Time to use the Force! I have to say, R2D2 and C3PO bring the perfect amount of comedy and lightheartedness. This franchise is pretty daunting seeing as there are 11 movies and a lot of TV series, but the best way is to start at the beginning (of the movie releases)
Movie: Star Wars Episode 4 – A New Hope (1977)
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The first movie of my Star Wars adventure!! I'll be watching them in release order, there is no convincing me otherwise. I'm curious to see what all the hype is about.
What is your favourite Star Wars movie?
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14:11 Ben uses the force to influence a stormtrooper, and you say, "You will give me all the pineapple juice in the world." 🤭
That's where your head went? 🤣
Imagine what they thought when Luke shut off his targeting computer? 😨
"Luke, you've switched off your targeting computer. What's wrong?" 🤨
Luke: "Nothing. I'm all right."
3PO: "Oh, my!" 😳
Leia: "He what?!" 😱
One of the techs on the rebel base: "Well, that's it. . .we're dead." 🤦🏼♂️
26:39 "What if they destroyed the planet, what happens to the moon after?"
🤫 Shhh. It's a great idea, but don't let the Empire hear you say such things! 😬
EDIT: In answer your question, my favorite of the Star Wars films is easily, The Empire Strikes Back.
Ah yes, Star Wars, or as you younglings call it, "A New Hope". The movie that pretty much created the term "Blockbuster". I saw this movie in theatres as a little kid. (It was after my bedtime, so I fell asleep part way through.) And it DOMINATED my "entertainment" life (pretty much) ever since! (not to mention, birthdays & Christmases.)
It was so good & SO impactful on me that it took around 35 years before I could even acknowledge it had ANY flaws! And THAT was simply because, when I was rewatching it for the 9 millionth time, I hit MUTE instead of PAUSE when the phone rang. When I sat back down & watched the screen for a minute or two, I realized how very LACKING (even "sub-par) the movie seemed to be WITHOUT that epic John Williams score!
George Lucas REALLY "captured lightning in a bottle" with this movie & created a cultural EVENT! (Everything was perfectly balanced & fell into place! Take away ANY single factor, and the entire movie quality collapses down to mediocrity.)
Glad you enjoyed it.
I wish you could have watched the version we saw in 1977 before Lucas added some new CG FX. He also changed some scenes and added others. Some for the better. Some for the worse. The scene with Jabba was added. That's why he pretty much repeats what Greedo said. When they cut the Jabba scene for the '77 version, they gave his exposition to Greedo.
R2D2 had lines but he swore so much they had to beep them out. 😉
Some of the effects were updated in the 90s which is the version you saw. The only one that bothers me is first going into Mos Esley, just before Obi-Wan uses mind control on the truppers doing vehicle stops, when caos happens with creatures running into each other. Jabba's scene was added also. They filmed Han's part but weren't able to pull off adding Jabba in so the scene was scrapped. Since it was origially to be included it's ok for me. Other ad-ons are fairly minor.
Most people thought this would flop. Most theaters didn't bother getting it to show opening week. A friend had to drive three hours to see it even though we lived in a decent sized city with a few multiplexes. Of course once it hit big our city got it later that spring and summer.
Fun fact, r2d2 sabotaged the red droid that Luke almost bought. He knew that was his only competition
Please make sure to focus on the original 1977 print of this film. Lucas has ruined his own creation starting in 1981, so hunt down 4K77 or Star Wars Despecialized Edition. The "official" versions have been ruined, but we, the fans, remember. And we have preserved the Original, and ONLY, Trilogy of films!
look up scene 38 reimagined on youtube
You haven't seen the Indiana Jones trilogy? Please watch it after you are done with Star Wars, I love a good first reaction to those movies!
British actor Sir Alec Guinness played Obi Wan Kenobi. Guinness has a Best Actor Academy Award and was also awarded an honorary Oscar for his distinguished movie career.
Star Wars and Back to the Future? I guess I found a new reaction channel 😅
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Respect. Absolutely no spoilers! Not even a mention about upcoming episodes, characters' futures, characters' histories & interactions, nothing.
Enjoy the saga as it unfolds for you.
13:50 And thanks to Lucas and Disney we now have these misleading shots. In the 90's Lucas made "Special Editions" of the original trilogy, adding lots of new CGI things and shots or just altering scenes. With the franchise being in Disney's hands, they also refuse to release the original unchanged versions, making the SE ones become the ones new generations will see as the default. This kinda hurts the whole thing, cause people end up mistaking the CGI creatures being something that was done in the 70's (which is simply not the case).
The guy who plays Wedge the pilot is actually Ewan McGregor's uncle….
They react to gun shots in the Cantina the same way they reacted to them in Wild West Saloon's , happened every day .
In 1977 when this first came out it was simply called "Star Wars". "New Hope" didn't come into it until it was re-released later on.
The line "prisoner transfer from cell block 1138" is a reference to Lucas' earlier film "THX 1138".
Jon is the greatest composer of the Tweanteth composer.
Release order is an excellent idea. I would like to see the rest of the original trilogy, at least!
Welcome to the first of eleven movies. I watched "Star Wars" (Episode IV) in theatres when I was 14 in 1977 and Episode IX 42 years later in 2019!! It's quite the saga!!
Hey, Verowak! Welcome to that galaxy far, far away!
Star Wars is deeply embedded in global pop culture and is one of the few franchises to shape multiple generations. Star Trek is another major one. Star Trek is genuine science fiction whereas Star Wars is more space fantasy. The first one I saw in a theater as a little boy was "Return of the Jedi" in 1983. My parents — and anyone else who experienced it — remember seeing "A New Hope" in 1977 because their jaws dropped in disbelief when that seemingly endless Star Destroyer kept passing before their eyes in pursuit of that tiny rebel transport.
Why does the saga begin with Episode IV?
George Lucas was influenced by a variety of concepts and genres that he blended together in a unique hodge-podge one of which was 1930s serials that ended on cliffhangers and continued for many, many chapters. They initially played these serials on the radio and later as featurettes before the main movie in theaters. If you hadn't been watching the serial from the beginning and just showed up casually on any old weekend, you'd find yourself in the middle of a story. This is called "in media res." Lucas was trying to recreate that sensation of walking into the middle of a story. Originally, the film was just called "Star Wars" because there were no expectations of sequels. As the saga evolved, the episodes were numbered and given subtitles. That's why Star Wars begins with Episode 4, "A New Hope".
Other influences were World War II aerial dogfight footage, Leni Riefenstahl's Nazi propaganda films for the fascistic imagery, Eastern Daoist philosophy, Flash Gordon serials, Akira Kurosawa's samurai epics, spaghetti Westerns, Errol Flynn swashbucklers, Edgar Rice Burroughs' sword-and-planet fiction, Frank Frazetta paintings and Joseph Campbell's scholarly writing on the hero's journey, "The Hero with a Thousand Faces". The reason these films struck a chord with worldwide audiences is because they tapped into both universal archetypes and specific images from a variety of cultural sources.
The non-CGI, PRACTICAL special effects were a quantum leap ahead of anything current and still hold up today. To promote the Prequel trilogy of the 2000's, Lucas remastered the Classic trilogy with DIGITAL effects which is why some elements look computer-generated. The two most narrative-oriented digital additions occur on Tatooine. In one, you get an early glimpse of Jabba the Hutt and the bounty hunter Boba Fett. This was cool. Jabba was originally played by a heavy-set man before being digitally rendered as a large slug which is why Han refers to him as a human being! In the other, the bounty hunter Greedo, who corners Han in the cantina, is shown to fire his blaster first whereas, originally, Han Solo fired pre-emptively under the table bushwhacking Greedo. This demonstrated Solo's rough, dangerous nature. The change caused a good deal of outrage but we're stuck with it now! Lol.
Artoo (R2-D2) is probably the smartest character in the whole franchise! Little person actor Kenny Baker operated the droid from within! Artoo is a type of droid called an ASTROMECH which are like ambulatory Swiss Army knives whose function is to serve as an onboard mechanic for starships. The two droids are meant to be the WITNESSES of the saga and appear in 11 of the 12 films! Lucas got the idea of servant witnesses from Akira Kurosawa's samurai classic, "The Hidden Fortress".
Threepio (C-3PO) didn't forget who Leia was. He was playing dumb by answering truthfully but vaguely so as not to pique his new master's curiosity. They had been through an ordeal and found safe harbor. He didn't want to rock the boat. Quiet orderliness is all he is programmed for as a PROTOCOL DROID yet adventure always finds him.
Wilhuff Tarkin is a Grand Moff which is a military term denoting his administrative authority over multiple sectors of the galaxy. Tarkin is top brass in the military and, under the Emperor's totalitarian regime, the military has replaced the civilian government. During the briefing, we are informed that the Senate has been abolished. Vader is the Emperor's enforcer but doesn't hold a political title or military rank. Tarkin is the man in charge of the nuts and bolts. Venerated actor Peter Cushing, known for playing Dr. Frankenstein, Van Helsing and Sherlock Holmes, portrayed the evil bureaucrat so soulless he could casually order the destruction of a planet teeming with billions and so respected even Vader deferred to his commands!
Leia Organa is the Princess of Alderaan. There are millions of civilizations in the galaxy with a monarchic government. Most of them are obscure. Alderaan's civilization is ancient and it is one of the founding worlds of the Republic so many of the civilized worlds of the Galactic Core would be familiar with her family especially since she is a member of the Senate. However, Tatooine is in the Outer Rim beyond the jurisdiction of the centralized government so there's little reason a farmboy like Luke would know who she is.
The climactic duel between Kenobi and Vader looks stiff and lacks the visceral impact of a more dynamic duel because Sir Alec Guiness was an elderly gent, the Vader suit allowed for a limited range of motion and the lightsaber props kept shattering with hard impacts. A YouTube fan called FXitinPost crafted an incredibly thrilling edit that lends the scene all the pizzazz it was lacking. It's called SC-38 RE-IMAGINED! Check it out AFTER you see "Revenge of the Sith".
Han received a medal for coming through in the clutch but, as his first mate, Chewie deserved one, too! The poor Wookiee has to wait 35 years for validation!
The opening crawl relates the events of "Rogue One" which concludes just hours before "A New Hope" begins! Don't skip it as it is one of the best Star Wars films around! If you would like to see more of Han Solo, I highly recommend you not skip "Solo" either which tells the origin story of Han. It's an underrated Star Wars film and tremendous fun!
Obi-Wan the white… LOL
THE STAR WARS TIMELINE
[BBY= Before Battle of Yavin or destruction of the Death Star, ABY= After Battle of Yavin]
animated Tales of the Jedi (62BBY-18BBY)
Episode I: The Phantom Menace (32BBY)
Episode II: Attack of the Clones (22BBY)
animated Clone Wars Micro-series (22BBY-19BBY) [Non-canon but awesome]
animated Clone Wars TV series and movie (21BBY-19BBY)
Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (19BBY)
animated The Bad Batch TV series (19BBY)
Fallen Order video game (15BBY)
Solo: A Star Wars Story (13-10BBY)
Obi-Wan Kenobi (9BBY)
Andor (20BBY-5BBY)
animated Rebels TV series (5BBY-0BBY)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (13BBY- days BBY)
Episode IV: A New Hope (0BBY)
Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (3ABY)
Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (4ABY)
The Mandalorian TV series (9-10ABY)
The Book of Boba Fett TV series (4-10 ABY)
animated Resistance TV series (33.5ABY-35ABY)
Episode VII: The Force Awakens (34ABY)
Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (34ABY)
Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker (35ABY)
MY RECOMMENDED VIEWING ORDER IS:
Classic trilogy (4,5,6)
Prequel trilogy (1,2,3)
SC-38 RE-IMAGINED (YouTube channel FXitinPost)
Solo standalone film
Rogue One standalone film
Sequel trilogy (7,8,9)
Andor live-action series
The Mandalorian live-action series
The Book of Boba Fett live-action series
Clone Wars animated Micro-series [non-canon but awesome]
Clone Wars animated TV series and movie [INCREDIBLE!!!]
The Bad Batch animated TV series [spin-off continuation of Clone Wars]
Rebels animated TV series [sequel series set 15 years later]
Tales of the Jedi animated shorts
Obi-Wan Kenobi live-action series [optional]
Fallen Order video game [optional]
Resistance animated TV series [optional]
Spaceballs standalone film [Mel Brooks' classic parody]