STAR WARS Audience Reaction 1977 (AUDIO with VIDEO)

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  • Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
  • This is NOT my recording. I simply re-edited the original upload so the sound matched the picture. All credit goes to William Forsche and his original upload at:
    • Tape Recording of Star...
    Original Description:
    "This audio was recorded in 1977 when my mother took me to see Star Wars.
    (for the second time)
    Hearing her laugh (@ :42 & @ 2:54) and cheer with me and the rest of the audience is absolutely priceless to me.
    You can also hear me making laser beam sounds at the end of this recording, because "Star Wars" got me all fired up! :)"

Комментарии • 4,6 тыс.

  • @They_are_Arthur
    @They_are_Arthur 7 лет назад +14155

    It's really fun to see people's first impressions on the first Star Wars. Especially in a time when there was no other movie like Star Wars.

    • @camarijaybooth
      @camarijaybooth 7 лет назад +295

      the closet thing was like star trek

    • @theM4R4T
      @theM4R4T 7 лет назад +109

      Forbidden Planet. Pretty much the first high-budget Science-Fiction movie.

    • @camarijaybooth
      @camarijaybooth 7 лет назад +23

      yeah i was talking about the show from the 60's

    • @gustavouchida1
      @gustavouchida1 7 лет назад +70

      Forbiden a Planet, by 1977 the highest budget Scifi flick was still Kubrick's Space Odissey - to which SW was compared a lot back then.

    • @ao-vd8py
      @ao-vd8py 7 лет назад +28

      Josh Allen Star Wars is different from that movie. Star Wars has much more action and 2001 is more of a mind bending drama

  • @icarus6712
    @icarus6712 4 года назад +1706

    In 77, when this movie ended, a ten year old kid's life had changed forever..

  • @franzhaas5597
    @franzhaas5597 4 года назад +4618

    I WAS 8 YEARS OLD 1977. WHEN THE FALCON SHOWED UP PEOPLE LOST THEIR MINDS. GOOD TIMES.

    • @chicagocarless
      @chicagocarless 4 года назад +332

      @my name is DRAKE no one knew who he was before Star Wars. AT ALL. They clapped because of Han Solo saving the day.

    • @franzhaas5597
      @franzhaas5597 4 года назад +156

      @@chicagocarless Thank you. I think the responder is young.

    • @jakcarn4184
      @jakcarn4184 4 года назад +2

      Pathetic idiots.

    • @francismarshall8201
      @francismarshall8201 4 года назад +4

      Franz Haas you know how old i was, negative 1 as in was 1 year before i was born lol

    • @primevil110872
      @primevil110872 4 года назад +18

      I was 7.
      Yes they were good times indeed my friend.
      May the force be with you.
      Someone needs to create a NEW Star Wars NOSTALGIA forum. Where OT and Prequel lovers can reminisce about their fav scenes, characters, quotes, ECT. Boy do I miss George's influence.

  • @socrates7722
    @socrates7722 4 года назад +3801

    Imagine walking out that night thinking, “hmm I wonder if they’re ever gonna make a sequel” “probably wouldn’t be that good if they did”

    • @DDDiego
      @DDDiego 4 года назад +386

      And it ended up being one of the best movies of all time. People to this day are still blown away by the “I’m your father” reveal.

    • @ErrantChordier
      @ErrantChordier 4 года назад +178

      They made exactly TWO good sequels.

    • @locksfoils
      @locksfoils 4 года назад +61

      that's exactly what we did.....I wonder what happens to Darth Vader we said.

    • @cuzz63
      @cuzz63 4 года назад +80

      I was 14 when this came out...sequels werent a thing then so we didnt really think that.

    • @nandoflorestan
      @nandoflorestan 4 года назад +10

      @@DDDiego many people would still enjoy it if they didn't hear the reveal from morons first.

  • @francescobruno418
    @francescobruno418 4 года назад +3825

    "If the audience claps when Han arrives with the falcon then it will be a success" cit. Marcia Lucas

    • @ArtamStudio
      @ArtamStudio 4 года назад +355

      The TRUE unsung hero who saved this movie.

    • @CalmaxFilm
      @CalmaxFilm 4 года назад +100

      I exactly thought about it when I saw it !!! You watched "How Star Wars was saved in edit "?

    • @simonhudson7029
      @simonhudson7029 4 года назад +139

      Since Return of the Jedi (when they divorced) Star Wars has been terrible, she certainly was a major reason in why the first trilogy was a success. It’s sad George pretty much removed her from the credits and she faded into obscurity, she did win an Oscar for her achievements.

    • @CalmaxFilm
      @CalmaxFilm 4 года назад +22

      @@simonhudson7029 I think it's a combinaison between Kasdam - Marcia - Kurtz - New director

    • @simonhudson7029
      @simonhudson7029 4 года назад +45

      Calmax Film yeah, all the people that weren’t too scared to tell George what they thought, also George wasn’t too big headed then to ignore them.

  • @bbb462cid
    @bbb462cid 4 года назад +5084

    All the cars started honking and flashing their lights, and people were yelling and screaming. I saw it at a drive in when it came out.

    • @gamewizardks
      @gamewizardks 4 года назад +182

      Me Too. I got a Star Wars collector's cup with my Soda. It was of the Sand People and the Jawas. I still have it. Best Drive-In Experience that I remember!

    • @ELCADAROSA
      @ELCADAROSA 4 года назад +74

      My father took my younger brother (then 8) and me (then 13) to the local drive-thru to see it. Unforgettable!

    • @ronramen5827
      @ronramen5827 4 года назад +23

      BoOmEr
      (I know, you’re probably not a boomer, you were most likely a kid in the 70’s)

    • @ELCADAROSA
      @ELCADAROSA 4 года назад +18

      Ron Ramen, yeah, I’m a “boomer”; born late 1964. LOL!

    • @ronramen5827
      @ronramen5827 4 года назад +6

      Shaq GasEngine Ok, was that an insult? I mean, I said boomer sarcastically, but like, is that a fun fact or an insult?

  • @Dean444ful
    @Dean444ful 7 лет назад +5081

    It must've been something else to see this movie without the prior knowledge that we now have of it. Gives me chills to hear people cheering and clapping in the theatre.

    • @codswallop321
      @codswallop321 7 лет назад +127

      Dean444ful I saw this movie aged 6... Probably my most vivid memory from early childhood. Wonderful.

    • @theopenrift
      @theopenrift 7 лет назад +55

      codswallop321 you are a lucky, lucky man.

    • @Dean444ful
      @Dean444ful 7 лет назад +23

      codswallop321 ah man, that's so awesome

    • @Dean444ful
      @Dean444ful 7 лет назад +10

      ***** lol I am actually but it hasn't really happened to me that often

    • @keywellcoinsmafiametals8726
      @keywellcoinsmafiametals8726 7 лет назад +6

      Dean444ful Same! chills all up and down!

  • @theredhare2483
    @theredhare2483 3 года назад +774

    I love how you can hear children giggling when Vader's spinning out of control
    His past mistakes haunt him

    • @stephenthedude4383
      @stephenthedude4383 2 года назад +77

      I'll try spinning that's a good trick!!!!

    • @DarylDevine
      @DarylDevine 2 года назад +17

      @@stephenthedude4383 kept him alive!!!

    • @davari9032
      @davari9032 2 года назад +17

      master skywalker, there are too many of them, what are we going to do?

    • @michaelkrolewski7406
      @michaelkrolewski7406 5 месяцев назад +3

      ​@davari9032 "I'm a person, and my name is Anakin!"

    • @coledakers6127
      @coledakers6127 3 месяца назад +3

      1:45

  • @owen3698
    @owen3698 8 лет назад +4158

    I remember the audience [at least in the theater I was in] being a lot louder when the death star blew up. The entire theater stood up, cheered, and clapped. It's the only time I've ever seen that kind of response during a movie.

    • @yarpen26
      @yarpen26 8 лет назад +202

      this was probably one of the later screenings of the movie (otherwise the guy who recorded it wouldn't even bother) and i guess by that time at least half of the audience already knew it by heart

    • @intenselan
      @intenselan 8 лет назад +110

      I remember the same thing! Superman catching Lois Lane and then the helicopter in the original Superman got a similar response if I remember correctly. I also remember the first brontosaurus sighting in Jurassic Park as well. LOVE seeing stuff in theater! I also remember the audible **GASP** during the Big Reveal in Empire Strikes Back too. Were you there for that opening night too as I was??

    • @owen3698
      @owen3698 8 лет назад +73

      intenselan yep. I was at the opening for all 3 of the original Star Wars movies. Everyone gasped at the reveal in empire and clapped at the end of Jedi. The only recent movie where the crowd reacted with that kind of passion was force awakens

    • @intenselan
      @intenselan 8 лет назад +52

      Yeah, people don't react as much to movies now. I was at all the opening nights of the LOTR series, and the crowd was amazing for all three. Lots of cosplay was happening at Two Towers and Return of the King. For the TT, I sat in front of an entire row of Gandalfs. heh.
      With the Star Wars Prequel series, a lot of kids brought their toy lightsabers and some dressed in full Anakin or Obi Wan costumes. The opening credits/first hit of the theme song to Phantom Menace brought in a huge crowd reaction. Then Jar Jar appeared. heh.

    • @owen3698
      @owen3698 7 лет назад +12

      Hrm..I didn't notice that during the Prequels. About the only thing I recall is people clapping when the LucasFilm logo appeared on the screen. What I have noticed is the audience will openly react to movies that are part of "what's hot" pop culture that a majority of the audience are currently into - ie: Deadpool - the entire [FULL[ theater openly reacted to whatever was happening on screen.

  • @aaronwilbanks7920
    @aaronwilbanks7920 4 года назад +979

    Can we just take a moment to appreciate the fact start wars art style still holds up great 43 years later

    • @neighornproductions8916
      @neighornproductions8916 4 года назад +37

      That's because Star Wars was one of the first movies that invented that art style

    • @americafuckyeah4520
      @americafuckyeah4520 4 года назад +32

      It's not Cyberpunk, yet not steampunk, it's somewhere in between, it's very industrial.

    • @andrewburgemeister6684
      @andrewburgemeister6684 4 года назад +38

      Yeah, the “used future” aesthetic which is superb and makes everything look well used. The aesthetic was used to great effect in Alien, alongside the horror of a unimaginable beast from another planet the audience was placed inside a dirty, cold, industrial space freighter which made the horror scarier.

    • @americafuckyeah4520
      @americafuckyeah4520 4 года назад +1

      @@andrewburgemeister6684 your in the nose

    • @darklordvader66
      @darklordvader66 4 года назад +11

      Disney ruined it

  • @TheClumsyJedi
    @TheClumsyJedi 8 лет назад +1847

    I love the applause when Solo shows up. :)

    • @MrBerserkinTime
      @MrBerserkinTime 6 лет назад +7

      TheClumsyJedi me to!

    • @G1Bryce
      @G1Bryce 5 лет назад +16

      Meanwhile, in 2018, people didn't even show up to see a Han Solo movie. They cheered because Harrison Ford was young and hot back then. Time is a bitch.

    • @Khan-bq8qc
      @Khan-bq8qc 5 лет назад +13

      @@G1Bryce IMO the Solo Movie failure kinda falls onto Disney, even if most people didn't wanted to see it because it's kinda pointless Dinsey made a pretty bad timing to release this movie, if it was more spaced out between the other releases I believe it would have gotten much more attention, I also found the advertisiment to be pretty bad, I only discovered these movie had been released when it was too late, but maybe this was only in my country so I can't say for sure.

    • @subscribersWithoutavideo-dk9hg
      @subscribersWithoutavideo-dk9hg 5 лет назад

      TheClumsyJedi me too

    • @MrDeadhead83
      @MrDeadhead83 4 года назад

      @@Khan-bq8qc Definitely. They should have waited till Christmas 2018. It would have given Ron Howard time to reshoot and edit

  • @PhilMante
    @PhilMante 4 года назад +3323

    When the movie opened in Japan, the audience was silent at the end of the picture. According to the country's culture, that was a sign of respect. They knew it was an incredible film.

    • @Jdsteele96
      @Jdsteele96 4 года назад +366

      Now that IS an interesting fact. So they legitimately gave the movie its own moment of silence? Talk about respect.

    • @ayrtoncoetzee1546
      @ayrtoncoetzee1546 4 года назад +76

      Or maybe the just didn't care yknow

    • @bobbirdsong6825
      @bobbirdsong6825 4 года назад +172

      Da Boos
      For the majority of history, theater and musical performances were quite rowdy. This was because they were social events. Often times, when reading the letters of play directors and conductors, they mention when people clapped and shouted because they were proud of it. Of course, in a movie, the actors aren’t physically there, but if you treat the cinema like a social event (which most people do) then clapping and sharing your reaction can add to the film experience. Of course, being annoying and making frequent comments can take away and I won’t argue that, but people clap during movies for good reason.

    • @BobOrton7829
      @BobOrton7829 4 года назад +75

      And in the uk, they are just silent for the heck of it.
      I would love to be in a cinema with a shouting crowd, can’t do it here because everybody will just stare.

    • @MrMarsFargo
      @MrMarsFargo 4 года назад +7

      @@BobOrton7829 This reportedly happened at endgame

  • @juliocamacho8354
    @juliocamacho8354 4 года назад +1009

    "1 in a million", from the guy that doesn't like the odds to be told.

    • @jcassokh
      @jcassokh 4 года назад +45

      Odds for thee, not for me.

    • @geraldlundegard4206
      @geraldlundegard4206 4 года назад +3

      Julio Camacho Very true.

    • @MBOmnis
      @MBOmnis 4 года назад +23

      Well, he only stated the odds _after_ the deed was done. No harm no foul.

    • @greyeyed123
      @greyeyed123 4 года назад +1

      3720 to 1.

    • @TheTrueNarthumpulous
      @TheTrueNarthumpulous 4 года назад +3

      Guess he done came around, eh.

  • @kkampy4052
    @kkampy4052 7 лет назад +1432

    I remember seeing this the first time. Drove home and immediately phoned some friends and told them they had to go see this. In today's age of special effects, it's hard to imagine the impact this movie had. Total game changer.

    • @GeraltORivia
      @GeraltORivia 6 лет назад +23

      K Kampy This is my first ever time watching this scene and even I think it has charm, I can’t imagine what it must’ve been like watching it back then when it was new and visually stunning.

    • @marcosdheleno
      @marcosdheleno 6 лет назад +8

      John Cunningham, it already did, many times actually, there's jaws, jurassic park then independence day, titanic, return of the king and of course, the box office reigning king: avatar.
      every single one of these movies had and incredible effect on the movie industry, some may be smaller, but every single one of those were game changers, as much as SW was at its time.

    • @TheInflicted
      @TheInflicted 6 лет назад +3

      I kind of had that experience with The Matrix, when I was a kid. A friend called me up, told me nothing about it, but said I absolutely had to see it as soon as possible.

    • @marcosdheleno
      @marcosdheleno 6 лет назад +3

      the marvel cinematic universe happened a few years ago, now if you wanna talk only about TOMORROW, thats a diferent story, we have no way to know what's going to be the next big think, but it WILL HAPPEN, just like those examples, because thats how the industry works. almost eveyr decade has at least one ground breaking movie, predictions are its going to be a video game movie, it could be an anime movie.
      but saying it wont ever happen again, when history has shown it to happen all the time, is naive.

    • @wyowho8681
      @wyowho8681 6 лет назад +2

      Marcos Danilo. And all of the above were destroyed or are about to be destroyed (star wars included) by the cash grabbing, sequel/remake machine that is now hollywood

  • @kingblondie7075
    @kingblondie7075 4 года назад +791

    When I saw it people literally got up and cheered when the death star exploded just like at a baseball game. I'll probably never see anything like that again.

    • @jll716
      @jll716 3 года назад +28

      I saw it in a drive-in so didn’t get that experience. HOWEVER ... six years later I would very much have that experience when Darth Vader threw the Emperor down the shaft. 😊

    • @tonyl0ng
      @tonyl0ng 3 года назад +9

      Did you not see Captain America weild mjolnir in Endgame?

    • @kingblondie7075
      @kingblondie7075 3 года назад +16

      @@tonyl0ng There was cheering then, yes, but the entire theatre didn't rise to their feet as they did for star wars.

    • @TomPlotagon
      @TomPlotagon 3 года назад +6

      I’m 13, but there were no crowd reactions during the first night of Any of the sequel trilogy (I went to see all three on the first night.) kind of sucks.

    • @mngentry
      @mngentry 3 года назад +2

      @@TomPlotagon watch fan reactions to the latest episode of the mandalorian. That should hold you over until the next movie.

  • @Arbitraryshoe49
    @Arbitraryshoe49 4 года назад +704

    You can definitely confirm that this is the 1977 version. The Death Star didn’t have the ring come out when it blew up

    • @brianwest8119
      @brianwest8119 3 года назад +36

      From what I understand, the movie was remastered over the course of time. There were so many background characters that suddenly disappeared in the film.

    • @TaylorZanderFrancis
      @TaylorZanderFrancis 2 года назад +71

      This is likely edited in by the uploader. After all, they said it was the audio. Having a stable video camera of this quality in 1977 would be unheard of for the average movie goer.

    • @luketimewalker
      @luketimewalker 2 года назад +3

      yup

    • @Djbrink
      @Djbrink 2 года назад +13

      This actually isnt a real recording the tie fighter at 0:15 doesn’t make that sound in the original movie

    • @one7decimal2eight
      @one7decimal2eight 2 года назад +4

      @@brianwest8119 yes. In the late 90s they rereleased them all in the theaters. We thought it was cool to see them all again in the theater but little did we know these changes were permanent..that is unless you get the despecialized version. Which is as close to the original movies as you can get.

  • @marblesthecat3861
    @marblesthecat3861 4 года назад +497

    I saw Star Wars in 1977. There was a standing ovation at the end of the movie.

    • @patriciopss1491
      @patriciopss1491 4 года назад +8

      Amazing. That's pure hype.

    • @marblesthecat3861
      @marblesthecat3861 4 года назад +8

      @@patriciopss1491 it was one of my fondest childhood memories.....

    • @patriciopss1491
      @patriciopss1491 4 года назад +1

      @@marblesthecat3861 i was looking People reactions and man this is awesome to hear it. I've lived that hype when the precuels came out. Great memories.

    • @GoogleUser-sk5tn
      @GoogleUser-sk5tn 3 года назад

      I've clapped at the end of a movie but never stood up. Never seen people do a standing ovation.

    • @despinak9720
      @despinak9720 2 года назад

      That’s so lucky! I wish I was around for that.

  • @PorcuPineAppleSauce
    @PorcuPineAppleSauce 6 лет назад +1494

    Its amazing that star wars got that reaction back then because of the characters and moments in the film. Star wars gets that reaction now because its star wars.

    • @gumby6.748
      @gumby6.748 6 лет назад +82

      nobody clapped at my theater for ep 8 tough lol, mostly just random laughs at supposed funny moments from women and kids mostly.

    • @Narvaljodchik
      @Narvaljodchik 6 лет назад +39

      When I went to see the premiere of TFA, every single fucker in the cinema clapped and clapped, I remember they did so most in the scenes where the Millenium Falcon, and Han Solo appear respectively.

    • @asimplepie2279
      @asimplepie2279 6 лет назад +18

      Ill say the one cool thing that everyone gasped about in the new star wars [SPOILERS]..... is when the rebel ship jumped through the new orders fleet. That was epic. But ya, it really only gets that respect thanks to the classic greats.

    • @Golemoid
      @Golemoid 6 лет назад +36

      *ITS THE MILLENIUM FALCON!! OH MY GOD ITS THE MILLENIUM FALCOOOON!*

    • @schaddalton2506
      @schaddalton2506 6 лет назад +2

      No one cares what you think.

  • @magiciansway
    @magiciansway 4 года назад +2992

    Now THAT"S a Star Wars film.

    • @dinohuntr851
      @dinohuntr851 4 года назад +72

      magiciansway This was my childhood. This is what I want. Not the George Lucas revisions, the original. It’s like this is a part of me.

    • @hlcepeda
      @hlcepeda 4 года назад +30

      I was a little kid when I saw this within a few days of its original release, and I recall two interesting theater reactions. One when Yoda said “Do or do not. There is no try.” (A very vocal, yeah! from some in the audience and a couple of high-fives). The other (cheers!) when Luke turned off his targeting computer.

    • @magiciansway
      @magiciansway 4 года назад +23

      @@dinohuntr851 Yes! I saw this as a 16 year old and I vividly remember the agonizing wait for it's release, slightly fearful that it wouldn't live up to my expectations then thrilled that it did. To a 16 year old boy it spoke directly to the hero's journey and spoke to something larger than just a movie.

    • @magiciansway
      @magiciansway 4 года назад +28

      @@hlcepeda Absolutely! "A New Hope" was a well made movie with rich archetypal themes, a plot that enthralled, strong male AND female characters (characters that you cared about...) and wisdom.

    • @hlcepeda
      @hlcepeda 4 года назад +8

      @@magiciansway ANH pushed all the right buttons!

  • @ElevatedPro
    @ElevatedPro 4 года назад +271

    The reaction to Han’s “ya-hoo” gives me chills. One of the greatest videos on RUclips. Wish I was alive then to see this.

    • @SB992REBORN
      @SB992REBORN 2 года назад

      its YE-HEWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! , NOT YA HOO!!!

    • @sketch3744
      @sketch3744 2 года назад +5

      I legit start to tear up.

    • @andrewburgemeister6684
      @andrewburgemeister6684 2 года назад +6

      It’s such a great moment since Han was sort of an anti-hero who didn’t want to get involved so obviously left before the battle began, but ultimately had a change of heart and found the courage to do what it is right and help the Rebel Alliance.
      Star Wars was influenced a bit of course by The Wizard of Oz, and it’s theorised that Chewbacca and to an extension Han stood in for the Cowardly Lion who of course struggles to find the courage to do what’s right, it’s a great arc in both those films when they find they had courage all along.

    • @chuckgarcia2648
      @chuckgarcia2648 2 года назад +4

      I was 7 years old and every adult in side the theater were very elated.

    • @AnastasiaBeaverhousn
      @AnastasiaBeaverhousn Год назад

      OMG, it was WONDERFUL!!!! I was on the edge of my seat!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️

  • @mugensamurai
    @mugensamurai 6 лет назад +1701

    1977 A year when starfighters needed a lot of tweaking to work right.

    • @DeepDeepSpace
      @DeepDeepSpace 6 лет назад +84

      and a year when star pilots had to wear flight suits.

    • @hurlbag559
      @hurlbag559 6 лет назад +71

      It sounds like darth vader is tweaking his controls the entire clip with that constant squeaking.

    • @JJMomoida
      @JJMomoida 6 лет назад +74

      Right? The way Vader fiddles with the knobs and controls, you'd think he's looking for that one sweet radio station.

    • @clanka7708
      @clanka7708 6 лет назад +5

      I've seen tweakers fly starships with the best of em

    • @6Nostromo
      @6Nostromo 6 лет назад +19

      Dreadlord Sinister : it's the sound of the tape cassette recorder's own wheels squeaking.

  • @gerrykomalaysia2
    @gerrykomalaysia2 7 лет назад +2575

    nice, this is history

    • @lukesick1
      @lukesick1 6 лет назад +9

      Gerryko Malaysia Media Events & Food well it did take place a long time ago in a galaxy far far away

    • @mizcs
      @mizcs 6 лет назад +8

      now this is history racing!

    • @odst1778
      @odst1778 4 года назад +1

      This is truly history i would be born almost 33 years later

    • @justinring5172
      @justinring5172 4 года назад

      Nice I was your 2,000th like

    • @gr8cescale
      @gr8cescale 4 года назад

      you could make a religion out of this

  • @kid-kuma
    @kid-kuma 4 года назад +440

    The fact that this exists is amazing, this is literally historic. This audio recording to people reacting to what might be the most significant film in modern history, and they're seeing it when it was nothing but a brand new film. Not to add a pun into the comments but this literally belongs in a museum.

    • @RoyalKnightVIII
      @RoyalKnightVIII 4 года назад +6

      Just hope Disney doesn't try to scrub it from the internet

    • @cherylhulting1301
      @cherylhulting1301 4 года назад +5

      Really it does. Don't we have a Star Wars Museum yet? This needs to go into the archives.

    • @RoyalKnightVIII
      @RoyalKnightVIII 4 года назад +3

      @@cherylhulting1301 Lucas did try but the local ruling class didn't want it

    • @vincentconti3633
      @vincentconti3633 4 года назад +2

      Well....important in the science fiction genre!!

    • @thegrasswhistle5238
      @thegrasswhistle5238 3 года назад

      @@RoyalKnightVIII Umm... for what possible reason would they do that?

  • @orbitalape7412
    @orbitalape7412 3 года назад +119

    In the 70’s an Iranian family who left Iran at the time of the revolution moved in next door to me in London. In 1978 I was 7 and I got to know the 2 children in the family well. One Friday night there was a knock at the door and the family asked if I would like to go to the cinema with them, We went along to a cinema in Ealing, West London and the film turned out to be Star Wars, and my 7 year old mind was truly blown. I will be forever grateful for their invite and remember the evening fondly. They soon after moved to the U.S. and we lost touch. Hope they are all happy and well wherever they are now.

    • @PoochieCollins
      @PoochieCollins 3 месяца назад +2

      Thanks for sharing such a warm and fuzzy anecdote.

  • @mugensamurai
    @mugensamurai 6 лет назад +2585

    Chewbacca: "What the hell are you all clapping at I didn't get my damn medal."

    • @94nolo
      @94nolo 6 лет назад +104

      This galaxy was built on racism and wookie slavery!

    • @ZorroCeleste1
      @ZorroCeleste1 6 лет назад +52

      Wookies despise medals and trophies.

    • @mar10ssj1
      @mar10ssj1 6 лет назад +8

      Furr balls don't deserve any medals.

    • @Vaultboy101
      @Vaultboy101 6 лет назад +12

      They should've pinned a rosette on him, like a prize stallion.

    • @Mikewee777
      @Mikewee777 6 лет назад

      mugensamurai , funny because it is true.

  • @ces4399
    @ces4399 4 года назад +530

    Before "the explosion ring." Before it was called "A New Hope" and simply "Star Wars."

    • @Melayahm01
      @Melayahm01 4 года назад +21

      Yeah, just Star Wars, although, wasn't A New Hope at the beginning of the crawling text? It's hard to remember now. It obviously wasn't episode 4 though!

    • @idontknow164
      @idontknow164 4 года назад +10

      I still go through the labor of saying ""Star Wars", "Empire" and "Jedi"" rather than "original trilogy".

    • @spyder1138
      @spyder1138 4 года назад +30

      @@Melayahm01 "A New Hope", like the preceding "Episode IV" subtitle was added for the 1981 re-release. In 1977 all it said was "Star Wars" followed by the story summary that we know today.

    • @roguescorner9042
      @roguescorner9042 4 года назад +4

      @@idontknow164 I mean, it's still THE original trilogy. The original first films that came out.

    • @idontknow164
      @idontknow164 4 года назад +4

      @@roguescorner9042 ah but I say this to you my interesting friend. If there were only 3 movies wouldn't we be calling it "The Star Wars Trilogy"? That's how it was before prequels and sequels

  • @Zombie81212
    @Zombie81212 7 лет назад +1552

    My first exposure to Star Wars was Lego Star Wars: The Original Trilogy so when my dad first showed me Star Wars on the cassette I was naming all of the characters like "REBEL FRIEND" and such

    • @franciscoandrada412
      @franciscoandrada412 7 лет назад +31

      Matthew Greer same, i watched return of the Jedi and i was scared of jabba

    • @act29productions37
      @act29productions37 7 лет назад +37

      Matthew Greer hahahaha thats so funny😂 I remember that character, that game was some good times

    • @andrewd4413
      @andrewd4413 7 лет назад +3

      Matthew Greer OMFG SAME

    • @andrewd4413
      @andrewd4413 7 лет назад +24

      Matthew Greer thats almost exactly how i was introduced to star wars and I have been obsessed with it for 9 to 10 years

    • @clayman518
      @clayman518 7 лет назад +4

      Matthew Greer same

  • @nathanokun8801
    @nathanokun8801 4 года назад +389

    I had the middle seat of the second row from the front after waiting 5 hours in two lines to get in, knowing NOTHING about the movie, since it had no trailers of any real kind and this was the first weekend that it was being shown. I thought my seat was going to be bad due to the loud sounds, but it was the absolute BEST POSSIBLE seat in the entire theater. Those spaceships coming in at the beginning literally "blew me away"... Best movie beginning EVER!!

    • @nikolaimaharaj2319
      @nikolaimaharaj2319 4 года назад +13

      Cool to hear it from someone who experienced it live I envy you on so many levels

    • @nathanokun8801
      @nathanokun8801 4 года назад +25

      @@nikolaimaharaj2319 The craziest part was that I was not going to go to a movie that weekend since my wife just had our first baby. However, she was with her mother at her mother's apartment and told me TO GO AWAY UNTIL LATE THAT NIGHT SINCE I WAS "GETTING ON THEIR NERVES". So I left and when I got in the car I remembered the STAR WARS movie and decided that I had nothing else to do, so I might as well watch it. Boy, getting thrown out by my wife was one of the luckiest things I ever had happen to me. My whole life has a lot of such crazy things, many not so good, but this was...

    • @edercortes1960
      @edercortes1960 4 года назад +2

      How didn’t this movie did not have any trailer or teasers that’s really impossible to go see this film back then and not see any promotion.

    • @nikolaimaharaj2319
      @nikolaimaharaj2319 4 года назад +4

      @@edercortes1960 because it wasn't a big deal at first, all this would've really be seen as is some ordinary space movie

    • @edercortes1960
      @edercortes1960 4 года назад +1

      Nikolai Maharaj ...no I hear you trust me I’m just saying if I was growing up in the 70s and heard of this movie I would be really mad at Seiskel and ebert for it

  • @CallumMurphy007
    @CallumMurphy007 7 лет назад +780

    Just imagine. You're on your way to see a movie; the trailers look dumb and has nothing interesting.
    'A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away' pops up and your like 'yep I want to go home n....'
    STAR
    WARS
    Everyone freaks out
    2 hours later...
    Everyone's muscles are swore after tensing them for too long in the film. You walk out thinking that was the best movie ever!!!
    I personally can't even begin to imagine what this was like in 1977 in theatres. The only sad thing is that we will never have a feeling like this ever again!

    • @thegageinator805
      @thegageinator805 7 лет назад +5

      Callum Murphy watch out for the next five years

    • @4Mr.Crowley2
      @4Mr.Crowley2 7 лет назад +35

      Word got out very quickly...I had a professor that was around 20 when SW was released in 1977, and he went with his entire group of friends to see it again the same night. They also started waiting in lines for tickets to see it again and again (7 times over a couple of weeks if I remember correctly). I wish I could have been part of that phenomenon -- and seeing Led Zeppelin in the 70s before Bonham died...

    • @bigapplepieinthesky
      @bigapplepieinthesky 7 лет назад +36

      My Dad tells me that he and his high school buddies went to it on opening night and saw it every single night that week. 7 times in a row. You don't do that for just any old movie.

    • @timy.4818
      @timy.4818 7 лет назад +11

      Callum Murphy I was 14 when this came out. Me and my friends must have seen it 6 or 7 times. Amazing !

    • @gracefullynadine864
      @gracefullynadine864 7 лет назад +29

      My father told me that when he went to go see it, his uncle took him out to a theater hours away for it, and when he told him the title he just thought "Star Wars? That sounds lame." He was about 11 or 12 at this point. He said that when he left the theater it was like no other movie he'd ever seen.
      About 18 years later, he buys the VHS trilogy and sits me down. Star Wars? That sounds lame...

  • @haruruben
    @haruruben 7 лет назад +728

    Awesome little slice of history.

    • @haruruben
      @haruruben 7 лет назад +34

      Rest In Peace, Princess Leia

    • @dylanjones268
      @dylanjones268 7 лет назад +19

      +sellbullion That's some serious edge you got there

    • @ProjectFlashlight612
      @ProjectFlashlight612 7 лет назад +16

      sellbullion What a sad lonely life you must lead

    • @decenthumans
      @decenthumans 7 лет назад +7

      So glad I watched this

    • @culp22
      @culp22 7 лет назад

      Who hurt you?

  • @TheStormArrow
    @TheStormArrow 9 лет назад +499

    I wish there was a version of this with the audience reaction to 'No I am your father'

    • @atidiaX
      @atidiaX 8 лет назад +158

      +Storm Arrow There is. And it is dead silent. At the time, people thought it was a lie by Vader to trick Luke into joining him.

    • @TheGgrrmanning
      @TheGgrrmanning 8 лет назад +32

      +atidiaX what about return of the jedi with landos "yeehaaa!"

    • @yarpen26
      @yarpen26 8 лет назад +45

      actually Dave Prowse had spilled the beans back in 1979 but it was long before the internet so i guess only a tiny percentage of the audiences knew

    • @yetinpanda
      @yetinpanda 7 лет назад +10

      Just watched one on youtube, a reaction video of children & adults- whom had never seen/heard of Star Wars, reacting to this scene. Fun stuff.

    • @tom_4615
      @tom_4615 7 лет назад +37

      yarpen26 I can't see this as being true as David prowse's lines were "No Obi Wan killed you're father" Including George Lucas, mark Hamil and James Earl Jones, only 7 people knew the truth until it was first aired in cinemas

  • @jaymac5324
    @jaymac5324 4 года назад +372

    I heard critics didnt think star wars would do well in theatres because the movie Smokey and the Bandit came out at the same time...you believe that?

    • @jacobmonks3722
      @jacobmonks3722 4 года назад +27

      I think that's less about the quality of Star Wars more to the credit Smokey and the Bandit. I mean, that movie is a riot and a hell of a lot of fun.

    • @jaymac5324
      @jaymac5324 4 года назад +15

      @@jacobmonks3722 not taking anything away from smokey, gotta love Burt Reynolds and who didnt want a trans am after watching that movie. Star Wars has just reached hights that no other movie has in pulp culture and to think that peoole thought it wasnt going to be good enough. Just goes to show that you can never tell the future and that all ideas should be considered and given a chance.

    • @Bleeperblopper497
      @Bleeperblopper497 4 года назад +7

      Wtf is Smokey and the bandit? Just proves which movie was more memorable

    • @garygough6905
      @garygough6905 4 года назад +3

      Just before it came out I read about Mark Hammel and I think Ben Bova at a SF convention talking about Mark staring in a major movie that might never be shown. Everyone in the industry knew SF was just B movies about tentacle monsters, with no market. Of course afterwards the same people were making bad knockoffs.

    • @gazzaboo8461
      @gazzaboo8461 4 года назад +8

      To be fair, Smokey was a blast! I saw both, as did many others. After all, I was the target audience for both😁

  • @MN-fc5so
    @MN-fc5so 8 лет назад +595

    I was there,my brother and my Father R.I.P... he took us at least 15 times.. we had the shirts with iron ons,all the toys that christmas.. still have them too.. I was proud to be a part of this phenom.. and still glad to be a part of it today..

    • @nobodyatall6620
      @nobodyatall6620 7 лет назад +12

      Mike Nappo can i ask, why do people insist on having so many fulstops at the end of a setence?

    • @anotherkat4u
      @anotherkat4u 7 лет назад +43

      i was 8 years old... the Colony Theatre downtown Winnipeg, Canada ..i
      paid 1.80 cents ( the bus was 10 cents getting there ) ...from the first
      scenes...small space ship, being chased by a bigger space ship...i
      still smell the pop corn..feel the sticky floor..my huge bucket of
      'coke', ' watching the " ole' red curtain " open...it was like a space
      version of Robin Hood...the audience was clapping and cheering for the
      rebels winning!!...the next few weeks, the word was out, the lines for
      this " NEW movie " went around the block and further... i'll trade 1.5
      years of my life for that 1.5 hours back ~(^..)

    • @richardpicchietti1130
      @richardpicchietti1130 7 лет назад +4

      Mike Nappo that's awesome!

    • @richardpicchietti1130
      @richardpicchietti1130 7 лет назад +2

      anotherkat4u cool memory

    • @owen2193
      @owen2193 7 лет назад +2

      Mike Nappo so cool bro.

  • @39Hundred
    @39Hundred 9 лет назад +425

    Little did anyone realize that there was a 12 year old boy in the audience by the name of Mikey. Mesmerized by the massive explosion of the Death Star, little Mikey decided to become a film maker himself, dreaming of filling his films with explosions of his own. We now know him as Michael Bay.

    • @zoltanvarga6408
      @zoltanvarga6408 7 лет назад +58

      There was another little boy in the audience by the name of Steve. Mesmerized by the thousand faces of Threepio, little Steve decided to become a talented actor, dreaming of filling his films with deep emotion. He decided to become a man of a thousand faces . We now know him as Steven Seagal.

    • @takerdust
      @takerdust 7 лет назад +14

      Segal became a lawman, taking down crime with a SUV packed with old men, and his Akkido.

    • @UnseenVids
      @UnseenVids 6 лет назад

      Not Steven Speilburg?

    • @ryanbarr2178
      @ryanbarr2178 6 лет назад +7

      Steven Spielberg was already good friends with George Lucas when Star Wars came out

    • @alanquintero7
      @alanquintero7 6 лет назад +2

      Unseen Minecraft do you mean Steavan Speilbirg?

  • @KevinSigman
    @KevinSigman 4 года назад +537

    “The End. Ta-da!”....little did they know just how NOT the end it would turn out to be over the decades.

    • @justaguy9156
      @justaguy9156 4 года назад +30

      Kevin Sigman it’s was great for decades, then Disney happened and it all went to shite

    • @AliceDiableaux
      @AliceDiableaux 4 года назад +10

      @@justaguy9156 did you just seriously forget the prequels exist? 😂😂😂

    • @cassu6
      @cassu6 4 года назад +15

      AliceDiableaux did you just seriously forget how they weren’t the ending of the story rather than an explanation what lead up to the OT? Also they were great movies with awesome world building even better than the OT in my opinion.

    • @patrickchoque7720
      @patrickchoque7720 4 года назад +3

      Trapped In A Bagel hahahahahahahA

    • @zalabit927
      @zalabit927 4 года назад +16

      Prequels had some really terrible dialogues and some good characters totally wasted, but it was really good in everything else, way better than what we got in this new trilogy.

  • @starwarsrebel2006
    @starwarsrebel2006 3 года назад +108

    I saw it opening night in 1977 when I was just 10 years old. The audience reaction was just like this, and now, at the age of 53, I'm a Star Wars addict for life.

  • @davidandersson7642
    @davidandersson7642 7 лет назад +233

    The sequence of Luke firing the torpedoes and finally inhaling is one of my favorite moments in movie history. It gets me every time.

    • @darkphoenix2
      @darkphoenix2 6 лет назад +4

      Uh, exhaling isn't he?

    • @mikemc4340
      @mikemc4340 6 лет назад

      Gets you how? Turned on?

    • @JonesNate
      @JonesNate 6 лет назад +2

      David Andersson I read an old copy of the book. The book explained that Luke gave himself over to the force when he fired the torpedoes, and he force-guided them into the shaft. His heavy exhaling here is his return from out of an almost trance-like state.

    • @mikemc4340
      @mikemc4340 6 лет назад

      Nate Jones hehe shaft

    • @JonesNate
      @JonesNate 6 лет назад

      Mike Mc The avatar really helps with that joke.

  • @johnchris7278
    @johnchris7278 4 года назад +1996

    “Written and directed by George Lucas”

    • @goodmyndsetband9670
      @goodmyndsetband9670 4 года назад +168

      John Chris how it should be

    • @rumpio5505
      @rumpio5505 4 года назад +230

      Back when Star Wars was gold, now it’s a cash grab.

    • @elias2383
      @elias2383 4 года назад +49

      @@rumpio5505 star wars 9 is great

    • @MajinBuuButtercup
      @MajinBuuButtercup 4 года назад +116

      George Lucas sold his empire to the dark side.
      I still like Star Wars...but this last trilogy was a hot mess

    • @MajinBuuButtercup
      @MajinBuuButtercup 4 года назад +25

      @@elias2383 I have tried to immerse myself into these, but there are these clanging... discrepancies that make it difficult. The overall story elements weren't weak; their presentation and organization were abysmal.

  • @canceritself1854
    @canceritself1854 7 лет назад +471

    I may have not grown up with the original films, but I grew up with the prequel trilogy which introduced me to Star Wars.

    • @buger348
      @buger348 7 лет назад +7

      I saw the 3 original films when i was 5, then my dad took me to the prequels on the theatre, i walked out with 5 years lol

    • @ShakeSoft
      @ShakeSoft 7 лет назад +4

      Cancer Itself185 My first movie in the theaters was Episode II, in 2002. I was 7 and I choose Star Wars over Spider-Man only because I grew up watching the original trilogy.

    • @canceritself1854
      @canceritself1854 7 лет назад +8

      Steve Rogers Yeah, I loved those films. When I was younger, episode 1 was my favorite (don’t ask why). When I rewatched all the prequels episode 3 had to be my favorite prequel movie. Star Wars was a great thing to be into at the time, well I guess right now too because of The force awakens but I didn’t like it too much.

    • @buger348
      @buger348 7 лет назад

      Stimulator7 4-5-6= Children and adults
      1-2-3: Adults

    • @buger348
      @buger348 7 лет назад

      I mean, when i was 5 i was on theatre ROTS and walked out of boredom

  • @56postoffice
    @56postoffice 2 года назад +58

    This audio is an historical document and should be preserved. Sent chills down my back.

  • @WVMothman
    @WVMothman 4 года назад +395

    Nobody clapped during or after The Rise of Skywalker in my theater. I could hear a pin drop. Lol!

    • @empress9554
      @empress9554 4 года назад +57

      When we left the theater peoples faces were solemn and their eyes looked at the floor

    • @empress9554
      @empress9554 4 года назад +52

      saw a kid walk out looking like the Arthur clenched fist meme

    • @Dudemon-1
      @Dudemon-1 4 года назад +26

      Lots of clapping for Rise of Skywalker each time I saw it.

    • @christianriddler5063
      @christianriddler5063 4 года назад +40

      @@Dudemon-1 I smell bullshit.

    • @PS-uj1fn
      @PS-uj1fn 4 года назад +60

      @@Dudemon-1 they were clapping because the pain finally ended

  • @4Mr.Crowley2
    @4Mr.Crowley2 7 лет назад +862

    Did I correctly hear a woman calling Peter Cushing/Grand Moff Tarkin a "monster" after he gives the "fire when ready" order? Even if I heard it incorrectly I thought that was awesome -- I remember feeling (when I was a kid) that Cushing/Tarkin was much scarier than Vader. Cushing was just awesome in this role (and in all of his films -- I love his turns in Hammer horror films despite the overall cheesiness -- he lent class to every production).

    • @Zombie81212
      @Zombie81212 7 лет назад +11

      aleister crowley
      Sounded more like "we lost her" as in Leia

    • @TheJamF100
      @TheJamF100 7 лет назад +42

      Matthew Greer she said "We lost R2."

    • @TailsKitsune7
      @TailsKitsune7 7 лет назад +4

      aleister crowley When i saw Gladiator, I loathed the villain
      Excellent acting there too

    • @gustavouchida1
      @gustavouchida1 7 лет назад +53

      So as Christopher Lee, to his early Golden Age films. That's why Lucas hired him for Dooku...
      (fun fact: in Portuguese, saying Dooku out loud is the same as "from the ass")

    • @Deus_Imperator
      @Deus_Imperator 7 лет назад +13

      i wonder if that's why we have the kids' word "dooky" for poop

  • @pauljmorton
    @pauljmorton 7 лет назад +849

    Do audiences react like this to anything anymore? I live in a country with the coldest audience in the world, and at the end of Rogue One I just wanted to cheer and applaud the hell out of it.

    • @gameboypunk660
      @gameboypunk660 7 лет назад +39

      Paul J. Morton Gotta go to LA and not to sound racist or anything visit the black theatres, actually Quentin Tarantino always screens his movies in LA at black theatres cause they react to his movies the best.

    • @jdwb7045
      @jdwb7045 7 лет назад +58

      Some do for sure... The Force Awakens had a very energetic audience where I was. SO did Rogue One!

    • @sergiodelgadinho
      @sergiodelgadinho 7 лет назад +10

      From Portugal here. At the end of Rogue One I was pumping with energy and I started aplauding and laughing. My face was hurting with smiling. Some other guy aplauded like 3 claps and that was it. Fucking boring audience. I could do all the laughing by myself but come on who doesn't like to feel that community sense in the cinema right?

    • @AGiantSloar
      @AGiantSloar 7 лет назад +2

      Paul J. Morton When I saw Contact, the audience applauded at the end.

    • @saturninhabitant
      @saturninhabitant 7 лет назад +1

      I remember when I saw Independence Day in 1996. The audience was wild, they cheered, clapped and screamed. Also similar happened with movies like Godzilla and Guardians Of the Galaxy (both from 2014).

  • @TristanTris321GoT
    @TristanTris321GoT 4 года назад +229

    It’s cool hearing Gen X ers reminiscing. A generation unfortunately overlooked but reminding us of a great era in difficult times. You guys rock. 😊

    • @ilovemuslimfood666
      @ilovemuslimfood666 4 года назад +3

      WarpedWeft I hate how they vote, though.

    • @canyoumakemeasandwich
      @canyoumakemeasandwich 4 года назад +1

      Furry Fox so true

    • @starwarsrebel2006
      @starwarsrebel2006 4 года назад +16

      @WarpedWeft Thank you for correctly calling us Gen Xers. I'm really tired of hearing the very inaccurate, "Ok boomer" comments. I'm 100% Gen X.

    • @jameshalleluyah8133
      @jameshalleluyah8133 4 года назад +8

      @@starwarsrebel2006 To the boomer comment just reply I'm an X-Man!

    • @starwarsrebel2006
      @starwarsrebel2006 4 года назад +1

      @@jameshalleluyah8133 Awesome! Lol

  • @fredrickrake7450
    @fredrickrake7450 4 года назад +48

    My favorite memory is the reaction of the crowd in Empire Strikes Back when R2D2 fixes the hyperdrive and the Falcon goes into hyperspeed. You could feel it in your bones.

  • @iReiGNxx
    @iReiGNxx 7 лет назад +305

    This is a gift. Thank you for sharing this with those of us who weren't even born yet back then!!

  • @gorehammer42o
    @gorehammer42o 4 года назад +90

    Man, when the Falcon showed up and everyone was all "woooo".
    I ACTUALLY felt that.

    • @MrJohnlennon007
      @MrJohnlennon007 4 года назад +7

      I still tear up when it happens. Han’s redemption arc from running away from problems to being the hero.

  • @HOTPLATEGAMING
    @HOTPLATEGAMING 4 года назад +834

    I was still in my dads sack when the movie came out

  • @rjkral
    @rjkral 4 года назад +292

    I’m telling you who didn’t see it upon release, at the time there was nothing like it. The pure exhilaration after seeing it, nothing like it at all!!

    • @lasquish552
      @lasquish552 4 года назад +1

      Robert J Kral ok

    • @jowbloe3673
      @jowbloe3673 4 года назад +7

      When movies on the big screen were actually on a *BIG* screen.

    • @rjkral
      @rjkral 4 года назад +3

      Jow Bloe yeah funny you say that. The big screen I saw it on became 2 screens / 2 theaters instead of one about a decade later.

    • @les4767
      @les4767 4 года назад +5

      @@rjkral The one I saw it in is now a parking lot....

    • @rjkral
      @rjkral 4 года назад +1

      Les ugh! Yeah as I said the great theater I saw it at split into 2 screens, but right now it’s completely gutted and is now just part of a shopping center. It was once one of Australia’s most grand and prestigious of theaters. My downtown at he time had many movie theaters to choose from by simply walking around (at least 5 different complexes within walking distances Eve when they became multi screen facilities). ALL of them are now gone.

  • @thebacons5943
    @thebacons5943 7 лет назад +269

    It's so great that the new movies bring this feeling back for fans new and old

    • @Soyofdarknes
      @Soyofdarknes 7 лет назад

      The Bacons Are them?

    • @gatotsu2501
      @gatotsu2501 7 лет назад

      The Bacons
      Really now

    • @Ironarm011
      @Ironarm011 7 лет назад +22

      AHAHAHAHAH
      no

    • @alvarostockle
      @alvarostockle 7 лет назад +28

      It's so great that the new movies bring this feeling back to grateful people who knows how to enjoy a product without bitching for everything.

    • @AAhmou
      @AAhmou 7 лет назад +1

      Alvaro Stöckle Yep... I like this

  • @jimwalker1064
    @jimwalker1064 9 лет назад +196

    I was 8 when I saw this in the theatre, I was blown away by it.

    • @mj011n1r
      @mj011n1r 9 лет назад +15

      We are close to the same age. I remember not knowing what it was and going to the movies with my older cousins and being completely unprepared for the awesomeness.

    • @SamuelGarcia-nv8zb
      @SamuelGarcia-nv8zb 9 лет назад +2

      +Jim Walker I envy you haha

    • @Pynaegan
      @Pynaegan 8 лет назад +10

      I was 8 years old too. I don't think any kids today can *ever* feel what we felt back then with introduction of this movie. Nothing like it had ever been done. I'd say a close second would be "Jurassic Park" with is dinosaurs. Either way, the new generations have "Starwars" to thank for the movies they get (and take for granted) today.

    • @RangerX65
      @RangerX65 6 лет назад

      Jim Walker damn, you are one lucky son of a bitch, I wish I saw this movie as a kid, sadly I saw Phantom menace as my first Star wars experience

    • @patbluetree4636
      @patbluetree4636 6 лет назад

      I was 7, It captured my imagination like nothing before or since.

  • @SomeGuyXD65
    @SomeGuyXD65 4 года назад +62

    It made me a little emotional that someone was able to capture this piece of history for us to enjoy today.

  • @AdhamOhm
    @AdhamOhm 6 лет назад +82

    0:01
    This was definitely from 1977 because that's Harry Shearer's voice saying "Rebel base thirty seconds and closing". That was from the original 1977 theatrical mix, in all other audio mixes the voice is dubbed over by another voice actor.

    • @darthkek1953
      @darthkek1953 4 года назад +9

      Harmy's Despec has that version.

  • @BobBluth
    @BobBluth 8 лет назад +470

    Oh, bless you. You used the original Death Star explosion and everything. :)

    • @Wattothejunkdealer
      @Wattothejunkdealer 8 лет назад +112

      well its the 1977 theatrical version and the audio from the theater

    • @intenselan
      @intenselan 7 лет назад +37

      Han. Shot. First. :)

    • @BobBluth
      @BobBluth 7 лет назад +60

      You mean only Han shot, of course. :)

    • @intenselan
      @intenselan 7 лет назад +7

      Yes, I damn well do. :)

    • @dreivalium8517
      @dreivalium8517 7 лет назад +6

      Also black n white R2 in the beginning

  • @geoffreykane274
    @geoffreykane274 4 года назад +23

    This WAS the movie you had to see in the summer of 1977 if you were 10 years old ! It blew me and my friends away ! We went back to see it 7 times more. 😊

  • @tracyzug9386
    @tracyzug9386 4 года назад +23

    I had just turned 18 when this movie came out. Let me tell you there had never been anything like this before. We were all so shocked. This is what great SF is like. This raised the bar for all movies that followed.

    • @andrewburgemeister6684
      @andrewburgemeister6684 2 года назад +1

      Alien which came out two years later in ‘79 and used space as an element of horror and fear rather than wonder was immediately greenlit by Fox once Star Wars was raking in big bucks, they even brought over the production designers from Star Wars to do the designs for Alien with the sets and special effects.
      Not to mention about 5 years on we’d have Blade Runner with Harrison Ford and with great visual effects and design!

  • @Begining2013
    @Begining2013 7 лет назад +131

    It's great to hear not only the audience reaction but also to see the original Death Star explosion, before George decided to mess with it.

    • @AndromedaRoach
      @AndromedaRoach 6 лет назад +18

      The video isn't from 1977, only the audio is; it's just synced to the video. The video is probably from the Despecialized fan cut / the laserdisc release.

    • @lachmacf
      @lachmacf 6 лет назад

      Symphonic Metal Citadel Video is probably from the 2006 GOUT DVD.

    • @williamm374
      @williamm374 4 года назад +1

      The ripoff from Star Trek with the blast ring. I hate it.

    • @wales2k4747
      @wales2k4747 4 года назад +1

      William M Blast ring wasn’t created by Star Trek...

  • @orfeas248
    @orfeas248 7 лет назад +114

    I WANT THE REACTION TO VADER SAYING I AM YOUR FATHER TO LUKE IN 1980!!!!!!!

  • @ComdrStew
    @ComdrStew 6 лет назад +54

    I still remember going to see Star Wars when I was 5 years old. I still remember everyone yelling and cheering I have never saw another movie where the crowd reacted like that it was a new beginning in movie special effects. To a 5 year old boy it had a big impact on my life over the last 40 years. Shoot we still had a Black and White TV at that time. My Mom bought me a lot of Star Wars toys I even had 10 Stormtroopers. I don't know how she did it we were so poor she had to make my clothes. I came home from school one day to an AT-AT sitting on the table it was the one Star Wars toy I wanted more than anything and somehow she got it.

  • @thurney4343
    @thurney4343 4 года назад +25

    This was my summer film way back in 1977. What is hard for young people to understand is that this film in its time was cutting edge and a visual spectacle for the eye. I was 14 at the time and to this day at 56 I still enjoy this film and the memories it still holds for me. Every generation has its own distinct place and time in history...Star Wars is definitely a part of my youth and will always be cherished.

  • @intenselan
    @intenselan 8 лет назад +80

    I remember it being really loud in the theater on opening weekend 1977 too! What a phenomenon this movie was!

  • @greymajickjedi
    @greymajickjedi 6 лет назад +230

    1:38 -
    Anyone else get super emotional?
    (': ✨🌟❤👍😎

    • @stinkypinkeee5085
      @stinkypinkeee5085 4 года назад +6

      I was in a theater that opening weekend with my Mother and a Friend of hera...she said it was the first time I kept my mouth shut through a movie...before it was said and done, we saw it in every type of theatre and drive-in we had...and now, I have to watch the special editions and pretend...damn it...

    • @Winter1x
      @Winter1x 4 года назад +2

      WOW, I didn't expect that flood of emotion!

    • @donovanwhitley775
      @donovanwhitley775 4 года назад +1

      stinky pinkeee I still have an original copy on vhs thank god, but no longer have a VCR to watch it with... so there’s that catch.

    • @zenomorf161
      @zenomorf161 4 года назад +1

      Idid i had tears in my eyes , great times.

    • @beetlejuice1209
      @beetlejuice1209 4 года назад +5

      Cried like a fucking baby for 10 mins... What the fuck's wrong with me!? Maybe because they literally just killed it (and my love for it), hearing it at it's birth when it still made people happy made me sad????

  • @RideMyBMW
    @RideMyBMW 7 лет назад +929

    My grandpa sez people saw this like 10 times in a row back in the day....he told me Star Wars '77 was in movie theatres for 2 years!!!! Thats fu$#in mental!!! What kinda fu%$wad would pay 15 bucks for a movie thats been out for 2 years!!!

    • @FriendZone75
      @FriendZone75 7 лет назад +77

      RideMyTruck Well it was the time before home video, so

    • @RideMyBMW
      @RideMyBMW 7 лет назад +28

      My grandpa told me Empire '80 was in movie theatres for 3 years!!!! Thats just fu$#in batsh$# insane!!! Old folks had NO FU%$IN LIVES!!!!

    • @rogueskywalker2624
      @rogueskywalker2624 7 лет назад +16

      +RideMyTruck more like no phone....

    • @RideMyBMW
      @RideMyBMW 7 лет назад +32

      Grandpa sez you had to physically WALK OVER to a friends house to talk to them....WTF DUDES? Thats fu%$in dumbass MENTAL!!!

    • @FriendZone75
      @FriendZone75 7 лет назад +82

      Alright, now you can stop fucking commenting.

  • @ellensmithson6662
    @ellensmithson6662 3 года назад +13

    My dad was 14 when he went to see this for the first time in 1977. Said he came out feeling like he was in another world. He then went again to see it another 14 times! Needless to say, it’s his all time favourite movie.

  • @SmokeyBCN
    @SmokeyBCN 7 лет назад +67

    This is great, you can even hear the tape squeaking in the background

    • @timy.4818
      @timy.4818 7 лет назад +7

      Nilin Lusankya yes ! You can here it !It's funny that people think this is fake because the video quality is so good. He simply synced up his audio recording with this video clip he got off the net or somewhere else.

  • @Hendrixking14
    @Hendrixking14 9 лет назад +35

    This video actually brought tears to my eyes.

    • @homemadehuman
      @homemadehuman 9 лет назад +1

      +Zach Mayer me too, but i dunno why. i am not even a star wars fan

  • @sjdrifter72
    @sjdrifter72 9 лет назад +32

    I remember the first time I saw this movie, unfortunately we arrived late in the showing when Han and Luke are arguing whether or not to rescue the Princess in the Death Star control room. The reaction heard in the audio are just like when I saw it except there was not just applause when the Death Star blew up, Everyone erupted in a thunderous cheer! with people standing and pumping their fists in the air. I had never had that experience in the cinema before. That's when I noticed I witnessed something very special. I was like 'WOWWW!' THIS IS AWESOME!! From that very moment I was hooked for life. We stayed for a second showing so we could see the film in its entirety. This was back when you only paid once and weren't ushered out once the movie ended. Such a great time to be alive and I feel very blessed to have experienced it from the very beginning back in 1977.

    • @CanucksGameVlogger
      @CanucksGameVlogger 9 лет назад +2

      Did you see the phantom menace when it came in 1999 in theatres?

    • @briansview2886
      @briansview2886 6 лет назад

      I was there in 1977 and we were never able to stay for a second showing. we had to pay for all tickets. where did you live?

  • @itsmemnmxd3701
    @itsmemnmxd3701 4 года назад +31

    Little did they know the absolute cinematic history that they had just witnessed

  • @ladyvaderkmc1
    @ladyvaderkmc1 7 лет назад +48

    That was one of the great things about Star Wars, the clapping and cheering. Most of the movies back in the day were not fun. Don't get me wrong, they were great films, The God Father, Taxi Driver, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest etc... but they were dark stories and not much to cheer about. Star Wars brought back the fun...cheering for the heroes, boo's and hisses for the villains...great memories!
    Thank you Star Wars!
    thanks for posting Homer

    • @larky368
      @larky368 6 лет назад +2

      Like when you heard "Smile you son of a..." And Chief Brody blowed him up good. He blowed him up real good. I cheered and applauded.

  • @JamesB21a
    @JamesB21a 4 года назад +431

    I remember seeing Return of the Jedi in theatres as a boy. Everyone cheered like this when Vader picked up the Emperor and threw him down the shaft and exploded. Then the station exploded. But according to Jar Jar Abrams, he survived just fine.

    • @Zombied77
      @Zombied77 4 года назад +55

      It was but a flesh wound!

    • @Sindraug25
      @Sindraug25 4 года назад +23

      I was under the impression that his servants cloned him.

    • @SuperTonyony
      @SuperTonyony 4 года назад +11

      @@Sindraug25 If his mind survived the destruction of his body, how did his mind get into a clone body? Why did the clone look so old? Why was he so ridiculously overpowered?

    • @SuperTonyony
      @SuperTonyony 4 года назад +8

      @@Sindraug25 When was he cloned? Why would a clone carry the mind/memories of its donor? Why was the clone in TROS so old?

    • @Sindraug25
      @Sindraug25 4 года назад +3

      @@SuperTonyony I don't have any of those answered. I only said that's the impression I had.

  • @that_one_guy_named_rami
    @that_one_guy_named_rami 5 лет назад +9

    "If the audience doesn't cheer when Han Solo comes in at the last second in the Millennium Falcon to help Luke when he's being chased by Darth Vader, the picture doesn't work." - Marcia Lucas

  • @lordofooo4386
    @lordofooo4386 4 года назад +27

    Ahh! I'm actually tearing up here; I remember doing exactly this kind of thing for Star Wars and Empire, taking my honking-huge Panasonic "portable" tape recorder into the theatre (which, back then, no one cared about at all) and recording the movie just so I could listen to it later! Ah the days before VHS and DVD and Streaming! Now I feel really old.

  • @PartTimeJedi
    @PartTimeJedi 4 года назад +25

    I was 8 when I saw this in 77. I remember immediately after the movie my family going to my Grandparents house where my little brother and I got out the whiffle ball bats for light sabers and relived the movie in the back yard

    • @MikeLowryOdyssey
      @MikeLowryOdyssey 4 года назад +4

      Exactly what my brother and I did lol! I was 9 and he was 10!

    • @alysiamerdavid-wasser9165
      @alysiamerdavid-wasser9165 4 года назад +2

      @@MikeLowryOdyssey Same. With princess wands & broomsticks.

    • @Loto76
      @Loto76 4 года назад +2

      We coated broomsticks with Elmer's glue and then sprinkled it with tons of glitter to make ours. Now kids have these spot on replica sabers with sound.

    • @cherylhulting1301
      @cherylhulting1301 4 года назад

      That is adorable. 😊 I remember how excited my sister and I were when we first got our light-up lightsaber tubes. 😊

  • @rho91
    @rho91 4 года назад +13

    Nothing can beat, being a 10 year old kid and watching it in 1977.

    • @cherylhulting1301
      @cherylhulting1301 4 года назад

      I hear you! I was 11 when I first saw it myself.

    • @tjsogmc
      @tjsogmc 4 года назад

      I agree. It was a glorious time to be alive!

  • @EugVR6
    @EugVR6 4 года назад +90

    I remember the reaction at school, everyone was talking about it and the toys were the things everyone wanted.

    • @Centauri012
      @Centauri012 4 года назад +3

      Yup, and you had to order the toys via mail order slips.

    • @gwenorel3319
      @gwenorel3319 3 года назад +2

      @@Centauri012 right! We all wanted Merch and there wasn’t any yet!

    • @andrewburgemeister6684
      @andrewburgemeister6684 3 года назад +2

      All that merchandise and the rights that the studio wrote off and gave to Lucas would define ‘77 and the decades to come!!

  • @edwardmiessner6502
    @edwardmiessner6502 4 года назад +37

    I remember seeing this in late summer 1977 as a teenager---this definitely brings back memories.

  • @harwickbranch
    @harwickbranch 4 года назад +6

    I bet these people in 77 were like “man I hope they make another one that’d be cool”

    • @cherylhulting1301
      @cherylhulting1301 4 года назад

      😅😅😅 We loved it in 1977 and were jazzed as hell about the sequel.

  • @dinohuntr851
    @dinohuntr851 4 года назад +493

    Just give me the original version on Blu-ray. No revisions, the original.

    • @pyrobison2002
      @pyrobison2002 4 года назад +5

      Trent Neff they are on ebay

    • @ArtamStudio
      @ArtamStudio 4 года назад +30

      do a browser search for Harmy Despecialized.

    • @keithgriffin1938
      @keithgriffin1938 4 года назад

      @@ArtamStudio You can get it.

    • @kellykiefer3683
      @kellykiefer3683 4 года назад +6

      I still have the THX Remastered trilogy on VHS in the flat box.

    • @xenounde0
      @xenounde0 4 года назад +4

      It was so weird watching this
      I knew the ring around the Death Star explosion wouldn't be there but my god the TIE fighter explosions look so bad 😂 Ive just seen the remastered version so many times

  • @dialecticalmonist3405
    @dialecticalmonist3405 8 лет назад +173

    Every time I watch that movie I am surprised that Han saves him at the end.
    I have no similar experience with any other movie I can think of.

    • @chasm671
      @chasm671 5 лет назад

      The Eagles are coming!

  • @TacoBellManager
    @TacoBellManager 4 года назад +293

    Star Wars wasn't a movie. Star Wars was The Movies.

    • @hotdogy12345
      @hotdogy12345 4 года назад +4

      This movie, is Star Wars

    • @MalcolmRandall
      @MalcolmRandall 4 года назад +5

      At a time when nobody had VCRs, the Only way to watch it.

    • @StubbyStan28
      @StubbyStan28 4 года назад +3

      I swear this movie was in the theater almost until Empire released.

    • @sarahprice659
      @sarahprice659 4 года назад +3

      I mean, heck, my dad (who “doesn’t do sci-fi”) took my mom to see it, and they loved it. These are two people who are unbelievably picky filmgoers.

    • @SB992REBORN
      @SB992REBORN 2 года назад

      NO OWEN FOOD, STAR WARS IS THE MOVIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @MrTree1779
    @MrTree1779 9 лет назад +20

    I've just synchronized the Death Star destruction scene with Harmy's Despecialized Edition of "Star Wars" (2.5), and it synched PERFECTLY.
    It was AMAZING to watch what was originally shown in theaters 38 years ago...and also hear the sounds of the audience who saw it for the first time back then.

    • @thethrashpanda
      @thethrashpanda 9 лет назад +3

      Where can I find the despecialized edition of Star Wars? It has drove me nuts!

    • @TheSonicChaotix
      @TheSonicChaotix 9 лет назад +6

      Shelbie Lynn Thrasher You have to torrent it. ThePirateBay and Kickass has them. Look for Despecialized Edition Remastered V2.5. That is the best copy of STAR WARS you can currently get your hands on.

    • @thethrashpanda
      @thethrashpanda 9 лет назад +3

      +GamerOfChaos I bet. I want to see the film the way it was presented in 1977-1978. The remasters are godawful. They screwed it up.

  • @DarthDimadome
    @DarthDimadome 7 лет назад +104

    People were able to get excited and emotionally involved with these types of movies back then. That doesn't happen anymore and it makes me sad that I wasn't able to experience this movie during that time. People are just too reserved to express emotion nowadays.

    • @DarthDimadome
      @DarthDimadome 7 лет назад +7

      princess That's awesome. Not to say it doesn't happen EVER, but movies like Star Wars, Superman 1978, and Alien got just about EVERYONE who saw them at the time to go bananas with awe, excitement, and terror. It still happens for die-hard fans, but not the casual viewer like it did back then.

    • @Deus_Imperator
      @Deus_Imperator 7 лет назад

      maybe people are tired of all the remakes and reboots

    • @jacekj7777
      @jacekj7777 7 лет назад +7

      People are also tired and bored of all PC stuff which is imposed on them in TFA or Rogue One. The producer told openly that she does not care about "male fans of SW". That is why we are not able to feel it again like in 1977.

    • @iSh0Tu99
      @iSh0Tu99 7 лет назад +2

      I think people are just afraid of expressing their excitement in a quiet theater.

    • @CloisteredExplorer
      @CloisteredExplorer 7 лет назад

      iSh0tYou99 that's what I think too.

  • @extraleague01
    @extraleague01 8 лет назад +220

    wow, this is amazing. Priceless.

    • @timy.4818
      @timy.4818 7 лет назад +8

      extraleague01 you can even here the squeaking sound of the cassette roters turning !

  • @jamespoteat9361
    @jamespoteat9361 4 года назад +6

    I was born January 1, 1977 so I missed seeing "A New Hope" in a theater. However, "The Empire Strikes Back" was my very first movie. I wore flip flops to the show because it was hot. My mom opened the theater door onto my foot by accident. This removed the toenail from my right big toe. I cried because I thought I'd miss the movie and the excruciating pain. The theater staff bandaged my toe and we made the show. I was only 6 when this happened but I remember like it was yesterday.
    My toe made a full recovery.

  • @edwinfire101
    @edwinfire101 8 лет назад +44

    My uncle saw this back in summer of 1977. He Remember the moment when the opening crawl started. He said that every people in the theater started screaming and clapping. Similar to TFA Experience. My Uncle was 13 When he saw Star Wars. I was 13 when I saw TFA. Weird isn't it.

    • @linegenrou
      @linegenrou 8 лет назад +16

      why was people clapping if they didn't even know what they were about to see?

    • @randomhuman18
      @randomhuman18 7 лет назад +1

      Now here I found the evidence of time travel.

    • @anotherkat4u
      @anotherkat4u 7 лет назад +5

      i was 8 years old... the Colony Theatre downtown Winnipeg, Canada ..i
      paid 1.80 cents ( the bus was 10 cents getting there ) ...from the first
      scenes...small space ship, being chased by a bigger space ship...i
      still smell the pop corn..feel the sticky floor..my huge bucket of
      'coke', ' watching the " ole' red curtain " open...it was like a space
      version of Robin Hood...the audience was clapping and cheering for the
      rebels winning!!...the next few weeks, the word was out, the lines for
      this " NEW movie " went around the block and further... i'll trade 1.5
      years of my life for that 1.5 hours back ~(^..)

    • @4Mr.Crowley2
      @4Mr.Crowley2 7 лет назад

      What is funny is that the crawl is lifted from older sci-fi serial films of the 1930s (specifically 1930s Flash Gordon films -- Lucas talks about how much he loved that feature as a kid watching those films).

    • @ashleystar4773
      @ashleystar4773 7 лет назад +2

      L33 Pictures My dad was 9 when he first saw star wars. I was 14 when I saw the force awakens

  • @seventythreedavid
    @seventythreedavid 7 лет назад +344

    Holy crap...I actually teared up watching this...

  • @rburley204
    @rburley204 9 лет назад +38

    I was eight years old and was in a packed cinema watching this at our local cinema.. The reactions of the crowd was an experience, similar to Jaws two years prior.. These days, crowds are used to so much technology, that there is no freshness with the new releases. Kids today, don't have the true cinema experience as audiences in the past. Miss those days immensely.

    • @rburley204
      @rburley204 9 лет назад

      +Michael Stefano So true Michael!!

    • @dahan419
      @dahan419 6 лет назад

      And the blockbuster lines. Jaws '75, and Star Wars '77. Them were the daze.

    • @filipchudziak2506
      @filipchudziak2506 6 лет назад

      "KiDs ToDaY dOn'T hAvE tRuE CiNeMa"

  • @allancove4483
    @allancove4483 3 года назад +30

    Hell, that was tame compared from my experience back in the day. In short, I allowed my best friend to talk me into going to the theater to watch this movie back in 1977. He had already seen it a few times. So we go inside & sat in the front row. By the end of the movie after the Death Star was blown to space dust, as God as my witness, what I saw, well its hard to explain but I'll try. After the Death Star was blown away, the theater felt like a earthquake had hit it. I mean that place was ROCKING!!! I'm talking grown up's in suites & ties & people of ALL ages were literally STANDING ON THE CHAIRS just a hooping it up & cheering like you would never believe. Not even when I saw Jaws & they blew the shark into fish food was there a reaction like this. I thought Jaws was the shit, but after my first hand experience of watching Star Wars on the big screen back in 1977, I take it all back. Star Wars was & IS the shit. Never before & never after, even to this day, have I ever seen such a crowd reaction like I did back in 1977. I looked at my friend that night as the cheering was going on & I remember saying to him, This could be big. And all these years later, look at just how big Star Wars became. I'll never forget that moment in time. In short, it was PURE MAGIC!!! And on a side note, I have all the Star Wars movies on dvd as the first one in 1977 too this day is my all time favorite movie. Nothing will ever top it IMO. But still, for that one night back in time, I can honestly say, I not only saw something special, but I saw PURE MAGIC. And what a feeling & what a night that was..........

    • @crb4059
      @crb4059 6 месяцев назад

      Glad someone liked it .

  • @kkbaby30
    @kkbaby30 4 года назад +54

    See how it's done? The pacing and editing and acting. The character development for Leia, Han and Luke. The comradery of the three: Leia hooking them up with her political ties and the rebellion; the rogue Han turning a new leaf and saving the kid multiple times; Luke's heroic journey leading him to believe in himself and the force to turn the tide. This is Star Wars!

    • @SB992REBORN
      @SB992REBORN 2 года назад

      IT IS, AND THATS EXACTLY WHAT GEORGE DID FOR 123 N IRVAN KERSHNER HELPED 5 AND RICHARD MARQUAND HELPED 6 AND JJ DID FOR 7 AND RIAN DID FOR 8 AND GARETH DID FOR ROGUE-1 AND RON HOWARD DID FOR SOLO SWS AND DAVE FELONI DID WITH THE CLONE WARS THEATRICAL RELEASED MOVIE AND DAVE ACOMBA DIDTO THE FOURTEEN MINUTE SHORT ANIMATED MOVIE INSIDE THE HOLIDAY SPECIAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THESE ARE STAR WARS TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @porflepopnecker4376
    @porflepopnecker4376 4 года назад +104

    I remember thinking, "Darth Vader escapes? I guess they're going to try to milk a sequel out of it..."

    • @cooliostarstache5474
      @cooliostarstache5474 4 года назад +26

      Now here we are, with the best saga of movies ever

    • @Trump-a-Tron
      @Trump-a-Tron 4 года назад +4

      @Jean Sanchez Moose wassa issa saings?

    • @JamesTheFoxeArt
      @JamesTheFoxeArt 4 года назад +1

      Jean Sanchez not really, he could’ve made a sequel anytime but he waited for the technology to tell the prequel stories, he did milk it though won’t lie

    • @nodythova8543
      @nodythova8543 4 года назад

      No you didn’t

    • @the_mighty_bearcat
      @the_mighty_bearcat 4 года назад +2

      Doubtful you thought that, because neither blockbusters, nor sequels and franchises were common place back then. In fact, Jaws and Star Wars invented the blockbuster.

  • @w.s8676
    @w.s8676 4 года назад +484

    Yeah but what if Luke would have missed the shot after turning off his computer?....can you imagine the outrage of the remaining rebels?...lol

    • @Schugger1
      @Schugger1 4 года назад +21

      Congrats, you missed the plot :D

    • @ashg9023
      @ashg9023 4 года назад +140

      Had Disney produced this episode he would have missed and leia would shoot a blaster from the planet and hit the exhaust port.

    • @dwaneanderson8039
      @dwaneanderson8039 4 года назад +60

      They wouldn't have been outraged for long. They would all be dead in a few seconds.

    • @w.s8676
      @w.s8676 4 года назад +1

      @@ashg9023 lol

    • @w.s8676
      @w.s8676 4 года назад +11

      @Alfonso Flores lol...yeah theyd be like we paid a lot of freaken republic credits for this high tech computer equipment and you didnt use it??? and now were dead ...WTF Luke??!!!

  • @derekvillorente4334
    @derekvillorente4334 4 года назад +9

    I was 10 years old when I saw Star Wars in 1977. The volume of cheers and applause when Luke Skywalker destroyed the Death Star in that movie theater was deafening.

    • @rlm6213
      @rlm6213 3 года назад +2

      Same experience here - I was seven years at the time, and saw it the weekend after it opened and yeah, the cheers when the Death Star got dusted was overwhelming.

  • @MaskMan191
    @MaskMan191 4 года назад +56

    Man, you can hear the film reel on the projector. This is a piece of film history.

    • @thiefofa1073
      @thiefofa1073 4 года назад +16

      No that's from the wheels of the walkman or cassette recorder. Early ones had a microphone in the casing itself but it would pick up the humming of motors and the squeaking of the wheels turning if you didn't oil them properly. I recognised that sound instantly.

    • @tylocook
      @tylocook 4 года назад +7

      @@thiefofa1073 came here to see if anyone else knew it was that too 😂

    • @MaskMan191
      @MaskMan191 4 года назад +3

      @@thiefofa1073 My old walkman never clicked (just kinda whirred), but mine was far from the original walkman. Nice catch, I never would have known it was a cassette recorder had you not commented!

    • @morsteen
      @morsteen 4 года назад +1

      It's so obviously the squeaky Walkman wheels, belts, or whatever else. Probably a cheap since not a lot of people could afford too of the line cassette stuff back then.

  • @pikkuadi
    @pikkuadi 8 лет назад +742

    Wha...why are my eyes so wet..

    • @fluffytoaster427
      @fluffytoaster427 7 лет назад +30

      Treebeard whoever left this damn bowl of cut onions in here is gonna die

    • @flameshot01carlin53
      @flameshot01carlin53 7 лет назад +9

      fluffytoaster427 I left the unions.

    • @MrDitkovich
      @MrDitkovich 7 лет назад +10

      Damn the European Union!

    • @jal2550
      @jal2550 7 лет назад +10

      Treebeard fucking crying too. WTF! Thanks George Lucas

    • @zacharylewis2802
      @zacharylewis2802 6 лет назад +3

      DeadDodo An accumulation of dust.

  • @devonharris5936
    @devonharris5936 7 лет назад +163

    I will now forever see the faces of Galen and Jyn Erso smiling on the sight of the explosion. Rogue One made this a better movie.

    • @devonharris5936
      @devonharris5936 7 лет назад +1

      Rename no.5 what a time to be alive!

    • @AAhmou
      @AAhmou 7 лет назад +2

      Devon Harris I will always remember the Starkiller base collapsing while some xwings and the millenium falcon flee from it. Star wars episode 7 made this worse.

    • @AAhmou
      @AAhmou 7 лет назад

      Devon Harris As I personally liked Rogue one.

    • @grantchauncey9488
      @grantchauncey9488 7 лет назад +25

      Rogue One didn't make it significantly better but I was really nice to see a genuine explanation why there was a small fault in the Death Star. It also made the Rebels seen more capable of doing something because they feel useless in the originals. The Stormtroopers massacre them in every scene. Ewoks and the main characters are the only ones that seem to be able to put up a fight.

    • @debusen81
      @debusen81 7 лет назад +10

      I know! I hope they make a movie about the frog-thing that Jabba eats' family so rotj is better.

  • @rodneyjones8881
    @rodneyjones8881 4 года назад +16

    I was 12 when the movie premiered and didn't see it till 3 months later, and ONLY because my dad wanted to get me out of the house.
    From that day forward, I couldn't get ENOUGH of STAR WARS!

  • @supremeteen1975
    @supremeteen1975 4 года назад +7

    "Chewy... We're home." - Han Solo 2015 Force Awakens
    *Everyone clapped and cheered* I'll never EVER forget that moment. 😭

  • @lunaracc914
    @lunaracc914 8 лет назад +355

    TFA had a similar reaction to the opening credits and ending scene. Also they applauded when the falcon appeared in the junk yard.

    • @dialecticalmonist3405
      @dialecticalmonist3405 8 лет назад +46

      Yes, but they did so out of nostalgia.

    • @SaraBriquera
      @SaraBriquera 8 лет назад +13

      yeah, but nobody applauded at the end of the film XDD

    • @lunaracc914
      @lunaracc914 8 лет назад +10

      They did where I was

    • @Moonfired
      @Moonfired 7 лет назад +17

      In my theater they applauded at the end too

    • @BenSlashes
      @BenSlashes 7 лет назад +38

      the difference is that in 1977 they applauded because the movie was awesome. in force awakens they applauded cause of nostalgia reasons...

  • @Bent773
    @Bent773 9 лет назад +245

    I wish I was alive in 1977

    • @Deathshuck
      @Deathshuck 9 лет назад +32

      Ben Thomas Why though? I don't think people appreciate how lucky we are to be living now.

    • @mikaelr.9676
      @mikaelr.9676 9 лет назад +14

      Deathshuck I think we're going to have twice this reaction this christmas

    • @Lexman509
      @Lexman509 9 лет назад +5

      Deathshuck Yes, I love the time when people spend their time in theaters on their stupid phones. :)

    • @CelestialWoodway
      @CelestialWoodway 9 лет назад +3

      Ben Thomas Saw it about 10 times in the theater in 1977.

    • @CelestialWoodway
      @CelestialWoodway 9 лет назад

      Deathshuck Computers and The Internet have made life easier. I remember how when writing a paper for school example, I had to use a typewriter, set the margins, if I wanted to change something type the whole paper over, etc.

  • @mikem4259
    @mikem4259 4 года назад +16

    I was there, in ‘77, as a 7 year old. My whole childhood was star wars after this.