"My biological kids, that were kept from me by that m'fer obi-wan, and their friends, blew it up." And we don't have the original plans any more. Will this be on my performance review?
Luke: "I want to learn the ways of the Force and become a Jedi like my father." Old Ben Kenobi: "It's a long way to the top if you want to rock 'n' roll."
@@benjaminyosfan7756in my opinion, the original Iron Eagle was a great movie when I was a boy. I wore out the VCR tape lol. I’ve heard of 2 and 3 but never 4. Did they follow the usual progression of movies and get worse as they went along but went along due to crowd base?
Sometimes I get mad about getting old, but then I realize, I got to do this stuff "for real": Star Wars in the theater as an 8 year-old, AC/DC in concert as a teenager; this was my childhood! 😁🤘
I work in the carnival industry and one of the funniest things I've ever seen was a power wheel demo derby with a bunch of little kids crashing their power wheels into each other while AC/DC was playing over the sound system
What this really shows is the genius of the cinematography and that a pumped up rock soundtrack to the drama of John Williams' orchestra can do justice to this legendary movie.
Darth Vader playing "Back in Black" Death Star playing "Big Gun" Rebel group playing "Thunderstruck" Millennium Falcon playing "Shoot to Thrill" Princess Leia during award Ceremony "We Salute You"
In my head, R2 hooked into the communications array the moment he was in the X-Wing and sent this out as an open broadcast on all channels. Makes everyone's reactions at the start even better. :)
I've always loved John Williams scores for those movies - this was his most brilliant. He's a true genius. It's so funny seeing kids trying to play this on piano & other instruments and never knowing they're playing the music of one of the great film composers in cinematic history! Thunder indeed, Mr. Williams!
This was the original soundtrack George Lucas has intended for this scene… quote “I was going to use the song “Thunder Struck”, by AC/DC… but the record companies wanted $300k, and my friend John said he’d do the whole film for just $100k! So it was a no brainer” -George Lucas
Somehow, someway, ANYBODY who has any idea how to extend to him ought to send this/link this to him. Afterall, it is no less a homage to Star Wars as it is a homage to Lucas, all the cast, all the production crew… and yes, Luke/Hamill as well.
Not a stretch. Hamill has consistently shown a legit sense of humor. He did a bad lip reading for Star Wars voicing ... Han. Because his Harrison Ford impersonation is on point ... Yeah, he would very likely laugh at this
As an Aussie lad of about 13 when this song was released we used to play exaggerated air guitar and sing it in the school yard but replace "Thunder" with "WANKER!!" 😮🎉
I remember singing Thunderstruck with a couple of mates. We couldn't figure out most of the lyrics, so we'd just sing "Ah ah ah ah ah... THUNDERSTRUCK!" It wasn't until many years later I realised that they actually were the lyrics, and he wasn't singing a chorus that I couldn't understand.
2:08 That transition directly to the explosion works shockingly well. No laser blast, just the momentum of the song (and the emotion of smooth confidence of the song, implying success ahead of time) to guide you. Stylish! Cool. I would've loved the final chord/whatever at 3:22 to be the explosion of the death star though. I feel like you could have had a montage of every person's faces building up to the explosion (after the shot went in), making the anticipation / assumed- chain reaction muuuuuuch longer than it was in the film (but so much more satisfying!).
Now, this is a new twist! IMHO, that song, “Thunderstruck,” by AC/DC fits this Star Wars montage VERY well. Top marks to whomever put the two together-this YT presentation was AWESOME! - I was 8 years old when I saw “Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope” at the movie theatre. It didn’t go to cable til nearly six years L8R; it debuted on HBO in February, 1983; three months B-4 “Star Wars, Episode VI: Return of the Jedi,” went to theatres. My sister and I saw the first Star Wars movie, Episode IV, over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over. It’s one of those movies that, for me, never gets old! And I do like how the 2016 movie, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” made clear how the final touches were made on the Death Star, identifying the original architect (played by Madds Michelson; even tho, according to Episode II (released in the summer of 2002), it was the Geonosians (those flying creatures who spoke with clicks and gravelly voices) who provided the technology necessary for a station that big to even exist, let alone function the way it did). IMHO, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” REALLY clarified the events that transpired between “Revenge of the Sith” and “A New Hope.” At the end, there was a GR8 DEAL of clarity as to how R2D2 managed to have a copy of the schematics of the Death Star-AND how he managed to get it aboard Senator Organa’s ship so that his adopted daughter, Princess Leia, could have it once the Rebellion started its campaign against the Empire. - After all this-looking back, it’s kinda funny if you think about it. Yes, the Empire got Thunderstruck after losing the Death Star-that, in fact, is the whole point-and this wonderful YT presentation really did drive that point home very effectively. - There’s still something kinda funny about it. Here we had what the officers in Episode IV called the ultimate destructive power in the universe. One, little hiccup from the Death Star’s main firing mechanism was powerful enough to cause an explosion similar to what one would expect from a bunch of million-megaton nuclear warheads going off, all at the very same time. One, little hiccup from the Death Star would destroy a metropolis together with all the cities around it. One, little hiccup from the Death Star, when its main deflector dish was aimed at the ocean, could stir up a tsunami with a tidal wave of boiling hot water 300 feet in height. And, of course, a fully powered beam from the Death Star would reduce a planet-ANY planet, of ANY size-to a field of smoldering cosmic dust, all in a heartbeat. AND YET, AND YET, AND YET…one TEENY-tiny, rinky-dink, little X-wing flying solo tosses a couple of pebbles across a porch screen covering the free end of a muffler and BA-A-AMM!!!! The whole thing gets blown away like a house of cards behind an elephant who’s had too many beans. - THUNDERSTRUCK!!
I loved this very first of the franchise. I waited in line 4 blocks when I was a teenager at the Rialto theatre in downtown Tacoma, Washington. This song with this footage makes me want to see it again . What a great pairing!
Tarkin: "Jam their communications." Com Tech: "We can't sir, they are jamming ours." Tarkin: (listens for moment) and suddenly yells, "Ready my escape ship NOW!"
One thing that always pisses me off about this scene is the bouncing. I get that they’re trying to show that Luke is in the cockpit travelling in his ship, but the back and forth bouncing makes it look like he’s on a kiddies ride outside the supermarket. It’s space- every action has an equal and opposite reaction especially in space. If his x wing was bouncing around like that it would be going crazy!
Well, Star Wars was never supposed to be fully scientifically accurate, if it was like that, we wouldn't hear booms and blast in space, just like in 2001: A Space Oddysey, even in Interstellar they knew that simple rule.
What an awesome idea! I'd love to see it creatively re-edited to fit the beats and timing in the music. Right up to the last thunderstruck lining up with the Death Star exploding. This rocks!
All the talk of The Doors "Dark Side of The Moon" synching with Wizard of Oz, you're brilliant to see how Thunderstruck synchs with the attack on the Death Star!
I read the description and thought “This sounds ridiculous.”
I pressed play and within a few seconds said “This is badass.”
Not gonna lie.. was thinking the same thing and then... goosebumps
Right there with you, mate! 😆
To be fair, heavy metal automatically makes any space battle at least 50% more awesome.
Agreed.
Same here. I was like "This is the dumbest fucking thing *clicks play*... ok, this is amazing and the world needed it."
Emperor Palpatine to Darth Vader: “Wait. What happened to the Death Star?”
Vader: “It was Thunder Struck.”
Lol 😂 Super jealous!
"My biological kids, that were kept from me by that m'fer obi-wan, and their friends, blew it up." And we don't have the original plans any more. Will this be on my performance review?
"Some novice electrician was told to connect the AC/DC circuits and took it too literally"
"What the hell is an aluminum falcon?"
FTW
Luke: "I want to learn the ways of the Force and become a Jedi like my father."
Old Ben Kenobi: "It's a long way to the top if you want to rock 'n' roll."
Reading this with character's voices.
Hahahahaha nice.
😂😂😂😂
Comment of the week!
Luke- you switched off your targeting computer, is something wrong? "No, I've just got big ballz."
🤣
😂😂
GOLD! 😂😂😂
Yeah, it doesn't work well enough, so I need to count on something I actually believe will make a difference.
FORCE size big balls ;)
Somewhere John Williams is thinking, "Impressive, most impressive."
His son is the lead of Toto, after all.
In a Yoda voice
I do like how every once in a while the algorithm gets it so right it makes you cry with happiness ❤
Oh hell yeah
1000 monkeys on 1000 typewriters....
Indeed!
Yes!!!!
100%
"Luke...you've switched off your targeting computer...what's wrong?!"
"Nothing! I'm just using the power of AC/DC...I mean, The Force!"
Weird that he chose the world's most generic band for inspiration.
Why not, worked in Top Gun 2!!
Pretty much how Iron Eagle worked too
@@AlxnickTo be accurate, Iron Eagle 2, the forgotten sequel (And Iron Eagle 3 and 4...yes they made 4!!)
@@benjaminyosfan7756in my opinion, the original Iron Eagle was a great movie when I was a boy. I wore out the VCR tape lol. I’ve heard of 2 and 3 but never 4. Did they follow the usual progression of movies and get worse as they went along but went along due to crowd base?
I'd like to think that Luke had this playing in his headset, and that's why he made the shot
My bet is he had Sink the Pink in his head at the time.
Nah it was Freebird
He made the shot because he's dy-na-mite!
He had that Cantina Bar scene music stuck in his head. Even The Force can't get that out.
Disney took over. He now listens to DEI instruction on his evil white privilege and how he should let women do everything.
Sometimes I get mad about getting old, but then I realize, I got to do this stuff "for real": Star Wars in the theater as an 8 year-old, AC/DC in concert as a teenager; this was my childhood! 😁🤘
You're not old, we are Cool 🤘
Thank God! Disney ruined Star Wars and music SUCKS today!!! 🤣
Same here
I wouldn’t trade my youth for being a youth today for all the money in the world. 🤘
Born in '73. I agree with all of you!!!
I can just imagine Darth Vader doing a deeper mind scan through the force and getting his ear drums blown out by Luke's ear buds cranking this song!
In Vader's words: WHAT?
What an awesome way to troll him.🤣🤣
Vader: Let me get a peak into this boy's head-AAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!
"Lord Vader, we're picking up ridiculous music being played onboard some Rebel fighters."
"That's my boy."
"My son likes AC/DC? This is wonderful news. Hey droids, have you heard? My son likes AC/DC!"
“The force is very strong and very loud with this one.”
*wanders off humming Back In Black* ....
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
And it's not Sabotage!!
There is no action scene that couldn’t be improved by the addition of Thunderstruck.
Probably more than a few love scenes, too.
@@joshyoung1580 🤣🤣🤣
Or Sabotage...
I work in the carnival industry and one of the funniest things I've ever seen was a power wheel demo derby with a bunch of little kids crashing their power wheels into each other while AC/DC was playing over the sound system
@@franklyanogre00000 Except Jar Jar Abrams abused Sabotage in every neu Trek movie. No respect for the material.
For those about to fly the Trench Run, we salute you
This is the best new content that has come out for Star Wars in over a decade.
That comment is almost as good as the video. 😂
What a burn.
Red 1:All Wings report in!
Red 2:Standing by!
Red 3:Standing by!
Red 4:Standing by!
Red 5:Standing by!
AC/DC:Standing by!
Redd Foxx: Standing by!
@@quantumfoam2843 Simply Red: Standing by!
Red Forman, standing by.
Hello, Wisconsin!
@@patrickkenyon2326 I bullseyed that Death Star with my official Red Ryder carbine action 200 shot range model air rifle.
Red October Standing by!
"Well? Why are we just standing there? ARE WE BLIND, SCRAMBLE THE FLEET!"- Average Competent Deck Officer
That’s no moon, that’s a Whole Lotta DeathStar.
I like to think that every time Vader fiddles with that dial on his control stick, he's turning up the volume louder.
Epic timing with the Ties dropping in and Han going "Woohoo!": One of those songs that makes everything (more) epic.
I scrolled to find someone say just exactly this so don’t have to
You're all clear kid
I came here, watched the video, gave one comment its 666th like, then this one its 69th like. No applause, it's just another course.
As an Australian, I can safely say that this is the PERFECT use of AC/DC. Absolutely incredible, mate!
The RAAF long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away!
Despite having a completely different feel to the actual scene, this unironically goes hard 😂
I think the Rebellion and AC/DC do match ironically well.
What this really shows is the genius of the cinematography and that a pumped up rock soundtrack to the drama of John Williams' orchestra can do justice to this legendary movie.
Standing in place of R2D2 while also somehow not succumbing to the vacuum of space is a guy in a kilt playing flaming bagpipes...
On a unicycle.
It's the kilt. Those things have extraordinary powers.
No kilts but 1 wing on each side is tipped with one of the 2 CELLOS duo. Flying bow strands are more dangerous than any blaster...
@@landkmarjoram6163
Man back when Star Wars was truly epic, brought a tear to my eye😢
Vader diggin on the raidio... "DAMMIT, why can't I find that station?"
The Force is strong with this mashup.
I now see Luke in his fighter, with a cassette player strapped to his leg Iron Eagle style, with AC/DC playing... LOUD!
Darth Vader playing "Back in Black"
Death Star playing "Big Gun"
Rebel group playing "Thunderstruck"
Millennium Falcon playing "Shoot to Thrill"
Princess Leia during award Ceremony "We Salute You"
Your task is imminent...go do it! I'd watch that cut
That's perfect!
A scene I've seen a hundred times...do I need to watch again? Knew before I even clicked.
In my head, R2 hooked into the communications array the moment he was in the X-Wing and sent this out as an open broadcast on all channels. Makes everyone's reactions at the start even better. :)
In the words of Connor MacManus, “I’m strangely comfortable with it.”
This is the best thing on the internet right now.
This is quite possibly the greatest thing I have ever seen.
Star Wars will never be the same again. This is awesome!
So...funny thing this. We used to play Thunderstruck on our intercom during combat live-fire runs in an AC-130 Gunship. Thanks for the memories, dude.
WOOHOO!!!!! This should be Thunderstruck's official music video!!!! Well Done!
I've always loved John Williams scores for those movies - this was his most brilliant. He's a true genius. It's so funny seeing kids trying to play this on piano & other instruments and never knowing they're playing the music of one of the great film composers in cinematic history! Thunder indeed, Mr. Williams!
Truly a living legend at 92, he inspired me to appreciate more classical music and soundtracks.
Also, his son is the lead of Toto.
This was the original soundtrack George Lucas has intended for this scene… quote “I was going to use the song “Thunder Struck”, by AC/DC… but the record companies wanted $300k, and my friend John said he’d do the whole film for just $100k! So it was a no brainer” -George Lucas
Somehow I’d believe Mark Hamil would like this
The dude has a great sense of humor.... I mean.... Cockknocker ffs.....
Somehow, someway, ANYBODY who has any idea how to extend to him ought to send this/link this to him. Afterall, it is no less a homage to Star Wars as it is a homage to Lucas, all the cast, all the production crew… and yes, Luke/Hamill as well.
Not a stretch. Hamill has consistently shown a legit sense of humor. He did a bad lip reading for Star Wars voicing ... Han. Because his Harrison Ford impersonation is on point ...
Yeah, he would very likely laugh at this
You’re doing the Lords work here!
SITH Lord
Alright man. You combined StarWars and ACDC. Never seen anyone do that before. 406 subscribers. Well, you got 407. Do it, to it.
Porkins is on drums.
Skywalker on lead guitar, Solo on vocals, and Chewbacca on bass
As an Aussie lad of about 13 when this song was released we used to play exaggerated air guitar and sing it in the school yard but replace "Thunder" with "WANKER!!" 😮🎉
I remember singing Thunderstruck with a couple of mates. We couldn't figure out most of the lyrics, so we'd just sing "Ah ah ah ah ah... THUNDERSTRUCK!"
It wasn't until many years later I realised that they actually were the lyrics, and he wasn't singing a chorus that I couldn't understand.
This is hitting on another level for me right now. This very moment
This was absolutely fantastic.
I’m a marginal AC/DC and Star Wars fan, but that nothing short of Amazing! Fantastic.
Darth Vader, death star, and Thunderstruck in one video. They just made "A New Hope" even better.
I love it when modern music fits so well to Star Wars. Like Beastie Boys "Sabotage" did with the Rogue One Trailer.
@TracyParks - wait ... what??!!
Do share the link for that if you have it. That would be an awesome vid.
🤣👍🥃
@@johnmassengale9186 ruclips.net/video/oMmiNeVrbDk/видео.htmlsi=J0uKVxJbe2tKTwHA
This may mark the very first time a fan on RUclips has added music to a classic movie scene and it has worked! Nicely done. 🤘🏻
'Thunderstruck' makes every action sequence better.
2:08 That transition directly to the explosion works shockingly well. No laser blast, just the momentum of the song (and the emotion of smooth confidence of the song, implying success ahead of time) to guide you. Stylish! Cool.
I would've loved the final chord/whatever at 3:22 to be the explosion of the death star though. I feel like you could have had a montage of every person's faces building up to the explosion (after the shot went in), making the anticipation / assumed- chain reaction muuuuuuch longer than it was in the film (but so much more satisfying!).
Now, that's one thing I have to scratch to my list of "audios to play when I see the attack of the Death Star before I die" awesome video!
2:40 when Luke is looking around like 'where's that a-haa-haa aaa comin from?' Totally awesome
This raised the hair on my arms. Saluted!
Star Wars and AC/DC. My life is complete! Well done video!
That is such a cool song. It really gets the blood pumping.
This is incredible. Well done.
Sitting watching this in the theater in 77 was already an amazing experience. Only AC⚡️DC could have made it better,
Battleship. Another great example of Thunderstruck placement.
The video you never knew that you needed. AC/DC Star Wars
This may be what Star Wars would look like if released in the 2000s
This would have been epic if this was used at that time!
Imagine if George used this song in the 1997 re-release.
Now, this is a new twist! IMHO, that song, “Thunderstruck,” by AC/DC fits this Star Wars montage VERY well. Top marks to whomever put the two together-this YT presentation was AWESOME!
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I was 8 years old when I saw “Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope” at the movie theatre. It didn’t go to cable til nearly six years L8R; it debuted on HBO in February, 1983; three months B-4 “Star Wars, Episode VI: Return of the Jedi,” went to theatres.
My sister and I saw the first Star Wars movie, Episode IV, over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over. It’s one of those movies that, for me, never gets old!
And I do like how the 2016 movie, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” made clear how the final touches were made on the Death Star, identifying the original architect (played by Madds Michelson; even tho, according to Episode II (released in the summer of 2002), it was the Geonosians (those flying creatures who spoke with clicks and gravelly voices) who provided the technology necessary for a station that big to even exist, let alone function the way it did). IMHO, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” REALLY clarified the events that transpired between “Revenge of the Sith” and “A New Hope.” At the end, there was a GR8 DEAL of clarity as to how R2D2 managed to have a copy of the schematics of the Death Star-AND how he managed to get it aboard Senator Organa’s ship so that his adopted daughter, Princess Leia, could have it once the Rebellion started its campaign against the Empire.
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After all this-looking back, it’s kinda funny if you think about it. Yes, the Empire got Thunderstruck after losing the Death Star-that, in fact, is the whole point-and this wonderful YT presentation really did drive that point home very effectively.
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There’s still something kinda funny about it. Here we had what the officers in Episode IV called the ultimate destructive power in the universe. One, little hiccup from the Death Star’s main firing mechanism was powerful enough to cause an explosion similar to what one would expect from a bunch of million-megaton nuclear warheads going off, all at the very same time. One, little hiccup from the Death Star would destroy a metropolis together with all the cities around it. One, little hiccup from the Death Star, when its main deflector dish was aimed at the ocean, could stir up a tsunami with a tidal wave of boiling hot water 300 feet in height.
And, of course, a fully powered beam from the Death Star would reduce a planet-ANY planet, of ANY size-to a field of smoldering cosmic dust, all in a heartbeat.
AND YET, AND YET, AND YET…one TEENY-tiny, rinky-dink, little X-wing flying solo tosses a couple of pebbles across a porch screen covering the free end of a muffler and BA-A-AMM!!!! The whole thing gets blown away like a house of cards behind an elephant who’s had too many beans.
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THUNDERSTRUCK!!
This is what the internet is for.
Now if we can find the full version of this but with Creed's Higher, that would be great
I loved this very first of the franchise. I waited in line 4 blocks when I was a teenager at the Rialto theatre in downtown Tacoma, Washington. This song with this footage makes me want to see it again . What a great pairing!
just here to say i love 2:50
agreed, so good xD
I saw Star Wars in the theater the first weekend it came out…and I’m an AC/DC fan.
THANK YOU FOR THIS. 🎉
Knowing me I'd be shot down while rocking out to this; 😅 1 of my favorite bands when I was a kid along from that little ol' band from east Texas!
One of the greatest movies ever with one of the greatest rock bands ever! Hell yeah!
The Emperor: Lord Vader, what is that sound?
Vader: I think it's Ironman my Master.
You just give me a new idea, a whole new soundtrack to the whole trilogy 🤔💯🫵🏼🥌💯🫂✌🏼🇨🇦
This may be the best thing ever
Tarkin: "Jam their communications."
Com Tech: "We can't sir, they are jamming ours."
Tarkin: (listens for moment) and suddenly yells, "Ready my escape ship NOW!"
One word: Brilliant! 😮
This is what RUclips was made for. So good!
Long live the original trilogy.
The hell with everything else, including Lucas.
You're one of those people who wishes they released the theatrical cuts in home video.
@@jesustovar2549 they already kinda have.
Despecialized Edition.
Greetings from France,/Salutations de France,
Two of the best things in Life united at last.
Thank you/merci beaucoup for this great video.
Outstanding!
Thanks !
It fits.. Like a Glove 🎶 [Hail to Glorious AC/DC days from -90's] 🤘
*Sees title*
*watches video in head without actually watching video*
*continues on with day*
You did a very good job of editing here- video and audio were in perfect sync. Well done, props to you!
One thing that always pisses me off about this scene is the bouncing. I get that they’re trying to show that Luke is in the cockpit travelling in his ship, but the back and forth bouncing makes it look like he’s on a kiddies ride outside the supermarket. It’s space- every action has an equal and opposite reaction especially in space. If his x wing was bouncing around like that it would be going crazy!
Ya! And why are they always looking over their shoulders for tie fighters behind them? Haven’t they ever heard of rear view mirrors? 🙄
Well, Star Wars was never supposed to be fully scientifically accurate, if it was like that, we wouldn't hear booms and blast in space, just like in 2001: A Space Oddysey, even in Interstellar they knew that simple rule.
Two of the most bad ass things ever, together in one video!!! I AM DYING from awesomeness right now!
is there also a Danger Zone Version?^^
"Laaannnnnaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!" Well, somebody had to do it.
I saw one years ago and also "Holding Out For A Hero"
I love John Williams beyond measure, but this is bloody awesome.
That song makes me feel like I could take on the Empire all by myself.
💯💯👍
"I know what you mean."
You just combined 2 of my favorite things. Excellent!
You've been.... proton struck
None of these modern visuals look as cool as what they were able to cobble together with miniatures and models in 1976 when they didn’t have a choice
This is awesome 👏
Han’s “Yahoo!” will always make me smile.
What? No Porkins !?
I always like the scene showing the lone guard in the tower. It reminds me of the Wishbone Ash album cover.
What an awesome idea! I'd love to see it creatively re-edited to fit the beats and timing in the music. Right up to the last thunderstruck lining up with the Death Star exploding. This rocks!
This is pretty good. Now I'm torn between this or a belly dancer dancing to Thunderstruck.
This is the most awesome thing I have ever seen on the internet. Hell yeah!!!
Where was this 10 years ago when my buddies and I used to do thunderstrucks before going out every night. Best drinking game!
All the talk of The Doors "Dark Side of The Moon" synching with Wizard of Oz, you're brilliant to see how Thunderstruck synchs with the attack on the Death Star!
Why does this just make this scene infinitely better. Nice job!!!!
This deserves WAY MORE likes. It fits PERFECTLY!