STAR WARS A New Hope (1977) Breakdown | Easter Eggs, Details, Making Of & Special Edition Changes
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- STAR WARS A New Hope (1977) Breakdown | Easter Eggs, Hidden Details, Making Of & Things You Missed. We review, recap and explain all the hidden details, bits of trivia and things you missed in George Lucas' classic Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope. With Ahsoka right around the corner I thought we'd revisit this to uncover all the details. This film changed cinema and I hope you enjoy all the making of information and our analysis of the film along with us pointing out the major special edition changes and updates.
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Welcome to the Heavy Spoilers show, I'm your host Paul and this video we're breaking down Star Wars a New Hope.
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Taking us to a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away this movie revolutionised the movie industry and it still stands as one of the best Sci-Fi films of all time. This was a film I fell in love with as a kid and I can't even count how many times I've watched it. Throughout this video we're gonna be breaking it all down and going through it all scene by scene to talk about all the details in it.
lets blow this thing and go home
Now according to the legends George Lucas first came up with the after he made his first full length feature film titled THX 1138.
Lucas had been a big fan of the Flash Gordon serials and he'd been planning to adapt them in some way into his own work in films. Apparently at 1971 Cannes Film Festival when he was showing THX he started putting feelers out to see if he could buy the rights for Flash Gordon. However, they were owned by Dino De Laurentis and thus Lucas decided to do his own space opera.
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The comment you made about reshooting the scene where they reveal David's face under the mask was a documentary on Netflix called "I am your father" but even in there they were not allowed to show the actual scene, they would have got busted but lucasfilm big time.
Also, in that documentary, they actually proved that it wasn't David who leaked the ending of ROTJ but George refused to comment about it, quite sad actually.
20:15 ....... Really?? You had to put a shot from the BARBIE movie in there?!?!?!
Sorry, meant to type "leaking"
I swear Paul, you struck gold when you decided to breakdown the classics. Great idea to keep the channel going strong!!
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"the classics" thanks for making me feel old
@@heavyspoilersI recently found this channel and I have been constantly watching your classic breakdowns. I love them so much!!
Awesome, great job 👏👏👏
i got to see it on the big screen in 1977 and had no idea what i was about to see. I was ten. Life changed!
The cultural significance of this film can't be overstated. For example, the section in THIS video where you showed the Tatooine sunset and then Toby Maguire crying...I was crying.
I was nine years old in 1977 and when this film came out, we all took our friends to see it for our tenth birthdays. Can. You. Imagine?
The impression this made on us. It was simply THE GREATEST thing we'd ever seen. By Christmas I'd seen it six times. Fast forward to the 2000s, I was taking my own kids to see the new movies around Christmas in Gold Class, it was a family tradition until they stopped making them. I'm 56. This franchise has been a part of my life. What a great video about it.
Thank you.
I still have the VHS box-set of the original editions that was re-released in the early 90s, before all the special edition cgi got added. One of my prized possessions.
I had them to. My kids effed them up good. I'm not pissed tho. Actually a little happy
My step dad has those two, that's the black box set with the blue Star Wars title,right?
As a child, I was watching this movie in the theaters. When Han Solo comes in to the rescue, I remember the whole audience cheered. I raised my arms and cheered. What a unique, special and memorable experience. Yeah this movie shaped my childhood in such wonderful imaginative ways. ❤
Saw this in the theater with my parents as a kid in 1977. For the time period and the movies of that era, this movie was beyond amazing. What a feeling.
Same, here and what you said is 100% unadulterated FACTS!!
I remember a dude I worked with that never had a tv and saw Star Wars for tbd very first time when it first came out. Dude was blown away of course. I could only imagine seeing something that glorious before seeing anything else on tv or the big screen. 😵💫
I was in my late teens and initially only went to see it because I was a fan of Alec Guinness and had read the lengthy, multi-page review in "Time Magazine". However, after seeing it, I returned to see it six more times (between late July and early Sept. 1977). It was only showing on one screen in one theater, so the lines to get in were long.
I promptly went out an acquired the sound track on a double album (which I still have to this day), started buying the Topps cards and anything I could get my hands on -- including the novelization (which said on the very first page that the Emperor was the former Senator Palpatine).
After the dreary, violent and sexualized films of the early seventies (following the end of the Hayes Code in the late 1960's), "Star Wars" (yes, that's what it was called; there was none of this "New Hope" revisionist nonsense), was an enjoyable and much welcomed, long overdue bit of escapism.
Me too! Iconic. Star Wars fan forever. Wishing “Legends” was still canon. Those books and comics were fantastic!
We we're visiting mom's side of the family in early June in rural Ohio and in '77 all most people around there had were box fans and the like that just move the hot muggy air around. So my parents took me to see it because, most importantly, the theater had air conditioning. And also I loved Star Trek and space stuff in general so they figured it would keep me entertained for a bit. I think we went back at least twice before we left for home and not just for the air conditioning.
I always laugh during the part where Luke sees the lightsaber for the first time and almost kills Obi when he fires it up 😂
And himself since Luke points the lightsaber towards his eye first before he ignites it.
@@mjvajda hahaha good point! "You'll put your eye out with that thing!"
Something I always greatly appreciated about this movie, is when that guy talks shit about Vader's beliefs and Vader begins choking him. How Tarkin lets it happen for a few seconds before stepping in and calling off Vader. He's like "We don't have time for this, but yeah, that guy DID deserve a bit of a choking for that" lmfao
Star Wars effectively used many tropes that became staples in storytelling but for me, this is where I saw a lot of these things for the first time. Han taking his payment and walking away only to return and help save the day at the end was probably the most prominent of these. It really resonated for me as a kid that Han was influenced by Luke's optimism and joined the Rebellion he had previously avoided. It may be overused now but it definitely affected me in my youth.
Overused or not, it had that impact on a lot of us. George Lucas learned his storytelling well from one of the greats. When he was in USC film school he was fascinated with the work of a Joseph Campbell, an American mythologist, writer and lecturer, best known for his work in comparative mythology and the all-important 'Hero's Journey'. And he even is quoted as saying "…that Star Wars was shaped, in part, by ideas described in The Hero with a Thousand Faces and other works of Campbell’s.”
It's part of why Star Trek also had that kind of impact on me and so many others before Star Wars came out. Some of the episodes really hit hard. There's a story Nichelle Nichols used to tell about her approaching Roddenberry one day and saying, “You're creating little morality plays, aren't you?” and Roddenberry's response was, “Shhh - don't tell anyone.”
@@DennisMoore664it's great to hear that Nichelle Nichols story. I saw her at ComiCon a few years ago but didn't have the money for an autograph. May she rest in peace. I'll miss her acting work and ambassadorial for NASA.
He still kept the money though. Cause he’s a scoundrel.
@@cflowers69 but apparently forgot to use it to pay back Jabba. Lol
John Williams used a few pieces of classical music as inspiration such as Holst's "The Planets -- Mars." He also used the Wagnerian style of composition, writing themes and motifs for the characters and other elements such as the Force.
I never knew that about the Vader actor getting such a raw deal. A shame that because as you said, the actor's sense of movement added a menacing physicality to Vader. You could tell that he's in pain but still has a LOT of strength which is being increased by the character's rage and pain.
I love the deleted scene of Luke seeing the space battle overhead. I wonder what something like that would actually look like.
One last thing, I first saw ANH on VHS where the original dragon-call can be heard. I feel this original call is actually the most fear inducing with the later ones sounding more like a guy yelling. Which I guess it is so maybe it makes more sense although I liked to think that Obi Wan was able to use the Force to manipulate sound/make it sound different to the Tuskens
It is too bad that they couldn't have had him in the background of the Cantina or another scene like they had the actor for Boba Fett play an imperial officer too.
I've always thought that the reason the droids weren't allowed into the cantina was the fact that all droids record information constantly and this was a place for scum and villainy, not walking wires.
They're literally made to suffer. It's their lot in life. Somehow the subtext of droids as property and second class citizens flows through without commentary.
One thing about the music.
Originally Lucas didn't have a huge budget for music and so was going to use used The Planets (Holst). Copyright law was only 28 years plus another 14 if requested but that changed in late (October) 1976 when it was raised to 70 years, retroactively. In the middle of shooting. . With the music holders of basically everything salivating at the insane royalties they could suddenly get for music from decades ago that WAS previously public domain. Lucas found himself in a problem - his "free" music no longer was available, he was over budget, and so he got Spielberg to connect him with the person who had last worked with his first movies, John Williams. He told John to make his own take/version of Holst's work. Which he did in 8 weeks (versus 3-6 months from scratch) and moved on to his next project, having made some easy money as well. It's 100% through and through The Planets re-worked, put in different keys, parts inverted and swapped around... to avoid copyright. And it works wonderfully. Most importantly, didn't cost Lucas tons of royalties as the piece was a simple paid commission which is common in the industry, even today.
Back at its original VHS release my dad bought it me and i watched it once everyday for a year because it “was” the movie of my childhood and i was truly in love with it
Damn, it never occurred to me that Obi-Wan's little smile during the duel and escape was his satisfaction of seeing "the twins" reunited. That makes that moment hit so much harder now (in a good way).
All this time I thought it was just his satisfaction that everyone was good to go and escape, and he needn't "stall" with Vader any longer. I suppose that still applies, as well.
Except he didn't, when a new hope came out George Lucas had no intention or idea of making them siblings or Vader Luke's father.
@@simonpobjoy5228
Completely beside the point, but whatever.
I'm not gonna argue with you f*ckin nitpicking n00bs and SW snobs trying to show how "Star Wars smart" you are when you have probably only been into the franchise since the prequels, or at best, since the 1997 re-releases of the OT, thinking you know more about SW than those of us who literally existed before the original 1977 movie (let alone any franchise) ever did, and grew up on it, learning all about GL and his vision since the 70s by reading actual books and magazine articles, as opposed to bullshit website blurbs and blogs where any idiot can be an editorial commentator.
I bet you don't even know that Luke was originally conceptualized as the "princess" instead of Leia, or that Han Solo was the "old warrior" instead of Obi-Wan, or that Wookiees were cast as the villains (which looked like alien monkeys) instead of Darth Vader and his Stormtroopers - the latter of which, when they were cast as the villains (and Wookiees were reduced to just one ; the sidekick of Solo), they carried lightsabers and shields in addition to blasters, and Vader's mask/helmet was for independent space travel without a ship or other vessel.
And technically, _"when a new hope came out George Lucas had no intention or idea of making them siblings or Vader Luke's father"_ ; when/if any of that were true, then it was not even called "A New Hope" yet. "A New Hope" was added later after the movie's release when it was confirmed there'd be more films, or "episodes". If you wanna nitpick, then prepare to BE nitpicked.
But by all means, DO tell me more about your "vast knowledge" of the SWU...
Actually, DON'T... Cos I don't care.
I've probably forgotten more about SW than you'll ever know.
@@simonpobjoy5228 Still, it's nice to think that in hindsight.
@@simonpobjoy5228Alec Guinness received a vision during filming that this would be the case
Well by him taking points his estate has made over a hundred million dollars@@histguy101
I love the last glance Ben has towards Luke and Leia and the smirk he gives Vader. In that moment, after his decades of despair, he sees the titular New Hope, and he knows that it's all going to work out ok.
He's thinking, "Well, my work here is done."
Absolutely, the best movie ever. I saw it when it came out in '77. It was serialized in my local newspaper before it was in the theater. I saved all those pages, and have them to this day. An interesting note: the emperor's name is never mentioned in the movie, but it was in the serialization.
The extra CGI in the re-release is pretty enough but I'm really glad I got to see the OG versions all those times when the movies were first released. Being eight years old, watching "A New Hope" was about the closest thing to a religious experience I'd had to that point.
Totally feel you on that bit at the end. Star Wars is so nostalgic and sentimental for millions of us.
No matter how many times I’ve seen these movies, it’s related shows , read the. Omits and books or how many breakdowns I’ve watched (and rewatched)…I simply cannot help clicking on anything Star Wars related. The whole series has made such a mark on my life I can’t be appreciative enough. Keep it coming…
I always interpreted Han shooting first as, he's the kind of guy who will fight someone how they'd fight him. He shot Greedo, because Greedo wouldn't hesitate to shoot Han first. If Han were to fight Luke for some reason, he would never shoot first, because Luke wouldn't.
"If I ever shoot you, you will be awake, you will be facing me, and you will be armed." Malcolm Reynolds, Firefly
Mal was based on Han Solo and has very similar energy. I like to think that quote applies to what Han was thinking.
@@ryanparker4996 👍🏼 for mentioning Firefly here. Captain Mal was such a great character. One of the best in all of sci-fi imo.
And Reverend Book. And Jane. And anara. Summer Glau absolutely killed her part... the whole crew theyre all great.
😂 matter of fact, I think it's due time for a re-watch
@@BurnDoubt I havent rewatched the whole series in years, I do what I call the Serenity Double Feature, I watch the Firefly Pilot episode, and then I watch the movie. If you do this, you will notice the Serenity movie plot is structured very similarly to the Pilot episode. Every beat of the plot of the first episode is called back to in the film. They both end with Mal having a heartfelt conversation with one of the Tam siblings on the bridge
I remember seeing this in 1977 and I never questioned Han as being blood thirsty or a "bad" guy for shooting Greedo. Greedo was telling Han that he was about to kill him so it was clearly a self defense move and yes, also pretty badass!
I was born in the former eastern bloc, saw the movie fir the first time in the 90s and to me the situation was clear - Han was 100% justified in shooting him. I never even heard about this being an issue until it was changed in later releases and people noticed. I can't imagine how insane you must be to think this was bad. Using deadly force against those who threaten you is the right thing to do.
The Death Star attack scenes are based on:
- Dam Busters
- Battle of Britain (the Spitfires rolled out of formation, so their carbs didn’t flood)
- Sink the Bismarck (X-Wings are based on the Swordfish torpedo hit on Bismarck’s rudder)
It was not an issue of the carburetors flooding, it was that they would go dry from negative g's which would include being inverted.
This is a special one Spoiler man, my big bro and I are separated by 6 years. Starwars acted as the bond that would make us as close as we are today. 35 years later still using voices and lines in humor when talking to each other . I didn't know I could learn as much as this vid provided. Another gem for your catalog. Bravo
Ah man that’s so kind of you, thank you and I think you’re right about this movie, was what me and my dad bonded over too. Such a special film. Thanks again for the kind words.
@heavyspoilers same for my dad, his father, and me 🥹 such good memories together
SW and Indiana Jones were our most watched films.
I love how everything in Star Wars can be traced to something else. Flash Gordon, Hidden Fortress, Samurai, Hero’s Journey. Put together in its own way. Shows how important it is to focus on how you tell a story.
I watched agin a few months ago and had a renewed appreciation for the editing. A masterclass in how to progress plot and character simultaneously.
DONT forget DUNE
Actually Lucas brought in voice actor, Mel Blanc who was best known for the voice Bugs Bunny and most of the male Looney Tunes, to voice R2-D2 and C-3PO. But when he saw the footage w/Daniels voice of the character, he told Lucas that no voice actor could do a better job for the 3PO than Danials.
@@neb6Twiki!
I like Han shooting first. I feel like he would've known that Greedo was about to shoot, so he shot first. That's the way I always saw it.
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Thank you, Paul and team!
The trench run really is the most exciting piece of film making ever. Such a credit to the editors for taking the mess that they had to create something so magnificent.
George's wife at the time saved it with her editing.
@@nicksterj George took credit? YOU DON'T SAY
@@nicksterj She literally won an award for editing 🙄
@@nicksterj I’m sure he did 🤭 it was very kind of her to share the award with them.
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I saw this on the big screen! I have seen this thousands of times i believe, maybe not. Thanks a million to one shot for doing this!
Hopefully you'll cover The Empire Strikes Back and The Return of the Jedi, someday.
I don't know what's going on here... first you start giving us awesome reviews of awesome movies... then you bring some lurve into the mix with M.T. and his big-ass smile... and now this!
The first movie I ever saw in a cinema (5 years old), after going ape-shit when the trailer appeared on tv, and probably my most-watched (don't tell anyone... they'll think I'm a scifi nerd 🤓), and what a satisfying review, Paul! One to enjoy multiple times while waiting for Ahsoka to give us some big-ass vibes 😋
I bow/curtsey to you, good sir, and may the sun shine ever so brightly from your derier 😊
Last thing Obi Wan sees in them reunited. Except that he doesn't know that she is Leia. So much for that.
Who framed Roger Rabbit, maybe!?
I am living for Paul’s older movie breakdowns. Can’t get enough!
YES I HOPED FOR THE ORIGINAL. Cannot wait for EP5. I hope you will make the Prequels too.
Man, i need to learn how to look forward to small things, same as you lol
It's actually somewhat inspiring
Ehh prequels. Just the OG 3. I'll skip the rest. They never happened in my head cannon.
@@Shoelessjoe78you’re definitely at least 40. The prequels are the best Star Wars. Full stop
@@Shoelessjoe78
Head Canons are not Canon.
An undisputed classic, an iconic movie and massive benchmark in what’s capable in film. I will always love this movie.
I got goosebumps from watching this breakdown. Lots of nostalgia. I had the action figures, the cereal bowls, the bedsheets. At one point I had an official replica lightsaber. Even into my 30's my mom would continue to gift memorabilia. I guess I will be binging on it again real soon ;)
You know you can rewatch the WHOLE thing yourself right?
😯 "That's not true... That's impossible" lol. I have the set but don't have the time to whole series... or even just 1 in a single sitting. Maybe one day.... @@D0CBEE
Dude, yes. Wow this breakdown was wonderful. I'm tired of hating what has been done to starwars. Going back to what and when I loved it has been a great relief.
Thank you
I've still got those old gold box VHS starwars videos on my shelf..
Even though I've watched these for almost 35years Han Solo shouting YEEEEEHOOOOOOO into the the mic, while aceing a tie fighter is still the best last second save I've ever seen to this day.
I love these movie breakdowns it’s like watching a mini documentary and now on my favorite movie series keep up the hard work
I was 7 when this came out, and I know for a fact that Han was the only one to shoot in the cantina scene, mostly because the guy in front of us shouted "Shit! He just murdered that guy!!" My mom--who was in love with Ford from American Graffiti--was absolutely shocked that her "perfect man" killed an innocent (yet gun-wielding) character. Loved this break down, by the way. I'd give more thumbs up if I could.
As the child i was, there are 3 moments that were meaningfull to me. "I find your lack of faith disturbing", "I'm all right, i'm all right...." and the kiss before the jump.
I always found it interesting that C-3PO states during the opening of the film: “there’ll be no escape for the princess this time”. So he is either willfully lying later in the film by the time they get to the moisture vaporater farm, or his memory was erased by the Jawas in the interim! Interesting! It just goes to show anything goes with Star Wars!😊
Princess Leia's ship at the beginning was originally called the Rebel Blockade Runner, I suppose to hint that its purpose was for evading capture instead of for diplomatic missions. It makes no sense to actually name a ship that way but it works when you're nine years old. It was named Tantive IV (pronounced "tantivvy") by Brian Daley in his script for the Star Wars radio drama in 1981.
Thanks for the breakdown! I was 6 when this film came out and my late Dad took me to see it twice at the Odeon in Bromley. Both times he'd fall fast asleep, snore loudly throughout, and then wake up at the end exclaiming "What a great film!" 😂 Looking forward to your ESB breakdown!
Nothing beats Obi-wans knowing grin right before getting domed by a lightsaber. It tells you so much with so little.
Perfect timing for the breakdown, i literally just finished rewatching the trilogy today!
Same 😂
As a first-generation fan, this is an amazing retrospective.
In regards to the mention of Luke's T-16 Skyhopper, it was damaged in a Beggar's Canyon race he had against "Fixer" as depicted in the STAR WARS Radio Drama done by National Public Radio (NPR).
ey thank you for the extra bit of trivia
Not many films have such mythology and interest and the benefit of time for behind the scenes information. This is the best breakdown by Heavy Spoilers yet 👏
I'm impressed that you mention the silver leg of C3PO. I noticed it decades ago, but no one else has mentioned it in anything I've seen. Everyone flipped over the red arm, but ignored the silver leg, which even has a different design.
This is the most comprehensive breakdown on all of UA-cam
I randomly caught this on TNT or something on a HUGE TV in some casino somewhere the other day. Am glad it was the remaster, because IT WAS AWESOME!
20:30 “Mate I’m gonna cry” Lol you’re not joking. I get misty even after the theme is introduced by Chris Griffin in the Family Guy SW episode 😅
I was 16 when Star Wars came out. I spent most of that summer visiting a friend who had moved to a small town in New York. There was bugger-all to do up there, so we went to see Star Wars 37 times.
To me the whole storm troopers and Vader wearing masks makes a lot of sense seeing how each planet would have a different atmosphere and require the masks to begin with
Really great one Paul! Hard to do these kinds of videos with such iconic movies but I still learned new things even after seeing this many dozens of times over the last four decades. For the curious folks, if you haven't heard of or seen the Harmy Despecialized Edition project of the original trilogy movies it's worth a look IMO... it's actually my favorite version of the original trilogy at this point. Again, great work and looking forward to more of these retro reviews. 😁
One of the best films ever. Exciting, Fun And a prime example of how to start a franchise. Ford deserved a Oscar nomination. The Twin Suns scene is one of the best scenes ever. Can't wait for The Breakdown For The Empire Strikes Back which tops this on every level.
This is what makes the original trilogy so fantastic, years of work, refining, passion and dedication.
An art that seems to be lost these days, Hollywood seem to grab draft scripts and demand its in the cinemas within a few months.nowadays.
The difference shows glaringly, oh how I miss the days filmmakers had full control and the time to take the care needed to complete a project.
Good times. (Yes im old 🤣🤣🤣🤣)
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You're breakdowns are the best! I saw this in the theater when it first opened. Can't remember how many times I went back. The research you've done taught me so much, even though I used to read magazines like Cenefantastique. Thanks again!
*you're=contraction of "you are".
Your=belonging to you.
Please learn the difference and use them appropriately.
This was the very 1st film i watched on VHS video tape it was the 1st pirated movie i ever watched and the 1st i would rewind and watch again right after it finished over and over again . I loved it
I never realized that the last thing Obi-wan saw is Luke and Leia reunited. Awesome.
But George Lucas didn't even know that Luke and Leia were brother and sister yet.
Fantastic breakdown. The force is strong with this one! Saw "Star Wars" in the theater when I was six years old, and it made me fall in love with both movies in general, and sci-fi specifically. Actually one of my best childhood memories, when something actually lived up to the hype. Saw it 3 more times in the cinema, only to be topped by the 19 times I saw Empire Strikes Back (no I'm not kidding, I was obsessed). My Star Wars toy collection would be worth tens of thousands of dollars today, if I had kept them. I even had the Boba Fett action figure that you had to send in five (or ten?) proof of purchases to receive.
Saw it In 78 in England I Had This On Betamax When I was a Kid, Taped from ITV Watched It Every morning Before School. I knew the script by heart, still do today
The silver leg on C3Po just adds to the worn lived in nature of the universe. In times of war, people make repairs with what they have.
I’m old enough to remember seeing this the first time round in England and the excitement in school as Star Wars gathered momentum and its sequels came along was something to behold. Playing “Star Wars” in the playground was marvellous but EVERYONE wanted to be Han!
Quite a good video.
There’s a little bit of debate about whether it was indeed ‘saved in the edit’ so it’s well worth exploring that online.
From what I’ve seen the reordering of the plot did play a key role but some commentators have raised the point that to some extent _every_ movie is saved in the edit😂
In this particular case I think the role of Marcia Lucas should definitely be borne in mind.
As a 10 year old when the original movie came out, its hard to understate its affect. Managed to convince my parents to take me to the movie 7 times before it eventually left the theaters and drive-ins. Before VHS and sequels being common it really felt that there wouldn't be a chance to watch it again. Despite the lack of the internet I also remember hearing a rumor before Empire on the identity of Luke's dad before I saw the movie so I was kinda expecting/dreading that reveal. I still enjoy the franchise (with some occasional eye-rolling) and am looking forward to Ahsoka.
You and I share the same age. I, too, was 10 years old when Star Wars hit theaters. It was unprecedented for my family to go see a movie more than once in the theaters... yet I also saw Star Wars multiple times. I gave up on seeing other movies, just to watch Star Wars again, and again.
Hell, my family even allowed me to watch the Star Wars Holiday Special when it aired..... I loved it back then (at 11 years old)..... but watching it NOW, in my 50s..... I can only now relate to their sacrifice in allowing me to watch that thing.
In the movie "Pitch Perfect" actress Ana Kendrick's character, Beca, states that "Vader" in German means father, so it wasn't a big surprise that DV was Luke's father. But the real word for father is "Vater" so IDK.
@@redmatrixits the Dutch, not German. Similar languages though
This was also my favorite movie when I was a kid!!
No fucking way! I just watched this last night with my GF who had never watched Star Wars before.
Perfect timing my man!
I was 3 years old in 1977 when this came out, so I didn’t see it in full until I was a few years older but like you Paul, this movie takes me back to my childhood, I’m a chick and I wanted SO BADLY to be Princess Leia, she’s such a BADASS !!!! The whole first trilogy brings back such fun childhood memories ❤ still watch it to this day 😄 I love you breaking down all these classics movies !!!!
Every time C3-PO thanked the Maker, he was thanking Darth Vader, the bad guy.
Star Wars was the first movie I'd ever seen in a movie theatre. I was only 6 years old and I still remember that screening vividly. I remember thinking it was raining because of all the crackling chip packets and I also remember being disoriented when we were leaving because it had been daylight going in but now it was night. I even remember the Iggy Igloo cartoon they played before the movie started. That's the impact this wonderful opening chapter of what became a 14 hour long movie (if you haven't watched all 6 movies in a row I urge you to do so, the end of RotJ has so much more weight to it). Like you, heavyspoilers, I couldn't tell you how many times I've seen ANH, I stopped counting after 300 times. I used to watch it every afternoon after school; I'd put it on while I "did my homework!" ESB is also my favourite of the sextet, but my second favourite is a tie between ANH and RotS. Thanks for the video, I really, really enjoyed it.
OMG! I got to meet David Prowse and Anthony Daniels at a Sci-fi convention in Houston Texas in 1979. They were judges in a costume contest I participated in, a they judged me first place. To this day this event remains a pinnacle in my life. I was 18 years old at the time. 🥰
Well, I sat and talked with David Prowse at length, and he discussed how Lucas screwed him by using Jones' voice over his. Until now, I had never heard his voice during filming until your video, Paul, and I'm floored. While at the time the world may not have cared for the difference, but there's no way looking back that anything other than James Earl Jones as Vader would BE Darth Vader. 😵
thats awesome man, yeah kinda all came together in the end, I feel really bad for Prowse but the character probably wouldnt have worked without James Earl Jones. Its a shame Prowse never got to show his face behind the mask.
@@heavyspoilers He was a really huge guy. I'm 6'1" (186cm) and he towered over me. The day of our contest he was wearing a Cashmere sweater, and he pulled it tight across his chest and made ripples, small ripples at that, flow across his pecs. I was mesmerized. Not going to say here what my 18 year old Gay teen mind was thinking watching that coming from an idol. LOL Now Anthony Daniels was another story. 😁
I had the same golden special edition boxset growing up. Man, I think I used to watch these at least once a month. The original three are flawless to me. Pure genius.
Solid breakdown. You mentioned aspects i haven't heard from other YT breakdowns.
Great way to spend my Sunday afternoon.
This was and still is the best Star Wars film ever made in my opinion.
I loved this breakdown. I thought I knew pretty much everything about this movie, but there was so much I was hearing for the first time and it just reminded me how much I love this movie and this whole franchise. Great job! (As always!)
Great review, Paul. This is my all time favorite movie. Seen it several times back during it's original run and a myriad more in the years since. It's really hard to describe what it felt like seeing it for the first time. It was like nothing I had ever watched before. It felt......magical.
I rewatch the movie so much it's like therapy at this point lol
The commentary on this made me actually lol several times. Great stuff. Have another subscriber! 😂
I used to watch the HELL outta the 2000s DVDs for these and Episodes I-II with my dad as a baby!!!
This video is amazing! Great work, guys!
Great video paul, your enthusiasm shines through on the commentary and i found out some things i didn't know!
Love your work and very best wishes
all 3 of my starwars VHS tapes were worn out to the point of being noticeable ... what a great time to live through
Great video - going back and doing analysis of this classic is a no brainer but haven’t seen anyone else do this. Thanks.
Still watching on my 1984 VHS tape. Thanks for all the interesting info.
Absolutely wonderful breakdown. I thoroughly enjoyed every moment of this. Thank you!
Thanks so much
Love it bro !!! Thank you so much!!! This movie is so amazing to me as it’s not only the flagship movie of the franchise I’m the memory I have of actually going to see it is incredible. (Obviously dating myself here) I did go to see this movie on opening weekend with my family. My parents brought my sister and I and we were running late but did get 4 tickets but we’re so late the only seats available were in the front row so there we sat, imagine watching that opening crawl from the front seat of a movie theater back then. Our heads were tilted so far back my father still complains about how stiff his neck was because of that movie, lol
Excellent!!!! Loved this video. I’m again enjoying all the films with my grandson.
My dad was about Luke’s age when it came out and talked about the Twin Suns blowing his mind like wow this is another place entirely. And feeling like Luke, wanting to go
Excellent breakdown, thank you. Bring on the rest!
Love it mate, can’t wait to see your breakdowns of Ep 5 and 6
I'm old but having been able to see the first 3 movies on opening weekends was something that was so special I'll take it to my grave!!
Amazing breakdown. Great video. Thanks
yo Deff killin' it!! I was like wtf?, I knew I recognized that voice!! props!
Another great breakdown! Keep it up!
Love the video, with all the details... for as long as I've been into Star Wars, I'm still learning new stuff!
Great breakdown. Saw this in the theater when it first came out when I was a kid, and I literally sat on the edge of my seat for the whole thing.
My best friend and I growing up, we would sleep over one of our houses every Friday night. We would watch either one of the three original Star Wars movies or one of the Back to the Future movies. Seen them literally hundreds of times.
It took me a lifetime to realize this, but when Luke is looking at the twin suns of Tatooine, he's not just longing for adventure and wanting more for his life.
He's realizing his feelings that something has always been missing in his life....his twin sister.
He's force connected to her and always has been. He just didn't understand it.
The twin suns symbolize Luke and Leia. Two things that appear to be close to each other and are always bound to each other but that are, in reality, separated by vast distances in space.
Now here's the rest of the story....
Suns are stars. The twin suns are both stars and represent Luke amd Leia who have to join forces to destroy the Death STAR.
It literally is a war of the stars. Or, Star Wars.
How'd I do?
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It's just a theory. And a pretty good one. It's fine if you disagree.
15:39 I'm surprised that no one has made a ran edit yet where Obi Wan shows up and gives a louder version of his customary greeting, something along the lines of "HELLO THERE!!". It would certainly be within the spirit of redoing a scene in some way or another, much like George Lucas is rather notoriously well known for. 🤣🤣
I'm surprised that you didn't mention it, but Owen was intended to be Obi-Wan's brother, which indirectly explains the animosity they have for one another. This idea stayed all the way through to ROTJ, wherein both the novelization & radio drama has Obi-Wan explaining to Luke why he was separated from Leia when they were born. He says that Leia was adopted by Bail Organa of the Royal House of Alderaan, exactly as we see in ROTS; but then he says that he took Luke to his brother Owen on Tatooine, where he could watch over his well-being from a distance throughout his adolescence. This also helps explain why he was very close by when the Tuskens attacked. This was a fascinating concept that I was sad to see dropped in the prequel trilogy.