Fun fact in the filming of Empire Strikes Back, on set the actor for Vader said "Obi-Wan killed your father" instead of "I am your father" just in case anything leaked from the crew, since at that point Star Wars was already huge and ESB was highly anticipated
Yep. Even when I watched this as a kid, I knew Han was the good guy. Like, you didn't need to recon stuff, George! The OG trilogy was fine as is! Han shooting first doesn't make him a villain, it just shows keen survival instincts and his cunning. Greedo had him at gunpoint and still lost.
@@Ellhaim He's definitely not a good guy. Shoots first, practically forces himself on women and only does the right thing out of guilt. Han was a bad person up until Return of the Jedi.
@@donaldjzI don't care about him making the special editions. Some of the edited cgi was good. I hate the fact he refused to allow the theatrical versions to be sold again. Now Disney also refuses to release the theatrical versions.
Not back in the day, but now AI is doing the voice just as well, and it can keep doing the voice till the end of time. Also, Lando, Leia, and Chewie with 3PO on his back, why did they run so slowly after boba fett, trying to save Han, should’ve sprinted, stupid movie.
in legends Wedge Antilles went on to be the most decorated rebel/New Republic pilot, even in his fifties he outflew most other pilots. Vader letting him go during the trench run was a big mistake for the Empire as a whole in legends. it did however give us the x-wing novels so I'm not complaining
27:25 This scene was originally a deleted scene from the 1977 theatrical release. George Lucas didn't have a clear idea for what he wanted Jabba to look like, so he filmed the scene with a large actor in a fur coat as a stand-in. Unfortunately, Harrison Ford walked right behind the actor in the scene, and in 1997 when the Special Editions were released, they put Jabba in using CGI, but Han Solo kept clipping through Jabba's tail, so they had him step on the tail as a fix.
I never have, I was 16, everybody in high school went on and on about it, I finally went to see it a couple of months later, I was the only person in the theater and thr film copy was scratchy. I was not impressed, it was not as incredible as I was told.
@@jeffreysmith236I think that’s more a case of the hype dying down a little. I wasn’t there when it came out but my father was. It was the first example of massive theater hype you see from marvel movies now. It was unique for the time. Hopeful and uplifting while also pushing special effects to it’s limits
1:10:41 the Mythbusters proved this would work, it would keep him warm just long enough to get a shelter built, which they assumed would take about three hours in those conditions.
2:54:19 I can think of one thing. Episode 5, when Luke’s hanging from the bottom of Cloud City and mutters “Leia”, it immediately cuts to her and she immediately realizes and says “Luke”. Could be seen as just instinct until this movie, where not only is Luke told there is another, but that his family is strong with the force. Not super obvious though especially on a first time/first time in a while watch
I still have the VHS version of the whole trilogy. I still prefer it, too. You get some fat punk instead, you don't have Harrison's head fking slide to the side, he shoots first, and none of that randomly added stuff. I will always prefer the trilogy as it was before George added things to it. The celebration at the end, what Anikin's Force Ghost looked like before they put Christianson in...the worst offense was adding "no" in the scene near the end when Vader had to choose between helping Luke or staying loyal to the Emperor. Instead, he just silently grabs him and tosses him. The silence helped him throw him off the edge. I have nothing against him wanting to update the thing, but the original should have been left in as the original cut. People would have bought both.
@@saitouhajime3 thanks.... with the sole exception of the weird face of the Emperor in the holovid conversation with Vader in "The Empire Strikes Back"... McDiarmid's makeup in Return of the Jedi was a marked improvement.
25:56 Got it backwards In the original Han shot first to show grit in the universe and Han's unrefined edge Lucas changed it in practically every rerelease afterwards because "Han is good guy and good guys don't shoot first"
The planet Tatouine was filmed in the Sahara Desert section of Tunisia which is the country my family is from, so there is an attraction sight where you can see everything since it's still there. I dream to go one day!
The actor for Wedge is Ewan McGregor's uncle, making Wedge Antilles a Kenobi. Also, Wedge Antilles is the only man to have two Death Stars painted on the side of his X-Wing.
When Obi Wan talks about dealing in absolutes, he means it in the first sense of the word "deal". As in making a deal, to negotiate. He draws his lightsaber with a disappointed look at that moment because he realizes Anakin trying to make a deal with him in terms of absolutes closes off any possibility of negotiation.
Even as an enjoyer of the special editions I think it's really shitty that they don't let people go back and watch the original versions of these movies
@@LA_HA George. He kept tinkering with his movies over the years. Even said when the Special Editions came out in '97 that while people have tapes of the originals eventually they will degrade and all that will be available are what he called the "definitive" versions of his movies. The fans said SCREW THAT and nowadays we have 4K77, 4K80, and 4K83 which are the result of DECADES of work by fans to secure original prints of the movies and have them be available in the highest resolution possible. What makes it funny is George Lucas once argued in front of congress that changing movies is tantamount to cultural graffiti.
@@muigokublack6487 Even though an argument can be made that SW is/was his to do with as he pleases, fans still love the original versions. Why not just humor the fans and allow people to choose the versions they want? There are multiple versions of movies people can choose from now, so Lucasfilm really needs to release the restored OGs
The line I know was actually improvised by Harrison Ford when Carrie Fisher(RIP) said I love you. It was originally written for Han to say I love you too but Harrison Ford said I know and the people who worked on the empire strikes back kept it in the movie
nah, they should've been wookies, it makes the empire and stormtroopers a joke which is a bad thing, villains should be intimidating and pose a threat,
@@jm329 Also the fact the ewoks were an analogy to vetinam where despite the Empire being more technologically advanced they were undone by the natives who knew the land and decades of tactics.
Important thing to note, the whole 3rd movie many different people deny or refute Luke’s claim of being a jedi. Jabba, Han, yoda and Vader. Only at the end when he denies his anger and throws down his weapon in the face of evil. Does the emperor the greatest sith to ever live acknowledge Luke as being a true Jedi
55:16 I think people forget that Darth Vader wasn't a high-ranking official in episode 4. He wasn't Hitler, he was just an SS officer that people made fun of. No one would dare insult his religion if he were important, but he gets disrespected at meetings.
Also remember that you're probably watching versions of these movies that have been remastered. They added special effects to these movies decades after the movies came out. Look up the original versus modern versions of these old movies and you'll see that the originals were nowhere near as good looking as they are now and that they added additional special effects like extra monsters in the background extra droids flying around and things like that...
The scene with Oola (the green dancer girl) was extended with new shooting they did almost a decade later. Amazingly enough it's the same woman portraying her both times, as she was a professional dancer and was still in shape for it.
110% agree. It was so important that Disney re-canonized it through The Mandalorian, The Last Jedi, _and_ The Rise of Skywalker. It makes The Last Jedi make *way* more sense. With it, you actually understand why Luke thinks as he does- what with Kreia's beliefs.
I keep hearing hype around KOTOR and yet, I've never played it despite being fan of Star Wars. Maybe I'll download it after I get off of work tomorrow. However, until I've actually experienced that game, I'll have to say The Force Unleashed is my favorite Star Wars game.
@@frankhorrigan2047 When I finally got around to playing KOTOR, it was around the time KOTOR2 came out. I was barely half way though the game, having an such an amazing time, I had to jump online and order the sequel. No regrets
I never realized until just now. Vader didn't torture and risk killing Han just because he's an evil dick. He did it specifically to bait Luke using what he would feel through the Force!
In the original theatrical release, Han shot. Greedo didn't (he was dead). In the SE (1997) Greedo shot first, then it was modified that they shot at the same time.
1:24:03 Kenny Baker played the original R2D2, also starring in Time Bandits, Willow, Flash Gordon, Amadeus and Labyrinth, sadly he passed in 2016 aged 81 1:44:31 the Yoda you see in this movie isn’t the yoda on your blanket…the yoda on your blanket is from the prequels and that’s why you thought he’d be different 2:09:16 bro broke his light-sabre…now I’m convinced it’s not his daughter causing havoc in the house 😂 2:16:13 Darth Vader is German for Dark Father…was a massive spoiler for any German speaking person 😂 2:48:24 Grogu seen Yoda and got abit excited to see one of his kind for the first time
Everyone always misses the point of the scene in Empire with Luke and Vader in the cave. Luke asks Yoda “What’s in There?” Yoda says “ONLY what you take with you. Your weapons, YOU DO NOT NEED THEM” but of course Luke take them and sees the dark vision of the future.
Fum fact, when Anakin became Darth Vader, The Emperor knew Anakin was too power to control for too long so he made the suit cumbersome and inconvenient to literally limit him
Vader had multiple opportunities to change and upgrade his suit. He didn't want to because the pain was helpful in keeping him connected to the Dark Side
In the 90's there were 2 special editions of this triogy released. First in 92 the "THX " audio enhancement, the in 97 the digital/ cgi enhancement was released showing all of george lucas's dreams for the movies but the FX of the times couldn't handle.
Its a feeling and a connection that Luke & Leia didn't understand why they had it. They had zero reason to think they were family so that was the last reason on their minds. But they still knew they were close in a way they knew was beyond "random guy that saved my life & princess that gave me a medal".
Technically, according to the old Star Wars encyclopedias, both those names plus bowcaster are correct. Most of them don't actually fire lasers, but small metal quarrels that are coated in a sheath of plasma and magnetically accelerated, which is why they hit so much harder than a blaster. Also, most of them except for specially modified ones will break a normal human's arm to fire.
Everyone gets it wrong, it wasn't Vader that blew up the planet Alderaan, it was Grand Moff Tarkin. Tarkin gave the order, Vader just stood and watched.
Thank you. I was looking for this comment. And, in the novelization And audio dramas written by Brian Daley (a genius. RIP), Vader told Tarkin multiple times he shouldn't do it and to talk to Palpatine about it before blowing up. Tarkin refused each time
Sweeet! This right here is a fine way to spend a rainy Sunday afternoon in the midst of a long weekend. Full disclosure: The rain is irrelevant, I'm not going outside in any case.😉
Heh. I recently binged your Star wars viewings, and I love the reactions from the left dude (from my view). i was looking just yesterday if you'd watched 4,5,6....Well WTF. Your timing is impeccable! Love your channel, my favorite reaction channel Oh, and about people losing limbs, they deleted the scene where Chewie actually rips a limb off of someone.
I know I'm definitely late to the party, but homie got it all backwards in regards to the original Greedo and Han scene. In the original cut, Han not only shot first, but he was the ONLY one to shoot. Popped Greedo and left like nothing. They edited it later to make Han look like not so much of a "bad guy" when really, no one is gonna blame you for shooting someone holding you at gunpoint like Greedo had him.
There was a trash monster play figure included, that was never sold separately, with the Death Star playset when the toys came out in 1977. I had that thing for a long time.
About half way through “A New Hope,” they started giving David Prowse fake lines and wouldn’t let him see a script again because he loved to talk to the press and would leak everything that was going on. David read the lines they gave him but he thought it was weird how the other cast members responses didn’t make sense with what he had said. All of the other cast knew what was going to be dubbed in and had to react off of the true script. When Lucas did the computer generated upgrades, he did the most on “Empire Strikes Back.” It was his masterpiece, but they didn’t have the time or technology to do what he intended. He did the least on “Return of the Jedi” because he pretty much could do what he wanted and only did touch ups. Return of the Jedi was nominated for four Academy Awards in the technical side but did not win any of them. The Academy thought it was unfair to all of the other nominees because they ROTJ was so advanced. So, they were given Special Achievement Oscars because the sound system, THX, was developed especially for this film. Here is some more history for you… I don’t know how much you know about film making, so I hope I’m not insulting your intelligence… After a day of filming, you take the film and watch the rushes to see how things looked. Did the shot work or is it something that has has to be reshot, which adds to budget and time. For the Empire Strikes Back, they developed these small TV’s so they could shoot and see the rushes right then instead that night. If the shot was no good, they could immediately reshoot until they got it right. These small TV’s that were developed for ESB were the very first flat screen TV’s that everyone has in their homes today. I don’t know y’all’s names, but the guy in the middle recognized a change in ROTJ and thought he forgot that part. It’s a small part, but interesting. In Jabba’s palace, he has a green Twylek chained to him and she is the dancer that he hits the button and drops her into the Rancor’s pit. She drops and that was the end of her, as the audience presumed she was eaten. For the upgrade, George felt bad that he didn’t get to use her talent in the film as promised. So, he looked her up and after all of those years, she hadn’t changed and had continued to be a dancer. When they brought her in, her body was still in such great shape that they used the exact same costume she wore in the original filming. What was added was her after she fell into the pit and gets killed. That’s devotion to an actor and an actor’s devotion to their craft. Unlike her, there was Anthony Daniels as C-3PO. To get his costume made for the original Star Wars, they had to completely shave his “ENTIRE” body to make a cast of it, and then make the costume. When they began Empire Strikes Back he had gained a few pounds and it didn’t fit. SO they had to do the complete body shave again and make a new one. I’ve worked in costuming before but it was the first time I was jealous that I didn’t get to be in on that! 🤤🤤 You can tell when they used an actor or when they used a remote controlled R2-D2 by his third leg. When the third leg came out it was a robot. When he was on two legs and waddling about, that was the actor. It took 16 robots to complete A New Hope. The actor was Warwick Davis, who also played the lead Ewok. He is also in one of the prequels, “Solo” without a face-hiding costume. He is other prequels, as well. Ok, that’s enough for now. If you want more trivia or have questions let me know. Grogu was too funny!!!
The Star Wars books, specifically the movie novelizations were actually made at the same time as the movies, based on the script and screenplay. And they actually released a few months prior to their respective movies. This means they included deleted scenes.
this is probably already explained but the reason the cgi is so good and some scenes are changed are due to the special edition releases that basically replaced the original film. cgi didn’t actually exist back in the day as there were no computers, so all the cgi stuff was originally stop motion, including the hologram messages and creatures, and the reason the cg looks so good today and holds up is bc it’s not the original lol 😭😂
Anakin/Vader didn't abandon Luke. Hiding Luke from Vader very likely hide one of the last good things that could have brought him to the dark side way earlier. But the Jedi operate in fear. Hence why they lost the battle with the dark side on the first place.
8:33 The cgi in that scene is not from the 70s. The dewback lizards the sandtroopers were riding on was added cgi from the 90s that was inserted into the movie. To see what all the original effects looked like you need to watch the despecialized edition or an original theatrical version which is hard to find and not sold anymore. The only versions sold now are the special editions with added 90s cgi.
fun fact the sand crawler was actually a gas powered remote controlled little thing and the engine was actually too strong for it so if they did full throttle it would actually wheelie and do burnouts and stuff
3:27:30 "He's never killed anyone this entire series." Well there was that one time he killed ~2.3 million people with a couple of IR missiles (only counting organics).
It's also addressed in the "Tales Of..." Star Wars anthology books. There's a story in "Tales Of Jabba's Palace" (or was it "Tales Of Tatooine"?) called We Don't Do Weddings: The Band's Tale that focuses on the band playing in the Most Eisley Cantina when Luke and Obi Wan meet Han and Chewbacca. They talk about droids and their treatment several times
PS. Two tales of the book were made into audio dramas, which are outstanding (Also one called Night Lily: The Lover's Tale"). If you can't get the originals, I suggest a fan-made reading that's here on RUclips that read through most if not all of the stories in the anthology
Somebody tell the long haired dude, this was 1980. All the effects were model work, matte paintings and motion control cameras with a sprinkling of stop motion animation. NO CGI
The effect changes have been significant. The originals used no cgi, they literally had to cut and combine film cells to achieve the effects, which led to a blue outline from the bluescreen around most scenes. Especially in the Hoth battle. That was the first of the effects to be fixed in the mid 90s. Then they started adding cgi characters and backgrounds to varying success.
If I remember correctly they didn't have the emperor's chair motorized so when he does that spin reveal, He's on his tiptoes swiveling himself under the robe
In the original version Han was the only one that shot!! Greedo never had a chance to get a shot off, which is why they changed it, because they felt like it made Han look like the bad guy.
George Lucas has stated in interviews that as far as Luke and Leia being brother and sister he hadn't really figured out how he wanted that part of the story to go until he was writing return of the Jedi. That's why when Leah kissed Luke in The empire strikes back things got a little awkward later on because at the time George Lucas had not figured out how he wanted to present their relationship.
In Hans introduction in the original it's very obvious that han shoots first but then over the years it's been corrected and corrected to show Lucas's vision of han and greedo shooting at the same time.
27:50 Me, a life time fan, Always thought droid racism was just a common thing because racism. ONLY NOW connecting it to the events of the Prequal Trilogy.
I'm sure someone else has probably already said this and I have just noticed you've got a reaction video for the game's cinematics (haven't watched yet but will soon :)), but I'd highly recommend The Old Republic, especially if y'all are into MMO's at all. It's fun, you make your own character, get a whole storyline with meaningful choices for Each class, and definitely fun with friends too.
Yall need to watch the clone wars after the prequels! I'm being 100% serious when I say some of the arcs in that show are some of the BEST Star Wars content PERIOD.
If you want to have the biggest laugh from the Star Wars series, go and watch the Star Wars Holiday Special. The one thing that every single Star Wars fan will never live down. Also, Star Wars SC 38 Reimagined a fan-made short film. And the Star Wars PSAs.
The actor of Ian and Cal is also in the TV show Gotham which is about young Bruce Wayne Right when his parents die and James Gordon he plays a character named Jerome valaska
25:56 😤 Bait accepted, Captain Needa. HAN SHOT FIRST in the original release. Greedo didn’t shoot at ALL. Han killed him before he had the chance, and good on him for doing it.
There was an arcade game in the 80s or 90s that you'd sit in - flying an x-wing and also doing lightsaber fights and it's not pod racing Awesome reactions guys :)
In head canon, Leia was incredibly young to be such a strong rebel leader, a senator, something who takes risks and thinks on her feet well Just like Luke is a great pilot, Leia is strong with the force in the way that she understands people;
I had forgotten just how much Leia was in the action as the others. She's playable as a hero in Battlefront yeah but I forgot she still does a lot of killing with the boys and earned that hero slot.
Fun fact: Grand Moff Tarkin acted all his scenes wearing flip flops or slippers or something, because the boots were to uncomfortable for him (or the wrong size), that's why he's always behind some sort of table.
Peter Cushing had big feet, larger than they had military boots sized for. Cushing was a class act. He originally applied to be Obi-Wan, and given that he actually respected Star Wars as an artistic endeavor, unlike Guiness, I would have liked to see it.
@@passingrando6457What do you mean? Alec Guinness may not have believed it was going to be a phenomenon, but he respected Lucas and his craft as an actor. The entire crew and actors said he kept everyone on task when he was on set. Where did you hear this information?
@@LA_HA yes, he exhibited professionalism, and was generally a class act, but everywhere from his letters to friends at the time, to later recollections during interviews, he made no bones about that he did and continued to view Star Wars as "dull rubbishy stuff". He was professional enough to give it his all, and to hold others to his standards. He pretty much only signed up for Empire because of the money and a sense of obligation to Lucas, and said so repeatedly. I just wonder what an actor of that level who _also_ genuinely loved Star Wars and the idea of it could have done with the role. It always felt a bit unfair that, of the two acting legends from the first movie, it was the one who actually had passion for the series who played the character that didn't appear past ANH.
@@passingrando6457 I'm a long time SW fan and didn't know that. I knew a lot of the crew and even many of the actors... Oh, yeah. I Do remember reading that even the actors weren't fully onboard with it because, yep, they didn't understand it and thought it was going to bomb. I wonder how shocked they were when they saw the final cut with the edits, score, and effects versus when they saw the lines around the block in the major cities and saw the box office taking everything that came before it down. And then suddenly being popular and invited everywhere to talk about working on Star Wars. That must've been a huge shock. haha. As for wondering what it would have been like if they changed places though, it's hard to picture it. haha. Thank you for explaining it. I really appreciate the information.
Wait till the figure out in the newer star wars battlefront there's a horror game mode where you're stormtroopers on endor in the night and ewoks controlled by players hunt you down
Fun fact in the filming of Empire Strikes Back, on set the actor for Vader said "Obi-Wan killed your father" instead of "I am your father" just in case anything leaked from the crew, since at that point Star Wars was already huge and ESB was highly anticipated
cool. Mufasas voice added after yeah
Yeah and Goerge made sure only a select few knew the truth about Vader's changed quote so that he knew who leaked it if it did get leaked.
The funny thing is, that's also still technically true, because it was Obi-Wan who mutilated Anakin and put him in the Vader suit.
26:08 Han shot first in the theatrical release. It wasn't until the special editions that George kept trying to make Greedo shoot first
Yep. Even when I watched this as a kid, I knew Han was the good guy. Like, you didn't need to recon stuff, George! The OG trilogy was fine as is!
Han shooting first doesn't make him a villain, it just shows keen survival instincts and his cunning. Greedo had him at gunpoint and still lost.
Seriously. Greedo was a bounty hunting scumbag bragging about how he was gonna shoot Han in the face. Han had every right to shoot first.
FGL for ruining the original movies
@@Ellhaim He's definitely not a good guy. Shoots first, practically forces himself on women and only does the right thing out of guilt. Han was a bad person up until Return of the Jedi.
@@donaldjzI don't care about him making the special editions. Some of the edited cgi was good. I hate the fact he refused to allow the theatrical versions to be sold again. Now Disney also refuses to release the theatrical versions.
RIP to James Earl Jones, there’d be no Darth Vader without you.
Not back in the day, but now AI is doing the voice just as well, and it can keep doing the voice till the end of time. Also, Lando, Leia, and Chewie with 3PO on his back, why did they run so slowly after boba fett, trying to save Han, should’ve sprinted, stupid movie.
dont forget david prowse
in legends Wedge Antilles went on to be the most decorated rebel/New Republic pilot, even in his fifties he outflew most other pilots. Vader letting him go during the trench run
was a big mistake for the Empire as a whole in legends. it did however give us the x-wing novels so I'm not complaining
27:25 This scene was originally a deleted scene from the 1977 theatrical release. George Lucas didn't have a clear idea for what he wanted Jabba to look like, so he filmed the scene with a large actor in a fur coat as a stand-in. Unfortunately, Harrison Ford walked right behind the actor in the scene, and in 1997 when the Special Editions were released, they put Jabba in using CGI, but Han Solo kept clipping through Jabba's tail, so they had him step on the tail as a fix.
It adds to the line
“Jabba, you’re a wonderful human being.”
That was kind of a dumb "fix". They could have just left it alone and nobody would have noticed or would have just assumed he stepped over his tail.
When Star Wars came out in 77. I saw everyone getting nuts. I was just a child but when I finally got to see it. I understood why
Where they good nuts?
I never have, I was 16, everybody in high school went on and on about it, I finally went to see it a couple of months later, I was the only person in the theater and thr film copy was scratchy. I was not impressed, it was not as incredible as I was told.
@@jeffreysmith236you were 16 in 77…
That would make you…
63 NOW??
@@jeffreysmith236I think that’s more a case of the hype dying down a little. I wasn’t there when it came out but my father was. It was the first example of massive theater hype you see from marvel movies now. It was unique for the time. Hopeful and uplifting while also pushing special effects to it’s limits
@@orangeinferno but not from advertising, it was word of mouth overhyping.
Ruff: "Why is everyone racist to droids?" **EPIC FORESHADOWING**
1:10:41 the Mythbusters proved this would work, it would keep him warm just long enough to get a shelter built, which they assumed would take about three hours in those conditions.
2:54:19 I can think of one thing. Episode 5, when Luke’s hanging from the bottom of Cloud City and mutters “Leia”, it immediately cuts to her and she immediately realizes and says “Luke”. Could be seen as just instinct until this movie, where not only is Luke told there is another, but that his family is strong with the force. Not super obvious though especially on a first time/first time in a while watch
28:06, I know Jabba was supposed to appear in SW4, but keeping him as a mystery villain worked great for the reveal in SW6.
The scene's made even worse/more pointless by the Greedo scene, which gives the same exposition BECAUSE they couldn't do the Jabba scene originally.
Jabba does turn up in SW4. As a human. Then randomly changed to a slug.
@@Imperials3nateand for some reason they made Han not shoot first
I still have the VHS version of the whole trilogy. I still prefer it, too. You get some fat punk instead, you don't have Harrison's head fking slide to the side, he shoots first, and none of that randomly added stuff. I will always prefer the trilogy as it was before George added things to it. The celebration at the end, what Anikin's Force Ghost looked like before they put Christianson in...the worst offense was adding "no" in the scene near the end when Vader had to choose between helping Luke or staying loyal to the Emperor. Instead, he just silently grabs him and tosses him. The silence helped him throw him off the edge.
I have nothing against him wanting to update the thing, but the original should have been left in as the original cut. People would have bought both.
@@saitouhajime3 thanks.... with the sole exception of the weird face of the Emperor in the holovid conversation with Vader in "The Empire Strikes Back"... McDiarmid's makeup in Return of the Jedi was a marked improvement.
25:56 Got it backwards
In the original Han shot first to show grit in the universe and Han's unrefined edge
Lucas changed it in practically every rerelease afterwards because "Han is good guy and good guys don't shoot first"
The planet Tatouine was filmed in the Sahara Desert section of Tunisia which is the country my family is from, so there is an attraction sight where you can see everything since it's still there. I dream to go one day!
The actor for Wedge is Ewan McGregor's uncle, making Wedge Antilles a Kenobi. Also, Wedge Antilles is the only man to have two Death Stars painted on the side of his X-Wing.
"Do or do not. There is no try."
"Only a sith deals in absolutes"
Both quotes said by Jedi BTW
Neither of those are _dealing_ in absolutes though. They are simply absolute _statements_ . Small but important difference.
When Obi Wan talks about dealing in absolutes, he means it in the first sense of the word "deal". As in making a deal, to negotiate. He draws his lightsaber with a disappointed look at that moment because he realizes Anakin trying to make a deal with him in terms of absolutes closes off any possibility of negotiation.
@@Djorgal"You were right about one thing master. The negotiations were short."
I never realized until now that Chewy was in handcuffs in every movie
adds merit to the whole Trandoshans and Empire wanting to enslave wookiees lore.
trying to watch an origional unedited version of these movies has been a feat the community has spent years working on
People do have the original.
Someone should be able to do it
Even as an enjoyer of the special editions I think it's really shitty that they don't let people go back and watch the original versions of these movies
@skyrimguy217 I know. What's the problem with allowing it?
@@LA_HA George. He kept tinkering with his movies over the years. Even said when the Special Editions came out in '97 that while people have tapes of the originals eventually they will degrade and all that will be available are what he called the "definitive" versions of his movies. The fans said SCREW THAT and nowadays we have 4K77, 4K80, and 4K83 which are the result of DECADES of work by fans to secure original prints of the movies and have them be available in the highest resolution possible.
What makes it funny is George Lucas once argued in front of congress that changing movies is tantamount to cultural graffiti.
@@muigokublack6487 Even though an argument can be made that SW is/was his to do with as he pleases, fans still love the original versions.
Why not just humor the fans and allow people to choose the versions they want?
There are multiple versions of movies people can choose from now, so Lucasfilm really needs to release the restored OGs
Little fun fact but apparently Cloud City is in the clouds of a gas giant, not just a normal planet.
Imagine if you fall off cloud city
@@aurorapaisley7453 absolutely, also imagine if the maintenance on the city ever went lax...
"Two L's make a W"... thats big brain right there :D.
16:35 It’s a Force ability that manipulate the voice. In the Clone Wars show 1 rouge Jedi uses this to trick the clones.
The line I know was actually improvised by Harrison Ford when Carrie Fisher(RIP) said I love you. It was originally written for Han to say I love you too but Harrison Ford said I know and the people who worked on the empire strikes back kept it in the movie
Honestly, when Yoda, Obi-Wan and Vader appeared at the end, I was crying.
"WHOOHOO! FLASHLIGHT
GOES BOOM!" Ruff, you made me crack.😂😂😂
I LOVE that your reaction to the EWOKS was, "This is AWESOME!" in 84, we sure didnt think so! But its ok, we all came around. The Ewoks ARE awesome!
It helps that Disney confirmed that the Ewoks ate the stormtroopers
nah, they should've been wookies, it makes the empire and stormtroopers a joke which is a bad thing, villains should be intimidating and pose a threat,
@@666FallenShadowPeople always seem to underestimate Ewoks without really thinking about it.
@@jm329 Also the fact the ewoks were an analogy to vetinam where despite the Empire being more technologically advanced they were undone by the natives who knew the land and decades of tactics.
Important thing to note, the whole 3rd movie many different people deny or refute Luke’s claim of being a jedi. Jabba, Han, yoda and Vader.
Only at the end when he denies his anger and throws down his weapon in the face of evil. Does the emperor the greatest sith to ever live acknowledge Luke as being a true Jedi
RIP James Earl Jones
1:10:08 i don't think Obi-wan minds considering it's the name he chose to go by for about twenty years
Nice shout-out to the 501st Legion! Woo🤘🏻
Unfortunately, they are not dressed as the 501st
55:16 I think people forget that Darth Vader wasn't a high-ranking official in episode 4. He wasn't Hitler, he was just an SS officer that people made fun of. No one would dare insult his religion if he were important, but he gets disrespected at meetings.
Also remember that you're probably watching versions of these movies that have been remastered. They added special effects to these movies decades after the movies came out. Look up the original versus modern versions of these old movies and you'll see that the originals were nowhere near as good looking as they are now and that they added additional special effects like extra monsters in the background extra droids flying around and things like that...
The scene with Oola (the green dancer girl) was extended with new shooting they did almost a decade later. Amazingly enough it's the same woman portraying her both times, as she was a professional dancer and was still in shape for it.
As far as games go, I nominate Knights of the Old Republic.
110% agree.
It was so important that Disney re-canonized it through The Mandalorian, The Last Jedi, _and_ The Rise of Skywalker.
It makes The Last Jedi make *way* more sense.
With it, you actually understand why Luke thinks as he does- what with Kreia's beliefs.
Amen 🙏
KOTOR was awesome, but damn I loved Battlefront.
Back before the dark times, before EA came.
I keep hearing hype around KOTOR and yet, I've never played it despite being fan of Star Wars. Maybe I'll download it after I get off of work tomorrow. However, until I've actually experienced that game, I'll have to say The Force Unleashed is my favorite Star Wars game.
@@frankhorrigan2047 When I finally got around to playing KOTOR, it was around the time KOTOR2 came out. I was barely half way though the game, having an such an amazing time, I had to jump online and order the sequel. No regrets
I never realized until just now. Vader didn't torture and risk killing Han just because he's an evil dick. He did it specifically to bait Luke using what he would feel through the Force!
In the original theatrical release, Han shot. Greedo didn't (he was dead).
In the SE (1997) Greedo shot first, then it was modified that they shot at the same time.
Han: that's why I shoot first
1:24:03 Kenny Baker played the original R2D2, also starring in Time Bandits, Willow, Flash Gordon, Amadeus and Labyrinth, sadly he passed in 2016 aged 81
1:44:31 the Yoda you see in this movie isn’t the yoda on your blanket…the yoda on your blanket is from the prequels and that’s why you thought he’d be different
2:09:16 bro broke his light-sabre…now I’m convinced it’s not his daughter causing havoc in the house 😂
2:16:13 Darth Vader is German for Dark Father…was a massive spoiler for any German speaking person 😂
2:48:24 Grogu seen Yoda and got abit excited to see one of his kind for the first time
Everyone always misses the point of the scene in Empire with Luke and Vader in the cave. Luke asks Yoda “What’s in There?” Yoda says “ONLY what you take with you. Your weapons, YOU DO NOT NEED THEM” but of course Luke take them and sees the dark vision of the future.
8:30 this scene was added in the 90's because they just couldn't do it in satisfactory manner back then
The first movie my mom saw in theaters was Return of the Jedi.
Fum fact, when Anakin became Darth Vader, The Emperor knew Anakin was too power to control for too long so he made the suit cumbersome and inconvenient to literally limit him
Vader had multiple opportunities to change and upgrade his suit. He didn't want to because the pain was helpful in keeping him connected to the Dark Side
Actually that was old Canon. Current Canon is different
When Boom said that Vader was hands on and about that life, it clicked that of course he is. It's Anakin "wanna catch catch these hands" Skywalker lol
In the 90's there were 2 special editions of this triogy released. First in 92 the "THX " audio enhancement, the in 97 the digital/ cgi enhancement was released showing all of george lucas's dreams for the movies but the FX of the times couldn't handle.
Han: "Never tell me the odds!"
Also Han: "Nice shot, kid! That was one in a million!"
John Wayne is in this movie he's the creature that tells storm troopers which way they went at mos aisley
The year time gap between Empire Strikes Back and Return Of The Jedi is one year.
Its a feeling and a connection that Luke & Leia didn't understand why they had it. They had zero reason to think they were family so that was the last reason on their minds. But they still knew they were close in a way they knew was beyond "random guy that saved my life & princess that gave me a medal".
its actually a laser crossbow.. well technically its known as a boltcaster.
Technically, according to the old Star Wars encyclopedias, both those names plus bowcaster are correct.
Most of them don't actually fire lasers, but small metal quarrels that are coated in a sheath of plasma and magnetically accelerated, which is why they hit so much harder than a blaster.
Also, most of them except for specially modified ones will break a normal human's arm to fire.
Then trying to get Ruff to unknowingly ship the incest couple is great🤣
Everyone gets it wrong, it wasn't Vader that blew up the planet Alderaan, it was Grand Moff Tarkin. Tarkin gave the order, Vader just stood and watched.
Thank you. I was looking for this comment.
And, in the novelization And audio dramas written by Brian Daley (a genius. RIP), Vader told Tarkin multiple times he shouldn't do it and to talk to Palpatine about it before blowing up. Tarkin refused each time
@@LA_HA That I did not know, but it'd make sense for Vader to be cautious about such a thing. Thank you 🙂
@@darkarpatron Vader was never much a fan of the Death Star. He saw it as a waste of resources.
@@muigokublack6487 Indeed, as Vader himself said,
"The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the Force."
Sweeet! This right here is a fine way to spend a rainy Sunday afternoon in the midst of a long weekend. Full disclosure: The rain is irrelevant, I'm not going outside in any case.😉
Heh. I recently binged your Star wars viewings, and I love the reactions from the left dude (from my view). i was looking just yesterday if you'd watched 4,5,6....Well WTF. Your timing is impeccable!
Love your channel, my favorite reaction channel
Oh, and about people losing limbs, they deleted the scene where Chewie actually rips a limb off of someone.
The other two already watched these
Let’s see the part on Alderaan!!! DAAAAAMN!!! Y’all got me there 😂🤩😂🤩😂🤩
"We need more space epics but not by Zack Snyder"
You said it.👍
I know I'm definitely late to the party, but homie got it all backwards in regards to the original Greedo and Han scene. In the original cut, Han not only shot first, but he was the ONLY one to shoot. Popped Greedo and left like nothing. They edited it later to make Han look like not so much of a "bad guy" when really, no one is gonna blame you for shooting someone holding you at gunpoint like Greedo had him.
HAN originally shot first!!!!
Greedo just died… that’s it!
There was a trash monster play figure included, that was never sold separately, with the Death Star playset when the toys came out in 1977. I had that thing for a long time.
About half way through “A New Hope,” they started giving David Prowse fake lines and wouldn’t let him see a script again because he loved to talk to the press and would leak everything that was going on. David read the lines they gave him but he thought it was weird how the other cast members responses didn’t make sense with what he had said. All of the other cast knew what was going to be dubbed in and had to react off of the true script. When Lucas did the computer generated upgrades, he did the most on “Empire Strikes Back.” It was his masterpiece, but they didn’t have the time or technology to do what he intended. He did the least on “Return of the Jedi” because he pretty much could do what he wanted and only did touch ups. Return of the Jedi was nominated for four Academy Awards in the technical side but did not win any of them. The Academy thought it was unfair to all of the other nominees because they ROTJ was so advanced. So, they were given Special Achievement Oscars because the sound system, THX, was developed especially for this film. Here is some more history for you… I don’t know how much you know about film making, so I hope I’m not insulting your intelligence… After a day of filming, you take the film and watch the rushes to see how things looked. Did the shot work or is it something that has has to be reshot, which adds to budget and time. For the Empire Strikes Back, they developed these small TV’s so they could shoot and see the rushes right then instead that night. If the shot was no good, they could immediately reshoot until they got it right. These small TV’s that were developed for ESB were the very first flat screen TV’s that everyone has in their homes today.
I don’t know y’all’s names, but the guy in the middle recognized a change in ROTJ and thought he forgot that part. It’s a small part, but interesting. In Jabba’s palace, he has a green Twylek chained to him and she is the dancer that he hits the button and drops her into the Rancor’s pit. She drops and that was the end of her, as the audience presumed she was eaten. For the upgrade, George felt bad that he didn’t get to use her talent in the film as promised. So, he looked her up and after all of those years, she hadn’t changed and had continued to be a dancer. When they brought her in, her body was still in such great shape that they used the exact same costume she wore in the original filming. What was added was her after she fell into the pit and gets killed. That’s devotion to an actor and an actor’s devotion to their craft.
Unlike her, there was Anthony Daniels as C-3PO. To get his costume made for the original Star Wars, they had to completely shave his “ENTIRE” body to make a cast of it, and then make the costume. When they began Empire Strikes Back he had gained a few pounds and it didn’t fit. SO they had to do the complete body shave again and make a new one. I’ve worked in costuming before but it was the first time I was jealous that I didn’t get to be in on that! 🤤🤤
You can tell when they used an actor or when they used a remote controlled R2-D2 by his third leg. When the third leg came out it was a robot. When he was on two legs and waddling about, that was the actor. It took 16 robots to complete A New Hope. The actor was Warwick Davis, who also played the lead Ewok. He is also in one of the prequels, “Solo” without a face-hiding costume. He is other prequels, as well. Ok, that’s enough for now. If you want more trivia or have questions let me know.
Grogu was too funny!!!
The Star Wars books, specifically the movie novelizations were actually made at the same time as the movies, based on the script and screenplay. And they actually released a few months prior to their respective movies. This means they included deleted scenes.
this is probably already explained but the reason the cgi is so good and some scenes are changed are due to the special edition releases that basically replaced the original film. cgi didn’t actually exist back in the day as there were no computers, so all the cgi stuff was originally stop motion, including the hologram messages and creatures, and the reason the cg looks so good today and holds up is bc it’s not the original lol 😭😂
Anakin/Vader didn't abandon Luke. Hiding Luke from Vader very likely hide one of the last good things that could have brought him to the dark side way earlier. But the Jedi operate in fear. Hence why they lost the battle with the dark side on the first place.
I think the force of the air carried him into the tunnel, just like any parts or trash to get dumped.
8:33 The cgi in that scene is not from the 70s. The dewback lizards the sandtroopers were riding on was added cgi from the 90s that was inserted into the movie. To see what all the original effects looked like you need to watch the despecialized edition or an original theatrical version which is hard to find and not sold anymore. The only versions sold now are the special editions with added 90s cgi.
fun fact the sand crawler was actually a gas powered remote controlled little thing and the engine was actually too strong for it so if they did full throttle it would actually wheelie and do burnouts and stuff
Bring back all the capes....ponchos too 💖
"No capes"
-- Edna Mode, The Incredibles
3:27:30 "He's never killed anyone this entire series." Well there was that one time he killed ~2.3 million people with a couple of IR missiles (only counting organics).
I was 12 when I saw Star Wars in the theaters in 1977. This is OG Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher. It's so funny watching you react to that.
"Why's everybody got a problem with droids?" Funny thing about that... You should _really_ watch the Clone Wars...
They currently are on Patreon. It'll be on RUclips soon.
It's also addressed in the "Tales Of..." Star Wars anthology books.
There's a story in "Tales Of Jabba's Palace" (or was it "Tales Of Tatooine"?) called We Don't Do Weddings: The Band's Tale that focuses on the band playing in the Most Eisley Cantina when Luke and Obi Wan meet Han and Chewbacca.
They talk about droids and their treatment several times
PS. Two tales of the book were made into audio dramas, which are outstanding (Also one called Night Lily: The Lover's Tale").
If you can't get the originals, I suggest a fan-made reading that's here on RUclips that read through most if not all of the stories in the anthology
Somebody tell the long haired dude, this was 1980. All the effects were model work, matte paintings and motion control cameras with a sprinkling of stop motion animation. NO CGI
The effect changes have been significant. The originals used no cgi, they literally had to cut and combine film cells to achieve the effects, which led to a blue outline from the bluescreen around most scenes. Especially in the Hoth battle. That was the first of the effects to be fixed in the mid 90s. Then they started adding cgi characters and backgrounds to varying success.
I think the next show they should react to is Chowder that was one of my favorite shows to watch as a kid
If I remember correctly they didn't have the emperor's chair motorized so when he does that spin reveal, He's on his tiptoes swiveling himself under the robe
The imperial navy is not the same as those who worked on the Death Star so that’s why the outfits are different
Yes. The Empire has a navy and an army and a special forces
In the original version Han was the only one that shot!!
Greedo never had a chance to get a shot off, which is why they changed it, because they felt like it made Han look like the bad guy.
George Lucas has stated in interviews that as far as Luke and Leia being brother and sister he hadn't really figured out how he wanted that part of the story to go until he was writing return of the Jedi. That's why when Leah kissed Luke in The empire strikes back things got a little awkward later on because at the time George Lucas had not figured out how he wanted to present their relationship.
In Hans introduction in the original it's very obvious that han shoots first but then over the years it's been corrected and corrected to show Lucas's vision of han and greedo shooting at the same time.
27:50 Me, a life time fan, Always thought droid racism was just a common thing because racism. ONLY NOW connecting it to the events of the Prequal Trilogy.
wild how luke was like “i have a twin sister? must be the only other woman i’ve ever met”
I'm sure someone else has probably already said this and I have just noticed you've got a reaction video for the game's cinematics (haven't watched yet but will soon :)), but I'd highly recommend The Old Republic, especially if y'all are into MMO's at all. It's fun, you make your own character, get a whole storyline with meaningful choices for Each class, and definitely fun with friends too.
Star Wars Empire At War does great RTS space battles, Star Wars The Old Republic great MMO/RPG, like WOW with a star wars skin, and space battles
Yall need to watch the clone wars after the prequels! I'm being 100% serious when I say some of the arcs in that show are some of the BEST Star Wars content PERIOD.
If you want to have the biggest laugh from the Star Wars series, go and watch the Star Wars Holiday Special. The one thing that every single Star Wars fan will never live down. Also, Star Wars SC 38 Reimagined a fan-made short film. And the Star Wars PSAs.
Weekly? There were times this was a daily watch of at least one of 1-6. Perfect background movie or to fall asleep to.
lol I had Darth Vador bubble bath, the whole Ewok village.
The actor of Ian and Cal is also in the TV show Gotham which is about young Bruce Wayne Right when his parents die and James Gordon he plays a character named Jerome valaska
Star Wars comics were created in the 1977 by Marvel comics
25:56 😤
Bait accepted, Captain Needa. HAN SHOT FIRST in the original release. Greedo didn’t shoot at ALL. Han killed him before he had the chance, and good on him for doing it.
There was an arcade game in the 80s or 90s that you'd sit in - flying an x-wing and also doing lightsaber fights and it's not pod racing
Awesome reactions guys :)
In head canon, Leia was incredibly young to be such a strong rebel leader, a senator, something who takes risks and thinks on her feet well Just like Luke is a great pilot, Leia is strong with the force in the way that she understands people;
Skips is by far, Hamill's greatest character.
I had forgotten just how much Leia was in the action as the others. She's playable as a hero in Battlefront yeah but I forgot she still does a lot of killing with the boys and earned that hero slot.
“i dont think anybody could inforce laws in space” ive got something to show you buddy
What should Disney do as punishment for their version of Star Wars?
29:44
What?!! NO!! This escalated too quickly
Y'all need to watch the Clone Wars show. It's arguably peak Star Wars.
Season 1 binge is up as of today
Anthony Daniels HATED being in the c-3po suit it was so uncomfortable and claustrophobic
The intro to these binge videos always sounds like it was written by chatgpt lmao
speaking over yoda and the force is criminal
Fun fact: Grand Moff Tarkin acted all his scenes wearing flip flops or slippers or something, because the boots were to uncomfortable for him (or the wrong size), that's why he's always behind some sort of table.
Peter Cushing had big feet, larger than they had military boots sized for.
Cushing was a class act. He originally applied to be Obi-Wan, and given that he actually respected Star Wars as an artistic endeavor, unlike Guiness, I would have liked to see it.
@@passingrando6457What do you mean? Alec Guinness may not have believed it was going to be a phenomenon, but he respected Lucas and his craft as an actor.
The entire crew and actors said he kept everyone on task when he was on set.
Where did you hear this information?
@@LA_HA yes, he exhibited professionalism, and was generally a class act, but everywhere from his letters to friends at the time, to later recollections during interviews, he made no bones about that he did and continued to view Star Wars as "dull rubbishy stuff".
He was professional enough to give it his all, and to hold others to his standards. He pretty much only signed up for Empire because of the money and a sense of obligation to Lucas, and said so repeatedly.
I just wonder what an actor of that level who _also_ genuinely loved Star Wars and the idea of it could have done with the role. It always felt a bit unfair that, of the two acting legends from the first movie, it was the one who actually had passion for the series who played the character that didn't appear past ANH.
@@passingrando6457 I'm a long time SW fan and didn't know that. I knew a lot of the crew and even many of the actors...
Oh, yeah. I Do remember reading that even the actors weren't fully onboard with it because, yep, they didn't understand it and thought it was going to bomb.
I wonder how shocked they were when they saw the final cut with the edits, score, and effects versus when they saw the lines around the block in the major cities and saw the box office taking everything that came before it down. And then suddenly being popular and invited everywhere to talk about working on Star Wars.
That must've been a huge shock. haha.
As for wondering what it would have been like if they changed places though, it's hard to picture it. haha.
Thank you for explaining it. I really appreciate the information.
Love how they mashed in all the episodes in one video.
Wait till the figure out in the newer star wars battlefront there's a horror game mode where you're stormtroopers on endor in the night and ewoks controlled by players hunt you down
42:29 dude i love that the stormtroopers are just casual office workers
Luke can't kill Darth Vader because if he did, he would fall to the dark side and become Darth Vader.
I'm pretty sure that the back of Darth Vader head was just icecream