I was alive back then to experience Star Wars during it’s first debut. I understand and have heard stories of how game changing and impactful SW was for film and culture in general, but dang what a story! That story really sums up why SW is so phenomenal and has connected deeply with so many around the world.
Luke wanted to train at the Imperial Academy (The Empire, the bad guys) so he could get off his planet; just like a lot of people enlist into the military to get out of their home town and see the world. Also, Luke and his family were moisture farmers, a critical job on a desert planet like Tatooine.
The Empire are not the bad guys. They are the government and want ORDER. It's not their fault the Emperor is a Sith. And the Sith want... well... order? But really... the Empire is like the Galactic Government. So wanting to train at the Imperial Academy is no different than wanting to join the army of your country. You believe your government, specially when it's about an external threat, like China. Or Iraq. Or Russia. Don´t you?
Actually the only thing the sith want is power and they don't care how they get it Just like the nazis, the nazi party as a whole wasn't evil just a select few from thier leadership
@@jasonkreider8954 As a german, it wasn't just a fucking few, just like there are plenty of neonazis today it was a significant part of the population who actively agreed with the Regime and it's acions.
@de nier Even then it was simply harkening back to the Flash Gordon type swashbuckling serial theater of an even earlier time. I mean the princess in " The Hidden Fortress" was a vengeful badass when the story called for it, a 'damsel in distress' ten minutes later.
If the (impossible to accurately verify) box office take of Gone With the Wind is disregarded, Star Wars is literally the most attended film in the entire history of cinema.
THX sound wasn't invented for Star Wars (The first film it was used in was Return of the Jedi) . Star Wars was however one of the first movies released in 70mm Dolby Stereo sound.
I saw this when I was 10 and up to that point we had Star Trek and a few other lesser known science fiction movies/series. The special effects were terrible by today's standards - you basically ignored them and focused on the story. 2001 A Space Odyssey (1968) was an exception and the 'effects' were due to a massive rotating wheel so the set was actually rotating. Then you had the first shot of this movie and you think, "Wow! That ship was HUGE!" until the star destroyer comes on screen and your mouth is open and your head is back on the seat and IT. JUST. KEEPS. GOING. Add in the sound effects, the soundtrack, ...everything! If you were a nerd, you were in heaven. My father finally had to ask why was I spending all my lawn-mowing money on this movie (I saw it 32 times in the theater) and he took all of us. When he admitted to liking the movie ("Yeah, that was pretty good"), I was overjoyed.
Never seen Star Wars!?!?! The possibility of successfully navigating a large number of sci-fi movies over the years without seeing Star Wars is approximately 3,720 to 1!
@@bessarion1771 I didnt see them untiil 3 years ago... it took me years to watch them all because I would always fall asleep from how boring they were.
1: The academy is an Imperial flight school. A lot of rebellion pilots went, but left when they started seeing the empires true colors. 2: Leia is the princess of the planet that got blown up. Believing in the force does not impart any abilities. 3: The Death Star was a single space station. The Empire has more. Just not as big or anywhere near as deadly.
I feel like they know it's bad before then. Luke tells Ben "it's not like I like the empire, I hate it but theres nothing I can do about it". Maybe it's the only way to train and they plan to go AWOL once they graduate?
@@russellward4624 more like it's a great experience. Think of the reasons people join the military today. Very few people join so that they can shoot people and fight. It's about the training you get and your options after you return to civilian life. Not to mention any benefits you get, like health care, higher education, retirement benefits... also it often looks great on a resume.
@@russellward4624 That became the lore later on yes. The Academy was the only place to get that kind of education, and then they would use that to support the Rebels, which is why they are such good pilots, as most of them were ex-Imperial pilots. However, in the movie, there is a deleted scene where Luke genuinely wanted to join the Empire to seek adventure, but Biggs takes him aside at Toche Station, and tells him how evil and corrupt the Empire is and how he was leaving the Empire to join the Rebels, and he gets Luke interested. This explains why he later says to Obiwan that he hates the Empire, as opposed to wanting to join the Academy.
You’ve probably learned this already, but this was the remastered version of the film. The one my generation watched in the theater was spectacular for that era, but George Lucas always wanted to add effects and visuals that he knew were impossible in 1977. For example, the Jabba the Hut sequence was shot with a human stand-in, but was never used until the digital slug-gangster could be added. Originally, Jabba was not introduced until the third film (Return of the Jedi.)
It also lead to a continuity era/character betrayal that I never liked. That Han is just able to push Jabba around in front of all his hired thugs. Jabba as we see him Return of the Jedi would've never stood for that. Plus it's just Gangster 101, you can't be made to look weak in front of your goons, especially by somebody who owes you money.
@@phillipribbink6903 It's just bad all around, but yes, the Han and Jabba bit is probably the worst. No idea why they "restored" that bit. It's a shame that that's the version of SW that kids are watching today because it lacks a lot of the magic of the original version.
Did you know that the part where Han Solo basically walks on the back end of Jabba was because in the original film, the idea of Jabba being a human led to a big problem when Han walked behind pseudo-Jabba and you can watch him being moved up the back of his tail, where Jabba winced and squelches in pain from it.
"Live Long and Prosper" is as good as "Let The Force Be With You" when going into battle with the Galactic Empire or the First Order. But if that message upset you, how about: "Never Give Up, Never Surrender"?;)
“ every Star Wars fan is banging their head against a table” 🤣 I laughed so hard through most of this reaction. Never stop making your sound effect noises! Love it 😂
@@lewstone5430 Was exactly the correct response. How many kids made those exact same sounds for YEARS afterwards while playing with the toys? MILLIONS!!
I started reading sci-fi in the late 50s. So when this movie came out in '77 I was at the first showing in Nashville. This movie broke so much new ground it amazed everyone. The graphics are so very dated now but were cutting edge then. When the Falcon transcended into light speed, the entire audience actually, and literally, gasped. It was very audible.
@@knightfall9394 Funny how the most dated looking effects in this movie are the CGI effects they added many years later. I still prefer the originals, and can't wait for Project 4k77, 4k80 and 4k83 to finally be complete. They're digitalizing original movie prints from back then.
“I feel there hasn’t been enough practice” is my favorite thing you have ever said on a reaction video. And Star Wars is cheesy, you just have to go with it.
I feel like Cassie embodies the ideal person that everybody who loves movies wishes they had in their life. She watches things with an open mind, pays attention, and asks the right questions.
She doesn't pay attention at all. If she did she would not be surprised about whos in it everytime. And she neber know when its made.. She can't see the diffence in a 5 year old film, a 40 year old film or a 75 year old film. Thats not paying attention.
@@RockBrentwood well, that might be a bit hard and OTT. But i do want to say that films that never confused anyone when i was 12 or so, seems to absolutely floor these 2 girls constantly. And i have yet to see a deep story in here. Its all very lighthearted and fun. But they seem hard to follow for them both, and that was something i never had before. A Bond film being something that needed the question so who's who here? Or, so whats he after.? Bond films by definition is the easiest films to follow. Its basically an episode of Duck Tales. And if that's hard to follow im a bit worried to be honest. But what really bugs me that in any movie they pick they want people to get together. Something i never heard anyone wish for in almost 60 years. It reminds me of the When Harry Met Sally discussion.. Men cant know a female without having to hook up with them. Oh, yes they can. You only meet a girl ever 5 years you need to see again, so thinking about dating her is even rarer. You could meet 1500 girls and never think about a single one of them ever again. Here its bound to happen. Don't get that anywhere.. The whole.. Anything with boobs must be hit on, is such a teeny thing to do. Thats like a 13-14 year old boys idea.. But not when you're past 18. . That whole romantic Outlook on life is so over by then.. Until of course something changes that. But that could take years. Its 2-3 times in a decade tops..
This movie came out when I was 11, living in a small Georgia town with 1 single-screen theatre. They typically ran a movie for a week. Star Wars was so popular that they kept running it for 4 straight weeks. Only film in town. I saw it 4 times. The special effects were absolutely thrilling for the time.
@@paulwagner688 It was also that back then, the concept of a "midnight" release had never even been heard of, and the idea of releasing a movie simultaneously all across the country was laughable. You'd release the movie in one area or in the major cities, and gradually it would be distributed to other areas. You didn't have to worry about avoiding spoilers online because there was no internet. My parents told me about going to see Empire Strikes Back when it came to their area weeks after its premiere. Every person in the theater *gasped* when Darth Vader revealed the truth to Luke. But it also was the highest-grossing movie of all time for several years until E.T. came along. So I'm definitely not saying it wasn't EXTREMELY popular. It was bigger than big. Bigger than anyone had imagined in their wildest dreams. Bigger than Fox believed possible. Lucas had turned down a $100,000 dollar bonus IIRC in exchange for sequel and merchandising rights. He later sold those sequel and merchandising rights for billions.
I was 11 too! My Dad took me and it was our first bonding moment. Totally blew us both away back then. Pees me off that you can’t buy a nice clean blu ray of it in the original cut so I can feel that nostalgia without the jarring CGI additions.
I was 7 when it came out and also lived in Georgia. Actually I still do live in Georgia and now I live about a mile away from the theater where I first saw it though the theater no longer shows movies. Anyway, I do remember that it was so popular that it came back for a second run pretty early on and I went to see it again since Star Wars was my childhood.
"Strike me down now, and I shall become more powerful than you can imagine." This line goes far deeper than most give it credit for. Here, Obi-Wan is saying that his ideals, his cause, is his own identity. He has seen Luke noticing him as they make a run for the Millennium Falcon. He knows that if Vader kills him, Luke will take that as a defining moment in his journey toward the Force; that through Obi-Wan's sacrifice, Luke will understand the evils and perils of the Dark Side, and that, ultimately, through Luke, Obi-Wan will become a foe Darth Vader cannot vanquish.
Well... that's one explanation. The other is that Lucas realized that Obi-Wan had no role to play in the final act, so he came up with some vague nonsense dialog to play into the vague mysticism of the force as a way to give the death some surface depth.
@@control_the_pet_population no it's the idea of a martyr that fuels rebellions. This is common not just in literature but also in real life history. How martyrdom elevates the ideas propagated the person who plays that role.
VERY important note: there's a lot of effects in the version you watched that were added much later, in the 2000s. Originally that Jabba scene wasn't even in the movie, so he was made with computer graphics. Also wanna say, you nailed it describing it as a fairy tale, that's very much the vibe Lucas was going for - a classic style romantic fantasy adventure, but in dystopian outer space. You're not wrong for feeling that way, and you're right in assuming that the characters and the world do expand far beyond that!
What bugs me about the scene is that it's virtually the same dialogue he has with Greedo. It adds nothing important and it spoils Jabba's eventual reveal in Return of the Jedi.
@@Arizona-ex5yt Agreed, I despise it. It ruins the Falcon's reveal, it ruins Jabbas eventual reveal, and adds absolutely nothing to the story we didn't already know, and in a less dramatic and interesting way.
On that note with the Jabba scene, originally Jabba was never intended to look like a slug alien, he was suppose to look like a regular, if not overweight, human male. That's why Han calls Jabba 'a wonderful human being' in the scene and why the part where Han steps over his tail looks a little awkward, it was never there when they filmed the scene.
Popcorn In Ben: “May The force is with you!” 🖖 Me: “I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of Star Wars fans suddenly cried out in terror, and suddenly died of heart break.” 🤣
it wasn't called Star Wars: A New Hope or Episode IV back in 1977. it was just called STAR WARS. few people even knew if there was ever going to be another one
Exactly. At the time it was fast paced and rather short movie without much depth. It triggered imagination for sure, special effects were amazing, characters were interesting and likable. Also most science fiction movies at the time were slow and hard to get into. Not many people thought this genre can be so cool. But it got all those characteristics exactly because it didn't get into much detail about the world, history or politics. We got only a minimum information to be able to follow the plot and understand characters motivations. And plot itself is very simple either. All this made Star Wars very easy to watch and appreciate by everybody and left a massive room for the imagination to fill the gaps. Unfortunately many of those qualities were lost after it was "enhanced".
George story boy Lucas had all 9 episodes written or at least outlined in 1977. When he pitched the idea to the studio they cherry picked this portion to make the first movie and the rest they say is history
Mark Hamill said in an interview that back in 76 Lucas talked to him about 12 films. Depending on the year and where Lucas’s mindset was the number of episodes change.
Having story element ideas, place and character names, sequences and visuals isn't an outline. Lucas, at best, greatly embellished his "plans" for prequels and sequels. I'd say it's closer to serial lying on the matter. He made it up as he went along, and didn't bother too much about continuity, which is why ridiculous contrivances and glaring potholes exist in the prequels.
@Trey Warren " Cassie: “Little teddy bears.” " Me: "I've felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of Star Wars fans cried out in terror, and then suddenly facepalmed themselves..." 😋
Honestly this was really refreshing because you totally reacted as I imagined folks would have back in 1977 having known ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about the film. You really asked all the right questions and it was also surprising (well not surprising... pleasant) to see that you were able to follow along well enough and get all the important parts right without needing to know exactly what was going on at every moment.
People then generally followed the plot well enough, however, up to that point no one has seen special effects of nearly that caliber or as "realistic" looking. It was actually shocking to witness for the first time. Akin to seeing the first lightbulb or automobile ( slight exaggeration, but still) that is mainly why Star Wars is such an enduring spectacle. The other issue is using the hero's journey template, at a time when fantasy literature was not nearly as popular or as well fleshed out.
English accents ... yeah Cassie , only Americans are Harrison Ford , Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher . Anthony Daniels (the voice of C-3PO), Alec Guiness (Obi-Wan Kenobi), Kenny Baker (the man inside R2-D2), Peter Cushing (Grand Moff Tarkin), David Prowse (body actor for Darth Vader), and Peter Mayhew (body actor for Chewbacca) are all English.
I'm a HUGE Star Wars fan and when watching your video. I gotta say. You DID actually ask ALL the right questions. You shouldn't beat yourself up about it. ESPECIALLY since this is the first movie. Keep it up. Your videos are great. 😊
One of the writers Kathleen Kennedy hired did the Vulcan salute on stage during a convention for the star wars panel. Because they have no fucking idea what they are doing.
I remember watching this in the theater as a 13 year old in 1977. At the beginning, when Leia's ship is being pursued by the Star Destroyer and the destroyer slowly sails in from the top of the screen people (me included) actually looked up to the top of the theater see where the rest of the ship was. It looked so real. That's how new the special effects were and how revolutionary they were at the time.
That was by far the purest first watch of Star Wars I've ever seen... which should make your coming reactions to this series an absolute blast for us fans. Ready gang?!
To answer some of your questions. 5:10 No, those are not Ewoks from the 3rd (6th) movie, they're Jawas. 5:31 That lizard thing is called a Dewback. 7:51 They're Moisture Farmers. They basically harvest water and sell it. The planet they're on (Tattooine) is a desert planet. 12:17 He kicked them out because they don't drink, they're robots. 13:23 Chewbacca is a Wookie. He's a sapient being like a human. So, no he's not an animal. 26:35 No, the (Imperial) Academy was to train him to be a TIE Fighter pilot (the bad guys with the H-shaped ships). He would have been one of the bad guys if he would have gone to the Academy.
This channel is so wholesome. She’s just watching movies she’s never seen before and sharing her first impressions with us. We all wish we could see these greats for the first time again.
While not all the movies that have been featured are "wholesome" the Host has been unfailingly so in her own REACTIONS to the films (e.g. not using swear words, not excessively denigrating actors and directors)
@@pickamaterina1313 Live in a historical neighborhood, trust me… you’ll find out super fast. I’ve had complaints filed because my grass was an inch too high, like who tf does that?
"That's impossible, even for a computer!" and later you see one guy get off a shot using the computer but it doesn't go in. Luke needs to use the Force because that is the only way he can hit it. You are fun to watch ^_^
"...Darth Vader gonna go start a new empire somewhere?" This made me crack up ngl. But it is a totally valid question that how the hell did Vader manage to survive and make it back to the Empire.
I mean… his ship just got knocked away from the Death Star and it would’ve already blown up by the time he regained control. Why would he not survive that.
Maybe there was a Star Destroyer on it's way to the Death Star when it was destroyed. Or Vader made it to a nearby star system and sent a distress signal to the Empire.
I know I'm late, but there's actually a comic that explains this. He crash landed in the Yavin wilderness and basically had to fight his way through a jungle full of alien creatures to reach a communications outpost where he could contact the Empire.
@@normansawatzky4778 We're way _past_ that point in most countries. What, you think that if the government of _any_ country was looking for the stolen plans for a nuclear weapon they would hesitate to wipe out anyone that had come into contact with them?
When Luke is training against the tiny remote and Cassie goes, "Wax on, wax off" I thought I was going to die. I haven't laughed like that in a long time! Thank you, darlin'!
This movie came out on my 11th birthday. No one understood it straight off, but it blew everyone away. We just kept going back to the theater every week until it made sense. And then we kept repeat watching it. One of the first movies I bought on VHS.
The first time I saw it was when I was a toddler or similar. I'm not sure it made sense ever, even as I got older. lol. But it was fun as heck pretending and playing it!!!
I was 12. watched it several times in theaters and Drive-Ins with my brothers/cousins on the family motorhome caravan across the country that summer. Seen it about a billion times more since then. Han fired first.
Bull's-eye-ing womp rats in your T-16 back home is just the thing to learn how to be a crack fighter pilot...and he had his trusty rifle with him when he spotted the Sandpeople--one of them just broke in when he used it as a staff to block it's attack.
“Can they just do that? Without probable cause?” 😂😂😂 I thought that was the funniest thing ever. Up until she’s getting into the trench run attack and she throws up the Vulcan greeting. 🖖 I lost it.
''Han prefers to shoot first. As opposed to shooting second.'' - Leia years before Lucas edited the movies with special effects and changed character introduction scene for Han from a scoundrel survivor to a reluctant hero.
I was nine when it came out. I still remember what theatre I saw it in, I remember what candy I ate, I remember when we got home, my brothers and I immediately started playing Star Wars (I was Luke). I was too young to appreciate how much it changed cinematography or special effects, but even now, over 40 years later, whenever I see the words on the screen and there is that first swell of music, it's like a gut punch of nostalgia.
The acting wasn't great because George Lucas directed it and if you look at the original edit you can see why got someone else to direct Empire and RoTJ and why the prequels are just awful.
"How is it that a robot can be cute? But he is." Over the years I've found every single character annoying at one time or another (some more than others) but without fail R2D2 makes me smile. He is most definitely cute.
@@JaceAVinson oh, BB-8, too. Definitely. But he's new. I had a few decades of being annoyed by one character or another. And she's nowhere close to meeting BB-8, yet.
@@stephanieellis5399 no one else is talking about D-0 from rise of Skywalker so I will I love him, he's so cute and I felt so bad for him when Rey went to touch him and he backed away in fear because he's been mistreated by humans in the past, I personally wasn't a fan of the movie but I loved that little droid
This was so amazing to watch. My wife & I loved the adorable questions you asked throughout & how it was pretty clear how new you are to Star Wars! Glad you enjoyed it & hope you keep going with Star Wars!
What I like about Cassie's reactions is that she actually cares about what she is watching and tries to follow along with the story. When she follows the story and asks a rhetorical question you want to say, "YES!" She is awesome 😎
When this came out we had never seen anything remotely like it. I was in a packed theater and the first time the Millennium Falcon jumped to light speed, the whole theater erupted in cheers like I've never heard before or since. Some of the effects in this edition of the movie, such as Jabba the Hut and some of the large creatures were added digitally , years later. CGI was a a way off. The space ships though, were all scale models. For the first time, computers were used to plan the camera and ship movements so it looked like you were on one moving ship looking at another moving ship. I personally think the cheesy dialog was part of the charm of this original movie. By the end of the series they got pretty dark and serious.
George Lucas was never good at dialogue. He's a visual director first and foremost. For the original trilogy he at least had friends that would look over the scripts and try and fix some of it. Unfortunately for the Prequels he didn't seek them out to fix the dialogue, which is why there are some really terrible dialogue scenes in there.
I was 11 in '77.....sitting next to my dad (who NEVER talked or commented during movies, unless it was Mel Brooks) and when that Star Destroyer flew over our heads at the opener, he let out an "Oh my GOD!". Been a fan through it all (even with the bad acting). This film blew my mind back then and has since cost me thousands in memorabilia, collectibles and other merch. My wife just rolls her eyes when I mention lightsabers, etc. No regrets at all.
@@faisalmemon285 I said he sucked at writing dialog, I didn't say he made bad movies or came up with bad stories. BTW the screen writer for Raiders was Lawrence Kasdan. For Temple it was Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz and for Last Crusade it was Jeffrey Boam. So George didn't write the dialog for those movies.
@@YouHaventSeenMeRight Yeah, the best way to describe Lucas is to call him an idea man. He's good with concepts and as being an idea man, and was lucky to surround himself with insane talent on the first film, but he's not a good director or scriptwriter. This film was essentially saved in the editing room, and the worst mistake made during the prequals was actually him deciding to direct them himself.
I always refer to it as "The Luke Skywalker Moment", and the same vibe was present in abundance when Chris Pine's Kirk gazed at the Enterprise under construction. A powerful feeling of destiny.
Actually, the government is much worse. If you didn't interfere with Vader, he left you alone. The government seeks you out and makes trouble for you for their own pleasure.
@@davidsandy5917 The Empire was the govt, and Vader was it's chief enforcer. People were terrified of the govt BECAUSE of Darth Vader. The Attorney General doesn't go around arresting people, but he's damn sure the most powerful law enforcement official in America. In other words, Darth Vader is the embodiment and representative of the Empire. So Cassie nailed it: Darth Vader is the govt.
@@davidsandy5917 yeah, I don't think that statement is true. Vader killed a man and his child, right in front of his wife, and a random woman not related to them, just to draw one Jedi out. They didn't even interfere with him, too
@@DmitryKandiner Nah, that's Dune. In Star Wars the spice comes from Kessel. But presumably even on Tatooine they use the water they harvest to grow plants to eat.
the story is a beautiful princess is captured by an evil overlord, held in a tower of dark castle. She is then rescued by a handsome sword wielding, young, idealistic, knight in training who is teamed up with a dashing, dangerous, self centered but still sexy rogue. Leah's dresses are based on Arthurian legend. Jedi are Based on Samurai. It is a love story with space ships and laser blasters.
just to finish off your train of thought (as good as it is) ... and a big chunk of Star Wars is based on The Hidden Fortress. As Lucas admits to constructing the whole story from a number of areas of influence.
@@mandylorien314 Lucas was (if I recall correctly) a big fan of Joseph Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces, which is about the archetypal hero and heroic cycle. Star Wars was quite literally based on almost all the hero tales that preceded it.
This was the first really big block buster I ever went to. I can still remember the sun that day, the smell of the Popcorn and cotton candy and the screaming from people enjoying the rides from nearby Space needle Funpark. Standing in line with way more people than I'd ever seen waiting for anything before in my life. It was absolutely Spectacular the five of us, me my best friend Matt, Teddy and the others talking and joking and Matts older sister and his mom trying to keep us together. I was about 9 at the time I think. :) yes, the nostalgia is palpable.
"Almost like a fairy tale." The generally used term is 'Space Opera' -- a branch of sci-fi that is more interested in spectacle and melodrama, than in real science. Don't look for an education from it, basically, just go in for the fun ride.
@@andrewmurray1550 Well, there's some strong opinions as to story continuity, particularly as regards the sequels. I've heard valid complaints that their progress serves to undermine the validity of the earlier episodes. I can't really speak to the matter personally, as I stopped following after Episode VII
@@jean-paulaudette9246 Yeah, I get that but for me I don't really understand the anger and passion some people bring to the subject. It's fiction, not actual history. I've always been happy to just watch the story in front of me.
@@andrewmurray1550 I'd say the Prequels double down on the hammy soap opera aspect, intensifying a characteristic of the saga that some people liked and some people didn't. The Sequels on the other hand are strange, they're almost like an outside meta take _on_ Star Wars, like a modern self-aware attempt to retell the original trilogy, and stylistically very different from the more homogeneous six Lucas films.
I'm old enough to have watched in the theaters when it came out (14 in 1977). I assure you that many of your questions were asked then, too. So don't feel bad. This whole "universe" was all new back then :) Thanks for sharing reaction with us. I was a treat seeing you react and bringing back so many good memories :)
She definitely had a hard time understanding it and could not vibe with a lot of things that I grew up being fine with 😆. Totally fine ofc. Just eye opening.
I was ten or eleven, and I went to see it so many times in a theater the ticket people knew my name! I had all the same questions as Cassie does, but of course had to wait years to get answers.
The Star Wars films were meant as an homage to the old Saturday afternoon cliffhanger serials like "Flash Gordon" and "Buck Rogers." If anything about them seems cheesy, it's purely intentional.
A couple things. First, the Academy Luke mentioned was for pilots in the Alliance. Nothing to do with Jedi. Second, Obi-Wan became 'one with the Force', which is why he disappeared. This caused his corporeal body to die, but he remained as an apparition known as a Force Ghost, which is why he could still talk to Luke. And finally, Luke used the Force to control the torpedoes and make them enter the exhaust port (whether he realized it or not). That's why they seemed to just suddenly turn 90 degrees into the port. Otherwise, they would have likely just hit around where the first barrage hit.
Ep 4 was retro when it was made. The acting style, transitions, and characters all paid homage to 1950s movie serials, especially Buck Rogers. Try some Buck Rogers samples on RUclips to see similarity. Then Star Wars created a place and story we all fell in love with updated with the best effects of the 70s.
Yes. We weren't expecting Shakespeare or even Twilight Zone style acting. It was supposed to be like the fun adventure movies Lucas watched as a kid. But in space.
The characters don't have a lot of depth, but that's kind of it's strength as a story. They're more archetypes than individuals. The dark knight, the farmboy hero, the plucky princess, the rogue with a heart of gold, etc. Part of why they resonate with people so well is that they're timeless in a way that a deep character study never can be. You can drop these characters into basically any setting you want, and they always work. They get just enough depth that you know who they are and then you get on with the story.
Good point. Yes, they are fantasy tropes, because this is really a fantasy movie with merely a sci-fi motif or setting. That's why it starts with "A long time ago..."
Precisely. Star Wars is a fairy tale, nothing more, full of archetypes and tropes but with no deeper meaning. When the franchise started taking itself seriously, not to mention politically, with the prequels and everything that has come since, it went entirely downhill.
no no no you've got this all wrong, they are precise, they always hit where they are aiming, the problem is that with moving targets they are not very ACCURATE... 😁
I sometimes like to suppose that the Force can actively protect people of destiny. (Perhaps with a little aid...Almost certainly, once he merged with the Force, Obi-Wan distorted the blaster bolts so that they struck everywhere but the place they should. (It's really rather preferable, you know, than supposing that the bad guys miss simply because "We Need These People for the Third Act".) 🤔 🙄 😁
@@goldenager59 well, at least on the Death Star they were missing on purpose so the Imperials could track them when they escaped. I wonder how those poor Stormies felt when told the orders that 'right men, they will be shooting to kill YOU, but you can't shoot to kill THEM, you must miss so they can escape to be tracked', I don't think they would be too happy with those orders lol
All these movies I've watched dozens of times; watching them again through your eyes is like watching & enjoying them for the first time. Please don't ever change.
@G R I get where you're coming from, but if you Google a movie to find out if IV is the first or 4th one in the series, you'd probably get too much information & spoilers. So perhaps we as a community should be giving more info without the spoilers; eg Yes this was the first one made & even though there are prequels, they should be watched in the order they were released (if at all).
I know this is a year late but have just found you and love your reactions. I love that you were asking all the right questions, without realizing it. When you did the Vulcan sign I audible gasped "Oh No!!!". Thanks for the content!
Cassie: “Shouldn’t they get to higher ground?”
She’s ahead of the curve😂
But then it’d be over.
Broke my suspension of disbelief, she's just acting and not nearly as clueless about the films she watches, but hey, it's still cute though.
@@abrahamedelstein4806 I get that there are fake reactors out there, and I am pretty good at spotting them, I think. But I really do not believe she said that with any knowledge about the meme. They are being attacked by a monster in the water and there was indeed higher ground they could go to get away. Pretty reasonable statement. For you and me, it obviously makes us think of something else, but not so for her.
@@CarrotHawk
Plus, there's the whole "pop culture osmosis", where you can pick up references without even realizing where they came from.
@@alphamone that’s a really good point!
Her: What is Leia the princess of?
Me: Well, right now an asteroid field...
Too soon lol
I've been trying to figure that out but I realized I was looking Alderaan places.
Sad but true.
Oof
LMFAO!!
"Is Darth Vader.. like... the government?"
There it is folks, your quote to put on tee-shirt merch for Popcorn in Bed.
I think "Can they do that without probable cause?" would be even better!
Well he is not the senate that is sure.
I'd buy it 🤣
He is exactly like the government
Somebody needs to be making a list of all the comments she makes that are hilarious since she doesn’t have any idea about the lore.
George Lucas actually had to create his own special effects company to make Star Wars because every other special effects company he talked to said what he wanted to do was impossible. He created Industrial Lights and Magic and they have been one of the leading special effects companies pretty much ever since. They do a lot of movies nowadays especially Marvel movies.
The Star Wars VFX job was turned down by Doug Trumbull's studio, FGC, because of scheduling conflicts.
And some of the things that could be done established companies wanted 3 to 5 times what ILM did and they did them better.
“ Did she just kiss him? That was so weird! “
Girl,it’s about to get even weirder.
lol
Came looking for this comment cause I knew it had to have been written already 🤣
the 70s were wild
@@hplexicon yeah, a peck on the cheek for someone who came to rescue you and is about to swing you over an abyss is totally nuts. fkn snowflakes
I know, somehow I’ve always known.
“ CAN THEY JUST DO THAT WITHOUT PROBABLE CAUSE??? “
Oh Cassie,don’t ever change!😅
I mean... it's called the EVIL GALACTIC EMPIRE for a reason
They're the galactic empire. They can do whatever the f they want with or without cause. Probable or otherwise... 😅
And no they were not all on that death star. The next one is called "The Empire strikes back" for a reason. 😉
@@francescobaesso4690 Touché my brother touché.
Stormtroopers: "Probable wutzit now"
Rule of law ain't usually a thing in evil totalitarian societies, Cassie.
"Shouldn't they get to higher ground?"
Obi-Wan Kenobi: "Hello there!"
I was looking for this comment lol
General Kenobi!
No higher ground, cos he don't like sand
@@metallicavlad This isn't the comment you are looking for.
*General Kenobi has entered the chat*
I was a brand new Second Lieutenant in the Army when this came out and saw it in a theater filled with Army officers and soldiers. It was wild! It was like attending a rave with high energy running through the audience the whole time. When the Death Star was knocked out the entire audience leaped up cheering. What a fun memory.Also, if you are seeing this now you have no idea of the impact it had. It was such a staggering leap forward for special effects that it hyper-charged everyone who saw it.
great story!
It was also amazing because, at the time, movies were all about blurry morality and no heroes, so Darth Vader showing up in black boots, black armor, black cape, sounding like an asthmatic mainframe was *mind blowing.*
I was 7. I imagine we felt similarly to silent movie viewers when they saw the first talkie.
Wow. A theater full of soldiers must have been amazing.
I wish I was alive back then to experience Star Wars during it’s first debut. I understand and have heard stories of how game changing and impactful SW was for film and culture in general, but dang what a story! That story really sums up why SW is so phenomenal and has connected deeply with so many around the world.
Luke wanted to train at the Imperial Academy (The Empire, the bad guys) so he could get off his planet; just like a lot of people enlist into the military to get out of their home town and see the world. Also, Luke and his family were moisture farmers, a critical job on a desert planet like Tatooine.
The Empire are not the bad guys. They are the government and want ORDER.
It's not their fault the Emperor is a Sith. And the Sith want... well... order?
But really... the Empire is like the Galactic Government. So wanting to train at the Imperial Academy is no different than wanting to join the army of your country.
You believe your government, specially when it's about an external threat, like China. Or Iraq. Or Russia. Don´t you?
Actually the only thing the sith want is power and they don't care how they get it
Just like the nazis, the nazi party as a whole wasn't evil just a select few from thier leadership
@@TheRedStateBlue 😆 right, I know nothing about Star Wars.
@@jasonkreider8954 As a german, it wasn't just a fucking few, just like there are plenty of neonazis today it was a significant part of the population who actively agreed with the Regime and it's acions.
It seems all my long answers where I ended calling you guys rebel S.C.U.M were deleted.
It was that liberal terrorist RUclips algorithm!
Cassie: "Wait, did she just kiss him 'good luck'? That was so weird."
Everyone: You have no idea.
Well hey, in Lukes defense he didn't find out til later either.
Lol I hope no one tells her, want to see her reaction to that lil tidbit
😂😂😂
Let’s hope Cassie doesn’t read comments to avoid hints of spoilers.
@de nier
Even then it was simply harkening back to the Flash Gordon type swashbuckling serial theater of an even earlier time. I mean the princess in " The Hidden Fortress" was a vengeful badass when the story called for it, a 'damsel in distress' ten minutes later.
"the force is with you" *holding up vulcan gesture*
I'm dead lol
I died at that also and her saying i don't think That's the right sign made me spit out my beer talk about party foul hahahahaa still burns
That cracked me up so much.
Blasphemy 😂
I simply remembered a reference from another beloved trilogy:
"I am Darth Vader, from the Planet Vulcan!"
:D :D :D
LMAOO
This was a true "blockbuster". People lined up around the corner for hours. THX sound was introduced, and the film played in theaters for YEARS.
If the (impossible to accurately verify) box office take of Gone With the Wind is disregarded, Star Wars is literally the most attended film in the entire history of cinema.
THX sound wasn't invented for Star Wars (The first film it was used in was Return of the Jedi) . Star Wars was however one of the first movies released in 70mm Dolby Stereo sound.
I saw this when I was 10 and up to that point we had Star Trek and a few other lesser known science fiction movies/series. The special effects were terrible by today's standards - you basically ignored them and focused on the story. 2001 A Space Odyssey (1968) was an exception and the 'effects' were due to a massive rotating wheel so the set was actually rotating.
Then you had the first shot of this movie and you think, "Wow! That ship was HUGE!" until the star destroyer comes on screen and your mouth is open and your head is back on the seat and IT. JUST. KEEPS. GOING. Add in the sound effects, the soundtrack, ...everything! If you were a nerd, you were in heaven. My father finally had to ask why was I spending all my lawn-mowing money on this movie (I saw it 32 times in the theater) and he took all of us. When he admitted to liking the movie ("Yeah, that was pretty good"), I was overjoyed.
@@Chris-ji4iu They had me at the start with the backstory scrolling away in the distance.
@@davemcbroom695 That was very cool, too! I remember trying to read after in the 'distance' and losing my place. Good thing I watched it again lol.
Never seen Star Wars!?!?! The possibility of successfully navigating a large number of sci-fi movies over the years without seeing Star Wars is approximately 3,720 to 1!
Most people I know never seen Star Wars, so there is that.
@@bessarion1771 I didnt see them untiil 3 years ago... it took me years to watch them all because I would always fall asleep from how boring they were.
@@JoshuaDay0550 Who ate your soul?
What makes you think she saw "a large number of sci fi movies"?
@@bessarion1771 Is there a problem?
1: The academy is an Imperial flight school. A lot of rebellion pilots went, but left when they started seeing the empires true colors.
2: Leia is the princess of the planet that got blown up. Believing in the force does not impart any abilities.
3: The Death Star was a single space station. The Empire has more. Just not as big or anywhere near as deadly.
I feel like they know it's bad before then. Luke tells Ben "it's not like I like the empire, I hate it but theres nothing I can do about it". Maybe it's the only way to train and they plan to go AWOL once they graduate?
@@russellward4624 more like it's a great experience. Think of the reasons people join the military today. Very few people join so that they can shoot people and fight. It's about the training you get and your options after you return to civilian life. Not to mention any benefits you get, like health care, higher education, retirement benefits... also it often looks great on a resume.
Yes, belief in the force does not give you the ability to use it. Force powers are only available to those with Metamucil in their blood.
@@stvdagger8074 Oh yech, please don't bring up that awful concept!
@@russellward4624 That became the lore later on yes. The Academy was the only place to get that kind of education, and then they would use that to support the Rebels, which is why they are such good pilots, as most of them were ex-Imperial pilots.
However, in the movie, there is a deleted scene where Luke genuinely wanted to join the Empire to seek adventure, but Biggs takes him aside at Toche Station, and tells him how evil and corrupt the Empire is and how he was leaving the Empire to join the Rebels, and he gets Luke interested. This explains why he later says to Obiwan that he hates the Empire, as opposed to wanting to join the Academy.
You’ve probably learned this already, but this was the remastered version of the film. The one my generation watched in the theater was spectacular for that era, but George Lucas always wanted to add effects and visuals that he knew were impossible in 1977. For example, the Jabba the Hut sequence was shot with a human stand-in, but was never used until the digital slug-gangster could be added. Originally, Jabba was not introduced until the third film (Return of the Jedi.)
It looks ridiculous. a 1970s movie with 90s CGI awkwardly inserted at random points. They need to rerelease the original version.
It also lead to a continuity era/character betrayal that I never liked. That Han is just able to push Jabba around in front of all his hired thugs. Jabba as we see him Return of the Jedi would've never stood for that. Plus it's just Gangster 101, you can't be made to look weak in front of your goons, especially by somebody who owes you money.
@@phillipribbink6903 It's just bad all around, but yes, the Han and Jabba bit is probably the worst. No idea why they "restored" that bit. It's a shame that that's the version of SW that kids are watching today because it lacks a lot of the magic of the original version.
She did catch where Solo called him a "human being" right away though.
Did you know that the part where Han Solo basically walks on the back end of Jabba was because in the original film, the idea of Jabba being a human led to a big problem when Han walked behind pseudo-Jabba and you can watch him being moved up the back of his tail, where Jabba winced and squelches in pain from it.
Cassie doing the ‘Live long and prosper’ sign, I could feel all the Star Wars fandom crying out in pain.
as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror... lol... Cassie is adorable.
"Live Long and Prosper" is as good as "Let The Force Be With You" when going into battle with the Galactic Empire or the First Order.
But if that message upset you, how about: "Never Give Up, Never Surrender"?;)
I think she's sabdbagging us..... a bit too coy....
I cringed 🤣
She tired....
“ every Star Wars fan is banging their head against a table” 🤣 I laughed so hard through most of this reaction. Never stop making your sound effect noises! Love it 😂
Pew pew!
@@lewstone5430 Was exactly the correct response. How many kids made those exact same sounds for YEARS afterwards while playing with the toys? MILLIONS!!
Idk what you meaning I'm a unicorn after first 10 min :D
@Jason Raynor Lol, I was one of those kids. I grew up in the late 70’s and 80’s w/my Star Wars toys.
PIEWW PIEWW PEWW!!!...
"The little one doesn't talk it just speaks beep beep?" That was so wholesome 😆♥
How is that a robot can be cute?
@@brauliob One of George Lucas' big successes make robots cute
@@billolsen4360 Also, emotional. C3PO is so ridiculously emotional, in contrast to all the soulless calculating robots in other science fiction.
@@annaclarafenyo8185 Yes! C3PO was likely programmed by someone with a bunch of disorders. "We're doomed!" lol
Actually, R2’s language is so foul, they had to bleep out every word…😉
"Beep beep" and "pew pew!". Star Wars, perfectly personified.🤣
Love this movie and love this reaction.
I started reading sci-fi in the late 50s. So when this movie came out in '77 I was at the first showing in Nashville. This movie broke so much new ground it amazed everyone. The graphics are so very dated now but were cutting edge then. When the Falcon transcended into light speed, the entire audience actually, and literally, gasped. It was very audible.
I was a big Flash Gordon and Commander Cody fan, until Star Wars.
That’s awesome to hear someone’s perspective that was there.
graphics? You mean special effects that still hold up pretty well today (aside from some of the death star battle stuff)
Thank you for sharing this, very cool to read!!
@@knightfall9394 Funny how the most dated looking effects in this movie are the CGI effects they added many years later. I still prefer the originals, and can't wait for Project 4k77, 4k80 and 4k83 to finally be complete. They're digitalizing original movie prints from back then.
20:21
"Shouldn't they get to higher ground?"
Obi wan would be proud of you, excellent strategy 😂
never heard of that before XD
And Fennic Shand as well.
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@@Garryck-1 hey.. spinning is a good trick.
“Shouldn’t they get to higher ground?!”
Obi-Wan has taught you well. 😎
"How is it that a robot can be cute? But he is." - Answer: good writing, and good production.
Also, simple and non-threatening shape design.
And the sound effects.
And, no actual dialog.
@@teknikel We see Artoo and Threepio having lots of dialogue!
When a robot from the 70s has more character than woke female leads.
"Luke, the force will be with you!" (Flashes Vulcan hand sign), "I don't think that's Star Wars." --That had me bust a gut laughing.
Well, now I know what movies she needs to watch someday.
Definitely up there for best part of the reaction. Too FUNNY.
Same here, a big LOL, "nope, this one is from star trek"🤣
Yeah, that had me giggling too!
People get beat up for less 😉
“I feel there hasn’t been enough practice” is my favorite thing you have ever said on a reaction video.
And Star Wars is cheesy, you just have to go with it.
yeah i laughed when she said that... like they have time to practice for it.
"This is almost like a fairy tale"
That's kinda what George Lucas was going for
Once upon a time in a land far away turned into A long time ago in a galaxy far far away
(Naw) Star War -at least E 4 through 6- is inspired by Western films and, to a lesser degree, Japanese samurai epics 😒
like a shit fairy tale
Science fantasy hero’s journey. There’s no fairy tale “kiss the princess, she wakes up” condition to undo.
I feel like Cassie embodies the ideal person that everybody who loves movies wishes they had in their life. She watches things with an open mind, pays attention, and asks the right questions.
so true
She doesn't pay attention at all. If she did she would not be surprised about whos in it everytime. And she neber know when its made.. She can't see the diffence in a 5 year old film, a 40 year old film or a 75 year old film. Thats not paying attention.
@@RockBrentwood well, that might be a bit hard and OTT. But i do want to say that films that never confused anyone when i was 12 or so, seems to absolutely floor these 2 girls constantly. And i have yet to see a deep story in here. Its all very lighthearted and fun. But they seem hard to follow for them both, and that was something i never had before. A Bond film being something that needed the question so who's who here? Or, so whats he after.? Bond films by definition is the easiest films to follow. Its basically an episode of Duck Tales. And if that's hard to follow im a bit worried to be honest. But what really bugs me that in any movie they pick they want people to get together. Something i never heard anyone wish for in almost 60 years. It reminds me of the When Harry Met Sally discussion.. Men cant know a female without having to hook up with them. Oh, yes they can. You only meet a girl ever 5 years you need to see again, so thinking about dating her is even rarer. You could meet 1500 girls and never think about a single one of them ever again. Here its bound to happen. Don't get that anywhere.. The whole.. Anything with boobs must be hit on, is such a teeny thing to do. Thats like a 13-14 year old boys idea.. But not when you're past 18. . That whole romantic Outlook on life is so over by then.. Until of course something changes that. But that could take years. Its 2-3 times in a decade tops..
She is a sweetheart. 😊
Cassie making lightsaver noises every time they shake their glowie thingies just cured my depression and cancer, live long and prosper Cassie
“Is Darth Vader the Government?” 🤣 you’ve earned every one of your 100K+ subs..
Me: "Yes. Yes he is."
@@carston101 Someone else is the Senate.
Luckily for the universe, the Emperor makes all the decisions for everyone. One less thing for citizens to worry about. Swell guy.
@@Horridfilms Or WAS the Imperial Senate until about halfway through this movie
Best reaction ever: "Can they just do that...without probable cause?"
Lol, yeah that had me on the floor when she said that
Think Civil War.
This movie came out when I was 11, living in a small Georgia town with 1 single-screen theatre. They typically ran a movie for a week. Star Wars was so popular that they kept running it for 4 straight weeks. Only film in town. I saw it 4 times. The special effects were absolutely thrilling for the time.
Star Wars came out in May of 1977. I saw it in like November of that year. It was in theaters THAT long.
@@paulwagner688 It was also that back then, the concept of a "midnight" release had never even been heard of, and the idea of releasing a movie simultaneously all across the country was laughable. You'd release the movie in one area or in the major cities, and gradually it would be distributed to other areas. You didn't have to worry about avoiding spoilers online because there was no internet. My parents told me about going to see Empire Strikes Back when it came to their area weeks after its premiere. Every person in the theater *gasped* when Darth Vader revealed the truth to Luke.
But it also was the highest-grossing movie of all time for several years until E.T. came along. So I'm definitely not saying it wasn't EXTREMELY popular. It was bigger than big. Bigger than anyone had imagined in their wildest dreams. Bigger than Fox believed possible. Lucas had turned down a $100,000 dollar bonus IIRC in exchange for sequel and merchandising rights. He later sold those sequel and merchandising rights for billions.
I was 11 too! My Dad took me and it was our first bonding moment. Totally blew us both away back then. Pees me off that you can’t buy a nice clean blu ray of it in the original cut so I can feel that nostalgia without the jarring CGI additions.
I'm done at 5:37. This isn't the movie that came out in 1977, this is the remade version. I prefer the original.
I was 7 when it came out and also lived in Georgia. Actually I still do live in Georgia and now I live about a mile away from the theater where I first saw it though the theater no longer shows movies. Anyway, I do remember that it was so popular that it came back for a second run pretty early on and I went to see it again since Star Wars was my childhood.
"Strike me down now, and I shall become more powerful than you can imagine."
This line goes far deeper than most give it credit for. Here, Obi-Wan is saying that his ideals, his cause, is his own identity. He has seen Luke noticing him as they make a run for the Millennium Falcon. He knows that if Vader kills him, Luke will take that as a defining moment in his journey toward the Force; that through Obi-Wan's sacrifice, Luke will understand the evils and perils of the Dark Side, and that, ultimately, through Luke, Obi-Wan will become a foe Darth Vader cannot vanquish.
Well... that's one explanation. The other is that Lucas realized that Obi-Wan had no role to play in the final act, so he came up with some vague nonsense dialog to play into the vague mysticism of the force as a way to give the death some surface depth.
Great interpretation.
@@control_the_pet_population Hey, inventing it as you go along works out sometimes, like with Star Wars, lol 😂
He knew that he couldn't kill Vader. And he knew that the rest of them needed to leave _right away,_ not wait for him and get caught.
@@control_the_pet_population no it's the idea of a martyr that fuels rebellions. This is common not just in literature but also in real life history. How martyrdom elevates the ideas propagated the person who plays that role.
I laughed so much during this. To many amazing things happened to talk about! 😂👏
@@johnbattle7518 This. :D "Nothing" sums it up well. :D
Live long and prosper 🤣🤣
VERY important note: there's a lot of effects in the version you watched that were added much later, in the 2000s. Originally that Jabba scene wasn't even in the movie, so he was made with computer graphics.
Also wanna say, you nailed it describing it as a fairy tale, that's very much the vibe Lucas was going for - a classic style romantic fantasy adventure, but in dystopian outer space. You're not wrong for feeling that way, and you're right in assuming that the characters and the world do expand far beyond that!
Well said, this is not the movie I watched in the cinema, it was way more cheesy, in a good way. The new effects change it a fair bit
The added effects made it look worse for sure. I hate them.Only Lando city adds something to the visuals.
What bugs me about the scene is that it's virtually the same dialogue he has with Greedo. It adds nothing important and it spoils Jabba's eventual reveal in Return of the Jedi.
@@Arizona-ex5yt Agreed, I despise it. It ruins the Falcon's reveal, it ruins Jabbas eventual reveal, and adds absolutely nothing to the story we didn't already know, and in a less dramatic and interesting way.
On that note with the Jabba scene, originally Jabba was never intended to look like a slug alien, he was suppose to look like a regular, if not overweight, human male. That's why Han calls Jabba 'a wonderful human being' in the scene and why the part where Han steps over his tail looks a little awkward, it was never there when they filmed the scene.
Popcorn In Ben: “May The force is with you!” 🖖
Me: “I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of Star Wars fans suddenly cried out in terror, and suddenly died of heart break.” 🤣
Ben has tummy troubles?
May, the force is with you.
May, the force, is with you.
May the 4th is with you.
You're a wizard, anakin
I fear something terrible has happened.
This was SO MUCH FUN in 1977 seeing it on its first run in the movie house. It was 100% new and fresh to the audience.
Obi Wan: "The Force can have a strong influence on the weak-minded."
Me: "The Force can have a strong influence on the weak-minded."
🤣🤣🤣😁
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it wasn't called Star Wars: A New Hope or Episode IV back in 1977. it was just called STAR WARS. few people even knew if there was ever going to be another one
Yeah it's a stand alone movie then they made 8 more. I wonder if Lucas had planned a trilogy really
Exactly. At the time it was fast paced and rather short movie without much depth. It triggered imagination for sure, special effects were amazing, characters were interesting and likable. Also most science fiction movies at the time were slow and hard to get into. Not many people thought this genre can be so cool. But it got all those characteristics exactly because it didn't get into much detail about the world, history or politics. We got only a minimum information to be able to follow the plot and understand characters motivations. And plot itself is very simple either. All this made Star Wars very easy to watch and appreciate by everybody and left a massive room for the imagination to fill the gaps.
Unfortunately many of those qualities were lost after it was "enhanced".
George story boy Lucas had all 9 episodes written or at least outlined in 1977. When he pitched the idea to the studio they cherry picked this portion to make the first movie and the rest they say is history
Mark Hamill said in an interview that back in 76 Lucas talked to him about 12 films. Depending on the year and where Lucas’s mindset was the number of episodes change.
Having story element ideas, place and character names, sequences and visuals isn't an outline. Lucas, at best, greatly embellished his "plans" for prequels and sequels. I'd say it's closer to serial lying on the matter. He made it up as he went along, and didn't bother too much about continuity, which is why ridiculous contrivances and glaring potholes exist in the prequels.
Cassie: “Little teddy bears.”
Star Wars Fans: “Brace yourself.” 😊
I think she was thinking of Ewoks.
She gets where Lucas was going with the marketing there..
@Trey Warren " Cassie: “Little teddy bears.” "
Me: "I've felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of Star Wars fans cried out in terror, and then suddenly facepalmed themselves..." 😋
The Jawas are not "cute"!
@@andrewmurray1550 I can't abide those Jawas--disgusting creatures!
Honestly this was really refreshing because you totally reacted as I imagined folks would have back in 1977 having known ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about the film. You really asked all the right questions and it was also surprising (well not surprising... pleasant) to see that you were able to follow along well enough and get all the important parts right without needing to know exactly what was going on at every moment.
Wrong.
People in 1977 understood exactly what was happening.
People were actually smarter back then.
@@lescook9021 Yeah but I mean... everyone? Really?
@@peterhoeller7811 Everyone I knew and talked to.
Perhaps I didn't know any dumb people
People then generally followed the plot well enough, however, up to that point no one has seen special effects of nearly that caliber or as "realistic" looking. It was actually shocking to witness for the first time. Akin to seeing the first lightbulb or automobile ( slight exaggeration, but still) that is mainly why Star Wars is such an enduring spectacle. The other issue is using the hero's journey template, at a time when fantasy literature was not nearly as popular or as well fleshed out.
There's nothing complex or difficult about the story.
Evil Empire makes giant space weapon.
Heroic rebels destroy it.
The End.
Cassie: “ Iv about to watch Star Wars for the first time “.
Obi Wan: “ That’s good,you’ve taken your first step into a larger world “
English accents ... yeah Cassie , only Americans are Harrison Ford , Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher .
Anthony Daniels (the voice of C-3PO), Alec Guiness (Obi-Wan Kenobi), Kenny Baker (the man inside R2-D2), Peter Cushing (Grand Moff Tarkin), David Prowse (body actor for Darth Vader), and Peter Mayhew (body actor for Chewbacca) are all English.
I'm a HUGE Star Wars fan and when watching your video. I gotta say. You DID actually ask ALL the right questions. You shouldn't beat yourself up about it. ESPECIALLY since this is the first movie. Keep it up. Your videos are great. 😊
So I can assume you were also offended by the Star Trek sign in our Star Wars reaction video. LOL. I gave her a pass cuz I love her reactions xD
All the right questions: "is Darth Vader like the government?" 🤣
One question I hoped would be asked more after taking in all the films... Was the red R2 unit's malfunction when sold to Luke the work of the Force?
she's asking too many right questions. i'm starting suspect that she already knows more than we are led to believe.
Does the Vulcan salute... "I don't think that's Star Wars"... absolutely classic LMAO!!!
One of the writers Kathleen Kennedy hired did the Vulcan salute on stage during a convention for the star wars panel. Because they have no fucking idea what they are doing.
@@dirus3142 Unless they did it on purpose to cause a chunk of the audiences minds to melt.
Yeah, I loved that moment.
I laughed my ass off when she did it lol so wholesome and innocent
@@dirus3142 That's cute from Cassie.
And that's angering from Kennedies staff...
I remember watching this in the theater as a 13 year old in 1977. At the beginning, when Leia's ship is being pursued by the Star Destroyer and the destroyer slowly sails in from the top of the screen people (me included) actually looked up to the top of the theater see where the rest of the ship was. It looked so real. That's how new the special effects were and how revolutionary they were at the time.
That was by far the purest first watch of Star Wars I've ever seen... which should make your coming reactions to this series an absolute blast for us fans. Ready gang?!
Cassie: "Not a very good negotiator."
Clone Wars Era Obi-Wan: "Hello there."
Negotiations were short
Ah, yes, the negotiator!
the point was to get off the planet for the least money, the other half of the payment was never made because the planet was destroyed, so saved $8k
Kenobi and Skywalker, the Negotiator and the Hero Without Fear.
Well done, Cassie. You've taken your first step into a larger world.
She is in for a large journey 🥰🥰🥰
Right and soon she will be a bonafide Star War Geek , Nerd , just like most of us :)
@@dboygamer8184 Not really.. only 2 more films to go and the are no more Star Wars movies worth watching after that.
@@DerekMoore82 5 more the prequels have value
@@DerekMoore82 the sequels are dogshit
To answer some of your questions.
5:10 No, those are not Ewoks from the 3rd (6th) movie, they're Jawas. 5:31 That lizard thing is called a Dewback. 7:51 They're Moisture Farmers. They basically harvest water and sell it. The planet they're on (Tattooine) is a desert planet. 12:17 He kicked them out because they don't drink, they're robots. 13:23 Chewbacca is a Wookie. He's a sapient being like a human. So, no he's not an animal. 26:35 No, the (Imperial) Academy was to train him to be a TIE Fighter pilot (the bad guys with the H-shaped ships). He would have been one of the bad guys if he would have gone to the Academy.
This channel is so wholesome. She’s just watching movies she’s never seen before and sharing her first impressions with us. We all wish we could see these greats for the first time again.
While not all the movies that have been featured are "wholesome" the Host has been unfailingly so in her own REACTIONS to the films (e.g. not using swear words, not excessively denigrating actors and directors)
Like many reactors maybe?..
@@mem1701movies hahahahahaah depends on your perception I guess.
She is very much wholesome and when I have a stressed day I watch one of her random videos and chill out.
It's fucking fake
You should DEFINITELY watch Spaceballs after you finish these.
Spot on 😎👍
“Is Darth Vader like the government?”
Lol no, he’s much less evil than that
HA!! Lord Vader is more like an oppressive Homeowners Association
@@sabrecatsmiladon7380 lol
I find your lack of Shrubbery disturbing
@@sabrecatsmiladon7380 oppressive Homeowners Association, the fuck is that?
you sir, win the internet.
@@pickamaterina1313 Live in a historical neighborhood, trust me… you’ll find out super fast. I’ve had complaints filed because my grass was an inch too high, like who tf does that?
29:26 “Omigosh.. so it’s Luke or nothing…and he’s not even using his computer? He’s getting cocky? With the Force?”
I’m still laughing🤣
Yeah that one got me, too XD
@Yo Momma you do you and it'll be aaalllright
It’s the perfect summation of the movie. Should’ve been in the trailer. 😂
Reminds me of the Family Guy homage to this film.
"That's impossible, even for a computer!" and later you see one guy get off a shot using the computer but it doesn't go in. Luke needs to use the Force because that is the only way he can hit it. You are fun to watch ^_^
"...Darth Vader gonna go start a new empire somewhere?" This made me crack up ngl. But it is a totally valid question that how the hell did Vader manage to survive and make it back to the Empire.
I mean… his ship just got knocked away from the Death Star and it would’ve already blown up by the time he regained control. Why would he not survive that.
Robot Chicken explained it pretty well.
Maybe there was a Star Destroyer on it's way to the Death Star when it was destroyed. Or Vader made it to a nearby star system and sent a distress signal to the Empire.
Pretty sure Vader's custom fighter did have a hyperdrive.
I know I'm late, but there's actually a comic that explains this. He crash landed in the Yavin wilderness and basically had to fight his way through a jungle full of alien creatures to reach a communications outpost where he could contact the Empire.
Your reaction to Luke's aunt and uncle being dead is so pure, and so classic. Bless you.
the evil, evil government!
@@leroylowe5921 in Canada, we are almost up to that point.
@@normansawatzky4778 We're way _past_ that point in most countries. What, you think that if the government of _any_ country was looking for the stolen plans for a nuclear weapon they would hesitate to wipe out anyone that had come into contact with them?
"So, what's Leia the princess of?"
Well... Nothing, now...
"I can't believe he's gone."
"I can't believe my entire planet is gone."
Latvia
@@johnblackham3552 At least she didn't have to see the charred remains of her parents.
@@tuschman168 ..or they cut out the part where they bumped on the cockpit glass after leaving the Death Star.
@@blechtic A fate fitting for all souls weighed down by gravity ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
"You've taken your first step into a larger world." Obi-Wan to Cassie.
When Luke is training against the tiny remote and Cassie goes, "Wax on, wax off" I thought I was going to die. I haven't laughed like that in a long time! Thank you, darlin'!
I think she saw Karate Kid :)
“Can they just do that without probable cause?!” 😂 I’m dead
She's right that Luke should have been more sad, especially about Biggs who was his childhood friend.
Not to mention that planet of millions that was blown up.
Escaping certain death can do that to you.
He was in the middle of a life-or-death situation, like soldiers on a battlefield. I'm sure he mourned once things had calmed down.
Biggs: *Literally just died*
Luke: Oh no! Anyways
almost like that scene with Luke and Biggs was pointlessly added back into the film... ;)
Seeing someone watch Star Wars for the first time is such an entertaining thing. 😂😂😂
But somewhat bittersweet when it is an extended version :/
How many questions were asked???
True, but I was 7 when this came out and none of it confused me...lol
She is only forty-four years late. No problem.
George Allan so many questions.
This movie came out on my 11th birthday. No one understood it straight off, but it blew everyone away. We just kept going back to the theater every week until it made sense. And then we kept repeat watching it. One of the first movies I bought on VHS.
The first time I saw it was when I was a toddler or similar. I'm not sure it made sense ever, even as I got older. lol. But it was fun as heck pretending and playing it!!!
I was 12. watched it several times in theaters and Drive-Ins with my brothers/cousins on the family motorhome caravan across the country that summer. Seen it about a billion times more since then. Han fired first.
"does Luke the farmer even know how to shoot" he's a hick farmer country boy, of course he knows how to shoot
Bull's-eye-ing womp rats in your T-16 back home is just the thing to learn how to be a crack fighter pilot...and he had his trusty rifle with him when he spotted the Sandpeople--one of them just broke in when he used it as a staff to block it's attack.
That was exactly my reaction to Cassie's reaction too! LOL
Luke got him some of the ole-fashioned Yeehaw in ‘im.
“Can they just do that? Without probable cause?” 😂😂😂
I thought that was the funniest thing ever. Up until she’s getting into the trench run attack and she throws up the Vulcan greeting. 🖖 I lost it.
When this movie came out in 77 it was ground breaking, really nothing like it had been done before. Oh and Han shot first.
Lol...greedo didn't even get a shot off originally!
''Han prefers to shoot first. As opposed to shooting second.'' - Leia years before Lucas edited the movies with special effects and changed character introduction scene for Han from a scoundrel survivor to a reluctant hero.
@@Matej_Sojka at that range had he not shot first he wouldn’t have shot at all
I’m amazed Lucas didn’t have the radio shoot Han first.
I was nine when it came out. I still remember what theatre I saw it in, I remember what candy I ate, I remember when we got home, my brothers and I immediately started playing Star Wars (I was Luke). I was too young to appreciate how much it changed cinematography or special effects, but even now, over 40 years later, whenever I see the words on the screen and there is that first swell of music, it's like a gut punch of nostalgia.
I think the acting is actually really genuine and realistic. Not overdone or melodramatic. It does get that way later, though.
At times, especially during action sequences, it comes across like kids doing a school play
The acting wasn't great because George Lucas directed it and if you look at the original edit you can see why got someone else to direct Empire and RoTJ and why the prequels are just awful.
"Ok, this is Princess Leia, I recognize her famous space-buns" well that's one way of putting it lol.
"How is it that a robot can be cute? But he is."
Over the years I've found every single character annoying at one time or another (some more than others) but without fail R2D2 makes me smile. He is most definitely cute.
What about BB-8?
@@JaceAVinson oh, BB-8, too. Definitely. But he's new. I had a few decades of being annoyed by one character or another. And she's nowhere close to meeting BB-8, yet.
I teared up in the last trilogy, not at being reunited with old characters, but with non-humans, R2-D2 and C-3PO.
@@stephanieellis5399 no one else is talking about D-0 from rise of Skywalker so I will
I love him, he's so cute and I felt so bad for him when Rey went to touch him and he backed away in fear because he's been mistreated by humans in the past, I personally wasn't a fan of the movie but I loved that little droid
The design of R2D2 was based on the design of Dewey, Huey, and Louie in Silent Running, which also had FX by Dykstra, and they were also cute.
This was so amazing to watch. My wife & I loved the adorable questions you asked throughout & how it was pretty clear how new you are to Star Wars! Glad you enjoyed it & hope you keep going with Star Wars!
What I like about Cassie's reactions is that she actually cares about what she is watching and tries to follow along with the story. When she follows the story and asks a rhetorical question you want to say, "YES!" She is awesome 😎
When this came out we had never seen anything remotely like it. I was in a packed theater and the first time the Millennium Falcon jumped to light speed, the whole theater erupted in cheers like I've never heard before or since.
Some of the effects in this edition of the movie, such as Jabba the Hut and some of the large creatures were added digitally , years later. CGI was a a way off. The space ships though, were all scale models. For the first time, computers were used to plan the camera and ship movements so it looked like you were on one moving ship looking at another moving ship.
I personally think the cheesy dialog was part of the charm of this original movie. By the end of the series they got pretty dark and serious.
George Lucas was never good at dialogue. He's a visual director first and foremost. For the original trilogy he at least had friends that would look over the scripts and try and fix some of it. Unfortunately for the Prequels he didn't seek them out to fix the dialogue, which is why there are some really terrible dialogue scenes in there.
I was 11 in '77.....sitting next to my dad (who NEVER talked or commented during movies, unless it was Mel Brooks) and when that Star Destroyer flew over our heads at the opener, he let out an "Oh my GOD!".
Been a fan through it all (even with the bad acting). This film blew my mind back then and has since cost me thousands in memorabilia, collectibles and other merch. My wife just rolls her eyes when I mention lightsabers, etc. No regrets at all.
@@faisalmemon285 I said he sucked at writing dialog, I didn't say he made bad movies or came up with bad stories. BTW the screen writer for Raiders was Lawrence Kasdan. For Temple it was Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz and for Last Crusade it was Jeffrey Boam. So George didn't write the dialog for those movies.
@@YouHaventSeenMeRight Yeah, the best way to describe Lucas is to call him an idea man. He's good with concepts and as being an idea man, and was lucky to surround himself with insane talent on the first film, but he's not a good director or scriptwriter. This film was essentially saved in the editing room, and the worst mistake made during the prequals was actually him deciding to direct them himself.
@@faisalmemon285 spoilers bro....
"Can they just do that? Without probable cause!" Freaking killed me😀😀😀
IKR?
The scene where Luke looks at the binary sunset is so powerful and iconic. It’s beautiful.
I always refer to it as "The Luke Skywalker Moment", and the same vibe was present in abundance when Chris Pine's Kirk gazed at the Enterprise under construction. A powerful feeling of destiny.
It's the best part of the whole series, and better than anything in any other movie, too. Thanks mostly to John Williams.
22:20 "Did she just kiss him good luck? That was so weird!"
It's gonna get weirder...
"Is Darth Vader like the government?"
Cassie nails it, as usual.
Dick Cheney’s hero
Actually, the government is much worse. If you didn't interfere with Vader, he left you alone. The government seeks you out and makes trouble for you for their own pleasure.
@@davidsandy5917 The Empire was the govt, and Vader was it's chief enforcer. People were terrified of the govt BECAUSE of Darth Vader. The Attorney General doesn't go around arresting people, but he's damn sure the most powerful law enforcement official in America. In other words, Darth Vader is the embodiment and representative of the Empire. So Cassie nailed it: Darth Vader is the govt.
@@davidsandy5917 yeah, I don't think that statement is true. Vader killed a man and his child, right in front of his wife, and a random woman not related to them, just to draw one Jedi out. They didn't even interfere with him, too
“What do they farm on this world?”
Water. They collect water from the air.
They call themselves "moisture farmers".
I hear Han Solo was quite the moisture farmer too back in the day.
Isn't it spice they collect there?
@@DmitryKandiner Nah, that's Dune. In Star Wars the spice comes from Kessel. But presumably even on Tatooine they use the water they harvest to grow plants to eat.
Which you can actually do now...
the story is a beautiful princess is captured by an evil overlord, held in a tower of dark castle. She is then rescued by a handsome sword wielding, young, idealistic, knight in training who is teamed up with a dashing, dangerous, self centered but still sexy rogue. Leah's dresses are based on Arthurian legend. Jedi are Based on Samurai. It is a love story with space ships and laser blasters.
Did you just summarize Zelda?
And Leia...it's Leia. All they did is open the door. She rescues herself and them.
just to finish off your train of thought (as good as it is) ... and a big chunk of Star Wars is based on The Hidden Fortress. As Lucas admits to constructing the whole story from a number of areas of influence.
@@mandylorien314 Lucas was (if I recall correctly) a big fan of Joseph Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces, which is about the archetypal hero and heroic cycle. Star Wars was quite literally based on almost all the hero tales that preceded it.
A farm boy given his father's sword by an old hermit who is actually a wise old wizard.
Fun Fact: All that introductory text is still somewhere out there scrolling through space.
It's now "episode IV: a new hope", back when it came out it was just "Star Wars", the first and yes, groundbreaking at the time.
It still is named "Star Wars" and it is episode I! This is the hill I will die on
The chapter titles are to make the movies more similar to serial chapters.
@@markreed392 episode 4. always has been. I was there :)
“So the little one doesn’t talk, it just speaks BEEP BEEP.”
- Ryan George Pitch Meeting quote for this video.
Beep Beep is my second language.
This was so funny 😂 xxx
xD
"Can they just do that--without probable cause?!?!"
OMG SHE MUST BE PROTECTED AT ALL COST
Yeah...Darth Vader doesn't give a hoot about democracy. 😆 Pesky tyrants!
This was the first really big block buster I ever went to. I can still remember the sun that day, the smell of the Popcorn and cotton candy and the screaming from people enjoying the rides from nearby Space needle Funpark. Standing in line with way more people than I'd ever seen waiting for anything before in my life. It was absolutely Spectacular the five of us, me my best friend Matt, Teddy and the others talking and joking and Matts older sister and his mom trying to keep us together. I was about 9 at the time I think. :) yes, the nostalgia is palpable.
The line for it was wrapping around the parking lot.. Waiting for the next showing an hour and a half away.
That was the first time I ever saw that.
“Your fathers light Sabre”
“How did you get it Obi won?”
“……Anyways”
Hahaha
@@17thknight All Qui-Gon's fault
@@17thknight stop with the spoilers.
"I had the high ground" 😂
Obi-Wan was always a man of "a certain point of view"...
"Almost like a fairy tale." The generally used term is 'Space Opera' -- a branch of sci-fi that is more interested in spectacle and melodrama, than in real science. Don't look for an education from it, basically, just go in for the fun ride.
I don't know why people can't see the Sequels and Prequels with the same frame of mind.
@@andrewmurray1550 Well, there's some strong opinions as to story continuity, particularly as regards the sequels. I've heard valid complaints that their progress serves to undermine the validity of the earlier episodes. I can't really speak to the matter personally, as I stopped following after Episode VII
@@jean-paulaudette9246 Yeah, I get that but for me I don't really understand the anger and passion some people bring to the subject. It's fiction, not actual history. I've always been happy to just watch the story in front of me.
@@andrewmurray1550 I'd say the Prequels double down on the hammy soap opera aspect, intensifying a characteristic of the saga that some people liked and some people didn't.
The Sequels on the other hand are strange, they're almost like an outside meta take _on_ Star Wars, like a modern self-aware attempt to retell the original trilogy, and stylistically very different from the more homogeneous six Lucas films.
Her little "Squeeee" at Han's wink was hilarious.
I'm old enough to have watched in the theaters when it came out (14 in 1977). I assure you that many of your questions were asked then, too. So don't feel bad. This whole "universe" was all new back then :)
Thanks for sharing reaction with us. I was a treat seeing you react and bringing back so many good memories :)
"The Force is with you!" *flashes the Vulcan salute*
I know - best crossover moment ever XD !!
What's the time stamp in that
@@charlesgonzales3761 I dunno - one of us would have to watch it again to find out
@@charlesgonzales3761 28:44
@@billyray9925 thanks, fantastic
I actually think she asked very good questions as a non-Star Wars fan. 😂
She definitely had a hard time understanding it and could not vibe with a lot of things that I grew up being fine with 😆. Totally fine ofc. Just eye opening.
She's asking all the questions everyone was asking in 1977. Nobody knew anything then.
Cassie: "C'mon, Luke!..., The Force is with you!" (Then does a Vulcan hand salute.)😄😆😂🤣
Partial 🖖
Live long and prosper
She's obviously making a callback to Back to the Future where Marty pretends to be Darth Vader 🖖
😀
She’s so cute
🖖
This was the first movie I saw in a movie theatre and I was 12 years old. I watched the whole movie with wide eyes and an open mouth. It blew me away.
And from that point on you were forever spoiled going to the movies
2nd for me haha.
I was 10 years old when this movie came out and it blew my mind forever.
Yep, I was also 9 or 10. Mind also blown. The stars never looked the same again.
Me three!
I was ten or eleven, and I went to see it so many times in a theater the ticket people knew my name! I had all the same questions as Cassie does, but of course had to wait years to get answers.
The Star Wars films were meant as an homage to the old Saturday afternoon cliffhanger serials like "Flash Gordon" and "Buck Rogers." If anything about them seems cheesy, it's purely intentional.
And the wuxia movies
Also to Marvel and Jack Kirby comics. Vader is like Dr. Doom and Luke is a nerdy teen raised by an aunt and uncle like Spider-Man.
Including the hokey scene wipe transitions which were common in some old serials. It wasn't done like that since the 50s until SW of course.
@gilkesisking for sure
@@krusty9570 On the money . A space Western
The Death Star was just ONE battle station... There's still a galactic empire out there... :)
Just let her roll with it. She can catch on later.
Well...There was only one death star. But yes other stations existed.
A couple things. First, the Academy Luke mentioned was for pilots in the Alliance. Nothing to do with Jedi. Second, Obi-Wan became 'one with the Force', which is why he disappeared. This caused his corporeal body to die, but he remained as an apparition known as a Force Ghost, which is why he could still talk to Luke. And finally, Luke used the Force to control the torpedoes and make them enter the exhaust port (whether he realized it or not). That's why they seemed to just suddenly turn 90 degrees into the port. Otherwise, they would have likely just hit around where the first barrage hit.
"What's Leia the princess of?"
Not much now that Alderaan is gone, lol.
Too soon 😭
BAZINGA!!!!
@@firstenforemost
Whoops. Fixed. Thanks for that. I've lost my pedantic edge when it comes to my fictional worlds, I'm afraid.
Luke lost three people. Leia lost an entire planet and she's comforting him.
☠️☠️☠️😆
"What's Leia the princess of?"
She's a princess of the planet Alderaan. Or at least she was until they blew it up. :(
Loses her whole planet and the billions of people on it, yet still comforts Luke after he loses the old guy he meet a couple of days earlier.
She's really the princess of our hearts. RIP Carrie Fisher
Too soon? 😆
@@cardiac19 Let's face it. Leia took the destruction of Alderaan like a champ.
That's exactly what I said out loud..to myself sitting here watching this. 😆
Ep 4 was retro when it was made. The acting style, transitions, and characters all paid homage to 1950s movie serials, especially Buck Rogers. Try some Buck Rogers samples on RUclips to see similarity. Then Star Wars created a place and story we all fell in love with updated with the best effects of the 70s.
More Flash Gordon than Buck Rodgers.
Yes. We weren't expecting Shakespeare or even Twilight Zone style acting. It was supposed to be like the fun adventure movies Lucas watched as a kid. But in space.
The characters don't have a lot of depth, but that's kind of it's strength as a story. They're more archetypes than individuals. The dark knight, the farmboy hero, the plucky princess, the rogue with a heart of gold, etc. Part of why they resonate with people so well is that they're timeless in a way that a deep character study never can be. You can drop these characters into basically any setting you want, and they always work. They get just enough depth that you know who they are and then you get on with the story.
Good point. Yes, they are fantasy tropes, because this is really a fantasy movie with merely a sci-fi motif or setting. That's why it starts with "A long time ago..."
Precisely. Star Wars is a fairy tale, nothing more, full of archetypes and tropes but with no deeper meaning. When the franchise started taking itself seriously, not to mention politically, with the prequels and everything that has come since, it went entirely downhill.
I think you’ll enjoy Return Of The Jedi the most, even though most would argue The Empire Strikes Back is the best.
because the empire strikes back is the best.
@@sibarra417 100% agreed.
Empire is the best one followed by episode III.
@@ronalddobis6782 Eww no, Ep III is Tonal Whiplash and Overcompensating Lightsabre Duels, The Movie, and is awful for it.
I love all three
"Look at these blast points. Only Imperial stormtroopers are so precise...." The most ironic line in the entire Star Wars canon.
Yeah, the first scene of this movie is the only time we see stormtroopers shoot straight.
To be fair, they were missing on purpose on board the Death Star.
no no no you've got this all wrong, they are precise, they always hit where they are aiming, the problem is that with moving targets they are not very ACCURATE... 😁
I sometimes like to suppose that the Force can actively protect people of destiny. (Perhaps with a little aid...Almost certainly, once he merged with the Force, Obi-Wan distorted the blaster bolts so that they struck everywhere but the place they should.
(It's really rather preferable, you know, than supposing that the bad guys miss simply because "We Need These People for the Third Act".) 🤔 🙄 😁
@@goldenager59 well, at least on the Death Star they were missing on purpose so the Imperials could track them when they escaped. I wonder how those poor Stormies felt when told the orders that 'right men, they will be shooting to kill YOU, but you can't shoot to kill THEM, you must miss so they can escape to be tracked', I don't think they would be too happy with those orders lol
All these movies I've watched dozens of times; watching them again through your eyes is like watching & enjoying them for the first time. Please don't ever change.
@G R I get where you're coming from, but if you Google a movie to find out if IV is the first or 4th one in the series, you'd probably get too much information & spoilers. So perhaps we as a community should be giving more info without the spoilers; eg Yes this was the first one made & even though there are prequels, they should be watched in the order they were released (if at all).
I know this is a year late but have just found you and love your reactions. I love that you were asking all the right questions, without realizing it. When you did the Vulcan sign I audible gasped "Oh No!!!". Thanks for the content!