Star Wars: Episode IV (1977) | First Time Watching

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  • @danigoddess
    @danigoddess Рік тому +127

    No spoilers everyone!

    • @miketheviking_
      @miketheviking_ Рік тому +1

      I will try to spoil the spoilers 🫡

    • @jlinkous05
      @jlinkous05 Рік тому +2

      ​@@miketheviking_ Hah, I'm spoiling the spoilers: there exist spoilers!

    • @johndough3809
      @johndough3809 Рік тому +2

      So I shouldn’t tell her Leia and chewy hook up in episode VI?

    • @miketheviking_
      @miketheviking_ Рік тому +2

      @@johndough3809 I was pretty sure that was Rey and Chewy after BB8 traps them after being summoned by Darth JarJar

    • @johndough3809
      @johndough3809 Рік тому +1

      @@miketheviking_ oh that’s right. My bad. Been a while.

  • @tjsogmc
    @tjsogmc Рік тому +8

    Watching this in theaters in 1977 was literally a life changing experience. There was NOTHING like this before, it was well beyond any movie FX up to that time. The costumes, world building, sound design, all of it was orders of magnitude better that anything that had come before. When we bought the tickets, we thought we were going to see just another cheezy throw away summer space movie like all the rest of them. All was uneventful until the first notes of the theme music hit, from that point on, we were glued to the screen completely mesmerized by what we saw. I wish I could express in words how impactful this was, when we left the theater, we were never the same again.

  • @johnnygonzalez1344
    @johnnygonzalez1344 Рік тому +16

    As a kid growing up in the late 70s and early 80s, I can confirm that we were all blown away by this movie. In hindsight, It was more of a groundbreaking cultural event than just a movie.

  • @timothyhedrick5295
    @timothyhedrick5295 Рік тому +46

    In 1977 I was ten. I went back and saw this four times in the movie theatre. It was the first movie I ever saw more than once. It was incredibly impressive back then and I was hooked for life. Don't worry the "love triangle" continues for a few more movies...

    • @christopherhamlet734
      @christopherhamlet734 Рік тому +1

      I was 10 too andI even remember the trailer prior to the movie coming out and it looked Epic and of course it was and have been a lifelong fan✨💛💫

    • @brentfugett2700
      @brentfugett2700 Рік тому

      You're describing my path as well! I was 12 and this movie consumed me.

    • @Tray45489
      @Tray45489 Рік тому

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  • @michaelschroeck2254
    @michaelschroeck2254 Рік тому +6

    You can’t begin to believe how audiences responded to this movie and the effects back in 77. I was 7 years old . It was the first time I saw a movie theater with lines of people circling the theater waiting to get tickets. The effects were beyond belief. Lucas really stretched what a movie could be. It was historic

  • @balrog92000
    @balrog92000 Рік тому +1

    32:13 As someone who saw Star Wars when it first came out in theaters, and stood in a very long line to get in, the answer is yes. It was groundbreaking.

  • @dhavaram8064
    @dhavaram8064 Рік тому +2

    Star Wars was absolutely impressive cinematically at the time. They had to invent whole new technologies to make this movie. It changed movie making forever.

  • @pduidesign
    @pduidesign Рік тому +1

    When people saw this in 1977 they never saw anything like it before. EVER. Even the music was something new. The special effects were like nothing anyone saw before. Most science fiction movies had spaceships dangling on strings. This was the first time where the ships were flying around and the camera was moving as well. It was AMAZING! People would wait for hours in line to watch this movie, then they would go out and get right back into line to see it again. The lines would go around city blocks and so was born the word: blockbuster. This movie literally changed the world. The world was stuck in the drab, gloomy and depressing 70s and then this movie came out and with it came the optimism of the 80s. I cannot begin to explain how big this movie was. It changed the film industry forever.

  • @3dbadboy1
    @3dbadboy1 Рік тому +75

    The special effects were so huge back then, there was NOTHING like it. Incredible considering they were running out of time and they did it in about 6 months.

    • @3dbadboy1
      @3dbadboy1 Рік тому +2

      @@pilarslittlestudio haha, no, they only had 6 months to go before they started filming the special effects.

    • @Mr.Ekshin
      @Mr.Ekshin Рік тому +8

      Most women watching Star Wars for the first time: "I hate science fiction... I'm not gonna like this!"
      Most women 2 minutes later: "There's a princess in trouble? Okay, I'm totally invested in this!"

    • @longfootbuddy
      @longfootbuddy Рік тому

      except all the movies that used the same kinds of effects

    • @hurricane1951
      @hurricane1951 Рік тому +2

      @@pilarslittlestudio ​ They had one year to create the special effects, but they spent half of that time constructing the groundbreaking equipment necessary from scratch. Cameras, special booms, computers (no handy dandy microprocessors back then), everything was built from the ground up. So, six months with nothing to show for it. There are two good documentaries if you are interested: "Empire of Dreams" which focuses on the Star Wars franchise, and a 6-part TV series called "Light & Magic" which focuses on the creation of Industrial Light & Magic. Both are excellent.

    • @jddole7079
      @jddole7079 Рік тому

      @@Mr.Ekshin they said same thing about Rocky movies too

  • @jasongoodacre
    @jasongoodacre Рік тому +1

    This literally blew people's minds when it was released back in 1977. People had never seen anything like it. It reinvented cinema.

  • @Sauceman82
    @Sauceman82 Рік тому +20

    It’s an actual Orchestra that made the score to this movie. John Williams was very talented. It’s great to watch it performed live.

    • @Johnadams20760
      @Johnadams20760 Рік тому +2

      when it comes to scoring movies, there is john williams, and than there is everyone else

    • @cyberjarl
      @cyberjarl Рік тому +1

      Was? John Williams is still alive and still writing music :D

    • @visvivalaw
      @visvivalaw Рік тому

      That was almost never done with sci-fi movies at the time.

  • @falcon215
    @falcon215 Рік тому +3

    I was sixteen when this first came out and the buzz was everywhere. It was amazing to see on the big screen (all six times I believe) and took movie going to the next level. A whole flood of sci-fi flicks soon started flooding the theaters. Great to watch someone see it through new eyes!

  • @dariusrex7296
    @dariusrex7296 Рік тому +13

    32:05 Yes -- we were all amazed by the visual effects in 1977, absolutamente. There had never been anything like it before (visually), and nothing was the same ever again. :)

  • @vincentsweargen8436
    @vincentsweargen8436 Рік тому +3

    I was 12 years old in 1977. My parents let me go to the cinema with some friends. We sat there in amazement the whole time.

    • @mckrackin5324
      @mckrackin5324 Рік тому

      @@pilarslittlestudio I was 8 and saw it with my Mom and Grandma. Special memories.

  • @neonvandal8770
    @neonvandal8770 Рік тому +1

    I was 7 years old when my dad took me to see this in 1978 when it was released in the U.K. It is hard to explain to younger people just how huge this film impacted the culture of the world back then- it was everywhere. That opening scene of the huge spaceship flying over the top left everyone IN AWE! Anyone from my generation who saw Star Wars back then knows that feeling and knows what a great time was to be young and have experienced such a seismic, culture shifting event. Blessed! ❤🙏

  • @Manitsas
    @Manitsas Рік тому +27

    Saw this in 1977. We didn't think we'd have flying cars, but we certainly were entranced by the amazing visual effects and how real the flying car (Landspeeder) looked and bounced (on a big lever arm in some scenes where it is slowing down for Luke to hop out) to make it look like it was floating.

    • @davehunt5847
      @davehunt5847 Рік тому

      I was 7 when this movie came out and I for one ABSOLUTELY feel cheated that we don't have flying cars yet! I was lied to!!!

  • @imuawarriors
    @imuawarriors Рік тому +14

    I love the fact that you give so much credit to the music. John Williams' score is perfect. Drawing from the opera tradition of 'leitmotif', each character has their own theme and every story/situation has appropriate orchestration... If you've visited Disneyland's 'Galaxy's Edge', the music playing throughout the city was also written by John Williams....

  • @armandoenriquez2564
    @armandoenriquez2564 Рік тому +2

    I liked your reaction. It's always good to see the younger generation enjoy these movies as much as I did when they first came out.

  • @TheBigBenTheory17
    @TheBigBenTheory17 Рік тому +33

    From now on. We shall all refer to Chewie as Chewbilly. 😂
    Great reaction, Pilar. Your love for music really comes through in all your reactions, and I for one am here for it.
    Excited to see you watch the rest of Star Wars! 🤙🏻

    • @brandonsandoval4981
      @brandonsandoval4981 Рік тому +1

      ​@@pilarslittlestudio hi ❤

    • @Cosmo-Kramer
      @Cosmo-Kramer Рік тому

      @@pilarslittlestudio Pilar, I was 11 when Star Wars came out in 1977. It blew my mind so much that I saw it 30 times that summer! lol I loved your reaction. You made me feel like a kid again. And you're very beautiful. I'm wondering which latin/hispanic country you are from? I can't wait to see your reaction to, The Empire Strikes Back.
      ~ With love from San Diego, your newest Subscriber and fan, Cosmo :D

    • @bigdream_dreambig
      @bigdream_dreambig Рік тому +2

      @@Cosmo-Kramer Her About section says she's an Argentinian living in Scotland.

    • @Cosmo-Kramer
      @Cosmo-Kramer Рік тому

      @@bigdream_dreambig Thnx

  • @blakewalker84120
    @blakewalker84120 Рік тому +1

    You asked what this was like.
    Before 1977 we didn't have movies like this. Ever.
    Movies with spaceships usually looked like a toy hanging on a string.
    Blasters, lasers, lightsabers? There was no technology to make them look good on the screen so they were almost never done.
    We also didn't have things like video games today, so we didn't have computer graphics to see all this stuff at home.
    George Lucas showed the whole world how to make amazing movies, movies so visually stunning that nobody had ever even thought it was possible until he did it.
    And I was there to see it.
    I was 10 when I saw this in the theater and nothing was ever the same for me, regarding movies anyway.

  • @andreim.5324
    @andreim.5324 Рік тому +8

    I'm so happy you are diving into this franchise, Pilar! You are going to love this saga! Loved your reaction as always. Your vibe and happiness are a joy to watch.

  • @golfr-kg9ss
    @golfr-kg9ss Рік тому +6

    Pilar, your aunt can tell you what people thought of the special effects when it came out in 1977. Just amazing that a movie/story could have such an impact all over the world for so long.

  • @joshuah9109
    @joshuah9109 Рік тому +8

    I was 7 the summer this came out.
    We stood in a loooong line to get tickets, I was warned it might sell out before we can get tickets.
    We reached the box office and waited...we got the VERY LAST TICKETS before it was completely SOLD OUT!😃
    I...LOOOVED IT!!! It remains my favorite movie and best movie going experience....EVER!!!
    LOVED THIS REACTION SOOO MUCH👍👍👍👍😃😃😃!!!

  • @Rifmocat
    @Rifmocat Рік тому +20

    Hi Pilar! That was one awesome reaction! Sadly, when I watched original trilogy I knew all the spoilers already, so it's super fun watching someone experience things for the first time :) You are in for a ride, hope no one spoils you anything !
    P/s Han is one of my most favorites characters ever, love this sassy scoundrel

  • @gaara_of_the_desert1118
    @gaara_of_the_desert1118 Рік тому +1

    You're right about the Star Wars influence on Avatar the ending of book 2 is basically a direct tribute to the ending of a Star Wars movie.
    (I won't say which one to avoid spoilers.)

  • @ulyssesfilmchannel
    @ulyssesfilmchannel Рік тому +2

    Great reaction! Subscribed. I first saw this movie at the cinema in 1977 when I was 7 years old! We had never seen anything quite like it before!

  • @JorgeRodriguez-qx9kj
    @JorgeRodriguez-qx9kj Рік тому +12

    Finalmente Pilar. Me emociona ver que reaccionaras a ésta trilogía. Star wars marcó un antes y un después en el cine por su innovación y manera de entretener. Y te das cuenta de su alcance por la cantidad de personajes y frases que reconoces sin haber visto las películas anteriormente. También te parecerá gracioso pero R2D2 se volvió famoso en toda latinoamerica como Arturito. Esperaré ver tu reacción al próximo episodio pronto. 😊

  • @RockyHemingway
    @RockyHemingway Рік тому +7

    Yes glad you're doing Star Wars! It has its ups and downs but its a fun ride! There's a lot I think you're going to like.
    Also your editing is hilarious! 16:10
    Can't wait for you to watch the next one. Remember the first one was originally made as a stand alone cause they didn't know if it was gonna be a success or not.

  • @domingocurbelomorales8635
    @domingocurbelomorales8635 Рік тому +17

    Pilar! No sabes la alegría que me das viéndote reaccionar a esto!! Te vas a encontrar una aventura increíble...

  • @mancuniancandidate9041
    @mancuniancandidate9041 Рік тому +4

    Great genuine reaction and you have a gorgeous smile. I love that you felt such strong emotion and sentiment for the music during the duel sunset scene. I was ten years old when watching this for the first time. Yep I'm in my 50s now there had never been anything like it before. It was like the whole world went from black and white to colour over night glad you liked and I hope you like the others too 🙂

  • @SharonLathanNovelist
    @SharonLathanNovelist Рік тому

    I was 14 when this movie released. Saw it with my family and we were all blown away. It is impossible to describe the impact of the visuals showing action and scenes literally like nothing ever seen on any screen (TV or theater). I can vividly remember the awed silence from the packed theater audience when Darth Vader's ship appeared in the opening sequence. The underside filled the huge screen entirely and went on for what felt like ages, the scene incredibly realistic as if an actual Star Destroyer was flying through the theater!! Every moment thereafter was a revelation in storytelling, characters, and above all the ground-breaking special effects. All these many years later, the emotions are crystal clear, which reveals how deep the impact.
    Then, three years later, I stood in line for an hour on the opening weekend of The Empire Strikes Back. That too was a first (waiting in line for a special premiere movie). The creation of EVENT movies and all the fun of hanging out with fellow enthusiasts (some in costume) began with Star Wars. Sadly, with theaters closing and very few, if any, truly epic movie series being produced, the current generation is tragically missing out, but that is another topic.
    Industrial Light & Magic originated with George Lucas and Star Wars. In an instant the entire film industry shifted. Bottom line, which cannot be overstated, is that Star Wars, and of course George Lucas, are rightfully credited with a host of trend-setting firsts.

  • @burnout_2017
    @burnout_2017 Рік тому +2

    That joy on your face mimicks the joy i had on my face after seeing this movie in the theatre all 3 times i went on its opening week. I was 14 and went with my dad the first time, my good friend the 2nd time, and then my 2 older brothers the 3rd time..... it really was magical. Thanks for letting us share this with you and as always....May The Force Be With You. 😊😊😊😊

  • @terenceharris9432
    @terenceharris9432 Рік тому

    1977 was 5 years old and remember seeing this at the drive-in movie theater with my parents. I grew up playing with all the toys and action figures. Now, my wife who is 44 and from Central America, never watched a single movie from the franchise, has just watched Episodes 1-6 for the first time and now she is hooked! We are watching "Andor" now.

  • @ryanhawkins7598
    @ryanhawkins7598 Рік тому +3

    This makes my heart so happy! I wish I could watch this for the first time again

  • @Hamstar78
    @Hamstar78 Рік тому +1

    Good day Pilar! Happy you enjoyed the OT Star Wars which is amazing! :) You've taken your first step into a larger world.. and we will watch your continued SW reactions with great interest! Well looking forward see the rest of your reactions too with the rest of the Trilogy and other movies, Prequels, Sequels, Rogue One, SOLO. Star Wars live action TV Series Andor, Kenobi, Book of Boba Fett, The Mandalorian. The animation series is awesome too as it provides more backstory The Clone Wars and Rebels is essential to the upcoming Ahsoka series. May the Force be with you!

  • @HeisenStark13
    @HeisenStark13 Рік тому +1

    :Vader force chokes dude:
    Pillar: Impressive
    Me: Most impressive

  • @Flastew
    @Flastew Рік тому

    I saw this when it first came out and it amazed everyone. Very cool reaction young lady. Since you enjoyed this one you will enjoy the next two just as much.

  • @tcsam73
    @tcsam73 Рік тому

    In 1977, I was 3 and I distinctly remember my family going to see this at a drive-in movie. I still remember seeing the Death Star exploding on that massive screen.

  • @Southwest737
    @Southwest737 Рік тому +1

    You know, it’s funny you keep seeing similarities between ATLA and Star Wars when in fact Fire Lord Ozai is voiced by none other than Mark Hamill, who plays Luke Skywalker!

  • @genorp
    @genorp Рік тому

    Best Star Wars reaction ever. “He seems nice” was iconic.

  • @JamesLyons
    @JamesLyons Рік тому +2

    The effects in this film were mind blowing at the time. Even the text in the opening has never been done before, and there was no obvious way to do it. Nothing even close had been done before. It changed the course of cinema. (For good or ill). It was also unusual to have a live orchestra play the soundtrack, and John Williams did an amazing job with the music. I look forward to your watching of episode V.

  • @imuawarriors
    @imuawarriors Рік тому +1

    new subscriber! the Star Wars franchise was a big part of my childhood, so seeing you enjoy the movies is very fun!

  • @HeisenStark13
    @HeisenStark13 Рік тому +1

    We'll be watching your career with great interest

  • @charlese2714
    @charlese2714 Рік тому

    This is one of the best reactions to Star Wars I have seen in a long time. Keep them coming!

  • @WesMordine
    @WesMordine Рік тому +1

    There are 9, NINE mainline Star Wars movies. If someone tells you there are only 6, these are the kind of people who harrass actors out of social media. Do NOT listen to them.
    I hope you watch and love them all.

  • @danielaponte8594
    @danielaponte8594 Рік тому +5

    Me alegra muchísimo que veas esta saga desde sus inicios y sin ningún spoiler; sobre todo que tomes nota de los datos. Esta franquicia se destaca por sus temas musicales y de paso está el resto de la trama. Espero que la disfrutes

  • @darkphoenix2
    @darkphoenix2 Рік тому +5

    It's so interesting to see people go through this journey because Star Wars' entire storyline has gone through so many changes as it is handled by different people and put into different mediums like TV and video games.
    I personally think a lot of Star Wars stuff isn't that great, but Episode 4, 5 and 6 do a great job making you love this universe. Hopefully you'll want to watch Andor someday, after you've seen the main stuff.

  • @slchance8839
    @slchance8839 Рік тому +1

    i love how you're recognizing Star Wars influence on other things, like Avatar, etc...
    It makes me tense up just a little when I hear people say
    "This star wars scene reminds of some NEWER movie/show/character/scene. My immediate reaction is....'No, the new movie got it FROM Star Wars, not the other way around. Star Wars came out nearly half a century ago.'"

  • @joepike1972
    @joepike1972 Рік тому +2

    31:52 Thank you for sharing the information on your brother's nick name. Lucas named R2D2 because he was having a correspondence with one of his film team that they abbreviated Reel 2 Disk 2 as R2D2, and Lucas thought it sounded like a droid name.

  • @rikk319
    @rikk319 Рік тому +1

    I was in 3rd grade when this came out, and it was unlike anything before it. So much in modern film is owed to Star Wars, but Lucas gave credit to the serials and films that inspired him to make Star Wars, too.

  • @TheGloria21
    @TheGloria21 Рік тому +1

    i'm so glad you choose star wars !!

  • @tacobellalugosi2527
    @tacobellalugosi2527 Рік тому

    hey Pilar . welcome to Star Wars universe . u just stepped into a whole universe . back in 1981 i was 3 years when i first seen this film . and since then ive been a life long fan . with this reaction i think u will love the rest of these film and maybe the spin off movies and shows . looking forward to your empire strikes back reaction .. and ur marvel reactions as well.

  • @awareness007
    @awareness007 Рік тому +1

    I liked this commentary. Star Wars is one of my favorite franchises. But I couldn't stop looking at the little white thing in your hair. hahaha!

  • @mattkylie6723
    @mattkylie6723 Рік тому

    First of all welcome to the Star Wars family!!! .. you have a long journey ahead of you, but don’t worry … we’ll all be with you 😊

  • @aegon1targaryen208
    @aegon1targaryen208 Рік тому +3

    It was a tough choice, you can’t go wrong either way between Star Wars and the MCU. Glad you’re gonna react to both though!! Excited to go through this journey with you!! Things will start to connect as you go through each movie!!

  • @mostlyharmless1
    @mostlyharmless1 Рік тому +1

    I love watching babies react to the originals! The original un-remastered version had no CGI because CGI didn't exist, it was all done with models and firecrackers plus some art work. All creatures are costumes. And yet the effects were so good for the time, it melted everyone's faces off. Still holds up.

  • @luvlgs1
    @luvlgs1 Рік тому

    Virtually everyone on the planet who saw Star Wars in 1977 was amazed and astounded. Glad you finally saw this. Keep on rockin

  • @fahooga
    @fahooga Рік тому

    R2-D2 is filmmaker talk, referring to reel 2, dialog track 2. On the one hand, the ships were made of off the shelf model battleship parts. On the other hand, they invented camera mounts to get some of the shots.

  • @scapevelocity
    @scapevelocity Рік тому

    I was just out of college when the movie came out. We didn't know much at all about the movie, but it was causing a sensation right from the beginning. I remember standing on line outside a theater on Long Island waiting for the next showing. One of the ushers walked the line and kept telling us, "The music! You're going to love the music!" Yeah, he was so right.
    Star Wars owes a debt to an old film called The Hidden Fortress by Akira Kurosawa. It involves a feisty princess being protected by an old warrior, and two arguing villagers along for the ride. The villagers became R2-D2 and C-3PO. The final battle was heavily influenced by a WWII movie called Dam Busters. And the whole thing took a lot of its look from Flash Gordon and other movie serials from the 1930s, including all those visual transitions. There's a whole movie history lesson in there.

  • @carlperry75
    @carlperry75 Рік тому +1

    ❤ your reaction,now u know why we love it.welcome to the star wars family🙂look forward to the next one

    • @just2coolkk
      @just2coolkk Рік тому

      she made her first steps into a larger world

  • @tadmurphy7436
    @tadmurphy7436 Рік тому

    Hey Pilar. Just found your channel the reason I watched is because you were watching Star wars. I'm a Star wars original. I was 10 when Star wars came out. Me and my cousin stood in line for 6 hours to see this movie. You asked what people felt like when they first saw it. It was jaw-dropping from the opening scene it was eyes wide Open what the hell is happening. Can't answer your question no. Nobody had ever seen anything like this before. The special effects the spaceships the lasers all of it was insane especially to a 10 year old. So the next day my cousin and I stood in line for another 6 hours to watch it again. So, welcome to the universe it's an amazing ride. I will give you no spoilers, but I will give you the order of watch. Episode 456, and episodes 1 2 3, then rogue one, you then solo. After solo you need to watch the animated series clone wars, which will fill in gaps and storyline which happened between episode two and three. Then Star wars rebels. After that the Disney series mandalorian. Then the book of boba Fett, then the series Obi-Wan. There's a few more series in there like the bad batch which is a spin-off of clone wars / rebels it's a sidewatch. As well as Andor and others but stick to the original list again welcome to the universe. It's a long and wonderful ride can't wait to go on the journey with you and watch you learn. ❤️💚☘️🇺🇦

  • @frankie3041
    @frankie3041 Рік тому +1

    Yes, I saw it as a kid in 1977 and we all thought that we would have flying cars by 2000 and bases on the Moon. True!

  • @mattkylie6723
    @mattkylie6723 Рік тому

    7:42 Dewbacks were thick-skinned reptiles native to the desert planet of Tatooine, where they were used as beasts of burden, as well as mounts for specialized sandtroopers known as Dewback troopers.

  • @jonmcnabb6421
    @jonmcnabb6421 Рік тому

    star wars was my jam growing up... 456 then 123 then 789... you'll absolutely love them

  • @victorsixtythree
    @victorsixtythree Рік тому +1

    So, I'm old enough that I actually saw Star Wars in theaters when it first came out. I was ten...and I don't think at the time I could even accurately tell you the plot of the movie. All I knew was it was the best thing I had ever seen. It helps when you realize there had been NOTHING like this on a movie screen before. Also, coming out of the late 1960's and early 1970's, the overall tone of a lot of movies was quite cynical and serious (a lot of serious stuff was happening in the world), but Star Wars made movies fun again! I will never forget those opening few moments - first the 20th Century Fox fanfare, then silence and in small letters "a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...", then...THE STAR WARS title and the MUSIC!! Followed by the giant text scroll, and not just scrolling vertically up the screen but actually fading back into space. Sitting in a theater looking up at those letters, it was overwhelming already...And then seeing the rebel space ship fleeing - but fleeing from what? And then the MASSIVE Empire ship in pursuit - so massive that it took up the entire top half of the movie screen. Masterful and unforgettable.
    I remember people in the theater actually cheering at the end when Han Solo returns to take out Darth Vader - I mean actually cheering like we were at a ball game. And I think the decision to use a full orchestral score was the icing on the cake. I cannot imagine it would be anywhere close to the same movie without John Williams...
    Ah...good times...

  • @MrBTK1976
    @MrBTK1976 Рік тому +2

    The Force is strong with you young Pilar. A powerful Jedi you will become.

  • @glennwisniewski9536
    @glennwisniewski9536 Рік тому +1

    Hey Pilar, Star Wars producers used sound stages in the UK and hired numerous actors that were based in England. Chief among them are Sir Alec Guinness (Obi-Wan Kenobi) and Peter Cushing (Grand Moff Tarkin). Guinness is one of the greatest actors in the history of cinema, winning a Best Actor Academy Award for The Bridge on the River Kwai.

  • @tragicdeyz2641
    @tragicdeyz2641 Рік тому +3

    I've never been a big Star Wars geek but I'd watch you react to paint drying Pilar! I was 17 or so when this came out and yes, everyone was very impressed with
    the visual effects. Hope everything is well with you and looking forward to all you do.

  • @Demigord
    @Demigord Рік тому

    In the history of special effects, you had 2001 (1968), this (1977), and jurassic park (1993). Those were the ones that blew everyone's minds

  • @ssombies
    @ssombies Рік тому +1

    I very much enjoyed watching this with you. I hope you'll continue with Episode V and VI. I subbed.

  • @justme4998
    @justme4998 Рік тому

    im so happy for you to see this! this was the first movie i ever saw in a theater. i was 4 years old. all i remember from those first memories was the mos eisley cantina and chewbacca. star wars has been a big part of my life ever since and i'll be 50 soon. this is the way...

  • @Touton701
    @Touton701 Рік тому +2

    Keep up the great work can’t wait for the rest and release order is best for a first time viewer

  • @lashutterbug
    @lashutterbug Рік тому

    You have no idea how this movie changed absolutely EVERYTHING in movies and pop culture in 1977. It was like a sci-fi tsunami. Never before had an entire space-based universe been created for the public's entertainment. The special effects were positively mind-blowing at the time, far beyond anything that had come before.
    In fact, the special effects were so good, that they inspired one of the very first "Star Wars" parodies, called "Hardware Wars", which was probably the ultimate low-budget parody film of all time. It took the hi-tech ideal of special effects and reduced it to the cheapest (and funniest) interpretation of the original movie. The space ships were played by steam irons, egg beaters and tape recorders. The alien cantina on Tatooine was played by a real-life country & western bar in California. The Imperial stormtroopers were played by steam cleaners. The cast consisted of Fluke Starbucker, Auggie "Ben" Doggie, Princess Anne-Droid, Ham Salad, Chewchilla the Wookie Monster, Darph Nader, 4-Q2 (C-3PO) and Artie Deco (R2-D2), played by a vacuum cleaner. The film is still one of George Lucas' favorite "Star Wars" parodies. I highly recommend it.

  • @YouHaventSeenMeRight
    @YouHaventSeenMeRight Рік тому

    We were all amazed by the special effects. One thing to note is that some of the special effects in the version you watched were updated in the late 1990's when George Lucas rereleased the orginal trilogy in the run-up to the release of the prequel trilogy. Some of it is nothing more than compositing the scenes again in a digital compositing suite, but there are also several scenes where the original effects where updated with CGI. George also added removed scenes (for instance Han's meeting with Jabba the Hutt, who in the original footage was played by a human, but in this version is replaced with a CGI version of Jabba as he appeared in a later movie) and extended other scenes. One of the most controversial decisions he made was that in the 1997 version he changed the Han and Greedo shoot-out. In the original version it looked like Han shot first, which George regretted, so in the 1997 version he had Greedo shoot first to make it seem that Han is just responding instead of taking the initiative. This lead to a storm of protest by fans, so for the BluRay release he changed the scene again so that it looks like the shoot at the same time.

  • @viperfx3078
    @viperfx3078 Рік тому

    This is the best watch/reaction episode IV watch so far. You have the best reactions 🥰😘

  • @CoryGasaway
    @CoryGasaway Рік тому

    You're about to go on the most epic journey of films and series. Try to consume all the content you can. It'll take years to watch, but you'll be highly rewarded by one of the greatest narratives ever told... and still being told. This world is beyond anything you have ever seen.

  • @PrincessSnowbelle
    @PrincessSnowbelle Рік тому +1

    I love your reaction! I can’t wait to see your reactions to the next movies. I would like to point out something. Regarding Leia’s kisses and hugs. Back then, perhaps more than nowadays, platonic friends would kiss each other on the cheek, or hug each other. So, Luke, or Han? You’ll just have to wait and see.

  • @ivanvarelabornand1616
    @ivanvarelabornand1616 Рік тому +2

    Bienvenida a este nuevo universo Pilar, feliz de volver a disfrutarlo contigo😀

  • @cyberjarl
    @cyberjarl Рік тому

    Great reaction :) I was born mere years after this movie wars released so this franchise has been a part of my life from the very beginning. Can't wait to see your reaction to the next one. A significant portion of the Star Wars fandom consider Episode V: The Empire Strikes back as the best episode of the franchise.
    Also, some people will probably suggest that you watch the movies in the machete order (Episode IV, V, then I, II, III and finally VI). I disagree. I highly recommend that you watch them in the order they were released.

  • @jdovma1
    @jdovma1 Рік тому

    Your aunt is going to be so happy you watched it and liked it so much. I'm an uncle, and I tried all through my niece's youth to get her to watch it and she just doesn't give af. lol It will make your aunt's day, week, month, year, lifetime, etc...

  • @jeffthompson9622
    @jeffthompson9622 Рік тому

    Thank you, Pilar, for sharing your reaction to this. I look forward to the next one.

  • @mikeycham3643
    @mikeycham3643 Рік тому

    Welcome to the Star Wars fandom. I look forward to seeing your reaction to Episode V. You should invite your aunt on to watch them with you.

  • @brentfugett2700
    @brentfugett2700 Рік тому

    Love your reactions! You're very attentive and you really get the good bits, much better than i do in a first watch. You're a movie maker's dream audience I think! Lol. As far as futurism i saw this when i was 12 and I used to think about that quite a bit; what technology would be like in 30-50 years. I didn't expect flying cars really, mainly because they forecasted things like that in 50's movies for the 80's and what we had was much more modest, but significant in other ways. I imagined miniaturization of technology like handheld things but I certainly didn't imagine what we have now. Actually Star Trek the Original Series (TOS) did a remarkable job forseeing much of the technology we have today.

  • @henrytjernlund
    @henrytjernlund Рік тому

    Lovely reaction. Takes me back to 1977 watching this with friends at the cinema. Thank you.

  • @waynejones5635
    @waynejones5635 Рік тому

    I was a young boy when this movie came out. I saw it in the back of my parents car at a drive-in theater. Even then I knew this was something very special. There was never a movie with this level of special effects. Lucas had to invent many of the effects at Skywalker Ranch. Hollywood studios refused to make this movie, so George Lucas had to make it independently. Many people assumed it was going to be a flop, but turned out to be a huge success. There were lineups to buy tickets in many theaters. Shortly after the stores were filled with Star Wars toys, which I had many.

  • @v.blakheart2905
    @v.blakheart2905 Рік тому

    this reaction was one of the best ones because of your call back of your childhood experience....usually the reactions to Empire Strikes back are better but yours to the First movie was more unique...

  • @lejandro.fonseca.sr.
    @lejandro.fonseca.sr. 6 місяців тому

    i just found your channel and subscribed... i can't wait for you to complete your Star Wars adventure

  • @pseudonymousbeing987
    @pseudonymousbeing987 Рік тому +1

    This was lovely. I think you'll have a great time with this series.

  • @17cjavy
    @17cjavy Рік тому +1

    You’ll enjoy this saga and the music is awesome as well. John Williams also composed the music forJurassic Park

  • @rick74
    @rick74 Рік тому

    Artoo should get a medal. He ends being a hero quite a bit or number of moments, including saving a number of character, in the whole trilogy.

  • @tofu6684
    @tofu6684 Рік тому

    I'm always down for a Star Wars newbie ! Empire S. B. Is the best of all!! I remember the hype & buzz around these films when I was a kid! Was insane!! Looking forward to your next reactions ❤

  • @Johnadams20760
    @Johnadams20760 Рік тому +1

    welcome to star wars. and yes 100% watch them in release order. especially since you have never seen them before. there is a very high importance as to why the way we experinced it in release order is by far the best :)

    • @Johnadams20760
      @Johnadams20760 Рік тому

      @@pilarslittlestudio you are very welcome. and i look forward to your next reaction to Empire Strikes band and then Return of the jedi and so on. :) i hope you have a wonderful day! and os obi wan said to luke You have taken your first steps into a larger world :)

    • @Johnadams20760
      @Johnadams20760 Рік тому

      oh also. just so you know. 95+ percent of the special effects you see here were originally the way we saw them. Lucas later added some digital effects as they were availible. The sences that added them included. A. the dewbacks in the desert ridden by the storm troopers original were just still and didn't move, he digitally added them to move around. B. at Mos Eisley, well originally a smaller area of a modes was shown, they digitally expanded the view of the town. and also in this same place. they diigally added in the little rat like creatures and tiny droids. as well as that giant creature with the long neck and probalby a copule other creatures in that scene. nothing else really that major besides that off the top of fmy head. they did enhance the light sabre colors fof kenboi and vader to make them sharper. they added in a few extra x wing fighters when they attacked the death star, and digitally enhance some colors of a few other secnes. oh and the ring coming from the explosion of the death star was added in. originally that was not there.but i think maybe htey figured scientifically that might make more sense. not sure why but i think that is the reason but yeah that tells you just how incredible this was for 1977

    • @Johnadams20760
      @Johnadams20760 Рік тому

      and also jabba the hutt was added in. but here is a video showing you what was updated ua-cam.com/video/OEch4j4KyoU/v-deo.html

    • @Johnadams20760
      @Johnadams20760 Рік тому

      here is the 2nd part to itua-cam.com/video/5aFJuehq3o4/v-deo.html

  • @goldenageofdinosaurs7192
    @goldenageofdinosaurs7192 Рік тому +1

    Luke didn’t want to run away & explore. He wanted to go to the military academy to become a pilot.
    And no, I’m 55 & we didn’t think there would be flying cars. People have enough trouble driving in two dimensional realities. It’d be an absolute nightmare in 3 dimensions.

  • @joeconcepts5552
    @joeconcepts5552 Рік тому

    The original Disney World ride you’re thinking of is Star Tours. It’s still there even with the new all Star Wars land opened now.

  • @Yo-AL
    @Yo-AL Рік тому

    Thank you for introducing the world to Arturito and Chew Billy LOL!! You are so funny

  • @hirus6603
    @hirus6603 Рік тому +2

    This was a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one. Can't wait for more.

  • @FreeLightningLee
    @FreeLightningLee Рік тому +3

    Harry Potter uses a lot of the same story ideas from Star Wars. (Orphan, older wizard mentor, the trio of friends)

  • @gabytheonedd2695
    @gabytheonedd2695 Рік тому

    I was 6 when this was first released. I don't specifically recall thinking about flying cars but for sure thought about and discussed with others about the tech of the future after seeing the movie. In particular, I recall wondering about stuff like the hologram message that Leia recorded and put in R2D2. I recall me and my friends thinking that was cool and were optimistic about it becoming a reality. Then again, we were 6 so what did we know. But the film definitely sparked talking about things of the future - both kids and adults alike. I mean at the time if we had been asked about the tech of 2023 back in 1977 that would be 46 years in the future so a lot could happen in that time frame. I'm sure we would have come up with some wild stuff. I'm sure the same could have been said if people in 1931 had been asked about tech in 1977 (46 years later) the same would have been true.
    You asked somewhere in there when Obi-Wan was sneaking around the Death Star what he was doing. They couldn't escape in their ship because the station's shields were up - preventing their ship from leaving. So Obi-Wan went to the place where he could access the controls for the shields and lowered them - hence allowing the others to get in the ship and fly away.
    You mentioned the other films such as the sequels and the prequels. You may want to ponder some on what order you want to undertake the Star Wars journey. There are many differing opinions on the order in which to watch the films for the first time. Some watch in chronological order (prequels then originals then sequels), some watch in release order (original trilogy then prequel trilogy then sequels), and some do machete order which is Episode 4 and 5 of the original trilogy then the prequels (Episodes 1-3) and then back to Episode 6 of the original trilogy and then the sequels. I myself am biased towards release order because like I said I was 6 in 1977 when the first one was released and have seen every film since in the theater as it came out. So with release order you kind of get the experience of how they were first presented to the audience. But you can do another order for sure. The thing that it will change is which spoiler type things you learn first - so the order of information reveals. My only other thought to add would be that probably doing the originals and prequels (in whatever order) first before the sequels may be useful in understanding the sequels better since some foundation information is spread out over those two trilogies. Just going into the sequels with only the originals under your belt might make it a bit rougher. But, really, you'll see them all eventually anyway and you can always rewatch in a different order later. Just might be something to consider before continuing.

  • @JoeLigmama
    @JoeLigmama Рік тому

    Can’t wait for Empire!!!! It was so cool seeing someone watch it for the first time. Wish I could watch it for the first time again.

  • @chemquests
    @chemquests Рік тому

    Although you caught early that the plans could be stored on R2D2, back then the general public wasn’t used to the concept of storing data on a machine. Even that detail gave it a technological/futuristic feel.