@18:03 The crying guy has a bit of a sad backstory. He’s known as Beastmaster Malakili. He grew up in the slums of Nar Shaddaa, a crime-ridden city world. Lacking proper education, he could only get a job with the Hutt clans doing what he loved: training animals. He later became one of the best Rancor trainers in the galaxy but was sold into slavery after one of his Rancors escaped and killed a lot of people. Jabba would later buy him for the purpose to train his own Rancor, Pateesa, the one Luke later killed. After the death of Pateesa, Malakili tried to commit suicide by jumping into the Sarlaac pit only to find that it too was killed. He found new purpose when Sheriff Cobb Vanth hired him to take care of the beasts of burden and raise a baby Huttlet in his town of Freetown.
From what I remember, the original Legends timeline had a different ending for Malakili. He broke one of Jabba's cooks out of prison and opened up a restaurant that would become famous in its own right.
I JUST watched a video with Adam Savage (from mythbusters) interviewing the guy that did the sound editing and specifically R2D2's voice. Adam said he was looking through the R2 sound library and was amazed that there was a file called "I dont know" and when he played it, it sounded exactly like a person saying I dont know. .... 6:24 Meg heard it perfectly!
Luke's lightsaber was going to be blue, even appeared like that in a lot of the advertising, however late on in production they decided to make it green so that it would show better against the blue sky in the Tattooine scenes. The decision for Luke to have a twin sister was made during the production of Empire Strikes Back, and she was going to be a new character introduced in later movies. But during the production of this one they wanted to wrap it all up and thought introducing such an important character this late would be too much, so made her Leia as a shortcut.
Also there are differences between blue and green lightsabers. Jedi who have blue ones are more combat focused over being loyal to the force. While Jedi with green lightsabers are more loyal to the force over combat. They CAN fight, but only as a last resort. Essentially Jedi with blue lightsabers are more soldiers, while those with green lightsabers are more like monks. They would rather analyze the situation and find a solution without using force. They are loyal only to the force, above all else.
@@ItApproaches he only had a general overview of the prequels, not every detail, lightsaber colours among them. The different classes came about in the Star Wars RPG, and the significant lightsaber colours weren't assigned until KotOR, which was released 20 years after RotJ.
@timidwolf Yes George went thru a difficult divorce and felt worn-out so he scrapped the upcoming sister trilogy and wrapped up the Skywalker saga there with Leia.
There is a deleted scene where we see Luke making his own lightsaber explaining the change from blue to green in universe. It's crazy looking back as this would be the first appearance of a green lightsaber, as of 2024 we've gotten so used to a wide range of colors across movies, shows, video games, comics etc. Personal favourite is yellow, Rocking that in Old Republic with white and yellow robes and a face mask.
And yet the only reason his new lightsaber wasn’t blue was that it disappeared in the blue of the desert sky when they added the special effects. They then chose to make it green. And what a choice!
Personally my favorite, which was in the EU novels and no longer canon (thanks, Disney), is the silver blade used by Hal Horn, and replicated by his son, Corran.
11:59 Boba Fett original design concept actually has a cool connection to Stormtroopers. Boba Fett's armour was originally white and meant to be worn by elite versions of the Stormtroopers, kind of like a "Super-trooper" with Boba Fett being one of these Elite Stormtroopers. They actually showed off Boba Fett's all white costume in 1978 when he was officially introduced in an interview. In the 1978 Holiday Special Boba Fett was changed to a Bounty Hunter instead maintaining the overall same design but more gritty and dirty with a range of colours. This is his first appearance within any Star Wars media before showing up in Empire Strikes Back. Boba also made his first public appearance in 1978 San Anselmo Country Fair parade where he walked alongside Death Vader in his Bounty Hunter outfit rather than the original clean all white armour showcased in an earlier 1978 video and concept art. So all these changes happened in 1978 going from an elite form of Stormtrooper to a cool Bounty Hunter. If Felt remained an Elite Stormtrooper then we would've saw a bunch of these guys in Empire Strikes Back.
Interestingly, the old Legends stories before the prequels came out had him as an ex-Stormtrooper who killed his superior, so the imperial Supercommando could have still been true at that point.
Yes, I remember in the earliest lore Boba Fett's armor was said to be the standard outfit of Imperial Shock Troopers who had been active in the earliest days of the Empire. Now, after all the retcons and additional lore that have entered the new canon, we learn that the seemingly regular run-of-the-mill white-armored Imperial Stormtroopers are all considered elite shock troopers.
As many others are saying, the twins plot twist was not planned from the beginning, which is why there are things that don’t match up. Although Luke and Leia kissing in Empire still sorta makes sense because they didn’t know at the time. Leia makes a comment about “somehow” always knowing, but we kinda have to interpret it as the force making her feel some connection to him that she couldn’t fully understand. At least it’s pretty clear from the start of Empire that the intended romance is Han and Leia.
Everyone acts like they were constantly French kissing & Luke was fingerbanging her or something. It’s really not that deep. The only kiss that could be construed as a little ‘off’ was the one in Empire, but it was clearly to make Han jealous & there was no intimacy in it. Anything else was quick, half second pecks to the cheek & one to the lips. Not much different to how many cultures greet each other. I just don’t get why people seem so freaked out about it.
It's so wild how so many other reactors interpret Leia's saying "Some how I've always known" as surface level literally always knowing. I'm so glad you got it, Meg!
If it’s not offensive, then why did it make very young me so defensive about my “girls are icky” stance? Of course, I soon had to surrender in that battle, thanks very significantly to Leia Skywalker.
Fun fact: The actors in the Ewok suits were all children, who, because the suits were so hot, often passed out. The Ewok that Leia interacts with has an 11 year old Warwick Davis in it.
@@RandomNonsense1985 he was supposed to be the one who originally found Leia but got food poisoning when they went to shoot the first scene I think. They talk about it in the documentary.
Pretty sure George very much did not know that Leia would be a Skywalker. George got lucky with some things lining up and very unlucky with other things. Most of this original trilogy was unplanned (in this state). George had a lot of story planned out for his Star Wars, but its very different from what it became.
@@ItApproacheshe absolutely did not have 6 movies written before 4 happened. This was a rumor that got repeated so many times that people think it's a fact how. He has said that he had ideas for the 6 movies, but never entire scripts written. His ideas were very vague. You can find the original script for A New Hope online. In it, it is clear that Darth Vader is an alien from a species called The Sith who needs a breathing apparatus since their people can't breathe air. It is clear that Anakin Skywalker is a different character entirely and that Luke has no sister. The entire script is written from the point of view of the Whills, an alien race that lives inside the Force who determine the destiny of all creatures. Lucas had some basic ideas about what would happen in 1-6 but we're talking very basic. Most of them were changed dramatically, most between A New Hope and Empire Strikes Back. That's when he decided it would be more interesting if Darth Vader was Luke's father. That's why Ben lies to Luke... Because when that movie was written and filmed, he wasn't lying to Luke. It has been well documented that they only decided Leia would be his sister when they wrote Return of the Jedi.
@@Zamrod Ah I see the issue, you believe I'm speaking of George Lucas....no no, George Lomass Jr. The actual creator of Star Wars that Lucas got it from.
Y'all love to act like the early drafts for Star Wars was his 'true vision' for Star Wars, and use the knowledge of those early drafts to try and paint George as a guy who was just doing things on the fly, while he did indeed improvise to an extent, the story overall WAS planned from the start, including the Prequels, hell he had Prequel concepts in some of the original scripts for the OT but removed them for the sake of making the story of the OT more simple.
@@Hybrid980 No it wasn't. It is clear if you read interviews with George and other people associated with the movies that he had no idea if he was going to get a second movie so he planned nothing beyond the first movie. He says in interviews that he had an idea for what came before it, but it is clear that he was either lying about that or his "idea" was extremely basic. Like a couple sentences long at most. Other people who helped him write the movies tell stories of coming up with the idea of Darth Vader being Luke's father after ANH came out and coming up with Leia being his sister after ESB came out. George wanted a mysterious sister to show up in the third movie but he was convinced that it was a bad idea to introduce a new character during the last movie. Pablo Hidalgo, the guy at Lucasfilms in charge of continuity told me personally at a seminar (right before TPM came out) that George's ideas for 9 movies were very rough and that he originally planned them around the idea that Star Wars was about Good vs Evil and that the movies weren't really about Luke or Vader but about the cycles of Good and Evil rising and falling. But over the 20 years since the original series he had changed his mind and had decided that the story was about the rise and fall of Anakin Skywalker. Because of that he scrapped all plans for the last 3 movies and he had changed all his plans for the first 3 movies to match his new theme. The prequel trilogy we got was very much not the one he had an idea of when writing the original trilogy. So, no. George had no idea that he was going to do almost anything that happened in the prequel trilogy when these movies came out.
Oh girl, you can rock the Leia slave outfit whenever you want, Carrie Fisher still occassionally used it even a couple years before she passed. Even if the outfit is very objectifying Carrie still encouraged cosplayers to use it and own it as a symbol of Feminist empowerement. If she was still here with us she would be happy that you use it. Also Bobba Fett is the Green Stormtrooper look-a-like who was working with Jabba (he was in the previous movie too). And he is a Mandalorian by the way, not a stormtrooper. Leia IS a Princess, she is the adoptive daughter of the Organa Family who ruled over Alderaan, the planet that was destroyed in the first movie. The reason why Luke uses the last name Skywalker and she doesn’t is because Luke’s uncles were part of Anakin’s actual family.
Really? I remembered Carrie Fisher being upset that money was made from this image, and told Daisy Ridley to never accept Disney to convince her to go in such a costume.
@@Scarycrow89 she was obviously upset that her image in slave outift was used for profit and further the objectification of women. however she also saw how many young women were cosplaying the slave look and encouraged it as a sort of "challenge" against the system that made profit from it in the first place. it's the whole sentiment of "women can look sexy just because they want to, because they like being sexy, not just to satisfy the opposite sex".
@@LewisJamieson6 he is culturally... the same way Din Djarin is also a Mandalorian. there is still confusion about Jango and Bobba's status as Mandalorians but here is the simplied story. Jango and Bobba were mandalorians in legends but then were retconned to be just simple bounty-hunters who stole Mandalorian armor at the beginning of the current Canon... But then The Mandalorian (the show) basically retconned the retcon saying that Jango Fett was actually a Mandalorian Foundling just like Din was, and because Bobba was raised by Jango that also makes him a Foundling and therefore a Mandalorian as well.
Leia was originally not intended to be Lukes twin. Thats something that Lucas changed when writing ep 6. He originally intended the story to go all the way to Ep 9, with Luke falling to the dark side and his twin having to turn him back. Luke's sister was going to be a separate character who got introduced in this film, but after Empire Strikes Back, George decided to cut the saga short and conclude the story. So Leia got retconned into being Luke's sister in order to tie up all the loose story threads. So, yes...at the time Leia kissed Luke in Ep5...they were NOT intended to be siblings. That changed later
That entire "musical number" at the 10 min mark was added in the 1990's Special Edition re-release of the movie, and was not in the original, nor well received by anyone who were fans of it.
The original number (Lapti Nek) fit the tone of Jabba’s Palace much better. It gives the impression of a seedy cowboy saloon or a biker den. It’s cool instead of comedic and plays much better in the narrative.
So, the little teddy bear guys are called "Ewoks." The funny thing is that this is never mentioned in the movie but was something that everyone in my generation (X) knew, entirely due to toy marketing. The name is basically just 'wookie' with the syllables switched around, possibly due to the original story drafts being set on Kashyyyk with the wookies rather than Endor IV with the ewoks.
Luke's light sabre is green because he had to build a new one after he lost his father's light sabre when his hand was cut off by Darth Vader in the Empire Strikes Back. The colour depends on the Khyber Crystal that powers it.
Not in British English. Look at the Oxford English Dictionary. A lot of words are spelled different across the pond. Color is colour and gray is grey for example. Lots of subtle differences.@@ConnorEllisMusic
Another fun fact, as you mentioned Karl Pilkington and An Idiot Abroad: Warwick Davis, who was in season 3 of that series, played Wicket, the first Ewok Leia meets on Endor, when he was 11 years old and had seven Star Wars roles in total. After meeting him on the set of RoTJ, George Lucas wrote the role of Willow specifically for Warwick six years later.
Meg, great reaction, If you remember Yoda's teaching in Empire, a Jedi uses the force for Knowledge and defense, never attack. That being said, the operation that Luke led on Jabba's palace was pure genius. Putting the Lightsaber in R2, GENIUS. When Jabba's people scanned R2, the saber would only look like mechanical parts. Then manipulating the situation to get the players into place for the final battle. GENIUS! Now, also regarding Ben's "a certain point of view" comment the best explanation I got for it came out only a couple years ago, when I watched the series "Kenobi" I highly recommend it to you as well. Really cleared up my question of Ben's comment.
Leia was just the princess of her planet, Alderaan. She wasn’t a princess of the whole empire. But she was also the senator of her planet like her adoptive father before her, so as a member of the Imperial senate, she was technically part of the empire. She used her position to secretly help the rebels.
@@thomasjoychild4962 The Organas are an established House in Alderaanian politics. Sorry for nerding a bit too much here, but it's an important tidbit here since he was important royalty regardless Think of it like the Game of Thrones Great Houses
Rancor are sensitive and emotionally complex creatures who grow very attached to their handlers. For those of us who were already adults when this came out Boba Fett was no more than a bit player that we never really thought about but to the kids who were action figure age the Boba Fett toy was the coolest of them all. He had his rocket backpack rocket launcher, blaster and I think it might have had arm projectiles as well. The kids of the day will know down to the last detail of how he was kitted out. The questions you asked about Princess Leia get answered in the prequel trilogy.
I was a kid when this came out and didn't give a 2nd thought to Boba. I get why most kids thought he was so cool though. Honestly he wasn't even on my radar until his action figure was a thing! Lmao
This is the most swashbuckling of the Star Wars films and my personal favorite. Funnily enough I later learned this was originally supposed to be two movies which were combined into one, Luke's sister was meant to be a separate character but they tried to pull a second Vader situation by merging them with a already established character but from what I heard it didn't go over as well. Luke's new lightsaber color like most iconic moments was due to serendipity, the tech limits of the time meant the blue color saber blended in with the Tattooine's sky in the background so they changed it to green and the second most common Jedi lightsaber was chosen.
My take is that everything Obi-Wan and Yoda tell Luke is part of his philosophical training. He must have the courage to take the right path even in the face of total opposition. It's a tradition of teaching that reveals the truth slowly and in response to the student's defiance.
Pretty much the only CGI characters added for the RotJ Special Edition were the lead vocalists in the "Jedi Rocks" musical number, and the beak/tentacles of the Sarlacc (other than the one that grabbed Lando's leg.) The male singer was newly-created for the SE, while the female one was based on the puppet appearing in the original release. Jabba and the Rancor are the original puppetry and stop-motion.
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi this is really awesome and I hope you have a very Happy New Year Meg and Caleb Thank You very much and May the Force be with You.👋🙂👋
Boba Fett was the guy with green armour and a jetpack that Han sent into the mouth of the sarlaac, he was the bounty hunter who tracked Han and the others to Bespin. (He isn't referred to by name in Empire.) Fun fact for Meg, he was actually introduced in the animated portion of the Holiday Special that came out after the original Star Wars.
They also mention that event as the reason Han thinks he needs to leave because a bounty hunter showed up in the middle of their mission so he wants to pay off Jabba to have the bounty removed.
Almost 14 years ago, on the 1st of April 2010, the developers of Star Wars: The Old Republic announced the addition of a new playable race to the game. To this day, i'm disappointed that this announced addition to the game never happened. They said they were planning to add the Sarlacc (that monster Jabba tried feeding the heroes to out in the desert, the giant pit in the sand).
Chewie speaking to Han in Jabba’s co-opted monastery’s dungeon- and then petting him, is the reason I named my Shiba Inu Chewie. He speaks & I understand my copilot. Edit: does anyone think the rebels ate the flesh of the killed stormtroopers on FMO Endor? Ewoks would feast, but would Wedge & Lando eat Ewok spiced humans? Answer: he knew Luke was his son due to him using the force to insert the torpedo into the hole.
I gotta say (while I sit awaiting part 2!!!!) that your train of thought cutaways are absolutely ON FIRE in this one! Like, peak Family Guy levels of smash cut! I love it! And you threw in an OOH-WA-AH-AH-AH Jawa just for me 😂😂😂
Fun fact: The first evoke that came across Leia also years later worked with Karl Pilkington in Idiot abroad 3. His name is Warrick Davis who is also in the HP series.
Meg, while watching the first movie you guessed something that no one else had even thought of until it was revealed in this movie. I'm impressed you figured it out almost immediately.
Leia in the slave girl outfit was the inspiration for many young boys' fantasies and later many Halloween costumes and cosplay costumes. It's even filtered into other unrelated TV shows. I'm surprised you haven't seen it somewhere.
This one has perhaps the most controversial edits in the fandom. The "Jedi Rocks" bit, adding more tentacles and a mouth to the Sarlacc Pit, and that infamous ending change. Trust me. The Slave Leia costume isn't offensive to us nerds. Rancors are very attached to their keepers. It's like losing a loyal dog. The green lightsaber means mastery of the Force. The Emperor looks like that because of the Dark Side of the Force. Excessive use eats away at your body. That's why the Sith are obsessed with attaining eternal life. The Ewok Wicket is played by an 11-year-old Warwick Davis! The old man Rebel commando has been retconned into being a Clone Trooper from the Prequel era.
I support the "No!" change though. Star Wars has always had inversions and that served as foley to parallel the first time we heard something close to it - trying to avoid spoilers. In face, as others have noted, in several cases, Lucas is actually using parts of dialogue as a form of foley and scoring. How that "Nooo!" will feel to someone, differs depending on where the emotional climax of the film lies for them. People for whom the emotional climax was the stoic deposing of Vader tend to hate it as a detraction. However as someone who considers the emotional climax of the film to be Sebastian Shaw's powerful and heart-breaking performance, it only adds to that transition, in the context of the prequels. As Obi Wan says in this movie, a great many of the truths we cling to, depend greatly upon our point of view. I'm going to guess that for you, the emotional climax of the movie is the former, rather than the later. That's the interesting thing with the edits that were made to the SE and later BD versions of the film. Some edits I agree should never have been made, however there's usually a few changes which Lucas made to the Theatrical versions, which I usually completely agree with and support.
The “No” change is just… terrible. It seriously undercuts the entire moment. I don’t care if it parallels the moment from Revenge of the Sith, since that scene is frankly undercut by the “No” as well. They both come off as supremely overly-melodramatic. Vader should’ve just cried out in utter anguish at the loss of Padme, instead of bellowing “nooooooo” like he’s in a stage play. A visceral, violent scream of despair would’ve been far preferable, and James Earl Jones I think is more than capable of pulling something like that off. Hell, the pained groans and grunts as he crushes and destroys everything around him sound perfect. More of that, please. As for the added “No” in Return of the Jedi, it literally drowns out Luke yelling “father!” as well as the triumphant swell of the Force theme when Vader finally makes his move, which is literally one of my favorite moments in the franchise. Plus it’s just a dumb move tactically for Vader to basically announce his intentions before grabbing the Emperor. Just overall an unneeded change that sucks the last seconds of tension from the scene. You shouldn’t have to be told what Vader’s about to do before he does it.
Fun fact: the outfit Jabba puts Leia in was originally called the Slave Leia outfit but has since been renamed as her Hutt Killer outfit. Also they made Luke lightsaber green to stand out against the sky on Tatooine.
@@Rocket1377 It has. You can call it whatever you want though, disney can't control that. They just do it because they're the "family friendly" company and are scared of such big bad words such as "slave", they've been watering down stories to be family friendly since the 1930s with their release of Snow White
It's a hookah and it's pretty on par with their actual size lol. It's not really meant to be used with weed though. It doesn't work good for that because you aren't supposed to burn the shisha tobacco just heat it up.
Han won the Millennium Falcon from Lando in a card game, so there is way more back story behind their exchange when Han is getting ready to go down to the surface. Lucas created an amazing universe.
Jabba is a rich and ruthless crime boss. It is possible to be on good terms with him, but if you fail to pay a debt in time like Han did he has no mercy for you. Really love the opening act to this one, as we're left unsure how much the trauma of Vader's reveal last time might have changed Luke, that perhaps he might have gone to the dark side along with his outfit. But it turns out he was just getting everyone in position to strike at Jabba.
Do you guys plan on finishing Jessica jones and the rest of the Defenders saga? I’m a Patreon and I’ve been waiting so long without knowing about an update! Anyone know?
I’m sure this has probably been commented already, but Luke’s lightsaber was changed from blue to green in the film because the blue didn’t stand out against the blue sky on the Jabba’s sail barge scene. In the initial trailers, his lightsaber was blue. The in-universe reason is just that lightsaber crystals come in different colours and he had to build a new one after losing his at the end of episode V
The colors of the lightsabers reflect on the person. Blue are usually the Guardians. The ones who specialize in combat. They're usually in the front lines of a war like soldiers. Green are the Consulars. The ones who are wise and specialize more in the Force. They usually live in the jedi temples and teach others. Gold are the Sentinels. The mechanics and investigators who live among the people they protect. Basically the independent cops of the Jedi.
Luke's new lightsaber was green because when he went to the Lightsaber Crystal store, they were all out of blue crystals. Luke was really angry at first, but he soon learned to like his green lightsaber.
the practical reason Luke's new saber is green is because when they were filming the Jabba skiff stuff, the blue blade matched the sky and you couldn't see it, so it was changed to green so it would stand out. The in canon reason is Luke 'bled' a dark side red lightsaber crystal and purged the dark side from it.
"The in canon reason is Luke 'bled' a dark side red lightsaber crystal and purged the dark side from it." That some bulshit. cleansed crystale are white. Ahsoka had sabres like that. Luke sabre is green in canon because he use crystal he find in Kenobi hut during their visit on tatooine when resuce Solo. For 99% it was crystal from Qui-Gon sabre. In legends he also got crystal thanks to Kenobi but in other way. He learn from Kenobi diary how to create syntetic crystals and he create green one.
@@wojtek561 none of that is Canon at all. The comics right now are running a story of Luke purging a dark side crystal he got from a Kyber crystal scientist on Christophsis
@@FortressofSolitude1138 So Disney is once again retconning what it established? I don't even feel sorry for them. So I wonder how they will explain Ahsoka's sabres now.
There are two reasons why Luke changed his lightsaber color. 1, the blue rotoscoping affect did not contrast with the blue sky, and the lightsaber would just look like nothing. And 2, Luke lost his hand during his duel on a Bespin. And needed another. He built his from scratch using an old journal Obi-Wan kept in his domicile. But he needed a crystal in canon continuity, the green crystal belonged to another Jedi long dead that was a close friend of Kenobi’s. In legends Luke forged his own from a rock he purchased from a jewel dealer in mos eisly.
1. Best guess is that Han was Jabba's "trophy" for about a year and a half before the rescue. 2. Vader discovered Leia as Luke's sister because he could feel it through Luke. Luke didn't know that until just before then. 3. Luke's light saber is green because he lost his old one along with his hand so they decided to make it green because it worked better in the desert background landscape. 4. Everybody is freaking out because Luke and Leia kissed mostly because she was trying to piss off Han. They didn't know they are related. 5. The "I love you. I know" was written into the script to get Leia the shot to say it to Han. 6. This was Warrick Davis'/Lead Ewok first acting gig. He was only 13. Willow is his lead with Val Kilmer and worth a first time/share.😎 7. Awesome camera work with the race through the forest. Nobody in their right mind would go that fast. 8. A little corn. Hans' reaction to Leia telling him Luke is her brother. 9. Jedi is plural. With Luke and Leia leading the way they can reestablish the Jedi back into the galaxy. 10. Ford wanted Han to die in this episode. 11. This is the best of the original 6 George Lucas Star Wars. After this he sold it to Disney, and everything changed. Sadly Miner spoilers for part II.
11:38 Adam Savage announced he would build a replica of this thermal detonator on his UA-cam channel. And got visitors from ATF and the FBI who were unaware the device Adam proposed to make a copy of was a movie prop. No Star Wars fans brave enough to stand up and head off agents of both agencies embarrassing themselves by staging what was only just short of a raid over a prop.
Jabba's palace was a monastery in which the monks eventually reached a level where their brains were transferred into a nutrient filled bottle that was attached to a very large mechanical spider (albeit with 4 legs, not 8) so the monks could move around. Some versions of this movie actually have one of the spiders move through the background as the huge outer door closes, putting the spider-monk in silhouette. Jabba never bothered to remove the monks, who wander akmlessly, probably unaware of the physical world. It always makes me laugh when 3PO puts on sophisticated airs like he's older and wiser than R2.
Others have explained well the green light sabre. But your reaction when you first saw it was exactly my reaction when I first saw it in the theater. In my head I was going: “This is something new! It’s not Anakin’s! It’s not Obi-wan’s! This is Luke! Everytime he lights it up, this is Luke! For almost 40 years green is seen as Luke’s.
30:48 At that point for the kiss George didn't even know Vader as Lukes father. That twist came very late in the production. Only Mark Hamill (Luke), George Lucas and James Earl Jones that made the voice of Vader knew the real lines. David Prowse who played Vader had the original lines in his script so nobody else knew the twist until the movie premiered.
I love that clip of Jonathan Frakes saying not this time after you got the Jawa’s wrong. Having Jonathan Frakes from Star Trek The Next Generation saying that is funny.
Bit of real-world trivia for you. Back in the day, there was a contest to select a new grotesque to be added to the National Cathedral in DC. It’s a testament to the cultural impact of Star Wars that one of the winners was Darth Vader. So, yes; there’s a carving of Darth Vader’s head incorporated into the National Cathedral. It’s relatively small, and sort of tucked up out of the way, but it’s there.
Carrie Fisher was advised in the first film to “loose weight” -very 70’s Hollywood for Women. She got on amohetemines, and had some addictions, which she admitted in her books and interviews. The “slave” Leia outfit, has been a thing. A number of Women go to Comic-Con, or wear on Halloween. Or for fantasy with their Geek Men. A figure of Leia was not made back in 1983 - yet toy figures made of Leia since the 90’s. When Disney bought Lucusfilm - toys of “slave” Leia have stopped.
Originally, it was not intended to use a green lightsaber, but shooting in the outside, against the blue sky, the blue color on the lightsaber did not show up well, so he used green.
New subscriber here! As a Star Wars fan for the past 47 years, I've greatly enjoyed your reactions. I think you're the first reactor to ever ask about Luke's mother. Luke mentions his father several times before the big Darth Vader reveal and you can't help but wonder what Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru told him about his mom. Originally, Luke and Obi-Wan's talk on Dagobah was longer and delved into the (unnamed at the time) mother's background and death. The scene was in the shooting script as well as the novelization of Return of the Jedi. I can only assume that George Lucas decided to cut it so that it wouldn't conflict with the prequels if and when he made them. At the time, Lucas had grown tired of his own creation, and it was uncertain if there would ever be more Star Wars films.
Your reaction to "Like I don't think that I'll see her again" when Han was looking at the Millennium Falcon isn't unwarranted. The original choice was to have the Falcon destroyed escaping the Death Star. It was even shot that way. But it didn't test well with audiences (because of course it didn't!) and they were forced to do reshoots.
I know lots of people have already mentioned the reason for the green lightsaber color. I haven't seen anyone mention that a lot of people seem to forget that when Luke's hand was cut off, his lightsaber went with it. He made the green one, which looks similar to Obi-Wan's, based off of old Jedi books he found in his hut
Noooooooo, I can't wait for part 2! Anyway, as for some of your questions: Luke has a new lightsaber because the one he inherited from Anakin dropped all the way from Cloud City into the gas giant Bespin below it, alongside his hand. It gone. His new one's green due to practical reasons, because another blue one would've vanished into the blue sky backdrop of the sail barge battle. You _are_ watching the Special Editions (aka the regularly available, up-to-date versions of the films) but that's only really noticeable during small, select bits, like the musical number, where the singers were replaced with more expressive animated versions of themselves. They didn't really change anything about the tone of the film though, which just naturally flip-flops between light-heartedness and tragedy, in typical Lucas fashion. Boba Fett was the bounty hunter that followed Han, led the Empire to Cloud City and brought frozen Han to Jabba. Although his fate in this film was somewhat sudden and comedic, he's quite the significant figure in this galaxy and you should keep his name and "face" in mind. Leia was not always supposed to be Luke's sister. Though Lucas always had a bigger picture in mind, the original trilogy was a novel and shaky production and quite a bit of it was a product of improvisation and compromise. Luke's sister was originally supposed to be an entirely new female character that a subsequent trilogy was supposed to introduce and explore (which has absolutely nothing to do with the Disney-produced sequel trilogy). However, when Lucas decided to keep it a trilogy for the time being, Luke's mysterious sister and Leia merged into the same character, similar to Luke's father and Vader one movie prior. That also explains the sketchy kisses between them. Not only didn't they know any better, George didn't either. Your frustration with the old Jedi masters is absolutely valid and will only be underscored by the prequels. Some people take it a bit too far and say that the Jedi were villains, which they weren't, but they were certainly deeply flawed heroes, in ways that you can still very much see in old Kenobi and Yoda. You'll also see the powers of the Emperor in full force in the prequels, unfortunately. Such a monster. Jabba is a swell guy compared to him. Your love for the bridge talk on Endor tells me that you'll love the prequels. You complimented the dramatic, theatre-esque performances of the young actors in it, which the prequels, especially episodes two and three, beautifully double down on. I also can't wait for you to meet Leia's mom. I love how much her description as "kind and sad" moved you. She really was so very kind...and so very sad. :'( Don't keep us waiting too long! Happy New Year and MTFBWY!
In Star Wars, there is a meaning to the different color light sabers. But in this case they changed a blue light saber to green. It's because the blue light saber wouldn't stand out when they had the fight scenes outside of Joba's palace.
The desert was filmed in Arizona. The forest was north California Studio work done in England. Jim Henson’s Muppet group helped make some of the creatures -yet some like the music number were digital in 1997.
In Return of the Jedi, Jabba is portrayed by a one-ton puppet that took three months and half a million dollars to construct. While filming the movie, the puppet had its own makeup artist. The puppet required three puppeteers to operate, making it one of the largest ever used in a motion picture. - Google 100% the edited version of the film. Hard to get the original Version
@18:03 The crying guy has a bit of a sad backstory. He’s known as Beastmaster Malakili. He grew up in the slums of Nar Shaddaa, a crime-ridden city world. Lacking proper education, he could only get a job with the Hutt clans doing what he loved: training animals. He later became one of the best Rancor trainers in the galaxy but was sold into slavery after one of his Rancors escaped and killed a lot of people. Jabba would later buy him for the purpose to train his own Rancor, Pateesa, the one Luke later killed. After the death of Pateesa, Malakili tried to commit suicide by jumping into the Sarlaac pit only to find that it too was killed. He found new purpose when Sheriff Cobb Vanth hired him to take care of the beasts of burden and raise a baby Huttlet in his town of Freetown.
From what I remember, the original Legends timeline had a different ending for Malakili. He broke one of Jabba's cooks out of prison and opened up a restaurant that would become famous in its own right.
I JUST watched a video with Adam Savage (from mythbusters) interviewing the guy that did the sound editing and specifically R2D2's voice. Adam said he was looking through the R2 sound library and was amazed that there was a file called "I dont know" and when he played it, it sounded exactly like a person saying I dont know.
.... 6:24 Meg heard it perfectly!
for those interested ua-cam.com/video/KAg4wySzgUg/v-deo.html
Luke's lightsaber was going to be blue, even appeared like that in a lot of the advertising, however late on in production they decided to make it green so that it would show better against the blue sky in the Tattooine scenes.
The decision for Luke to have a twin sister was made during the production of Empire Strikes Back, and she was going to be a new character introduced in later movies. But during the production of this one they wanted to wrap it all up and thought introducing such an important character this late would be too much, so made her Leia as a shortcut.
Also there are differences between blue and green lightsabers. Jedi who have blue ones are more combat focused over being loyal to the force. While Jedi with green lightsabers are more loyal to the force over combat. They CAN fight, but only as a last resort. Essentially Jedi with blue lightsabers are more soldiers, while those with green lightsabers are more like monks. They would rather analyze the situation and find a solution without using force. They are loyal only to the force, above all else.
@@ItApproaches true, but that was introduced a long time after RotJ was released.
@@timidwolf For the viewers yes, but George already had the story for 1-6 written so he already had that as the plan.
@@ItApproaches he only had a general overview of the prequels, not every detail, lightsaber colours among them. The different classes came about in the Star Wars RPG, and the significant lightsaber colours weren't assigned until KotOR, which was released 20 years after RotJ.
@timidwolf Yes George went thru a difficult divorce and felt worn-out so he scrapped the upcoming sister trilogy and wrapped up the Skywalker saga there with Leia.
There is a deleted scene where we see Luke making his own lightsaber explaining the change from blue to green in universe. It's crazy looking back as this would be the first appearance of a green lightsaber, as of 2024 we've gotten so used to a wide range of colors across movies, shows, video games, comics etc. Personal favourite is yellow, Rocking that in Old Republic with white and yellow robes and a face mask.
And yet the only reason his new lightsaber wasn’t blue was that it disappeared in the blue of the desert sky when they added the special effects. They then chose to make it green. And what a choice!
Yellow lightsaber aswell here
The sound effect for the lightsaber in that deleted scene is one of the best i´ve heard.
I’ve always loved the blue color from A New Hope that eventually was retconned as a separate, cyan color. It’s both a classic look and really pretty.
Personally my favorite, which was in the EU novels and no longer canon (thanks, Disney), is the silver blade used by Hal Horn, and replicated by his son, Corran.
11:59 Boba Fett original design concept actually has a cool connection to Stormtroopers.
Boba Fett's armour was originally white and meant to be worn by elite versions of the Stormtroopers, kind of like a "Super-trooper" with Boba Fett being one of these Elite Stormtroopers. They actually showed off Boba Fett's all white costume in 1978 when he was officially introduced in an interview.
In the 1978 Holiday Special Boba Fett was changed to a Bounty Hunter instead maintaining the overall same design but more gritty and dirty with a range of colours. This is his first appearance within any Star Wars media before showing up in Empire Strikes Back.
Boba also made his first public appearance in 1978 San Anselmo Country Fair parade where he walked alongside Death Vader in his Bounty Hunter outfit rather than the original clean all white armour showcased in an earlier 1978 video and concept art. So all these changes happened in 1978 going from an elite form of Stormtrooper to a cool Bounty Hunter. If Felt remained an Elite Stormtrooper then we would've saw a bunch of these guys in Empire Strikes Back.
Interestingly, the old Legends stories before the prequels came out had him as an ex-Stormtrooper who killed his superior, so the imperial Supercommando could have still been true at that point.
Yes, I remember in the earliest lore Boba Fett's armor was said to be the standard outfit of Imperial Shock Troopers who had been active in the earliest days of the Empire. Now, after all the retcons and additional lore that have entered the new canon, we learn that the seemingly regular run-of-the-mill white-armored Imperial Stormtroopers are all considered elite shock troopers.
As many others are saying, the twins plot twist was not planned from the beginning, which is why there are things that don’t match up. Although Luke and Leia kissing in Empire still sorta makes sense because they didn’t know at the time. Leia makes a comment about “somehow” always knowing, but we kinda have to interpret it as the force making her feel some connection to him that she couldn’t fully understand. At least it’s pretty clear from the start of Empire that the intended romance is Han and Leia.
Everyone acts like they were constantly French kissing & Luke was fingerbanging her or something. It’s really not that deep. The only kiss that could be construed as a little ‘off’ was the one in Empire, but it was clearly to make Han jealous & there was no intimacy in it. Anything else was quick, half second pecks to the cheek & one to the lips. Not much different to how many cultures greet each other. I just don’t get why people seem so freaked out about it.
@@goldenageofdinosaurs7192I honestly can’t think of any cultures where kissing on the mouth as a greeting is a common gesture.
It's so wild how so many other reactors interpret Leia's saying "Some how I've always known" as surface level literally always knowing.
I'm so glad you got it, Meg!
She is probably the most astute reactor the Star Wars and I’ve seen. I’m not entirely convinced this is her first time.
@@brucechmiel7964couldn't just be that she has a more questioning and investigative mind than those other reactors?
@@metetural9140 Possibly. But I’ve learned to wait for more evidence before giving the benefit of the doubt.
@@brucechmiel7964 my brother in Christ, it's a reaction video not a murder investigation
@@metetural9140 Well I’m glad you got the reference.
People have been cosplaying slave Leia for 40 years. It's definitely not offensive.
according to disney its offensive if you call it "slave leia"
@@arobin6695 Hutslayer Leia is a better name anyway.
If it’s not offensive, then why did it make very young me so defensive about my “girls are icky” stance? Of course, I soon had to surrender in that battle, thanks very significantly to Leia Skywalker.
@@KBTibbs its really not. its kinda forced.
Meanwhile Carrie Fisher: "I really fucking hated wearing that outfit, at least I got to kill the disgusting bastard."
Fun fact: The actors in the Ewok suits were all children, who, because the suits were so hot, often passed out. The Ewok that Leia interacts with has an 11 year old Warwick Davis in it.
Not all the ewoks were played by children. There's behind the scene images of the rank and file ewoks being played by short adults.
Also, I find it interesting that they were never actually referred to as Ewoks anywhere in the movie.
Yub yub
Kenny Baker, R2’s actor, was one of the Ewoks.
@@RandomNonsense1985 he was supposed to be the one who originally found Leia but got food poisoning when they went to shoot the first scene I think. They talk about it in the documentary.
Pretty sure George very much did not know that Leia would be a Skywalker. George got lucky with some things lining up and very unlucky with other things. Most of this original trilogy was unplanned (in this state). George had a lot of story planned out for his Star Wars, but its very different from what it became.
He had episodes 1-6 wrote out and started with 4....so he knew most things.
@@ItApproacheshe absolutely did not have 6 movies written before 4 happened. This was a rumor that got repeated so many times that people think it's a fact how.
He has said that he had ideas for the 6 movies, but never entire scripts written. His ideas were very vague. You can find the original script for A New Hope online. In it, it is clear that Darth Vader is an alien from a species called The Sith who needs a breathing apparatus since their people can't breathe air. It is clear that Anakin Skywalker is a different character entirely and that Luke has no sister. The entire script is written from the point of view of the Whills, an alien race that lives inside the Force who determine the destiny of all creatures.
Lucas had some basic ideas about what would happen in 1-6 but we're talking very basic. Most of them were changed dramatically, most between A New Hope and Empire Strikes Back. That's when he decided it would be more interesting if Darth Vader was Luke's father.
That's why Ben lies to Luke... Because when that movie was written and filmed, he wasn't lying to Luke.
It has been well documented that they only decided Leia would be his sister when they wrote Return of the Jedi.
@@Zamrod Ah I see the issue, you believe I'm speaking of George Lucas....no no, George Lomass Jr. The actual creator of Star Wars that Lucas got it from.
Y'all love to act like the early drafts for Star Wars was his 'true vision' for Star Wars, and use the knowledge of those early drafts to try and paint George as a guy who was just doing things on the fly, while he did indeed improvise to an extent, the story overall WAS planned from the start, including the Prequels, hell he had Prequel concepts in some of the original scripts for the OT but removed them for the sake of making the story of the OT more simple.
@@Hybrid980 No it wasn't. It is clear if you read interviews with George and other people associated with the movies that he had no idea if he was going to get a second movie so he planned nothing beyond the first movie.
He says in interviews that he had an idea for what came before it, but it is clear that he was either lying about that or his "idea" was extremely basic. Like a couple sentences long at most.
Other people who helped him write the movies tell stories of coming up with the idea of Darth Vader being Luke's father after ANH came out and coming up with Leia being his sister after ESB came out. George wanted a mysterious sister to show up in the third movie but he was convinced that it was a bad idea to introduce a new character during the last movie.
Pablo Hidalgo, the guy at Lucasfilms in charge of continuity told me personally at a seminar (right before TPM came out) that George's ideas for 9 movies were very rough and that he originally planned them around the idea that Star Wars was about Good vs Evil and that the movies weren't really about Luke or Vader but about the cycles of Good and Evil rising and falling. But over the 20 years since the original series he had changed his mind and had decided that the story was about the rise and fall of Anakin Skywalker. Because of that he scrapped all plans for the last 3 movies and he had changed all his plans for the first 3 movies to match his new theme.
The prequel trilogy we got was very much not the one he had an idea of when writing the original trilogy.
So, no. George had no idea that he was going to do almost anything that happened in the prequel trilogy when these movies came out.
Oh girl, you can rock the Leia slave outfit whenever you want, Carrie Fisher still occassionally used it even a couple years before she passed. Even if the outfit is very objectifying Carrie still encouraged cosplayers to use it and own it as a symbol of Feminist empowerement.
If she was still here with us she would be happy that you use it.
Also Bobba Fett is the Green Stormtrooper look-a-like who was working with Jabba (he was in the previous movie too). And he is a Mandalorian by the way, not a stormtrooper.
Leia IS a Princess, she is the adoptive daughter of the Organa Family who ruled over Alderaan, the planet that was destroyed in the first movie. The reason why Luke uses the last name Skywalker and she doesn’t is because Luke’s uncles were part of Anakin’s actual family.
Really? I remembered Carrie Fisher being upset that money was made from this image, and told Daisy Ridley to never accept Disney to convince her to go in such a costume.
@@Scarycrow89 she was obviously upset that her image in slave outift was used for profit and further the objectification of women.
however she also saw how many young women were cosplaying the slave look and encouraged it as a sort of "challenge" against the system that made profit from it in the first place.
it's the whole sentiment of "women can look sexy just because they want to, because they like being sexy, not just to satisfy the opposite sex".
@@BlackBurrito9073 Okay, I think I get it. I'll look up for more info, but thanks for the quick answer.
boba fett is not a mandalorian
@@LewisJamieson6 he is culturally... the same way Din Djarin is also a Mandalorian.
there is still confusion about Jango and Bobba's status as Mandalorians but here is the simplied story.
Jango and Bobba were mandalorians in legends but then were retconned to be just simple bounty-hunters who stole Mandalorian armor at the beginning of the current Canon...
But then The Mandalorian (the show) basically retconned the retcon saying that Jango Fett was actually a Mandalorian Foundling just like Din was, and because Bobba was raised by Jango that also makes him a Foundling and therefore a Mandalorian as well.
Leia was originally not intended to be Lukes twin. Thats something that Lucas changed when writing ep 6. He originally intended the story to go all the way to Ep 9, with Luke falling to the dark side and his twin having to turn him back. Luke's sister was going to be a separate character who got introduced in this film, but after Empire Strikes Back, George decided to cut the saga short and conclude the story. So Leia got retconned into being Luke's sister in order to tie up all the loose story threads.
So, yes...at the time Leia kissed Luke in Ep5...they were NOT intended to be siblings. That changed later
That entire "musical number" at the 10 min mark was added in the 1990's Special Edition re-release of the movie, and was not in the original, nor well received by anyone who were fans of it.
The original still had a musical number but it was considerably toned down in comparison to how it was changed.
Yea the original music number was far more appropriate. Fit the tone of the film infinitely better
The original number (Lapti Nek) fit the tone of Jabba’s Palace much better. It gives the impression of a seedy cowboy saloon or a biker den. It’s cool instead of comedic and plays much better in the narrative.
Not a fan of Jedi Rocks, but find it cool that they got the actress who played Oola to reprise the role 24 years later.
Lapti Nek forever!
So, the little teddy bear guys are called "Ewoks." The funny thing is that this is never mentioned in the movie but was something that everyone in my generation (X) knew, entirely due to toy marketing. The name is basically just 'wookie' with the syllables switched around, possibly due to the original story drafts being set on Kashyyyk with the wookies rather than Endor IV with the ewoks.
and their ability to successfully fight the empire's technology and training makes a bit more sense in that context :P
Luke's light sabre is green because he had to build a new one after he lost his father's light sabre when his hand was cut off by Darth Vader in the Empire Strikes Back. The colour depends on the Khyber Crystal that powers it.
Not in British English. Look at the Oxford English Dictionary. A lot of words are spelled different across the pond. Color is colour and gray is grey for example. Lots of subtle differences.@@ConnorEllisMusic
Another fun fact, as you mentioned Karl Pilkington and An Idiot Abroad: Warwick Davis, who was in season 3 of that series, played Wicket, the first Ewok Leia meets on Endor, when he was 11 years old and had seven Star Wars roles in total. After meeting him on the set of RoTJ, George Lucas wrote the role of Willow specifically for Warwick six years later.
Meg, great reaction, If you remember Yoda's teaching in Empire, a Jedi uses the force for Knowledge and defense, never attack. That being said, the operation that Luke led on Jabba's palace was pure genius. Putting the Lightsaber in R2, GENIUS. When Jabba's people scanned R2, the saber would only look like mechanical parts. Then manipulating the situation to get the players into place for the final battle. GENIUS! Now, also regarding Ben's "a certain point of view" comment the best explanation I got for it came out only a couple years ago, when I watched the series "Kenobi" I highly recommend it to you as well. Really cleared up my question of Ben's comment.
Leia was just the princess of her planet, Alderaan. She wasn’t a princess of the whole empire. But she was also the senator of her planet like her adoptive father before her, so as a member of the Imperial senate, she was technically part of the empire. She used her position to secretly help the rebels.
adding on: it's her adoptive mother, queen Breha, that Leia's a princess through. Senator Bail Organa seriously married up :P
@@thomasjoychild4962Not really, the Organas were quite a noble family and Bail was Viceroy of Alderaan
@@thomasjoychild4962 The Organas are an established House in Alderaanian politics. Sorry for nerding a bit too much here, but it's an important tidbit here since he was important royalty regardless
Think of it like the Game of Thrones Great Houses
@@miguelpadeiro762 I knew that was true in the Old Republic era, didn't realise the system lasted.
@@thomasjoychild4962 I'm honestly assuming it did, given it remained in the status quo of galactic peace
Rancor are sensitive and emotionally complex creatures who grow very attached to their handlers.
For those of us who were already adults when this came out Boba Fett was no more than a bit player that we never really thought about but to the kids who were action figure age the Boba Fett toy was the coolest of them all. He had his rocket backpack rocket launcher, blaster and I think it might have had arm projectiles as well. The kids of the day will know down to the last detail of how he was kitted out.
The questions you asked about Princess Leia get answered in the prequel trilogy.
I was a kid when this came out and didn't give a 2nd thought to Boba. I get why most kids thought he was so cool though. Honestly he wasn't even on my radar until his action figure was a thing! Lmao
I literally just finished your other Star Wars reactions the same moment you uploaded this. What a treat!
This is the most swashbuckling of the Star Wars films and my personal favorite. Funnily enough I later learned this was originally supposed to be two movies which were combined into one, Luke's sister was meant to be a separate character but they tried to pull a second Vader situation by merging them with a already established character but from what I heard it didn't go over as well.
Luke's new lightsaber color like most iconic moments was due to serendipity, the tech limits of the time meant the blue color saber blended in with the Tattooine's sky in the background so they changed it to green and the second most common Jedi lightsaber was chosen.
My take is that everything Obi-Wan and Yoda tell Luke is part of his philosophical training. He must have the courage to take the right path even in the face of total opposition. It's a tradition of teaching that reveals the truth slowly and in response to the student's defiance.
CALEB! Amazing editing!
THANK YOU KEENEY!!!
@@MegMageReacts can you please do a movie reaction on hulk 2003 its a solid movie youtubers always react to the 2008 version but 2003 is far better
You should do a Star Wars Video on Rogue One and Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Pretty much the only CGI characters added for the RotJ Special Edition were the lead vocalists in the "Jedi Rocks" musical number, and the beak/tentacles of the Sarlacc (other than the one that grabbed Lando's leg.) The male singer was newly-created for the SE, while the female one was based on the puppet appearing in the original release. Jabba and the Rancor are the original puppetry and stop-motion.
The male singer was designed and planned for the original film, but they couldn't get the puppet to work.
Can’t wait to see part 2!
My favorite Stars Wars movie ever. I have the blu-ray collection. Watched on my 65"4K 2.1. TV in my bedroom. Very excited to enjoy this with you.
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi this is really awesome and I hope you have a very Happy New Year Meg and Caleb
Thank You very much and May the Force be with You.👋🙂👋
42:44 Luke's trying to hide his laughter here was really Mark Hamill breaking character. It cracks me up every time!
Boba Fett was the guy with green armour and a jetpack that Han sent into the mouth of the sarlaac, he was the bounty hunter who tracked Han and the others to Bespin.
(He isn't referred to by name in Empire.)
Fun fact for Meg, he was actually introduced in the animated portion of the Holiday Special that came out after the original Star Wars.
They also mention that event as the reason Han thinks he needs to leave because a bounty hunter showed up in the middle of their mission so he wants to pay off Jabba to have the bounty removed.
Shhhhhh, we dare not mention that foul abomination (the Holiday Special)!
The Slave Leia outfit is one of the most cosplayed outfits in the world. You'll be just fine!
Almost 14 years ago, on the 1st of April 2010, the developers of Star Wars: The Old Republic announced the addition of a new playable race to the game. To this day, i'm disappointed that this announced addition to the game never happened.
They said they were planning to add the Sarlacc (that monster Jabba tried feeding the heroes to out in the desert, the giant pit in the sand).
The rancor was that guy's pet, rancors are only loyal to the first person they see. So no, it was a seriously sad moment for that guy.
Yes, but it was intended to be a comical moment for the audience. The crying is very over the top.
Princess Leia gold bikini outfit is famous. There are many cosplays and it is also cosplayed in movies and tv shows like Friends.
Chewie speaking to Han in Jabba’s co-opted monastery’s dungeon- and then petting him, is the reason I named my Shiba Inu Chewie. He speaks & I understand my copilot.
Edit: does anyone think the rebels ate the flesh of the killed stormtroopers on FMO Endor? Ewoks would feast, but would Wedge & Lando eat Ewok spiced humans?
Answer: he knew Luke was his son due to him using the force to insert the torpedo into the hole.
YEAHH! IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THISSSS❤❤❤❤
I gotta say (while I sit awaiting part 2!!!!) that your train of thought cutaways are absolutely ON FIRE in this one! Like, peak Family Guy levels of smash cut! I love it! And you threw in an OOH-WA-AH-AH-AH Jawa just for me 😂😂😂
Fun fact: The first evoke that came across Leia also years later worked with Karl Pilkington in Idiot abroad 3. His name is Warrick Davis who is also in the HP series.
What!!??? There is a part 2? I can’t wait to see it. I loved seeing this journey as Meg slowly unravels the greatness that is Star Wars!!!
23:44 There's twoo explanations for that, it means 'wisdom' and, in a first instance, the editors couldn't see the beam in the desert figth.
My new year present. Thank you, Meg.
I love how obsessed Meg is with the Ewoks
Meg, while watching the first movie you guessed something that no one else had even thought of until it was revealed in this movie. I'm impressed you figured it out almost immediately.
They kissed on the mooooouuuuthaaaa 😂
Leia in the slave girl outfit was the inspiration for many young boys' fantasies and later many Halloween costumes and cosplay costumes. It's even filtered into other unrelated TV shows. I'm surprised you haven't seen it somewhere.
37:42 "High pitched squee of cuteness overload"
Me: Run Whikitt! run like the wind!!!
This one has perhaps the most controversial edits in the fandom. The "Jedi Rocks" bit, adding more tentacles and a mouth to the Sarlacc Pit, and that infamous ending change.
Trust me. The Slave Leia costume isn't offensive to us nerds.
Rancors are very attached to their keepers. It's like losing a loyal dog.
The green lightsaber means mastery of the Force.
The Emperor looks like that because of the Dark Side of the Force. Excessive use eats away at your body. That's why the Sith are obsessed with attaining eternal life.
The Ewok Wicket is played by an 11-year-old Warwick Davis!
The old man Rebel commando has been retconned into being a Clone Trooper from the Prequel era.
I support the "No!" change though. Star Wars has always had inversions and that served as foley to parallel the first time we heard something close to it - trying to avoid spoilers. In face, as others have noted, in several cases, Lucas is actually using parts of dialogue as a form of foley and scoring. How that "Nooo!" will feel to someone, differs depending on where the emotional climax of the film lies for them. People for whom the emotional climax was the stoic deposing of Vader tend to hate it as a detraction. However as someone who considers the emotional climax of the film to be Sebastian Shaw's powerful and heart-breaking performance, it only adds to that transition, in the context of the prequels. As Obi Wan says in this movie, a great many of the truths we cling to, depend greatly upon our point of view. I'm going to guess that for you, the emotional climax of the movie is the former, rather than the later.
That's the interesting thing with the edits that were made to the SE and later BD versions of the film. Some edits I agree should never have been made, however there's usually a few changes which Lucas made to the Theatrical versions, which I usually completely agree with and support.
The “No” change is just… terrible. It seriously undercuts the entire moment. I don’t care if it parallels the moment from Revenge of the Sith, since that scene is frankly undercut by the “No” as well. They both come off as supremely overly-melodramatic. Vader should’ve just cried out in utter anguish at the loss of Padme, instead of bellowing “nooooooo” like he’s in a stage play. A visceral, violent scream of despair would’ve been far preferable, and James Earl Jones I think is more than capable of pulling something like that off. Hell, the pained groans and grunts as he crushes and destroys everything around him sound perfect. More of that, please.
As for the added “No” in Return of the Jedi, it literally drowns out Luke yelling “father!” as well as the triumphant swell of the Force theme when Vader finally makes his move, which is literally one of my favorite moments in the franchise. Plus it’s just a dumb move tactically for Vader to basically announce his intentions before grabbing the Emperor. Just overall an unneeded change that sucks the last seconds of tension from the scene. You shouldn’t have to be told what Vader’s about to do before he does it.
Fun fact: the outfit Jabba puts Leia in was originally called the Slave Leia outfit but has since been renamed as her Hutt Killer outfit. Also they made Luke lightsaber green to stand out against the sky on Tatooine.
No, it hasn't. Real fans will always call it the slave costume. Just like Boba Fett's ship will always be the Slave 1.
@@Rocket1377 It has. You can call it whatever you want though, disney can't control that. They just do it because they're the "family friendly" company and are scared of such big bad words such as "slave", they've been watering down stories to be family friendly since the 1930s with their release of Snow White
I just want to say I have watched a lot of reaction videos. Your perspective on vader was new and fresh and I really loved it
I betcha when Stoners got a good look at Jabba The Hutt, they were thinking "Dude! Look at the size of his Bong... it's massive!". 😂
It's a hookah and it's pretty on par with their actual size lol. It's not really meant to be used with weed though. It doesn't work good for that because you aren't supposed to burn the shisha tobacco just heat it up.
Your delighted shriek at the seeing Wicket the Ewok for the first time was everything! 😆
Han won the Millennium Falcon from Lando in a card game, so there is way more back story behind their exchange when Han is getting ready to go down to the surface. Lucas created an amazing universe.
Jabba is a rich and ruthless crime boss. It is possible to be on good terms with him, but if you fail to pay a debt in time like Han did he has no mercy for you.
Really love the opening act to this one, as we're left unsure how much the trauma of Vader's reveal last time might have changed Luke, that perhaps he might have gone to the dark side along with his outfit. But it turns out he was just getting everyone in position to strike at Jabba.
Do you guys plan on finishing Jessica jones and the rest of the Defenders saga? I’m a Patreon and I’ve been waiting so long without knowing about an update! Anyone know?
I’m sure this has probably been commented already, but Luke’s lightsaber was changed from blue to green in the film because the blue didn’t stand out against the blue sky on the Jabba’s sail barge scene. In the initial trailers, his lightsaber was blue. The in-universe reason is just that lightsaber crystals come in different colours and he had to build a new one after losing his at the end of episode V
The colors of the lightsabers reflect on the person.
Blue are usually the Guardians. The ones who specialize in combat. They're usually in the front lines of a war like soldiers.
Green are the Consulars. The ones who are wise and specialize more in the Force. They usually live in the jedi temples and teach others.
Gold are the Sentinels. The mechanics and investigators who live among the people they protect. Basically the independent cops of the Jedi.
Purple is reserved for BAMFs.
@@ConnorEllisMusic Ummmm, no
@@BlueSkullX Ummm yeah, it literally only exists because a BAMF asked if his lightsaber could be purple
@@miguelpadeiro762 I knew that 7 months ago dude 😂
The wait for part 2 is killing meeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!
This was the movie where it was revealed that Han Solo was actually a TV dinner.
First he was frozen and then he was cooked.
Luke's new lightsaber was green because when he went to the Lightsaber Crystal store, they were all out of blue crystals. Luke was really angry at first, but he soon learned to like his green lightsaber.
the practical reason Luke's new saber is green is because when they were filming the Jabba skiff stuff, the blue blade matched the sky and you couldn't see it, so it was changed to green so it would stand out. The in canon reason is Luke 'bled' a dark side red lightsaber crystal and purged the dark side from it.
"The in canon reason is Luke 'bled' a dark side red lightsaber crystal and purged the dark side from it."
That some bulshit. cleansed crystale are white. Ahsoka had sabres like that.
Luke sabre is green in canon because he use crystal he find in Kenobi hut during their visit on tatooine when resuce Solo. For 99% it was crystal from Qui-Gon sabre.
In legends he also got crystal thanks to Kenobi but in other way. He learn from Kenobi diary how to create syntetic crystals and he create green one.
@@wojtek561 none of that is Canon at all.
The comics right now are running a story of Luke purging a dark side crystal he got from a Kyber crystal scientist on Christophsis
@@FortressofSolitude1138 So Disney is once again retconning what it established? I don't even feel sorry for them. So I wonder how they will explain Ahsoka's sabres now.
ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES OF ALL TIME!
That rancor keeper loved his pet as much as you love your dog
There are two reasons why Luke changed his lightsaber color. 1, the blue rotoscoping affect did not contrast with the blue sky, and the lightsaber would just look like nothing. And 2, Luke lost his hand during his duel on a Bespin. And needed another. He built his from scratch using an old journal Obi-Wan kept in his domicile. But he needed a crystal in canon continuity, the green crystal belonged to another Jedi long dead that was a close friend of Kenobi’s. In legends Luke forged his own from a rock he purchased from a jewel dealer in mos eisly.
1. Best guess is that Han was Jabba's "trophy" for about a year and a half before the rescue.
2. Vader discovered Leia as Luke's sister because he could feel it through Luke.
Luke didn't know that until just before then.
3. Luke's light saber is green because he lost his old one along with his hand so they
decided to make it green because it worked better in the desert background landscape.
4. Everybody is freaking out because Luke and Leia kissed mostly because she was trying
to piss off Han. They didn't know they are related.
5. The "I love you. I know" was written into the script to get Leia the shot to say it to Han.
6. This was Warrick Davis'/Lead Ewok first acting gig. He was only 13.
Willow is his lead with Val Kilmer and worth a first time/share.😎
7. Awesome camera work with the race through the forest. Nobody in their right mind would go that fast.
8. A little corn. Hans' reaction to Leia telling him Luke is her brother.
9. Jedi is plural. With Luke and Leia leading the way they can reestablish the Jedi back into the galaxy.
10. Ford wanted Han to die in this episode.
11. This is the best of the original 6 George Lucas Star Wars. After this he sold it to Disney, and everything changed. Sadly
Miner spoilers for part II.
11:38 Adam Savage announced he would build a replica of this thermal detonator on his UA-cam channel. And got visitors from ATF and the FBI who were unaware the device Adam proposed to make a copy of was a movie prop. No Star Wars fans brave enough to stand up and head off agents of both agencies embarrassing themselves by staging what was only just short of a raid over a prop.
Jabba's palace was a monastery in which the monks eventually reached a level where their brains were transferred into a nutrient filled bottle that was attached to a very large mechanical spider (albeit with 4 legs, not 8) so the monks could move around. Some versions of this movie actually have one of the spiders move through the background as the huge outer door closes, putting the spider-monk in silhouette. Jabba never bothered to remove the monks, who wander akmlessly, probably unaware of the physical world.
It always makes me laugh when 3PO puts on sophisticated airs like he's older and wiser than R2.
I've been waiting for this one. Loved your reaction as always ❤
20:38 Green Saber: masters and counsel members, usually given to those who seek diplomatic approach
I love how you split this one in two, like Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Too cool.
actually perfect that she mentions Karl Pilkington right before Warwick Davis comes onscreen
Others have explained well the green light sabre. But your reaction when you first saw it was exactly my reaction when I first saw it in the theater. In my head I was going: “This is something new! It’s not Anakin’s! It’s not Obi-wan’s! This is Luke! Everytime he lights it up, this is Luke! For almost 40 years green is seen as Luke’s.
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At that point for the kiss George didn't even know Vader as Lukes father.
That twist came very late in the production.
Only Mark Hamill (Luke), George Lucas and James Earl Jones that made the voice of Vader knew the real lines.
David Prowse who played Vader had the original lines in his script so nobody else knew the twist until the movie premiered.
Your face during the needless CGI musical number at Jabba's Palace
I love that clip of Jonathan Frakes saying not this time after you got the Jawa’s wrong. Having Jonathan Frakes from Star Trek The Next Generation saying that is funny.
The three big realizations in this trilogy: Vader is Luke’s Father, Leia is Luke’s twin sister, they kissed in empire strikes back.
loving your reactions 🤓😊.
Slave Leia is a very popular cosplay. There was even a Slave Leia themed car wash at one point.
If anyone finds some of the remastered stuff silly or childish, remember Lucas wrote StarWars for 12-year-old boys.
17:55 I always got a kick out of in the middle of it all, the poor beastmaster lost his pet.
Luke and Leah's mom was Queen Padme played by the same actress who was in V for Vendetta as Evey Hammond.
This is 1983 movie after this is Star Wars episode 1 the phantom menace then episode 2 attack of the clones then episode three revenge of the sith
The tongue singing was hilarious!
Bit of real-world trivia for you. Back in the day, there was a contest to select a new grotesque to be added to the National Cathedral in DC. It’s a testament to the cultural impact of Star Wars that one of the winners was Darth Vader. So, yes; there’s a carving of Darth Vader’s head incorporated into the National Cathedral. It’s relatively small, and sort of tucked up out of the way, but it’s there.
Carrie Fisher was advised in the first film to “loose weight” -very 70’s Hollywood for Women. She got on amohetemines, and had some addictions, which she admitted in her books and interviews.
The “slave” Leia outfit, has been a thing. A number of Women go to Comic-Con, or wear on Halloween. Or for fantasy with their Geek Men. A figure of Leia was not made back in 1983 - yet toy figures made of Leia since the 90’s. When Disney bought Lucusfilm - toys of “slave” Leia have stopped.
Yeah, Disney can’t allow people having fun.
Or they could just relabel the "Slave" attire as "Hutt Slayer", which Disney has done.
Originally, it was not intended to use a green lightsaber, but shooting in the outside, against the blue sky, the blue color on the lightsaber did not show up well, so he used green.
I would watch your "Cute ewoks" reaction on loop for days!
18:00 - You're laughing. The dungeon master has lost his beloved pet and you're laughing ;_;...
Happy New Year to you Meg.... But Oooh. That was unexpected. Just like the year in front. Go Meg
New subscriber here! As a Star Wars fan for the past 47 years, I've greatly enjoyed your reactions. I think you're the first reactor to ever ask about Luke's mother. Luke mentions his father several times before the big Darth Vader reveal and you can't help but wonder what Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru told him about his mom. Originally, Luke and Obi-Wan's talk on Dagobah was longer and delved into the (unnamed at the time) mother's background and death. The scene was in the shooting script as well as the novelization of Return of the Jedi. I can only assume that George Lucas decided to cut it so that it wouldn't conflict with the prequels if and when he made them. At the time, Lucas had grown tired of his own creation, and it was uncertain if there would ever be more Star Wars films.
I'm loving the edits in this one lol
Your reaction to "Like I don't think that I'll see her again" when Han was looking at the Millennium Falcon isn't unwarranted. The original choice was to have the Falcon destroyed escaping the Death Star. It was even shot that way. But it didn't test well with audiences (because of course it didn't!) and they were forced to do reshoots.
Han was also going to die in early versions of the script.
I know lots of people have already mentioned the reason for the green lightsaber color. I haven't seen anyone mention that a lot of people seem to forget that when Luke's hand was cut off, his lightsaber went with it. He made the green one, which looks similar to Obi-Wan's, based off of old Jedi books he found in his hut
Originally Luke was indeed intended to have a sister. But at the last minute, Lucas decided to just make it Leia instead of bringing in someone new.
Noooooooo, I can't wait for part 2!
Anyway, as for some of your questions:
Luke has a new lightsaber because the one he inherited from Anakin dropped all the way from Cloud City into the gas giant Bespin below it, alongside his hand. It gone.
His new one's green due to practical reasons, because another blue one would've vanished into the blue sky backdrop of the sail barge battle.
You _are_ watching the Special Editions (aka the regularly available, up-to-date versions of the films) but that's only really noticeable during small, select bits, like the musical number, where the singers were replaced with more expressive animated versions of themselves.
They didn't really change anything about the tone of the film though, which just naturally flip-flops between light-heartedness and tragedy, in typical Lucas fashion.
Boba Fett was the bounty hunter that followed Han, led the Empire to Cloud City and brought frozen Han to Jabba.
Although his fate in this film was somewhat sudden and comedic, he's quite the significant figure in this galaxy and you should keep his name and "face" in mind.
Leia was not always supposed to be Luke's sister. Though Lucas always had a bigger picture in mind, the original trilogy was a novel and shaky production and quite a bit of it was a product of improvisation and compromise. Luke's sister was originally supposed to be an entirely new female character that a subsequent trilogy was supposed to introduce and explore (which has absolutely nothing to do with the Disney-produced sequel trilogy). However, when Lucas decided to keep it a trilogy for the time being, Luke's mysterious sister and Leia merged into the same character, similar to Luke's father and Vader one movie prior. That also explains the sketchy kisses between them. Not only didn't they know any better, George didn't either.
Your frustration with the old Jedi masters is absolutely valid and will only be underscored by the prequels. Some people take it a bit too far and say that the Jedi were villains, which they weren't, but they were certainly deeply flawed heroes, in ways that you can still very much see in old Kenobi and Yoda.
You'll also see the powers of the Emperor in full force in the prequels, unfortunately. Such a monster. Jabba is a swell guy compared to him.
Your love for the bridge talk on Endor tells me that you'll love the prequels. You complimented the dramatic, theatre-esque performances of the young actors in it, which the prequels, especially episodes two and three, beautifully double down on.
I also can't wait for you to meet Leia's mom. I love how much her description as "kind and sad" moved you. She really was so very kind...and so very sad. :'(
Don't keep us waiting too long! Happy New Year and MTFBWY!
37:36 i loved your reaction!!
In Star Wars, there is a meaning to the different color light sabers. But in this case they changed a blue light saber to green. It's because the blue light saber wouldn't stand out when they had the fight scenes outside of Joba's palace.
The tong choir was funny. Nice edit. Where did you discover that choir from?
The desert was filmed in Arizona.
The forest was north California
Studio work done in England.
Jim Henson’s Muppet group helped make some of the creatures -yet some like the music number were digital in 1997.
This movie's original title was "Snow White and the 700 Dwarves".
I like the end credits with the old music and silent film look.
In Return of the Jedi, Jabba is portrayed by a one-ton puppet that took three months and half a million dollars to construct. While filming the movie, the puppet had its own makeup artist. The puppet required three puppeteers to operate, making it one of the largest ever used in a motion picture. - Google
100% the edited version of the film. Hard to get the original Version
and Mark Hamill had naps inside the puppet during breaks :P