My First Time Ever Watching Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope | Movie Reaction / Commentary 

LONGER REACTION: www.patreon.com/MovieJoob Jade is here to watch Star Wars A New Hope for her first time ever!! 💫 Join along in watching Jades reaction to this iconic movie and as always leave a like, subscribe and click the notification bell to keep up with all our content! ❤️🔴

In ‘77 this was insanely unique. Nothing came close for many years, even decades.

"Why Didn't Chewie Get A Medal?" About that scene, Peter Mayhew, the actor who played Chewbacca, had said, "I Don't Know Why Chewie Didn't Get A Medal, But I Did Get The Last Line"

“A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.” I always love seeing people watch Star Wars for the first time. Still my all time favorite franchise.

I was born in 1965 and I was 12 years old when episode 4 came out in 1977 and I watched episodes 4,5 and 6 at the theaters and it was the most awesome thing we had ever seen we went crazy. The worst thing was having to wait for 3 years (1980) for episode 5 and then another 3 years (1983) for episode 6, the waiting was horrendous. I really enjoyed your reaction to this episode and can't wait to see your reactions to the rest of the story darlin 😊

14:23 Think about this brilliant bit of physical acting. This guy absolutely sells the idea that his larynx is being invisibly crushed. That's nothing anyone could have trained for, yet he pulls it off, leaving no one in any doubt of his helpless distress. That's a wonderful performance.

I love how Leia conforted Luke over the sadness of a man’s death who he scarcely knew-Meanwhile she was dealing with the death of her planet and her family, basically everyone she ever knew. And she seemed less fazed than Luke over her much more meaningful losses.

You have seen the Fett, the Mando, and even the Solo, but your adventure truly begins here. May the Force be with you.

The reason Carrie closes her eyes when she shoots there is the Blaster is actually a bunch of bits and pieces stuck on a functional Sterling SMG that's firing blanks so they can paint the laser effects over them more easily. If you get the version Lucas hasn't screwed around with you can actually see the Blaster ejecting spent cartridges in that scene.

Watching in release order is in my opinion the best way for someone who never watched the Star Wars movies to view the movies. The originals are exceptionally good at introducing and connecting the viewer with the characters, their mission and the universe -- something I think the sequels are less good at. But the sequels become very really interesting movies once you're invested and connected with the original movies. In my opinion, the experience of watching the sequels becomes something different (and much better) if you watch the originals first.

24:47 That’s a MSE-6 repair droid, also known as a mouse droid. 27:15 This creature is called a dianoga. The one aboard the Death Star is Force sensitive, that’s why it attacked Luke. 28:30 The Force power Obi-wan is using to conceal himself, Force Persuasion, literally makes you invisible when you use it in video games. He doesn’t need a disguise. 34:02 You’ll notice that the pronunciations of names change based on who’s speaking in this franchise. 34:30 Lots of non-Jedi believe in the Force. General Dodonna is a badass, especially for a man his age, but he’s no Jedi. 37:00 Fun fact: Vader had more kills than any other pilot in the galaxy at this point in time. 41:12 Fans noticed that Chewie didn’t get a medal while this movie was still in theaters, it was a topic of conversation for quite a few years until they finally gave him one at the MTV movie awards in the early 1990s.

18:13 Probably one of the more hotly debated moments of this movie. Originally, Greedo never fired at Han in that scene, Han just blew him away when he wasn't expecting it. Really highlighted how much of an underhanded scoundrel he was.

A movie that changed the world forever! Arguably one of the biggest movies of all time. I was nine years old when I saw it in the theater for the first time. Hooked me forever!

I was 17 when this came out. It was ground-breaking.. a WHOLE new definition of the genre. Although, by today's standards, the effects are very rudimentary. But for the time, it was epic! I believe this re-defined science fiction and set the bar at a new, higher level for future science fiction movies. Thanks for sharing your reaction. It was entertaining to watch someone that wasn't even born yet when this came out, react to this classic. Keep it up, it's only getting better. The next movie, the Empire Strikes Back, is generally considered one of the greatest movies every made...and also the best of all the star movies. I look forward to your reaction to that one next.

Great reaction! Glad you liked it. However, as someone who lived through those decades, late 70s and 80s are definitely distinct creatures to me.

I was 8 when this came out in 1977. To me, it was perfect. The effects were new and mind bending, and the explosions were so good! :-) I am lucky enough to have a DVD copy of the theatrical release! No CGI. Han shot first. As a kid, I had no idea who Alec Guinness was... that he was a huge star who'd been in a ton of films. I didn't know Carrie Fisher was Hollywood royalty. All I knew was that this movie was literally beyond belief. Up until then, special effects weren't in the same class at all. This was next level, really, along with 2001: A Space Odyssey. Then came Tron and The Abyss. Then Terminator 2. Then Matrix. But I digress. :-) And please try to imagine that we all saw it on the widescreen in a dark room with strangers. We ingested the greatness together. Around 1984, I was in high school in Massachusetts. I was on the track team, and the coach was the astronomy teacher. The school had its own planetarium! I don't know how the coach got a copy of Star Wars on film, but we watched it up on the dome of the planetarium, sitting in seats that went all the way back.

The man in the C3PO suit also voiced the character. 3PO's lower right leg is actually silver, not gold. In universe, droids are believed to have psychological breakdowns unless their memories are wiped regularly. Artoo's erratic behavior (for a droid) stems from not undergoing memory wipes for much too long. As a result, 3PO does not renember the prequel movie events, but Artoo does. Luke says "prisoner transfer from cell block 1138." This references Lucas's first feature movie, THX1138.

I had so much fun rewatching this movie with you! I love all that you noticed and appreciated considering what you knew going into this viewing! Can't wait to watch the rest of the series with you too! And YES! Chewie deserved a medal!!!!!

Fun fact: While it was far from Harrison Ford's first role, he'd sort of tried, but immediately got disinterested in acting for a few years at the time, but his various skills kept him around the industry. Ford was actually also a skilled carpenter and had worked on set construction, but his wit and personality kept drawing interest for more. I believe at the time of A New Hope he was most known for two things: his role in American Graffiti, and apparently his skill in building ingenious, hidden compartments to store "things" in and around hot tubs and pools, for big names in L.A. lol And it sounds like gossip but I think that is actually by his own admission. 😅😂

The actor who played Chewie, Peter Meyhew, was often asked how he felt about Chewie not getting a medal. His answer was that it didn't matter because "He got the last line."

I love that you're watching this with 1977 eyes. The movie that saved Hollywood and the greatest movie ever made. Gotta love it. End of Line

These are Imperial Stormtroopers, conscript soldiers recruited from across the Empire. The clones were in the prequel series, & are the cause of the Clone Wars referred to in this movie. They aged out of service, & are either all dead or old men by this time. You're watching the rerelease featuring CGI creatures added by Lucas. In the 70s, creatures were stop-motion animation (seen primarily in the next movie.) Stop-motion utilized posable clay puppets. Animation like gunfire was hand drawn. This film was produced as a one-off. There were no plans for Vader to be Luke's dad, hence Obiwan's explanation of how Vader murdered Luke's dad. The movie was released as Star Wars, which was publicly roasted by movie critics, since the movie shows two battles, not wars! The idea of a movie series was in George Lucas' mind, but he hadn't committed to it, yet. They had no idea if this film would do well enough to warrant a sequel. Episode IV: A New Hope was added in the rerelease. Obiwan's apparent death was meant to be mysterious. Every lightsaber battle resulted in cauterized wounds, not disintegrations. Vader was obviously confused. Did you notice how Vader's speech doesn't match his breathing? He has a mechanical respirator. The original Jabba was a human character. That scene didn't appear in the movie because Lucas wasn't happy with it. After Jabba the Hutt was reimagined as a slug species, the CGI Jabba was inserted over the human actor, & the sequence was restored. Vader is the Emperor's enforcer. In this movie, he's subordinate to Moff Tarkin, the governor. At this point, Vader is unaware he has a child. He eventually puts it together. The prequel series clarifies how he didn't know Luke was his son. The beast in the garbage disposal was probably someone's pet who escaped into the plumbing. Re: the stormtroopers' horrible aim: they were under orders to miss. Dead rebels can't lead anyone back to their hidden base!

I think it's hard for younger audiences to realize just what a big deal that movie was at the time. I saw it in the theater as a kid and it was in 70mm Dolby widescreen that literally shook the seats... which was a really new experience (aside from 2001) glad you liked it and appreciated the little things that made it great.

Everyone misses the joke with 'Who is more foolish the fool who follows him?'. Chewbacca reacts like it was an insult aimed at him. Because he's following a fool. Chewbacca throwing shade at Han Solo and scoring.

I always interpreted Obi-Wan calling Vader “Darth” as him calling Vader by his title so basically calling him Lord

All she’s seen is Solo and Last Jedi… BLESS HER HEART 💚💚 Said, an Okie.

Fun fact: In the scene where Luke jumps out of his X-wing after blowing up the Death Star, he greets Leia first and yells out, "Carrie!" instead of "Leia!". Mark later said he got caught up in the excitement and forgot which name he was supposed to yell and ended up using the actress's real name instead of her character's name.

i was 25 when A New Hope came out in 1977. In the opening shot, the Star Destroyer chasing Princess Leia's ship just seemed to go on and on and on. I still get that feeling when watching it today. I see you're watching a version with a lot of added CGI. The scene with Jabba the Hutt was deleted from the original theatrical release, but restored in one of the later DVD releases. Of course, by that time, we'd been introduced to the slug-like Jabba, so when the scene was added back in, they had to CGI him over the original human actor. That, in turn, created a problem when Han walks behind Jabba; his tail was in the way. So, they digitally manipulated things so that he actually seems to step on Jabba's tail, causing him to grunt. Wedge Antilles (Red 2) is played by Denis Lawson, the uncle of Ewan McGregor, who played Obi-Wan Kenobi in the prequel films. Wedge survives the trench run, and appears in some of the other films, including 'The Rise of Skywalker'. By the way, Ewan McGregor's older brother Colin was in the RAF; his callsign was Obi-Two. You might enjoy this TV documentary on the making of 'A New Hope': ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FSuDjjlIPak.html There's also this performance of the Cantina Band music by the Danish National Orchestra: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CDrWcFGlyKg.html

I was 6 when it was released in theaters & after my parents saw it to make sure it was okay for my older brother & I, took us to see it. I was, of course, overwhelmed, but couldn't get enough of it. In today's (over)saturated media culture it's hard to really understand how revolutionary it was. Part of what made it such an event was that not only was it such a quantum leap in action & effects from prior films, but it touched some deep-seated needs in people that many didn't even REALIZE they needed. Films of the 70's up until that point were very cynical, which was a reflection of the cynical time we lived in. That, combined with the bleak materialism of the era, left people starving for stories with a deeper message of the ineffable and just as importantly, Heroes. For good or for Ill, Star Wars touched those needs, and was treasured like finding an Oasis in the Desert.

Saw in a theater in 79! I was 21. Wide screen and Dolby surround sound! It was revolutionary,!

Okay I read some of the comments and I'm going to say the same thing. I was 10 in 1977 my cousin Jay and I stood in line for 6 hours to watch this movie. Then the next day we stood in line for 6 hours again. Watching younger generations see this for the first time sometimes blows me away and sometimes they just think it's silly. But your reaction was different. You said you'd seen the mandalorian end up with that with no context. But the Joy on your face and the intensity was as close to that I've seen two a 10-year-old sitting in the theater getting blown away by this movie. The amount of times that you said this is so cool was one 10th of the amount of time that I said this is so cool. I can't explain to you how amazing and mind-blowing Star wars was is a 10-year-old. And the whole journey is amazing there's so much in this universe to unpack. And I think you're on that journey. You have the empire next then return to the Jedi. The prequels which are okay but cool. That if you want to dive deep clone wars animated series then rebels animated series which leads into all of the characters of mandalorian and boba Fett. I'm excited to see you're excited. I just found your channel this is the first time I watched you and I can't wait to continue. Seriously the joy in your face watching you watch this brought back memories. I'm subscribing and I'll see you next time. May the force be with you, always ❤️💚☘️🇺🇦

First film I saw in a theater-I was 5. Can’t ever forget that feeling.

They added some CGI since the original 1977 version. The Jabba the Hutt scene was filmed with a human actor standing in for Jabba but left out of the movie until they later had the technology to put it in with a CGI Jabba. So when Hans Solo said "your a wonderful human being" he was looking at a human actor. Also when he walked behind Jabba's back it created a problem that they had to play with Solo's position to suggest he climbed over Jabba's tail.

It came out in 1978,I saw it in the movie theater opening night I was 9 years old. I thought it was the greatest movie ever. I got my dad to take me the next day to see it again

The plot of this movie is inspired by an old Japanese film called The Hidden Fortress. In that film a Japanese Princess is captured by an evil Warlord who wants to know the location of her hidden fortress. She sends two servants to escape and find a retired Samurai who can save her. So basically the Japanese princess is Leia, the Warlord is Darth Vader, then Samurai is Kenobi, the two servants are the droids and the hidden fortress is the Rebel Base.

I swear, so many of the first time watchers I've seen watch Star Wars say "Wow, that was much better than I thought it would be!" .... and I'm like... why didn't you think it would be good? It's a global phenomenon for a reason lol.

Order of release is the best way to watch these movies. One thing you need to know is that, when a Jedi dies, he doesn't leaves a corpse, the corpse disapear and the "sipirit", the "conscience" becomes a part of of the Force (he becomes "one with the Force) and, if he hard learn it when he was alive, he can talk to people he uses to know whenhe was alive. That's why Obi can talk to Luke after Vader killed him. That"s what Obi meant when he said Vader "If you strike me down I shall become more powerful than you can imagine".

your official first taste of star wars. welcome

R2-D2: not the first, but still an iconic and epic embodiment of "ride or die" lol

You'll never quite hear Vader get as absolutely pissed off as he is at the start of the movie. He's usually the poster villain for "tranquil fury." It remained an odd early discrepancy, but when they finally did address it much later, it was pretty well played. Once you see what directly preceeded that his being so demonstrably pissed makes perfect sense.

I met Kenny Baker once. He was the nicest, sweetest man ever.

English people pronounce the name "Leia" as Lee-ah, whereas Americans pronounce it Lay-er. As it was written by an American it is technically Lay-er, it's just that the English actors, like Peter Cushing, pronounced it in their natural dialect. I really enjoyed your reaction; it was like seeing the movie for the first time again. I was 6 years old when A New Hope was first released in Australia, and it was the first movie I ever saw in a theatre. I was so impacted by it that I still vividly remember that trip to the George Theatre in Brisbane to this day. I remember going in the theatre in the mid afternoon and being shocked to come out and find it was night. I loved the movie so much that it became my favourite movie ever since: all six parts, because they are really one, long movie. Thanks so much for returning me once again to my childhood.

It's so interesting to see someone watching these who's already seen some of the newer content! I also love how you picked up on so many of the small details, like the pilots' names positions. Really looking forward to seeing more of these from you!

It is little noted but: 1) Ciuba knows Kenobi from the Clone War 2) C3PO never had his memory wiped, so hit remembers everything from the Phantom Menace on (Anakin, Padme, the Twins, etc.)

I introduced my 7 yr son to SW in release order. Just because Yoda in the Empire Strikes Back. You don't know this little green annoying creature is a master Jedi. Those little surprises I wanted him to experience.

"I have seen the Last Jedi and Solo" Oh boy I can't wait to see her put those at the bottom of her list

Always fun to watch someone take their first steps into one of life's greatest journeys

I saw the original in theaters in 1977, I was seventeen years old. The added scenes and CGI in this version are enjoyable but I wish Lucas has at least digitally given Chewbacca a medal.

Glad you liked it, I never knew much about Star Wars until commercials for the special edition were on TV in '97. My parents had a recorded TV broadcast of the whole trilogy from 93 so I watched that and I've loved it ever since no matter the age of it.

I think it is interesting how even back in the first movie they seemed to have Chewbacca's backstory established how he had been a slave, which is why he was so instantly angry when Luke was about to put those cuffs on him.

Lucas didn't decide that Vader was Luke's Father until part way writing the Empire Strikes Back. He didn't decide Luke and Leia were siblings until part way through writing Return of the Jedi.

In 1977, I saw "Star Wars" in the same ex-Cinerama theater that had screened "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968), and would show "Alien" (1979). This "long, slow, non-DFX" movie was a revelation on the big screen at the time. These three SF/Fantasy/Horror movies would change the movie business in amazing ways, and make composer John Williams a movie soundtrack icon. 6:39 You are watching the George Lucre version that has digital effects not seen in the theatrical original. 15:39 The Jedi Mind Trick. 18:30 Jabba the Hutt didn't show up until "Rerturn of the Jedi" (1983) in the original trilogy. 31:35 The Jedi consider Death to be a quaint concept. 35:48 Now for some World War II-like space combat. 41:09 You noticed!;)

24:50 -- They're called "mousebots" -- They usually clean floors and remove trash or debris.. They're also used to carry messages or small parts from place to place around the station or big ships.

I watched this movie as a kid in the 80's countless times. It was fun watching it again with you now😁

I feel like I've watched every first time reaction of A New Hope. Imo this is the best one so far. Great editing and sound. Thanks

Loved your reaction!!! Welcome to the Star Wars World!!!

Just found your channel thanks to the algorithm and I really enjoyed your reaction. I'm so glad you're doing them in release order the way we got to see them when I was growing up. I look forward to watching you take this journey. I'm happy I found your channel.

I saw this movie on its opening weekend in St. Ann, Missouri. My parents dropped me and my two best buds off at the movies - the line of people went around the movie house. A while later, an usher came out and cut off the line behind the person behind me - the theater had reached its maximum capacity. Back then, almost all movie houses had but one screen - they weren't the huge "multiplexes" we have today. There were also drive-in movie theaters all over the place - now just a handful around the country. When we all went to see the second Star Wars, the movie opened up as being "Episode V," and everybody was like "What in the hell?!"

The first time I saw it, it was simply "Star Wars".

"Do people who are not Jedi's say may the force be with you or do only Jedi's say that?" Many who are not Christians but still believe say "God Bless you"

Just for the record, this is not the original movie from 1977. This is one of the updated "special" editions with newer special effects. The dewbacks being ridden by stormtroopers when they landed on Tatooine was a dead giveaway.

Discovering in the chronological order is so so much better

Amazing, you have taken your first steps into a larger world.

This was filmed in 1977 but you're watching the version that has had the special effects updated to CGI in some scenes.

"I like their relationship together; they're very cute and weird." They're like an old married couple! 😝

Great reaction Jade. I really enjoyed it. Thank you

Awesome reactions :D very cheerful, glad you liked this masterpiece

The Rebel Alliance cought that salute "May the Force be with you" that was Jedi in origin but they said it anyway whether they believed in the Force or not. (Knid of Mantra, so to speak). There is an improved scene: sc38 reimagined, it is Vader and Kennobi fight but including everything they can do now, it's cool!

Jade: “I think I really like Obi-Wan.” Obi-Wan: “Hello there. 🙃”

RE: 24:50 - "What is that little thing?" that is a mouse droid. They deliver coffee and messages. Oh and uh, they're afraid of wookies.

Hi Jade! Loved your reaction to Star Wars and I've gladly subscribed! I love seeing people enjoy these movies for the first time. I'm looking forward to seeing these amazing films with you! ❤👋

Jade, this was a great watch. I always laugh when i see Luke hand the gun to Chewy and not many people really notice or find it that funny and i always said to myself one day there with be a first time reactor who will laugh at that as much as i did. That person is you, thank you! Glad you had a great time watching the movie

I saw all three of the original trilogy as a child and the prequels in my 20’s and thirty’s.

I love watching a person get introduced to Star Wars. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Welcome to the family Jade.

I love new Star Wars reactions. The video alone was enough to earn you a subscription. I look forward to the rest of your Star Wars journey. I'll be watching your Empire Strikes Back reaction later on and then waiting for Return of the Jedi. Keep up the awesome work. 👍

I watched this movie when it first came out in May 25, 1977, at a drive-in theater. I was only 9 and half years old at the time.

I've probably seen this a hundred times, but it's the first time I noticed when Obi-wan cut off the dude's arm, he's looking around at everybody in the bar, like "Anyone else want some of this?" Nobody did.

hey hello there and good morning; ,just started your reactions and am just blown away....from this dedication to the story "far far away" keep it up girl greets and cheers from Croatia 😎👍 MIK

Oh my, my first time watching Star Wars IV is just last month and I'm not expecting that this is very good because it's 70's film. I'm not into classics by the way, but for me, this is by far the best Star Wars film. Good for you that you watched it, Jade.

Anything that looks cgi was added in 1997 when they rereleased them in theaters as special editions. Some minor tweaking after 1997 also.

Darth Vader: Now I am the master. Obi-Wan Kenobi: Only a master of evil. Darth Vader: I have my Master of Evil, i’m studying for my doctorate.

I haven't even watched the video but I'm subscribing simply because you're getting into Star Wars ♥️

Lucas added CGI to the first three movies for the re-release before the prequels. But, the special effects of 1977 stand up. To see these in their original version, you can find the Despecialized versions online. BTW, Han didn't just shoot first, Greedo never shot at all.

Great reaction video. Glad you liked it, because the next 2 Star Wars movies get even better if you can believe it. Will probably make you cry before the end as surprising as it sounds. Give you a sub! :)

The Binary Sunset shot from Star Wars: A New Hope is the greatest shot in cinema history. Its composition, context, soundtrack, and narrative placement make it truly moving in a way that no other single image before or since has been able to match. That’s a big claim, and while the obvious thing to do would be to list every other shot in cinema history and demonstrate how they all fall short of this crowning achievement, that would be time-consuming to the point of being prohibitive. It is much simpler to extoll the virtues of this greatest of all images and leave it at that. The shot in question happens about 25 and a half minutes into the film. Luke Skywalker has taken possession of R2 and 3PO and hopes that their presence on his family’s moisture farm (where water is pulled from the air and stored to later be sold) will be a step in the direction of the destiny he believes he possesses. However, Luke’s uncle tells him that he must stay on the farm for another entire year. This means that Luke’s hopes and dreams are on hold for the foreseeable future. The foreseeable future. If Luke truly knew what the future held for him, he would not feel so trapped by his present circumstances. Hearing the news that he is trapped on Tatooine for another year, Luke storms out of a meal with his family, marking the last time that they are seen onscreen, and goes outside to watch the setting suns. So. The composition. Luke climbs up a subterranean set of stairs to stand at the doorway of his family home. He then walks toward a slight rise to get a better view of the sunset. As he makes his way to the slight rise, he kicks at the ground in a universal gesture of frustration and hopelessness. Then he ascends the rise. As he arrives at the top of the embankment, the camera cuts from looking at what Luke sees to a reaction shot from the actor, Mark Hamill. (Hamill’s performance is beautifully subtle and will be discussed later.) The camera cuts back to an over-the-shoulder, the music swells as the suns go down, and the camera cuts back to Luke. The image of a person looking toward the horizon has been hardwired into humanity’s collective subconscious as a visual metaphor of the person looking toward the unknown future. The great irony of this is that Luke’s future is not before him, at the horizon, but his future is embodied by R2D2 and his message, which is currently running away in the opposite direction. However, the brilliance of this shot lies in the way the sequence is framed. Lucas puts his camera far enough away behind Luke that Luke is deliberately placed in the center of frame. He is exactly between his home and the suns, in between the ground and the sky. Lucas uses this frame to show that Luke is trapped on all sides between where he is and where he wants to be, and like the universal meaning of kicking at the earth in frustration, the meaning of this shot is also clear. Who amongst us has never felt that they are trapped between where they are and where they want to be? Is that not the human condition in a nutshell? Dreaming of a greater significance that seems absent while we deal with the mundanities of life as we know it? Putting Luke in center frame automatically makes him the most important figure in it. Cinematographers have known that technique for decades. The audience’s eye is drawn to what’s in the middle of the screen, so whatever is nearest the exact middle is the most important thing onscreen. This is more beautiful irony. The frame itself is calling Luke Skywalker the most important figure in its scope, and its scope contains a large section of the universe. Luke Skywalker is the Chosen One of this story, but he doesn’t know it. He thinks he’s completely irrelevant while the story is shouting that he is the central character. It is impossible to say how much of this George Lucas intended when he placed his camera on the day, but even if it was completely accidental, the beauty of this shot demonstrates George Lucas’ skill in composing a shot for the screen. Say what you will about the way he directs his actors or the way he writes dialogue, but you cannot deny that the man has a phenomenal ability to find and create beautiful images and to capture them on camera. So, the context. As stated previously, this shot happens about half an hour into the film’s 2-hour-and-four-minute runtime, which means that it’s about a quarter of the way into the film. For those of you playing along at home on your laminated diagram of Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey, the story is right about when the hero is offered his quest. We’ve seen his ordinary world, we’ve gotten to know him as a person, we’ve heard about his hopes and dreams and his fears and insecurities, we know what he cares about and what he takes for granted, and we’ve seen how he handles disappointment. As Yoda says in Empire Strikes Back, Luke is always looking toward the horizon, dreaming of the future. His mind is never focused on his present circumstances but is instead always thinking about the future. At this point in the film, we know that somehow Luke gets off this planet and that somehow it has to do with the two droids we’ve been following since the beginning of the film, but the movie hasn’t told us how yet. That’s because there are a couple of pieces of groundwork that need to be laid. First, he’s got to meet his mentor, and second, he needs to lose that which is holding him back and keeping him from going off on his grand adventure. That means R2 needs to escape and, unfortunately, Luke’s last (known) remaining family need to die. That’s the thing about mythic heroes; it’s hard on their families. But anyway, back to the context of the shot. We know about the Death Star, we know that it has the power to destroy an entire planet, but we haven’t seen it in action yet. From a narrative perspective, this gives the stakes somewhere to go. If the film opened with the Death Star destroying a planet, the stakes would be set too high too early, and the question would become, “Why hasn’t the Empire used it again since?” The stakes must grow along with Luke’s vendetta against the Empire. At first, he is only willing to help Obi-Wan get to Anchorhead or Mos Eisley to find passage off-world, but after his surrogate parents are murdered, he decides to join the old man on his quest to save the princess. The first threshold has been passed, the story pattern is holding, and we’re on our way for space fantasy adventure. Once he sees the Death Star, though, and witnesses Obi-Wan’s death at the hands of Darth Vader, he fully commits to the Rebel cause and becomes a declared enemy of the Empire. He begins to see that he could make a difference in the greater universe. He begins to understand elements of his destiny. But the only way to communicate the idea that Luke is understanding the destiny he’d been dreaming about is to show the audience Luke dreaming about that destiny earlier in the film. Hence Binary Sunset. The film implies that Luke has stood on this exact spot at this exact time and looked at those very suns his entire life. The film shows the audience that it’s not just a boy looking at a sunset; it’s a character dreaming about his destiny. It’s conveyed so clearly through nothing but performance, composition, staging, and music that there is no other possible interpretation. Luke Skywalker believes that his destiny is in the future among the stars, but he can’t quite get there. And then there’s the score. What can be said about John Williams’ score that hasn’t already? Other than “he stole a lot of it from Holst and a lot of earlier composers.” Well, ‘stole’ is a strong word. Williams stole his Star Wars score from The Planets and other works in the same way that Lucas stole the plot from Joseph Campbell. It’s not so much stolen as it is adopted and adapted. As for the music itself, I’m not your guy. I don’t know anything about music and my attempting to write about music is just going to be embarrassing for all of us, so I won’t. I mentioned Mark Hamill’s performance earlier, and what makes his performance so beautiful is the way Luke’s body language contrasts so perfectly with the music. In the big reaction shot, Luke looks to the horizon as if to ask, “Will I ever get out of here?” Then he looks down as if to say, “No. I’ll always be stuck here, between where I am and where I want to be.” But, almost despite his own self-doubt, Luke looks up again, as if saying, “But just maybe I can escape.” Finally, he looks down, surrendering to his fear that he will never achieve his destiny. All the while, the music is screaming at him to not lose hope. There is no piece of music, certainly no bit of film music, as emotionally evocative as Binary Sunset. It is, quite simply, the greatest piece of music ever written for a film. But the magic of the moment is in the contrast. The film and the story the film is telling (the syuzhet and the fabula for my Russian formalist readers) are both trying desperately to tell Luke how important he is, but he can’t quite hear them. He must go on his hero’s journey to discover his place in the universe.

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The scene with Jabba, was a deleted scene when the film was first released. As this scene was deleted, Jabba was mentioned in each movie (in this trilogy) but not shown, so in the making of the Return of the Jedi they had full freedom as to decide what Jabba's appearance would be. When that cene was filmed in 1976 or so, Jabba was a very fat human male.

Everyone always wants to know why Chewie doesn't get a metal. 😂

Hello, this is my 1st time viewing a video of yours, I subscribed yesterday simply based off the stuff you react to. Excited for this, I am

Love that you’re doing movie reactions now. ❤️

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Fun fact: The man that is Darth Vader in the suit, David Prowse, is the same man that trained Christopher Reeve to be Superman. :)

So ready for your reaction to all the other ones as well!

Best Movie Ever Done In a Galaxy Far Far Away.. :)

From all SW fans ... Hello there ;)

Can't wait til you see _The Empire Strikes Back._

The Stormtroopers are regular human soldiers like the rebels in both the Original and Sequel trilogies, the Clones are just as they are in the prequels. When you watch Revenge of the Sith I recommend you watch the Clone Wars, the Bad Batch, Rebels.

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"Why didn't Chewy get a metal? I've been asking that for 40 years.

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