"I find your lack of faith... disturbing," as Vader force-chokes him from across the room, is one of the most badass villain moments in the movies. Great line.
Also, great job by Richard LeParmentier (Admiral Motti) selling it. The 'throat spasm' was 100% the actor, not special effects. The scene would have been effective enough without it, but really just adds a nice extra touch.
@@spartan_warrior5927Alec Guinness, Peter Cushing and James Earl Jones were subpar?? Sheesh lol. They are legends and their acting was superior in this movie.
i could entirely be imagining this, but I have the idea that the necklaces or whatever you want to call them that the medals were mounted on, were simply not long enough to go over chewies head.
I’m so happy you are doing this right now! I’m back in the hospital. Cancer came back and attacked my spinal cord. Paralyzed on Saturday night. Having radiation and kicking butt. You are helping me get through it, with your awesome reactions!!!❤️❤️❤️
“Why did he add CGI to the old movies?” So, if you ask George Lucas, or most Star Wars fans, it’s because he always _wanted_ to include this stuff, but the technology just wasn’t there back in the day. But the truth is much more petty. His ex-wife was the editor on all three of the original films (they divorced shortly after _Return of the Jedi_ came out). By recutting all three movies with a lot of new stuff (and doing it himself), and then burying the original versions, he was able to cut her off from all future royalties.
All of that could be true as part of the reasons he did it. Another is that it was a test of using CGI to see if he could make the prequels. By releasing them in the theater and DVD he made money to help fund the expensive prequels. Cutting the Ex out is a bonus plus extra money.
“The music been on point though” John Williams puts out one of the greatest most iconic soundtracks of all time you’ll be saying that again I promise you
On Williams specifically and movie music in general, he really is going to learn a Lot. He's already been through Harry Potter, Jurassic Park, and LOTR, which are on Tier 1 Level in terms of soundtracks. He's going to love SW
The thing about the "Stormtroopers can't shoot" thing is... they start sucking when their mission is to herd the heroes back onto the Falcon, which has a tracking device on it.
You're not going to lose many subscribers by reacting to the last trilogy. If anything, you might make the last trilogy more enjoyable to those that didn't like it because your reactions are generally entertaining af.
You are not going to lose subscribers. But you will be disappointed. Disney wiped their butt with the Star Wars story. The last 3 are not Star Wars. I would love to see your reaction.
Someone losing subscribers because of some vids they watch? That's wild. And you're right: I despise the last trilogy, but I'll still have the reaction on the side and when funny stuff is said, I can pay attention.
Who are the deranged people telling someone that if they watch a series a movies, they will unsubscribe from their channel? Seriously? I don't give a shit about Star Wars movies one way or the other. I don't care who likes them or hates them. For some idiot to unsubscribe because a person is interested in watching movies that the idiot themselves watched, is incomprehensibly irrational. Someone with that type of "thinking" has serious mental issues.
My mother was a music professor and elementary school music teacher for 40+ years. She used to play her Star Wars record over and over and I remember she would explain to me (granted as a bratty kid of the 80's I didn't care) how amazing the score was and thought it was divine and revolutionary. My mom was right!🎵🎶💚
@@samwallaceart288 Thank you, she was an amazing person and I miss her. Truly she did play her Star Wars record while fixing dinner or sometimes during lesson planning. As a kid I was not allowed to touch the records or the record player...or anything electronic really!LoL The joys of being the fourth kid! 😆😆😆
I wonder if your mom was familiar with The Planets by Gustav Holst. That was the primary inspiration for Star Wars' music. John Williams himself confirmed it.
@@PenTheMighty Sadly I can't ask her for clarification, she passed away in 2013 but I do believe she was aware of the influence. Not initially but many years later I want to say in the early 2000's she and I talked about it.☺
The thing about Stormtroopers missing: remember that Tarkin WANTED them to escape (they put a homing beacon on the Falcon), but he wanted them to believe they escaped, and weren't just let go (as Leia suspected). In later films, it became part of the Main Characters' Plot Armor that all Stormtroopers cannot shoot well. So, an intentional deception ultimately became canon incompetence.
It always surprises me how almost nothing happens in the first half of the film, and yet five-year-old me was obsessed with this film after it came out. I remember my parents taking me to see Santa that year and the line went past a model train village where the miniature drive in theater was playing Star Wars with no audio, and I was done. Didn't want to see Santa, I had Star Wars.
I think it’s because at the time, we didn’t have the amazing CGI, the comic films, the groundbreaking games and forms of entertainment we’ve become accustomed to. Back then, this film felt unlike anything else before it. There had been space films and series, but this had a different look and feel. Throw in the epic music, the western film vibe mixed with eastern philosophy combined with science fiction, and my young mind was hooked immediately.
We learn about the war between the galactic empire and a rebellion, how plans for a weapon of mass destruction have been stolen, a massive battle ship hunting down a rebel cruiser, a fight with laserguns, a princess sending out two funnny droids to call out for help to an old veteran who is also a space wizard, we get to know young luke who’s eager for adventure and wants to know who his dad is, meeting with the wizard who saves him from sandpeople, gives him a sword made out of light, shows him some space magic and after the empire fried his foster family they hire a scoundrel and his walking dog to go on a rescue mission to save a princess who’s planet has been totally destroyed but only after a „who shoots first“ confrontation with a bounty hunter and a mafia boss space slug. Yeah, nothing really happens in the first half….
Whoever said you're gonna lose subscribers doesn't seem to understand entertainment. Everything you react to is an absolute blast to watch. You being upfront and honest about what you know about movies is also appreciated. Keep up the phenomenal work J & Blank. I'll watch everything you put out.
For me, this movie will always be known as STAR WARS. Not A New Hope, not Episode 4. I saw it in theaters back in 77 when I was six. There was nothing like it in the whole world. Up until they started making the CGI changes, I used to watch it regularly. Every time I see it my childhood just comes back.
Episode IV hadn’t been added until George Lucas was able to get more movies made. It was re-released with that new title ahead of Episode V. His story background had been changing in the earlier drafts. That’s why I am inclined to believe Anakin being Luke’s father and being Darth Vader was not in George’s mind at this point. Luke was the son of a famous, skillful Jedi who was killed by Darth Vader.
Just left comment saying same-is as illegit as the gd cgi!!! I saw this in '77 at 6 yro. Was a huge fan of the movies, but as far as Vader being Luke's dad from beginning or not, I remember there were books (not the comics) when this came out. So should be able to look up & see if was in the books? It's been so long & I was so young, but I thought this part of story was taken from book(s) already written??? ✌🌎❤
Not sure with George not having planned for Dark Vader to be Luke's father, because of the conversation between Darth and Obi-Wan when their fighting. Based on the conversation Obi-Wan seems to only have one pupil which is Darth, and Darth nor Obi-Wan bring up killing Luke's father, which would make sense because Darth never really killed Luke's father because he is him.
I was a six-year old in ‘77 also! Saw Star Wars five times in the theater and the fifth time might have been near Christmas. The movie came out in May of 1977 and just kept on chugging! It was an amazing time. Star Wars was EVERYWHERE!
If Star Wars never came into our lives, visual effects would have been set back at least another 5 to 7 years. Then we never would have had ILM, and that means no, The Abyss. Which means no T2, or Jurassic Park. Today's Hollywood owes everything to the imagination of a car enthusiast from Modesto, California.
My father was a trained hypnotist and as a kid I used to think he could hypnotize people exactly like Obi Wan because my daddy could make people cluck like chickens in his shows.😂 Obviously I learned later in life real hypnosis isn't quite like "the Force". 😊
@@DockingFreidmanRecords Sadly, never used his hypnosis skills on me, but my much older sisters toured with him one summer and apparently were a little too easily hypnotized. In fact the oldest sister would be 'under the influence' from just sitting in the audience! I was too young to go but those are some of my favorite stories about my dad's previous work profession as a showman hypnotist. He was quite the character! I believe hypnosis is a great therapy tool! Now I know I just wrote that he never hypnotized me but he did teach me at a very young age the concept of mind over matter like making my ears move, then one at a time etc. For example he taught me how to not be ticklish. He encouraged me to see being ticklish as a light switch. When someone tickles me I invision myself turning the switch off and now my body doesn't react or feel the sensation, but when I turn the switch on, in my head, then I'm ticklish again. So maybe that counts?🤔☺ Thanks for the question, my apologies if it's a long winded answer.
one thing you should know about Han, in the original cantina scene when he is talking with the alien Greedo he shoots Greedo before Greedo even has a chance to fire but in the remaster Lucas ruined the scene by making Greedo shoot first. There is a big difference in Hans character when he's the only one that shoots vs him shooting in defence
Only to the younger generations (Gen-X and on). Many still think of him as Colonel Nicholson from "The Bridge on the River Kwai" or Major Jock Sinclair from "Tunes of Glory". Many also remember him as the man with a 1000 faces, due to his ability to drastically change his look for roles.
When this movie first came out in 1977, I absolutely fell in love with it. I went back to watch it in the theatre 14 times (movies were a lot cheaper then). I've watched it countless times since. I'm so glad you've joined us in the Star Wars universe :)
I will never give money to the theaters or movies until the pdfiles are gone and the people there are moral, until then I hope it all burns and collapses
"Why'd he add the cgi." There was a belief in the early days that CGI was the perfect special effect. That it looked 100% perfectly real, despite clearly not looking real. So Lucas felt it would be possible to back and add all the creatures that he wanted to, but couldn't do practically in the 1970s. It didn't turn out the way he expected.
I've never understood people that would tell someone else not to experience art because they themselves didn't like it. Art means something different to everybody. Star Wars is glorious art.
Some (like me) just do not think Disney Star wars is Star Wars. However, like you said, to each their own. P.S. I discourage people from watching the ST, not because I do not think people have the right to watch it, but because I know how much they destroy the OT and its characters. I want to save them from that, like I wish someone would have been able to save me from it.
@@sandman_says_runrunner4701 Nothing has been destroyed. They're still there for anyone to enjoy over and over and over again. You're gatekeeping because you have a different point of view. If you are a Star Wars fan, you'll understand the need to reevaluate your own absurdly negative point of view.
@@valek005 Oh... so if I am a "Star Wars fan" I have to change my "absurdly negative" point of view to fit your myopic one. Got it. So tell me again who is gate keeping?! Also tell me who gave you the power to decide who is a fan and who isn't?! You do know the difference between literal and figurative... right?! Literal: physically destroying the OT trilogy so nobody can actually watch them again. Figurative: The ST destroying the lore, canon, world building, character, and character arcs of the OT. See the difference? You say "absurdly negative" I say objective. Also being a "Star Wars fan" does not mean I blindly and gullibly accept anything with a Star Wars label on it. Just because it says Star Wars does not mean IT IS Star Wars. The fact that you think the ST doesn't destroy everything built in the OT tells me you are not actually a Star Wars fan, but rather a gullible NPC stuck in the loop of consume product, wait to consume more product. If you are an ACTUAL Star Wars fan you will reevaluate your overly naive and gullible point of view. The OT Star Wars is glorious art. Disney Star Wars is a very bad and cheap knockoff. The fact that you can't discern the difference tells me all I need to know about you. I suspect you are one of those people that sees a banana taped to a wall and goes, "That is beautiful art man!"
To answer your question Mr. Murder Whistle. George Lucas added that CG BS to the original trilogy, cuz there were things he wanted to do, that he wasn't able to do with practical effects of it's time. Then he just got carried away with the CG of all of his movies 😂
In the seventies we would buy a ticket in the morning and stay all day (hang out in the restroom between shows) 4-5 shows parents permitting. They always did, it was the seventies… This show turned me into a sneak.
I was 9, we were in the middle of our first vacation to the southwest and I didn't want to go but my dad was a huge scifi fan and he was so excited about it! It was a beautiful old school theater in Santa Fe with a balcony and everything! When the heroes get the standing ovation at the end, my little sister and I stood and applauded too, we thought it was the audience! I saw it 17 times before it left theaters.
Peter Cushing (Grand Moff Tarkin) was a brilliant British actor who was most famous for acting in a lot of Hammer Horror films in the 1950s and 60s. He also played the Doctor in two Doctor Who movies made in the 1960s that were adapted from a couple of stories from the tv show when William Hartnell was playing the Doctor on tv. Alec Guinness (Obi Wan Kenobi) was another great British actor who starred in a lot of brilliant films like Bridge on the River Kwai, The Ladykillers, and many more. David Prowse who plays Darth Vader was another British actor. The problem was he had a very strong west country (somerset,UK) accent, and he didn't sound at all menacing, so they got James Earl Jones to do the voice when it was dubbed over.
Stormtrooper accuracy goes way down once the heroes reach the DS. What most people forget is that this is ON PURPOSE. Vader ordered them to miss so that he could track the Falcon to Rebel HQ.
@@IdealUser Ever read any of the military studies about how many rounds it takes on average to down ONE opponent? Hint: it's larger than you think, even for proficient markemen.
@@GregPrice-ep2dk Doesn't explain how Luke, at this time in the film series, a untrained farm boy can be a crack shot...and no he wasn't using the Force at that time. Or Han and Leia could maintain theirs under fire.
@@IdealUser First, he wasn't "untrained". he'd been shooting womp rats from his t-16 while flying through Beggar's Canyon for years. And yes, the Force DOES help explain it, just like his father had the reflexes to do such feats. Sorry, but that 's the canon explanation, and it makes sense. "Stormtrooper marksmanship" is a meme derived from a lack of paying attention to the story as given by Lucas.
@@GregPrice-ep2dk So swamp rats shoot back? You brought in the argument of combat accuracy. Explain how Han and Chewie, whom neither has the Force have superb accuracy compared to trained Stormtroopers.
Hey everybody o/ Man, this is what I needed at the end of the day. You know when you start gettin comfortable enough at the new job to walk in hungover after one of those nights crossin your fingers you dont get sick at work? That was me today for 10 hours. I tell you, it was a struggle my friends 😂 but thats the deal you make with yourself the night before man. This is what I needed today. Thanks guys. Lets be excellent to each other 🙏🏽
Obi-Wan didn't tell Luke because he wasn't ready. Luke idolized the idea he had of his father. And being told that his father was *actually* one of the galaxy's greatest monsters could not have led to anything positive at this point in the boy's life.
Actually no. Ben told Luke Vader was a pupil that killed his father and he meant it. That was how Lucas wrote the story. It was only when he began writing his ideas for, The Empire Strikes Back , that he came up with the whole idea of Vader being Luke's father.
Hey Jay, that was the point of that opening shot with the Star Destroyer. Cuz, George Lucas knew you were gonna say, "God dawg, that's a big ass ship." 😂😂😂 No, but really, that was the point of that opening shot of Star Destroyer's entrance. So, people in the audience would know that indeed, it's a "big ass ship." 😁
I was fortunate enough to see this when it first came out at the Drive-In in 1977. Have been a fan ever since. When you said your Cousin used to go around with the force choke hand ....I had to pause the video cuz I was dying. Everyone in my school was doing that to each other.
Since you mentioned the Stormtroopers accuracy, they were missing their shots later in the movie because they were supposed to let them get away so the Empire could find the Rebel base by tracking the Falcon with the tracking device Tarkin and Vader were talking about.
It was a shame how they got portrayed in later movies as not a significant and competent threat in later movies and shows. A joke taken too seriously and too far.
The reason I love this guy is because we’re about the same age and when he said “Eh they’re on that afterburner shit” I knew EXACTLY what he was taking about.
"The Force will be with you, always." Fun Fact: The first movie to make over $300 million domestic box office. It was also the first movie to cross $500 million worldwide in its initial release. Action Star Fact: Stunt doubles were not used for the scene where Luke and Leia swing to safety in the Death Star. Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher performed the stunt, shooting it in just one take. CGI Over Practical Fact: All the CGI was added in the late 90s and NOT part of the original release. I don't mind the changes, except for originally Han Solo (Harrison Ford) shot Greedo (Paul Blake) before the bounty hunter could do anything. Gun Enthusiast Fact: The weapons the stormtroopers used were essentially the Sterling L2A3 9mm SMG (sub-machine gun), a military weapon developed in the late 1940s in the U.K. and adopted by the British and Canadian Armies in the 1950s. The curved left entry side mounted magazine was removed, and that was as much as it was modified for the movie. The longer sandtrooper weapon was the MG-34 machine gun from Germany. Location Location Fact: The Tatooine scenes were filmed in Tunisia. There is a town in Tunisia's rural south named Tataouine (Berber for "eyes") and George Lucas liked the name so much, he adopted it for Luke Skywalker's (Mark Hamill) home world. Some of the interiors and the courtyard of Luke's house were filmed in a hotel in Matmata, Tunisia. One can visit this two-star hotel and see some pictures and the painted ceiling of what was used for the Lars' dining room. When Luke goes out of the farm, he appears in a flat deserted area, while the reality, when you get out of the hotel, there are a lot of other houses, small stone hills, and a lot of prickly pear cacti (a variety very common in Tunisia). The skeleton that C-3PO (Anthony Daniels) passes belongs to a Tatooine creature called a Greater Krayt Dragon. This artificial skeleton was left in the Tunisian desert after filming and still lies there. During filming of Star Wars: Episode II - Attack Of The Clones (2002), the site was visited by the crew once more and the skeleton was still there.
Not ALL the CGI. The computer screen in the mission briefing for the attack on the Death Star was the first use of CGI in any film and iirc was done by engineers at MIT? ♥
nataliefaist7959 ...Computer Generated Imagery, graphics is a different animal. Please don't try to fucking debate me, because you are wrong and I am not debating stupid SOBs or DOBs thinking that they have one over me. I will also just straight up not respond to it from here on out. Go in Peace and Walk with God. 😎 👍
christianmariani3617 ...We convinced J to watch the Christmas Special for Christmas. When it goes up, I will have all the juicy details on how George Lucas tried to undo the Christmas Special. Go with God and Be Safe from Evil. 😎 👍
At this stage in the game it's gonna be hard not to find somebody who doesn't know about Star Wars, we're all just happy you have finally started watching the films, thanks Jay.
If you want the real story of what happened to Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru, when the stormtroopers paid them a visit, check out the Troops parody that came out in the 90's.
Hey it's Pauly from Detroit. Thank you for the generous shout out. Usually to be honest, if the reactor, has seen it prior I don't watch it. However you are different and I wanted to still take this journey with you. I wasn't disappointed thank you. Only one thing, more jump scares next time. Well Halloween is coming, should be the funniest yet. Peace!
J, your M Bison shirt is excellent and I loved your reaction to a true classic. Excellent editing, Blank, and thank you for adding Star Wars to the list of things to watch. God bless you guys with excellence!!
C-3PO is a protocol droid. In that opening scene, he and R2-D2 were being followed down the hall by a third droid, another protocol droid named U-3PO. Now THAT'S some trivial trivia for ya!
Obi-Wan Kenobi - _"Mos Eisley spaceport: You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious."_ You - _"He ain't never been to Dee-troit!"_ 🤨 LMAO!
13:19 The model Luke plays with here is the T-16 he refers to later during the pilot briefing before the final battle. The T-16 and X-Wing are both built by the same company, and ti save money, they use as many of the same parts as possible. The control layout of Luke's Skyhopper is essentially identical to the X-Wing, which is why Luke knows how to fly one seemingly out of nowhere. People seem to think the landspeeder is the T-16, but its an X-34.
And also forgot to answer that question that JL asked: Those are X-wings but what are the others called? They are classed as Y-wings and are bombers. The Toy version has one bomb underneath that could be released.
I love the shot of the burned sand igloo. Everybody has the same reaction. “Aw snap they burned the igloo………………………..oh fuck are those charred skeletons?!?!” -cut-
George Lucas remastered the original trilogy to make the explosions look better and things like that. He changed nothing about the first Trilogy other than an attempt to improve it for viewers of a newer generation. Also to make money on the original trilogy again before the prequel trilogy released, it had been 30 years
To answer Jay’s question on why the films were changed George Lucas considered the theatrical films “unfinished” and years later went back to update them to match his “vision”. However he continuously went back to update them several times over the years partly so they’d fit in better with the prequels and later for a 3D rerelease that never happened. Because he considers the theatricals “unfinished” they are no longer available.
there was a DVD release with the updated and theatrical editions on separate discs a while back and there will be some still floating around you can nab online 2ndhand
It’s really a terrible excuse to do that. The theatrical films are what Made Star Wars the Cultural Event that they were. Changing them after the fact is like parading a counterfeit around and claiming that it is the same. I mean it wouldn’t be all that bad if they still released the original films, unaltered.. but they don’t. Which sucks, because I lost my original vhs collection in a house fire, and trying to replace them is terribly expensive.
There's also the despecialized editions of the movies. Although they are technically bootleg versions. So it's up to you wether or not you want to buy those.
I hate Lucas for that and if I ever meet him I’ll snarl!!!!!!!!!! SOMEBODY must have copies of the original Star Wars movies that were a blockbuster hit the day each one opened. Lucas messed with perfection!!!!!!!!!🤬
Truth is Jay, a lot of what you watch is not my cup of tea but I'm happy to sit through anything purely to enjoy your reactions to them. Thanks so much buddy.
@@samwallaceart288 I don't like it either, but the more extreme the people complaining about "wokeness" are, the more likely it is they are being radicalized and/or self-radicalize into having a problem with female main characters (or women overall) in general. Disney did it that way because they thought it's en vogue and would make them bank, not because they have some pernicious ulterior motive to "destroy the West" or whatever these anti-woke whackos believe.
So dumb that people threaten to Unsubscribe if he watches the new star wars...I don't like new star wars, or marvel, or Harry potter, or Lotr...so I just don't watch those...but why ditch the entire fun channel, just cause Disney star wars is lame? So silly. 😕
It was nominated for 11 Oscars including Best Picture but won for: Best Visual Effects Best Original Score Best Film Editing Best Costume Design Best Production Design Best Sound Editing Best Sound Mixing. It made $775 million dollars ($3.5 billion dollars) against an $11 million dollar budget. Kurt Russell, Perry King, Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, Sylvester Stallone, Burt Reynolds, and Nick Nolte were considered for Han Solo. William Katt, Kurt Russell, and Charles Martin Smith were considered for Luke Skywalker. Meryl Streep, Jodie Foster, Cindy Williams, Sissy Spacek, Angelica Huston, Kim Basinger, Sigourney Weaver, Terri Nunn, and Geena Davis were considered for Princess Leia.
When I think of Leia’s line: “You flew here in that thing? You’re braver than I thought.” I can absolutely see Jodie Foster, Angelica Huston, or Geena Davis delivering it. Foster isn’t as good as Carrie Fisher was for “love interest” material IMO, Angelica Huston would have been AWESOME, but I guess 1977 sadly wasn’t ready for that yet, and Geena Davis is just too tall to play against Hamill as a pseudo-love interest. Oddly, I think the movie would be almost identical if William Katt had gotten the part of Luke. Might be the first time I’ve ever thought a major character was so replaceable. He would have also muddied the waters more as far as the Ill-conceived “love triangle” played out. It was probably a good decision to cast a Luke who was less competition for Han.
You hafta remember that in 1977 there was no incest connotation because that part of the story was yet to be told. Noone in the public, or the story, knew they were related. Only now, in retrospect, is it weird
I'm so excited to go on this journey with you. I've been a fan since watching it all up on the big screen as an 8 year old girl in 1977! Leia became my childhood hero instantly! There was nothing like this back then. Enjoy!
John Williams’ score was absolutely iconic, the greatest movie soundtrack ever in my opinion. This is an amazing film franchise (which has some flaws) but everything does in life! Star Wars.. the absolute greatest. Love it! I could see you as Vader doing the imperial march with the dogs.. (anyone interested in that?!) haha Take care man, thank you for entertaining me with the movie reactions! :)
The grid with the boxes is you in the middle of the grid. The grid shows your vicinity and the dots shows when other ships fly around you, so you can know where to turn and look to shoot. It's like a 3D version of the radar system you see on them movies
It was always 'Episode IV', but it wasn't always 'A New Hope'... that got added when it first got released to home media. The point of jumping in on Episode IV is that it was supposed to be like the old movie serials George Lucas watched when he was a kid (specifically Flash Gordon). Little shorts that would be shown before a feature... you would often see one without ever having seen the ones before, so you'd often be seeing 'Episode 3' without ever having seen 1 or 2, so it was meant to feel like you were jumping into this bigger story already in progress like someone stumbling into one of the serials. So Luke didn't know anything about his family at this point because George Lucas didn't know anything about his family at this point. Vader wasn't originally supposed to be his father, and Leia wasn't supposed to be his sister... these are changes that came later. Despite what a lot of people think, these movies were not all planned out in advance. George had done a lot of world building, but the actual plot of the movies was constantly in flux. Don't believe anyone that tells you otherwise (including George Lucas...). Princess Leia is 'out there' because she's also a senator and has 'diplomatic' reasons to be travelling. ...Also because she's an agent in the rebellion... Also, there are 'Despecialized' editions of the movies based on old film prints that got dug up or other old media. They basically restore things to the way they were when they were originally released (without all the CGI and new scenes), and then digitally cleaned up to make them look a bit newer. Closest thing to the original experience that you can get. Highly recommend watching those instead if you can... you may have to look in some unofficial places for them, though... For fun, if you want to see an even earlier version of the story, look for The Star Wars (yes, 'The' Star Wars) comic series from Dark Horse. It was based on some of the earlier plot outlines and character concept art done before the movie got made.
No, it wasn't always Episode IV. There was no Episode IV in the crawl for the original release. That was also added with the subtitle "A New Hope" after the decision to make more films was made and it was added for the theatrical re-release. It starts at Episode IV because George wrote a treatment and the "Star Wars" movie came from the beginning of the second act of that treatment. This was originally an Anakin story, not a Luke story. The rest is fairly accurate though.
I remember getting the comic and seeing the stormtrooper on the dewback, and being confused because it wasn't in the original movie. 25 years later the puzzle is complete!
@@sandman_says_runrunner4701 You're right on the episode IV, mis-remembered that part. I wasn't wrong about why, though. It wasn't originally an Anakin story - at least not Anakin as he would be presented in later movies. The name Anakin (Annakin) did appear in some of the early drafts, but the story was nothing like what it would become, and the character was effectively what Luke would become (the name Luke Skywalker was also used, but again, just a different name on the Obi-Wan analog). The drop in in the middle of the story was very much inspired by Flash Gordon and old movie serials. George Lucas has a way of re-editing his own history, just like he does with his movies. You can watch/read old 70s-90s interviews with George about what he 'always had planned' for Star Wars and compare them to late 90s-current interviews and they are usually very different things. This is why I say you can't even trust George.
@@ArmouredPhalanx No, you are wrong on the why also. That is why I said a treatment and not a script. George laid out a TREATMENT of the story, which is only a more detailed outline, but when it came time to make the movie he realized he had to narrow his focus. In order to make a singular movie he focused on the part that became "Star Wars" and fleshed that out. The part that was focused on was the beginning of the second act of the TREATMENT, and the reason it became Episode IV in the overall. It was originally an Anakin story in the TREATMENT, but became an Luke story for the movie script. Whether is was Anakin, Anakin Skywalker, Annikin, or Annikin Starkiller is irrelevant. Luke Skywalker was originally Luke Starkiller since Anakin was originally Annikin Starkiller, and the original title of the treatment and synopsis was "The Star Wars". His very first treatment was "Journal of the Whills" but was only 1 1/2 pages long. The more detailed treatment "The Star Wars" was 13 pages long written in 1973. This morphed into "Adventures of the Starkiller. Episode I: The Star Wars" (1975). Which in turn morphed into "The Adventures of Luke Starkiller as taken from the Journal of the Whills. Saga I: The Star Wars" (1976). It was during the writing of "Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back" that the episodes came about. There was a fleshed out background made for the story which became the PT and hence why "The Empire Strikes Back" became Episode V and "Star Wars" became Episode IV and "A New Hope". It was also during the second draft writing of "Star Wars" Episode V The Empire Strikes Back" that Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader merged into the same person. The film "Star Wars" might have dropped into the middle of a story similar to Flash Gordon, inspired by Flash Gordon, or even as an homage to Flash Gordon. That is film technique and styling. However, again, the origin of the movie and the numbering system wasn't. To reiterate, realizing his back story could be made into a trilogy he then numbered "The Empire Strikes Back" V, that is why "Star Wars" became IV, and the PT I, II, II.
It was never Episode IV in the beginning; I would also argue that with Lucas’ original concept he didn’t have Darth being the father or Leila being Luke’s twin sister.
Yeah, the invention of Leia being his sister for Return of the Jedi was really ridiculous…. In fact, I have developed a strong dislike for the third film…. Lucas really blew it. Shoulda told a very different story than the one he chose…
Alec Guinness made one of the smartest financial decision of any actor in history. He worked a deal with the studios to take 2% of the final gross profit with Lucas throwing in another .25% as a good will gesture. "Star Wars: A New Hope" is second only to "Gone With the Wind" for adjusted lifetime gross so by the end of his life, Guinness made $100 million from the franchise.
As for George Lucas, he was very smart too as he asked for full rights to merchandise, toys etc, and made a great deal from that as the toys from kenner were very very popular and now reasonably to very expensive to get. Makes me little sad that I gave my collection of figures and ships away for free. I didn't think back then, it would have that impact.
Did you see Alec's interview? They originally offered him an additional .5% but when the movie did so well it magically became .25% since it was only a verbal agreement. 🤣
Chopper gives R2D2 a run for it's money in the fowl mouth department. You can essentially hear Dave Filoni dropping f bombs in the droid language in "Rebels".
27:56 Wow, that was so cool hearing you reference the Muppet Babies cartoon. I loved it when I was a kid. And yes, they used a lot of Star Wars references, including the explosion in the opening credits.
My family and I went on vacation in 1977 and we went to see a movie but unfortunately For the love of Benji was sold out so we went to see some new movie called Star Wars instead
Ohhh shit! You've never seen Star Wars?! On behalf of all the true Star Wars fans (the fake ones will be full of venom and hate, you'll meet them) I give you a huge brotherly hug and say "Welcome my friend. You've taken your first step into a larger world." Don't listen to the haters. You watch these movies for yourself and form your own opinions about them. If anyone tells you to watch the machete cut for a first time viewing, tell them to kick rocks. Blank, look out for our boy on this one. I have faith you'll steer J in the right direction. And J, since you're open to animation I highly recommend checking out the SW animated shows after you see the movies. They're some of the best animated shows period, let alone, outstanding SWs content. You got the micro series, Clone Wars, Bad Batch, and Rebels. Many people don't watch them because they see it as cartoons, but I don't think you'll hold that against them. And I know that those will be far down the pipeline since you're just starting. I'd love to see you react to your entire SWs journey. I think many of us in the family would too. My only regret for you is you didn't get to enjoy SWs growing up. I think you're a year older than me and I've loved SWs for as long as I can remember. I've been immersed from the books, games, and comics throughout the years. I'm ready to take this journey with you! Keep em banging team EOM!
24:30 What's a parsec? It's a unit of distance. Only George Lucas apparently thought it was a unit of time. So, retconned to make it make sense, Han is saying that he found a shortcut to Kessel. Usually they have to take the long way around. But he found a way to get there that was only 12 parsecs away instead of the usual distance it is. Barely makes sense. Basically, he's saying here that the Millennium Falcon is so fast that, one time, he went a different way to get to where he was going. And that was cool! He got there quicker! And then they double down on it in one of the Disney side movies. Guess which one.
George Lucas was inspired by filmmaker Akira Kurosawa and Samurai movies. Check out Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai" (1954) and Masaki Kobayashi's "Harakiri" (1962).
When this movie came out, I was ten years old. I rode my bike to the theater in my town 10 times to see it, plus the times we saw it with friends, and my parents. That Christmas, I got a bunch of Star Wars action figures and I played with them every day. I had Han, Luke, Chewie, Threepio, a Storm Trooper and Darth Vader. Then we got the Star Wars soundtrack on album and I played that for hours. Until my Mom got sick of it and hid the album except for once every other day. Good Times!
If you got action figures on Christmas of '77 you were pretty special. Every other kid in America got a piece of cardboard with a promise of toys. Kenner wasn't able to make the Christmas deadline. No Star Wars action figures existed Christmas morning 1977.
Oh, your last line as the movie went to credits solidified your fandom. “Why didn’t Chewy get a medal?” You… You’re good you. You gotta gift my friend.
"I find your lack of faith... disturbing," as Vader force-chokes him from across the room, is one of the most badass villain moments in the movies. Great line.
Also, great job by Richard LeParmentier (Admiral Motti) selling it. The 'throat spasm' was 100% the actor, not special effects. The scene would have been effective enough without it, but really just adds a nice extra touch.
Vader's tone of voice delivering that line is sinister as hell. It's the perfect mix of dismissiveness, callousness, and amusement.
Sassing Vader is a decidedly bad idea when it comes to self-preservation.
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Maybe Vader’s best line,definitely in this one
“You’ll never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.”
“He ain't never been to Detroit.”
Had me laughing 😆😂🤣
It's crazy how much John Williams' incredible score just elevates everything in this movie to another level.
To be honest without the scores in this movie it would actually suck. Let’s be honest the acting is subpar in this movie.
His scores are responsible for a lot of film success. Indiana Jones trilogy, Jaws, Superman, etc. etc.
@@BeyondVulgar for sure.
His Star Wars score, like all his scores are emotional, powerful and help tell the story. Jurassic Park is probably my favorite.
@@spartan_warrior5927Alec Guinness, Peter Cushing and James Earl Jones were subpar?? Sheesh lol. They are legends and their acting was superior in this movie.
"Why didn't Chewie get an award??"
Oh buddy, if you only knew. Fans have been asking that question since day 1.
And then the greedy disney execs thought they could 'please' anyone by giving him one at the end of the new Star Trash trilogy
i could entirely be imagining this, but I have the idea that the necklaces or whatever you want to call them that the medals were mounted on, were simply not long enough to go over chewies head.
“I had a pull-out joke” 😂😂😂
My favorite dirty line is “You came in that thing? You’re braver than I thought.”
I’m so happy you are doing this right now! I’m back in the hospital. Cancer came back and attacked my spinal cord. Paralyzed on Saturday night. Having radiation and kicking butt. You are helping me get through it, with your awesome reactions!!!❤️❤️❤️
Sorry to hear that the cancer came back but want you know that we are here cheering for you to beat it. We got your back
May The Force Be With You 🙏🏼💫
Wishing you a speedy and healthy recovery
@@EOMReactsbless you.
I’m sorry to hear this has happened, I hope you will be strong, may the Force Be Strong. Take care!
Glad to see you're finally covering this obscure, little known film.
An "art house cult classic" for sure.
Blatent copy of Spaceballs, how lame 🫤
MOICHANdising....
You know it's a good movie when you already know the surprises, but it still wraps you up in it
“Why did he add CGI to the old movies?”
So, if you ask George Lucas, or most Star Wars fans, it’s because he always _wanted_ to include this stuff, but the technology just wasn’t there back in the day.
But the truth is much more petty. His ex-wife was the editor on all three of the original films (they divorced shortly after _Return of the Jedi_ came out). By recutting all three movies with a lot of new stuff (and doing it himself), and then burying the original versions, he was able to cut her off from all future royalties.
All of that could be true as part of the reasons he did it.
Another is that it was a test of using CGI to see if he could make the prequels. By releasing them in the theater and DVD he made money to help fund the expensive prequels.
Cutting the Ex out is a bonus plus extra money.
The new cgi is garbage for the most part especially in the 6th episode at jabbas Palance, trash
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Palance... Trash is not knowing how to spell... Lol... TruthLives... Haa... Not for you obviously... 😆
@@TruthLives-ee6sf Sure, but that song is way more dope than the one in the original cut.
@@Sandlund93you sit on a throne of lies
Looking forward to seeing your reaction to the Star Wars Series. This is where the fun begins. May the Force be with you.
When Leia was referring to her father, she was talking about Senator Bail Organa, whom she did not know actually adopted her as his daughter.
“The music been on point though” John Williams puts out one of the greatest most iconic soundtracks of all time you’ll be saying that again I promise you
On Williams specifically and movie music in general, he really is going to learn a Lot.
He's already been through Harry Potter, Jurassic Park, and LOTR, which are on Tier 1 Level in terms of soundtracks.
He's going to love SW
The thing about the "Stormtroopers can't shoot" thing is... they start sucking when their mission is to herd the heroes back onto the Falcon, which has a tracking device on it.
They can't shoot, but they'll burn your house down!
Darth Vader is one of the most legendary villains in all of movie history…. You are in for a treat my friend. MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU EOM 💯💙
Name one other villain you can identify by their breathing. Once you hear the breath intake, you know everything is about to get turned up.
He was, until Rogue One and the Kenobi show, turned him into an incompetent moron.
I think the top two have to be Lord Vader and the Wicked Witch of the West for all time best movie villains. At least in my opinion.
You're not going to lose many subscribers by reacting to the last trilogy. If anything, you might make the last trilogy more enjoyable to those that didn't like it because your reactions are generally entertaining af.
The sequels are trash
You are not going to lose subscribers. But you will be disappointed. Disney wiped their butt with the Star Wars story. The last 3 are not Star Wars. I would love to see your reaction.
Someone losing subscribers because of some vids they watch? That's wild. And you're right: I despise the last trilogy, but I'll still have the reaction on the side and when funny stuff is said, I can pay attention.
Who are the deranged people telling someone that if they watch a series a movies, they will unsubscribe from their channel? Seriously? I don't give a shit about Star Wars movies one way or the other. I don't care who likes them or hates them.
For some idiot to unsubscribe because a person is interested in watching movies that the idiot themselves watched, is incomprehensibly irrational. Someone with that type of "thinking" has serious mental issues.
The third movie is incredible and I will take no arguments 😂
My mother was a music professor and elementary school music teacher for 40+ years. She used to play her Star Wars record over and over and I remember she would explain to me (granted as a bratty kid of the 80's I didn't care) how amazing the score was and thought it was divine and revolutionary.
My mom was right!🎵🎶💚
Get you a woman that passionate about culture
@@samwallaceart288 Thank you, she was an amazing person and I miss her. Truly she did play her Star Wars record while fixing dinner or sometimes during lesson planning. As a kid I was not allowed to touch the records or the record player...or anything electronic really!LoL The joys of being the fourth kid! 😆😆😆
I wonder if your mom was familiar with The Planets by Gustav Holst. That was the primary inspiration for Star Wars' music. John Williams himself confirmed it.
@@PenTheMighty Sadly I can't ask her for clarification, she passed away in 2013 but I do believe she was aware of the influence. Not initially but many years later I want to say in the early 2000's she and I talked about it.☺
@@PenTheMightyLucas told Williams he wanted to use Holst's, " The Planets " for the film.
The thing about Stormtroopers missing: remember that Tarkin WANTED them to escape (they put a homing beacon on the Falcon), but he wanted them to believe they escaped, and weren't just let go (as Leia suspected). In later films, it became part of the Main Characters' Plot Armor that all Stormtroopers cannot shoot well. So, an intentional deception ultimately became canon incompetence.
When he said "check his police record" about Darth Vader, I almost fell out of my chair!
I love Chewbacca! He doesn’t get enough recognition for his skills! ♥️
He didn't even get a medal.😢
The movie changed my life. I was 10. The audience gave it a standing ovation at the end.
It always surprises me how almost nothing happens in the first half of the film, and yet five-year-old me was obsessed with this film after it came out. I remember my parents taking me to see Santa that year and the line went past a model train village where the miniature drive in theater was playing Star Wars with no audio, and I was done. Didn't want to see Santa, I had Star Wars.
I think it’s because at the time, we didn’t have the amazing CGI, the comic films, the groundbreaking games and forms of entertainment we’ve become accustomed to. Back then, this film felt unlike anything else before it. There had been space films and series, but this had a different look and feel. Throw in the epic music, the western film vibe mixed with eastern philosophy combined with science fiction, and my young mind was hooked immediately.
A lot happens in the first half of this film. Star Wars isn't exactly a slow paced movie.
The entire world they're in is built during that time lol
It sounded like you were describing a Christmas story in the first half of that comment lmao
We learn about the war between the galactic empire and a rebellion, how plans for a weapon of mass destruction have been stolen, a massive battle ship hunting down a rebel cruiser, a fight with laserguns, a princess sending out two funnny droids to call out for help to an old veteran who is also a space wizard, we get to know young luke who’s eager for adventure and wants to know who his dad is, meeting with the wizard who saves him from sandpeople, gives him a sword made out of light, shows him some space magic and after the empire fried his foster family they hire a scoundrel and his walking dog to go on a rescue mission to save a princess who’s planet has been totally destroyed but only after a „who shoots first“ confrontation with a bounty hunter and a mafia boss space slug.
Yeah, nothing really happens in the first half….
Whoever said you're gonna lose subscribers doesn't seem to understand entertainment. Everything you react to is an absolute blast to watch. You being upfront and honest about what you know about movies is also appreciated.
Keep up the phenomenal work J & Blank. I'll watch everything you put out.
ya this is yo channel u do whatever u dam well please who are they to tell u not to react to
Imagine seeing this in the theater as a 10 yr old boy. We had never seen special effects like this before. I was in awe!!
Same here. People today who missed that transition period of before/after 1977 will never be able to understand
For me, this movie will always be known as STAR WARS. Not A New Hope, not Episode 4. I saw it in theaters back in 77 when I was six. There was nothing like it in the whole world. Up until they started making the CGI changes, I used to watch it regularly. Every time I see it my childhood just comes back.
Episode IV hadn’t been added until George Lucas was able to get more movies made. It was re-released with that new title ahead of Episode V. His story background had been changing in the earlier drafts. That’s why I am inclined to believe Anakin being Luke’s father and being Darth Vader was not in George’s mind at this point. Luke was the son of a famous, skillful Jedi who was killed by Darth Vader.
Just left comment saying same-is as illegit as the gd cgi!!! I saw this in '77 at 6 yro. Was a huge fan of the movies, but as far as Vader being Luke's dad from beginning or not, I remember there were books (not the comics) when this came out. So should be able to look up & see if was in the books? It's been so long & I was so young, but I thought this part of story was taken from book(s) already written???
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Not sure with George not having planned for Dark Vader to be Luke's father, because of the conversation between Darth and Obi-Wan when their fighting. Based on the conversation Obi-Wan seems to only have one pupil which is Darth, and Darth nor Obi-Wan bring up killing Luke's father, which would make sense because Darth never really killed Luke's father because he is him.
I was a six-year old in ‘77 also! Saw Star Wars five times in the theater and the fifth time might have been near Christmas. The movie came out in May of 1977 and just kept on chugging! It was an amazing time. Star Wars was EVERYWHERE!
It wasn't ANH when it was first released.
I remember as a kid having my mind blown when I found out Darth Vader was James Earl Jones..😵💫👍
If Star Wars never came into our lives, visual effects would have been set back at least another 5 to 7 years. Then we never would have had ILM, and that means no, The Abyss. Which means no T2, or Jurassic Park. Today's Hollywood owes everything to the imagination of a car enthusiast from Modesto, California.
I imagine Star Wars inspired a lot of people to go into the sciences as well.
The CGI was a cash grab done in 1996 to build funds for the prequels
It was also an EGO stroke and a way to cut his Ex out of royalties.
My father was a trained hypnotist and as a kid I used to think he could hypnotize people exactly like Obi Wan because my daddy could make people cluck like chickens in his shows.😂 Obviously I learned later in life real hypnosis isn't quite like "the Force". 😊
I guess close enough though...ancient seers and such have used something like that for centuries. In ur experience, how effective is hypnotism
@@DockingFreidmanRecords Sadly, never used his hypnosis skills on me, but my much older sisters toured with him one summer and apparently were a little too easily hypnotized. In fact the oldest sister would be 'under the influence' from just sitting in the audience! I was too young to go but those are some of my favorite stories about my dad's previous work profession as a showman hypnotist. He was quite the character!
I believe hypnosis is a great therapy tool! Now I know I just wrote that he never hypnotized me but he did teach me at a very young age the concept of mind over matter like making my ears move, then one at a time etc. For example he taught me how to not be ticklish. He encouraged me to see being ticklish as a light switch. When someone tickles me I invision myself turning the switch off and now my body doesn't react or feel the sensation, but when I turn the switch on, in my head, then I'm ticklish again. So maybe that counts?🤔☺ Thanks for the question, my apologies if it's a long winded answer.
one thing you should know about Han, in the original cantina scene when he is talking with the alien Greedo he shoots Greedo before Greedo even has a chance to fire but in the remaster Lucas ruined the scene by making Greedo shoot first. There is a big difference in Hans character when he's the only one that shoots vs him shooting in defence
Sir Alec Guinness thought this movie was going to be a shitty bargain bin movie. And bunch to his dismay it's his most recognized role
His decision to take 2% of the gross profit was one of the best financial decisions by any actor. He was worth around $100 million when he passed.
Only to the younger generations (Gen-X and on). Many still think of him as Colonel Nicholson from "The Bridge on the River Kwai" or Major Jock Sinclair from "Tunes of Glory". Many also remember him as the man with a 1000 faces, due to his ability to drastically change his look for roles.
When this movie first came out in 1977, I absolutely fell in love with it. I went back to watch it in the theatre 14 times (movies were a lot cheaper then). I've watched it countless times since. I'm so glad you've joined us in the Star Wars universe :)
I know that feeling so very well and I agree, Welcome to the Star Wars Universe!
I will never give money to the theaters or movies until the pdfiles are gone and the people there are moral, until then I hope it all burns and collapses
@@TruthLives-ee6sf Guess we'll never see you .. anywhere then, because bad people are everywhere, and always will be.
Love how J's shirt makes it look like Bison got his hat pulled over his eyes every time he slumps back
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy." "He ain't never been to Detroit."
😂😂😂and the red R5 that blew a circuit came from Detroit.
most legendary line ever
The DMV
“Why you wanna be like your father? He choking people”😂😂😂😂 you too funny man
"Why'd he add the cgi."
There was a belief in the early days that CGI was the perfect special effect. That it looked 100% perfectly real, despite clearly not looking real. So Lucas felt it would be possible to back and add all the creatures that he wanted to, but couldn't do practically in the 1970s. It didn't turn out the way he expected.
It was ego and spitefulness. Ego for wanting to post change art, and spite for wanting to cut his ex-wife out of royalties.
I've never understood people that would tell someone else not to experience art because they themselves didn't like it. Art means something different to everybody. Star Wars is glorious art.
Some (like me) just do not think Disney Star wars is Star Wars. However, like you said, to each their own.
P.S. I discourage people from watching the ST, not because I do not think people have the right to watch it, but because I know how much they destroy the OT and its characters. I want to save them from that, like I wish someone would have been able to save me from it.
@@sandman_says_runrunner4701 Nothing has been destroyed. They're still there for anyone to enjoy over and over and over again. You're gatekeeping because you have a different point of view. If you are a Star Wars fan, you'll understand the need to reevaluate your own absurdly negative point of view.
@@valek005 Oh... so if I am a "Star Wars fan" I have to change my "absurdly negative" point of view to fit your myopic one. Got it. So tell me again who is gate keeping?! Also tell me who gave you the power to decide who is a fan and who isn't?!
You do know the difference between literal and figurative... right?!
Literal: physically destroying the OT trilogy so nobody can actually watch them again.
Figurative: The ST destroying the lore, canon, world building, character, and character arcs of the OT.
See the difference?
You say "absurdly negative" I say objective. Also being a "Star Wars fan" does not mean I blindly and gullibly accept anything with a Star Wars label on it. Just because it says Star Wars does not mean IT IS Star Wars.
The fact that you think the ST doesn't destroy everything built in the OT tells me you are not actually a Star Wars fan, but rather a gullible NPC stuck in the loop of consume product, wait to consume more product.
If you are an ACTUAL Star Wars fan you will reevaluate your overly naive and gullible point of view.
The OT Star Wars is glorious art. Disney Star Wars is a very bad and cheap knockoff. The fact that you can't discern the difference tells me all I need to know about you. I suspect you are one of those people that sees a banana taped to a wall and goes, "That is beautiful art man!"
You've now taken your first step into a larger world...
To answer your question Mr. Murder Whistle. George Lucas added that CG BS to the original trilogy, cuz there were things he wanted to do, that he wasn't able to do with practical effects of it's time. Then he just got carried away with the CG of all of his movies 😂
In the seventies we would buy a ticket in the morning and stay all day (hang out in the restroom between shows) 4-5 shows parents permitting. They always did, it was the seventies… This show turned me into a sneak.
I was 9, we were in the middle of our first vacation to the southwest and I didn't want to go but my dad was a huge scifi fan and he was so excited about it! It was a beautiful old school theater in Santa Fe with a balcony and everything! When the heroes get the standing ovation at the end, my little sister and I stood and applauded too, we thought it was the audience! I saw it 17 times before it left theaters.
I saw this in the theater in 1977. That John Williams score hitting us in the face made everybody jump about 3 feet.
Peter Cushing (Grand Moff Tarkin) was a brilliant British actor who was most famous for acting in a lot of Hammer Horror films in the 1950s and 60s. He also played the Doctor in two Doctor Who movies made in the 1960s that were adapted from a couple of stories from the tv show when William Hartnell was playing the Doctor on tv.
Alec Guinness (Obi Wan Kenobi) was another great British actor who starred in a lot of brilliant films like Bridge on the River Kwai, The Ladykillers, and many more.
David Prowse who plays Darth Vader was another British actor. The problem was he had a very strong west country (somerset,UK) accent, and he didn't sound at all menacing, so they got James Earl Jones to do the voice when it was dubbed over.
J should totally watch THE LADYKILLERS.
@antoinettelopes As long as he watches the original 1955 film, and not the awful 2004 remake.
@@69coolchris oh God. I forgot about that abomination. 😩
Stormtrooper accuracy goes way down once the heroes reach the DS. What most people forget is that this is ON PURPOSE. Vader ordered them to miss so that he could track the Falcon to Rebel HQ.
Makes sense for the first film. Not the later ones...
@@IdealUser Ever read any of the military studies about how many rounds it takes on average to down ONE opponent? Hint: it's larger than you think, even for proficient markemen.
@@GregPrice-ep2dk Doesn't explain how Luke, at this time in the film series, a untrained farm boy can be a crack shot...and no he wasn't using the Force at that time. Or Han and Leia could maintain theirs under fire.
@@IdealUser First, he wasn't "untrained". he'd been shooting womp rats from his t-16 while flying through Beggar's Canyon for years. And yes, the Force DOES help explain it, just like his father had the reflexes to do such feats. Sorry, but that 's the canon explanation, and it makes sense. "Stormtrooper marksmanship" is a meme derived from a lack of paying attention to the story as given by Lucas.
@@GregPrice-ep2dk So swamp rats shoot back? You brought in the argument of combat accuracy. Explain how Han and Chewie, whom neither has the Force have superb accuracy compared to trained Stormtroopers.
"You will never find a more wretched hive of sum and villainy." "He aint never been to Detroit." Ya got me on this one
Watch what you want J. There are worthwhile bits in all of them. Can't wait to follow along.
I also hope Star Trek makes it here on YT.
Of course he can watch what ever he wants... but are there really "worthwhile bits" in the ST?! I would argue there are not.
Hey everybody o/ Man, this is what I needed at the end of the day. You know when you start gettin comfortable enough at the new job to walk in hungover after one of those nights crossin your fingers you dont get sick at work? That was me today for 10 hours. I tell you, it was a struggle my friends 😂 but thats the deal you make with yourself the night before man. This is what I needed today. Thanks guys. Lets be excellent to each other 🙏🏽
Who else here is running in circles dying to describe episodes 1-6?!! Adam, keep your spoiler mouth shut and let J enjoy the journey
Obi-Wan didn't tell Luke because he wasn't ready. Luke idolized the idea he had of his father. And being told that his father was *actually* one of the galaxy's greatest monsters could not have led to anything positive at this point in the boy's life.
Actually no. Ben told Luke Vader was a pupil that killed his father and he meant it. That was how Lucas wrote the story. It was only when he began writing his ideas for, The Empire Strikes Back , that he came up with the whole idea of Vader being Luke's father.
@@philosopher0076 True. From our perspective. But I'm writing from an in-universe view.
Hey Jay, that was the point of that opening shot with the Star Destroyer. Cuz, George Lucas knew you were gonna say, "God dawg, that's a big ass ship." 😂😂😂
No, but really, that was the point of that opening shot of Star Destroyer's entrance. So, people in the audience would know that indeed, it's a "big ass ship." 😁
May the force be with you and the copilots 🥰🍿
I cant wait to see the other star wars movies. Brings back lots of happy memories
I'm starting to get jealous of Jay's t-shirt collection.
The way slumping back makes it look like Bison's hat got pulled over his eyes is 👌
That little droid Chewbacca scared screamed "Shuddup" and went the other way
I judge every reaction of this movie by the ending scene.
If you're not immediately mad Chewie didn't get a medal, we can't hang.
I was fortunate enough to see this when it first came out at the Drive-In in 1977. Have been a fan ever since. When you said your Cousin used to go around with the force choke hand ....I had to pause the video cuz I was dying. Everyone in my school was doing that to each other.
Since you mentioned the Stormtroopers accuracy, they were missing their shots later in the movie because they were supposed to let them get away so the Empire could find the Rebel base by tracking the Falcon with the tracking device Tarkin and Vader were talking about.
It was a shame how they got portrayed in later movies as not a significant and competent threat in later movies and shows. A joke taken too seriously and too far.
The reason I love this guy is because we’re about the same age and when he said “Eh they’re on that afterburner shit” I knew EXACTLY what he was taking about.
"The Force will be with you, always."
Fun Fact: The first movie to make over $300 million domestic box office. It was also the first movie to cross $500 million worldwide in its initial release.
Action Star Fact: Stunt doubles were not used for the scene where Luke and Leia swing to safety in the Death Star. Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher performed the stunt, shooting it in just one take.
CGI Over Practical Fact: All the CGI was added in the late 90s and NOT part of the original release. I don't mind the changes, except for originally Han Solo (Harrison Ford) shot Greedo (Paul Blake) before the bounty hunter could do anything.
Gun Enthusiast Fact: The weapons the stormtroopers used were essentially the Sterling L2A3 9mm SMG (sub-machine gun), a military weapon developed in the late 1940s in the U.K. and adopted by the British and Canadian Armies in the 1950s. The curved left entry side mounted magazine was removed, and that was as much as it was modified for the movie. The longer sandtrooper weapon was the MG-34 machine gun from Germany.
Location Location Fact: The Tatooine scenes were filmed in Tunisia. There is a town in Tunisia's rural south named Tataouine (Berber for "eyes") and George Lucas liked the name so much, he adopted it for Luke Skywalker's (Mark Hamill) home world. Some of the interiors and the courtyard of Luke's house were filmed in a hotel in Matmata, Tunisia. One can visit this two-star hotel and see some pictures and the painted ceiling of what was used for the Lars' dining room. When Luke goes out of the farm, he appears in a flat deserted area, while the reality, when you get out of the hotel, there are a lot of other houses, small stone hills, and a lot of prickly pear cacti (a variety very common in Tunisia). The skeleton that C-3PO (Anthony Daniels) passes belongs to a Tatooine creature called a Greater Krayt Dragon. This artificial skeleton was left in the Tunisian desert after filming and still lies there. During filming of Star Wars: Episode II - Attack Of The Clones (2002), the site was visited by the crew once more and the skeleton was still there.
Not ALL the CGI. The computer screen in the mission briefing for the attack on the Death Star was the first use of CGI in any film and iirc was done by engineers at MIT? ♥
nataliefaist7959 ...Computer Generated Imagery, graphics is a different animal.
Please don't try to fucking debate me, because you are wrong and I am not debating stupid SOBs or DOBs thinking that they have one over me. I will also just straight up not respond to it from here on out.
Go in Peace and Walk with God. 😎 👍
Fun Fact, the Star Wars Christmas Special will always exist no matter how hard George Lucas tries to erase it.
christianmariani3617 ...We convinced J to watch the Christmas Special for Christmas. When it goes up, I will have all the juicy details on how George Lucas tried to undo the Christmas Special.
Go with God and Be Safe from Evil. 😎 👍
@@BigGator5 haha that's so awesome!
"You'll never see a more wretched hive of scum and villainy"
Hands up who KNEW a Detroit reference was coming right away 🤚🏻😂😂😂
I can't wait for you to react to all the Star War movies. Love your reactions.
At this stage in the game it's gonna be hard not to find somebody who doesn't know about Star Wars, we're all just happy you have finally started watching the films, thanks Jay.
If you want the real story of what happened to Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru, when the stormtroopers paid them a visit, check out the Troops parody that came out in the 90's.
And in the Cantina scene, "Oh that looks like the devil", made me think of the Richard Pryor Star Wars Parody which is a great short as well.
Yeah it was funny
Hey it's Pauly from Detroit.
Thank you for the generous shout out.
Usually to be honest, if the reactor, has seen it prior I don't watch it.
However you are different and I wanted to still take this journey with you.
I wasn't disappointed thank you.
Only one thing, more jump scares next time. Well Halloween is coming, should be the funniest yet.
Peace!
J, your M Bison shirt is excellent and I loved your reaction to a true classic. Excellent editing, Blank, and thank you for adding Star Wars to the list of things to watch. God bless you guys with excellence!!
C-3PO is a protocol droid. In that opening scene, he and R2-D2 were being followed down the hall by a third droid, another protocol droid named U-3PO. Now THAT'S some trivial trivia for ya!
20:47 That day, Tarkin was amazed to discover that when Vader was saying "As you wish," what he meant was, "I love you."
😂🤣 Facts!!!
Obi-Wan Kenobi - _"Mos Eisley spaceport: You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious."_
You - _"He ain't never been to Dee-troit!"_ 🤨
LMAO!
13:19 The model Luke plays with here is the T-16 he refers to later during the pilot briefing before the final battle. The T-16 and X-Wing are both built by the same company, and ti save money, they use as many of the same parts as possible. The control layout of Luke's Skyhopper is essentially identical to the X-Wing, which is why Luke knows how to fly one seemingly out of nowhere. People seem to think the landspeeder is the T-16, but its an X-34.
And also forgot to answer that question that JL asked: Those are X-wings but what are the others called? They are classed as Y-wings and are bombers. The Toy version has one bomb underneath that could be released.
The force is strong with this one! Not many know or get that reference. Good job. 😀
Back in 77 when I saw this in the theater, everyone went "Awwww" when Artoo got shot by the Jawas!
This is gonna be good 😁🍿
I love the shot of the burned sand igloo. Everybody has the same reaction. “Aw snap they burned the igloo………………………..oh fuck are those charred skeletons?!?!” -cut-
In 1977 walked out of Star Wars at 10 years old, first time seeing it, and I said to my dad and brother, "I bet Darth Vader is Luke's father."
What made you suspect it?
George Lucas remastered the original trilogy to make the explosions look better and things like that. He changed nothing about the first Trilogy other than an attempt to improve it for viewers of a newer generation. Also to make money on the original trilogy again before the prequel trilogy released, it had been 30 years
To answer Jay’s question on why the films were changed George Lucas considered the theatrical films “unfinished” and years later went back to update them to match his “vision”. However he continuously went back to update them several times over the years partly so they’d fit in better with the prequels and later for a 3D rerelease that never happened. Because he considers the theatricals “unfinished” they are no longer available.
there was a DVD release with the updated and theatrical editions on separate discs a while back and there will be some still floating around you can nab online 2ndhand
It’s really a terrible excuse to do that.
The theatrical films are what Made Star Wars the Cultural Event that they were. Changing them after the fact is like parading a counterfeit around and claiming that it is the same.
I mean it wouldn’t be all that bad if they still released the original films, unaltered.. but they don’t.
Which sucks, because I lost my original vhs collection in a house fire, and trying to replace them is terribly expensive.
There's also the despecialized editions of the movies. Although they are technically bootleg versions. So it's up to you wether or not you want to buy those.
@@subtlesraf yup i got mine, so I know 'han shot first' and don't have to see badly done Jabba out there like he is a fresh slug
I hate Lucas for that and if I ever meet him I’ll snarl!!!!!!!!!! SOMEBODY must have copies of the original Star Wars movies that were a blockbuster hit the day each one opened.
Lucas messed with perfection!!!!!!!!!🤬
Truth is Jay, a lot of what you watch is not my cup of tea but I'm happy to sit through anything purely to enjoy your reactions to them. Thanks so much buddy.
YES!!!
Disney has unfortunately ruined STAR WARS with their woke crap and Political Correctness, as well retconning the series several times.
@@Mildau30mocking the people who notice the crap on Star Wars’ new shoes doesn’t make the crap any less crap.
The Force lost a lot of braincells when it started fitting a woman, I can tell you that.
The only thing worse than the sequels are the people whining about wOke!!1 shit all the time
@@szeddezs Maybe. Just to be clear there's nothing wrong with having female main characters. Just wasn't into the way Disney did it (e.g., shittily)
@@samwallaceart288 I don't like it either, but the more extreme the people complaining about "wokeness" are, the more likely it is they are being radicalized and/or self-radicalize into having a problem with female main characters (or women overall) in general.
Disney did it that way because they thought it's en vogue and would make them bank, not because they have some pernicious ulterior motive to "destroy the West" or whatever these anti-woke whackos believe.
So dumb that people threaten to Unsubscribe if he watches the new star wars...I don't like new star wars, or marvel, or Harry potter, or Lotr...so I just don't watch those...but why ditch the entire fun channel, just cause Disney star wars is lame? So silly. 😕
It was nominated for 11 Oscars including Best Picture but won for:
Best Visual Effects
Best Original Score
Best Film Editing
Best Costume Design
Best Production Design
Best Sound Editing
Best Sound Mixing.
It made $775 million dollars ($3.5 billion dollars) against an $11 million dollar budget.
Kurt Russell, Perry King, Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, Sylvester Stallone, Burt Reynolds, and Nick Nolte were considered for Han Solo.
William Katt, Kurt Russell, and Charles Martin Smith were considered for Luke Skywalker.
Meryl Streep, Jodie Foster, Cindy Williams, Sissy Spacek, Angelica Huston, Kim Basinger, Sigourney Weaver, Terri Nunn, and Geena Davis were considered for Princess Leia.
When I think of Leia’s line:
“You flew here in that thing? You’re braver than I thought.” I can absolutely see Jodie Foster, Angelica Huston, or Geena Davis delivering it. Foster isn’t as good as Carrie Fisher was for “love interest” material IMO, Angelica Huston would have been AWESOME, but I guess 1977 sadly wasn’t ready for that yet, and Geena Davis is just too tall to play against Hamill as a pseudo-love interest.
Oddly, I think the movie would be almost identical if William Katt had gotten the part of Luke. Might be the first time I’ve ever thought a major character was so replaceable. He would have also muddied the waters more as far as the Ill-conceived “love triangle” played out. It was probably a good decision to cast a Luke who was less competition for Han.
@@stevesheroan4131but would we had The Greatest American Hero? That show was funny!
You hafta remember that in 1977 there was no incest connotation because that part of the story was yet to be told. Noone in the public, or the story, knew they were related. Only now, in retrospect, is it weird
I couldn’t imagine how amazing these films must of been back in the day at the cinema, Amazing films can’t wait for this 😍
I'm so excited to go on this journey with you. I've been a fan since watching it all up on the big screen as an 8 year old girl in 1977! Leia became my childhood hero instantly! There was nothing like this back then. Enjoy!
Even my mother enjoyed this movie, and she's not a sci-fi fan.
John Williams’ score was absolutely iconic, the greatest movie soundtrack ever in my opinion.
This is an amazing film franchise (which has some flaws) but everything does in life!
Star Wars.. the absolute greatest. Love it!
I could see you as Vader doing the imperial march with the dogs.. (anyone interested in that?!) haha
Take care man, thank you for entertaining me with the movie reactions! :)
The grid with the boxes is you in the middle of the grid. The grid shows your vicinity and the dots shows when other ships fly around you, so you can know where to turn and look to shoot. It's like a 3D version of the radar system you see on them movies
"Why did he fake his death then?" (Obi-Wan)...That is a GREAT question, standby for that answer!
It was always 'Episode IV', but it wasn't always 'A New Hope'... that got added when it first got released to home media. The point of jumping in on Episode IV is that it was supposed to be like the old movie serials George Lucas watched when he was a kid (specifically Flash Gordon). Little shorts that would be shown before a feature... you would often see one without ever having seen the ones before, so you'd often be seeing 'Episode 3' without ever having seen 1 or 2, so it was meant to feel like you were jumping into this bigger story already in progress like someone stumbling into one of the serials.
So Luke didn't know anything about his family at this point because George Lucas didn't know anything about his family at this point. Vader wasn't originally supposed to be his father, and Leia wasn't supposed to be his sister... these are changes that came later. Despite what a lot of people think, these movies were not all planned out in advance. George had done a lot of world building, but the actual plot of the movies was constantly in flux. Don't believe anyone that tells you otherwise (including George Lucas...).
Princess Leia is 'out there' because she's also a senator and has 'diplomatic' reasons to be travelling. ...Also because she's an agent in the rebellion...
Also, there are 'Despecialized' editions of the movies based on old film prints that got dug up or other old media. They basically restore things to the way they were when they were originally released (without all the CGI and new scenes), and then digitally cleaned up to make them look a bit newer. Closest thing to the original experience that you can get. Highly recommend watching those instead if you can... you may have to look in some unofficial places for them, though...
For fun, if you want to see an even earlier version of the story, look for The Star Wars (yes, 'The' Star Wars) comic series from Dark Horse. It was based on some of the earlier plot outlines and character concept art done before the movie got made.
No, it wasn't always Episode IV. There was no Episode IV in the crawl for the original release. That was also added with the subtitle "A New Hope" after the decision to make more films was made and it was added for the theatrical re-release.
It starts at Episode IV because George wrote a treatment and the "Star Wars" movie came from the beginning of the second act of that treatment. This was originally an Anakin story, not a Luke story.
The rest is fairly accurate though.
I remember getting the comic and seeing the stormtrooper on the dewback, and being confused because it wasn't in the original movie. 25 years later the puzzle is complete!
@@stacy_rose7820 But there was a Storrntrooper on a Dewback in the original movie.
@@sandman_says_runrunner4701 You're right on the episode IV, mis-remembered that part. I wasn't wrong about why, though. It wasn't originally an Anakin story - at least not Anakin as he would be presented in later movies. The name Anakin (Annakin) did appear in some of the early drafts, but the story was nothing like what it would become, and the character was effectively what Luke would become (the name Luke Skywalker was also used, but again, just a different name on the Obi-Wan analog).
The drop in in the middle of the story was very much inspired by Flash Gordon and old movie serials. George Lucas has a way of re-editing his own history, just like he does with his movies. You can watch/read old 70s-90s interviews with George about what he 'always had planned' for Star Wars and compare them to late 90s-current interviews and they are usually very different things. This is why I say you can't even trust George.
@@ArmouredPhalanx No, you are wrong on the why also. That is why I said a treatment and not a script. George laid out a TREATMENT of the story, which is only a more detailed outline, but when it came time to make the movie he realized he had to narrow his focus. In order to make a singular movie he focused on the part that became "Star Wars" and fleshed that out. The part that was focused on was the beginning of the second act of the TREATMENT, and the reason it became Episode IV in the overall. It was originally an Anakin story in the TREATMENT, but became an Luke story for the movie script. Whether is was Anakin, Anakin Skywalker, Annikin, or Annikin Starkiller is irrelevant.
Luke Skywalker was originally Luke Starkiller since Anakin was originally Annikin Starkiller, and the original title of the treatment and synopsis was "The Star Wars".
His very first treatment was "Journal of the Whills" but was only 1 1/2 pages long. The more detailed treatment "The Star Wars" was 13 pages long written in 1973. This morphed into "Adventures of the Starkiller. Episode I: The Star Wars" (1975). Which in turn morphed into "The Adventures of Luke Starkiller as taken from the Journal of the Whills. Saga I: The Star Wars" (1976).
It was during the writing of "Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back" that the episodes came about. There was a fleshed out background made for the story which became the PT and hence why "The Empire Strikes Back" became Episode V and "Star Wars" became Episode IV and "A New Hope". It was also during the second draft writing of "Star Wars" Episode V The Empire Strikes Back" that Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader merged into the same person.
The film "Star Wars" might have dropped into the middle of a story similar to Flash Gordon, inspired by Flash Gordon, or even as an homage to Flash Gordon. That is film technique and styling. However, again, the origin of the movie and the numbering system wasn't. To reiterate, realizing his back story could be made into a trilogy he then numbered "The Empire Strikes Back" V, that is why "Star Wars" became IV, and the PT I, II, II.
The way he was simping over Leia. Wait until he sees her in the third movie! 😂
It was never Episode IV in the beginning; I would also argue that with Lucas’ original concept he didn’t have Darth being the father or Leila being Luke’s twin sister.
Yeah, the invention of Leia being his sister for Return of the Jedi was really ridiculous…. In fact, I have developed a strong dislike for the third film…. Lucas really blew it. Shoulda told a very different story than the one he chose…
The story decision to make Leia Luke's sister was a quick and amicable way to resolve the love triangle among Luke, Han & Leia.
“His computer’s off.”
“He’s just gonna raw dog it??”
May the force be with the copilots.
Alec Guinness made one of the smartest financial decision of any actor in history. He worked a deal with the studios to take 2% of the final gross profit with Lucas throwing in another .25% as a good will gesture. "Star Wars: A New Hope" is second only to "Gone With the Wind" for adjusted lifetime gross so by the end of his life, Guinness made $100 million from the franchise.
As for George Lucas, he was very smart too as he asked for full rights to merchandise, toys etc, and made a great deal from that as the toys from kenner were very very popular and now reasonably to very expensive to get. Makes me little sad that I gave my collection of figures and ships away for free. I didn't think back then, it would have that impact.
Did you see Alec's interview? They originally offered him an additional .5% but when the movie did so well it magically became .25% since it was only a verbal agreement. 🤣
R2d2 is the most fowl mouth droid they bleeped out everything he said
Chopper gives R2D2 a run for it's money in the fowl mouth department. You can essentially hear Dave Filoni dropping f bombs in the droid language in "Rebels".
@@chaost4544 but no one has a better distress yell than r2d2
27:56 Wow, that was so cool hearing you reference the Muppet Babies cartoon. I loved it when I was a kid. And yes, they used a lot of Star Wars references, including the explosion in the opening credits.
MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU
#starwars #episodeIV
My family and I went on vacation in 1977 and we went to see a movie but unfortunately For the love of Benji was sold out so we went to see some new movie called Star Wars instead
Ohhh shit! You've never seen Star Wars?! On behalf of all the true Star Wars fans (the fake ones will be full of venom and hate, you'll meet them) I give you a huge brotherly hug and say "Welcome my friend. You've taken your first step into a larger world." Don't listen to the haters. You watch these movies for yourself and form your own opinions about them. If anyone tells you to watch the machete cut for a first time viewing, tell them to kick rocks. Blank, look out for our boy on this one. I have faith you'll steer J in the right direction. And J, since you're open to animation I highly recommend checking out the SW animated shows after you see the movies. They're some of the best animated shows period, let alone, outstanding SWs content. You got the micro series, Clone Wars, Bad Batch, and Rebels. Many people don't watch them because they see it as cartoons, but I don't think you'll hold that against them. And I know that those will be far down the pipeline since you're just starting. I'd love to see you react to your entire SWs journey. I think many of us in the family would too. My only regret for you is you didn't get to enjoy SWs growing up. I think you're a year older than me and I've loved SWs for as long as I can remember. I've been immersed from the books, games, and comics throughout the years. I'm ready to take this journey with you! Keep em banging team EOM!
24:30 What's a parsec? It's a unit of distance. Only George Lucas apparently thought it was a unit of time. So, retconned to make it make sense, Han is saying that he found a shortcut to Kessel. Usually they have to take the long way around. But he found a way to get there that was only 12 parsecs away instead of the usual distance it is. Barely makes sense. Basically, he's saying here that the Millennium Falcon is so fast that, one time, he went a different way to get to where he was going. And that was cool! He got there quicker! And then they double down on it in one of the Disney side movies. Guess which one.
George Lucas was inspired by filmmaker Akira Kurosawa and Samurai movies. Check out Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai" (1954) and Masaki Kobayashi's "Harakiri" (1962).
You forgot the"squabbling peasants" of "The hidden Fortress" (1958) which look/sound like R2D2 and C3PO.;)
Also from the serials of his youth... Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon.
EDIT: (visuals, opening crawl, screen wipes, etc.)
When this movie came out, I was ten years old. I rode my bike to the theater in my town 10 times to see it, plus the times we saw it with friends, and my parents. That Christmas, I got a bunch of Star Wars action figures and I played with them every day. I had Han, Luke, Chewie, Threepio, a Storm Trooper and Darth Vader. Then we got the Star Wars soundtrack on album and I played that for hours. Until my Mom got sick of it and hid the album except for once every other day. Good Times!
If you got action figures on Christmas of '77 you were pretty special.
Every other kid in America got a piece of cardboard with a promise of toys.
Kenner wasn't able to make the Christmas deadline.
No Star Wars action figures existed Christmas morning 1977.
@@tommc3622 I know I got action figures, but that was more years back than I care to count. I may be wrong about which year. C'est la vie
@Thom1212 It's all good. Just poking at you a bit with some trivia.
I was 2 in 1977, so don't mind me.
😉
When Obi-Wan Kenobi described Mos Eisley as having "scum and villiany", I said Detroit about a second before Jay did...roflmfao
Oh, your last line as the movie went to credits solidified your fandom.
“Why didn’t Chewy get a medal?”
You… You’re good you. You gotta gift my friend.
Chewy is a sidekick… sidekicks don’t get awards… he didn’t want one, just wanted to yell at the audience to indicate they should clap…