I was born in 1971, I am of the Star Wars generation, i watch the empire strikes back and return of the jedi in theater. A real cinematographic experiment. Today, Star Wars is not the same as 1977-1983. They cannot do best than the first trilogy, even with modern technology of cgi. The original was realistic, with models and green screens. The real art of cinema. Thanks to George Lucas and his crew. I will never forget the sex appeal of Carry Fischer, in a new hope, before Return of the Jedi. Rest in peace, miss Fisher.
I was also of this "era". Born in 1967, I was 9 when Star Wars was released. I was in total awe of the effects, the sound, and the amazing aliens and characters. The "Prequels" which some people have whined over weren't bad. The writing I'll admit was at times AWFUL! Especially the Attack of the Clones Anakin character. OMG he was a whiny little boy in a young adult body. Then the stalking of Padmè. UGH! But the Prequels kept the same continuity that the original did. The CGI was a spectacular experience, the effects were mind blowing again, and it WAS Star Wars. Now fast-forward to the Farce Awakens, the Last Jedi, and the the Rise of the Deadguy(Skywalker). They destroyed the original creator's vision. The hero was turned into a sniveling 🤡clown🤡 and the story was replaced with Kathleen Kennedy's Feminist agenda. Look how receptive fans were to that. They HATED IT! Yes it made money, but you could make a movie about a 💩terd💩 walking through the sewers, and as long as it has Star Wars over the title people WOULD go see it. What ALWAYS baffled me about Kathleen Kennedy's stupidity about no females was Carrie Fisher's character was a vital, STRONG, IN CHARGE WOMAN. She even set a wookie in his place. As well as Han Solo, multiple times! Mon Mothma another woman, a senator, and Co-founder and co-leader of the Rebellion, was also a strong powerful woman. But there were NO women of power? The new Star Wars STINKS, FLAT OUT SUCKS!
Sorry about the rant. I've loved Star Wars from day one until now and whenever a franchise is made to look idiotic at the expense of some foolish agenda it triggers me. No it p*sses me off. I thought I also goofed on my actual age, but here Star Wars was released in May, 1977. I didn't turn 10 until October.
no shit, more 71'ers... I fan the original three and the republic era trilogy filmed. The last three episodes have some nice shots but the story and dramatization is very dull and disgrace. The Rogue One, though, was a masterpiece.
Back in 197u my dad's friend was a reporter in the local paper and he gave my dad a free ticket for the press showing of 'Star Wars' but as my dad didn't really like sci-fi films I got the ticket !. I lied to my boss saying I had to take my grand-mother to a doctor's appointment but I'd be back in the afternoon (the film was shown in the Odeon, Edinburgh on a Tuesday morning) so off I went, all excited and impatient to see it !. I wasn't disappointed, it was simply superb, it took my 16 year-old breath away !. Plus, as it was for the press, I got a big bag of freebies - T-shirts, ray-gun, badges, caps etc !. On my return to work I very naively put one of the T-shirts on and was soon surrounded by work-mates (all approx the same ages - 16, 17, 18 ....) and I was making them jealous with my stories of what I'd just seen - until my boss walked in !. She took one look at what I was wearing, plus the bag of freebies and very pointedly 'asked' if I was working till 9 that night to make up my time for the morning off - so that was me, stuck there till 9 at night and having to walk home as my lift finished at 5 - but in all seriousness, I wasn't bothered in the slightest, I had just seen what was, in my mind and still is, the greatest sci-fi film EVER - and I still think that today !
Great story. Job's come and go but an experience like that will last a life time. I barely remember any of my jobs as a youth but I can remember almost that whole day seeing Star Wars when it came out.
It's hard to describe the impact Star Wars had on people when it came out. There's really nothing to compare it to in today's world. It was like this whole other, real universe existed. It was amazing.
I agree, I saw Star Wars, A New Hope as a 7 year old kid in the theater. At that time you didn't have social media, how Star Wars was made docs etc. Tatooine WAS Tatooine, still a fan of how the films were made back then, the models, the artwork. I miss these times....
@@abstract5249 Not in the slightest, for me at least. Its only massive, coloured and over the Top, and just more then any other production got. Including Jokes of really different Quality. The Stories are predictable like the Script from an Daily Soap. Fast Food for an even faster consuming young Generation.
I saw Mark Hamill play the Elephant Man on Broadway when David Bowie left the role. He is a funny, humble genius, a hell of a nice guy! Much respect for him!
And he is not wrong. What Mr. Hamill describes there are essentially elements of _monomyth_ or a "hero's journey", a device created by professor of literacy Joseph Campbell in his book _The Hero with a Thousand Faces,_ which Lucas claims was a crucial inspiration in his vision for Star Wars.
A pleasure to watch all those old clips, never seen them before! And can you imagine a film today being booked out for three months in advance? Incredible!
@@takecareofyourshoess Larger capacities? Hardly. The days of the huge theaters are over. I saw Star Wars in 70mm in a theater that had nearly a thousand seats. It has since been demolished to make way for condominiums. The theater that I saw Empire and Jedi in was gutted and replaced with six "modern" theaters on the same footprint. Now, you are absolutely correct that there are many more theaters now, although there are no drive-ins, and also keep in the mind that the population has doubled since then too.
@@JoseyWales44s Semantics....but my point still stands, and remains valid. PS - Although theaters may be smaller, there are MANY MANY more show times than there used to be. MANY places book hot new releases into 5 or more theaters (well, at least they did before COVID) and have the movie running constantly in multiple theaters for most of the day.
@@takecareofyourshoess I remember like it was 1977 again. I went to see it en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcastle_Odeon There were queues three times around the cinema. Remember that we had black and white TVs with three channels and no internet.
Yes, he's an incredibly funny man and I highly recommend his sketch show "The Peter Serafinowicz Show" which sadly only had 1 series. Also, one of my favourite TV shows ever is his faux-educational TV show "Look Around You" (particularly series 2 which was based in a TV studio with 4 presenters). It was made in the 2000s but set in the 1980s and the attention to detail is incredible. He's also a musician and did all the music.
When Harrison Ford said - about UK technicians - They drink more tea - he was basically showing his frustration that they were always taking breaks and holding up the production. James Cameron also had the same problem when he was shooting Aliens. The British Unions were very powerful back then. No tea, no film.
For comic effect, he may have been repeating the often quoted WW2 comment made by American GIs about the British Army, that they stopped for tea very often...
This is a true treasure. I had not seen any of them. Really really enjoyable. I could watch these old tv clips with these people in them all day long. Thank you!
I am so glad to see these unique, documentary footage, because when i was little in Bulgaria , all this was forbidden. When i first saw this wonderful movie i was really enchanted by the cinema and it was these actors and this movie that made me become an actor, and i have never regretted this choice of mine to become an actor. These are the people who inspired me to become an actor and to fall in love with the acting profession. Thank you so much. Hug you and Kiss you .
Full disclosure, I made it halfway through the clip before I realized that Peter Serafinowicz's shirt actually says "Star Trek" and not "Star Wars". Well played!
I think the car accident was abit more serious than bumping a nose on the steering wheel. According to another interview he flipped the car doing 60 and broke several bones in his face, and thought his career was over when he looked in the mirror in the hospital.
I heard this past week he needed plastic surgery, though he denies it here. Maybe he should have gotten a new face after RotJ since they said no one wanted Luke Skywalker in their movie.
@@theessentials450 that's what happened to me. i used to be angel-faced when I was in my early 20s....then my face got round and squishy. I dont remember being in a car accident.....
That explains why the arm is a funny colour when C3PO had to return for the Sequel Trilogy. They probably had to build a new arm section for the costume.
Wow I'm amazed he was allowed to just give that away! Also seems incredibly generous - unless the BBC paid him? I once knew a sci-fi convention organizer who said Mr Daniels was one of the most unlikeable and self-important stars he'd worked with, demanding money for everything. My friend also said the nicest, most generous star he met was Hellraiser creator Clive Barker.
My grandfather took me to see Star Wars first time round and he said C3PO sounded like a poofter lol He thought as Alec Guinness was in it, it would be good. He walked out totally baffled, electric swords, ray guns etc.
For some strange reason my mother thought it was a love story and she and her best friend went to see it with a couple of other friends and were thoroughly disappointed! She didn’t think the Star Wars actually meant they were in the stars! Lol!
@@thenoirknight5729 Lol. My mom is black, and in 1977, not many black women from LA were trying to spend their Saturday evening watching a sci-fi movie. Lol
I'd just finished a French tour with a band in 1977, and we saw Star Wars in Paris weeks before it was released in the UK. We were staying with some snooty people in Chelsea, who very condescendingly tolds us they had tickets for the UK premiere. "Yeah", we said, with great delight. "Seen it".... Happy days.
0:58 That disco tune was heard _everywhere_ when there was something Star Wars related. I bet people who didn't go see the movie thought it was the actual movie soundtrack.
I was born in June 1970 so I was seven years old when the first Star Wars film was released. I remember going there with my dad on my birthday and everybody at the Odeon was the same age as me with their parents we all went in excited with all the wonderful thoughts of this fantasy adventure! We all came out looking as if we had just been wired up to the National Grid we were absolutely taking aback by the effects by the whole cinema experience it was the most wonderful film I’ve ever seen in my life and I believe it was the best experience I’ve ever had in a cinema watching this film I remember my dear old dad who is sadly no longer with us and was just as excited as me and I can only think of the wonderful memories of an innocent childhood that can never be repeated, thank you so much StarWars for filling the heart and mind of a generation of 7 year olds!!!❤❤❤😊
I saw it when I was 7, and the only part that sticks in my memory is when Vader comes through the doors out of the smoke for the first time, withat iconic breathing, and the whole cinema booed in unison.
Born in 70 and Star Wars was just about the only franchise thing I've ever bought into and am still there.....hence watching this when I should be working. I got the toys, have watched the films uncountable times, watched documentaries, read books on the films etc etc. I bought a Tie Fighter not long ago at 52 which sits here somewhere on my desk yet until about six months ago I had not realised one of C3P0's legs was silver from the knee down. It seems so obvious now, I guess in the cut and thrust of the films the silver reflecting his other limb, the sand of a desert or just whatever was around masked it well!
Its really too bad Darth Maul did not have more speaking lines; that's a voice to hear if I've ever heard. Might have been able to give him a little more presence as an antagonist.
Those were the days and i was one of all these around the world who queued to the first Star Wars movie with my babe later wife and it was all magic. Original Star Wars movie a memory today and my angel wife to who died later in a disease. But i still love all these Star Wars movies and all the shows like The Mandalorian who came after. ❤️👍
That was wonderful. I'm born 79. In LA. AM a Star Wars baby. That's all my first memories was. Every child's room filled with posters, toys, bed sheets.
My favourite of the prequels; Palpatine at his most insidious; NO ONE suspects him in that film (Yoda throwing him a suspicious glance at the beginning of Attack of the Clones).
It's quite odd how they dealt with the Darth Maul character in Phantom Menace . He was the first subordinate bad guy to Darth Sidius since Return of the Jedi so he had to live up to Darth Vader's legendary state of evil. And I'm afraid Darth Vader is still one of the ultimate bad guys of all time. Probably only Hitler trumps him and that's because Hitler was real. But I think they did a pretty sterling job with Darth Maul ; considering what they had to live up to. And then again Christopher Lee as Darth Tyranus / Count Duku, who succeeded Maul as Palpatine's aprentice. We're talking frickin Count Dracula here folks. I think that tides us over pretty well until we get to the big scary guy all in black with the nasty scary shiny black skull mask "Darth Vader himself." The sequel Trilogy's answer to Darth Vader and even to Palpatine albeit for the first two movies of the third trilogy pales in comparison.
they also created a kind of ceiling for themselves, though, as Darth Vader was Sidious's LAST apprentice and it would seem anticlimactic if the Emperor got LESS dangerous as time went on. I DO like how there was almost NO similarity between prequel villains and OT villains: Maul had a scary face and was a silent, acrobatic, undercover operative. Vader had a scary VOICE, was infamously intimidating and the PUBLIC IMAGE of the Emperor. Dooku w as soft-spoken, sophisticated, aristocratic and older. Vader was outspoken, arrogant, working class , and younger
I loved when they brought back Doctor Who in 2005, there’s a brief shot of Blue Peter on the TV where they show kid audiences how to make an alien spaceship cake, which was very meta.
Such fond memories of Star Wars. Then the Force Awakens trailer came up and I suddenly felt bad to my stomache... Disney absolutely wrecked the franchise. At least they can't take away our old memories.
Back in 1977, May 1977 to be exact this incredible movie was released and for the next two months I was going to the movies. I spent the summer of 1977 taking a bus to Southgate Mall to the Movie🎥Theater🎥 to see this movie over and over and over again. I watched Star Wars so many times. For a while the Theater was so crowded, that they decided to put the movie on two screens. So I like any goofy/dumb kid I'd see the noon show, then I'd sneak into the other screen for a bit IF there was room. Or I'd slip into the restroom and wait for the next showing to begin. I'd then sneak back into the screen showing it again IF there was any room and I'd watch it again. After time passed the theaters had more empty seats and I was able to get to watch Star Wars 3-4 times a day. I was completely blown away by this movie. I had a HUGE HUGE CRUSH on Carrie Fisher. Princess Leia was so beautiful and an extremely strong woman who's will was as tough and as strong as she was. Han Solo and Chewbacca were the team that was so unique, and Luke Skywalker was the innocent soon to be hero we all cheered for! R2-D2 and C3PO were also extremely unique and so cool to see. 3PO was a bit of a annoying coward at times, but their adventures were amazingly fun to watch. Then Ben "Obi-Wan" Kenobi, the "wizard", the "Jedi" was extremely cool and he was like NOTHING else we've ever seen before. The Light-Saber was such an iconic and brilliant weapon that it again BLEW ME AWAY! Then the bad guys, the Empire. Initially just Grand Moff Tarkin and Darth Vader and a MASS amount of Stormtroopers. Again BRILLIANTLY CREATED AND EXECUTED! Then the ships! OMG the Star ships. The Tie Fighters were so cool, and the X-Wing fighters were just as iconic and amazing. To see them battle in space? WOW! It easily was better and far more unique than ANYTHING I had ever seen before. It all combined to create this massive Universe, filled with unique Worlds, characters, and ships. Good vs. Evil was the premise, but it was much deeper and more intricate than that. It was a intense story that grew into this mammoth universal world that captivated fans for decades and decades. Since the release of Star Wars, as a kid I collected all the action figures from the original Movie to the Empire Strikes Back. When the Return of the Jedi came out I was a teenager, 15 to be exact and toys were no longer needed or in my budget. Now cars, computers, my Nintendo NES, and girls were now important. I still however saw Return of the Jedi over ten times, but I wasn't into the toys anymore. Since then however the collecting bug came back. From I collected for a while in the mid 90's. Then later in the 2000's it came back again. The Prequels really brought it back full boar. Then later when the Legacy sets, the comic book 2pks. the really detailed and articulated 3.75" figures came out, I was all-in. But when the 6" Black Series action figures were revealed and released I was excited about that big-time! Also along with the figures, I was into the video games, the DVD's and subsequent Blu-Ray sets, and lastly my Library has quadrupled in size. I have over 400+ books. But the majority of them are Sci-Fi stories. Star Trek has about 10-15 books in there, but Star Wars? Yikes there's a boatload of Star Wars books. Easily topping 200+. In high school I was not always a big reader. It wasn't a passion of mine. My Mom always told me, just wait, when your 40-50 years old you'll wish that you could go back to high school. You'll begin to love reading, learning, etc. I laughed and told her she was loopy. But as ALWAYS, she was 1000% correct! I LOVE TO READ. Aside from my Sci-Fi collection of Books, I also have autobiographical books, non-fiction books, and other historical books, and articles. Take note..... Mother's are ALWAYS RIGHT. ALWAYS! Star Wars transformed my life from the day I saw it. It is truly an ICONIC, AMAZING, FUNNY, EXCITING, AND BEAUTIFUL STORY. Good versus Evil, and so so much more!
R2 as a Dalak. That's Gold. That's hilarious. Creativity and playfulness has been stifled by lawyers and greed. Why not ? Dr.Who can travel anywhere in time and space. Makes sense he'd travel to Tattooween to help the rebel alliance fight the Galactic Empire. Sounds like a perfect Episode.
Interesting to talk about a record heat wave in the U.K. in 1976, when one is going on now. Someone said due to latitude it would be like Maine having 100 degree days, and who has A/C there? Anyway, they also had record heat waves in 2003, 2006 and 2018. Although I think 2015 was the tipping point for the planet and there's no going back.
That Happy Empire day in London at the Forbidon Planet I saw Dave Prows and Mark Hamill .... Dave Did,nt wanna sighn annything and Mark was just beaming with excitment...then he whent in to Blue Peter.
If you want to see pure natural beauty, go to the 10:15 mark of the video. There you'll see Carrie Fisher's beauty, her gorgeous smile and eyes. I had a HUGE crush on her back then. I even had every one of her action figures back in the 70's and 80's. Although the "buns" on each side of her head was a bit odd, she was still stunning! God she's incredibly beautiful and extremely talented.
I was born in 1971, I am of the Star Wars generation, i watch the empire strikes back and return of the jedi in theater. A real cinematographic experiment. Today, Star Wars is not the same as 1977-1983. They cannot do best than the first trilogy, even with modern technology of cgi. The original was realistic, with models and green screens. The real art of cinema. Thanks to George Lucas and his crew. I will never forget the sex appeal of Carry Fischer, in a new hope, before Return of the Jedi. Rest in peace, miss Fisher.
Totally agree but to nitpick, they used blue screen, not green screen, back then.
I was also of this "era". Born in 1967, I was 9 when Star Wars was released. I was in total awe of the effects, the sound, and the amazing aliens and characters. The "Prequels" which some people have whined over weren't bad. The writing I'll admit was at times AWFUL! Especially the Attack of the Clones Anakin character. OMG he was a whiny little boy in a young adult body. Then the stalking of Padmè. UGH! But the Prequels kept the same continuity that the original did. The CGI was a spectacular experience, the effects were mind blowing again, and it WAS Star Wars. Now fast-forward to the Farce Awakens, the Last Jedi, and the the Rise of the Deadguy(Skywalker). They destroyed the original creator's vision. The hero was turned into a sniveling 🤡clown🤡 and the story was replaced with Kathleen Kennedy's Feminist agenda. Look how receptive fans were to that. They HATED IT! Yes it made money, but you could make a movie about a 💩terd💩 walking through the sewers, and as long as it has Star Wars over the title people WOULD go see it. What ALWAYS baffled me about Kathleen Kennedy's stupidity about no females was Carrie Fisher's character was a vital, STRONG, IN CHARGE WOMAN. She even set a wookie in his place. As well as Han Solo, multiple times! Mon Mothma another woman, a senator, and Co-founder and co-leader of the Rebellion, was also a strong powerful woman. But there were NO women of power? The new Star Wars STINKS, FLAT OUT SUCKS!
Sorry about the rant. I've loved Star Wars from day one until now and whenever a franchise is made to look idiotic at the expense of some foolish agenda it triggers me. No it p*sses me off. I thought I also goofed on my actual age, but here Star Wars was released in May, 1977. I didn't turn 10 until October.
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no shit, more 71'ers... I fan the original three and the republic era trilogy filmed. The last three episodes have some nice shots but the story and dramatization is very dull and disgrace. The Rogue One, though, was a masterpiece.
Back in 197u my dad's friend was a reporter in the local paper and he gave my dad a free ticket for the press showing of 'Star Wars' but as my dad didn't really like sci-fi films I got the ticket !. I lied to my boss saying I had to take my grand-mother to a doctor's appointment but I'd be back in the afternoon (the film was shown in the Odeon, Edinburgh on a Tuesday morning) so off I went, all excited and impatient to see it !. I wasn't disappointed, it was simply superb, it took my 16 year-old breath away !. Plus, as it was for the press, I got a big bag of freebies - T-shirts, ray-gun, badges, caps etc !. On my return to work I very naively put one of the T-shirts on and was soon surrounded by work-mates (all approx the same ages - 16, 17, 18 ....) and I was making them jealous with my stories of what I'd just seen - until my boss walked in !. She took one look at what I was wearing, plus the bag of freebies and very pointedly 'asked' if I was working till 9 that night to make up my time for the morning off - so that was me, stuck there till 9 at night and having to walk home as my lift finished at 5 - but in all seriousness, I wasn't bothered in the slightest, I had just seen what was, in my mind and still is, the greatest sci-fi film EVER - and I still think that today !
Thanks for that very cool story. Loved it!
An unforgettable experience! Totally worth the "punishment". 😁
Great story. Job's come and go but an experience like that will last a life time. I barely remember any of my jobs as a youth but I can remember almost that whole day seeing Star Wars when it came out.
Yr boss was fair
Hmm. Brilliant.
TV back then so different...and so distinctly "British"
Carrie was so young then. It's impossible to imagine she's gone.
It's hard to describe the impact Star Wars had on people when it came out. There's really nothing to compare it to in today's world. It was like this whole other, real universe existed. It was amazing.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is today's Star Wars.
I agree, I saw Star Wars, A New Hope as a 7 year old kid in the theater. At that time you didn't have social media, how Star Wars was made docs etc.
Tatooine WAS Tatooine, still a fan of how the films were made back then, the models, the artwork. I miss these times....
@@abstract5249 Not in the slightest, for me at least. Its only massive, coloured and over the Top, and just more then any other production got. Including Jokes of really different Quality. The Stories are predictable like the Script from an Daily Soap. Fast Food for an even faster consuming young Generation.
Absolutely magnificent, and Carrie Fisher. Just gorgeous.
I saw Mark Hamill play the Elephant Man on Broadway when David Bowie left the role. He is a funny, humble genius, a hell of a nice guy! Much respect for him!
I guess he can be. But irl, no, he isn't. He is a casualty of social media, like so manner other formerly beloved "stars". Never meet your heroes.
@@whitebeardskydaddy6756 Your opinion.
fun fact: He also voices the character Benedict Cumberbatch.
I hadn't realised that the young Mark Hammill was quite so articulate and eloquent. He was very impressive in the Blue Peter interview.
I love how Mark Hamil explains the synopsis of Star Wars .
He was a genuine sci-fi and comics fan before he was Luke, so he had a real enthusiasm for it.
And he is not wrong. What Mr. Hamill describes there are essentially elements of _monomyth_ or a "hero's journey", a device created by professor of literacy Joseph Campbell in his book _The Hero with a Thousand Faces,_ which Lucas claims was a crucial inspiration in his vision for Star Wars.
Mark is so well spoken. What a great guy!
RIP Carrie Fisher
Forever the princess in our dreams.
6 Years and this finally turns up my random home suggestions page.
A pleasure to watch all those old clips, never seen them before!
And can you imagine a film today being booked out for three months in advance? Incredible!
No, I can't imagine that because there are waaaaaaaaaay more theaters now. And most of them with much larger capacities. So, no.
@@takecareofyourshoess Larger capacities? Hardly. The days of the huge theaters are over. I saw Star Wars in 70mm in a theater that had nearly a thousand seats. It has since been demolished to make way for condominiums. The theater that I saw Empire and Jedi in was gutted and replaced with six "modern" theaters on the same footprint. Now, you are absolutely correct that there are many more theaters now, although there are no drive-ins, and also keep in the mind that the population has doubled since then too.
I can't think of many films these days, good enough to be booked three months in advance
@@JoseyWales44s Semantics....but my point still stands, and remains valid.
PS - Although theaters may be smaller, there are MANY MANY more show times than there used to be. MANY places book hot new releases into 5 or more theaters (well, at least they did before COVID) and have the movie running constantly in multiple theaters for most of the day.
@@takecareofyourshoess I remember like it was 1977 again. I went to see it en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcastle_Odeon There were queues three times around the cinema. Remember that we had black and white TVs with three channels and no internet.
The Star Trek shirt in the Star Wars font sums up Peter pretty well.
This Darth Maul guy is not only funny but denies most actor clichés. I'm a fan now.
Does a good job as the roommate in Shaun of the Dead
@@EddieTheBladeBF YES... I knew I recognized him but couldn't place him... It's PETE ! Thanks.
Yes, he's an incredibly funny man and I highly recommend his sketch show "The Peter Serafinowicz Show" which sadly only had 1 series. Also, one of my favourite TV shows ever is his faux-educational TV show "Look Around You" (particularly series 2 which was based in a TV studio with 4 presenters). It was made in the 2000s but set in the 1980s and the attention to detail is incredible. He's also a musician and did all the music.
His voice is very enjoyable, ask Tamsin Greig 😁
@@Scripture-Man yes, he's hilarious
Luke Skywalker wearing an "Imperial College" t-shirt.
Great nostalgic fun. Thanks for the memories
When Harrison Ford said - about UK technicians - They drink more tea - he was basically showing his frustration that they were always taking breaks and holding up the production.
James Cameron also had the same problem when he was shooting Aliens.
The British Unions were very powerful back then.
No tea, no film.
And Stanley Kubrick. Up the workers.
For comic effect, he may have been repeating the often quoted WW2 comment made by American GIs about the British Army, that they stopped for tea very often...
American stagehands and roadies in the rock business have the same complaints about their British counterparts, even today.
16:08 Given how sarcastic he is in this clip, I'm pretty sure Peter Serafinowicz is HOPING for Darth Maul to be killed off haha
Sounds like he had a couple of Death Sticks. :P
Peter is a legend. His story about meeting George Lucas is hilarious.
Exceptional! Great to see the actors we love so much.
This is a true treasure. I had not seen any of them. Really really enjoyable. I could watch these old tv clips with these people in them all day long. Thank you!
Mark fits right in on Blue Peter doesn’t he.
I loved star wars as kid and still love it as an adult! Thanks for the memories.
Thanks for the upload! I remember a lot of these clips...Yes,i'm old.
I am so glad to see these unique, documentary footage, because when i was little in Bulgaria , all this was forbidden. When i first saw this wonderful movie i was really enchanted by the cinema and it was these actors and this movie that made me become an actor, and i have never regretted this choice of mine to become an actor. These are the people who inspired me to become an actor and to fall in love with the acting profession. Thank you so much. Hug you and Kiss you .
Full disclosure, I made it halfway through the clip before I realized that Peter Serafinowicz's shirt actually says "Star Trek" and not "Star Wars". Well played!
I think the car accident was abit more serious than bumping a nose on the steering wheel. According to another interview he flipped the car doing 60 and broke several bones in his face, and thought his career was over when he looked in the mirror in the hospital.
*you saw the real scars on Empire at the beginning of the film*
I heard this past week he needed plastic surgery, though he denies it here. Maybe he should have gotten a new face after RotJ since they said no one wanted Luke Skywalker in their movie.
@Sandal_Thong *This year or back in 1981?!? that week*
He face was transformed. Look at pics from before and after and you see how he went from an angled face to round, squishy.
@@theessentials450 that's what happened to me. i used to be angel-faced when I was in my early 20s....then my face got round and squishy. I dont remember being in a car accident.....
Great upload. Thanks!
Peter is brilliant. We need more of these types of shows!
People were so much nicer back then. Miss those days.
I remember watching the Swap Shop episode, and as I recall, Anthony Daniels gave the C3-P0 arm away to a caller as a prize.
Thats got to be worth a fortune by now.
That explains why the arm is a funny colour when C3PO had to return for the Sequel Trilogy. They probably had to build a new arm section for the costume.
Wow I'm amazed he was allowed to just give that away! Also seems incredibly generous - unless the BBC paid him? I once knew a sci-fi convention organizer who said Mr Daniels was one of the most unlikeable and self-important stars he'd worked with, demanding money for everything. My friend also said the nicest, most generous star he met was Hellraiser creator Clive Barker.
My grandfather took me to see Star Wars first time round and he said C3PO sounded like a poofter lol He thought as Alec Guinness was in it, it would be good. He walked out totally baffled, electric swords, ray guns etc.
For some strange reason my mother thought it was a love story and she and her best friend went to see it with a couple of other friends and were thoroughly disappointed! She didn’t think the Star Wars actually meant they were in the stars! Lol!
This is hilarious
@@thenoirknight5729 Lol. My mom is black, and in 1977, not many black women from LA were trying to spend their Saturday evening watching a sci-fi movie. Lol
Fagbender :D
God bless your grandpa. :D
Thanks for the share. It's fascinating seeing clips from another country's coverage.
This is absolutely amazing! Thank you for uploading this!
I'd just finished a French tour with a band in 1977, and we saw Star Wars in Paris weeks before it was released in the UK. We were staying with some snooty people in Chelsea, who very condescendingly tolds us they had tickets for the UK premiere. "Yeah", we said, with great delight. "Seen it"....
Happy days.
When Star Wars wasn't ruined by Disney
Like?
Drowned by too much fanservice and killed off with terrible writing...
Back when George Lucas was capable of killing the franchise himself.
...nor by prequels. ...nor by ewoks.
@@terrya9265 Back when the fans constantly demonized George. :P
Peter Serafinowicz is the real deal. One of the best comedians of all time.
Peter Serafinowicz is super funny comedic and dramatic actor, and I did not know he narrated the voice of Darth Mall.
Maul. There was no shopping there.
0:58 That disco tune was heard _everywhere_ when there was something Star Wars related. I bet people who didn't go see the movie thought it was the actual movie soundtrack.
I was born in June 1970 so I was seven years old when the first Star Wars film was released. I remember going there with my dad on my birthday and everybody at the Odeon was the same age as me with their parents we all went in excited with all the wonderful thoughts of this fantasy adventure! We all came out looking as if we had just been wired up to the National Grid we were absolutely taking aback by the effects by the whole cinema experience it was the most wonderful film I’ve ever seen in my life and I believe it was the best experience I’ve ever had in a cinema watching this film I remember my dear old dad who is sadly no longer with us and was just as excited as me and I can only think of the wonderful memories of an innocent childhood that can never be repeated, thank you so much StarWars for filling the heart and mind of a generation of 7 year olds!!!❤❤❤😊
I saw it when I was 7, and the only part that sticks in my memory is when Vader comes through the doors out of the smoke for the first time, withat iconic breathing, and the whole cinema booed in unison.
@@JohnM... yep!😂
I'd already seen Jaws so Star Wars was meh to me.
Quite charming!! Thank you so much for sharing!!
Born in 70 and Star Wars was just about the only franchise thing I've ever bought into and am still there.....hence watching this when I should be working.
I got the toys, have watched the films uncountable times, watched documentaries, read books on the films etc etc. I bought a Tie Fighter not long ago at 52 which sits here somewhere on my desk yet until about six months ago I had not realised one of C3P0's legs was silver from the knee down.
It seems so obvious now, I guess in the cut and thrust of the films the silver reflecting his other limb, the sand of a desert or just whatever was around masked it well!
Its really too bad Darth Maul did not have more speaking lines; that's a voice to hear if I've ever heard.
Might have been able to give him a little more presence as an antagonist.
Sam Witwer delivers a chilling antihero performance as maul in the clone wars animated series
@@lexie1601 cant beat the original voice and actor.
@@purefoldnz3070 I love Ray Park for his physicality and he's a great guy but tbh the voice just doesn't do it for me
@@lexie1601 no I mean the original voice actor not Ray Park lol
@@purefoldnz3070 ohhh haha idk I've been rewatching TCW and before Sam it just didn't seem like anything special to me but ya know that's me
Those were the days and i was one of all these around the world who queued to the first Star Wars movie with my babe later wife and it was all magic. Original Star Wars movie a memory today and my angel wife to who died later in a disease. But i still love all these Star Wars movies and all the shows like The Mandalorian who came after. ❤️👍
What a voice!
Carrie looks so young and innocent.
Before the dark times….. before the cocaine.
That was wonderful. I'm born 79. In LA. AM a Star Wars baby. That's all my first memories was. Every child's room filled with posters, toys, bed sheets.
I truly enjoyed this video 😊
This is amazing, the problem with TV back then was if you missed it, you missed it! I'd never seen any of these clips before.
Mark Hamill is an absolute gem
That brought me into memory land.
Love it.
My God a boy Anthony Daniels. Precious. Now we are all old. Thank you.
luke took da words right out of my mouth Yodas Stew
I guess no one else noticed Peter with a Star Trek shirt on.
Weird.
Only people with eyes
"The Phantom Menace, the best film" lolol what were you smoking Mr voice of Darth Maul??
He's a comedian 😅
Yeah, really! LOL
@@TheRandomGuyTheFarNoGameCat He is The Tick!
It's a good film, needed more Darth Maul for sure
My favourite of the prequels; Palpatine at his most insidious; NO ONE suspects him in that film (Yoda throwing him a suspicious glance at the beginning of Attack of the Clones).
this is amazing. forgot about this.
It's quite odd how they dealt with the Darth Maul character in Phantom Menace . He was the first subordinate bad guy to Darth Sidius since Return of the Jedi so he had to live up to Darth Vader's legendary state of evil. And I'm afraid Darth Vader is still one of the ultimate bad guys of all time. Probably only Hitler trumps him and that's because Hitler was real.
But I think they did a pretty sterling job with Darth Maul ; considering what they had to live up to. And then again Christopher Lee as Darth Tyranus / Count Duku, who succeeded Maul as Palpatine's aprentice. We're talking frickin Count Dracula here folks. I think that tides us over pretty well until we get to the big scary guy all in black with the nasty scary shiny black skull mask "Darth Vader himself."
The sequel Trilogy's answer to Darth Vader and even to Palpatine albeit for the first two movies of the third trilogy pales in comparison.
I thought we learned from Star Wars to keep the villain around for the next installment?
they also created a kind of ceiling for themselves, though, as Darth Vader was Sidious's LAST apprentice and it would seem anticlimactic if the Emperor got LESS dangerous as time went on.
I DO like how there was almost NO similarity between prequel villains and OT villains:
Maul had a scary face and was a silent, acrobatic, undercover operative.
Vader had a scary VOICE, was infamously intimidating and the PUBLIC IMAGE of the Emperor.
Dooku w as soft-spoken, sophisticated, aristocratic and older.
Vader was outspoken, arrogant, working class , and younger
The 70's were amazing.
Evel Knieval, KISS (at their best), STARWARS and BMX.
It was a magical era to be a child.
I loved when they brought back Doctor Who in 2005, there’s a brief shot of Blue Peter on the TV where they show kid audiences how to make an alien spaceship cake, which was very meta.
Such fond memories of Star Wars. Then the Force Awakens trailer came up and I suddenly felt bad to my stomache... Disney absolutely wrecked the franchise. At least they can't take away our old memories.
Back in 1977, May 1977 to be exact this incredible movie was released and for the next two months I was going to the movies. I spent the summer of 1977 taking a bus to Southgate Mall to the Movie🎥Theater🎥 to see this movie over and over and over again. I watched Star Wars so many times. For a while the Theater was so crowded, that they decided to put the movie on two screens. So I like any goofy/dumb kid I'd see the noon show, then I'd sneak into the other screen for a bit IF there was room. Or I'd slip into the restroom and wait for the next showing to begin. I'd then sneak back into the screen showing it again IF there was any room and I'd watch it again. After time passed the theaters had more empty seats and I was able to get to watch Star Wars 3-4 times a day. I was completely blown away by this movie. I had a HUGE HUGE CRUSH on Carrie Fisher. Princess Leia was so beautiful and an extremely strong woman who's will was as tough and as strong as she was. Han Solo and Chewbacca were the team that was so unique, and Luke Skywalker was the innocent soon to be hero we all cheered for! R2-D2 and C3PO were also extremely unique and so cool to see. 3PO was a bit of a annoying coward at times, but their adventures were amazingly fun to watch. Then Ben "Obi-Wan" Kenobi, the "wizard", the "Jedi" was extremely cool and he was like NOTHING else we've ever seen before. The Light-Saber was such an iconic and brilliant weapon that it again BLEW ME AWAY! Then the bad guys, the Empire. Initially just Grand Moff Tarkin and Darth Vader and a MASS amount of Stormtroopers. Again BRILLIANTLY CREATED AND EXECUTED! Then the ships! OMG the Star ships. The Tie Fighters were so cool, and the X-Wing fighters were just as iconic and amazing. To see them battle in space? WOW! It easily was better and far more unique than ANYTHING I had ever seen before. It all combined to create this massive Universe, filled with unique Worlds, characters, and ships. Good vs. Evil was the premise, but it was much deeper and more intricate than that. It was a intense story that grew into this mammoth universal world that captivated fans for decades and decades. Since the release of Star Wars, as a kid I collected all the action figures from the original Movie to the Empire Strikes Back. When the Return of the Jedi came out I was a teenager, 15 to be exact and toys were no longer needed or in my budget. Now cars, computers, my Nintendo NES, and girls were now important. I still however saw Return of the Jedi over ten times, but I wasn't into the toys anymore. Since then however the collecting bug came back. From I collected for a while in the mid 90's. Then later in the 2000's it came back again. The Prequels really brought it back full boar. Then later when the Legacy sets, the comic book 2pks. the really detailed and articulated 3.75" figures came out, I was all-in. But when the 6" Black Series action figures were revealed and released I was excited about that big-time! Also along with the figures, I was into the video games, the DVD's and subsequent Blu-Ray sets, and lastly my Library has quadrupled in size. I have over 400+ books. But the majority of them are Sci-Fi stories. Star Trek has about 10-15 books in there, but Star Wars? Yikes there's a boatload of Star Wars books. Easily topping 200+. In high school I was not always a big reader. It wasn't a passion of mine. My Mom always told me, just wait, when your 40-50 years old you'll wish that you could go back to high school. You'll begin to love reading, learning, etc. I laughed and told her she was loopy. But as ALWAYS, she was 1000% correct! I LOVE TO READ. Aside from my Sci-Fi collection of Books, I also have autobiographical books, non-fiction books, and other historical books, and articles. Take note..... Mother's are ALWAYS RIGHT. ALWAYS! Star Wars transformed my life from the day I saw it. It is truly an ICONIC, AMAZING, FUNNY, EXCITING, AND BEAUTIFUL STORY. Good versus Evil, and so so much more!
That bit with Blue Peter was great!! And I thought the accident was worse. Can't believe everything you read - I should know that by now!
Careful with that helmet John....it's worth about £180,000.......I have one just like it!
Brilliant!😊
Blue Peter....named after Grand Admiral Thrawn's----- brother named Peter.
Peter, “Darth Mail”, sounds like he pulled a few rips from the bong before filming these segments lol 😆
I remember watching this on Blue Peter Mark looks so young I had to check out when he was born 1951 so he was 26 but he did looks younger than that.
R2 as a Dalak. That's Gold. That's hilarious. Creativity and playfulness has been stifled by lawyers and greed. Why not ? Dr.Who can travel anywhere in time and space. Makes sense he'd travel to Tattooween to help the rebel alliance fight the Galactic Empire. Sounds like a perfect Episode.
Meco takes me straight back.....
Poor fate for Carrie later in life. Tough times with drugs. Rip
Great video. But why's it just popping up in my recommendations now?
Interesting to talk about a record heat wave in the U.K. in 1976, when one is going on now. Someone said due to latitude it would be like Maine having 100 degree days, and who has A/C there? Anyway, they also had record heat waves in 2003, 2006 and 2018. Although I think 2015 was the tipping point for the planet and there's no going back.
Tipping point in terms of climate propaganda insanity you mean?
Ugh what a perfect voice he has!
The sound of C3PO’s suit as he moves around at the beginning…
Classic footage👍
Awesome ;)
super,,,,and very talented guy
Peter Safranowitz also played randy Italian agent Aldo in the Melissa McCarthy movie 'Spies' too.
Hammel "Only so much nonsense to hang a great visual experience onto"... he predicted the 90s pre-quels and 2000s sequels
Gold.
The cringe. It burns us.
Amazing to remember CF and MH were on Blue Peter though!!
That was neat to see the voice behind Darth Maul.
I really fancied Carrie Fisher back in those days.
You and many others!
watch you in 4 years, Peter
Loved Dr.Who. Red Dwarf and the 3 first Star Wars. Love ya mate.
Ah, C-3PO... Nobody better to introduce us and send us off from this little documentary! May The Force Be With You all!
Very cool
That Happy Empire day in London at the Forbidon Planet I saw Dave Prows and Mark Hamill .... Dave Did,nt wanna sighn annything and Mark was just beaming with excitment...then he whent in to Blue Peter.
If you want to see pure natural beauty, go to the 10:15 mark of the video. There you'll see Carrie Fisher's beauty, her gorgeous smile and eyes. I had a HUGE crush on her back then. I even had every one of her action figures back in the 70's and 80's. Although the "buns" on each side of her head was a bit odd, she was still stunning! God she's incredibly beautiful and extremely talented.
I was not expecting Peter Serafinowicz!
Those were the good old days
we missed out on skywalker base in episode 7?
DAM IT
Very good.
SkyWalker sounds way way much better
It's refreshing to watch the golden age, it makes you happy! Then you become sad thinking what DizKnee has turned it into!
i use to watch it
Great fun! 😊
That guy talking is Peter Serafinowic, the voice of Darth Maul!
There's no doubt though that Hamill's face changed alot between star wars and Empire!
MORE!
Star Wars was, magic.
8:52 C-3PO's arms just won't stop moving