RETURN OF THE JEDI | *HARMY'S DESPECIALIZED EDITION* | FIRST TIME WATCHING
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Finally, it's here the long-awaited conclusion of my watches! I finally watched Star Wars: Return of the Jedi for the First Time ever and I'm so happy that I did!
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Seeing you tear-up the moment you saw Luke’s father appear in spirit form made me so glad you were watching the despecialized editions.
Yeah, otherwise in this kind of scenario, it's like "Who the hell is that kid?"
@@frigginjerk, she now needs to see all the rest so she CAN know who the kid is!
@@frigginjerk Not true. Many reactors have the same response to Hayden's ghost. In both cases, we'd never seen either actor before.
She made me get a little misty-eyed😅😅😅
@@oneironaut420 We just saw Sebastian Shaw die on the Death Star. Of course he should be the force ghost. The Hayden rewrite is one of the worst in a long series of horrible changes made.
Not sure if you noticed, but while Luke is being tempted by the dark side, he is wearing all black. Once he stands up to the Emperor and Anikin saves him, his shirt is open and reveals that it has a white, pure interior. Much like Luke's connection to the Force. I always appreciate subtle costuming design like that.
So good. 👍🏼👍🏼
But is this an actual design detail or just your imagination?
@@R20set Design Choice.
@@R20set A New Hope Luke was wearing white, Empire grey, Return black. Later seeing his hand was mechanical like Vader's he realized that he was already on the path to the Dark Side and came back from the brink
@@williamjones9787 Yeah, that's obvious. I just always have doubts when fans point out some "facts" that can be just as well in their head.
Return of the Jedi is a perfect movie to say goodbye to your childhood home.
Whenever someone watches the ending with the original Vader, an angel gets its wings
I have the VHS trilogy pack , its 1997 special edition set , silly scene with Han Solo and Jabba the Hutt is added to Star Wars (New Hope) .
It still has the original Vader at the end of Return of the Jedi :-)
@@pete_lind I know someone who has the VERY FIRST originals on MP4, I enjoy so much watching those.
i watched the one with young vader first, and i thought it was cool and didn't really get what people had against it
then i watched the one with old vader and was like ''ok i get it now, yeah this is better''
Yub Nub is more important than original Vader!
Nah I prefer Hayden because that’s the last time Vader was pure
30 years later, and when Luke says, "...like my father before me..." my chest still aches and my eye still grows a tear.That's a very personal comment for me, that would seem trivial to whomever I explained why. Especially in 2021.
Fortuitous that Ian McDiarmid was young enough in Jedi to be able to return as an age-appropriate Palpatine in the prequels. His performance was one of the bright spots of Eps 1-3.
He’s honestly a big reason why episode 3 is so good. Love his acting, wish he’d consider doing more movies.
Crazy to think he was in his late 30s when filming Jedi.
He’s fun to watch in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, too!
Thank God they cast Ian in Jedi! He helped make the Prequels of higher quality. He’s perfect in the role.
@@danielm3192
He’s certainly better than the lady who was originally in TESB. She really did nothing with it. Perhaps that was George’s direction, but Ian was awesome in every scene where he was allowing his dark side nature to show.
His lightsaber didn't change color, he lost the blue one when his hand was cut off and had to build a new one
Vader: "I see you constructed a new lightsaber. Your skills are complete."
Just realized that floating around somewhere in the middle of Bespin's gas giant is Luke's original lightsaber.
@@russellh.3150
Old Legends canon had someone retrieve said hand and make an evil clone called Luuke.
@@russellh.3150 you mean Anakin's original Saber. 😉
@@doomsdayking4843 Anakin must've been annoyed and nostalgically heartbroken seeing it fall away into the abyss.
It was then that Emperor Palpatine realised that when Vader said “As you wish” what he really meant was “I love you”.
Beat me to it by one hour!
@@g3eneralz382 Hey, that's my line, too ... except I didn't name the Emperor as that's a spoiler!
Inconceivable!
@@neil2444 You keep saying that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
I guess that means The Emperor is Vader's Buttercup.
Shanelle: "I don't like action scenes"
Also Shanelle: hypnotised like a kid in a toy store all throughout the battle of Endor.
I’m thinking she may not have seen good ones, just mindless ones.
@@namelessjedi2242 Yes, a lot of modern action scenes are filmed with quick cuts, blurry shots, and hyperkinetic energy that makes it impossible to see what's going on. Modern action sequences are kind of trash.
@@Fishmorph Modern action scenes are so bad, just endless CG stuff flashing on screen. Every action beat should serve the characters and/or the story, and not just be unmotivated visual noise. I blame the LOTR for starting this modern trend, but I guess it was inevitable once CGI meant film makers didn't have to struggle with real crowd scenes and practical visual effects.
@@Fishmorph I agree! My problem with most action scenes is when I can't tell who is hitting who and/or why I should care. Star Wars action scenes are much clearer and often have personal stakes.
A lot of action scenes end up being pointless. You could take them out of the narratives and lose nothing. They're just, "Oh it's been 10 minutes. We need some shooting or chasing." Lucas's action scenes tended to have an internal narrative structure within them which is why they are more interesting to watch.
Watching the despecialized originals the way they were STILL makes you wonder “holy hell how did they pull this off in 1983!?!?!”
Should never have 'retouched' them. Not a single change was any good.
@s3vengreen. Disagree. A couple changes were, but they also weren't necessary.
The biggest disappointment is the ewok celebration. They ruined it adding the new music and all of the different cities celebrating. Adding the cities... ok I can get with some if that but adding that new music layover is just disappointing to say the least
When I saw this in theatre the entire audience stood up, cheered and clapped when Vader threw the Emperor down the shaft...the audience was so engaged in the story. Since then, I have never experienced a moment like this in a movie theatre where the audience was so connected to what was happening on screen.
Back then I thought an explosion would open an opportunity's window to Luke make it out of the mess, Vader was too pessimistic, and The Emperor was too threatening. From out of nowhere, Vader makes his move I went HOLY SHIT !!!! (😱🤯). I was scared to death when the lightning started turning around swarming on Vader's body.
And that's why my dear friends we can't have a “NOOO!” spoiling what Vader is about to do next. George Lucas = 🤦🏾♂️ .
Too young to see ESB in theaters but I do remember going to Grauman's Chinese Theater in LA to see a matinee of the Matrix in '99. People cheered at the beginning when Trinity beats up the cops by running on the walls and karate kicking them all over the place.
On opening midnight showing, From the first note of music and the Star Wars splash on the screen, the audience went up in as if a winning goal had been scored and it went that way throughout the whole movie. There was a buzz of cheering the whole movie almost to the point of not hearing the dialog, and every time another known character entered the screen there would be a rise in cheering. Entering the theater had been utter mayhem with no reserved seating in those days.
During the last battle scene in Avengers Endgame, there were three scenes that everyone in the theater went absolutely nuts. I won’t spoil them for people who haven’t seen it yet.
As a child, I thought Vader was lying all the way until Yoda confirmed it was true...It was such a shock moment!
That's exactly why they had Yoda confirm!
Anecdotally, when asked, after Empire Strikes Back most kids thought Vader was lying, and most adults thought he was telling the truth. That lends credence to what the psychologist told Lucas before the third movie.
I was 9 when Jedi came out. I was so excited to see it. When the movie was over I was sad because this was the last new Star Wars ever. ( Or so I thought). I remember when Luke jump off the board and caught his lightsaber everyone cheered so loud you couldn't hear the movie
@@chrismcelligott5462 Yup, it was pretty much the same reaction in my movie theater. back then that was high octane stuntwork. Today, not so much. But still a great scene dramatically.
Yup! And as kids we debated it for the long 3 years between the movies
"I'm not to leave you here, I've got to save you!"
".....You already....have Luke....."
*man-child chokes up hard again for the thousandth time*
This is my favourite Star Wars movie and one of the best endings ever. I love that Luke doesn't defeat the Emperor by swinging his lightsaber around, he defeats him by not giving up on his father. That's so powerful. Also, I really liked seeing the despecialized edition, because in the newer editions they added in a really melodramatic "NOOOOOO!" from Vader when he throws the Emperor down the well that spoils the moment for me.
She's watching the original ROTJ too! No pop-ified band at Jabba's Palace. No cheesy "nnnooooooo" as Vader lifts the Emperor. The Ewoks celebrate with "yub yub". Sebastian Shaw appears as Anekin's ghost. Ah, Shanelle has done this right :)
And Seb Shaw still has his eyebrows. The real version is so much better.
Yub nub is one of the most embarrassingly terrible things in a mainstream movie ever.
@@gumdeo which doesn't make sense since he was burnt so the eyebrows would've burnt too lol
There is nothing cheesy about that "no" part and the other stuff
@@gabrielribeiro448 agree to disagree. It was an unnecessary addition and it's the same "Noooo" from episode 3 which I saw in the theaters in first run, and I am telling you, the audience *laughed* because it was so cheesy, and it does such a disservice to menacing power James Earl Jones brings to Vader.
Princess leia killed her abuser with the chains that bound her while wearing a bikini. That scene defines bad ass.
Unrealistic though. No way she's getting through all that lard around his neck.
@@AdamtheGrey02 With Jedai strength she could. She had the force to.
@@Tuja79 They never implied her Jedi strength to be that strong at all nor did she ever move anything at any time in the trilogy so that answer just isn't something I can accept. The best she could do is "feel" when Luke was alive or in pain.
@@AdamtheGrey02 My brother had the role play game Star Wars and it had a description of all the characters in the movie. So that is what he told me when I was a kid in the 80s
@@Tuja79 What did the description say. That she used the force to strangle Jabba? What was the game called?
The Ewoks are indeed little people in suits and makeup. The ‘lead Ewok’ Wicket, the adorable one who has all of the scenes with Leia was actually played by a child age Warwick Davis. It was his first role and he was a giant Star Wars fan.
And he went on to star in Willow!
And he was the Leprechaun in the Leprechaun movies.
And Harry Potter
He was a "giant" Star Wars fan?
Warwick Davis has had cameo appearances in many, if not all, other Star Wars movies after Return of the Jedi.
The Emperor's performance is some of the best acting in the whole trilogy.
The emperor is the worst character in the OT.
@@DanielLopez-zt4ig weirdest take I've ever heard.
The Emperor just feels vile. And every moment he's on screen, you get the sense he's enjoying every second of suffering he's causing
It helps that Ian McDiarmid (the actor who played Palpatine) was classically trained and had stage experience. What you might find surprising is that, at the time, he was only 37 - the makeup made him virtually unrecognizable. It also made him just the right age to portray Palpatine again in the prequels.
Thank you to this Lance dude for getting her the originals. Literally every reaction in YT is the special editions. This was so authentic and awesome!
Shanelle, you're the best. I've NEVER heard anyone in 45 years so succinctly and accurately sum up Han Solo as you did, when you remarked after Han barked another order to Threepio: *"Han Solo really isn't living unless he's calling the shots."*
hahaha yes the BEST compliment!! 😂😂thanks for watching
It's been so long since I've seen the legit ending, I teared up a little too. And many, many, many thanks to Lance for supplying these films the way we true fans really remember them!
Lucas’ changes to the film created major heartburn to those of us that grew up seeing these films (4-6) in the theaters. Thank you for reacting to the originals. So many other channels are lazy & literally throw their hands up & say this was all Disney plus offered. 🤷♀️
Wrong answer!
@@leighb3243 in their defense, it is REALLY hard to get your hands on the originals. Evidently Shanelle has a wonderful Patron who still owns his and burned them to DVD for her, because there is no commercial version of the true, original trilogy on DVD without "enhanced scenes."
The De-specialized version is very special. Luke lost his lightsaber when Vader chopped his hand off. It fell. There is a cut scene in Return with Luke building his new lightsaber.
The significance of Luke seeing the parallel between his robot hand and his father's is that he was dangerously close to becoming him, especially at that moment.
@@nomadmusicbk2366 I've never made that connection before.
@@nomadmusicbk2366 I don't think she's seen the prequels, thats why I avoid talking about them here.
To add to this, it is a bit of a call back to The Empire Strikes Back when Luke has the vision of himself as Vader. He sees that he is going down that path and makes a decision to pull back and not give in to his anger.
@@folcotook3049 you nailed it
It's more than just that though. It's a callback to the cave sequence in Empire. He sees that he's on the same path as his father, so at that moment, he remembered Yoda's words ("your weapons, you will not need them") and threw away his lightsaber. He saw his face in Vader's mask when he fought, so he decided not to fight and he won.
Speeder bike scenes were so A MAZ ING on the big screen at the age of 12. I first saw it opening weekend. My folks dropped me off by myself to stand in the line that was halfway around the building. To this day, it is still the most energy I have felt from an audience. The cheers when Lando revealed himself were thundrous.
I watched it when I was 12 years old, in 1987 with my grandmother in small village cinema in Hungary. She wasn't into films, but my mother didn't let me watch it alone. 😄 I'm so grateful for my grandma for coming along.
Joska is a really cool sounding name as well 🤓👍.
Grandmothers are the best
I love how R2 was in on the plan and C-3PO had no clue what was going on like he couldn't keep a secret
Haha, that's smart. 3PO is def pretty soft, while R2 is as gangster as you can be.
Glad you're a fan of the original trilogy, it's the best
The original original trilogy at that!
It's treason then.
@@danielcarr1297 it's the plain truth.
Seriously, Shanelle needs to just avoid the other movies, and try to retain her innocence.
Luke: “is the dark side stronger?”
Yoda: “easier, more seductive”
Luke: "So, like your mom?"
Also the dark side has cookies. 🤣
@@dnf-dead Confimed, Darkside is from Bankhead.
@@TheRealSevYT Yoda: "No, like your sister."
@@poolhall9632
Okay guys.
I gotta give credit where credit is due.
These are pretty good jokes.
It is so refreshing to see someone watching the despecialised versions.
5:54 a very hilarious outtake scene
8:06 I love their laughter
ya the extended ones really did nothing to add to the originals.
@@tric5122 they kind of did, in some scenes. Others, not so much.
These films are like time capsules: they represented the very best of special effects at the time. They even invented new techniques and technologies. It does my heart good to see you watching the original versions of these films.
Luke cutting off Vader's hand is then looking down at his artificial hand goes back to the cave dream of Empire Strikes Back when he saw himself in Vader's mask. He realizes the meaning of that now, by giving into hate, he will quite literally become Vader.
Luke took the high ground. :)
William Shelton Never hurts to have a quick reminder, especially at such a critical moment..
Also, when Obi-Wan has first telling Luke about Vader, he described him as "more machine than man now".
@@williamshelton4318 No. The Emperor was trying to turn him to the dark side. Luke gave into his hate for a brief moment when he attacked and overpowered Vader. The cave scene was a foreshadowing to this moment.
@@williamshelton4318 By that logic, when Yoda said "no, there is another", he wasn't referring to Leia, as she was never planned to be Luke's sister.
Jabba doesn't have to move, he's rich, he pays people to move him around. And he can slime around like a slug if he really has to squirm somewhere.
He's like the king on a chess board
Yeah, Jabba doesnt move as he kinda......ugh.....slithers.
And Star Wars media outside of the movies confirm Hutts can move shockingly fast to kill you with their bare hands. They're just too incredibly lazy to do it
@@JBWinter There was a Hutt who was also a Jedi for 400 years, Beldorian, but he turned to the Dark Side and was killed in a lightsaber duel by Leia 13 years after the Battle of Endor. Beldorian wasn't very fast, he even referred to himself as a "lazy old slug" but he was strong with force powers.
@@ll7868 whoooa I’d love to see Leia kill a Jedi slug.
I am so pleased that you watched the original (and best) versions. Most reactors watch the edited versions.
These movies were my childhood. I've literally watched them more than 150 times and know every single line, music cue and sound effect completely by heart. I will never tire of them. They are the perfect trilogy.
Another bit of trivia - One of the reasons why Luke’s new lightsaber is green rather than blue is because it stood out better on camera against the sky during the desert barge scenes. 🙂
21:18 an epic trademark of Return Of The Jedi is the simultaneous triple treat of space battle, the throne room duel, and the land mission, all at the same time… A FIRST ON CINEMA HISTORY, something Empire Strikes Back's fans and critics likewise all fail to grab 🤣😎.
Warwick Davis was the first Ewok you see. He's a British legend. Hosts TV shows over here and was also the star of the Leprechaun horror movie series.
Willow!
Warwick will be staring in the new Willow series on Disney+
He's a true star! And so funny in his TV show Life's short :D
Also known as Porridge, Emperor of Mankind.
he also has a cameo in the prequels on Tattoine, hes one of the podracer gamblers
😉 Thanks again for having watch the "the despecialized versions" of this trilogie. You show it's still standing as good as in 1977-1983. 👍
I first saw this movie at the 7am showing at the Loew's theater on, I think it was, 43rd street in Manhattan. It was the first showing in the city. The line was 6 people wide and went down the street and around the corner. It was like going to wrestling. Every time someone made their first appearance, people cheered. People were screaming at Vader to stop the Emperor at the end. When he picked him up, people were cheering, you couldn't hear a thing from the movie itself. When he took his mask off, you could hear a pin drop.
Yeah, that didn't happen in the Disney sequels. But going to the first prequel on release day was an experience. So much tension.
Does this mean you went to Madison Square Garden for wrestling shows a lot?
@@MeanMrMustard1 basically every month for a good 3 year run.
@@JohnGuzik Which 3 years?
woah 7AM! That's wild! I love a full theater with cheers!! I haven't had too many experiences like this. So special!!
It's really nice to see these first reactions to the Despecialized editions. Pretty much everyone has dine the editions with all the digital enhancements that added stuff that really detracted from the original release. Opening night of Return of the Jedi was the most incredible as far as the energy of the audience in a theater, that I have ever seen. None of the opening nights of the movies since have even come close to that kind of energy.
not even opening to Return of the King? Star Wars is like my favorite thing soooo... I have no problem if ROTJ was the most electric but I remember it being LIT when I watched Return of the King at midnight.
@@benjaminroe311ify , The audience entirely was so fire up that they cheered at everything throughout the movie, almost non-stop, from opening title to closing credit. It definitely took a second viewing to catch some of the dialog. After four hours in line we were having fun with discussions galore so when the doors finally opened people were wound up and ready to spring to find a seat. These were the days before assigned seating , so it was first come, first serve, and there was a sense of community in line too.
I like to think that the title “Return of the Jedi” is referring to Darth Vader returning to the light as Anakin again as opposed to referring to Luke
When Luke taps into his anger and his fear over the possibility that Vader will go after Leia - he gives into the dark side to beat his father, but when he cuts off the hand, he sees he’s losing control.
And unlike his father, he stops.
I have a problem with that (very popular) interpretation. I don't see Luke needing the dark Side to beat Vader. He was doing pretty alright before he decided to stop fighting. His anger wasn't necessary for him to win, but to decide to hurt his father.
@@sergioaccioly5219 Fair assessment, I’m glad we both love Star Wars!
In the three years between Revenge and Return there was a nationwide argument over "Was Darth really Luke's father or was it a Dark Side trick". So yes, they needed the confirmation from Yoda.
WOAHHHH that's wild, I'd love to live in that in-between of not knowing!! so excruciating and yet...so fun? ahaha
@@ShanelleRiccio It was hell waiting. We didn't eve know there would be an Empire Strikes Back. Then, it's ending left us hanging for 3 years. I saw them in theater, the first at 11 years old in 1977.
@@ShanelleRiccio If you watch child reaction videos to the reveal scene from Empire, almost in every case, the child will turn to a grown up and ask, "is that really true?"
I saw the OT in cinemas when I was a kid and I can confirm that most kids didnt believe that Vader was luke's father...I had to wait till RotJ by which time i was 13 to actualy believe it.
@@kentlambert4108 I was 9. Good times :)
Just for reference, it’s a 3-year jump between New Hope and Empire, and a 1-year jump between Empire and Jedi.
1.5 to be exact
@@LeighMet 1.5? No, there are only 6 months between Empire and Return.
@@danielgarza8219 18 months
@@LeighMet You are incorrect. There is no source that supports your thought. It has always been 6 months.
I'm curious how do you know that? I've been a star wars fan all my life & basically it comes down to your best guess.
Beautiful reaction. You caught on to much of the best parts of this episode, including Luke’s penultimate moment of looking at his hand and realizing that this path of anger would lead to him becoming his father. Victory for Luke was so so different from most of the 80’s “action heroes” and hi who usually won through violence. Luke beating Vader down was actually the moment he was closest to losing because he was closest to falling to the Dark Side. His victory is actually the moment he throws his light saber away and refuses to give in to his own anger. It was a unique way for a hero to win the day that felt special when I was a kid. I was surrounded by Stallone’s and Schwarzenegger’s who always blew up the bad guys. Luke just stops hope, breaths, and stands up to the villain and for what he believes in. Powerful. Good job as alwais
I think I almost peed myself as a kid when Vader said "I hope so, Commander, for your sake. The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am."
Its great because we haven't really seen what the Emperor was about at that time, and to know that Vader - that force-choking cyborg maniac - is more forgiving than him, really sets the scene as to who the Emperor is.
FINALLY a reaction to this original version of the movie! when Vader saves Luke in the newer releases, which is my favorite moment in all of Star Wars, they add Vader screaming “nooo!!!” and ruined it completely. so nice you watched this one💙
So much tampering with the movies - each one ruins them a little more. They just don't seem to understand what ruins them or helps them.
Honestly, this is one of the dumbest changes. Takes me out of the moment every time.
The blue light sabre originally belonged to Anakin before he turned to the dark side. Obi Wan then gave it to Luke and it was lost when Vader cut his hand off. Luke then constructed his very own green sabre (part of completing Jedi training). It's my favourite, probably because it's Luke's own colour.
The real reason is because the first batyle takes place agains a blue sky and rotoscoping a blue lightsaber would have been more difficult than a green one. In the early trailers of the movie, however it was colored blue.
@@spicy321 yes, though unintended it ended being a trademark. A trademark of such power that it was brought back in The Mandalorian to save the sinking ship at Disney 😂.
@@spicy321 hehe cool and now colors all have at least some kind of meaning its crazy.
One of my favorite things that I noticed: At one time C-3PO states that he's not much of a story teller. But then in Jedi he's telling the Ewoks all about their adventures with sound effects and being so animated. Everyone, including the people who lived the story, were enraptured.
I noticed that too, and I don't think it's a mistake either. I think he became a good story teller after experiencing the stories and adventure first hand over time. Even 3PO gets some character development. :D
That’s soo cool that your watching the original despecialized versions,respect ✊
It is always fun watching the original Star Wars trilogy, but is much more fun watching it with someone, who enjoys it the first time. Thank you for inviting us into your room to watch the movie together.
Saw this in the theater in 1983 when I was 12. When Vader picked up the Emperor the entire theater erupted in cheers! Something I'll never forget.
Shanelle, no thanks to you I now have the mental image of Darth Vader rolling down a grassy hill shouting, AS... YOU... WISH!!
No, this is not right!
😂
hahahha
My name is Luke Skywalker, You killed my father. Prepare to die!
After Episode V: Empire Strikes Back, many moviegoers did not believe that Vader was really Luke's father. It was that shocking.
I guess I might not really believe it either! Kind of feels almost impossible, Luke is our hero/good guy! It sucks I always knew this twist from culture and couldn't take the ride blind
This is what happens when you watch the original film. You don't have a reactor saying "who's that?" when Anakin's force ghost shows up. Great reaction.
Most of the reactors that see the newest version have no problem understanding Hayden's appearance.
But especially now, with Hayden continuing to play Vader, having him in the special edition provides continuity between the Prequels, the original trilogy, and the Mandolorian's spin-offs.
If we see Hayden Christiansen as the ghost, then we should also see Ewan Mcgregor as Kenobi with baby Yoda. Otherwise it should go back to being Sebastian Shaw. It makes no sense going to Hayden
@@Greybeardmedic
What the fuck? Do you not understand how Force ghosts work? And don't you understand just how out of place Sebastian Shaw is, given that he looks nothing like Anakin? Especially since Hayden is playing Anakin in everything else? To go from Hayden in Kenobi, to some random old dude in ROTJ, then back to Hayden in Ahsoka?
In fact, you can count on George replacing young Hayden with old Hayden in ROTJ, using the new footage they're filming right now.
@@garyballard179 I think if your first exposure to SW is only the OT with no spoilers or reference whatsoever to the preqs, Shaw makes sense. The first time I saw ROTJ in 83 I’m not sure I wouldn’t be taken out of the moment by seeing someone in their 20’s because we didn’t know how force ghosts worked at that time. At that point I just figured they all can come back. If George wanted to keep the flow of the total saga then I understand getting a ghost of Hayden bc that was how he looked before he went dark and we all would recognize him because we watched in chronological order. I personally don’t care for it bc I originally interpreted it as the projection of who you are when you died and I saw it that Anankin was redeemed when he tossed Palpy down the shaft so the force ghost was a projection of his spirit when he died on DS2 and his physical scars were ‘healed’ by the light side.
@@jmominis
This isn't 1983.
This is 2021, and Hayden is Anakin.
I am so glad you watched the original version before Lucas tinkered with it over and over again. You’re the only reactor I’ve seen do this and your reaction to seeing old Anakin was amazing and the perfect reason it should not have been tampered with.
Agreed. I feel two ways about this though. The Hayden Christensen edit does feel more appropriate when someone sits down now and starts with Episode 1...
Yes, Vader hired the bounty hunters to find the rebels. He was only interested in Luke so he gave the carbonite test subject (Han) to Boba Fett to do with as he pleased. Fett cashed in with Jabba.
Apparently....
Fett cashed in twice I think. Vader and Jabba!
Plus boba fett has had run ins with solo in the past so to him it was personal (in all honesty most of thr bounty hunters we saw in empire strikes back have a personal hatred for solo)
@@jasonkreider8954
Robot chicken showed Fett's true motivation in chasing Solo.
ruclips.net/video/So-YyfEUb1w/видео.html&ab_channel=AdultSwim
Thank you for watching the Despecialized by the way, always really appreciated! :D
And bonus, I didn’t even know these existed. Mine now! 😂
So much better with the Nub Nub song
not having vader say no when he chucks the emperor over the edge, and not having to see haydens nonsensical ghost, was a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.
@S2 turbine Just about every reactor that's watched this movie on RUclips has had the same reaction, unless they've already seen the prequels.
Agreed 😃
Luke's hand was severed by Vader in anger (the Dark Side) and was replaced with a mechanical hand. Vader's hands were also severed and replaced by mechanical ones and Luke proceeded to cut one of them off while in a rage (the Dark Side). In that moment, Luke realized that he proved the Emperor's point in how easy it was to be seduced by the Dark Side, and that Luke was on his way to becoming his father and taking his place. It was a very sobering moment for him.
The cave, remember your failure at the cave.
He is also realizing he is literally becoming just like his father. More machine than man.
@@Jbluez1 Right, that's why Luke stares at his mechanical hand for like 10 seconds and then it immediately cuts to Vader's now severed mechanical hand. Luke was metaphorically and physically like his father. That moment says so much without speaking literal words. I meant to add that part to my explanation but forgot. It's also why the OT is so much better written and made than future SW movies because it respected the audience's intelligence enough without having to overexplain the meaning of the scenes in dialogue like most modern movies do today.
I saw these a kid. My father took me to see each one when they were in theaters. I loved the characters, the action scenes (especially the space battle, where the big ships come along side each other and exchange shots, just like pirate ships), and especially how powerful and evil the emperor is. I don't remember ever wondering if my own father would or could go bad like Vader did because he was always a good father to us (and still is) and always good to my mother (and still is).
As an adult I really appreciate the personality and the performance of Ian McDiarmid's Emperor. We see a lot more of him in the prequels, played by McDiarmid, and in my opinion he's one of the best characters in the whole prequel trilogy.
"Yub Nub" song at the end is way better than the specialized crap, as well as the Jabba palace dance song.
This old STAR WARS fan just wants you to know, if I can speak for all of us...
...We're proud a' ya, kid.
Definitely. Now the force will be with you..always.
STAR WARS BRINGS JOY TO MILLIONS AROUND THE GLOBE AND THAT MY FINE FRIEND IS A BEAUTIFUL THING. MAY THE FORCE BE WITH US ALL
I am one with the Force, and the Force is with me.
it did untill the new movies
@@Productive_Chad Now, now. Let's be nice... and ignore them. haha
Look into the great reset and agenda 21. I dont think those fuckers really planned on USA being around in 2021. They made bad movies on purpose to piss Americans off. Then they said you're racist if you don't like the new movies. That's why so many dumb people swear the new movies are great... RaCisM
Carrie Fisher said she met a fan who told her he thought about her in that bikini outfit every day from when he saw the movie until he was 25. She said, "Really, every day?", and he replied, "Sometimes twice a day."
Then she looked over at the actress that played Rey, "that's what you have to look forward to"
I think Kevin Smith once told her something similar and she responded with something like “I’m glad I was able to help get your lightsaber up.” 😂
@Bob Stone drugs are bad, mmkay
Actually, the fan's reply was "well four times a day".
I never thought about her in that bikini - I just thought it was a fashionable meme to say you fantasized about her, popularized by the show Friends.
this was my favorite star wars movie when I was young because I love space dogfighting and still do. I use to watch this all the time, makes me feel like a kid again every time I do. The great reaction I love that you fell in love with this story.
One of the many things going through Luke's mind, as he was looking at Vader's severed arm, was that because of his own mechanical hand, he was becoming like Darth Vader, a piece at a time.
I love that you were able to get the original theatrical edits. I haven't seen those since I was 10 or 11 when they were on VHS. I'm most familiar with the 1997 Special Editions as that's the set I bought myself as a teenager. Some changes I like, some I really hate, so it was cool to get to revisit some despecialized scenes again. I really think these films are best on a first viewing as a non-specialized edition. Especially as a filmmaker looking back on them. These movies literally were what got me interested in filmmaking so I owe them a lot.
"Maybe they are just little people..." That's exactly what they are. Wicket (the little one to befriend Leia) is played by Warwick Davis (the title character in the movie Willow and the Leprechaun series, and who is Professor Flitwick and several of the goblins in Harry Potter.) He was 11 during RotJ.
My family went to a preview screening of Return of the Jedi when I was 4 years old. It's my earliest memory of seeing a film in the theater. My mom's favourite story about watching return of the Jedi was me reassuring her not to be scared of Jabba because he's just a puppet.
Loved your reaction, Shanelle. You made me cry seeing you cry. Little tibbits. Luke saying, "I am Jedi. Like my father before me.' Was not for emperor but for his father to see that he never saw him as Sith. The Jedi theme for the first time played for Darth Vader when he grabbed and threw the emperor. Some people wondered why Luke threw the lightsaber away leaving him defenseless, it was because he wanted his father to make the choice. This was Anakin's trial. The movie is called Return of the Jedi because it wasn't about Luke but the return of Anakin to the Jedi. Tears.
Oh my gosh, this was so fun to watch “with you”. I appreciated your intellectual analysis but also your open heart emotional response to all of it. Great job. Thanks for the ride.
The significance of Luke's reaction to Vader's mechanical hand was directly tied to the vision he had of Vader into the cave when training with Yoda. In the cave Luke saw himself under the mask, and when he cut off his hand and made the connection with his own hand, he saw again his future self if he followed his father to the dark side. That gave him the perspective to resist and be true to himself and his training, once and for becoming a true Jedi.
My first official youtube comment, just to say:
If she cries at the ending of Return of the Jedi, she's a keeper.
This is embarrassing but after a night of carousing, I put on Return of the Jedi. I found myself really emotional at the end, especially the final scenes with Luke and Vader. I think that was the first time I really realized how much this series has meant to me throughout my life. Also, I really love my father so that stuff really got to drunk me.
@@Psilocybin77 Do you know how many people said "I could have never imagined crying when Darth Vader died, if you predicted ahead of time that I would - but I did." That George could get the audience to eventually sympathize with such a terrible bad guy was quite impressive.
@@peteg475 I think that’s what makes these films so powerful. The story is so layered, and the themes of family are so well executed. You’re exactly right; for us to care for a man that blew up a planet, is quite an accomplishment.
@@Psilocybin77 Yeah, even if you're not crazy about the prequels, it reveals him as a frightened, rudderless, tormented youngster who was tricked into his position by his vulnerabilities. A really tragic character.
Amen
“This song’s funny!” And that’s why we’re glad you’re watching the despecialized version.
I’m sorry, but the one Specialization I approve of is the new celebration music. *If* this hadn’t been the last of the classic trilogy, I might not have such strong feelings about that, but the end of the trilogy deserves a grander end, and John Williams certainly delivered that.
@@gerstelb What, the classic end credits theme wasn't enough for you?
K1productions the specialized ending song is way more emotional and powerful.
@@TheEasyname23 I do not agree, but that is more a matter of preference, and probably based on whatever version was one's first memory
@@gerstelb Agreed. I'll take revised music and added galaxy montage over the dopey Ewokese song any day. It's undeniably the best alteration made to these movies.
And while I don't mind the expansion of the Max Rebo Band, I still like the original song ("Lapti Nek," I believe it's called) a lot better than "Jedi Rocks."
I’m amazed you watched the original versions of the films, and not the remastered versions like a lot of people do.
Its a small thing, but a major one at a major moment.
But when the Emperor is zapping Luke, and Vader is looking back and forth.. there is the no stupid "no... NoOoOOO!"
To me, that change will always and forever be unforgivable. It totally undermines the emotion of the huge, climactic moment. Like in every way. No shit he's in turmoil at that moment, his sons being killed! The last thing anyone needed was that out of place, weird and somehow baritone screech.. sighs..
Thank you again Lance, you the real mvp!!!!
Palpatine's name was given in Lucas' original outline for the first Star Wars film and ended up in the novelization in 1977. Of course his name was never spoken on film until Lucas returned to the universe to shoot the prequels.
I saw the original trilogy when I was 10 (I'm 33 now). My mom got the 20th anniversary VHS box set for her birthday and we watched one a night for 3 nights in a row. I immediately loved them, and I remember sitting next to my mom watching ROTJ at the end panicking when the Emperor is electrocuting Luke, asking her "Is Luke gonna die!!??" cause seriously, Darth Vader lets his son get electrocuted a LONG TIME before he intervenes. I remember being absolutely terrified of the emperor! Loved the ewoks, they're so cute!
As for the scene when Luke cuts off Vader's hand, I think there's a lot to it- like, Luke sees that he's doing just what the emperor wants, also there's the fact that this is clearly not the first time Vader's lost that hand since it's mechanical, plus Luke's just done what his father did to him in the last movie. It's like he sees that it's a cycle of violence and resolves to put an end to it, or at least no longer participate in it.
The prequels get a lot of hate and I do think the original trilogy is better, but I'd be very curious to see you react to the prequels. There's definitely good aspects to them.
YES! She definitely needs to see the prequels. They are different in style, but they add a lot more weight to the overall plot.
Huge THANK YOU for watching the original!!! :) I loved your reaction when Anakin appears at the end!! Trust me, it loses meaning when it's Hayden Christensen, I loathe how they changed it.
No it doesn't, it makes much more sense after you watch the prequels.
thank you!! I would've been so confused to see Hayden lol! I have no context for that!
Only problems is the eyebrows
Shanelle, love. You are performing a huge public service to the Star Wars community in being an avatar for us to reexperience the pure exhilaration and uphoric jubilation of watching the grand space opera saga is through the eyes of the uninitiated who is visibly moved and appears genuinely transfixed and appreciative. It's the only way for us galactic inner stellar weirdos to come within proximity of that first time. Thank you for that and your witty fun self deprecating text blurbs throughout.
The snarky is strong with this one. 🤙
I’ve noticed that Luke was right to say to the Emperor; “Your overconfidence so your greatest weakness.” Luke would have probably killed Vader if Palpatine would’ve shut his dang mouth.
19:59 37-year-old Ian McDiarmid as the Emperor was even younger than 43-year-old Max von Sydow as Father Merrin in "The Exorcist".
Major props to you for watching the original versions of these!
Absolutely!
A note about Luke's apparel throughout the trilogy... In A New Hope, we see Luke in all white most of the movie. This represents his innocence and humble upbringing when he is catapulted into "a larger world". In The Empire Strikes back, we see him in grey. This is to show his vulnerability and how he could be tempted by the dark side. In Retyrn of the Jedi, he wears all black showing that he is straddling the line between light and dark. After the Emperor is destroyed, Luke's tunic is opened at the top showing a triangle of grey. This represents his moving away from the pull of the darkness. Funny how just a simple choice of wardrobe can tell a story.
I don't know if it's been confirmed or not, but I like to think that's why Anakin's face is white underneath. To show that under the darkness, he had light.
Great reaction! And love that you got a hold of the originals.
A couple points:
- One of the reasons Yoda explicitly confirms Darth Vader as Luke's father was Lucas had noticed that many didn't seem to believe it. Even James Earl Jones when he read the line immediately thought "He's lying!" Because, of course, bad guys lie.
- There is a deleted scene of Luke on Tattooine building his new lightsaber in Ben's adode. He's in shadows and hooded and acts in a bit of a sinister fashion, making you wonder if he's turned to the dark side.
- You can see the literal progression of special FX throughout the three movies. The battle of Endor sequence was MIND-BLOWING at the time, and it holds up.
A fan story…..I was in elementary school when this came out, me and my best friend(being “nerds” at the time) where hoping to get to go to a theater to see this. It wasn’t a common thing for kids in those days. The last thing we saw together was the Christmas special…..needless to say our parents thought we were crazy. So on one day my sister(as a babysitter) picked us up from school and said…we’re not going home yet(she happens to be 9 years older than me)….we park, and start walking to the local theater. There it was. We got to have soda, we got to have candy which she snuck in, popcorn too. It felt like we were seeing old friends…thinking back….it was $.99 night….it became a memory that cost her personally under $15. Plus putting up with her younger brother and friend. Sorry for randomness of this story. But wasn’t just about the movies back then, it was the experience too.
26:32... I always thought that look that comes across Han’s face, that AHA moment is him remembering that she kissed her “brother” pretty aggressively twice earlier on...:)
She sees Annakin as a force ghost and tears up. Others see Hayden Christianson and are confused. Release the unaltered version Disney!!!
yes because people with intelligence should watch it in order that the timeline is set.
100% why I HATE what Lucas did by doing what he did.
Hey why does he get to be young?
@@DurkMcGerk Yeah, why didn't Obi-Wan get to be young, too? And while Lucas was at it, why not baby Yoda?
@@DurkMcGerk The reason is because the force ghost takes the shape of whenever you were last a Jedi (pure) so Anakin looks like that because that's when he was last pure.
I thought it was interesting how they used Luke's clothes in each film to show his descent into the dark side. In each film you see what he is wearing go from light to dark to show how he is moving away from being an innocent young man.
God I wish I could stop you from watching episodes 1 2 3 7,8 and 9. A d everything except rogue one snd maybe mandolorian. No words for how happy I am that your first viewings are the despecialized versions. Thank you lance!
Saw this in the theater with my Dad and a couple of really good friends back in '83 on opening night. It's a memory I will never forget. As an 8 year old kid, whooping and hollering with every Rebel victory, and feeling those deep emotions of the father and son relationship (my Dad and I didn't really communicate very well until I became and adult, several years before he passed away). When I rewatch this movie, those few Luke and Anakin scenes toward the end still make me tear and choke up to this day (even rewatching them here). I'm really glad that you enjoyed the original trilogy.
I rented these movies on VHS constantly as a very young kid in the 90's probably haven't seen these original quality scenes since around then.
Shanelle: "I'm heading someplace else."
Me: "O_o...ur parent's room?"
Shanelle goes into the Trilogy wondering if she will like them and at the end happy tears.
Thank you for watching the despecialized versions. Such a better experience. It's nice to see somebody watch it for the first time and see what I saw the first time I watched it. Well done.
24:00 is a moment that I based my life upon; the kind will overcome the cruel, the good will over come the evil and, of course, the Jedi will overcome the Sith.
It gives me hope to see someone from the next generation taking this moment so seriously. Thanks for this. Truly \m/
Alright, now you have to do Rogue One. Lot of throwbacks in that one to this series. (And probably the best of the Disney made Star Wars films.)
No 'probably' about it!
That’s not saying much.
@@nomadmusicbk2366 It’s ok. There are a few memorable scenes, but a lot is forgettable.
She should watch the prequels before Rogue One though. There are a few tie-ins to that that you'd miss otherwise.
LOVE a happy ending!
Also, SO glad you watched the De-specialized version! (Jedi was "harmed" the MOST from the Special Editions. The others, much less so.)
I am SOOO glad you got to see the de-specialized versions. Some updates were good but some almost ruin some of the most critical moments in the saga.(Vader Screaming "Noo" when he threw the Emperor down the shaft and changing the Ewok song at the end which hits the right emotions for the end credits) THEY REALLY NEED TO RELEASE THIS VERSION TO THE PUBLIC
1983! "Star Wars Return of the Jedi" ruled the box office all summer. I was attending the University of Alaska, Fairbanks back then (I'm from Maryland). One theater in Fairbanks had it all summer. The next closest theater was in Anchorage. The other significant movies that year summer were, in box office order were "Octopussy" (James Bond), "Staying Alive" (Saturday Night Fever sequel), "Trading Places", "Superman III", "WarGames", "Mr. Mom", and "Risky Business".
I used to think people could love Star Wars as much as the fans do only if they grew up watching it. But seeing your reactions especially to the ending disproves that immensely and just shows how well these films hold up so many years later