STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE Clip – "Destroying The Death Star" (1977)



STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE Clip – “Destroying The Death Star” (1977)

PLOT: The Imperial Forces — under orders from cruel Darth Vader (David Prowse) — hold Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) hostage, in their efforts to quell the rebellion against the Galactic Empire. Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) and Han Solo (Harrison Ford), captain of the Millennium Falcon, work together with the companionable droid duo R2-D2 (Kenny Baker) and C-3PO (Anthony Daniels) to rescue the beautiful princess, help the Rebel Alliance, and restore freedom and justice to the Galaxy.

CAST: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing, Alec Guinness, David Prowse, James Earl Jones, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew

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40 thoughts on “STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE Clip – "Destroying The Death Star" (1977)”

  1. Are trolls the same as vampires, or do the psychic wars not exist?
    Vampires have simplified coding that may breach, infiltrate, and steal from ones soul, whereas trolls are simply stabbing into the hole. Remember that, kids!
    -Stigma Walter, Trinity Site, where hot air ballons are dragons. 📷

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  2. I saw this in 1977 when I was 9 – when Han swoops in just in time to save Luke, the crowd went bananas – that was our generation's "Captain America grabs Thor's hammer" moment.

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  3. I'm pretty sure that if Darth Vader already knew in this episode that one of the pilots he was chasing was his son Luke, he wouldn't have tried to attack him; things would have been different.

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  4. I’m here for Han Solo’s epic line of “You’re all clear kid, now let’s blow this thing and go home”. Talk about a supportive friend.
    Now imagine Chewbacca’s response, probably along the lines of “Rrrrrrggggghhhhh!!!!!”

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  5. There's a lot about this whole sequence that's really unique to this film only. Never again would a single space battle be the climax of a Star War. Individual dogfights turned into massive battles with hundreds of fighters. Here when the X-Wings make a slight bank the engines roar. In the next film the Falcon is casually zipping through asteroids. The military jargon goes away. There's long periods of time here where John Williams is completely absent. When he does appear, he gives these long tense buildups like 3:50 getting our hearts racing until the Force theme comes in and gives release.

    For the most part you're watching normal people take on the largest Empire. The Rebels have no Jedi masters, no 10-year old prodigies, no Resistance flying aces. They get picked off one by one and each death is focused on just to make you feel how much lower the chance of success is with each loss. Luke finally using the Force is the climax of the entire movie and not a superpower we're just used to everyone having.

    Frankly Dunkirk is closer to this than even Return of the Jedi. And I love that almost 50 years later and billions into this universe this still feels special (even if it is only Dambusters in Space).

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  6. Luke calling for biggs and wedge to form up and start their run, having just seen 6 far more experienced pilots get shot down lile they were nothing and now knowing that the targeting computer cant guarantee the shot. Knowing theyre the last slim hope the rebellion has, switching up their tactics for speed instead of shielding, Luke ordering Wedge to bug out because he knows that if it all fails at least one of his wing will hopefully make it out alive and then the tragic loss of his best friend in Biggs and his newfound companion in R2 leaving him alone in the wolves den. Pure and perfect cinema.

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