I saw it opening night. You should've heard the crowd during the big reveal. It's taken for granted now, you know that plot point before you even see the movie. But on opening night in 1980, it was a shock.
I remember when the news covered this movie back then, and they all mentioned that there was a shocking ending but none of them gave it away. That just made everyone want to see it even more!
I felt like the kid who didn't know when he was going to see it because he didn't know when it was coming to town. I was in the same boat. Even though I lived in a major city, we still had to drive to another to see the movie. Back then movies didn't open everywhere immediately like they do now. Sometimes you had to get in the car and drive to see a movie, even something major like a Star Wars sequel.
omg my fucking childhood right here. I grew up an hour from Chicago and videotaped this off the air. I watched this over and over when I was 5. good times.....
God, I remember when Empire premiered....all us kids were DYING for this flick....this was absolutely beyond huge. After all, this was the first time we had some "new" Star Wars (not counting the Holiday Special). With tickets adjusted for inflation, Empire is still one of the biggest films of all time. I was 14, this was such a huge part of my life. Who am I kidding, still is. Bring on Episode 8 and Rogue One!
Compare the acting at 3:20 with anything in the prequels and you easily see one of the biggest, most glaring problems with the prequels. They are mostly devoid of emotion and motivation for the actors. ESB is the only film that ever truly shocked me and enthralled me from start to finish. An hour and a half of awesomeness and then to hear Vader reveal he is Luke's father. My jaw-dropped and I was 10 years old at the time. Not only was that scene one of the most amazing in the history of cinema, but when Solo, Leia and Chewie walk into the dining hall and Vader is standing there was also breathtaking. Walkers, Wampas, Yoda, Bounty Hunters, Asteroids, pure excitement.
ITA- FUCK DISNEY and Lucas-Prequels forgot what made his movies cassic was COLLABORATION WITHOTHER GENIUSES. But Prequels atleast continued his Epic and expanded the past and universe, Disney just repeated everything and no character. eta- Rogue1 is okay passable
I first watched ESB at a special screening the day before the official release. It was a charity event to benefit the Neuman's Own Foundation, with some of Paul Neuman's children in attendance. It was held at the North Park Cinema in Dallas, Texas. There was even a wine and cheese reception out in the lobby. It was all reserved seating too, with the best seats having the highest prices. As you might expect, it sold out quickly.
Most sources like Good Morning America and such showed Hoth right before the walkers shooting, Luke seeing Leia at Cloud City when they were toting Han in carbonite, and the start of Luke and Vader's duel. So,as Gene Siskel mentioned at the end of this vid, they were allowed more footage than basically anyone else. Fantastic clip.
I was 12 when ESB came out. The first three movies will always be special to me. I remember sitting in the theater with my mouth open watching the asteroid scene and hearing John Williams score in the background. Watching and hearing the ESB for the first was well... I can’t describe the feeling. When the sequel to a kick ass movie comes out and it’s better. My childhood is wrapped up in episodes 45&6. That’s why it’s hard to watch Disney destroy my beloved Star Wars. 😔 The only movie they got right was Rogue one. 🖕🏾Disney!!
I feel ya, I love Star Wars but, the modern aesthetic and story telling is not my cup O tea - my favorite character is of course Boba Fett but, I have yet to see the Mandlorian. Or Kenobi for that matter. I know it’s probably fine but, it’s just not my Star Wars.
all because of hubris of Kathleen Kennedy. thanks to South Park, now everybody in the world knows who is responsible for demise of once great Star Wars.
I can only imagine what it would've been like to have seen the original Star Wars in the theater, to be anticipating the sequel and then to see all of this footage including the Luke and Vader duel previewed for the first time. What were people in that position at the time imagining that the sequel would be like?
And return of the jedi. Despite people's disagreement of the ewoks, return had alot of good stuff, specifically the emperor and Darth Vader scenes with Luke
Dude were the fuck did you get this clip? This is VHS TV recording. You find it in your Dads trunk in the attic? Holyshit. I can't beleive the things I find on RUclips ...lol...
kakashi101able Oh nothing's wrong with it, I'm just amazed at what's still out there :) Little treasures hidden away here and there. I downloaded this for a folder I have named 'behind the scenes' :D
Believe it or not, this is where much of our present day "no spoilers" culture began. When audiences were leaving the theater, people waiting in line would hear them talking about Vader being the father of Luke. People initially thought they were being pranked, but then they would go in and watch it and realize it was true. When they came out of the theaters, people waiting in line would ask how it was and they would be like "Don't want to spoil it for you". A couple of years later, a similar situation occurred concerning the death of Spock in The Wrath of Khan. By 1983, when Return of the Jedi was about to release, there were so many things to wrap up that the whole "No spoilers" thing was in full effect. It has only gotten bigger ever since. Honestly, I think sometimes it goes a bit too far, but I also understand fans wanting to experience the plot twist and revelations first hand as they watch the film, and not from some random person exiting the theater who can't wait thirty seconds until they get into their car before they begin yapping about the movie they just watched.
Spirits, Bill Kurtis looks SO young! I still maintain that Empire is the best movie in the ENTIRE Star Wars canon, and that includes every film supervised by freaking Disney! Gene complains a bit about some of the background images in the film, which a lot of us can concede - there are issues, and it's probably one of the few things the Special Edition really DID improve.
@@davidunderwood1773 lmfao what? that doesn't make any sense. i really hope they don't retcon luke's father being killed by vader just for the sake of a plot-twist
It was during this year that Gene got married for 19 years until his death months before the prequels came out. He would've been ashamed of them as his co-host Roger Ebert was lucky to see all six as well as the clone wars spin off movie before his death which happened months after Lucasfilm got bought by Disney. A new generation of movie reviewers will find out how good Episode VII is when it comes out next year...
***** I don't think it will be good at all, except for those who grew up with the altered versions and the prequels. It will be Star Wars in name only, but with none of the magic that made the original trilogy great.
Wow look how young bill curtis in. I wish I was around when people unlike today went bananas over a sequel. My first memory at 3 was my family taking my brother & I to see it. People got on their feet cheering when Luke did the flip off the plank and took on all jabba's people. The second time people in the theater were cheering and standing up when veddar over threw the empire down a shaft to save his son.
Those interviews remind me of the interviews with people waiting to see The Phantom Menace, except these people are actually going to see a good movie.
I think the only time I was a huge fan of a movie, was dearly anticipating its sequel and then the sequel actually turned out to be a great movie was Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. I remember anticipating Ghostbusters 2, The Phantom Menace and Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull greatly too but those didn't turn out all that great.
Thank God they didn't show Yoda in the early press releases and reviews. No doubt Lucas had a gag order on certain plot points. The fact that the funny little green frog looking alien that Luke meets on Dagobah was actually the Jedi master he was seeking out was nearly as big a revelation as Vader being his father. I was 11 years old when seeing Empire in the theatre and it would have such a shame if I had known who Yoda was ahead of time.
***** Muppets in Star Wars = deathknell. The concept of Yoda was fine. The execution was a shock even to me at 12 years old. And you can't defend the ewoks defeating Imperial stormtroopers. Come on. The Pope just tweeted the badguys aren't evil enough ...lol..
Poor review by Siskel. He goes on and on about the special effects and other bells and whistles, but doesn't mention anything about how much stronger the story and character development is this time around. Also, that "cheap-looking" "drawing" in the Bespin scene is actually a very atmospheric matte painting - it was intended to look otherworldly and dreamlike.
An age when people didn't care about spoilers because movies didn't rely on gimmicky secret reveals to lure an audience, it was story that sold the films. Ironically this film has one of the biggest secret reveals in history lol but at least the media was pretty good about keeping a lid on it
Francis X. Lord what was given away? That there are new planets!? Omg! Or that all the characters are back!? No way! Oh my Han Solo who clearly had a thing for Leia still has a thing for her!? There’s a new character!? If you consider any of this spoilers then you should never watch any marketing material. Of course then you’d have nothing to Bitch and moan about so I doubt it will happen. There’s no Yoda reveal. There’s no reveal of the actual twist. Just clips from scenes. Spoiler alert those aren’t spoilers.
Black people even complained about no black people in Star Wars? OMG .. the main character is black and the voices portrayed by the greatest black voice in movie history! What more do you want
(Responding to the replies here en masse) Well, Flash Gordon originally started as a comic strip, and later a film serial, back in the 1930s. Same goes for Buck Rogers. So, even if Star Wars played a role in those series returning, I don't think it's fair to call those "ripoffs." In fact, the Flash Gordon film serial was one of George Lucas's biggest inspiration for creating Star Wars (one of the most notable examples of this being the opening crawl). Battlestar Galactica makes... a bit more sense (although I still don't think the term "ripoff" is fair, but whatever). Alien, however, doesn't fit at all. The only big thing that it has in common with Star Wars is the fact that it takes place in space on a spacecraft and has an alien.
Spar10Leonidas oh I wouldn't call them ripoffs either. But you know these films and TV shows would not have emerged if not for the success of star wars. The best thing was that star trek got a second life with the scifi craze. But star wars has always been the best with its action and mystery of the force.
What exactly was spoiled? Han and Lea kissing? There werent a lot of important plot elements that were revealed, i was looking for the i am your father spoiler but he didnt mention it, so you people in the comments are silly
@@briansview2886 LOL who did people expect Vader to fight? Lucasfilm gave him that footage so obviously they didn't think it was a spoiler. Amazingly Boba Fett is not seen anywhere in this footage even though he was already revealed in the holiday special and as a preview action figure.
"The film's one new human character..." - Gene Siskel Gene completely ignoring Lobot, who's in the background of the same scene. (Not to mention Emperor Palpatine and various Imperial officers.)
Hmmm, very interesting how it’s never mentioned how polarizing this movie was when it came out just like what Wikipedia and Rian Johnson have been saying since 2017. It’s almost like that’s one big fat lie 🤔
I saw it opening night. You should've heard the crowd during the big reveal. It's taken for granted now, you know that plot point before you even see the movie. But on opening night in 1980, it was a shock.
I was only 4 years old, but I would f loved to of been there
By golly, you are quite possibly the luckiest person alive in my eyes
I remember when the news covered this movie back then, and they all mentioned that there was a shocking ending but none of them gave it away. That just made everyone want to see it even more!
Well, I wanna see this now. Anyone know if it's any good?
Wait until it comes out on VHS.
Good??? It's a masterpiece!!
Tommy Udo Don't you mean Betamax.
Never seen it after over 30 years? Well, its the best sic-fi movie ever made.
Warning, watch out for spoiler trolls on the Intern-- oh wait
There are no "cheap looking" scenes in Empire.
Agree. It has top-notch production values.
The Cloud City scenes expose the limitations of a tight budget.
The walking tanks were the best effects ever made.
@@ricardocantoral7672 yes in the original version there's a lot of just walking down white corridors.
Luke falling down the Cloud City shaft looks like a blue-screen shot. Everything else, though, I agree: it looks amazing.
I can't wait for this movie to come out !
HADDONFILMS it's going to be so cool.
so ahead of its time
"and we get something rare: A sequel that works"
by far still my favorite episode
Wow, how did you find this footage? This is like an amazing time capsule.
I see a couple people complaining about a negative thing or two Siskel said. He still loved it. No movie is perfect. Jiminey Cricket.
I felt like the kid who didn't know when he was going to see it because he didn't know when it was coming to town. I was in the same boat. Even though I lived in a major city, we still had to drive to another to see the movie. Back then movies didn't open everywhere immediately like they do now. Sometimes you had to get in the car and drive to see a movie, even something major like a Star Wars sequel.
Me too, I was about his age when I first saw Empire. Miss the days when the anticipation of one movie was SO HIGH!
I remember this!!!
...hearing the new icy planet was called HOT
Empire Strikes Back is FLAWLESS
The Empire Strikes Back is the best of all the Star Wars movies.
I knew you already knew that but It feels really good to me to type it myself.
omg my fucking childhood right here. I grew up an hour from Chicago and videotaped this off the air. I watched this over and over when I was 5. good times.....
God, I remember when Empire premiered....all us kids were DYING for this flick....this was absolutely beyond huge. After all, this was the first time we had some "new" Star Wars (not counting the Holiday Special). With tickets adjusted for inflation, Empire is still one of the biggest films of all time. I was 14, this was such a huge part of my life. Who am I kidding, still is. Bring on Episode 8 and Rogue One!
Just out of curiosity, how did you react when Darth Vader said "I am your father"?
Compare the acting at 3:20 with anything in the prequels and you easily see one of the biggest, most glaring problems with the prequels. They are mostly devoid of emotion and motivation for the actors. ESB is the only film that ever truly shocked me and enthralled me from start to finish. An hour and a half of awesomeness and then to hear Vader reveal he is Luke's father. My jaw-dropped and I was 10 years old at the time. Not only was that scene one of the most amazing in the history of cinema, but when Solo, Leia and Chewie walk into the dining hall and Vader is standing there was also breathtaking. Walkers, Wampas, Yoda, Bounty Hunters, Asteroids, pure excitement.
Not a hint of disappointment after seeing ESB, unlike Eps 1 - 3 and Ep 7.
ITA- FUCK DISNEY and Lucas-Prequels forgot what made his movies cassic was COLLABORATION WITHOTHER GENIUSES. But Prequels atleast continued his Epic and expanded the past and universe, Disney just repeated everything and no character. eta- Rogue1 is okay passable
I first watched ESB at a special screening the day before the official release. It was a charity event to benefit the Neuman's Own Foundation, with some of Paul Neuman's children in attendance. It was held at the North Park Cinema in Dallas, Texas. There was even a wine and cheese reception out in the lobby. It was all reserved seating too, with the best seats having the highest prices. As you might expect, it sold out quickly.
Wow, they released a lot of footage before the movie came out...
I guess now it's different because of the internet.
Most sources like Good Morning America and such showed Hoth right before the walkers shooting, Luke seeing Leia at Cloud City when they were toting Han in carbonite, and the start of Luke and Vader's duel. So,as Gene Siskel mentioned at the end of this vid, they were allowed more footage than basically anyone else. Fantastic clip.
I was 12 when ESB came out. The first three movies will always be special to me. I remember sitting in the theater with my mouth open watching the asteroid scene and hearing John Williams score in the background. Watching and hearing the ESB for the first was well... I can’t describe the feeling. When the sequel to a kick ass movie comes out and it’s better. My childhood is wrapped up in episodes 45&6. That’s why it’s hard to watch Disney destroy my beloved Star Wars. 😔 The only movie they got right was Rogue one. 🖕🏾Disney!!
I feel ya, I love Star Wars but, the modern aesthetic and story telling is not my cup O tea - my favorite character is of course Boba Fett but, I have yet to see the Mandlorian. Or Kenobi for that matter. I know it’s probably fine but, it’s just not my Star Wars.
all because of hubris of Kathleen Kennedy.
thanks to South Park, now everybody in the world knows who is responsible for demise of once great Star Wars.
I wasn’t life but my dad was 9, and he said he was blown away when he saw it.
what a great find
Empire leader Darth Vader? Oh little does he know...
Saw it as a boy in the winter in Alaska. First scene: ice planet Hoth! Great escapism!
lol!
Greatest sequel EVER MADE!!
I can only imagine what it would've been like to have seen the original Star Wars in the theater, to be anticipating the sequel and then to see all of this footage including the Luke and Vader duel previewed for the first time. What were people in that position at the time imagining that the sequel would be like?
2:58 And people think SJWs didn't exist before this decade LMAO
Boy does this bring back so many memories
Cost me $1.50 and I was the first one in the door....
Cost me $1.49.
Todd
Damn, how'd you get that price?
@@BarnabasCollinsXIII 4.50 back then was the equivalent to 15 bucks today, fyi.
Star War never recaptured the magic of the first two films.
And return of the jedi. Despite people's disagreement of the ewoks, return had alot of good stuff, specifically the emperor and Darth Vader scenes with Luke
Dude were the fuck did you get this clip? This is VHS TV recording. You find it in your Dads trunk in the attic? Holyshit. I can't beleive the things I find on RUclips ...lol...
What is wrong with it?
kakashi101able Oh nothing's wrong with it, I'm just amazed at what's still out there :) Little treasures hidden away here and there. I downloaded this for a folder I have named 'behind the scenes' :D
Maximvs Dread Ohhh. I thought you were mocking it for it's low quality video... lol
kakashi101able No man. I'm just amazed at the archaeological relics found in trunks in peoples attics ...lol...
Let's spoil the whole movie Gene! He might as well give out the big leak while he's at it!
Incredible how many key Momments they showed
I was stunned to hear the dulcet tones of Bill Kurtis in the intro. his voice is usually the soothing sound that tells me about horrifying murders...
Gene definitely got it right 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Weird to think that Star Wars was once accused of racism
The good old days.I was 10 When this came out.Darth Vader in my eyes .will always be the true Lord of the Sith.Luke a true hero for kids.
WOAH! SOILERS!!!
Dude, spoilers! I didn't want to know about the Han and Leia stuff!
Get out please
Jesus Christ i guess there was no such thing as a spoiler warning in 1980
Well at least he didn’t mention Han Solo being frozen in carbonite...
Believe it or not, this is where much of our present day "no spoilers" culture began. When audiences were leaving the theater, people waiting in line would hear them talking about Vader being the father of Luke. People initially thought they were being pranked, but then they would go in and watch it and realize it was true.
When they came out of the theaters, people waiting in line would ask how it was and they would be like "Don't want to spoil it for you". A couple of years later, a similar situation occurred concerning the death of Spock in The Wrath of Khan.
By 1983, when Return of the Jedi was about to release, there were so many things to wrap up that the whole "No spoilers" thing was in full effect.
It has only gotten bigger ever since. Honestly, I think sometimes it goes a bit too far, but I also understand fans wanting to experience the plot twist and revelations first hand as they watch the film, and not from some random person exiting the theater who can't wait thirty seconds until they get into their car before they begin yapping about the movie they just watched.
Also, Vader is totally Luke's dad. SPOILER!
I wonder what Siskel would think of the prequels, spin-offs, and the sequels. Too bad he did not lived to see any of them
He was fortunate. None of the newer movies remotely compare.
@@mayssm OG Trilogy all the way!
Thanks for uploading this!
The greatest film of all time. Yep.
Bruh what cloud city looked astounding!?
Spirits, Bill Kurtis looks SO young! I still maintain that Empire is the best movie in the ENTIRE Star Wars canon, and that includes every film supervised by freaking Disney!
Gene complains a bit about some of the background images in the film, which a lot of us can concede - there are issues, and it's probably one of the few things the Special Edition really DID improve.
Forget the special effects... This is just an incredibly made movie!
Was that Bill Kurtis at the beginning?
Don't watch Siskel & Ebert's review of the Crying Game if you haven't seen that film yet.
good God, the "racist" card.
You can't fix stupid.
It's Racist❗😃😄😅 there's no Hispanics Asians, Arabs or Eskimos in it
@@xppp3021 the prequels tried to fix that lol
Star Wars had Greedo. 🤔
Who is the anchor at the beginning of the video and where have I heard his voice before?
+Jonathan Hensley Bill Kurtis, who narrated many A & E specials and, more recently, "Anchorman."
Wow. I've never seen Bill Kurtis so young. The things you find on RUclips. :D
Bill Kurtis did Chicago news for years before he got better gigs doing documentaries.
Literally just reviewing the special effects
puppet yoda > cgi yoda
I hear the after-credits scene is amazing!
Bill Kurtis on the intro, now the announcer for "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!"
I love this movie!! My childhood
how did u keep this vintage stuff???lol
Hey, that's Bill Kurtis of the People Murdered in Horrible Ways Files. LOL
He really did spoil the entire movie, didn't he?
+Lion2Tiger Yeah, no point seeing it now :(
Well I've been boycotting this movie after I heard the stupid theory that Darth Vader is Luke's father.
@@davidunderwood1773 lmfao what? that doesn't make any sense. i really hope they don't retcon luke's father being killed by vader just for the sake of a plot-twist
Metal Elephants
i wonder what they thought of force awakens and rogue one
Justin Fencsak well they were dead so probably not much.
"Lord Darth Vader"? Come on Gene!
They call him Lord Vader and Darth Vader in the movies. Maybe Lord Darth Vader is the full name he writes on forms and stuff.
Probably........
"Darth" wasn't a title until the Prequels.
"Only a master of evil, Darth." "A young student of mine named Darth Vader betrayed and murdered your father."
Elwood Blues that is correct.
Hmmmmm 🤔
Looks intriguing.
Hoth ? More like coldth !! Am I right ????
It was during this year that Gene got married for 19 years until his death months before the prequels came out. He would've been ashamed of them as his co-host Roger Ebert was lucky to see all six as well as the clone wars spin off movie before his death which happened months after Lucasfilm got bought by Disney. A new generation of movie reviewers will find out how good Episode VII is when it comes out next year...
***** I don't think it will be good at all, except for those who grew up with the altered versions and the prequels. It will be Star Wars in name only, but with none of the magic that made the original trilogy great.
+sjdrifter72 still think that buddy?
+Wolf Yes, so he loved 5 of the 6 Star Wars movies.
Still less spoilers in this than the Batman v Superman trailer.
Wow look how young bill curtis in. I wish I was around when people unlike today went bananas over a sequel. My first memory at 3 was my family taking my brother & I to see it. People got on their feet cheering when Luke did the flip off the plank and took on all jabba's people. The second time people in the theater were cheering and standing up when veddar over threw the empire down a shaft to save his son.
Billie Dee was also cast to promote the sale of COLT 45 DARK SIDE Malt Liquor.
clever marketing back then!!!
Those interviews remind me of the interviews with people waiting to see The Phantom Menace, except these people are actually going to see a good movie.
I think the only time I was a huge fan of a movie, was dearly anticipating its sequel and then the sequel actually turned out to be a great movie was Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. I remember anticipating Ghostbusters 2, The Phantom Menace and Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull greatly too but those didn't turn out all that great.
Hey! I loved those Star Wars ripoffs and imitations!
“Animated rockets”
Wtf?
I always like how the original star wars trilogy had desert, ice, and forest planets as settings in each film.
Don't forget swamp jungle and technological space station moon
Wow reviews on TV were pretty spoily. I'm glad I wasn't old enough to pay attention to the nightly news when I was 11!
Hold on wait one the better special effects, which effect failed?
No mention of Yoda..
Thank God they didn't show Yoda in the early press releases and reviews. No doubt Lucas had a gag order on certain plot points. The fact that the funny little green frog looking alien that Luke meets on Dagobah was actually the Jedi master he was seeking out was nearly as big a revelation as Vader being his father. I was 11 years old when seeing Empire in the theatre and it would have such a shame if I had known who Yoda was ahead of time.
Its not just the best Star Wars film, its one of the best films ever made.
A Blast from the Past. Gene Siskel Reviews "The Empire Strikes Back."
ruclips.net/video/YvA0tt5RKSc/видео.html
Cloud City is beautiful looking!!! Dafuq was siskel thinking?!
some of the great movies ever, so glad Lucas gave it up, he was hell bent on ruining a classic and a masterpiece, one of his on creation, no less.
+Aaron Delisle What do you mean ruining? He ruined it. It started with Yoda and was done when the Ewoks defeated the Empire.
+Maximvs Dread yoda was badass, tfy talkin bout?
***** Muppets in Star Wars = deathknell. The concept of Yoda was fine. The execution was a shock even to me at 12 years old. And you can't defend the ewoks defeating Imperial stormtroopers. Come on. The Pope just tweeted the badguys aren't evil enough ...lol..
Maximvs Dread you're like the only one that doesn't like yoda,
***** And damn proud of it.
Poor review by Siskel. He goes on and on about the special effects and other bells and whistles, but doesn't mention anything about how much stronger the story and character development is this time around. Also, that "cheap-looking" "drawing" in the Bespin scene is actually a very atmospheric matte painting - it was intended to look otherworldly and dreamlike.
An age when people didn't care about spoilers because movies didn't rely on gimmicky secret reveals to lure an audience, it was story that sold the films. Ironically this film has one of the biggest secret reveals in history lol but at least the media was pretty good about keeping a lid on it
We complain that trailers show us so much now, half the film is given away during that review. No spoiler warnings, nothing.
Francis X. Lord what was given away? That there are new planets!? Omg! Or that all the characters are back!? No way! Oh my Han Solo who clearly had a thing for Leia still has a thing for her!? There’s a new character!? If you consider any of this spoilers then you should never watch any marketing material. Of course then you’d have nothing to Bitch and moan about so I doubt it will happen. There’s no Yoda reveal. There’s no reveal of the actual twist. Just clips from scenes. Spoiler alert those aren’t spoilers.
@evilsWa Shut up karen 🥴🥴🥴
A vintage "Empire Strikes Back" review by Gene Siskel.
ruclips.net/video/YvA0tt5RKSc/видео.html
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Black people even complained about no black people in Star Wars? OMG .. the main character is black and the voices portrayed by the greatest black voice in movie history! What more do you want
"It's not a perfect film"?????????
FFFFFFFFFFFFyou!!!!!
Talk about spoilers!!!
What ripoffs was he referring to?
+Spar10Leonidas There were way too many to count.
Spar10Leonidas buck Rogers, flash Gordon, Battlestar Galactica. All those came between the two films trying to cash in on the scifi wave
(Responding to the replies here en masse) Well, Flash Gordon originally started as a comic strip, and later a film serial, back in the 1930s. Same goes for Buck Rogers. So, even if Star Wars played a role in those series returning, I don't think it's fair to call those "ripoffs." In fact, the Flash Gordon film serial was one of George Lucas's biggest inspiration for creating Star Wars (one of the most notable examples of this being the opening crawl).
Battlestar Galactica makes... a bit more sense (although I still don't think the term "ripoff" is fair, but whatever). Alien, however, doesn't fit at all. The only big thing that it has in common with Star Wars is the fact that it takes place in space on a spacecraft and has an alien.
Spar10Leonidas oh I wouldn't call them ripoffs either. But you know these films and TV shows would not have emerged if not for the success of star wars. The best thing was that star trek got a second life with the scifi craze. But star wars has always been the best with its action and mystery of the force.
Oh, definitely. Even though I do love me some Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica.
That's right, there's no need to read ASOIAF fanfiction when you can wait until the next book comes out. (totally not sarcastic)
What exactly was spoiled? Han and Lea kissing? There werent a lot of important plot elements that were revealed, i was looking for the i am your father spoiler but he didnt mention it, so you people in the comments are silly
AyVee1138 Luke battling Darth Vader
At the time it was not known if Leia would go for Luke or Han. So that was given away. Luke fighting Vader was a big deal. That also was given away.
@@briansview2886 LOL who did people expect Vader to fight? Lucasfilm gave him that footage so obviously they didn't think it was a spoiler. Amazingly Boba Fett is not seen anywhere in this footage even though he was already revealed in the holiday special and as a preview action figure.
Spoiler Alert!!! Hahahaha
Metal elephants. That's what I thought when I was a kid. =]
"The film's one new human character..." - Gene Siskel
Gene completely ignoring Lobot, who's in the background of the same scene. (Not to mention Emperor Palpatine and various Imperial officers.)
Lobot is a android
Emperor is show in hologram only, and you couldn't even tell if he was human or not.
Siskel was incorrect that Lando was the only black character in the movie. How did he miss Willrow Hood, the ice cream maker guy?
RIP Carrie Fisher
I think Siskel pronouncing Leia wrong.
holy moly they spoiled a lot in this preview
More... gadgets?
Billy Dee Williams was da shizzle
Should have had Lando hand out bottles of Colt45.
these younger generations can never understand or have the connection to these films that us generation x kids had
Siskel, I was with you until you called him "Lord Darth Vader"
+Mjsmecha He WAS called Lord in the OT and Darth was supposed to be a name.
All who serve under him call him only Lord Vader. Darth is too familliar.
Meh, that Star Wars thing will never last
Amazing how, back in the day, they could basically spoil the entire movie. Now everyone is too whiny to hear any single detail about a movie.
There were no spoilers in this review. People are upset because for decades now movies basically put the entire plot in the trailer.
Hmmm, very interesting how it’s never mentioned how polarizing this movie was when it came out just like what Wikipedia and Rian Johnson have been saying since 2017. It’s almost like that’s one big fat lie 🤔