.well for many of them it was work..and a pay check.. and in the late 70's.. the only great sci fi flick was ALIEN.. star wars was so ambitious and so head of its time..
+Jupiter Journey Productions You are so right.. i'm getting ready to start my own homemade low-budget film, and it's going to look like crap without a soundtrack.. luckily my friend found some good music to put in it. John Williams made star wars watchable, and a soundtrack is going to help my crappy film too!
@Cliven Longsight she doesn't get enough credit. Sad. George made Star Wars she made it better.... The original trilogy was better than the prequel before the divorce.
@Cliven Longsight exactly, and it's the same with ESB, one of my top 3 greatest films of all time. it's obvious from those deleted scenes that without her it would've turned out to be sophomoric garbage like the prequels. george truly always had terrible instincts when it came to human interaction and dialogue. instead, through her skill at editing and irving kershner's direction we got philosophical space romance for all time. george lucas with totally free reign was a terrible thing.
“Sir we are looking for the tapes but there are so many boxes around they could be in any one of them” “Boxes do not concern me admiral, I want those tapes”
Sadly, my original episode 4,5& 6 letterbox VHS tapes have degraded. 😥 Oh well. I will always have fond memories of watching them without the new edits.😃
@@crypticwizard5504 "Check mate" oh this is going to be fun. Well, for your infomation, the theatrical cuts of all of the original trilogy Star Wars movies recieve added scenes for the sole reason because Lucas has to butcher scenes. Thats it. The way they were made were perfect at first, only to be made worse over the last 40 years with new edits. Prime example, the Han and Greedo scene, another bit added with the Disney+ streaming service, because Lucas wanted it that way and didn't care when other people told him a change was good or bad, he would still do it. There ya go, check mate
@@EvanAviator In my opinion it did. I mean, you have a bounty hunter holding you at gun point and so it's either shoot or get shot. Simple enough, right? That's whay they do. But re-editing the scene multiple times ruined it.
+bob rew Spielberg actually *KNEW,* or made a very good educated and intelligent guess? Serious question from a very obsessed Star Wars fan, to whom *ALL* Star Wars-related knowledge is a gem! Thanks in advance if you find time to answer this... :)
In the Marvel comics version that line got left in. As well as deleted scenes with Luke talking to other Tattooine friends his own age, and Han talking to Jabba (and Jabba was only human size)
Kevin Jokipii, have you seen an old Marvel Star Wars comic called "Silent Drifting"? There's a flashback showing a younger Obi-Wan Kenobi wearing something very similar to what Luke wore in ROTJ. It's always interesting to me to see how people interpreted the backstory to Star Wars before the Prequels came out
Kevin Jokipii, have you seen an old Marvel Star Wars comic called "Silent Drifting"? There's a flashback showing a younger Obi-Wan Kenobi wearing something very similar to what Luke wore in ROTJ. It's always interesting to me to see how people interpreted the backstory to Star Wars before the Prequels came out
I quite liked it as a scene/shot. It made it feel like the Death Star was such a huge place that people could just wander around and hide in plain site. 'I don't know, fly casual'
Sad that the actual actor who portrayed Vader gets almost no credit as it all just goes to James Earl Jones for the voice. Edit: it's also sad to see how many people don't know the difference between Credit and performance.
And to think that George Lucas actually considered using a disco music soundtrack for the movie as disco was king at this time. Fortunately, he decided to go with John Williams, instead.
@@starwarsrebel2006 shortly after, the movie was out, in the summer of 77' they had the disco version of star wars, theme. How do i know? My best friend at the time, was the first to buy it, in our neighbourhood, and he let me listen, to it. Ahhhh good ole, star wars, moments & memories.😀
@@ericechols7638 I remember that. I had the vinyl LP titled, "Disco Fever," and the Star Wars disco them was one of the tracks on the record. The name of the group was Maco, if I remember correctly.
@@starwarsrebel2006 yeah, your right maco & the album cover had a space man space woman dancing together, on a planet. I was listening to it a week, ago. It was a Star Wars Summer, that's for sure!😀👍Good times!
That is a genius practical effect with the speeders: cover the wheels with mirror panels across the whole bottom so it reflects the ground and appears to hover. This movie had such amazing propwork and practical effects its ridiculous.
it's so charming at 0:48 when peter cushing goes from the kindest looking soul into the character of evil tarkin and back into sweet man again. May he rest in peace
Carrie Fisher had a hard time playing against Cushing because he was so disarmingly pleasant as a person, she had to pretend it wasn't Peter in order to think of Tarkin as a villain.
Sir Peter Cushing, was Extremely upset, when his wife, passed away, after suffering health problems, where she could not, have children. When Mrs. Helen Cushing, was living, She was, Peter's muse Peter Cushing , could, be any character. His adorable cuteness, is years of worry for his wife, friends , family, what he needed to do. I doubt, that, He is a Man, that easily forgives impertinence. He has politeness. He is also a Gentleman. He was hurting inside.
“There in he video shop Vader” -“Wha......? “The fuckin’ video shop?” “So everyone in the galaxy is jackin’ off to our fuckin’ video? Ahh feel sick?” -Defo think Mr Prowse was the more Psycho Vader! Sounds better coming from Somerset if ye ask me?
It's actually really interesting that they had all the "alien" lines being spoken in English on-set, so the characters were actually having conversations, rather than the main characters having effective monologues broken up by roars or random sets of syllables.
It’s even cooler for the ones that didn’t get subtitles, like chewie. For my whole life I never knew what he was supposed to be saying, but then a few years ago I found a clip of the original scene without the roars. Now I want to know what he says through the whole movie
I think it’s funny that Dr. Evazan and Wuher the bartender have cockney accents in the original cut since the scenes were made in England but not dubbed yet.
That's actually a cut scene of him watching the battle in orbit. It was in the original novelization, based on first drafts of the script. There are bits of dialog of him talking to some local 'friends' who show open disdain and disrespect for him, as he pines about wanting to become a pilot and join the Rebellion. I never knew they actually filmed that scene.
@@NoSubsWithContent The temperatures in Tunisia should be very high that they couldn't bear to have something on. Many photographs of the shooting show the crew staff almost working only in shorts.
I would watch the shit out of the originals with the original voice cues left in. No voice modulation for vader, no james earl jones, english speaking chewie, english speaking aliens lol
TrainFan 95 In respect to Mr. Prowse, that was indeed humorous hearing his voice say that... Good thing not only they dubbed James Earl Jones' voice in, but changing it to "Plans" instead "Tapes"... That doesn't sound right to fit in the SW universe... Though, on the other hand, in Guardians of the Galaxy, Tape exists...
He didn't hate it. He enjoyed the filming. In fact, he pulled a prank on Mark Hamill when they're not shooting. He just don't want to be known only as Obi-Wan Kenobi. Also some Star Wars fans irritated him.
@@P.Whitestrake This is what I feel about all the actors. Even I get irritated myself when ppl just see certain actors as only one role *ahem* marvel *ahem*
Hearing David Prowse (Darth Vader) temporarily recite Vader's lines with his thick accent muffled under that helmet is great! 😆 It's amazing what what a little voice acting and sound fx can do. For the people on set suddenly Vader went from hilarious to the imposing cybernetic Sith Lord we all know and love.
Without his voice being heard or his face being seen, he did a great job acting the part. The set of his shoulders. The tilt of his head, conveyed a lot. RIP David Prowse.
the one thing that stands out the most is obviously how physical everything was.... all the explosions, debris, blanks, stunts. and even though the film is raw and untreated it still looks exactly like it does in the final product. really amazing what they managed to do.
if you rewatch this, look at fords scene where he shoots greedo. the blank from his gun literally blows his hair up. if you do keys "," and "." you can go frame by frame
At that time, the director of photography adjusted the visual environment and lighting almost getting the final look through special filters on camera. The postproduction laboratory processes were for minor adjustments and corrections if necessary.
Lucas had one of the most talented editors in the industry at the time, his ex-wife Marcia. Just look at her CV before Star Wars. Marcia Lucas and John Williams saved the film in many regards.
+bob rew Very true. Just look at how vastly superior (and different, notably...) in all ways Star Wars is, when compared with the only previously even slightly notable film Lucas had produced - that being "American Graffiti". In fact, and in my lifelong opinion, as someone who was ten years old when Star Wars was released and who became an instant and lifelong expert fan, it is my opinion that Lucas did more harm than good to the wonder that is Star Wars (the original, not-vandalised-by-Lucas [i.e. so-called "Special Edition"] version, naturally). Of course Lucas had much assistance and talented support (John Williams... who can even criticise?) which was beyond his own limited ability. Just look what he did when he really *WAS* let loose, unrestrained... yes, "The Phantom Menace" and the increasingly appalling other "Prequels". Need I say more? I don't even want to... haha :) And it is certainly true that Empire, in which Lucas had a far *LESSER* hand than in either Star Wars or Jedi, must be acknowledged, due to its vastly superior production and direction values (and *MUCH* larger budget...), to be a "better" film when considered on purely cinematic grounds - although Star Wars will always own my heart, and has an almost mystical power to charm and hypnotise the viewer. Could pea-brained Lucas pull that off alone, or even with assistance? I do have my doubts! No but seriously. I actually would go so far as to suggest (not without good reason, either, but I dont want to get sued!), that Lucas did not even write Star Wars himself at all... ;)
interesting points you've made; as far as Lucas writing SW alone, i think that he had help from the mrs (Marcia) and he definitely sought the help of joseph campbell on Empire and jedi. Alas, he forced out one of the most important people who made SW and Empire so great; Gary Kurtz. He allowed Irvin Kurshener to experiment while filming, which helped send Empire over budget (among other things like rising FX costs, reshoots, etc), so Lucas had to go begging to Fox for money to finish the movie. He hated doing that, and heads rolled afterwards. Lucasfilm would say that all the movies lost staff after productions ended though. Hmm. :-/ Ironically, Kurtz encouraged Lucas to shoot retakes while making SW, and we got a much better movie because of that. But as you say, his changes have ruined the movie - I think it has also diminished my childhood memories of SW, and I will not watch the not-so special editions again. i have to disagree about the prequels though - at least Attack of the Clones is far watchable than that TFA crap, which was a total insult. But at least Rogue One redeemed itself, after a turgid fast half.
These aren’t really bloopers. They appear to be many of the final takes for such scenes, just beyond the cutting and editing used in the film. This film was truly saved in the edit.
Eriamjh 1138 They are least partially outtakes. We do not see that bit in the final bit where the stage hand runs up to the man unconscious! And some of these scenes are definitely not the takes used the film.
I only now realize why Solo put his leg up on the table during the conversation with Greedo....he was hiding the fact he was reaching for his blaster. The outtakes here show it very well, I never realized it from watching the final scene/camera angles.
6:55 "Clear the corridor!" ~droid keeps walking~ "Jack!" ~droid freezes, looks around, panicked~ I love it. Also where Harrison eats the mic when he forgot his line.
He's actually talking to the stormtrooper who you can still see in the doorway who ruined the shot. Jack Purvis is the droid and is doing what he is supposed to.
Monotail for one that guy is still laying there when the camera moves on. Second you see a guy rush up to him like he is dying. Three you can see a bit of smoke coming out of his chest. So yea he was dying.
@@stormycode16plays59 Well, we’re all dying if you really think about it. But no, his prop armor was on fire. You can see the flame. He was a professional for not moving. The crew ran in to put it out when the scene was cut. That’s all. Pretty sure no extras died in filming. That would be one of those big Star Wars trivia things, like Princess Leia’s extra long pinky fingernail in Return of the Jedi.
They have like 3 people to play him. The body, voice, and unmasked version. That's why he sounds like that. Its the body actor who's talking but his voice wasn't intimidating enough
For extra hilarity points, keep in mind the story that Peter Cushing found the boots of his costume too tight and instead wore slippers during filming. So he's already partway towards chillin' out.
IChaseFish It was a callback to the original- however, for some reason people seem to only quote it in Prequel context. Same with ‘Hello there’- Obi-Wan said it in A New Hope first.
IChaseFish In the context of the story Obi-Wan repeats stuff that others say, like when General Grievous said “Hello there” first to Obi-Wan in the Clone Wars.
Love how Peter Cushing nailed his line up until literally the moment he had Carrie staring at him right in the eyes at point blank range --- and he just has an honest moment where he melted... and she felt it.. c: What a beautiful moment.
Carrie,God bless her,had to have her breasts taped down!😍🤗😗 She was my first crush,the second was Judi Bowker(Clash of the Titans)the original and FAR SUPERIOR version!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Considering how it looked to the actors at the time, it must have come as a huge surprise when their cheesy little movie about a Princess, farm boy, wizard and pirate got a huge following. It just goes to show that having faith in a great team of editors, writers and directors is very important.
I just love the "retro-futuristic" aesthetic of the original trilogy. I wish they kept it as a defining aesthetic for the series for the following trilogy and future movies
I love the original trilogy aesthetic too. But for me it works better in the 70s. Personally I like the new aesthetics even if they make it weird watching the movies chronologically by making it look like technology got worse over time lol. But yeah personally I don’t think that this style would work with how our movies look now. I still love it in the originals though. Really grounds me into the world.
So glad I was born in 70 and got to experience all this when it was brand new! Seeing the movie in the theater with my dad, the toys at Christmas time, the collectable drinking glasses at Burger King,! Star Wars was everywhere and it was all new and exciting! It sure has been a wild ride! Love seeing the old footage. Cant imagine my life without Star Wars!!
"This ship carries the crest of Alderaan. Was there any of the royal family on board? Who were you CARRYING!?" These lines from Vader are canon to me now! LoL
Ah yes. The good old days of *REAL* special effects (which look, er, real, not like over-perfect, fake, shiny CGI), and the risks taken by real stuntmen - who were, and still are, when they are employed in films, paid *VERY* large sums of money because they *ARE* not infrequently seriously injured or even killed as a known hazard of their job? Did nobody even *NOTICE,* for example, the genuine concern shown by one of the floor crew, who immediately ran as fast as he could to check on the welfare of the actor - not even a stuntman! - in the Stormtrooper costume when he remained motionless on the ground *BEYOND* the end of the take, obviously fearing that the small explosive charge which detonated in the chestpiece of his costume (yes, that's how those "special effects" were created - with live charges!) had, in fact, accidentally seriously injured him? Sigh. The comments in this chain show that people really believe that Star Wars, produced in 1977, and being the *FIRST* and much-vaunted mainstream example of what was then blue, but is now green screen technology, but solely for the "outer space" shots, otherwise used, almost exclusively, the fully *PRACTICAL* - that is, real - effects techniques of its day? The *ONLY* exceptions to this are (a) the post-production re-colouring and re-lighting of the lightsabers (which, as is well-known, was itself such a difficult technique back then that it was done pretty scrappily (not that this matters at all to a true fan, of course), due to the very small budget on which Star Wars was made - it was *NOT* a "blockbuster" film in any way! - and (b) the addition, again in post-production, of what look today to be somewhat primitive, but were at the time considered good, artificial red "laser beams" produced by the blaster weapons (and this, too, is a matter not for criticism but for pleasant nostalgia and of perfectly adequate quality, to the eyes of a genuine contemporary fan of the *ORIGINAL,* not "re-mastered", i.e. "ruined", so-called "Special Editions"). I really do fear for how much real knowledge is so rapidly being lost, thanks (with great irony) to the Internet - that very thing which we who saw its birth had hoped would *INCREASE* the spread of information and wisdom - if even this small comments chain is anything to go by! Furthermore, "CGI Chewie"...? What? It is just Peter Mayhew, in costume, as ever, with a stage-hand speaking the lines, so that Harrison Ford had a cue to which to respond. Chewie's usual vocals were over-dubbed in post-production. And I could go on, but why bother? :/
At 8:00-8:08... they just walk right past a couple Imperial officers, and aren't stopped? "Yeah, this ragtag bunch of non-uniformed beings, including a furry ape, look like they belong here. Go ahead. Excuse us."
One thing that's really cool about seeing the pre-edit footage: The reason the blaster fire looks so much more real than a lot of old movies "Ray gun" effects is they actually were firing blanks out of real modified weapons. In star trek and sci fi of that era they would just be holding a fiberglass prop and add in a cheesy beam in post. You don't get the little details like the real recoil and real smoke and blast coming out of the muzzle.
Yes it was superb making them use blanks, loud ones at that, and the actors blink and flinch realistically when they fire their blasters, especially Luke and Leia who are not accustomed to shooting as much as Han is. Combining a blank firing gun with a gun that shoots laser rays was genius
“No, no, no, Han! I’ve seen her, she’s so beautiful!” “So is life.” I wish that were in the movie in someway because the way Ford delivered that line was hilarious.
It really never occurred to me that they were shooting blanks.
Gauge Wiley that's why the blasters inthe OT feel so powerful: they were functioning cartridge firing props
ya!
thats what i thought when i saw this.
razorfett147
It also helped syncing the beam effects added later in post-production.
MosoKaiser that is correct
You can see why the cast all thought it was going to be shit.
Agreed
Richard Dale This is a very valid point.
they didn't ALL think that...
I bet most of them did. Luckily they all had faith in George Lucas. When they were shooting it though they most have feared the worse.
.well for many of them it was work..and a pay check.. and in the late 70's.. the only great sci fi flick was ALIEN.. star wars was so ambitious and so head of its time..
Harrison Ford didn’t hesitate when eating the mic. He knew what he was doing
I know what I must do
Clearly the mic was cursed and had to be disposed of immediately
And he was a carpenter who built Christopher Cross recording studio
Haha I knew someone was gonna mention that haha I laughed so hard
He was eating Mics before was a thing on Xbox
I love how the Stormtroopers were not acting, but were Actually in a constant state of falling into things the entire time.
"I can't see a thing in this helmet".
They're holding onto their helmets for dear life too lol
Yeah those costumes weren’t state of the art back then
Those shoes seem very slippy
I am number 375
The most surprising part of this for me is learning Chewie actually had lines
So did jabba and groot and a lot of alien characters
@@King_Dragmire i'm sorry, groot?
@@diaconucristi2452 yeah from the Marvel movie Guardians of the Galaxy.
I think they did it so the other actors could understand how to react to Chewie when he spoke, to minimize confusion. The growls replaced it later.
Greedo also spoke with a british accent
“No no no no she’s so beautiful!!”
“So is life”
Lmaoo they shoulda kept that
I'm lazy to watch the whole thing. Time stamp?
@@BrownCoconut96 7:45
I remember that line being in the novelization.
That would have been yet another classic Han solo snappy comeback.
@@MirzaKhalid He was making sure the guy wasn't on fire after the squib went off. You can hear him blowing on his chestplate.
I can see why everyone on set thought the movie would be a dud. Music, Sound Effects, and VFX really change the tone and atmosphere of every scene.
+Jupiter Journey Productions You are so right.. i'm getting ready to start my own homemade low-budget film, and it's going to look like crap without a soundtrack.. luckily my friend found some good music to put in it. John Williams made star wars watchable, and a soundtrack is going to help my crappy film too!
Erik, I'm a composer, would love to hear your ideas for your film!
I hope Williams got paid well.
No doubt. Must've seemed like a mess shooting it. It seems they also ADR'd almost all the dialogue as well.
Williams is still getting paid. :-)
Watching this without music, sound and special effects etc. I don't blame the crew for thinking "What the hell is this shit we are working on?"
Or, more likely, "Hey, it's a job. I'm getting paid at least."
Welcome to the world of filmmaking. Sorry to disappoint you.
@@Dr.MSC.W.Krueger all my childhood dreams are lies 😭
probably back when the footage was new it had sound, it probably took this guy a long time to search for the archives of this footage.
XD yea
this gives me a whole new respect for the editing crew
A movie is made in the edit. It's not what you see, it is what you don't.
Like illusionists.
@Cliven Longsight she doesn't get enough credit. Sad. George made Star Wars she made it better.... The original trilogy was better than the prequel before the divorce.
@Cliven Longsight exactly, and it's the same with ESB, one of my top 3 greatest films of all time. it's obvious from those deleted scenes that without her it would've turned out to be sophomoric garbage like the prequels. george truly always had terrible instincts when it came to human interaction and dialogue. instead, through her skill at editing and irving kershner's direction we got philosophical space romance for all time. george lucas with totally free reign was a terrible thing.
And the sound crew!
@@oldfrend "George Lucas with free reign is a terrible thing"
Attack of the Clones is proof of that.
Dude. No wonder they thought it would suck lol. Now I finally understand.
Alex Winemiller Most movies looks shitty before post production
metalmugen Yeah, but this was like...REALLY weird for it’s time. This film made universe building and being a little weird cool.
Most movies look rough pre- final production. That's what production is for. This isn't hard.
Now I really get all those “fix it in post” jokes.
It was also bc of George Lucas and his weird way of directing
"How's it pronounced? Supernova or superNOva?" - Future Voice Actor Mark Hamill
Even then, he was a bit of a Joker.
@@redshirtveteran5688 ba dum tss
LevioSA
@@redshirtveteran5688 haha I get it
Its leviOsa not levioSA (harry Potter reference)
It's the most awkward thing without music holy shit
Maybe. Also moviemaking is 90% standing around doing nothing, waiting until you're needed(did VFX and motion control supervision on a few projects).
Yeah, been an extra on a few.
@@jrag1000 yup same, there’s a lot of downtime ppl never account for
I wonder if some of them just imagine the music in their head or something
Watching this was like watching that clip of Grease where all the music is stripped and all that is heard is sneaker squeaks as they dance.
Me: "Hey, I've just found some old VHSes of the OT before the Special Editions!"
Vader: "Where are those TAPES!?"
Don't tell them I have some still.
“Sir we are looking for the tapes but there are so many boxes around they could be in any one of them”
“Boxes do not concern me admiral, I want those tapes”
Sadly, my original episode 4,5& 6 letterbox VHS tapes have degraded. 😥 Oh well. I will always have fond memories of watching them without the new edits.😃
Find the despecialised edition which is fan made, includes things like the original look for the emperor
just go download the DEspecialized versions ;)
2:09 Han Solo: *has stroke*
(𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙞𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙚)
Wtf just happened
IM DYING
Then immediately after someone say
*I’M* *SORRY* *JIMMY*
Me when I try to talk to a dude
Oh i actually thought he gave his microphone a bj 😂😂
it's almost crazy how the end result was unbelievably perfect.
swifty1969 well if it is so perfect then why does George Lucas keep changing it in remastered versions and new edits. Check mate
@@crypticwizard5504 "Check mate" oh this is going to be fun. Well, for your infomation, the theatrical cuts of all of the original trilogy Star Wars movies recieve added scenes for the sole reason because Lucas has to butcher scenes. Thats it. The way they were made were perfect at first, only to be made worse over the last 40 years with new edits. Prime example, the Han and Greedo scene, another bit added with the Disney+ streaming service, because Lucas wanted it that way and didn't care when other people told him a change was good or bad, he would still do it. There ya go, check mate
@@EvanAviator In my opinion it did. I mean, you have a bounty hunter holding you at gun point and so it's either shoot or get shot. Simple enough, right? That's whay they do. But re-editing the scene multiple times ruined it.
Nandi Lovric lol hey I was just making a joke
@@crypticwizard5504 No worries, all good
The true power of editing, music and post production - turns what looks like a high school production into a global best seller.
That's basically movies in the 60s, 70s, & 80s.
Idk how nice your high school productions were but I envy your budget
That's just not true at all
Most films are made in he editing
@@navylaks2 No, *all* movies are made in editing
AND NOT ONE DAMN ONE OF THEM KNEW HOW BIG THE MOVIE WAS GOING TO BE... ;)
mngentry Except maybe Carrie Fisher...
She said in an interview that when she read the script, she liked it but didn't think many other people would.
David Mullich
And that is one of the awesome reasons why we will miss her... Farewell, our Princess of the Galaxy...
speilberg knew...
+bob rew
Spielberg actually *KNEW,* or made a very good educated and intelligent guess?
Serious question from a very obsessed Star Wars fan, to whom *ALL* Star Wars-related knowledge is a gem! Thanks in advance if you find time to answer this... :)
Luke - "She's so beautiful"
Han - "So is life".
Lol
In the Marvel comics version that line got left in. As well as deleted scenes with Luke talking to other Tattooine friends his own age, and Han talking to Jabba (and Jabba was only human size)
Arjun Jain How true that would later be, especially today.
Kevin Jokipii, have you seen an old Marvel Star Wars comic called "Silent Drifting"? There's a flashback showing a younger Obi-Wan Kenobi wearing something very similar to what Luke wore in ROTJ. It's always interesting to me to see how people interpreted the backstory to Star Wars before the Prequels came out
Kevin Jokipii, have you seen an old Marvel Star Wars comic called "Silent Drifting"? There's a flashback showing a younger Obi-Wan Kenobi wearing something very similar to what Luke wore in ROTJ. It's always interesting to me to see how people interpreted the backstory to Star Wars before the Prequels came out
that line could have been kept in the final cut if Lucas didn't had all those problems shooting the movie. It's so... Han Solo
8:00
“Oh, cool, a wookie, the princess, and two guys with blasters. Yeah, that’s fine.”
I was really shocked to find this scene. It's considered by many to be a very rare or completely lost piece of Star Wars media
@Spanky Harland I mean on a budget of 6 million or so they still made a low budget sci-fi movie lol
u forgot gonk
I quite liked it as a scene/shot. It made it feel like the Death Star was such a huge place that people could just wander around and hide in plain site.
'I don't know, fly casual'
David Nutley “they’re walking around with guns out... but so.. casual. Eh, must be a thing.” -Empire Officers going to their lunch break on a Friday
Alec Guinness has a constant 'what the hell am i doing here?' look in his out takes.
I mean he notoriously didn't quite enjoy the filming process.
@@neighborhoodmusicsnob5517 Or the fans.
@@koriharpoon3357 can't blame him. Star Wars fans pure cancer no matter what
@@neighborhoodmusicsnob5517 You can apply that to certain fans of anything.
@@koriharpoon3357 yes
7:09 Dont scream at him like that, hes doing his best
I think he did a great job.
gonk
That one stormtrooper at the back though.
Jack move your keyster!
It's probably Jack Purvis in the gonk droid! The guy's only yelling so he can hear through his costume his cue to look around.
2:13 I ‘ M S O R R Y J I B B Y
Who said that 😂
Hahahah JIIEEEMEEEE
The Force apologized.
They said Jimmy
Mets Fan still though who’s jimmy
Therapist: Chewbacca speaking english doesn't exist he can't hurt you.
Chewbacca speaking english: 7:26
@God of the Dogs Peter Mayhew was British. He worked in a hospital before being hired by George upon *standing up* at the casting call.
@God of the Dogs Lewd.
It reminded me of Roddy McDowell in Planet of the apes!!
God of the Dogs *fuck fact*
Evan Bell fuck
James Earl Jones could have been the greatest decision George Lucas ever made.
And John Williams.
...and Jar Jar
@@Сайтамен that's what I was going to say.
Hayden christensen is serious underrated
@@dannyackland3983 he seriously isnt.
8:33 Harrison's war cry, jesus christ that was beautiful lol
@@greyinsight that would scare me more than any gun ever could
Inequis I thinks the storm trooper that went down there actually got hurt lmao
Inequis lol
@God of the Dogs vro Imperials are advanced Capitalists
@God of the Dogs how so?
Sad that the actual actor who portrayed Vader gets almost no credit as it all just goes to James Earl Jones for the voice.
Edit: it's also sad to see how many people don't know the difference between Credit and performance.
Louis Woodward Every Star Wars fan knows it was David Prowse.
I saw a documentary about it on Netflix. I think it was called I am your father.
That guy also played 3PO, don't worry :)
What gets me is he didn't know they changed the voice till he went to the cinema, that's messed up
Yeah
Holy shit, John Williams music MADE this movie
No the force made this movie.😀
And to think that George Lucas actually considered using a disco music soundtrack for the movie as disco was king at this time. Fortunately, he decided to go with John Williams, instead.
@@starwarsrebel2006 shortly after, the movie was out, in the summer of 77' they had the disco version of star wars, theme. How do i know? My best friend at the time, was the first to buy it, in our neighbourhood, and he let me listen, to it. Ahhhh good ole, star wars, moments & memories.😀
@@ericechols7638 I remember that. I had the vinyl LP titled, "Disco Fever," and the Star Wars disco them was one of the tracks on the record. The name of the group was Maco, if I remember correctly.
@@starwarsrebel2006 yeah, your right maco & the album cover had a space man space woman dancing together, on a planet. I was listening to it a week, ago. It was a Star Wars Summer, that's for sure!😀👍Good times!
That is a genius practical effect with the speeders: cover the wheels with mirror panels across the whole bottom so it reflects the ground and appears to hover. This movie had such amazing propwork and practical effects its ridiculous.
"But she's beautiful"
"So is life kid"
Lmao
@Han Lockhart That's the difference between a teen going thru puberty and a realistic guy who's DONE with puberty XD
Devin Graves She is literally your sister
lololololol
@@gameraider100 well luke was like 25 at the time...
@@TashaVanHuss well, 19 in universe, 21 irl, there's only 20 years between episode 3 and episode 4
This honestly changes my perspective of the entire movie. A lot of hard work and dedication had to go into making those scenes.
Q-Tip 47 ...after seeing this...even i would have said this would be a shit movie
Q-Tip 47 - Yep. Long before computer generated stuff, it was all done by hand and could take months for one scene.
Back in the day people worked hard for something even of they thought it would fail. Now, JJ thinks he can just glide by on an existing franchise
Like with every movie lol
And you didn't think that before you saw this?
it's so charming at 0:48 when peter cushing goes from the kindest looking soul into the character of evil tarkin and back into sweet man again.
May he rest in peace
kira I swear if you listen closely at the end of that scene he says "tell me, now! Before I go home and strip."
That seriously scares me
fun fact: he’d wear slippers if his feet were out of frame because his costume shoes hurt
Carrie Fisher had a hard time playing against Cushing because he was so disarmingly pleasant as a person, she had to pretend it wasn't Peter in order to think of Tarkin as a villain.
watch the videos about Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee's friendship if you wanna see some heartwarming shit
@Allie Hughes I think its "before I go home in distress"
0:48 Love how his face goes from adorable to Moff Tarkin in an instant
Peter Cushing was quite the actor.
Carrie's reaction is really cute, too. It's sweet knowing she looked up to him, and he was a really likeable person on set.
Sir Peter Cushing, was Extremely upset, when his wife, passed away, after suffering health problems, where she could not, have children. When Mrs. Helen Cushing, was living, She was, Peter's muse
Peter Cushing , could, be any character. His adorable cuteness, is years of worry for his wife, friends , family, what he needed to do. I doubt, that, He is a Man, that easily forgives impertinence. He has politeness. He is also a Gentleman. He was hurting inside.
Darth Vader without the voice of James Earl Jones :D
Sounds like Arnold Schwarzenegger xD
"stuck in the 8 track machine, lord vader.!" :-0
I just realized that David Prowse's voice was the inspiration for Dark Helmet voice in Space Balls..
Thanks for pointing that out! I simply never realized. And the voice-parody is really spot on too! Gotta love Space Balls for that. :D
Ethan Baker Same thing with Han’s scene with Greedo. That scene would’ve felt so weird if Greedo spoke english
Peter Cushing breaking character and grabbing Carrie Fisher's shoulders as she smiles is wholesome af and i love it.
The two of them got along so well that Carrie had a hard time acting as if Tarkin was the villain.
Bless both of them. RIP
"Where are those TAPES???"
I can't.
Damn rebels stole his pornos
@@JoCE2305 lmao
“There in he video shop Vader”
-“Wha......?
“The fuckin’ video shop?”
“So everyone in the galaxy is jackin’ off to our fuckin’ video? Ahh feel sick?”
-Defo think Mr Prowse was the more Psycho Vader! Sounds better coming from Somerset if ye ask me?
@Notorious exactly what I was thinking!
@@JoCE2305 Padme porn holograms.
It's actually really interesting that they had all the "alien" lines being spoken in English on-set, so the characters were actually having conversations, rather than the main characters having effective monologues broken up by roars or random sets of syllables.
It’s even cooler for the ones that didn’t get subtitles, like chewie. For my whole life I never knew what he was supposed to be saying, but then a few years ago I found a clip of the original scene without the roars. Now I want to know what he says through the whole movie
I think it’s funny that Dr. Evazan and Wuher the bartender have cockney accents in the original cut since the scenes were made in England but not dubbed yet.
I like hearing Chewbacca's human voice
"YA HOO HOO! I-..." _consumes microphone_
1:55
Lmao that was hilarious
I'm sorry Jimmy
You forgot the "blau"
tell us something your mum doesn’t know
2:04
13:12 *stares directly into both of the suns*
"Ahhhhh yeah.....THATS HOT"
its sooo *HaWt*
That's actually a cut scene of him watching the battle in orbit. It was in the original novelization, based on first drafts of the script. There are bits of dialog of him talking to some local 'friends' who show open disdain and disrespect for him, as he pines about wanting to become a pilot and join the Rebellion. I never knew they actually filmed that scene.
ah yes dubbel the eyedamige
@@TashaVanHuss, Hello There :'D
Can we take a moment of silence to remember the guy who had to hold down C-3PO’s legs for that scene and had an awfully red sunburned back at 13:44?
pff ha ha I saw that too!! probably a stand in as a tusked raider
Why couldn't they just give him something to cover his back
@@NoSubsWithContent The temperatures in Tunisia should be very high that they couldn't bear to have something on. Many photographs of the shooting show the crew staff almost working only in shorts.
@@Nolroa oof
RIP
Stormtroopers trying to get through that door had me rollin.
Had them rollin to. Literally
Like drunk toddlers
I lost it when the one guy trips & drops his blaster.
Chewie (In calm, harmless voice): "That old man is mad!
Han: You said it Chewie
mixererunio yes, yes he did
The fact that he has a British accent makes it a thousand times funnier
8:05 the officers walk *right by* the gang like they’re not escaping
Jonathan Swanson TBF they walk like they know where they’re going
They are the very definition of "minding my own business"
They were on break. Empire union rules.
We're given 5 minute breaks a year.
And by lothals moons, we're taking those 5 minutes.
We ain’t wasting our break on a group of people we would probably die trying to capture.
"name it, now! Before I go home..."
We feel you, Tarkin.
@@umbrvalken
"Now, Princess. There's no need for attacks on character. This is a professional disagreement between legitimate galactic factions."
Dylan Wight and just like that, one of the scariest things I’ve seen suddenly becomes a laughing stock
@@coreyander286 (forgive the prequel reference)
"My skills have doubled since the last time met, Count."
"Good, twice the ego, double the angst."
@@umbrvalken It probably didn't help much to the fact that the actor playing Tarkin was wearing slippers. lol
The best part is that I'm pretty sure he was going to say 'Before I go home in disgrace' but it cut out too early
7:10 Seeing the Gonk Droid act on his own accord instead of his programming never ceases to amuse me. XD
Lmao
Now you know what they look like when caught short!
7:25
Chewbacca speaking English is canon until further notice.
No gosh pls no
And Greedo's English accent too!
I would watch the shit out of the originals with the original voice cues left in. No voice modulation for vader, no james earl jones, english speaking chewie, english speaking aliens lol
Learning Station 6 Yeah but keep the James Earl Jones voice in my opinion
Some woodies could speak English, it was a speech impediment. - Heir to the empire.
I couldn't help laughing when David Prowse yelled "Where are those TAPES?!".
TrainFan 95 it's like watching Space Balls.
TrainFan 95 In respect to Mr. Prowse, that was indeed humorous hearing his voice say that... Good thing not only they dubbed James Earl Jones' voice in, but changing it to "Plans" instead "Tapes"... That doesn't sound right to fit in the SW universe... Though, on the other hand, in Guardians of the Galaxy, Tape exists...
+odiemodie1 Haha very clever, love Guardians of the Galaxy.
"That old man's mad"...lol
That's how the kylo ren character ended up
3:48 this is what made Darth Vader effective. an aggressive actor over dubbed by calm voice
@C.F.P.N Hans bring ze luger wehraboo
the blooper was just David Prowse trying to act.
@Mr. Rosenberg no, he already knew it they didn't going to use his voice.
@Mr. Rosenberg He always knew he was going to be dubbed over.
@Mr. Rosenberg honestly, we're all glad he was voiced over. Even with effects, his voice doesn't match Vader at all.
It's amazing that even though Alec Guinness hated the Star Wars series, he still put his all into every single scene
He didn't hate it. He just didn't like to be associated only with Obi-Wan after the trigoly came out.
He didn't hate it. He enjoyed the filming. In fact, he pulled a prank on Mark Hamill when they're not shooting. He just don't want to be known only as Obi-Wan Kenobi. Also some Star Wars fans irritated him.
@@P.Whitestrake Ya know what? That's totally understandable
@@P.Whitestrake This is what I feel about all the actors. Even I get irritated myself when ppl just see certain actors as only one role *ahem* marvel *ahem*
He complimented it multiple times I don't get why people keep saying he hated it
7:10 that guy in the gonk droid killed me
Jack the gonk droid
Exactly how youd imagine a gonk to react
He was undercover.
He was like WTF am I.
The best part
6:31 Proof that Han shot first!
4:27 Vader sounded like an SS officer.
10 David lol
Uuuh. No shit. They have Nazi helmets. They're just space Nazis.
Knights of the Nine I’m pretty sure Vader’s helmet was designed after a samurai armor’s helmet in a Tokyo museum...
James Earl Jones didn't do the voice over yet
I laughed that part when vader yawns when they dressed him
Hearing David Prowse (Darth Vader) temporarily recite Vader's lines with his thick accent muffled under that helmet is great! 😆
It's amazing what what a little voice acting and sound fx can do. For the people on set suddenly Vader went from hilarious to the imposing cybernetic Sith Lord we all know and love.
Without his voice being heard or his face being seen, he did a great job acting the part. The set of his shoulders. The tilt of his head, conveyed a lot. RIP David Prowse.
@@trob1731 A West Country Darth Vader fits well somehow.
He sounded a bit like Swarzenegger.
would you like a spot of tea and crumpets. very well. brilliant.
@@finbah5706 Ooh-argh! No time to fly round the galaxy fighting these rebels, old luv. Got to get back to the farm to bring the cows in.
7:10 “Jack!”
*Huh, what? Where’d everyone go?!*
I am honoured to be a gonk droid
LOL! Oh my God, so funny!!! :)
5:28 Imagine this being Greedo’s actual voice
Honestly it could’ve worked
That would be awesome. I want to record his voice and listen to it daily
His laugh roools
@Cats in Cars Nope sorry! I find that impossible to believe. Next you will be telling me that there is more than one John :)
i honestly love his voice for greedo
8:44 "Don't be dead don't be dead don't be dead!"
I think his armor actually caught on fire too, you can hear the crew member blowing something out
lol
@@PNW_Viking now he is dead
?
Alien Verde YT he didn’t die but he was on severe pain from the burn
That alien breaking his finger on the other alien and then looking at the bent digit literally kills me every time. 🤣
0:32 xD
@@r41k0n5
0:42
Literally.
It literally kills you?
@@stevejones1318 He can’t answer you, he’s dead.
the one thing that stands out the most is obviously how physical everything was.... all the explosions, debris, blanks, stunts. and even though the film is raw and untreated it still looks exactly like it does in the final product. really amazing what they managed to do.
if you rewatch this, look at fords scene where he shoots greedo. the blank from his gun literally blows his hair up. if you do keys "," and "." you can go frame by frame
At that time, the director of photography adjusted the visual environment and lighting almost getting the final look through special filters on camera. The postproduction laboratory processes were for minor adjustments and corrections if necessary.
Then there's avengers endgame where its literally all cgi
The guy doing greedo’s lines sounds like the potion seller guy
Elder scrolls?
@@johnnytopgun6414 Justin Kuritzkes.
I was thinking that myself
"My hand is too quick for you, smuggler. You'd better negotiate with a bounty hunter with a slower draw"
Pratchett's Cut Me Own Throat Dibbler.
They knew exactly which lines to get rid of. Brilliant piece of editing, this film.
Lucas had one of the most talented editors in the industry at the time, his ex-wife Marcia. Just look at her CV before Star Wars. Marcia Lucas and John Williams saved the film in many regards.
Yep. It's no surprise Stars Wars won the Oscar for best editing in '77.
not just Marcia L. Rcihard Chew & Paul Hirsch had A LOT to do with it too,
+bob rew
Very true. Just look at how vastly superior (and different, notably...) in all ways Star Wars is, when compared with the only previously even slightly notable film Lucas had produced - that being "American Graffiti".
In fact, and in my lifelong opinion, as someone who was ten years old when Star Wars was released and who became an instant and lifelong expert fan, it is my opinion that Lucas did more harm than good to the wonder that is Star Wars (the original, not-vandalised-by-Lucas [i.e. so-called "Special Edition"] version, naturally).
Of course Lucas had much assistance and talented support (John Williams... who can even criticise?) which was beyond his own limited ability. Just look what he did when he really *WAS* let loose, unrestrained... yes, "The Phantom Menace" and the increasingly appalling other "Prequels". Need I say more? I don't even want to... haha :)
And it is certainly true that Empire, in which Lucas had a far *LESSER* hand than in either Star Wars or Jedi, must be acknowledged, due to its vastly superior production and direction values (and *MUCH* larger budget...), to be a "better" film when considered on purely cinematic grounds - although Star Wars will always own my heart, and has an almost mystical power to charm and hypnotise the viewer. Could pea-brained Lucas pull that off alone, or even with assistance? I do have my doubts!
No but seriously. I actually would go so far as to suggest (not without good reason, either, but I dont want to get sued!), that Lucas did not even write Star Wars himself at all... ;)
interesting points you've made; as far as Lucas writing SW alone, i think that he had help from the mrs (Marcia) and he definitely sought the help of joseph campbell on Empire and jedi. Alas, he forced out one of the most important people who made SW and Empire so great; Gary Kurtz. He allowed Irvin Kurshener to experiment while filming, which helped send Empire over budget (among other things like rising FX costs, reshoots, etc), so Lucas had to go begging to Fox for money to finish the movie. He hated doing that, and heads rolled afterwards. Lucasfilm would say that all the movies lost staff after productions ended though. Hmm.
:-/
Ironically, Kurtz encouraged Lucas to shoot retakes while making SW, and we got a much better movie because of that. But as you say, his changes have ruined the movie - I think it has also diminished my childhood memories of SW, and I will not watch the not-so special editions again.
i have to disagree about the prequels though - at least Attack of the Clones is far watchable than that TFA crap, which was a total insult. But at least Rogue One redeemed itself, after a turgid fast half.
At 5:26
Han: Tell Jabba I got his money.
Greedo: That's what *she* said....
Hahahahahahaha
damnit
8:18
“You came in that thing? You’re braver than I thought.”
“Nice.”
💀💀💀
I think she also says "...oh god..." under her breath between those two lines.
I don't understand.
I thought she said "bigger"than I thought not braver lmao 🤣
That's probably gonna get meme'd now lol
That's what Lemmy said to Ozzy that time...
These aren’t really bloopers. They appear to be many of the final takes for such scenes, just beyond the cutting and editing used in the film. This film was truly saved in the edit.
editing is magic /)
Eriamjh 1138 They are least partially outtakes. We do not see that bit in the final bit where the stage hand runs up to the man unconscious! And some of these scenes are definitely not the takes used the film.
Eriamjh 1138 So they are actually bloopers.
And the score! Lucas is right, the movies simply wouldn’t work without John Wiliiams.
@ugaaa5 calm the fuck down mr movie
I only now realize why Solo put his leg up on the table during the conversation with Greedo....he was hiding the fact he was reaching for his blaster. The outtakes here show it very well, I never realized it from watching the final scene/camera angles.
Exactly. This take pretty much definitively proves that Solo shot first. But if he didn't, he'd have died.
@@Strikerage I feel like there's no debate whether Han shot first in the original theatrical cut. They just changed it later
@@scoutdnr They did. Exactly this ^^^. I know, because I saw the original in theaters when I was a kid in 1977. :)
@@Strikerage solo didnt shoot first. He was the only one who even shot.
I had an old vhs and Han was the only one who shot they just keep changing it for some reason
8:45 "Did we finally manage to kill an extra?? Do I smell burnt meat??"
i'm glad they chose James Earl Jones to voice Darth Vader.
Indeed, but we can’t neglect credit for the actual acting of darth Vader’s body
I can't argue with that. 😉
@TheSmilingWalrus>>>Yeah, could you imagine if it was Mr. Rogers' voice????
I WANT THOSE TAPES
@@booqueephius4207 yeah, we can. Who even is you? You parist. But with the r and p switched off.
6:55 "Clear the corridor!" ~droid keeps walking~ "Jack!" ~droid freezes, looks around, panicked~ I love it. Also where Harrison eats the mic when he forgot his line.
He's actually talking to the stormtrooper who you can still see in the doorway who ruined the shot. Jack Purvis is the droid and is doing what he is supposed to.
Lmao
I think it’s Jake.
@@ScooterDoge "Junk"
No,Jack Purvis!
so are not going to talk about how harrison ford allmost got his head knocked off at 1:18
Yeah wtf that was sketchy
Explosions and plane crashes. The guy just doesn’t stay down forever.
Doubt itd really do any significant damage, its most likely fragile foam or something easily breakable.
@Dana William it was mostly for the storm troopers being unable to get through the door and falling on each other
I see why he hated playing the character now
4:56 "I'm ready for anything." *Heavy breathing*
I wonder how much of all that is muted by editors
8:36 props to the extra for laying still there while ON FIRE.
I hope you know he was actually dying.
@@stormycode16plays59 evidence on this?
Monotail for one that guy is still laying there when the camera moves on. Second you see a guy rush up to him like he is dying. Three you can see a bit of smoke coming out of his chest. So yea he was dying.
@@stormycode16plays59 Well, we’re all dying if you really think about it. But no, his prop armor was on fire. You can see the flame. He was a professional for not moving. The crew ran in to put it out when the scene was cut. That’s all. Pretty sure no extras died in filming. That would be one of those big Star Wars trivia things, like Princess Leia’s extra long pinky fingernail in Return of the Jedi.
@@stormycode16plays59 definatley not if so everyone would know about it and they wouldn't release footage of it
Undubbed Vader is the most cursed thing I've ever heard
No, undubbed Chewbacca is.
They have like 3 people to play him. The body, voice, and unmasked version. That's why he sounds like that. Its the body actor who's talking but his voice wasn't intimidating enough
@@craigjohnson2721 I didn't know that there was a fourth after for the dueling. Thanks
David prowse died 2 days ago
I thought it was Rick Morranis from space balls;)
"I've seen her, she's so beautiful."
"So is *life."*
-Han Solo 0 ABY
MGTOW before it existed
He's banged hotter chicks than Leia.
10:40 I can not stop laughing at how he just pulls her into that thing and she hits her head lmao
Oof! I didn’t notice that!
No! *bang* *bang*
bonk
4:21 “*Where are those TAPES????*” made me die laughing
Thank God for James Earl Jones!
lol indeed :D
MetalSonic And a SFX Chewie, not Peter Mathew. ("That old man's mad.")
Mark Daniels I would actually like to see more of that Chewie who speaks basic
+Jeff Sol - >>> I was actually more frightened of his voice than his imposing size when i first saw SW as a 9 year old.
MetalSonic James Earl Jones is the man! 😃
0:51 - “Dah guh huh ah, name it, now! Before I go home and strip.”
- Grand Moff Tarkin
Moff tarkin.
But is Moff wakin?
For extra hilarity points, keep in mind the story that Peter Cushing found the boots of his costume too tight and instead wore slippers during filming. So he's already partway towards chillin' out.
Wait what
I love that clueless gonk droid.
@@Vilgotczky Huh?
Me too
4:05 Darth Vader actually sounds like Dark Helmet.
I thought that as well! Makes it extra funny if that’s what Mel Brooks was going for
@@NickDAngeloUX : Vice versa, but yeah, that's what Mel was going for.
True! I love Spaceballs, too 😄
I read where on the set, they called him Darth Farmer
the whole cast : "this is going to be absolute shit and tank my career forever ..."
the world : "THIS IS NOW OUR NEW RELIGION !"
Me: THIS IS MY LIFE
This is the way!
or
the world: "Man i wish i was them, they seem like they are having the time of their life"
Yeah pretty much everyone that was involved with the original trilogy is Rich now.
@@andreasanchez3557 nerd!
2:30 "Yeah, Luke! You blew up the Death Star!"
Luke: "...How do you pronounce 'supernova'?"
Richard Samuelson lol
it requires a lot of vision and imagination to even think about improving those scenes
7:48
"No no no no ive seen her shes so beutiful"
"So is life"
I wish they kept that in
They didn't want to make Luke into an anxious, creepy simp lol.
1:00
sorry what
WHAT
THAT'S A PREQUEL LINE
IChaseFish It was a callback to the original- however, for some reason people seem to only quote it in Prequel context. Same with ‘Hello there’- Obi-Wan said it in A New Hope first.
IChaseFish In the context of the story Obi-Wan repeats stuff that others say, like when General Grievous said “Hello there” first to Obi-Wan in the Clone Wars.
TheSpookyGamer idiot he copied old obi wan you twat
@@carmineif6326 the fuck are you being a dick about?
@@XCalibur_EX and plus, his channel icon sucks.
Lucas: don't worry, we'll just add some computer pictures later on.
Reality: There *WERE* no such computers, back then. /sigh
@@NellSmith there most certainly were computers. They built them from scratch for several of the space scenes.
It's funny to see Vader look like he's being dressed by his mum
🤣
You can see how big David Prowse was compared to his helpers doing him up
hahaa
Love how Peter Cushing nailed his line up until literally the moment he had Carrie staring at him right in the eyes at point blank range
--- and he just has an honest moment where he melted... and she felt it.. c: What a beautiful moment.
Carrie,God bless her,had to have her breasts taped down!😍🤗😗
She was my first crush,the second was Judi Bowker(Clash of the Titans)the original and FAR SUPERIOR version!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@@ianmorris4922her what
7:07
Speaker: "Clear the corridor!"
Droid: "Uhm... where am I supposed to go?.."
Our lord GONK DROID!!!
JarheadPlaying GONKK!
Lol I love that dude at 8:48.
Rushes in and blows on the trooper's armor.
Fun Gom I noticed that too. Was he on fire or something? I couldn’t tell and no one else seemed concerned.
@@TheAstrojoe62 He had a squib on his chest, and it was still burning the plastic armor, which is why he rushed in and blew it out.
That was hilarious.
I thought perhaps the guy had been stunned into unconscious!
He was about to kiss him.
“What’s the inflection? Super Nova or Supernova?”
-Mark Hamill, being a precious boi, as usual.
Just taking the movie way more serious than it needed to be. 'Don't fuck this up, first movie, don't fuck this up'..
And Ford: "Hey kid... It's not that kind of movie."
A true actor.
Wanting to get the inflection correct...it is no surprise that MH rose to fame as a voice actor also.
Considering how it looked to the actors at the time, it must have come as a huge surprise when their cheesy little movie about a Princess, farm boy, wizard and pirate got a huge following. It just goes to show that having faith in a great team of editors, writers and directors is very important.
I just love the "retro-futuristic" aesthetic of the original trilogy. I wish they kept it as a defining aesthetic for the series for the following trilogy and future movies
I prefer the prequels aesthetic.
@@Luzbel809 What aesthetic? Lol
@@bernisweltredsun1245 The planets and the ships are way better than the original trilogy.
I love the original trilogy aesthetic too. But for me it works better in the 70s. Personally I like the new aesthetics even if they make it weird watching the movies chronologically by making it look like technology got worse over time lol. But yeah personally I don’t think that this style would work with how our movies look now. I still love it in the originals though. Really grounds me into the world.
@@Jhowy-wu3mr The prosthetic hand of Luke is better than the Anakin robot hand so, I think that there are some tech improvements.
I wonder if the stormtrooper at 8:47 was really hurt. That crew member certainly ran in like something was wrong.
He was on fire, you can clearly see the crew man blow to the trooper chest
VQI Channel The crew member I think is Peter Diamond, George's stunt coordinator. He also played the Sand Person who beat up Luke.
He dieded.
@@Commander_Shepard. 😂😂
We can just blow him out
1:00
"THIS IS WHERE THE FUN BEGINS"
So glad I was born in 70 and got to experience all this when it was brand new! Seeing the movie in the theater with my dad, the toys at Christmas time, the collectable drinking glasses at Burger King,! Star Wars was everywhere and it was all new and exciting! It sure has been a wild ride! Love seeing the old footage. Cant imagine my life without Star Wars!!
The 7 in '77 Club! Hollah! 😎
"This ship carries the crest of Alderaan. Was there any of the royal family on board? Who were you CARRYING!?"
These lines from Vader are canon to me now! LoL
Daniel Clark it sounds like he’s going for a more medieval tone. I like it.
@@thedemonhater7748 Jedi Knights indeed.
Jesus! That explosion at 1:17 almost took Harrison's head off.
Phillip Jeffries IKR?
Ah yes. The good old days of *REAL* special effects (which look, er, real, not like over-perfect, fake, shiny CGI), and the risks taken by real stuntmen - who were, and still are, when they are employed in films, paid *VERY* large sums of money because they *ARE* not infrequently seriously injured or even killed as a known hazard of their job?
Did nobody even *NOTICE,* for example, the genuine concern shown by one of the floor crew, who immediately ran as fast as he could to check on the welfare of the actor - not even a stuntman! - in the Stormtrooper costume when he remained motionless on the ground *BEYOND* the end of the take, obviously fearing that the small explosive charge which detonated in the chestpiece of his costume (yes, that's how those "special effects" were created - with live charges!) had, in fact, accidentally seriously injured him?
Sigh. The comments in this chain show that people really believe that Star Wars, produced in 1977, and being the *FIRST* and much-vaunted mainstream example of what was then blue, but is now green screen technology, but solely for the "outer space" shots, otherwise used, almost exclusively, the fully *PRACTICAL* - that is, real - effects techniques of its day?
The *ONLY* exceptions to this are (a) the post-production re-colouring and re-lighting of the lightsabers (which, as is well-known, was itself such a difficult technique back then that it was done pretty scrappily (not that this matters at all to a true fan, of course), due to the very small budget on which Star Wars was made - it was *NOT* a "blockbuster" film in any way! - and (b) the addition, again in post-production, of what look today to be somewhat primitive, but were at the time considered good, artificial red "laser beams" produced by the blaster weapons (and this, too, is a matter not for criticism but for pleasant nostalgia and of perfectly adequate quality, to the eyes of a genuine contemporary fan of the *ORIGINAL,* not "re-mastered", i.e. "ruined", so-called "Special Editions").
I really do fear for how much real knowledge is so rapidly being lost, thanks (with great irony) to the Internet - that very thing which we who saw its birth had hoped would *INCREASE* the spread of information and wisdom - if even this small comments chain is anything to go by!
Furthermore, "CGI Chewie"...? What? It is just Peter Mayhew, in costume, as ever, with a stage-hand speaking the lines, so that Harrison Ford had a cue to which to respond. Chewie's usual vocals were over-dubbed in post-production.
And I could go on, but why bother? :/
I must say CGI is a lot safer because we don't have accidents like what happened to Brandon Lee in the Crow or the Twilight Zone actors.
Fuck I think his ear drums are fuck up
@@NellSmith There are still plenty of practical fx today...
When they just casually walk past the officers, that just changed the whole scene, you can see why they were nervous and looking around now
David Prowse actually looks like an older version of Hayden. They should have shown his face in later movies.
At 8:00-8:08... they just walk right past a couple Imperial officers, and aren't stopped? "Yeah, this ragtag bunch of non-uniformed beings, including a furry ape, look like they belong here. Go ahead. Excuse us."
Mark Daniels
Not all personnel, wuz military.
That's why they call it a blooper reel.
“Psh...not my problem. I’m on my lunch break.”
Lol I know right?
@Hunter D Exactly, it was planned, they didn't accidentally all walk into the scene like that. At least some of these are outtakes and not bloopers.
One thing that's really cool about seeing the pre-edit footage: The reason the blaster fire looks so much more real than a lot of old movies "Ray gun" effects is they actually were firing blanks out of real modified weapons. In star trek and sci fi of that era they would just be holding a fiberglass prop and add in a cheesy beam in post. You don't get the little details like the real recoil and real smoke and blast coming out of the muzzle.
Except in Return of the Jedi xd
i think the blanks are awesome. Maybe someone out there has an actual gun from one of these, and maybe shoots with it!!
It sure helped, but we don't do that nowadays.
Yes it was superb making them use blanks, loud ones at that, and the actors blink and flinch realistically when they fire their blasters, especially Luke and Leia who are not accustomed to shooting as much as Han is. Combining a blank firing gun with a gun that shoots laser rays was genius
@@GreenCanteen Most of the Imperial Blasters as we know are Sterling submachine guns in 9mm.
The part where Han Solo eats his mic should have stayed in the final product.
he is half-witted after all
It would have been funny as fuck
“No, no, no, Han! I’ve seen her, she’s so beautiful!”
“So is life.”
I wish that were in the movie in someway because the way Ford delivered that line was hilarious.