Way to avoid the spoiler alert of dropping the name of the most loathed Lucas character of the entire universe of characters, and that was before he…… proposed what he proposed.
@@jaybird455 Spoiler for other people who didnt know :) Its a joke, Im pretty sure everyone knows (well, atleast now that Cass knows. I think she was the last one 😂🤣😂🤣) 😁
I think they said that there were over a million member worlds that were a part of the Galactic Republic. We have to remember that Star Wars takes place throughout a galaxy.
I remember one of the old "Star Wars Fact Files" magazines said that there were 20 million planets in the known galaxy that had life (of those that had been explored). Most of those were not colonised by intelligent species though. There are easily a few hundred thousand to a few million colonised planets though. Those numbers actually make sense, since a typical galaxy will have several HUNDRED BILLION to a TRILLION stars in it, and if most stars have at least one planet on average (some will have none, some will have dozens), then 20 million planets able to support life is a reasonable amount.
"How did the Emperor come to power?" "What happen to Darth Vader? He looks like he got burned." "Who is his (Luke's) mother?" "Who made Darth Vader bad?" Learn in due time, you will.
Fun fact: Harrison Ford actually was supposed to say "I love you, too." They changed it to "I know" cause both Harrison and the director felt it sounded too out of character for Han, so we ended up with the "I know" line. :)
One of the best lines in cinema history for sure. Han would never say I Love You back. His response was perfect and delivered with honesty from Harrison.
Between that and Ford deciding to just shoot the guy with the big sword in Raiders of the Lost Ark, two epic dialogue/story changes for the better in his resume...
Calling the Tauntauns a "llama kangaroo" might be my favourite thing EVER!!! I laughed so hard! Also, calling them "tum-tums" was the cutest thing ever! 😄
@Wooooo That was a funny one but the one that got me to literally laugh out loud was "It's a trap dum dum". The funniest part is that she wouldn't understand why it's so funny... yet. lol
I spit out my whiskey when she said that. As an older person that grew up before the internet it hits all the funnier for me since I remember the dial up sound of connecting to the internet with AOL. In a weird way, it's almost meta for me. Great comment! 👍
not really awkward, but perfectly fitting.... her love is away to an unknown future so she leans the shoulder in this world she trusts most as a friend... maybe awkward for him a little, but as he is Force sensitive, he knows that this, at other times, badass woman now needs to lean on too.... for leia despite her petite and breakable look, shows that she is as badass as ripley from aliens....
I saw the originals in the theater when they came out. Yes, I'm old enough. I'm 53. We had to wait 3 years in between each movie. But watching them in a packed theater with like-minded people (all of us loving Star Wars) was awesome back then!
me too, I've seen every movie as a new release in theaters and took my son when the original triology was re-released in theaters, I love watching people see them for the first time, it's such a joy seeing them fall in love with the characters
"That's a Tauntaun: a llama kangaroo." Best line! Followed by "did he just stuff him inside a tumtum carcass?" Please never change, Cassie! You are a joy to watch react to these movies!
@@Nexusofgeek Yeah, I generally put more trust in reactors than I probably should when they say it's their first time watching something, but I feel like even the most sheltered people on Earth are going to know Darth Vader's relationship to Luke at this point. I don't see how you can avoid that particular spoiler for multiple decades. But hey, maybe she really didn't know. Though I feel like her expression wasn't quite shocked enough for me to believe she didn't know it already. lol
@@marcw6875 I would agree with you if I hadn't actually met at least 2 people (that I know of) who had absolutely zero knowledge of Star Wars, to include the iconic quotes. It is hard for us who do know and love these movies to imagine there are people out there who have no idea about them.
@Marc W I hope it is genuine but i understand what you mean. i really enjoy her videos and looking forward to the rest of star wars from her.....but it kinda feels like she's not taking the story serious. She's intelligent and understands complex movies so ii think that's why some of us feel like she's "playing dumb" on purpose.
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@@Nexusofgeek He didn't start with Episode IV, and he didn't write books. Which means anything you say can and should be considered bullshit. Thanks for playing.
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@@marcw6875 I'm for perpetual spoiler warnings just BECAUSE I want everyone else to have this "Oh fuck!" moment when they get to *that* bit. I've been spoilered a couple times and I hated each and every one of those times.
I mean, calling him a nerf herder is like calling him a cowboy, nerfs are just Star Wars cows, much like banthas are Star Wars woolly mammoths. Leia only thinks that's an insult because she's royalty lol
@@DougTaggart lmao you don't have to imagine much longer. An episode of Aqua Teen Aqua force had a naked fur wookie for an episode and let's just say I prefer chewie being furry.
"They have abominable snowmen in this universe?" "That's a Tauntaun? A llama kangaroo?" "He can kill them on FaceTime?" "He's sans hand right now." 😂The Cassie-isms are strong in this one.😂
One of my proudest Dad moments was showing my son Star Wars when he was 6 or 7. We watched them in release order, so he had NO IDEA about the biggest spoiler in cinematic history. When Vader said it, he shouted "NOOOO!" along with Luke. He kept asking me all the next day (until we watched ROTJ) if Vader was really Luke's father, or if he was lying. I was too young to remember the first time I saw Empire. It was awesome to relive that moment through his eyes. Men, have a son who loves the same quirky, geeky stuff you do. It's the best.
I have 3 daughters now adult women that grew up watching SW and I feel the same way. SW is not just for males. I'm proud that they love SW as much as me. ❤❤
Over the years I've gotten a lot more sympathetic to Lando. He has thousands of people he's responsible for who the Empire is effectively holding hostage. Also, while he may have given them up (NOT sold them out, no reward but living) keep in mind that he got Han in front of Darth Vader, alone, with all his weapons. Lando totally set it up so Han had a solid shot at killing Vader in a deniable way, and it's just unlucky that Vader can deflect blaster bolds with the Force.
He genuinely believed he could negotiate a deal to protect his people as well as Han and company. Once the Empire gets it though to him that they simply weren't going to allow that he went full rebel right quick.
I saw this when I was 12 and I asked my older sister why he betrayed Han. She told me if he didn't Vader would've slaughtered the city, he really had no choice. When you think of it like that, yeah, he did what he had do to.
the last thing he said before the door opened "I just made a deal that will keep the Empire out of here forever" He was literally thinking of his city and his people, protecting them first and foremost. Yes, Han was his friend, and there were three beings he was selling out,... but weigh that against the thousands in the city and the thousands more he is doing business with. It was an impossible situation, and he only had one choice. It sucked, and it hurt, but it was the decision he had to make.
What astounds me to this day is how much LIFE there is portrayed in Yoda by the puppeteers. No CGI. No post production special effects. It's all in-camera work done by puppeteers on set. And Mark Hamill is amazing in his ability to act WITH this puppet, to help - in his own way - to bring Yoda to life. But most of the credit goes to Frank Oz and the puppet team - particularly in the close-up shots where Yoda describes the nature of the Force to Luke. Intellectually I know that's not a real person - but a creation of rubber and wires and silicon. But DAMNIT - that's YODA on screen. That's a magic all it's own.
Someone told George that CGI effects weren’t real. George said “Well puppets aren’t real, either.” Yeah George, but they’re made of real stuff that exists on set and the actors can see it and react to it in real time. George will never get it.
I saw Empire Strikes Back at the cinema when it first came out. When Yoda talked for the first time, a kid behind me exclaimed in awe “it’s Bert” (from Sesame Street) because they recognized Frank oz’s voice.😉
I saw the original Yoda puppet at a Star Wars costume exhibit a few years ago and even just the puppet has this life like quality to it. But so much of that comes from the people that operated it.
Ensign: Rear Admiral, Lord Vader wants a Zoom meeting. Rear Admiral: Oh shit! Vice Admiral, Lord Vader wants a Zoom meeting. Vice Admiral: Oh shit! Admiral, Lord Vader wants a Zoom meeting. Admiral: Oh shit! Fleet Admiral, Lord Vader wants a Zoom meeting. Fleet Admiral: *Please leave your message after the tone* Admiral: Oh shit shit shit!!!
Han’s reply of “I know” wasn’t scripted. He was supposed to say “I love you too”, but Harrison Ford said “Han would never say that” And it’s arguably the most badass line in the saga
It’s also a culmination of the moments between Han and Leia throughout the movie. For the last 100 minutes we’ve seen how stubborn they both are but there is clear chemistry yet both won’t let the other see them vulnerable. Han saying “I know” is like he’s saying “it’s’ ok, I know, this situation is terrible, I know how hard it was for you to say that’, I already know and I love you too”
This is why the dialogue in the original trilogy is better than in the prequel trilogy, in the originals the the cast were willing to challenge Lucas’s scripts, whereas in the prequels they kind of just accepted it because they were in awe of being cast in a Star Wars film.
One of my favorite parts about the "fights" between Han and Leia are how everyone else around them treats it as normal and doesn't even pause what they are doing or look in their direction. That's obviously something that has been so frequent that it's "old news" now. :P
Your line of "I thought Yoda would be more Force-ish, he's like "HEHEHE"" is quite right, Yoda was testing Luke to see how he would respond and didn't like his response.
@@Lia-uf1ir yeah thats why when Yoda drops the act the first thing he says is "I cannot teach him. The boy has no patience" The entire first scene with him is a giant test of Luke's character, which he fails
"He's like Oscar the Grouch." Well, funny you should mention that. The puppeteer and voice actor for Yoda, Frank Oz, is also the voice actor for these guys: Fozzie Bear Miss Piggy Animal Sam Eagle Grover Cookie Monster Bert (but not Ernie) Weirdly, Oscar is one of the few Muppets he DIDN'T voice!
There is footage of the day Oz snuck Ms Piggy in instead of Yoda (Hamill was pretty much working alone for weeks and was wearing down, this made him laugh). Also, the whole "Bantha" scene is there to cover for the Plastic Surgery Hamill had needed (he's been in a car wreck, between pictures). About 2-3 years between films (they ran a LONG time and got re-issued at least once). It was an EVENT when a Star Wars pic came out.
@@drewdederer8965 The Wampa scene being included to explain Luke's facial scars is a heavily debated piece of film trivia. According to George Lucas, Irvin, and Hamil; the rumor is false and it was always planned as just a fun opening to the film to show our hero in danger and to have a more organic way to include the "Luke. Luke. You will go to the Degobah system" scene
You should use the word 'puppeteer' rather than voice, but yeah. Fun fact: Jim Henson (Kermit, Ernie n more) was originally who George Lucas asked to be Yoda, but being as kind as he was, he let Frank Oz take the chance. There's also an episode of the Muppet Show starring Luke, Chewbacca, R2D2 and C3PO.
@@themalcahtwinz4743 I mean there are many puppets in the Star Wars franchise as well as other franchises that are voiced by someone else instead of the person controlling their movements. In this case Frank Oz is both so it's only right to call him a voice actor as well
Lando did try to help, when the pods fired on the Millennium Falcon, they were trying to scare Han away. They couldn't tell him to go because the empire was listening to all communications. The closer the Falcon got to the city, they appeared on radar and it was too late.
i almost spat out my gulp of wine!! but fascinatingly, it's the first time i've heard such a comparison, yet it's rather accurate this century, metaphorically!
@@faisalmemon285 What I meant was that Cassie is asking all the right questions in this movie about the whole arc of Skywalker family which may or may be not relevant in some other Star Wars movies.
All I can think during the part with yoda on Luke’s back is “run run run JUMP! I can be your backpack while you run! Swing from a hairy vine! I can be your backpack while you climb!”
Some other people have commented about the "I love you" "I know" scene, and offered some tidbits and opinions on it. But the reason it works for me is that Han has been making clear his interest in Leia throughout the movie, while Leia has tried to hide or fight against those feelings. Leia has only just recently let herself open up to those feelings, and now Han is being taken away from her, and he may be about to die. And so in this last moment, she desperately tries to convey to him the depth of the feelings she's held back, that she loves him just as much. And so Han responds, "It's ok, don't worry. I already know."
The original script had Han replying "I love you too" but Harrison after filming it said it didn't feel right, the now infamous "I know" was improvised after he spoke with the director
It was meant as a bit of comic relief - it would have been out of character for him, with his cocky, too cool persona, to say something heartfelt (read: corny) at that moment. Harrison Ford actually asked to play it that way.
@@mikearmstrong8483 Let's not pretend that they wouldn't do the exact same thing in real life if someone escaping with the plans for a nuclear weapon. You think they would worry about probable cause or you think they would just shoot at them?
@@WJS774 It's a fictional universe. Stormtroopers can do whatever they want. What I thought was hilarious was that Cassie was thinking they should act like lawful cops.
27:40 Well keep in mind, Lando is the leader of Cloud City. He's responsible for every man, woman, child, human, droid or ugnaught in the colony. Vader pretty much held his entire home hostage.
Yes, he really _didn't_ have a choice. If he had tried to resist Vader at first, he would have been arrested or killed and then nobody would have been able to rescue them later.
If Lando had resisted Vader then the Empire would probably have blown Cloud City out of the sky as an example and a message to the galaxy not to resist them. Lando was responsible for thousands of innocent lives who were not part of the conflict between the rebels and the Empire and it always bugged me that Leia and Chewie treated him that way after he freed them. He quite obviously had no choice whatsoever.
Yep. Lando handled that one pretty smoothly, like all things Lando. (1) Allows Empire to Land (check), (2) Vader threatens entire colony (check), (3) Slightly scam your old buddy to save as many of his friends as possible (check), (4) Vader leaves (check), (5) Save Han's friends (check), (6) Go get Han (check), (7) Colony saved (check)
What’s impressive… most impressive about these original movies is that they were made before the use of CGI. Everything you see was hand built, shot on film and composited together.
_"Don't be too proud of this technological terror you have constructed. The ability to debug a script is insignificant next to the power of some glue."_
Except these are the special "special" editions -- So some cgi was used in this version. (Most notably flying into cloud city). I still prefer the "pre-cgi" versions.
08:25 this scene was absolutely incredible in the theater; you could almost feel the g-forces as Rogue Two skimmed along the surface, changing altitude.
As a lifelong fan of the snowspeeder. (Scale Models, toys, collectables) I had seen them in the trailers I still remember seeing them in the hangar and In the search. Best craft in the Star Wars universe!
My God, after what... 42 years? that scene scene with Luke and Leia standing in front of that window.. the very last scene of the movie, still moves me. I was so blessed to see these great movies on very fine theaters!! The shocker of Darth Vader being Luke's father was a real shock. I didn't suspect it until the very end when he said it.
The effects in these movies have to be appreciated within the context of when the movies were made. We take special effects for granted and today, all of this could be done on a home computer, but back then, these guys not only had to create them; they had to INVENT how they were going to be done. They were geniuses and their incredible innovations revolutionized cinema. I've been lucky enough to witness this transition, but I still marvel at their creativity.
Yeah when she said that I thought "oh yeah! What a great idea!" Then I remember a funny moment when Chewbacca said something to Han like "I'm cold." and Han said "you have a giant fur coat on!" I'm not sure, but I think it was Force Awakens. Also Chewy was from Kashyyk, which was a warm planet.
Cassie is asking ALL the right questions! It's amazing! Only until the end of the prequels will she learn what this all means. What a wonderful journey we are witnessing.
It felt like an eternity between movies. I was a 6 year old, then 9 years old and then 12 years old as they were released. So as I watched the 3rd movie it had already spanned half my life.
@Matthew Lockyer I was seven, ten and thirteen. Couldn't have been more perfect to pull me in as a lifelong fan. To this day I think Star Trek blows goats in comparison. Let me guess, you also loved the original Battlestar Galactica?
One of the details that I love picking up after countless rewatches is that the things Luke does while training, climbing, flips, are all used in his fight later on. Also that the movie starts with him hanging upside down, and he does so at the end too.
I love how Luke fails almost every single thing he does in the movie, aside blowing up the AT-AT. Hell, the main cast are constantly in danger, hurt, or are trapped. But it doesn’t *feel* like it when you watch it, and you don’t feel annoyed at the constant struggles. Instead, it sets up amazing stakes and develops the characters way more than before. Best Star Wars movie.
Yep, also very interesting to me how Karate Kid almost follows the exact same formula of character development for Daniel that Luke had. Most people like seeing a main character who is imperfect and goes through struggles.
Its a shame the next movie doesn't capitalise on the development and journeys from this one, and would rather be fun spectacle and nothing more, to be fair which it does well
I mean, that is just classic storytelling, Star Wars fits the hero's journey almost perfectly. There is a reason this type of storytelling have survived since the earliest accounts of literature.
It's a shame the new films didn't learn from what is almost everyone's favorite film in the series. I mean, how can we worry for a hero who never loses a fight against the main villain, EVER?
“This one I felt more connected to the characters.” That’s the greatness of “Empire” in a nutshell. It’s the moment in time where Luke, Han, Leia, Vader, Chewie, etc. all became part of American (and world) culture forever- b/c we actually cared about their back story- and their fates.
I loved the first Star Wars. I was seven years old when I saw it in theaters with my dad. I honestly didn’t think it could be topped but Empire Strikes Back is my absolute favorite Star Wars film. It just takes everything to a whole other level.
One of the reasons so many viewers prefer The Empire Strikes Back is because so much groundwork was laid in the first movie. That's often the case with sequels.
Ha. No worries. Know plenty of people (including my wife!) that like ROTJ best. For those of us in our mid 40s- it’s the one we actually remember seeing in theaters. Also, ends the Original Trilogy on a high note, AT-STs are cool, and the Ewoks are adorable! Lol.
Definitely my favorite of the original trilogy. 3 years was FOR-EVER waiting between movies, but it was such a special event to go see these movies in the theaters.
Agreed. Disney and Lucasfilm need to get back to that. Star Wars doesn’t work on a streaming set-up. Each series should’ve been a movie and releasing each one should be a big thing and on big screens.
The original script said that Han was supposed to say "I love you" back to Leia but Harrison Ford changed it as he felt it didn't match with the character of Han Solo,.
I believe they even tried a couple takes with him saying it back, and it just didn't feel right. "I know" was a good call, and almost makes it that much more touching and tragic.
"He can kill through facetime?" and, "I saw these things at disneyland!" are killing me!! We havent even left Hoth yet. Comedic reaction! Cheers from Edmonton.
These movies have been analyzed to death the last 40 years or so, especially the whole Jedi/Sith/Force thing. So it’s incredibly refreshing to see someone watch it the way it was intended to be seen, with all the mystery of the Jedi/Sith/Force behind it. We aren’t meant to know everything about them going in. 👍
The same people who complain about midichlorians also complained(before ROTS) about Rey being so powerful with no explanation. Make up your minds folks.
George Lucas actually kept it a very close secret that Vader was Luke's father. The person who does the voice of Vader, James Earl Jones, wasn't the one in the suit and instead recorded the lines later. The person in the suit when they filmed was told to say that Obi-Wan killed Luke's father. Mark Hamill was one of 4 people who knew what the actual line was ahead of time, and he was just told so he could react properly and was told right before the scene was shot. He couldn't tell anyone the secret. There are interviews where he talks about these things.
Short answer: The Emperor achieved his power the same way Hitler did, by seducing a worried population into voting him total authority. Something that any democracy must ever be on guard against...and most especially the United States, for its future can mean so much for the world's future, and its fate could be the world's fate. 😐 😕
@@goldenager59 Totally agree with your assessment there. Fascism has always been the biggest internal threat the U.S. has chosen mostly to ignore. All the while we make communism the boogeyman. That's dangerous too but too many people are guarding against the left they forget the right can be just as dangerous.
@@williammatthews693 Ever since I grew up, I have never taken lightly the menace Nazism can still pose, for all its collapse at war's end. Fortunately the ideology demands a clearly capable central figure to lead it, and we can be on the watch for those, as long as our intelligence network remains intact (and upright)...and, by God's grace, *as* *long* *as* *a* *learned* *population* *can* *grasp* *the* *signs* around them. In any really TIGHT squeeze, we must continue to have faith in the Constitution and in God, never in any would-be hero with an alpha personality and a "plan". 🤨 😬 🙂
This takes place 3 years after the last movie If Mark Hamill looks different it’s because he was in a car accident that messed up his face and he needed some reconstruction. Allegedly the wampa attack was added to incorporate it into the story. The yeti creature is called a wampa Tauntauns are snow lizards The tank Luke was in is a bacta tank. Bacta is a special fluid that speeds up healing. You gotta watch the prequels to learn how the empire came to power. If you wanna fight and you don’t oppose the empire, yes, you could enlist and become a stormtrooper, but that’s not a guaranteed position. Vader was in a meditation chamber. He can breath without his mask when sealed inside it “He can kill them on facetime?!” Well technically he killed him from a distance. Though seeing him could be helpful Most people leia knew would be dead, probably, yes. Though not all alderaaneans were on the planet when it was blown up. Veers’s helmet is a field combat helmet for those of higher rank The scarier helmeted troops are snowtroopers. Their armor is specially made for the cold You saw Vader’s scarred head There are more of yoda’s species. The baby one is NOT him. There’s also another in the background of one of the prequel movies Those with the force can sense other living things You’re one of the few people I’ve seen catch that it was the emperor vader talked to. He’s also force sensitive and is Vader’s master. Not all Jedi can retain their identities after death. It’s actually a rare and learned thing Space _slug._ The commonly used name for an exogorth That was a vision Luke had in the cave and it was him in the mask. It was telling him if he attacked without emotional control he could fall to the dark side. Yoda is a puppet You wouldn’t say “You are the force.” So many planets Echuta is a hutt curse word considered too crude to translate Need I remind you that the Empire _BLEW UP A PLANET,_ and that was when they thought Leia was _complying_ with their demands? What would you do after finding out about that and then they show up and make demands? They tried having Han say “I love you too” multiple times, but it just wasn’t working. So Harrison Ford improvised what he thought Han would say, and it was perfect. I saw a watch along that had Sam Witwer, who is in some star wars stuff, and when the scene happened, he said that it’s a moment of growth for Han because he looks at her like “I know, and I’m so sorry. This is gonna be hardest on you.” He’s worried about her and how what’s about to happen to him will affect her. That blew my mind! I never thought of it that way. Chewie and also Lando could fly it. Remember it used to be his ship The Vader twist was kept secret from pretty much everyone. The only ones who knew were George Lucas, James Earl Jones (Vader’s voice), and the director. They told Mark Hamill right before they filmmed the scene. For everyone else, the line they thought it was gonna be was “Obi-Wan killed your father.” I’m curious, did you think about who Vader said the line “I am your father” to before watching this movie? “They all need to rebel against him.” That’s cute. Yes, he got a prosthetic hand with synthetic skin. George only directed episode 4 and the prequel trilogy. But he is producer for 5 and 6.
From what I remember back when it happened Mark was riding his bicycle and got hit by a car. All his teeth got knocked out and his nose was crushed. Apparently his mother at the hospital was crying and screaming,"Oh his beautiful face!" The good thing out of the accident was the dental assistant helping fix his teeth ended up becoming his wife and they're still together.
It was a car accident, he had a corvette at the time. “What happened was that I was on the wrong freeway. I was way out in the sticks somewhere and there were no cars and no traffic, thank God. I was going about 65-70 mph … I was speeding, going too fast … and what happened, I think, was that I tried to negotiate an off-ramp and lost control, tumbled over, and went off the road.” Hamill had fractured his nose and right cheek. Doctors used cartilage in his ear to help heal his nose, but the brutal car accident left noticeable changes in his overall facial structures. Hamill admitted that it took time to accept his fate, stating, “I was feeling sorry for myself… poor me… getting hit right in the face and the whole thing.” From an interview in gossip magazine. In the movie, we see Luke free himself from the Wampa’s grasp and is saved by Han Solo (Harrison Ford) before the cold temperatures take his life. Then, Luke is found in the Echo Base’s hospital wing, and the Jedi’s face is covered in cuts. Luke’s entire right side of his face is hidden in bandages, supposedly hiding the scars left from his car accident two years before filming Empire in 1979. Therefore, this entire sequence with the Wampa and bandages and injuries was written to explain the scarring on Hamill’s face. In the Blu-Ray commentary of The Empire Strikes Back, George Lucas denies these claims and rumors, stating they added the scenes to build suspense. However, late actress Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia) claimed that the car accident is why the Wampa scene was added. Mark Hamill, on the other hand, has never addressed it. Here’s another site about it: www.seanmunger.com/blog/face-off-the-squirrely-legend-of-mark-hamill-s-car-crash
The car accident was also an extension of a movie Mark Hamill made. A terrible B grade movie called "Corvette Summer". You can see the vette he trashed in that movie.
Yes 12 foot high screen watching Empire for the first time in a theater with your family, and stuffing popcorn in your face. A treasured memory. Watching the snowspeeders searching for Han and Luke flying over the mountains was like riding a roller coaster.
The whole Yeti scene was created to GIVE Luke facial scars. Because Mark Hammil got involved in a car crash after the first movie... seatbelts were for losers at the time. So he got some winner face scars. And they had to find a way to explain those in the movie.
@@MontgomeryWenis wrong. The accident happened even before A New Hope had finished filming. They used body doubles plus some shots of Hammill from far away to finish the first movie. That's why the accident received little attention at the time. Mark was an unknown actor, as Star Wars had not been released yet And it's a known fact Lucas only had a slight idea of ESB at the time. Even Vader was not written to be Luke's father yet.
@@Cosmo-Kramer not false. Even Carrie Fisher said it. The scars shown in the movie are fake but were done exactly over and just like the original scars Mark had in the hospital. It's a touchy subject so director's abd producers were quiet about it. In the least, the Wampa scene had been written differently and they killed two birds with one stone, by having it hit Luke face
Nah, pretty sure George Lucas is the reason. Kershner did a good job directing the actors for sure, but he was not the originator of the story and characters of Empire. Geroge Lucas was.
you: "She's thinking about that kiss..." In 40 years, I've never realized that. But the reality is....how could she be thinking of anything else. good catch!
Regarding Luke confronting Vader on Dagobah during training: This is never explained in the movies so it's not a spoiler. It's believed that a powerful Sith Lord hundreds of years past died on Dagobah and the cave under the tree is his resting place. It therefore is a place of Dark Side energy, and can cause visions or hallucinations like what Luke saw. As a training tool, Yoda means it to be a warning and a test of character. It's also understood that this place is why Yoda chose to hide on Dagobah, because the Dark Side energy masks his presence from Vader and other Jedi hunters.
Watching her learn about Luke's father takes me back to a place a long, long time ago, when I first learned. The shock, denial, anger, excitement; it felt just like back then, watching it for the first time. Also, the face she makes when Han says, "I know." When I heard him say that as a boy, I knew I had grow up to be a dashing space pirate no matter what. Thank you SO MUCH for including Star Wars on your channel!
@@theConquerersMama Even the response to I love you with 'I know' is actually really sweet if you think about it. The whole show Leia is so hot and cold and barely puts up with Han's BS. When she tells him she loves him she already knows Han loves her, but she's afraid that he might die not knowing how she really feels. 'I know' is comforting, because it tells her he has felt her love probably the whole time.
2 years of my young life were spent dreaming of the day I'd see again something as epic as Star Wars. It was at least a year before Empire was even announced, and in the age before VHS there was no remedy but to wait, reminisce, and hope. My friends and I relived Star Wars countless times in our conversations and imaginations, and we all expected the sequel to capture our hearts and fulfill our dreams just as completely as had the original. It seems now a nearly impossible feat, but The Empire Strikes Back did not disappoint.
Leia: I love you. Han: I know. Popcorn: Say it back! ; _ ; Say i love you too! [rewind - play. rewind - play. rewind - play. A NEW CORE MEMORY] Congratulations! You are now part of this scene for me forever and thats really saying something
Watching them in numerical order would absolute ruin the experience of watching the original trilogy. It bothers me that people don't get that simple fact.
Not really. The originals has been altered a lot with each new release, this being the least as far as I know, but there are still annoying edits made.
@@johnpetrie1918 Yeah, they were clearly made to be watched in production order. The only other order I would possibly accept is what they call machete order: 4-5-1-2-3-6 as 6 doesn't really introduce a whole lot beyond the family thing, but the shock would be equal either way, and would explain why he picks up on it so easily.
This comment is exactly why it's hard for newbies to understand Star Wars. Should have kept it simple with the originals and one or 2 others, then call it quits. As a Star Wars fan, writers over the last 30 years have made it too complex and a turn off to get into the franchise.
"He can kill them on Facetime." Line of the year. I laughed so hard I was crying. 🤣🤣😭😭😭😭 So long in between movies. I was 5 when New Hope came out in 77. But I remember the reactions you're having now when I was younger. Cassie not underselling it. Best reactor.
Legit. I remember seeing Empire in the theatres... and when Vader said "No... I am your father..." literal collective gasp and a few cokes and popcorns hitting the floor
As a guy old enough to have been there in the 80s it’s weird to me that ‘FaceTime’ is even a thing now, it was super futuristic and total sci-fi imagining back then.
@@chuckprather484 I remember my brother and I were shook when we heard it and the theater was exactly that. We were all looking at each other and couldn't believe what we had heard. Such a good time.
I was at Kunsan Airbase in South Korea when Empire premiered. It started running at midnight Friday and replayed as fast as they could rewind the reel until Midnight Sunday. I was there Friday Midnight. Since it was a military theater, the National Anthem played before the movie. We all stood and sang the Star Spangled Banner. When we were done, someone yelled out, "PLAY BALL!"
"Yoda is like a little Oscar the Grouch" - Maaaaan, you're closer to the truth than you think. :D Yoda literally is a Muppet from the Henson studios. Back when the movie came out that was one of the coolest things about it for 13yr old me. :) And not only is he a Muppet - he's played AND voiced by Frank Oz, who also is behind Fozzy Bear and Miss Piggy. I swear - once you listen so Miss Piggy and Yoda in comparison you can't unhear it - Yoda sounds like Piggy had a stroke. :D Also: Just watch him. You can SEE he's a Muppet from his movements. Especially the way he walks, that's so damned typical. :D
And when Luke stands up and says "You want the impossible" and walks away, you can see the ground bend a little under Luke's footsteps, because every scene on Dagobah with Yoda standing on the ground was actually an elevated platform that the puppeteers could stand under and work Yoda.
@@RyoHazuki224 Right. And honestly - it doesn't make the movie "worse" or anything. Ackshually it's even more realistic. That's SUPPOSED to be bendy space floor! ;D
Because George Lucas knew that the people from The Muppets, including Frank Oz, were animating Yoda, George was adamant that Yoda looked as realistic as possible. George said that if Yoda looked like Kermit the Frog, they were dead.
Most war stories don't feature a lot of women in leading roles. That's just the way things are with war in general. But sure... have yourself a big feminist hissy fit about it.
Cassie: "I don't like how they're all getting separated. I just want them to be all together." Cut to Vader and Luke with even more separation happening.
I've watched quite a few of these. This lady is the most compelling. Her questions are delightfully insightful. And...her comments like, "Leia needs to loose up" are well timed and right on the money. Overall...she's adorable and fun to watch. GREAT JOB! 👍 ~ DJ Devil Horns 🤘
I love how you react and ask questions by mixing the movie's universe and our own current era. In the last movie you had made a comment similar to "They can do that without having probable cause?" and today you said "So he can kill him through facetime?" This is just adorable. Of course your questions about the story can make us laugh as weill because we've seen the movie before and know what's coming up but your questions are legitimate and come from real curiosity. This movie came out about 40 years ago so it's normal that many people have not seen it. What is cool about you and other "reactors" is that you truly have no idea what a given movie might be about. Back then, it was difficult to do that. We did not have a gazillion channels on TV nor the internet. So if we were into movies we would watch movie review programs like Siskel and Ebert" and have at least a small idea of what the movie was about. You say you prefer this one to the original, you are not alone as it is widely seen as the best one. I now realize that I am writing you a novel so I will stop it here. Thanks for sharing your reactions with us.
“They just kind of throw you in there” That’s one of the major draws of Star Wars, or atleast it was. Nobody who was into science fiction (read: nerds) had ever envisioned, or been able to bring to life, a “lived-in” world such as Star Wars. The movie was like this glimpse into a world with soooo many characters and interesting lore bits/moving parts, and it was believable! You don’t need to know all the extraneous details, but you can, and there’s so much there you could study these movies for years and still learn new things. I was raised on Star Wars & I still learn new things, hear a different perspective or take etc.
Right. The world George Lucas created is rich and full of new things to discover, but you don't need to know how everything works to enjoy the story. It follows the same old fashioned blueprint as many other stories that have been told over thousands of years. Lucas has even said that he considers SW to be sort of like a silent movie, where even if you watch it without the sound you can still understand what is going on, and that's why it is popular all over the world.
@@davidjacobs8558 I’d have to agree to an extent - I think a lot of that can be blamed on the heavy use of primitive (relatively speaking) CGI, though. Cause think about this: IMO, the prequels actually have some of the coolest art design & ship design in all of sci-fi. So many of the ships you saw on screen were straight up iconic immediately.
Love your videos. The exciting part is discovering the story as the movies go on. I grew up on these movies but enjoy watching them through fresh eyes. Keep doing what you’re doing 😊
I remember introducing this to my little cousins a few years back, we all sat on the couch with popcron with all three films in one day, and their collective jaws dropped open at the Darth Vader "father" reveal, and like children often do, completely denied it and said "He's lying!" Psychologically, every kid, or almost every kid who watches this film and doesnt know jsut atomatically assumes the badguy is lying because their just not ready to deal with the main bad guy of the films being related to the main hero! It's so much fun!
That’s rare. Even my kids who never seen these know the father bit. Especially with the Information Age we live in. I bet it was cool to see their reaction to it.
When I first saw this movie in theatres in 1980 when I was 6 years old, I had the exact same reaction. "He's lying! Obi-Wan said that Vader killed his father!" Incidentally, James Earl Jones had that same reaction the first time he read the line for the voice over work.
Fun piece of trivia here: the scratches on Luke's face when he comes out of the bacta tank and Han says he looks strong enough to pull the ears off of a gundark are actually real injuries. Mark was in a car accident during filming.
I think it was a motorcycle accident, no? I heard he wasn’t wearing a helmet and his nose was mangled. And that forced Lucas to to have the opening of the script changed to address his altered appearance.
@@andrewlopez1906 He didn't drive off a cliff, and the accident occurred in Jan 1977, before Star Wars was even released. The only film he had signed on to was Corvette Summer which was completed as planned. The only thing he had to miss was pick up shots for A New Hope and they used a double instead. There was no filming conflict with Ep 4. It was just an accident and Lucas himself confirmed they did not write in the Wampa scene to account for the injuries All of this is on the bluray commentary and I interviews with Hamill himself
This is my favorite movie of all time and your reactions were so honest and innocent. It was adorable to watch. "he can kill on face time?" and "he's sans hand" 😁
"They just dump you in there." Remember that 'Star Wars' is Episode IV (though not released that way originally): what Lucas was doing was re-creating the feel of Saturday matinee movie serials of the 1940s like Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers, Captain Marvel, and so on. Each short (about 15-20 minutes) episode was a 'chapter', with a bit of summary of the previous episode (which ended on a cliffhanger) at the beginning. Of course, these episodes are full-length feature films, but the decision to start Episode IV _in_ _medias_ _res_ supports the movie-serial 'feel'. Without spoiling much, Episode I kind of broke this feel, by also starting right in the action, which wouldn't be the case for a first episode in a serial.
Just watched your reaction to Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back. If you liked Star Wars and comedy, I'm sure you"ll enjoy "Space Balls." A Mel Brooks film. Don't know if you have any requests for it, but it's worth watching. Enjoy your channel. A breath of fresh air.
This is why I loved Star Wars from the beginning...they "just threw you in there" no spoon feeding, no pretentious intro, just here's the action - deal with it. It gave, at least to me, a kind of "you are there" feeling that was unique in the 70s. The "Flash Gordon" serial feel with the modern FX that George and Industrial Magic created from scratch. There was nothing like it back then and audiences were wowed. There's nothing like the movie theater experience. You must follow the theatrical release order to get that feel. I saw the original Chapter IV three times in theaters. And you had to wait on line to purchase a ticket, then wait on line to get into the theater. The word blockbuster meant exactly that. Lines went around the block at the theater. We waited 3 years in between episodes. '77, '80 and '83. IV, V and VI.
@@CrayCruz I don't know if it's entirely possible for younger people to understand how things like this worked back when there was no internet, no social media, no UA-cam. It's almost like a different world. Word of mouth was primary. Newspaper articles. Maybe some pre-recorded TV shows. And, as you mentioned more time between releases, which meant the country as a whole become more and more excited in the waiting. Today, you barely have to wait for anything.
@@TedBrogan yes, agreed. It's like those stories our parents would tell us about the good old days "we used to walk 100 miles, barefoot in the snow." It was a whole different world, that us old farts lived through...lol
At the same time though, remember that the original Star Wars was also meant to be just a single movie, they didn't know if it would be successful so pretty much the story had to stand on its own in a way, yet of course when building a giant universe it does open the door to what happened before and after that movie. It wasn't until years later that they retro-actively called it "Episode IV". But yes, also movies back then didn't exposition you to death, they didn't shove all the story at you at once and feel the need to explain everything. The left much to the imagination. Its a delicate balance of course, but Star Wars is great because it does that balancing act so well.
Leia uses anger to mask her feelings and, in my opinion, to keep going in the face of so much loss and seemingly insurmountable odds. So her angry "why are you still here?" to Han is her concern for him. She sees it as an acceptable risk that she is still there, cos it's her command, but it touches her feelings and her steel if Han is there and at risk. Leia's kind of the stereotypical stoic male character in many ways.
"He can kill them on Facetime?"
I died, utterly.
She just killed through UA-cam 😮
An ability a lot of people wish for. Or if not kill, how about a slap?
Darth Stewie: Didn't know I could choke ya through the TV!? Cuz I can!
Kind of makes me want to die but oh well
Bwahahahahahahahaha!!!!!
"So how did the empire... get power?" Oh does George Lucas have a fascinating story of shipping embargoes for you.
(he's being sarcastic)
Ha ha polimatics!
Shipping embargoes
Lmfao 😂
“Taxation of trade routes”
Way to avoid the spoiler alert of dropping the name of the most loathed Lucas character of the entire universe of characters, and that was before he…… proposed what he proposed.
Oh the joy of watching someone realize Vader is Luke’s father organically. Gives me chills lol.
!!!!!!!!!!!! O . O!!
SPOILERS!! C'MON!!!
😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
spoiler...not cool
@@alecboyce1998 how is it a spoiler if she has already watched it?
@@michaelriddick7116 how is it a spoiler if she had already watched it?
@@jaybird455 Spoiler for other people who didnt know :) Its a joke, Im pretty sure everyone knows (well, atleast now that Cass knows. I think she was the last one 😂🤣😂🤣) 😁
"He can kill him on FaceTime" may be the single best movie reaction I've seen from anyone....pure gold! 😂
Just imagine if we ALL had that power in a tedious FaceTime meeting . . .
ha ha haaaa.....
Not FaceTime - force time😅
I choked on my Sonic burrito when she said that😂
HAHAHAH How FCKNG old do we feel???? LOL
Cassie: "How many planets are there in Star Wars?"
Answer: "As many as the plot demands."
True, but mostly just one. It has sand which is coarse, rough and irritating and it gets everywhere.
Hardly any, considering the millions of stars in the galaxy...
6 times 10 to the 8th power, plus one.
I think they said that there were over a million member worlds that were a part of the Galactic Republic. We have to remember that Star Wars takes place throughout a galaxy.
I remember one of the old "Star Wars Fact Files" magazines said that there were 20 million planets in the known galaxy that had life (of those that had been explored). Most of those were not colonised by intelligent species though. There are easily a few hundred thousand to a few million colonised planets though.
Those numbers actually make sense, since a typical galaxy will have several HUNDRED BILLION to a TRILLION stars in it, and if most stars have at least one planet on average (some will have none, some will have dozens), then 20 million planets able to support life is a reasonable amount.
"How did the Emperor come to power?"
"What happen to Darth Vader? He looks like he got burned."
"Who is his (Luke's) mother?"
"Who made Darth Vader bad?"
Learn in due time, you will.
Asking all the right questions the next 4 films will answer. Thats why I love the prequels so much because they cater alot to the original trilogy.
This gave me a brilliant idea! How about we answer all those questions in a new trilogy???
Yup... the prequel fan in me was just going 'you've taken your first step into a larger world'
In due time, learn, you will.
@@mckrackin5324 beat me to it lol
Fun fact: Harrison Ford actually was supposed to say "I love you, too." They changed it to "I know" cause both Harrison and the director felt it sounded too out of character for Han, so we ended up with the "I know" line. :)
Yeah, like I heard that they had various takes of him saying "I love you" back, but it didn't feel right.
One of the best lines in cinema history for sure. Han would never say I Love You back. His response was perfect and delivered with honesty from Harrison.
But the important thing is to look at what he did. He told Chewie to look after the Princess. He showed his love through his actions.
The line that inspired so many t-shirts
Between that and Ford deciding to just shoot the guy with the big sword in Raiders of the Lost Ark, two epic dialogue/story changes for the better in his resume...
Calling the Tauntauns a "llama kangaroo" might be my favourite thing EVER!!! I laughed so hard! Also, calling them "tum-tums" was the cutest thing ever! 😄
The moment I heard that it got a smile from me and I just thought "Well...certainly never heard that one before, but you know what...kinda accurate."
He can kill them on FaceTime? Lol loved it.
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If you watch the Family Guy version, they're called DonDons😂
They're almost Australian chocolate bars now. And do they have yetis in this universe? 😊
“He can kill them on FaceTime?!”
Cassie must be protected at all costs 😂😂
As soon as I heard her say this I bursted out in laughing, spilling my drink all over 🤣 Bless her!
@Wooooo That was a funny one but the one that got me to literally laugh out loud was "It's a trap dum dum". The funniest part is that she wouldn't understand why it's so funny... yet. lol
She's an absolute treasure! Love her!
I spit out my whiskey when she said that. As an older person that grew up before the internet it hits all the funnier for me since I remember the dial up sound of connecting to the internet with AOL. In a weird way, it's almost meta for me. Great comment! 👍
oh my gosh i had a complete nerd laugh here, wow haha, zoinks
Cassie "they're friends but they both like the same girl"
Everyone else: Awkward silence...
Exactly!😬
🤣🤣🤣
I remember thinking who would win out...I thought...Han. But awkward is right.
Oh honey! You have no idea!
not really awkward, but perfectly fitting.... her love is away to an unknown future so she leans the shoulder in this world she trusts most as a friend... maybe awkward for him a little, but as he is Force sensitive, he knows that this, at other times, badass woman now needs to lean on too.... for leia despite her petite and breakable look, shows that she is as badass as ripley from aliens....
I saw the originals in the theater when they came out. Yes, I'm old enough. I'm 53. We had to wait 3 years in between each movie. But watching them in a packed theater with like-minded people (all of us loving Star Wars) was awesome back then!
Saw Ep 4 at the drive-in in 77. My parents took me. I was 6 and my eyes were glued the whole time to the screen. I didn't even want any candy or soda.
Same here. Trying not to spoil this film for friends after seeing it was tough lol.
me too, I've seen every movie as a new release in theaters and took my son when the original triology was re-released in theaters, I love watching people see them for the first time, it's such a joy seeing them fall in love with the characters
My mom saw Ep 5 in theater while she was pregnant with me. She says that's why I turned out the way I did (major sci-fi geek).
Same here !!!!
This is the greatest thing I've ever seen.
"Is the Tum Tum dead?"
"Did he just stuff him inside a Tum Tum carcass?"
So wonderfully adorable!
"Is the Tum-Tum dead?" Well, it is after Han slices it open...
Cassie: “What happened to Vader? I feel like he got burned pretty bad.”
Yeah, you could say that.
that could happen if you don´t have the high ground xD
I heard that he got burned pretty bad at the beach and, ever since, he's hated sand.
That was a pretty heated duel.
@@Osprey850 Vacation gone bad. LOL
Stop spoiling the movies. Is it that hard to keep your mouth shut?
"That's a Tauntaun: a llama kangaroo." Best line! Followed by "did he just stuff him inside a tumtum carcass?" Please never change, Cassie! You are a joy to watch react to these movies!
absolutely!!
I already changed my life long Star Wars vocabulary. Hence forth they shall be known as.. llama kangaroos
No, it got better. It's a "tum-tum"
@@johnnybraccia452 Han shoved Luke in the tum of the Tumtum... 😁
And let's not forget "He can kill him on FaceTime?!"
Cassie seeing Luke getting his hand cut off: "I did not see that coming!!"
Me watching: Oh honey, give it just another minute.
@@Nexusofgeek Yeah, I generally put more trust in reactors than I probably should when they say it's their first time watching something, but I feel like even the most sheltered people on Earth are going to know Darth Vader's relationship to Luke at this point. I don't see how you can avoid that particular spoiler for multiple decades.
But hey, maybe she really didn't know. Though I feel like her expression wasn't quite shocked enough for me to believe she didn't know it already. lol
@@marcw6875 I would agree with you if I hadn't actually met at least 2 people (that I know of) who had absolutely zero knowledge of Star Wars, to include the iconic quotes. It is hard for us who do know and love these movies to imagine there are people out there who have no idea about them.
@Marc W I hope it is genuine but i understand what you mean. i really enjoy her videos and looking forward to the rest of star wars from her.....but it kinda feels like she's not taking the story serious. She's intelligent and understands complex movies so ii think that's why some of us feel like she's "playing dumb" on purpose.
@@Nexusofgeek He didn't start with Episode IV, and he didn't write books.
Which means anything you say can and should be considered bullshit. Thanks for playing.
@@marcw6875 I'm for perpetual spoiler warnings just BECAUSE I want everyone else to have this "Oh fuck!" moment when they get to *that* bit. I've been spoilered a couple times and I hated each and every one of those times.
I always loved how Han objects to “scruffy looking” (he is clean-shaven, after all) as if everything else she accusing him of being is spot-on…
I mean, calling him a nerf herder is like calling him a cowboy, nerfs are just Star Wars cows, much like banthas are Star Wars woolly mammoths. Leia only thinks that's an insult because she's royalty lol
Its nerf or nothing
I always took it for his scruffy looking hair style.
Han is what I call ‘ruggedly handsome’.
Completely ok with being a nerf herder.
"Chewy's got a nice furry coat, he should go out there!" That is now my favorite quote ever!!! lol
and chewy's from a tropical planet
“Oh really *you’re* cold?!?”
-Han episode 7
@@pickle4332 I just imagined Chewy as a hairless wookie, *shiver*
@@DougTaggart lmao you don't have to imagine much longer. An episode of Aqua Teen Aqua force had a naked fur wookie for an episode and let's just say I prefer chewie being furry.
"They have abominable snowmen in this universe?"
"That's a Tauntaun? A llama kangaroo?"
"He can kill them on FaceTime?"
"He's sans hand right now."
😂The Cassie-isms are strong in this one.😂
I just caught sans hand. LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!
Let's not forget the one at the end: "Mango- LANDO is going to get Han..."
I laughed. It went from Tautauns to TumTums.
He killed them on facetime got me LMAO
Imagine someone saying that in 1980! hahaha
@@paulmichaelfreedman8334 When "face time" was a seeing someone in person.
"Is the Tum Tum dead?" Holy crap, adorbs levels nearing critical heights.
Han put Luke inside the Tum Tum's tummy.
@@MovieVigilante Into the tum tum tum.
Unfortunately, she is married. ;)
Seriously the way she says tum tum is so cute.
Luke was as snug as a bug in a taun-taun's tum tum.
One of my proudest Dad moments was showing my son Star Wars when he was 6 or 7. We watched them in release order, so he had NO IDEA about the biggest spoiler in cinematic history. When Vader said it, he shouted "NOOOO!" along with Luke. He kept asking me all the next day (until we watched ROTJ) if Vader was really Luke's father, or if he was lying. I was too young to remember the first time I saw Empire. It was awesome to relive that moment through his eyes.
Men, have a son who loves the same quirky, geeky stuff you do. It's the best.
I have 3 daughters now adult women that grew up watching SW and I feel the same way. SW is not just for males. I'm proud that they love SW as much as me. ❤❤
hits even harder if the kids watch the clone wars first. the young anakin fans got quite a shock.
Over the years I've gotten a lot more sympathetic to Lando. He has thousands of people he's responsible for who the Empire is effectively holding hostage.
Also, while he may have given them up (NOT sold them out, no reward but living) keep in mind that he got Han in front of Darth Vader, alone, with all his weapons. Lando totally set it up so Han had a solid shot at killing Vader in a deniable way, and it's just unlucky that Vader can deflect blaster bolds with the Force.
That's a fair point, and considering Lando's past experiences, I can't imagine that's a detail he failed to notice (Han's got his gun with him).
I know right! As a kid I thought he was such a traitor but as you grow up you can empathise more with him
He genuinely believed he could negotiate a deal to protect his people as well as Han and company. Once the Empire gets it though to him that they simply weren't going to allow that he went full rebel right quick.
I saw this when I was 12 and I asked my older sister why he betrayed Han. She told me if he didn't Vader would've slaughtered the city, he really had no choice. When you think of it like that, yeah, he did what he had do to.
the last thing he said before the door opened "I just made a deal that will keep the Empire out of here forever"
He was literally thinking of his city and his people, protecting them first and foremost. Yes, Han was his friend, and there were three beings he was selling out,... but weigh that against the thousands in the city and the thousands more he is doing business with. It was an impossible situation, and he only had one choice. It sucked, and it hurt, but it was the decision he had to make.
What astounds me to this day is how much LIFE there is portrayed in Yoda by the puppeteers. No CGI. No post production special effects. It's all in-camera work done by puppeteers on set. And Mark Hamill is amazing in his ability to act WITH this puppet, to help - in his own way - to bring Yoda to life. But most of the credit goes to Frank Oz and the puppet team - particularly in the close-up shots where Yoda describes the nature of the Force to Luke. Intellectually I know that's not a real person - but a creation of rubber and wires and silicon.
But DAMNIT - that's YODA on screen.
That's a magic all it's own.
Someone told George that CGI effects weren’t real. George said “Well puppets aren’t real, either.” Yeah George, but they’re made of real stuff that exists on set and the actors can see it and react to it in real time. George will never get it.
I saw Empire Strikes Back at the cinema when it first came out. When Yoda talked for the first time, a kid behind me exclaimed in awe “it’s Bert” (from Sesame Street) because they recognized Frank oz’s voice.😉
I saw the original Yoda puppet at a Star Wars costume exhibit a few years ago and even just the puppet has this life like quality to it. But so much of that comes from the people that operated it.
@@iwatchyoutube6539 Sesame Street rules. You got a problem with that?
I still stand by: Rygel is the secret love-child of Yoda & Oscar the Grouch.
"He can kill them on Facetime?!"
"If you only knew the power of the Dark Side..." - me
All timer.
Ensign: Rear Admiral, Lord Vader wants a Zoom meeting.
Rear Admiral: Oh shit! Vice Admiral, Lord Vader wants a Zoom meeting.
Vice Admiral: Oh shit! Admiral, Lord Vader wants a Zoom meeting.
Admiral: Oh shit! Fleet Admiral, Lord Vader wants a Zoom meeting.
Fleet Admiral: *Please leave your message after the tone*
Admiral: Oh shit shit shit!!!
Oh i could do with that. Lol
The Dark Side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural.
@@Charon839 Naaah, just gimmie that power, so we can remove those people annoying us on zoom.
The way James earl jones delivers the line “join me and together we can rule the galaxy as father and son” gets me every time ugh I love it.
The line that has given me chills for the last 43 years is, "Perhaps you feel you're being treated unfairly?"
James Earl Jones is The Man!!
"The force is with you, young Skywalker. But you are not a jedi yet."
Han’s reply of “I know” wasn’t scripted.
He was supposed to say “I love you too”, but Harrison Ford said “Han would never say that”
And it’s arguably the most badass line in the saga
Proof that Harrison Ford really was Han Solo. Too bad he hated the role...maybe because it hit too close to home?
It’s also a culmination of the moments between Han and Leia throughout the movie. For the last 100 minutes we’ve seen how stubborn they both are but there is clear chemistry yet both won’t let the other see them vulnerable. Han saying “I know” is like he’s saying “it’s’ ok, I know, this situation is terrible, I know how hard it was for you to say that’, I already know and I love you too”
@@bowwing333 I think I've heard that it was partially because Harrison disagreed with the way George handled Han.
This is why the dialogue in the original trilogy is better than in the prequel trilogy, in the originals the the cast were willing to challenge Lucas’s scripts, whereas in the prequels they kind of just accepted it because they were in awe of being cast in a Star Wars film.
@@CoffeeMatt10 and the first order saga
It's like having an adorable friend see these for the first time. AND we get to watch the movie again in a fun and speedy way!
One of my favorite parts about the "fights" between Han and Leia are how everyone else around them treats it as normal and doesn't even pause what they are doing or look in their direction. That's obviously something that has been so frequent that it's "old news" now. :P
Lol, 😂
Bickering long-married couple vibes 👌👌
You mean like Capt. Malcolm Reynolds and Inara?! :-D
Your line of "I thought Yoda would be more Force-ish, he's like "HEHEHE"" is quite right, Yoda was testing Luke to see how he would respond and didn't like his response.
Oooh I never thought of that line of thought. I always thought they retconned his mannerisms.
@@Lia-uf1ir yeah thats why when Yoda drops the act the first thing he says is "I cannot teach him. The boy has no patience" The entire first scene with him is a giant test of Luke's character, which he fails
He probably was also doing it for fun, since he'd pretty much been alone on a planet for 20+ years.
"He can kill them on Facetime?!" Priceless.
I absolutely love her reactions! Her seen the most genuine on UA-cam by far
Lol
Vader practiced social distancing before it was cool. :)
Theoretically he chokes them with a robotic hand so choking over face time isn’t an issue
That was a excellent observation
"He can kill him on Facetime?!" Should be on a t-shirt, if you start doing merchandise, that one so needs to be made
Seriously
That one was brilliant, had me LMAO
"He's like Oscar the Grouch."
Well, funny you should mention that. The puppeteer and voice actor for Yoda, Frank Oz, is also the voice actor for these guys:
Fozzie Bear
Miss Piggy
Animal
Sam Eagle
Grover
Cookie Monster
Bert (but not Ernie)
Weirdly, Oscar is one of the few Muppets he DIDN'T voice!
There is footage of the day Oz snuck Ms Piggy in instead of Yoda (Hamill was pretty much working alone for weeks and was wearing down, this made him laugh).
Also, the whole "Bantha" scene is there to cover for the Plastic Surgery Hamill had needed (he's been in a car wreck, between pictures).
About 2-3 years between films (they ran a LONG time and got re-issued at least once). It was an EVENT when a Star Wars pic came out.
Frank Oz was also in the Blues Brothers and Trading Places!!!
@@drewdederer8965 The Wampa scene being included to explain Luke's facial scars is a heavily debated piece of film trivia. According to George Lucas, Irvin, and Hamil; the rumor is false and it was always planned as just a fun opening to the film to show our hero in danger and to have a more organic way to include the "Luke. Luke. You will go to the Degobah system" scene
You should use the word 'puppeteer' rather than voice, but yeah. Fun fact: Jim Henson (Kermit, Ernie n more) was originally who George Lucas asked to be Yoda, but being as kind as he was, he let Frank Oz take the chance. There's also an episode of the Muppet Show starring Luke, Chewbacca, R2D2 and C3PO.
@@themalcahtwinz4743 I mean there are many puppets in the Star Wars franchise as well as other franchises that are voiced by someone else instead of the person controlling their movements. In this case Frank Oz is both so it's only right to call him a voice actor as well
Lando did try to help, when the pods fired on the Millennium Falcon, they were trying to scare Han away. They couldn't tell him to go because the empire was listening to all communications. The closer the Falcon got to the city, they appeared on radar and it was too late.
Hmm. Never even thought about that. Good catch!
Jesus. I saw this in the theater when it came out and never realized it. Thank you for your great insight.
Cassie: "He can kill him on FaceTime?!"
Me: "Falls out of my wheelchair, laughing."
I love that you actually say that without doing it 😂
I am adding this reply due to the fact that I can't press the "Like" symbol one hundred times. 🤭 😄
That was adorable
i almost spat out my gulp of wine!! but fascinatingly, it's the first time i've heard such a comparison, yet it's rather accurate this century, metaphorically!
I haven't even got a wheelchair but I fell off mine too 😆
"So how did the Empire get power?"
Well, see, there was this thunderous applause...
There was this funny guy called Jar Jar...
@@jayeisenhardt1337 darth jarjar
I just LOVE that Cassie is asking all the right questions about this movie's plot and characters. Hope no one spoils it for her.
During the video I was saying out loud “she’s asking all the good questions” lol
I think half the people don't want to spoil it, and the other half thought she already knew.
@@faisalmemon285 What I meant was that Cassie is asking all the right questions in this movie about the whole arc of Skywalker family which may or may be not relevant in some other Star Wars movies.
@@faisalmemon285 She hasn't seen all 9 movies, silly. Just the first two. There's PLENTY to spoil.
All I can think during the part with yoda on Luke’s back is “run run run JUMP! I can be your backpack while you run! Swing from a hairy vine! I can be your backpack while you climb!”
Some other people have commented about the "I love you" "I know" scene, and offered some tidbits and opinions on it. But the reason it works for me is that Han has been making clear his interest in Leia throughout the movie, while Leia has tried to hide or fight against those feelings. Leia has only just recently let herself open up to those feelings, and now Han is being taken away from her, and he may be about to die. And so in this last moment, she desperately tries to convey to him the depth of the feelings she's held back, that she loves him just as much. And so Han responds, "It's ok, don't worry. I already know."
Best response ever.
The original script had Han replying "I love you too" but Harrison after filming it said it didn't feel right, the now infamous "I know" was improvised after he spoke with the director
I've never heard this one before, and it's a really cool take.
It was meant as a bit of comic relief - it would have been out of character for him, with his cocky, too cool persona, to say something heartfelt (read: corny) at that moment. Harrison Ford actually asked to play it that way.
@@gibsongirl2100 THIS I agree with. rowensjet's analysis is interesting but doesn't hold up under questioning.
“He can kill them on FaceTime” may be the most epic comment I’ve heard Cassie make yet 🤣🤣
Best line ever
I snort laughed
Let's not forget her gem when the stormtroopers starting shooting at the Falcon on Tatooine: "Wait, can they just do that without probable cause?"
@@mikearmstrong8483 Let's not pretend that they wouldn't do the exact same thing in real life if someone escaping with the plans for a nuclear weapon. You think they would worry about probable cause or you think they would just shoot at them?
@@WJS774
It's a fictional universe. Stormtroopers can do whatever they want. What I thought was hilarious was that Cassie was thinking they should act like lawful cops.
27:40 Well keep in mind, Lando is the leader of Cloud City. He's responsible for every man, woman, child, human, droid or ugnaught in the colony. Vader pretty much held his entire home hostage.
That's exactly right. Lando had more responsibility than Han, Chewie & Leia realized, or they were just being a little selfish.
Yes, he really _didn't_ have a choice. If he had tried to resist Vader at first, he would have been arrested or killed and then nobody would have been able to rescue them later.
If Lando had resisted Vader then the Empire would probably have blown Cloud City out of the sky as an example and a message to the galaxy not to resist them. Lando was responsible for thousands of innocent lives who were not part of the conflict between the rebels and the Empire and it always bugged me that Leia and Chewie treated him that way after he freed them. He quite obviously had no choice whatsoever.
@@ivaneames4354
Exactly!
Yep. Lando handled that one pretty smoothly, like all things Lando. (1) Allows Empire to Land (check), (2) Vader threatens entire colony (check), (3) Slightly scam your old buddy to save as many of his friends as possible (check), (4) Vader leaves (check), (5) Save Han's friends (check), (6) Go get Han (check), (7) Colony saved (check)
What’s impressive… most impressive about these original movies is that they were made before the use of CGI. Everything you see was hand built, shot on film and composited together.
_"Don't be too proud of this technological terror you have constructed. The ability to debug a script is insignificant next to the power of some glue."_
Except these are the special "special" editions -- So some cgi was used in this version. (Most notably flying into cloud city). I still prefer the "pre-cgi" versions.
Not this version.
Leia: "I love you" Han: "I know"
Casey: "SAY IT BACK!!!!" LOL love your reactions, never change
That WAS the scripted line, Harrison Ford ad libbed "I know" because that's more in character for him. Legendary line.
Don't worry, you'll get your wish in Episode VI. Watch for it. 😁
Everytime he said "I love you too" it just didnt sound right. Harrison Ford ad libbed "I know" and it worked with his character, classic Han Solo
"tum tum."
"He can kill him on face time?"
😂 I love you Cassie, don't ever change.
I died when she said that! Lol
That was a classic Cassie response!😂😂😂
Love this!!!
“A llama-kangaroo”
Well..you’re not wrong!
08:25 this scene was absolutely incredible in the theater; you could almost feel the g-forces as Rogue Two skimmed along the surface, changing altitude.
It certainly was.
As a lifelong fan of the snowspeeder. (Scale Models, toys, collectables) I had seen them in the trailers I still remember seeing them in the hangar and In the search. Best craft in the Star Wars universe!
The only proper way to see this sort of movie. A TV screen in your living room doesn't cut it
it felt a little like riding a roller coaster watching it in a theater
My God, after what... 42 years? that scene scene with Luke and Leia standing in front of that window.. the very last scene of the movie, still moves me. I was so blessed to see these great movies on very fine theaters!! The shocker of Darth Vader being Luke's father was a real shock. I didn't suspect it until the very end when he said it.
The effects in these movies have to be appreciated within the context of when the movies were made. We take special effects for granted and today, all of this could be done on a home computer, but back then, these guys not only had to create them; they had to INVENT how they were going to be done. They were geniuses and their incredible innovations revolutionized cinema. I've been lucky enough to witness this transition, but I still marvel at their creativity.
"Chewy has a nice big furry coat, he should go out there". 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Just another reason I love your channel.
Yeah when she said that I thought "oh yeah! What a great idea!" Then I remember a funny moment when Chewbacca said something to Han like "I'm cold." and Han said "you have a giant fur coat on!" I'm not sure, but I think it was Force Awakens. Also Chewy was from Kashyyk, which was a warm planet.
If Chewy has BIG fur, what about the fleas? How big are they?
Cassie is asking ALL the right questions! It's amazing! Only until the end of the prequels will she learn what this all means. What a wonderful journey we are witnessing.
@@trhansen3244 yeah because the comment section won't say anything about the plot holes in that film. We all know that Kahn never forgets a face.
Feel like she'd be better off stopping at the next one...
Yes, she is. I hope she continues the journey!!
@@trhansen3244 Star Trek is for gays
Learn the force she will.
It felt like an eternity between movies. I was a 6 year old, then 9 years old and then 12 years old as they were released. So as I watched the 3rd movie it had already spanned half my life.
Born 1971? Similar experience for me .though I didn’t see Star Wars episode 4 in the theatres
@@arunsalwan8558 end of 1970. Yes, we would have probably been in the same year at school
@Matthew Lockyer
I was seven, ten and thirteen. Couldn't have been more perfect to pull me in as a lifelong fan. To this day I think Star Trek blows goats in comparison.
Let me guess, you also loved the original Battlestar Galactica?
@@brettmanus7904 loved it, but…. Satnav was once set to Twiki voice to let you know my preferred tv space show.
Same here
One of the details that I love picking up after countless rewatches is that the things Luke does while training, climbing, flips, are all used in his fight later on.
Also that the movie starts with him hanging upside down, and he does so at the end too.
OMG, that's a great pick up...I never saw it that way.Thanks.
In The Last Jedi, all of Rey's lightsaber moves on the rock are the exact moves Kylo Ren does to Phantom Luke.
I love how Luke fails almost every single thing he does in the movie, aside blowing up the AT-AT. Hell, the main cast are constantly in danger, hurt, or are trapped. But it doesn’t *feel* like it when you watch it, and you don’t feel annoyed at the constant struggles. Instead, it sets up amazing stakes and develops the characters way more than before.
Best Star Wars movie.
Yep, also very interesting to me how Karate Kid almost follows the exact same formula of character development for Daniel that Luke had. Most people like seeing a main character who is imperfect and goes through struggles.
I see what you did there.
Its a shame the next movie doesn't capitalise on the development and journeys from this one, and would rather be fun spectacle and nothing more, to be fair which it does well
I mean, that is just classic storytelling, Star Wars fits the hero's journey almost perfectly. There is a reason this type of storytelling have survived since the earliest accounts of literature.
It's a shame the new films didn't learn from what is almost everyone's favorite film in the series. I mean, how can we worry for a hero who never loses a fight against the main villain, EVER?
“This one I felt more connected to the characters.”
That’s the greatness of “Empire” in a nutshell. It’s the moment in time where Luke, Han, Leia, Vader, Chewie, etc. all became part of American (and world) culture forever- b/c we actually cared about their back story- and their fates.
I loved the first Star Wars. I was seven years old when I saw it in theaters with my dad. I honestly didn’t think it could be topped but Empire Strikes Back is my absolute favorite Star Wars film. It just takes everything to a whole other level.
@@scottmoore1614 Everyone says this is the best one🍿🍿🍿🏌️🕺🤾🤸🥂
One of the reasons so many viewers prefer The Empire Strikes Back is because so much groundwork was laid in the first movie. That's often the case with sequels.
I know this is contreversal but my favorite is actually Return of the Jedi
Ha. No worries. Know plenty of people (including my wife!) that like ROTJ best. For those of us in our mid 40s- it’s the one we actually remember seeing in theaters. Also, ends the Original Trilogy on a high note, AT-STs are cool, and the Ewoks are adorable! Lol.
Definitely my favorite of the original trilogy. 3 years was FOR-EVER waiting between movies, but it was such a special event to go see these movies in the theaters.
Agreed. Disney and Lucasfilm need to get back to that. Star Wars doesn’t work on a streaming set-up. Each series should’ve been a movie and releasing each one should be a big thing and on big screens.
It became a trilogy only because the first film was a success. Had it failed, the plan was for the B-movie sequel _Splinter of the Mind's Eye._
@@RideAcrossTheRiver Yeah, i loved the Splinter book and read a lot of them that came out after.
@@danjmcs _Han Solo's Revenge_ ... I have a copy right here!
@@RideAcrossTheRiver Yeah, love the Brian Daley stuff as well!
The original script said that Han was supposed to say "I love you" back to Leia but Harrison Ford changed it as he felt it didn't match with the character of Han Solo,.
"You can write this shit, George, but I have to say it!"
I believe they even tried a couple takes with him saying it back, and it just didn't feel right. "I know" was a good call, and almost makes it that much more touching and tragic.
@@k1productions87 I wonder how "Now you tell me." would have gone with audiences.
"He can kill through facetime?" and, "I saw these things at disneyland!" are killing me!! We havent even left Hoth yet. Comedic reaction! Cheers from Edmonton.
'He can kill through the Web Chat? He can kill through Zoom?!' Yeah, Vader's definitely someone a person would want to ghost.
At one point she calls the Taunton a tum-tum. 😂
8:03
Guarantee no one said that during the theatrical release
@@clit_niblr0375 lol!
These movies have been analyzed to death the last 40 years or so, especially the whole Jedi/Sith/Force thing. So it’s incredibly refreshing to see someone watch it the way it was intended to be seen, with all the mystery of the Jedi/Sith/Force behind it. We aren’t meant to know everything about them going in. 👍
Which is why a certain MC explanation emerging later weakens it. ;-)
@@awmperry Done by a director infamous for contradicting and retconning himself.
@@MrWhatdafuBOOM Indeed. And with wildly varying results.
The same people who complain about midichlorians also complained(before ROTS) about Rey being so powerful with no explanation. Make up your minds folks.
@@Mokkari77 People have complained about both things. In my experience they have not tended to be the same people.
George Lucas actually kept it a very close secret that Vader was Luke's father. The person who does the voice of Vader, James Earl Jones, wasn't the one in the suit and instead recorded the lines later. The person in the suit when they filmed was told to say that Obi-Wan killed Luke's father. Mark Hamill was one of 4 people who knew what the actual line was ahead of time, and he was just told so he could react properly and was told right before the scene was shot. He couldn't tell anyone the secret. There are interviews where he talks about these things.
"So how did the Empire get power?"
You've got a whole other trilogy to get through to answer that question!
A good question, for another time.
Short answer: The Emperor achieved his power the same way Hitler did, by seducing a worried population into voting him total authority. Something that any democracy must ever be on guard against...and most especially the United States, for its future can mean so much for the world's future, and its fate could be the world's fate. 😐 😕
I would like your comment, but it currently resides at 66 likes, which I don't want to change. So please accept this answer instead.
@@goldenager59 Totally agree with your assessment there. Fascism has always been the biggest internal threat the U.S. has chosen mostly to ignore. All the while we make communism the boogeyman. That's dangerous too but too many people are guarding against the left they forget the right can be just as dangerous.
@@williammatthews693
Ever since I grew up, I have never taken lightly the menace Nazism can still pose, for all its collapse at war's end. Fortunately the ideology demands a clearly capable central figure to lead it, and we can be on the watch for those, as long as our intelligence network remains intact (and upright)...and, by God's grace, *as* *long* *as* *a* *learned* *population* *can* *grasp* *the* *signs* around them. In any really TIGHT squeeze, we must continue to have faith in the Constitution and in God, never in any would-be hero with an alpha personality and a "plan". 🤨 😬 🙂
This takes place 3 years after the last movie
If Mark Hamill looks different it’s because he was in a car accident that messed up his face and he needed some reconstruction. Allegedly the wampa attack was added to incorporate it into the story.
The yeti creature is called a wampa
Tauntauns are snow lizards
The tank Luke was in is a bacta tank. Bacta is a special fluid that speeds up healing.
You gotta watch the prequels to learn how the empire came to power.
If you wanna fight and you don’t oppose the empire, yes, you could enlist and become a stormtrooper, but that’s not a guaranteed position.
Vader was in a meditation chamber. He can breath without his mask when sealed inside it
“He can kill them on facetime?!” Well technically he killed him from a distance. Though seeing him could be helpful
Most people leia knew would be dead, probably, yes. Though not all alderaaneans were on the planet when it was blown up.
Veers’s helmet is a field combat helmet for those of higher rank
The scarier helmeted troops are snowtroopers. Their armor is specially made for the cold
You saw Vader’s scarred head
There are more of yoda’s species. The baby one is NOT him. There’s also another in the background of one of the prequel movies
Those with the force can sense other living things
You’re one of the few people I’ve seen catch that it was the emperor vader talked to. He’s also force sensitive and is Vader’s master.
Not all Jedi can retain their identities after death. It’s actually a rare and learned thing
Space _slug._ The commonly used name for an exogorth
That was a vision Luke had in the cave and it was him in the mask. It was telling him if he attacked without emotional control he could fall to the dark side.
Yoda is a puppet
You wouldn’t say “You are the force.”
So many planets
Echuta is a hutt curse word considered too crude to translate
Need I remind you that the Empire _BLEW UP A PLANET,_ and that was when they thought Leia was _complying_ with their demands? What would you do after finding out about that and then they show up and make demands?
They tried having Han say “I love you too” multiple times, but it just wasn’t working. So Harrison Ford improvised what he thought Han would say, and it was perfect.
I saw a watch along that had Sam Witwer, who is in some star wars stuff, and when the scene happened, he said that it’s a moment of growth for Han because he looks at her like “I know, and I’m so sorry. This is gonna be hardest on you.” He’s worried about her and how what’s about to happen to him will affect her. That blew my mind! I never thought of it that way.
Chewie and also Lando could fly it. Remember it used to be his ship
The Vader twist was kept secret from pretty much everyone. The only ones who knew were George Lucas, James Earl Jones (Vader’s voice), and the director. They told Mark Hamill right before they filmmed the scene. For everyone else, the line they thought it was gonna be was “Obi-Wan killed your father.”
I’m curious, did you think about who Vader said the line “I am your father” to before watching this movie?
“They all need to rebel against him.” That’s cute.
Yes, he got a prosthetic hand with synthetic skin.
George only directed episode 4 and the prequel trilogy. But he is producer for 5 and 6.
Always thought it was a motorcycle accident??? If I remember correctly.
From what I remember back when it happened Mark was riding his bicycle and got hit by a car. All his teeth got knocked out and his nose was crushed. Apparently his mother at the hospital was crying and screaming,"Oh his beautiful face!" The good thing out of the accident was the dental assistant helping fix his teeth ended up becoming his wife and they're still together.
It was a car accident, he had a corvette at the time.
“What happened was that I was on the wrong freeway. I was way out in the sticks somewhere and there were no cars and no traffic, thank God. I was going about 65-70 mph … I was speeding, going too fast … and what happened, I think, was that I tried to negotiate an off-ramp and lost control, tumbled over, and went off the road.”
Hamill had fractured his nose and right cheek. Doctors used cartilage in his ear to help heal his nose, but the brutal car accident left noticeable changes in his overall facial structures. Hamill admitted that it took time to accept his fate, stating, “I was feeling sorry for myself… poor me… getting hit right in the face and the whole thing.”
From an interview in gossip magazine.
In the movie, we see Luke free himself from the Wampa’s grasp and is saved by Han Solo (Harrison Ford) before the cold temperatures take his life. Then, Luke is found in the Echo Base’s hospital wing, and the Jedi’s face is covered in cuts.
Luke’s entire right side of his face is hidden in bandages, supposedly hiding the scars left from his car accident two years before filming Empire in 1979. Therefore, this entire sequence with the Wampa and bandages and injuries was written to explain the scarring on Hamill’s face.
In the Blu-Ray commentary of The Empire Strikes Back, George Lucas denies these claims and rumors, stating they added the scenes to build suspense. However, late actress Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia) claimed that the car accident is why the Wampa scene was added. Mark Hamill, on the other hand, has never addressed it.
Here’s another site about it: www.seanmunger.com/blog/face-off-the-squirrely-legend-of-mark-hamill-s-car-crash
The car accident was also an extension of a movie Mark Hamill made. A terrible B grade movie called "Corvette Summer". You can see the vette he trashed in that movie.
@@michaeldenny6851 It may have been a terrible movie, but looking at a very young Annie Potts makes it all worth it.
"That llama-kangaroo" lmao. You are 100% right and I in my entire life watching this movie never made that connection.
Ditto!!
No! It's not a... well yeah I guess thats pretty accurate.
actually, it's more of a kangaroo-llama
Yes 12 foot high screen watching Empire for the first time in a theater with your family, and stuffing popcorn in your face. A treasured memory. Watching the snowspeeders searching for Han and Luke flying over the mountains was like riding a roller coaster.
3 years we had to wait for answers.
The whole Yeti scene was created to GIVE Luke facial scars.
Because Mark Hammil got involved in a car crash after the first movie... seatbelts were for losers at the time. So he got some winner face scars. And they had to find a way to explain those in the movie.
This isn't completely accurate. The film was written well before his accident, so there's really no proof it was added to explain his face.
False.
@@MontgomeryWenis wrong. The accident happened even before A New Hope had finished filming. They used body doubles plus some shots of Hammill from far away to finish the first movie.
That's why the accident received little attention at the time. Mark was an unknown actor, as Star Wars had not been released yet
And it's a known fact Lucas only had a slight idea of ESB at the time. Even Vader was not written to be Luke's father yet.
@@Cosmo-Kramer not false. Even Carrie Fisher said it.
The scars shown in the movie are fake but were done exactly over and just like the original scars Mark had in the hospital.
It's a touchy subject so director's abd producers were quiet about it.
In the least, the Wampa scene had been written differently and they killed two birds with one stone, by having it hit Luke face
@@rogeriopenna9014 Carrie Fisher was a drunk who half the time didn't know whether to shit or wind her wristwatch.
I love how curious she is about everything, the more she continues on with the Star Wars watch journey, the more questions that will be answered :)
She was asking all the questions that essentially became Episode One.
Really cannot wait for her to reach Prequel Trilogy, Clone Wars, Rebel, The Mandalorian and Rogue One
Every time she says something we know the exact answer to, I feel inside like,
"ooooooooooooooEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHhehehehehehHE!!!!!!!"
I think the most satisfying thing is when Cassie asks questions that we know are going to be answered as she watches the next movies!
I disagree, because the prequel movies were so poorly written.
"who was his mother?" also I liked how she noticed the lack of women in Star Wars.
The director Irvin Kershner is the reason the characters and their overall development was so good in this film.
Nah, pretty sure George Lucas is the reason. Kershner did a good job directing the actors for sure, but he was not the originator of the story and characters of Empire. Geroge Lucas was.
@@Truthseeker4815 Do you even know what a director does?
Please explain @@ThatSamoanGuy
This is by far the best Star Wars film and it's because of Irvin Kershner. They should have brought him back for ROTJ.
@@Truthseeker4815 George Lucas had the emotional depth of a desk. So no....Lucas is not responsible for the success of Star Wars
It's fantastic that no one spoiled the big reveal for you, great genuine reaction.
@beaverboykrunk What's fake?
“I got a lot of *constructive* criticism”
Yeah the Star Wars fan base can be rough sometimes. Please don’t mind anyone who gives you a lot of grief.
Yep, just set your phaser to stun and live long and prosper. You'll be fine.
you: "She's thinking about that kiss..."
In 40 years, I've never realized that. But the reality is....how could she be thinking of anything else.
good catch!
yeah, from the mouth of babes.
22:24 Never noticed what a powerful line that is: "Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter.'
Regarding Luke confronting Vader on Dagobah during training: This is never explained in the movies so it's not a spoiler. It's believed that a powerful Sith Lord hundreds of years past died on Dagobah and the cave under the tree is his resting place. It therefore is a place of Dark Side energy, and can cause visions or hallucinations like what Luke saw. As a training tool, Yoda means it to be a warning and a test of character. It's also understood that this place is why Yoda chose to hide on Dagobah, because the Dark Side energy masks his presence from Vader and other Jedi hunters.
Or it's a variation on an anticlimactic cave scene from The Trial Of Billy Jack.
The good old Thrawn Trilogy!
or instead of all that bullshit that is made after the movie, it is just as yoda explains.
I'm a pretty deep SW fan, and I was today years old when I learned of the Dark Side masking Yoda's presence.
When the mask breaks apart it reveals Luke's face. This means he is not yet ready to face Darth Vader.
"He can kill them on Facetime?"; 😂 millennial reactions to Star Wars is the secret joy we never knew we needed
Agreed. I literally laughed out loud when she said that. It was perfect!
@@corvus1970 i know! i almost choked on or spat out my gulp of wine at that very moment! but, hey, in this century, it fits!
Watching her learn about Luke's father takes me back to a place a long, long time ago, when I first learned. The shock, denial, anger, excitement; it felt just like back then, watching it for the first time. Also, the face she makes when Han says, "I know." When I heard him say that as a boy, I knew I had grow up to be a dashing space pirate no matter what.
Thank you SO MUCH for including Star Wars on your channel!
To my 7th grade heart, this was the most romantic movie ever!
@@theConquerersMama Even the response to I love you with 'I know' is actually really sweet if you think about it. The whole show Leia is so hot and cold and barely puts up with Han's BS. When she tells him she loves him she already knows Han loves her, but she's afraid that he might die not knowing how she really feels. 'I know' is comforting, because it tells her he has felt her love probably the whole time.
@@KyleVeselka I fully agree. It's not as cocky as it can seem. Just in character.
2 years of my young life were spent dreaming of the day I'd see again something as epic as Star Wars. It was at least a year before Empire was even announced, and in the age before VHS there was no remedy but to wait, reminisce, and hope. My friends and I relived Star Wars countless times in our conversations and imaginations, and we all expected the sequel to capture our hearts and fulfill our dreams just as completely as had the original. It seems now a nearly impossible feat, but The Empire Strikes Back did not disappoint.
Leia: I love you.
Han: I know.
Popcorn: Say it back! ; _ ; Say i love you too!
[rewind - play. rewind - play. rewind - play. A NEW CORE MEMORY]
Congratulations! You are now part of this scene for me forever and thats really saying something
"I love you!"
"I know."
Is one of the most iconic lines in all cinema. It's perfect. You'll find out. :)
I like the family guy version better ." I love you"
"Fuck off" lmaoooooo
I LOVE that you're watching these in their release order. You're discovering this series the same way us old school fans did!
Its the only way it should be seen. You can tell so much of Episode 1 was written relying on the knowledge of the original trilogy.
Watching them in numerical order would absolute ruin the experience of watching the original trilogy. It bothers me that people don't get that simple fact.
Not really. The originals has been altered a lot with each new release, this being the least as far as I know, but there are still annoying edits made.
@@YeeLeeHaw The de-specialized editions are the only way to go :)
@@johnpetrie1918 Yeah, they were clearly made to be watched in production order. The only other order I would possibly accept is what they call machete order:
4-5-1-2-3-6 as 6 doesn't really introduce a whole lot beyond the family thing, but the shock would be equal either way, and would explain why he picks up on it so easily.
This is my all time favorite Star Wars movie! The cliff hanger was torture for the YEARS we had to wait
"How did the empire get power?" - Well, there's 3 movies and 7 seasons of a fantastic show that tell us just exactly how!
I'll save you the time. They got power because they got people to give up their liberties for temporary safety
Well it started with the taxation of trade routes…
Well there was this creature called Jar Jar Binks and ...
@@fabianmiranda3433 Outstanding answer
This comment is exactly why it's hard for newbies to understand Star Wars. Should have kept it simple with the originals and one or 2 others, then call it quits. As a Star Wars fan, writers over the last 30 years have made it too complex and a turn off to get into the franchise.
"He can kill them on Facetime." Line of the year. I laughed so hard I was crying. 🤣🤣😭😭😭😭
So long in between movies. I was 5 when New Hope came out in 77. But I remember the reactions you're having now when I was younger. Cassie not underselling it. Best reactor.
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Legit. I remember seeing Empire in the theatres... and when Vader said "No... I am your father..." literal collective gasp and a few cokes and popcorns hitting the floor
As a guy old enough to have been there in the 80s it’s weird to me that ‘FaceTime’ is even a thing now, it was super futuristic and total sci-fi imagining back then.
@@Lumibear. for years I wanted the screen from Superfriends to be a thing
@@chuckprather484 I remember my brother and I were shook when we heard it and the theater was exactly that. We were all looking at each other and couldn't believe what we had heard. Such a good time.
“He can kill them on FaceTime!?” needs to be on a T-Shirt.
I died at that lmao
Ya that was truly priceless. Only Cassie.
Can “Zoom” to their death…
She needs a closet full of meme shirts from all of her reaction one liners.
I was at Kunsan Airbase in South Korea when Empire premiered. It started running at midnight Friday and replayed as fast as they could rewind the reel until Midnight Sunday. I was there Friday Midnight. Since it was a military theater, the National Anthem played before the movie. We all stood and sang the Star Spangled Banner. When we were done, someone yelled out, "PLAY BALL!"
"Yoda is like a little Oscar the Grouch" - Maaaaan, you're closer to the truth than you think. :D Yoda literally is a Muppet from the Henson studios. Back when the movie came out that was one of the coolest things about it for 13yr old me. :) And not only is he a Muppet - he's played AND voiced by Frank Oz, who also is behind Fozzy Bear and Miss Piggy.
I swear - once you listen so Miss Piggy and Yoda in comparison you can't unhear it - Yoda sounds like Piggy had a stroke. :D
Also: Just watch him. You can SEE he's a Muppet from his movements. Especially the way he walks, that's so damned typical. :D
And for Yoda, it _is_ easy being green.
And when Luke stands up and says "You want the impossible" and walks away, you can see the ground bend a little under Luke's footsteps, because every scene on Dagobah with Yoda standing on the ground was actually an elevated platform that the puppeteers could stand under and work Yoda.
@@RyoHazuki224 Right. And honestly - it doesn't make the movie "worse" or anything.
Ackshually it's even more realistic. That's SUPPOSED to be bendy space floor! ;D
Because George Lucas knew that the people from The Muppets, including Frank Oz, were animating Yoda, George was adamant that Yoda looked as realistic as possible. George said that if Yoda looked like Kermit the Frog, they were dead.
It's a technical technicality, but Yoda is not officially a "Muppet".
"She's already got two guys after her." Seeing as how she's apparently the only human woman in the galaxy, it's understandable. :)
*Mon Mothma will remember this*
Only woman in the galaxy and her name is "Lay-'er"
And Luke's aunt, rip.
There were other ladies on Hoth at the control panels that Cassie missed.
Most war stories don't feature a lot of women in leading roles. That's just the way things are with war in general. But sure... have yourself a big feminist hissy fit about it.
Cassie: "I don't like how they're all getting separated. I just want them to be all together."
Cut to Vader and Luke with even more separation happening.
She just said the same thing Mark Hamill said. But noone listened.
I've watched quite a few of these. This lady is the most compelling. Her questions are delightfully insightful. And...her comments like, "Leia needs to loose up" are well timed and right on the money.
Overall...she's adorable and fun to watch.
GREAT JOB! 👍
~ DJ Devil Horns 🤘
TOTALLY 100%!
No, Leia does not need to loosen up. She is who she is and we love her for it.
I love how you react and ask questions by mixing the movie's universe and our own current era. In the last movie you had made a comment similar to "They can do that without having probable cause?" and today you said "So he can kill him through facetime?" This is just adorable. Of course your questions about the story can make us laugh as weill because we've seen the movie before and know what's coming up but your questions are legitimate and come from real curiosity. This movie came out about 40 years ago so it's normal that many people have not seen it. What is cool about you and other "reactors" is that you truly have no idea what a given movie might be about. Back then, it was difficult to do that. We did not have a gazillion channels on TV nor the internet. So if we were into movies we would watch movie review programs like Siskel and Ebert" and have at least a small idea of what the movie was about. You say you prefer this one to the original, you are not alone as it is widely seen as the best one. I now realize that I am writing you a novel so I will stop it here. Thanks for sharing your reactions with us.
“It’s a trap, dum-dum.” Lmao, best commentary ever!
Admiral akbar approves
I am starting to think that Cassie doesn't suffer fools.
“They just kind of throw you in there”
That’s one of the major draws of Star Wars, or atleast it was. Nobody who was into science fiction (read: nerds) had ever envisioned, or been able to bring to life, a “lived-in” world such as Star Wars. The movie was like this glimpse into a world with soooo many characters and interesting lore bits/moving parts, and it was believable!
You don’t need to know all the extraneous details, but you can, and there’s so much there you could study these movies for years and still learn new things. I was raised on Star Wars & I still learn new things, hear a different perspective or take etc.
Right. The world George Lucas created is rich and full of new things to discover, but you don't need to know how everything works to enjoy the story. It follows the same old fashioned blueprint as many other stories that have been told over thousands of years. Lucas has even said that he considers SW to be sort of like a silent movie, where even if you watch it without the sound you can still understand what is going on, and that's why it is popular all over the world.
it's too bad he did not practice what he preached in prequels.
Things were too clean and too shiny in prequels.
@@davidjacobs8558 I’d have to agree to an extent - I think a lot of that can be blamed on the heavy use of primitive (relatively speaking) CGI, though. Cause think about this:
IMO, the prequels actually have some of the coolest art design & ship design in all of sci-fi. So many of the ships you saw on screen were straight up iconic immediately.
Love your videos. The exciting part is discovering the story as the movies go on. I grew up on these movies but enjoy watching them through fresh eyes. Keep doing what you’re doing 😊
I loved Cassie physically "dodging" the asteroids as Han is flying the Falcon through them.
The greatest chase sequence ever still.
@@trhansen3244 you sound like you're fun at parties
@@trhansen3244 you sound like you're fun at parties
I DO think you sound like fun at parties!
@@dustywaynemusic6297 Discussing what the best chase scene is does actually sound like a fun party conversation to me.
Love how she called the Tauntauns Tumtums.....so Luke was put in the Tumtums Tumtum to keep warm 😂😂😂 Too cute LOL
Or a llama kangaroo.
Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat!
I remember introducing this to my little cousins a few years back, we all sat on the couch with popcron with all three films in one day, and their collective jaws dropped open at the Darth Vader "father" reveal, and like children often do, completely denied it and said "He's lying!" Psychologically, every kid, or almost every kid who watches this film and doesnt know jsut atomatically assumes the badguy is lying because their just not ready to deal with the main bad guy of the films being related to the main hero! It's so much fun!
That’s rare. Even my kids who never seen these know the father bit. Especially with the Information Age we live in. I bet it was cool to see their reaction to it.
When I first saw this movie in theatres in 1980 when I was 6 years old, I had the exact same reaction. "He's lying! Obi-Wan said that Vader killed his father!"
Incidentally, James Earl Jones had that same reaction the first time he read the line for the voice over work.
@@k.t.1641 Thats why you gotta get 'em young, before they know too much about searching the web for memes. And, get it on camera.
Apparently James Earl Jones didn't know Vader was Luke's dad at first and got a script where the line was "Obi-Wan killed your father."
@@Xehanort10 That was the script everyone else got. James Earl Jones got the real script when it came time to record his lines for the movie.
Empire Strikes Back was the best of the films. It had the best story, the best ending, and kept you on the hook for the next movie.
Fun piece of trivia here: the scratches on Luke's face when he comes out of the bacta tank and Han says he looks strong enough to pull the ears off of a gundark are actually real injuries. Mark was in a car accident during filming.
The accident happened before they started filming, I think. They had to write his injuries into the movie.
@@andrewlopez1906 I completely forgot about all that. All I remember was a car accident. Thanks for the reminder!
I think it was a motorcycle accident, no? I heard he wasn’t wearing a helmet and his nose was mangled. And that forced Lucas to to have the opening of the script changed to address his altered appearance.
@@andrewlopez1906 He didn't drive off a cliff, and the accident occurred in Jan 1977, before Star Wars was even released. The only film he had signed on to was Corvette Summer which was completed as planned. The only thing he had to miss was pick up shots for A New Hope and they used a double instead. There was no filming conflict with Ep 4. It was just an accident and Lucas himself confirmed they did not write in the Wampa scene to account for the injuries
All of this is on the bluray commentary and I interviews with Hamill himself
Yep, got famous very quickly, partied a ton, and went through the windscreen of his Trans Am. Luckily the experience tempered him.
"He can kill them on Facetime?"
I laughed so hard, I scared my dogs! 🤣🤣🤣
That reaction alone made this a worthy watch 😂
Avoiding spoilers for both “Psycho” and “Empire Strikes Back”? Impressive. Most impressive!
While hanging out in the live comments section. 🙄
She ain’t a pirate yet!
I find that lack of spoilers disturbing
@@HowIamDriving There were more than enough of them in the live comments section this evening. People just can't help themselves... 🙄
Impressive, very nice. Let's see Paul Allen's spoilers.
"Chewie's got a nice fur coat, he should go out there.". 🤣🤣🤣
This is my favorite movie of all time and your reactions were so honest and innocent. It was adorable to watch.
"he can kill on face time?" and "he's sans hand" 😁
these 3 movies where released in 1977, 1980, and 1983 so yeah, we waited 3 years in between! glad you enjoyed it :)
"They just dump you in there." Remember that 'Star Wars' is Episode IV (though not released that way originally): what Lucas was doing was re-creating the feel of Saturday matinee movie serials of the 1940s like Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers, Captain Marvel, and so on. Each short (about 15-20 minutes) episode was a 'chapter', with a bit of summary of the previous episode (which ended on a cliffhanger) at the beginning. Of course, these episodes are full-length feature films, but the decision to start Episode IV _in_ _medias_ _res_ supports the movie-serial 'feel'. Without spoiling much, Episode I kind of broke this feel, by also starting right in the action, which wouldn't be the case for a first episode in a serial.
Just watched your reaction to Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back. If you liked Star Wars and comedy, I'm sure you"ll enjoy "Space Balls." A Mel Brooks film. Don't know if you have any requests for it, but it's worth watching. Enjoy your channel. A breath of fresh air.
This is why I loved Star Wars from the beginning...they "just threw you in there" no spoon feeding, no pretentious intro, just here's the action - deal with it. It gave, at least to me, a kind of "you are there" feeling that was unique in the 70s. The "Flash Gordon" serial feel with the modern FX that George and Industrial Magic created from scratch. There was nothing like it back then and audiences were wowed. There's nothing like the movie theater experience. You must follow the theatrical release order to get that feel. I saw the original Chapter IV three times in theaters. And you had to wait on line to purchase a ticket, then wait on line to get into the theater. The word blockbuster meant exactly that. Lines went around the block at the theater. We waited 3 years in between episodes. '77, '80 and '83. IV, V and VI.
@@CrayCruz I don't know if it's entirely possible for younger people to understand how things like this worked back when there was no internet, no social media, no UA-cam. It's almost like a different world. Word of mouth was primary. Newspaper articles. Maybe some pre-recorded TV shows. And, as you mentioned more time between releases, which meant the country as a whole become more and more excited in the waiting. Today, you barely have to wait for anything.
@@TedBrogan yes, agreed. It's like those stories our parents would tell us about the good old days "we used to walk 100 miles, barefoot in the snow." It was a whole different world, that us old farts lived through...lol
At the same time though, remember that the original Star Wars was also meant to be just a single movie, they didn't know if it would be successful so pretty much the story had to stand on its own in a way, yet of course when building a giant universe it does open the door to what happened before and after that movie. It wasn't until years later that they retro-actively called it "Episode IV".
But yes, also movies back then didn't exposition you to death, they didn't shove all the story at you at once and feel the need to explain everything. The left much to the imagination. Its a delicate balance of course, but Star Wars is great because it does that balancing act so well.
Leia uses anger to mask her feelings and, in my opinion, to keep going in the face of so much loss and seemingly insurmountable odds. So her angry "why are you still here?" to Han is her concern for him. She sees it as an acceptable risk that she is still there, cos it's her command, but it touches her feelings and her steel if Han is there and at risk. Leia's kind of the stereotypical stoic male character in many ways.