Watching *STAR WARS* for the FIRST TIME
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Who's the more foolish? The fool or the fools who subscribe to him 😈
Hope you guys liked the reaction!
iam the fool who follows so i think iam the more foollish but iam to foolish that iam not knowing what iam saying so great video and greetings from germany and may the force be with you
Dude just try and say chewie from your throat and you'll sound like chewbacca haha
I can't wait. Thanks for doing it in release order. That's the only way to go!
1977 standing in line 8 years old holding my dad's hand worrying if we would get in..... It started a love affair that has lasted 46 years....
So far I have seen this film 378 times
Alex digging himself deeper into a hole talking about Luke and Leia and the editor trying to fix it for him is so funny
I know I was dying😂
Hahahaha the funny part is they were one step away from um…..getting forced together. Have the lightsaber in the sheath ya know 😏😏😏
I'm loving the editor's direct input on these! I can SEE him with his head in his hands.... "god, please not again".
It's like listening to Luke current inner dialogue
That and the “that’s what a bar in west Texas looks like “ were the most hilarious parts
Fun fact: the guy in the chewbacca suit really was that tall. His audition amounted to him standing up when George Lucas entered the room, and Lucas looking at all 7'3" of him and saying "That's our guy."
Rest in Peace, Peter Mayhew.
He also did the voice, whaaaaaaaa
Also, he barely needed makeup
@@jima6545 it was really Robin Williams that played Chewy, no prosthetics needed 😂😂😂😂
there was a old game show a few years back where the contestent had to guess which person on stage played chewbacca and no one knew who it was and it was the tallest person on stage
As someone who first saw this in 1977 at age 10 you have made a middle-aged man very happy 🙂
The editor's notes re. Luke and Leia were a highlight 🤣
I watched these movies almost blind last year or so but i am pretty sure everyone was shipping those two prior to episode 3 back in the 80s and 70s
@@loveblanket6512 Episode 3 wasn't that bad honestly
13:45 “Whaddaya want, to save the galaxy or husk some corn? …I don’t know what crop they harvest.”
Moisture. They harvest moisture. 😂
If he knew this there would definitely have been another Luke and Leia joke rofl. Editor might not have made it.
Always watching someone react to Star Wars for the first time is so special and amazing.
Yes.
One of my favorite things
makes us all jealous...wish i could watch it for the 1st time again.
Should i watch these or the real ones💀?
agreed
Not going to lie, watching the editor's notes is what's killing me. Laughing so hard.
Same here 😂😂
"my ears!!! I don' know how much more of this I can take!!!" i'm literally on the floor laughing :D
I hope he watched the full trilogy before this was released. Editors notes could lead to spoilerish thoughts.
Fun fact: editor's notes were invented for the specific case of content creators watching Star Wars for the first time!
same lol
In reference to 30:57, my dad actually saw A New Hope in theaters in 77. He said that at the end of the movie, during the scene where everyone gets their medals, the entire theater was standing and cheering and losing their minds. Must have been something. Wish we had things that good, nowadays
I heard that from my dad as well, he it's it was comparable to how we all were hyping up the MCU Infinity War/End Game stories.
My theater, I included was so damn hyped during the portal scene, or was in near tears during the snap. Clapping and yelling during the Strange v Thanos, or Capt Hammer.
God those 2 films were such hype.
You have no idea how amazing this moving seemed in theaters in 1977. It was a huge phenomenon.
I was 17 at the time - and the lines into the theater were hundreds of people long. I never saw that kind of dedication before or since.
I was born in 86 and saw the prequels in theatre. I remember my dad took me and tons of people were dressed up. He said this was my generation's OG trilogy.
The best part of this reaction was the editor's notes. He had me dying the whole time. Every Luke-Leia comment. Loving it...
for real i was dying every time those popped up
😂😂
Yea. I hope it continues into Empire. Just things like, "Editor's note: Oh God, no." And "Editor's note: It's like watching a car crash."
Second to that! But I will suggest one thing - make them appear a bit longer on the screen - with many of them I had to pause and rewind to actually be able to read them - it might be easier for someone who uses English as a native tongue, but still - some of them were disappearing after less than a second...
@@AdamNeoDotI am a native English speaker, with hearing aids, who always uses subtitles, and many/most of the editors notes were too fast for me as well.
I absolutely loved all of the editor's notes during this. They had me cracking up because they were saying everything I was thinking.
The editor is the MVP of this video for sure
Might be the best part. "No you don't, trust me" or something when he said he wanted Luke and Leia together was my favorite.
Mine was "its not your fault, you don't know what your saying" 😂
Same, the editor had me in tears!😂😂😂
Has Alex already watched the movies on Patreon though? I’m just wondering if the editor notes are inadvertently spoiling stuff for him.
The simplicity of the story - the archetypal hero’s journey - was what gave it such universal appeal. Everybody can watch it and enjoy it.
I am so tired of “the simplicity of the story” narrative. It’s not that simple. Of course, it’s linear, but it has depth, works on many levels and is full of plot twists and subverted expectations. Stop dumbing down Star Wars.
@@mishynaofficial you may be tired of it but that doesn’t stop it from being true.
It absolutely pertains to the original film, and arguably to the entire original trilogy.
It’s not a bad thing.
If you include the prequels though, those were a fucking dog’s dinner. Nothing classic about those.
Don’t get me started on the dumpster fire full of burning manure that was the sequel trilogy.
@@ralphclark i know it's not bad. But everyone just uses "simply hero's journey" as the beginning and the end of conversation about Star Wars OG. But there's more to it as I stated above.
Regarding prequels and sequels, I agree with your characterization.
@@mishynaofficialI don’t think they were trying to end the conversation there. In its simplest form, yes this movie is an archetypal hero’s journey that can appeal to the masses. But it’s also true that the movie is more than that, but even without everything that makes Star Wars special to the fans, it’s a great movie for casual viewers. You’re both right, it’s all good, may the Force be with you
Lucas said it's the hero's journey, just updated.
I was 12 in ‘77. Jaw was on the floor through the whole thing. Lost my father that year. He never got to see it and would have loved it, so it’s very special to me. Your reaction gave me the “tearful giddiness” 👍
Mine took me to see them but never saw the prequels. I get what you mean
What few people realize is that the Death Star conference room scene is easily the best-written exposition-dump in any movie ever. You learn a ton from everything but never feel like anyone is looking into the camera and saying "So here's how the galaxy is politically organized . . . "
It feels very much like an actual strategy meeting, only toned down a tad so kids would understand it.
@@jacobmonks3722 The original Star Wars trilogy was not meant "for kids". That nonsense only started with the Ewok movies (which were specifically made for kids) and then the PRequels trilogy.
@@TF2CrunchyFrog I never said they were made for kids specifically, but they were designed to have wide appeal, and kids were expected to see it. George Lucas even negotiated to keep merchandising rights so he could sell toys.
@@TF2CrunchyFrog George Lucas has said that kids were part of the intended audience.
@@greglbennett The amount of storytelling that The Greatest Showman achieves during the "A Million Dreams" number is phenomenal.
The editor notes are spectacular. Thank you for saying what we’re all thinking.
They had me actually laughing out loud!
Right? Those were killing me 😂
Alex, stop.
:D
I saw this movie in 1977 in the theater. I was 8 at the time. It truly was unlike anything that anyone had ever seen before. The theater was so crowded none of the kids got seats. We had to sit on parents laps or on the floor. It was an amazing experience!
I never thought about it but modern movies are obsessed with SHOWING the death of its characters happen. But what was so moving and heartbreaking about the aunt and uncles death was that luke arrived andnit was already too late. And their burned skeletons on the ground is so grusome for an old movie!
Editor's notes were clutch! Also, Alex looking for an after credits scene in 1977 is hilarious.
😂😂😂
after credits or blooper reel was like 80 right? maybe some old jackie chan movies and made it into cannon ball run
He thinks everything is like marvel 😅
Regarding your comment about the pacing of the movie being slow; if you compare it to other movies of the time this would actually be at the faster end of the spectrum. Movies back then were not as fast paced in general. The trend since that time has been for a lot of movies to be very fast paced. So that's another thing you have to think about and remember while watching movies from different past decades. I was 5 when this movie came out, grew up watching Star Wars. Now my kids are into Star Wars and we enjoy watching the movies together. I'm glad you like them so far.
I have a reaction suggestion; you need to watch The Princess Bride! Released in 1987, it's a classic! I think you would really like it.
@@reneepurdue5418 Why did you post this as a reply to this comment?
My dad took me to see the original 5 or 6 times in the summer of 1977. I was 8. It was life changing. Even my dad, who was a WWII vet (for age perspective) loved it.
Sounds like my dad's experience.
I saw it 3 times in 77. I was 11. I remember standing in the lobby with my dad and older brother. It was jam packed with people waiting for the previous showing to end. It is the only movie since that a lobby was packed full and the show was sold out that I have seen. I was blown away by Star Wars and that opening title sequence still gives me chills 46 years later.
First time I saw it was at a drive-in theater. When it came on TV, couldn't do anything else but watch it over and over again.
@@reformcongress Me too. Saw it at the drive-in in '77 with my parents (who also loved it), when I was 10. Then watched it many times on TV, then VHS, etc. Many younger folks also love it, but I don't think they'll ever quite understand what it was like for those of us who were kids when it came out, what a phenomenon it was and how life altering for so many of us, not to mention culture altering and film altering as well.
I currently own the first two trilogies (the sequel trilogy doesn't count for me) on DVD, and the original trilogy is the theatrical release without Lucas' later edits. Hopefully they release that version on Blu-ray at some point.
I was born in 1995 and all of my favorite movies are from the 80's because of my dad. On Friday when he would get off work he would drink beer I would drink soda and we would watch is favorites star wars, robo cop, aliens, total recall, predator all that 1980's action lol best time of my life 😊
34:19 It's funny you mention Top Gun as getting inspiration from Star Wars, because Star Wars actually took inspiration from WWII fighter and bomber movies and films.
I think Tora Tora Tora was a influential in this regard.
And the new top gun movie took insperation from the death star run
2:38 "Damn, old-ass intro" was actually a brand new intro recorded by the orchestra that did the soundtrack for this movie and was used on every 20th Century Fox film for years thereafter.
I truly envy the experience of getting to enjoy the Star Wars movies for the first time. Some are better than others, but much like pizza, even when it's not great, it's still pretty good
get old enough, every day is a like meeting new strangers that seem to know you...
and adult diapers..naps... #LiverspotLyfe
Except TRoS and TLJ
The fact that you could put yourself in the frame of reference of 1977 is fantastic. To many reviewers are jaded by the current state of things and don't appreciate just how groundbreaking this was.
This is why people lined up around the block to watch this movie weeks later. It was groundbreaking.
It was incredible to me even in 2010 as a kid lol, definitely timeless
to be a bit more fair a lot of the best special effects were added later
@@jacksmith-vs4ct ...and, unfortunately, the childish ones as well.
@@timonousiainen354maclunkey!
36:43
You can just see the birth of a new Star Wars fan in his eyes.
The SPFX were literally invented for this movie. The dynamic movements of the ships and the seamless backgrounds giving enhanced motion, too k everyone by suprise. Imagine seeing this in 1977, in 70 MM when that first dive run into trench occurs. You could feel it.
The Editor's Notes are the best part of this reaction. Absolutely freakin hilarious HAHAHAHAHA Glad you're finally jumping into Star Wars dude.
😂😂😂 I thought that too. 😂😂😂
yea me too. soo good :D
My parents took me to see this in the theater in '77. I'll never forget the opening scene when we first see the star destroyer fly over. The entire theater took a collective gasp. It was so epic. No one had ever seen anything like it before.
Yes, I've tried to convey to the generation(s) that have never seen the original on a big screen- they will be in for a treat next time it's re-released in the theaters- it literally will be like seeing it for the first time.
I was really young when Star Wars came out at the theater, but when Empire came out… I was an avid fan. No Barbie’s for me. All I wanted was Star Wars action figures for Christmas.
Same here! I was 12 years old when my parents took me to see it back when it was newly in theatres, and this movie blew my mind! 🤯 I saw it SO many more times that summer. 😁
Im realy blown away by how many of you “older generation” guys watching him seeing it for the first time. Im from 1999 but my dad took my through all the movies in our home. When we finally went to see the sequals we had a great time seeing Star Wars on the big screen together with my younger brother. Hated the story but loved the family time
My father went too When he was 11 yo and he still gets emotional When he sees the film again. Nos that I'm an star Wars Enciclopedia
Now I see how grateful I am to have convinced myself to watch the movie when I was 10 years old. because it has ended up being my favorite saga of all time
As someone who is a lifelong Star Wars fan born in 2000, its heartwarming to see all the comments of people who experienced ANH back in '77 and the phenomenon it was and still is. Another testament to how addictive the series is comes from my own story of how I became a fan. i remember the first time I ever saw Star Wars was when I was 4 or 5 on vacation. I walked in on my mom in her room getting ready for bed and watching Return of the Jedi and it happened to be the iconic "I am your father" scene. I remember immediately being transfixed on Vader and my mom telling me the story of how she first saw it in theaters. 20 years later here I am, feeling like I'm 5 again, sitting with my mom and marveling at how cool everything is.
I was in my 20s when I saw this for, like, 10 times! I'm 71 now! It's still a great movies!
But I saw it in an old, one giant screen theater with speakers under every seat! When that 1st giant ship came overhead on a screen that stretched from floor to ceiling & the seats started rumbling - WOW! MASSIVE SENSORY OVERLOAD! It was WONDERFUL! ❤️
I saw it on the big screen opening night. The next morning me and my friends went back to the theater and watched every showing. And the next day. We kept going until we had seen it 21 times in a row. The most amazing movie we'd ever seen. Hooked for life. "MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU"
How did people react when Han turned up at the end?
@gumdeo People cheered out load in the theater when Han showed up to help. Auditable gasps when Ben died and when Alderaan was destroyed. I may be old. But I've seen the best movies and the best bands.
Dang. Do you recall what ticket prices were then?? Or was it not actually paid for 21 times?
According to my dad and uncles, it wasn’t hard to walk into the theater with one ticket and just stay the whole day, as long as you kept moving.
But it’s weird, tickets were basically the same with inflation, but wage stagnation means they were cheaper. think my dad said it was about $3 with a coke or a popcorn? But he was making 2.35 an hour at Isaly’s in college, so he could afford roughly a showing per hour on a shift of work.
Now, at Fed minimum, an 8 hour shift with no taxes withheld could only make you enough to see the movie once for every two to three hours worked, depending where you live. So by that measurement, it’s more than twice as expensive these days.
For a middle perspective, I made $5.35/hr working at blockbuster in high school in the late 90s early 00s. Movie tickets then we're about $10.
So from 77 to 2002, inflation had caused movie prices to almost quadruple, at least triple. But minimum wage had only doubled.
From 77 to now, Movies are almost 10x as expensive, but the minimum wage only increased by about 3x.
When people say "rich getting richer, poor getting poorer," this is what they mean.
Remember - no spoilers for Episode 5 and 6 in the comments! Let him experience it as we did :D
dude i laughed to myself several times thinking "oh yeah he's gonna love that. This is where the fun begins"
I used to find this reactor annoying when he made bad jokes while talking over great dialogue (and then fake laughing at his own bad jokes). But now that I realize he was never shown Star Wars as a kid, I'll just chalk his personality up to severe child abuse.
@@Mr.Ekshinwhy do you complain about this reactor on every single video he posts, yet you keep watching….
Man I was going to tell him Leia hooked up with Chewbacca. It's the best love story lol
@@jackdonohue7893 - If by "every single video he posts", you mean two, then sure. And I don't know why he's been popping back up in my feed lately. I unsubbed quite a while ago when he started getting more and more hyperactive. He was a decent reactor early on, but when his channel grew, it seems to have really swelled his ego. Now he thinks he's a famous comedian and that people want him to make "jokes" about every single scene. Cringe.
Great reaction. You’re exceptionally observant and very intelligent- you put things together very quickly.
I grew up in the 70s and 80s, and right after this movie came out, at our very alternative middle school we had a guy come teach Tai Chi.
Feeling energy moving into my hands, my 12-year old brain thought “This is the Force. I can be a Jedi.”
Even today I still practice martial arts, and through them I met my wife…
Best wishes to you on your own journey.
Everyone that's seen the movie at least once has tried to use the force to move an item around their home 😂😂
I was in high school when this came out. We walked in the theater thinking this was "just another movie". The special effects were so different than anything I had ever seen, I knew it was not possible, but it looked to me like they filmed it in outer space. Everything about it was different than anything we had ever seen before.
It was the movie that changed cinema the most imo. Total game changer.
The “old married couple” relationship between C-3P0 and R2D2, and between Han and Chewie are hilarious and part of why these movies were so great. 😂❤
I love it every time you say, “This movie holds up so well! I’m impressed this was made in 77’!”
Because the interesting thing is none of this existed previously or even currently with anyone else at that time! Lucasfilm invented this stuff! There was no special effects team, this level of graphics, let alone the technology. Lucasfilm quite literally invented the tech, the software, and the necessary department for any of this to exist to begin with! It’s all very fascinating that we get to see this breakthrough in both movie making and technology at once.
ILM was on another level
This isn't the 1977 cut - there are effect enhancements and digital add-ons from when Lucas tweaked IV in the mid 90's.
@@mechanicaldavid4827 even more impressive that for the most part those are the least convincing effects in the movie
Lucas added/improved effects with CGI in 1997, 2004, and 2011.
Not to mention all those aliens in the bar were people wearing the best masks made! They used old school effects just as often as the high tech, and it all looks great!
Lukes uncles farm is a moisture farm. They get water from the ground and sell it.
5:10 "Either she's short as hell, or Vader's 6'7"
Almost both. David Prowse (Vader) was 6'6", Carrie Fisher (Leia) was 5'1".
That must've been a nightmare to frame.
Dude, you're 5 seconds in and your excitement is contagious. I've seen it no less than 100 times, but new viewers make it something extra special.
And catching things I had never noticed.
That mustache was, indeed, incredible.
100?! Only 100…?
@@adrianvulpes9509 waaaay more than 100, but I didn't want to sound like I was making it up. I've seen it more than I can count. I can act out every word, gesture, and sneeze from Phantom to Jedi. Man, you made me share my dorky secrets!
@@MWSin1 Ditto! I saw something I'd never caught before and rewound and had to watch again to make sure it's what I saw and I busted out laughing. When the storm troopers are going through one of the doorways (right around the trash compactor scene), you hear a thump. If you watch it, one of the storm troopers bangs his head on the door as it wasn't fully up. In all my years (yes, I was six when this came out), I've never noticed that! Was surprised Alex didn't notice and comment!
Watching again bc i can't sleep. Alex, have you started the Mandalorian yet? I cannot wait for you to get there.
Fun fact, the dragon snake thing that 3PO walks past in the beginning was actually areal prop and still exists, the production left in the desert after they were done filming and it’s still there, people still visit it along with the Lars homestead and another set from a future movie. Also if you liked Han Solo in this movie you’ll love Indiana jones, it’s basically Han Solo as the main character on earth
I like to think in my head canon that its the same Krayt Dragon that was killed in KOTOR.
Where?
@@austinbarbeau6025 what do you mean where?
@@Strike1stCobraKaiTV I'll accept it, since my love for the universe is so great. From a realistic perspective, however, it's too hard to believe that a skeleton of that quality would sit in the same spot for 4,000 years without being buried by the dunes from the wind (if the planet even has wind), and that there's no sign of the cave nearby, which would still need to be there because of no wind, or that somehow, the rock crumbled after 4,000 years, and somehow didn't get buried in the dunes from the possibly non-existent wind. Even then, I'd figure that sand people or even some brave moisture farmers would have taken all of that high quality bone for building materials or weapons in the four millennia since the dragon was killed.
@@djdeejable "Sand storm is coming Ani, better get home quick" wind on Tatooine context
I saw this in the theater in '77 (Side note, the tickets were only 25 cents). This movie had a huge impact on my preferences for the books I read and movies I have watched ever since I saw it.
hearing the opening crawl no matter how many times you see it just brings pure excitement
I was 19 years old when I saw it on opening night. That opening shot, when the star destroyer came over the top of screen, my thought was, "OH MY GOD, movies just changed forever." We knew.
I've undoubtedly seen it at LEAST 100 times. And I still get goosebumps when Han comes back.
So you were the same age (or about) as Carrie Fisher when she made this movie. She must have made an impression on you.
@@Shango Bruh... Too horny XD
I was 7 in 1977. This film changed EVERYTHING for me as a kid. It really unpacked my imagination and paved the way for a lot of creative things I got into. Your reaction is spot on to how my 7 year old self felt.
I was 9. His external dialog was my 9-year-old internal dialog. His reaction to Solo coming back was spot on my reaction as a kid.
Remember going to the toy store and getting your first Star Wars action figure? I mean the Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker with the lightsaber that extended and retracted into their arm?
i was 2
still own some of the original ones
@@John-tn7nm
i was 8
This movie was groundbreaking at the time. I saw it in theaters… I’m that old. And I kept going back to see it. And the next 2 also. This was so cool seeing it again through your eyes. Thanks for reacting to it. Can’t wait to see your reaction to the rest of them. Don’t make us wait too long.
saw this in cinemas when I was 8, you can imagine what it did to my brain. So very exciting like nothing I'd seen before. Loved watching you see it for the first time, bought back great memories.
For the time, cinematically, this was an extremely fast paced movie. One of the reasons people saw it in the theater so many times was that they felt like it couldn't all be taken in in one viewing. This set the stage for the action movies that would be increasingly faster paced as the decades progressed. (That said the story itself follows the basic plot of the classic "Hero's Journey" present in myths and legends for thousands of years. The creator of Star Wars was big fan of writer Joseph Cambell's book outlining these plot elements. (A many other elements came from Japanese samurai movie director Akira Kurosawa's "The Hidden Fortress".
He wasn’t just a fan, he was something of a student. Campbells work informed his entire understanding of mythic structure, and the 1987 Lucas-produced TV special about his life’s work is arguably why the Hero’s Journey is so universal in film these days. Modern mythology, like the MCU, owes everything to Star Wars and to Campbell
It's important to point out that many of the special effects were added upon this movie through later re-edits, but many of the original effects that are still in the movie are downright revolutionary.
If it's CGI, (the dewback lizard, many of the explosions) it was added in the "Special Edition". All the models and alien prosthetics were there in 1977.
True. It is possible to find the original theatrical release, either as one of the DVD/bluray "extras" (not in HD sadly) or in the "De-Specialized" version from a guy named Harmy. If you google "Harmy despecialized star wars" you can find it. It's HD and has all of the "Special Edition" stuff removed. There's also a 4K version out there somewhere, all done by fans (but extremely well done).
Okay, here is what it was like in May 1977 seeing Star Wars. Remember cable was really not around , there were no Block buster video stores , or VCRs so normally you had to wait for years for a film to be on network television. and on a small screen with a ton of commercials. So you really had to go to the cinema to see it. Here is how it went for my 3 brothers and I. We had to plan which day, we packed a lunch , and all four of us took turns standing in line for 8 hours!!! The line was around the building twice, you only hoped that when you got to the ticket booth it was not sold out yet! There were 2 other guys we chatted with in line in front of us. We all got in after waiting for over 8 hours!!. On the big screen the big sound, and in seconds you were taken away to another land. At the end when the screen credits ran everyone, I mean everyone stood up, clapped and cheered. There was never anything like it.!! Now the 2 guys in front of the line with us. Got right back in line to see it again.
My whole family probably went at least a dozen times to see it. Loved every minute. But then we had to wait 3 years to see Episode 5 The Empire Strikes Back. But worth the wait. So glad you got to see it, just wish you could have seen it at the cinema. George Lucas re-released Episodes, 4, 5 and 6 in 1997 with improvements made and some computer generated They were all in the cinema again, which helped raise money to do the prequels. There you go. and May the Force Be with You!
The thing I love about you watching this is how much you seem to genuinely enjoy it.
I've always found it hard to show Star Wars to an adult who hasn't seen it, because not having the nostalgia of watching it as a kid usually means they get bored watching it.
I saw this in the theaters in 1977 at 10 years old. It was the best experience ever. People were cheering! and clapping! and laughing! and yelling! and booing at the bad guys. I have never been in an audience so invested since.
I was 9 when I saw it that year.
I saw it in 1979 in Poland (first showing - it took that long to translate the dialog) at 15 years old and felt the same way....There was literally NOTHING like it in cinema at that time. SciFi movies were ususally B-movies with monsters and REALLY bad special effects...
Gen-X... the last great generation... im glad i got to live it
Most kids walked out of the theater wanting to be a Jedi, I was positive that I was a mini Vader. To this day, people still disturb me.
Yeah, I was 6 and all my siblings at the time were 12, 10, and 4. The youngest got to see Return of the Jedi at 3 years old! Our dad loved sci-fi. 😆
The actor playing Vader in the suit was David Prowse - his height 6ft 6inches. He was also The Green Cross Code man when I was a kid in the 80s who taught kids how to cross the road on the tv. He died in 2020.
I first watched Star Wars when I was 15, though I watched Spaceballs before I saw Star Wars.
OMG this was so much fun!! I loved watching you be that 10-year-old kid I was when the movie came out and I saw it for the first time in the theater. Your excitement, goosebumps, genuine thrill was exactly how I felt. And yeah, it sure does hold up even in the short bit watching here with you. I’m excited to see you see the next two in the sequence before the crap begins.
why were you watching as a 10-year-old a pre-teen has no place in war
I was 8 years seeing this, original in the cinema.
I used to count how many times I’d seen this film. I got up to 40. You used to be able to stay in the cinema, they would not kick you out. Got out of home for two showings in a row.
Years later, I read the biography of Alec Guinness. He had such a versatile career, as an actor. He was paid well, for SW, but he didn’t like how Obi-Wan made him more famous than other acting. Alec had a story, where a young fan approached him on the street in England, and was ‘vibe’ on Obi-Wan, and how he’d seen this film 40 times. Alec said to the youth he shouldn’t waste all his time in the cinema.
So, yeah, I stopped counting.
I turned 16 that summer, and yes, the special effects were freaking outlandish for the time. When the Death Star blew up, the entire theater stood and cheered…I had never sent that happen before.
I'd turned 17 that year.. and yeah, mind blown. Also, like you, the entire audience got on their feet, yelling and cheering when the Death Star was destroyed. The first and only time I've ever seen that happen.
This is the remake version with CGI. Most of the original effects were replaced in this version. It was released in theaters as a way of promoting The Phantom Menace like a month or so earlier. So these effects are not the 70s effects.
@@JizzFloat Most? No. There were added effects and things were cleaned up, but I still have my VHS from before the Special Edition came out and it's not as different as you have been lead to think.
I saw this in the theater back in 1977. I was seven and nothing could describe the experience other than pure magic. From the moment the Star Destroyer appeared to Chewy getting snubbed for a medal, I was in complete awe.
I was 14 at the time, but I know exactly what you mean. Magic.
Yes and in 77, there were still old fashioned theatres with balconies. My little brother and I sat in the first balcony row for this and it was awesome!
This was the most genuine and enjoyable reaction I've ever seen. I had a blast.
39:57 “i’am super excited for this journey, hope you guys R2.” 😮😮❤❤😂😂
This is where the fun begins.
Hello there!
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So the fun thing about this reaction is that you are genuinely displaying the TRUE meaning of Iconic. The characters in these movies are iconic because even people that have never seen the movies recognize them. This is such a fun reaction, especially since I just rewatched the original trilogy this past weekend.
Yea astromech droids such as r2 basically can run diagnostics on a ship, repair it, and even on big ships the can eject from their ports and stick to the ship itself as it’s flying
no idea if anybody has mentioned it yet, but the scenes with ships fighting each other including the death star were filmed in a warehouse using different modelling sets thrown together to make the ships, then the effects were added
I was a child, saw it in theatres 8 times. Star Wars was absolutely revolutionary at the time. We had never seen a space adventure like this - EVER. The ships flying, space battles, the creatures, the lightsabers, all of it was unheard of before, never at that scale. Plus the music, the script, the characters...it was an amazing leap in storytelling. Also very cool that you referenced Top Gun...when I watched Maverick I thought several times "omg, this is Star Wars"
I was 13 and my sister was 9. That's what we did for fun during the Summer of '77-our parents dropped us off at the theater to see Star Wars. My sister had the soundtrack on 2 cassettes and we lived in an apartment complex with lots of paved areas, so she was outside nightly with her cassette deck and her roller skates, dancing to the different themes. She always got to be Leah when the boys played Star Wars because of being the only girl that wanted to play seriously, and I was jealous because I was just a little bit too old! I wanted a toy light saber too even though they weren't that great when they first came out. And don't set me started on her action figures!
@@LaBlueStateGirl I feel this. I had the movie audio on vinyl and listened to it every night for probably 2 years. That little colored plastic stick they called a toy 'lightsaber' was amazing to 9 year old me. Sadly none of my little friends were into Star Wars like I was, they wanted to Barbie and I'd be wishing I could play with their older brothers who did Star Wars stuff. I had the trading cards, the pjs, the sheets, the model millenium falcon, and all the Han Solo books...god it was amazing, I don't think people can get what this movie felt like in 1978
@@JuliesWorldCrochet I loved the trading cards! I had so many of them! The first time we saw the movie. our parents were so proud of me because when the opening scroll started, I leaned over and very quietly read it to my little sister. The next year when everyone was reading Alan Dean Foster's Splinter of the Mind's Eye, my sister and I spent a fun Summer with me reading the whole book out loud to her. ADF can be quite verbose, so it was a challenge.
I had always been into Sci Fi as far back as I could remember. My sister and I watched Star Trek after school and I had seen 2001 in a revival cinema. I had tried to see Logan's Run because it looked awesome, but my dad saw the trailer and vetoed it because of the sexual content. Mom bought the book for me and had me hide it from dad! lol By the time Star Wars came out, my friends were the same boys that I had played Lost in Space with on the playground. My sister was your age and it was harder for her, I think. But I think having an older sister into the same things helped.
I was 11 in ‘77 and saw it three times that summer. The second time, I remember having to sit in the front row because it was sold out, and that was several weeks after release.
@@kathyastrom1315 I love that so much of this thread seems to be young girls who watched Star Wars in '77! We were 9 and 11, I was 13 and I keep talking about my sister who was another 9 year old. Princess Leah made such a mark on us! In my real life I'm not much of a follower of celebrity, but I actually cried when Carrie Fisher died. I don't think I had ever done anything like that before.
By all accounts, seeing this movie on the big screen when it first came out was one of the most magical, transporting experiences people had ever had in a movie theater. It was INSTANTLY a huge pop-culture phenomenon - people couldn't stop watching it, talking about it, all the late-night shows did tons of jokes and sketches about it, there was every kind of merchandise you could imagine, and there was even a disco remix of the main theme that was top of the billboard charts and got played on the radio all the time!
I saw this on release, I was 9. That first shot of the destroyer going overhead felt like it went on forever, we hadn't seen anything like it before. Light sabers, all those tie fighters, the floating land speeder, droids, it was all stunning.
This looks like the cleaned up and tweaked version. George Lucas added some CGI that wasn't available at the time but it's mostly the original stuff.
Shot of the destroyer going on forever... hmm I wonder if the Spaceballs know anything about that...
@@aardvarkmaximus7688 I was 9 in 1977 when I first saw this, my father took me. I loved it. He fell asleep. 😂
@@fayesouthall6604 well it was the plot of every Western he’d ever seen. Pretty sure it didn’t have a lot of surprises for him.
I was there!!!
30:50 it wasn't just a revolutionary movie. George Lucas basically invented a whole new sound system standard for theaters so people could properly get the whole effect of the movie. Before that, Movie theater sound systems were pretty tinny and not great.
I loved your reaction. My twin brother and I absolutely love the Skywalker saga. He passed away 10 years ago this year. Your reaction reminds me of how him and I reacted to watching this movie for the first time. Brings me so much joy and happy memories. Thank you for your reaction!
For any series in general, ALWAYS watch in release order first, and then rewatch later in chronological order to understand all the bits and pieces you that might have gone over your head the first time.
As much as I love star wars, it annoys me that George started with episode 4. As great as the original trilogy is, new viewers have to start with 4. It ruins the reveal of McDairmid's character in episode 3. BUT, starting in chronological order ruins the Vader reveal in the original trilogy! There's not really an ideal way to watch it, but I agree, it's probably best to start with 4 for this franchise.
True, but The Hobbit before LOTR is an exception in my opinion.
@@dangerx69 just skip the hobbit tbh
Except George wants you to watch it in order to
@@ChriztonAnd I'd tell him I'd rather experience it the way people did back in '77
The theater experience for these three movies was insanity. The whole theater would scream or cheer for even the tinyest jokes. Everybody was just INTO IT.
I have never had a movie-going experience like it, since.
I remember some of the best theater experiences in Empire Strikes Back. My favorite? The first moment Darth Vader is on screen! The crowd went insane!
There was a long something like 20 year pause for Episode 1. I went with my friends to see it on opening night. We even have a childhood friend who worked on the movie as a special effects person. The place was packed and people were amped. When that line hit the screen, "A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...." the theater erupted with cheers and whistling. The whole place was electric. Everybody just couldn't wait to have more Star Wars. Those same people are pissed now with what Disney has done to the franchise.
Maybe Raiders of the Lost Ark was close to it but yea, it's just not the same anymore.
I remember seeing the coming attractions trailer for this, months before it premiered. At that time, I was totally unaware that such a movie was soon to come out. Had never even heard of "Star Wars" before this. The first thing I saw was that silent moment with "A long time ago in galaxy far far away" on the screen. I felt immediately intrigued. Then BAM!!!... STAR WARS in big bold letters with that loud Star Wars theme blaring through the theater! Then a rapid fire montage of the WILDEST space action I could NEVER imagine, lighting up my wide open, AMAZED eyes. Never since have I experienced anything else in a movie theater with such a POWERFUL, INDELIBLE impact! As the trailer ended I said out loud, "I have GOT to see this movie!" It looked like the coolest thing EVER, in the history of the movies. It was pure AGONY waiting all those months before it FINALLY came out. I had NEVER experienced such an anticipatory EXCITEMENT leading up to the release of a movie, before or since. The ULTIMATE movie-going adventure.
@loganmaximus2160 I had a similar reaction from the cinema but with the opposite effect. The whole room was booing because the distributor chose to roll the crawl text in danish, because it was shown in Denmark. Seeing the story begin with "For længe siden i en galakse langt langt borte" removed the magic feel from the prequel trilogy
I saw this in the theater when I was 8. It was magical. My parents were very strict and weren't going to let me and my brother see it. But one of their friends told them it was fine, it's basically on old "cowboy and Indian" movie set in space. And that's pretty accurate. It was the first movie I ever remember feeling it was real. The effects were mind blowing and it felt like we are really in space
Shakespeare in space lol
@@pnut3844able your parents were right pre-teen should not be watching the war and politics
Alex I just watched episode 1-6 over the past couple of weeks so it's so fun to watch you watch it the first time. So glad you love it.
I was 11 when this movie came out and everyone absolutely lost it in theatres. Cheering. Shouting. Amazing stuff. Not only that they created entirely new techniques during filming that pushed movie making forward in leaps and bounds. Damn son, you’ve got a wild ride ahead of you
Same here, 55 now. 😂
So happy you're watching star wars, these movies are just iconic. The characters, the quotes, the impact on cinema. I "HOPE" you enjoy them as much as i do.
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"I hope it's Luke and Leia at some point" uhh no you don't 😂
I love your content Alex, you are funny as shit and you are just so authentically you. Great reactions man!
Remarkable. I am so excited that you are watching them in order of RELEASE! I was 2 yrs old when this came out - so I didn't see it in theaters, but by the time I was able to read my folks had bought the read along kids story records (to play on the record player) so we knew the whole story and had plenty of coloring books by 1980!
Stoked you’re down here in the comments man! I knew I’d find you in here!
I was 8 years old in 1977 and I can honestly say that seeing this movie in the theater changed my life (for the better) 😊
My exact words! 👍I was 7 or 8 in 1977.
I was -23 in 1977 and I'm +23 now. My father watched it as a child and made sure it was one of the first movies I would watch once I was like 7/8.
I was also 8 when this came out (I believe it came out after my birthday. And I and my sister sat in a packed theater in the front row (our parents had to sit in the back row those were the only 4 seats left) and when those words scrolled up, I was IN!
@@trinkab oh yeah!!
I was 11. We could not get in the first week - queue round the block from 06:00. Went with my Dad (divorced parents) got in the second week. As soon as the opening music started, I remember having to literally hold onto my seat to stop myself from jumping up with excitement! When the opening scenes with the ships came on, this boy said out loud 'WOW! That's BIG!' and everybody laughed. Great days.
I have got to say, your reaction was so pure it made me remember when i saw this movie the first time. This has been my favorite so far.
When this came out (yes, I saw it 6 times) it was intended to be like the old time radio serial programs. I don't think any of us expected it to blossom like it did. As far as the effects, they weren't really state of the art at the time but rather some ingenious photography. These were some of the same techniques used later on in shows like "Battlestar Galactica" and "Buck Rogers".
To Alex; Great reaction as always, to everyone else; NO SPOILERS
There is a special place in hell for anyone who spoils this for him.
I mean due to the editor which is him I believe he seems to already know about leia so he’s already seen all 3 this is just the first one being put up so I don’t think anyone can spoil anything
@@ragekage20 Pop culture will also have given him spoilers (as in 'I am your father') so Alex will have spoilers already but we don't need anyone. & I have seen a short from Alex wanting another editor so I am guessing he does not do all his editing.
This came out while my dad was in college and he always tells the story about how he couldn't get any of his friends to go to the theater with him to watch it. He saw it four times in the theater and by the third time word of mouth was so good that his friends finally went with him.
I was five years old when I saw Star Wars back in 1978 in Bristol, U.K. with my family. We had to queue (wait in line) for over two hours. The line went from the doors, down the side of the cinema, up the next street, then down another street, until we had completed a circuit of the entire block. You don’t see queues like that anymore. That always left an impression on me, as well as that opening shot of the Star Destroyer chasing the Blockade Runner. It was huge. No one had ever seen anything like that before. This movie was groundbreaking.
@2:58 A sincere thank you, Alex. That reaction to the opening title music took me back to when I saw these movies in the theaters and the whole crowd was just as excited as you. It brought tears of nostalgia to my eyes.
I deeply appreciate the editor’s notes popping up. 🤣🤣🤣
So damn excited to experience your Star Wars journey with you man!
One of the things that makes the original trilogy stand out compared to today, all ships and sets are all physical props/designs. That’s not done nearly as in depth today. Obviously the VFX of lasers and lightsabers show their age, but they’re iconic and revolutionary at the time.
I envy you getting to experience Star Wars for the first time, that feeling for so many fans has nearly impossible to relive again. 😭 Hope you’re ready, got a lot more to see and experience!!
This is where the fun begins! I only started my Star Wars journey relatively recently, 2020 during the pandemic, but I fell in love with it at breakneck pace- I still tear up at the opening sequence, especially when watching someone else see it for the first time! May the Force be with you ❤
This gave me true joy watching this pure, unspoiled reaction! This might be the first time I've seen anyone react for the first time to Star Wars, and it was awesome!
I still think 1-6 is the best way to watch it... Chronological order helps the Vader turn, you know Luke and Laya is his children, Vader realizing this, and everything just hits harder to the first time viewer.
i think 4,5,2,3,6 is the best order for newcomers
@@BabyMatiny wow... You hate JarJar so bad, you wouldn't even include 1? LMFFFAAAOOO bold call 🤔😂🤘
@@tankeaterHonestly Jar Jar is annoying lmao but the reason I don't include 1 is because it feels like more of a prequel to the prequels. 1 honestly doesn't really add that much to the plot overall in my opinion.
@@BabyMatiny what?????? Anakin losing Qui-Gon was the beginning of the end!? Him not having a REAL father figure, and more so an older brother that didn't want to take care of him. I get how you're saying it's so spaced out. But, IDK about that... maybe 1 first, then 4, 5, 2, 3, 6 would make sense to me. Just harsh man 😂🤷♂️🤘
@@tankeater Okay, so 4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 6 wouldnt be the worst thing in the world to watch, I just feel like you get so invested in 4, and 5, then go back to 2, and 3, as a flash back with the backstory, then end on 6. And THEN maybe you go back and watch episode 1 as a backstory and origin. I've shown it to a friend this way once and they seemed to enjoy it but idk
This film was only released in 42 theaters originally. It broke 41 house records. When it was released in Japan in 1978, one of the producers, Allen Ladd Jr., attended the premiere. However, he was worried when the audience left the theater in complete silence. Fortunately, he learned later that silence was the ultimate compliment that a Japanese audience could give a film. If you want to hear some really great behind the scenes stuff, watch the documentary Empire of Dreams. It is a must watch for any diehard Star Wars fan.
And the simple reason the guys at the beginning are only wearing helmets is that they broke as F. The Empire has all the cash.
Watching this in theaters when it was released was absolutely unbelievable. There was nothing remotely close to this at that time. To say our minds were blown would be an understatement. It really was life changing. I saw all 3 of the originals in theaters. Such amazing memories! Keep watching!
I preferred the originals. When they re-released them before the prequel trilogy and added all this extra CGI it was cool at the time but now reactors like Alex will never see the original and they think effects like this existed in the 70s unless someone tells them they were remastered 20 yrs later.
You gained a new french suscriber youre so genuine and pertinent ! Bravo, cant wait to see you watch the prelogy (who i love).
David Prowse the actor that wore the Darth Vader suit during the original trilogy was 6" 6'. The actor that supplied the voice of Vader is James Earl Jones who actually never met Carrie Fisher (Leia) until years later during an episode of Married with Children where they both guest starred as a father and daughter having issues. James Earl Jones has done many voice overs as well as playing characters himself on screen one of which is Mufasa in the Lion king.
This is going to be a fun ride watching these with you. Don't worry about not doing dirty jokes, we do them ourselves if you don't 😂
So glad you liked this ! Honestly I would feel bad for you if you didn’t. I think you’ll enjoy the next one even more. It may be the best sequel ever.
Empire Strikes Back and TDK are definitely the best sequels ever
Aliens and Rocky 2 :)
Terminator 2 is a contender too in my opinion :) (But I agree that ESB is fantastic and brings the franchise to another level).
@@lisamarieligreci-newton7804I was going to bring up T2, but you beat me to it. It is one of the greatest sequels of all time. Done so well, too. And while I know this may not register high on everybody's radar, I think the Back to the Future trilogy stacked nicely and told a complete story.
Back to the Future 2 also would like a word....
Saw Star Wars at the drive in. The opening sequence was magic. The screen blended with the background in one massive star scape. Then the corvette on screen, followed by the star destroyer that just kept coming...
Loved it.
There is a funny shot of Mark basically looking down the barrel of a gun with the lightsaber prop. He says he doesn't remember that part, but we have photo proof
I think one of the reasons why A New Hope has a relatively slow pacing, is because they needed to slowly build up the world to make it more grounded and believable for an unfamiliar audience.
Actually, that was the way movies were paced at that time. Modern movies have really been sped up in regards to pacing, some would say to compensate for lower attention spans of audiences, but that's the trend with this type of movie now. Lucas didn't want to spend the whole movie explaining things so he just presented the tech and world building like it was and left it for the audience to get it by themselves. When Star Wars was released it was considered a fairly fast paced movie.
@@richardathome65 You might have a point. If you are right, it’s pretty sad to think about how a fast paced movie of the past is considered so slow now. I guess people in the past, just cared about their work more. XD
I always thought the first twenty minutes were slow (specifically the droids on Tatooine).
@@PDillingGeorge Lucas explained in the commentary that at the time, the general thought was that it was a pretty fast paced movie.
Its an incredibly fast paced movie...its 90 mins long ffs...movies are 3 hours long nowadays, that's a long time to fit the same story into...New hope fits so much into very little, you are confusing noise with speed.
I watched this movie in 77 while laying on the rear deck of my mom's Maverick (car, not truck). Even at age 5 this movie was so impactful that it ingrained itself upon my memory. Mind you, what you are seeing is a movie that has been updated a few times. Any scene where droids are whizzing around in the background or where monsters look really good is likely a modern addition.
Also, while storm troopers aren't the brightest bulbs in the galaxy, bear in mind that from the moment the team landed on the Death Star, the imperial plan is to follow them to the rebel base. You can't follow dead people, so every blaster shot on the Death Star was MEANT to miss the team.
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Literally the “was that the bite of 87??” moment of this video and I laugh everytime. XD I’m so glad you watched the star wars films!
I HAD to come back after seeing your pirates reactions😂😂💀💀 I’m here for it!
30:18 "Do Luke and Leia ever get... you know"
Oh, you sweet summer child
Vader, saying, "I find your lack of faith... disturbing," while he force-chokes the guy from across the room, is one of the most badass villain lines on screen.
When Obi One said that storm troopers are extremely precise, he was being extremely generous! Hence the insult “You shoot like a storm trooper!”
Plot armor and writing has a way of neutering badass bad guys.