New STAR WARS fan watches A NEW HOPE (1977) for the FIRST TIME! 

Calling Obi-Wan sassy without even seeing the Clone Wars is some insane character reading 😂 He's so sarcastic and sassy in the prequels

Just as non-spoiler answers to a few of your questions: * Leia is the Princess of Alderaan (the planet that was destroyed). She was also Alderaan's representative in the Imperial Senate until Vader arrested her. * Darth Vader isn't technically a military leader or a political leader in this one. He is pretty much the Emperor's personal enforcer and representative. That gray area is part of why the admiral back-talked him until he got choked. * Of course R2-D2 is sassy. Otherwise they wouldn't have had to *bleep* out all of his lines.

Meg, you've taken your first steps into a larger world. May the Force be with you. 🙂

As a previous catholic school kid, the urge to say “and also with you” every time they say “may the force be with you” is so high. I’m glad it’s not just me

Good...Good... let the Star Wars flow through you

Interesting bit of trivia. In 1977, cynical gunslingers like Han were the norm for protagonists, and Luke and Obi-Wan were considered throwbacks to an earlier era of idealistic heroes, hence why there's tension between them at the start. In fact the whole film is deliberately aiming to emulate the pulp sci-fi stories of early 20th century cinema, mixed together with serializd war films and epic Samurai films. Its just interesting to think about how much of an oddball this was seen as when it first came out, considering how much of a cultural impact it has even today.

As you say, the new trilogy just misses that "spark". You can have the exact same story in 2 movies and tell immediately who told it with passion and who didn't. As people often say "star wars was George Lucas' baby" and it shows in every second of this movie!

“Who’s the director? JJ Abrams.” Had me dying of laughter over here. 😂😂😂

As long as you are honest and genuine and ask questions the fandom is pretty good at answering respectfully and without spoilers. Mostly we just want to share the love of the universe and the storytelling

This is actually the first movie I ever saw, that I can remember anyway. I was very little and my parents were up late watching something, and I didn’t want to go to sleep when people were up doing stuff of course. I crawled down the hallway real low trying to hide, but they caught me peeking out into the living room. Rather than being mad, my parents were like “Ohhhh, you wanna watch Star Wars?” and started the movie over from the beginning so I could watch with them. I was hooked. They showed me all three originals, and then the prequels came out a couple years later and I made them take me to see Phantom Menace over ten times. lol I can honestly say Star Wars changed my whole life.

Just imagine the reactions of audiences in 1977. I was 14 that year. I went out of my mind over Star Wars! It was such a ride of a film. People saw it ten, twenty times. Just such an amazing experience! One of my all time favorite movies of all time.

It makes me SO happy to see someone experiencing this world for the first time. Loved your reactions and the editing is so funny. Can't wait to see more!

This was the first "feel good" movie of the 1970s since the end of the war in Vietnam led to a dark, dystopian period in Hollywood (hence why there's so many horror movies from the 70s). As far as lore goes, there's the pre-Disney Expanded Universe (1978-2012) and the Disney canon (2013-present). Some of the old EU stuff has been integrated back into canon by Lucasfilm in other media (for example, the main baddie of the Mandoverse live action series was introduced in a series of novels in 1991).

Wonderful reaction! It’s so heart warming to see the birth of a Star Wars fan right before our eyes. You are going to LOVE Empire Strikes Back! I saw this as a 4 year old in 1977 in the theater one of my earliest memories. Have fun!

It was just titled 'Star Wars' in 1977. I saw it in the theater right around my 5th birthday. I wasn't super excited going in. I think my Dad (RIP) was the one that was excited. But actually seeing it in 1977 was a profound experience. A religious experience you could say. The special effects and the quality just blew everything else away. George Lucas made his own special effects company for the film. It was shot on brand new film it was only available in certain theaters. I think that added to the hysteria. It was hard to get tickets. Every theater that had Star Wars was packed every night. I guess people were seeing it more than once. I was a child and was only able to see it once until the VCR became a thing. I loved Star Wars but I could only see it once. Star Blazers (anime) was much bigger. Star Blazers was the English version of Space Battleship Yamato. I could watch that 5 days a week.

This movie has been remastered several times and updated with CGI and new scenes. The Jabba scene was originally cut from the movie because they did not have the technology to create the character believably.

OK, I am subscribed. You won me over with that wonderful reaction. I saw this movie the week it came out and half the audience had already seen it at least once. They were booing the villains and cheering the heroes. The whole audience cried at the end. I forgot it was a movie. Did you notice how clean and shiny the droids were at the end? And, how beat up they were all through the movie? This is a place and time that is lived in - everything is used. I loved that about it. I look forward to your next reaction.

Girl STOP I am not even half way through this reaction and you are KILLING me you're outrageous 😂

That's 100% the most fucking hilarious reaction I've seen to the death's of Luke's fam on Tatooine. Still laughing

The "smash or pass" in the Cantina scene is one of the funniest things I've seen a reactor do. Well done! (Also, the light sabre battle is underwhelming compared to later movies because Ben is old and Darth Vader is more machine than man. ) Also, in the version you watched, Lucas added several special effects and a couple scenes, including the Jabba the Hut scene with Han. The only sin Lucas committed in this version is the scene with Han and Greedo in the Cantina. I the original, real version, Han not only shot first; only Han shot. The new version is an abomination.

So excited for you to start this journey! There are literally hundreds of hours of content on all the questions you had at the end that the community should leave for you to discover for yourself, but almost all of your questions have answers you should discover naturally. Also, based on your excitement and follow-up curiosity, you are going to love this series so much. Great reaction as always and can't wait for more!

You've just described the reason why the originals work, and the sequels don't. The sequels are mostly a deconstruction of the originals; they're theoretically for fans, but they're really trying to create new fans, and each movie goes in a different direction, and it's all just a jumbled mess. The originals just are what they are - they're aimed at anybody; anyone can get into them, whether you're a 'Star Wars' super-fan, or you've never seen them in your life. They're accessible, on a basic level that I fear is being left farther and farther behind these days.

"I'm done...I'm done, cut the show!" *RU-vid goes to ads before the skit ends and returns to Meg* Wow, RU-vid certainly has its self-aware moments.

In 1977 I was 7 years old and went to my local theatre to watch Star Wars with my Dad. Before the film started they played the theme tune in the theatre and hit a single white light onto a disco ball making stars fly all around the auditorium. This alone was some never seen before theatrics. Then the film played and basically blew our minds. No one could quite believe what we had just witnessed. Bear in mind, up to then, spaceships were made of cereal packets and egg boxes painted metallic silver (see Blake 7, Buck Rogers etc.). The special effects of Industrial Light and Magic were so good that honestly it would be like if someone presented you tomorrow with a fully working teleporter! It was literally insane. It took the rest of the world a full fourteen years until Terminator II in 1991 to produce anything remotely close to the effects seen in the Star Wars trilogy...

Meg is the 🐐 Between Halo, The Expanse, now Star Wars, she is killing it for content we eating good this holiday season bois.

I saw this in theaters in 1977. I was seven and had never seen anything like this because nothing was like this. From the moment the Star Destroyer engulfed the screen to Chewy getting snubbed for a medal, I was utterly captivated. The only way to describe it was pure magic.

_A long time ago, in a movie theater about 50 miles away ..._ *THERE WAS NO EPISODE TITLE* The studio didn't think this film would make much money. Lucas was crossing his fingers that it didn't bomb. For all he knew, Lucas was making one standalone movie. "Episode IV" and "A New Hope" were added in later releases, to be in line with the numbering adopted with Episode V. I first saw _Star Wars_ in 1977, at the Indian Hills Theater in Omaha, Nebraska, US (a city of about 1M). The Indian Hills was one of the last remaining Cinerama theaters in existence (it's long gone, now). Cinerama was an experimental widescreen format seen in the 1950s and 1960s. It had an extremely curved screen, such that films shot in Cinerama used _three cameras_ and _three projectors_ : one for the center of the screen and one for each side. Everything had to be constantly synchronized so that the film looked normal onscreen. If you see Cinerama films on DVD/Bluray/streaming today, it often looks distorted on the left and right. This is caused by converting a curved film to a flat screen. So there I was at the Indian Hills at the tender age of 12 -- the film's precise target demographic. The Indian Hills seated 810 patrons: 662 on the main floor and 148 in the balcony. It was completely packed, as was every screening of _Star Wars_ in every theater in the world, until the film left theaters. I'd gotten to the theater rather late, forcing me to sit in the center seat of row one. This turned out to be fantastically good bad luck. Today, the center of row one is a terrible seat due to parallax distortion. In a theater the size of the Indian Hills, that distortion didn't exist because the screen was far enough away from the seats. However, it was close enough so that it filled my field of view from top to bottom. The screen was large and curved enough so that it filled my field of view from periphery to periphery. _Star Wars_ was shot in CinemaScope, a more popular widescreen format that we still see today. While not technically the same as Cinerama, it still lent itself well to that screen. I watched _Star Wars_ with the film filling my entire field of view from top-to-bottom and side-to-side. I didn't have to turn my head to watch it unless I wanted to, and I usually didn't. It was an astonishingly immersive experience. Not even IMAX comes close. Add to that the massive audience reaction that shouldn't be overlooked. It was a shared experience that I've only seen at _Infinity War_ and _Endgame_ on their opening nights, when there were a lot of fans present. This audience reaction happened at every screening, in every theater, everywhere in the world, until _Star Wars_ left the screens. Imagine 810 people all cheering, clapping, jumping to their feet, and occasionally crying all at once. The shared experience was amazing, as it fed on itself. No one held back, it just kept growing and growing until the destruction of the Death Star -- which prompted massive roaring from the audience. The film itself was like nothing put to the screen at that time. While cinematically based on old _Flash Gordon_ and _Buck Rogers_ movie serials of the 1930s, this was a big-budget, big-screen version like nothing anyone had ever seen before. It completely changed science fiction on the movie screen. Until that time, you occasionally got a good science fiction film, but they tended to be years apart. After _Star Wars_ , there were multiple good science fiction movies every year, a trend that continues to this very day. There would be no modern _Star Trek_ without _Star Wars_ . _Star Wars_ was such a massive hit for 20th Century-Fox that Paramount quickly looked around and said, "Aha! We have this _Star Trek_ thing that Trekkies are always saying they want more of. Let's make it into a movie!" Thus _Star Trek - The Motion Picture_ was released in 1979. Without that, there would be no _Star Trek_ today. _Star Wars_ changed filmmaking from a business perspective. The film grabbed audiences like nothing seen in the entire history of cinema. While _Jaws_ was technically the first summer blockbuster, _Star Wars_ cemented summer as the time to release action-heavy, family-friendly films. The special effects of _Star Wars_ were utterly innovative, and the tools created by the likes of John Dykstra became commonplace in films that don't even have special effects. Almost all special effects in the Original Trilogy were achieved either in-camera, with optical effects, miniatures, extremely detailed paintings, or a combination of those techniques. CGI that allows an entire film to be shot on a green screen wasn't even a glimmer in anyone's eye. In 1977, the most advanced computers were the size of an SUV and didn't have the computing power of your phone. CGI as a primary filmmaking technique wasn't popularized until _Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow_ in 2004. By then, computing power/square centimeter had skyrocketed exponentially. The special effects spawned Industrial Light and Magic, a company created and owned by George Lucas. ILM is still in existence today, constantly innovating with new technologies to create visual effects for many, many films and TV series. From it's inception, ILM has been considered the gold standard of VFX companies. In short, this film was nothing like what had come before. It changed _everything about cinema_ . And I got to see it with an audience of 810, on a screen so immersive that I got nauseous during the Trench Run.

"I'm not going in blind. I've seen three of the recent movies." Me: "... So you've not seen any Star Wars movies yet. Gotcha." XD

We’re going to have so much fun on this journey Meg. You have no idea! So excited!!

Enjoyed your emotional response at the end. One of the things that makes the original trilogy so great is the attachment you feel to the characters. As well as the incredible music, humor and spiritual element.

Glad you enjoyed! Loved your reaction! Never worry about crying while watching these films. We did, when we first saw them, too. I saw Star Wars in the theater when it was first released in 1977. I was four. It made quite an impression, especially with ideas like princesses can rescue themselves, droids can have feelings too, and the idea that someone's death just makes them stronger.

That has to be my favorite “Han saving Luke” reaction.

While I prefer the following movies over this one, there is just something SO SPECIAL about the original... STAR WARS. It's just such a good story within itself and such an amazing introduction to iconic villains, heroes, and the Star Wars universe as a whole.

i was there in 1977. a 6 year old boy in England standing in a very long cinema queue in very warm weather, waiting to see something that turned out to be culturally huge. i was hooked immediately, and had to wait 3 years to see the sequel, then another 3 years for the conclusion. if you want the lore, watch 4 (which you just have), 5(The Empire Strikes Back), 6(The Return of the Jedi), then 1, 2, 3. in my opinion they are the only ones that count. they were George Lucas's children. hope you enjoy. peace

to clarify: yeah some stuff was added/remastered in the version you're watching. jabba is the big example (he was played by an actual human originally LOL) but also Mos Eisley city in general looks smaller and there's much less floaty vehicles. the stormtroopers riding that creature when they were searching for the droids earlier was also added. most everything else is the same, which is still unbelievably good IMO. imagine watching that in 1977...

This was a fantastic reaction! I loved every second of it and I shared it with my mom and she had a blast with some of your comments, taking her back to her time watching Star Wars for the first time. It's great to have you onboard~ My favorite character in the entire franchise by far is Luke Skywalker. I love him being a sensitive, kind, sassy, dramatic, good-hearted brat. I love your intrigue for Anakin Skywalker being mentioned and I look forward to you being able to learn more about him later~ I'm glad you were pulled in by the vibe Luke, Leia and Han have. They're all messy and sassy and catty, but they love each other so much! My favorite interpretation to describe their dynamic is that all three of them think they're the smart one dealing with two idiots. XD I love all the characters very much but, after Luke, I'd say my second place is a toss up between Darth Vader, Leia, and R2-D2. The characters are more sassy and dramatic than people expect them to be. While I very much hate the sequel trilogy for its poor writing, I'm glad for it in this case to have such a delightful new fan. I hope you have a great journey with the rest of the story and I look forward to watching more! (Also, my favorite part of the franchise is Episode 6, so I eagerly look forward to that one~!)

OKAY... First of all, I LOVED how you cared so much for this. I saw this in 1977 with my dad. There were no previews, and my dad and I went in totally blind. I was the third child at the time, and my dad figured out early that I loved movies, so he would bring me to EVERYTHING. Neither one of knew that this movie would change my life. Star Wars continues to this day, and I still like everything, but at 8 years old, this movie blew my mind wide open.

The OG 'Star Wars' trilogy became the most epic movie theater experience for many reasons. What stands out the most for me is the amount of time we all had to wait for each sequel to be released (2 - 3 years). And the buzz/hype during each release was legendary. As a child, I will never forget every moment in each theater and how the audience was absolutely captivated by it all. And let's not forget about the Kenner action figures that owned every Christmas and Birthday celebration. "May the force be with you." 💯📽

Always great to see someone new to the fandom. Welcome “You’ve taken your first steps into a larger world”

I am so happy to see your reaction to this. The sheer joy and wonder on your face as you experience this world for the first time is incredible. That final ship battle is one of the most well-executed finales I've ever seen, from the pace to the tension to the music (John Williams gives us some of his best work throughout this franchise). Seeing you become so attached to these characters was so genuinely fun. I'm so happy you're this invested into the world and the story and the characters. I can't believe how much you seemed to surmise about the lore and the world, and however much you've yet to discover ;) I'm looking forward to your reaction to the next film! I'm sure it satisfied some of your expectations, particularly in the romance department. There's so much of this franchise ahead of you, and the best is yet to come in my opinion! But above all, watching someone with fresh eyes go into this series and just enjoy it for what it is was an absolute delight.

It's great that you are watching Star Wars A New Hope have a wonderful week Meg.👍👌

Lucas always humanized his robots in Star Wars...droids definitely are people to him. I always half-expected R2D2 to end up being a secret Force user by the end of the series, he always pops up at the right time to save the day with his own heroics.

“Harvest” is the period when crops are ripe or ready to be gathered, processed, sold or traded. Luke’s uncle was a farmer so harvest time was when he needed extra help to take care of his crops.

15:08 I love that C-3PO’s defense mechanism in the face of a violent attack is to just fall over.

This movie was my first cinema experience on the big screen as a kid. To say it was a mind blowing experience is a understatement.

Welcome to the start of the Star Wars journey! As someone who's been on and off as a fan over the years, I'm very interested to hear your thoughts on the original six films, which are kind of the bread and butter of Star Wars. (No spoilers) Each film becomes more complex and grand in scale as the scope for the story and world grows, and imo it's interesting to see that initial evolution of the series from starting out as a fun, Flash Gordon inspired serial adventure in 1977 to a full on apocalyptic opera about the rise and fall of people and systems by 2005.

THANK YOU for being one of the few reactors who can understand the difference between the way Leia and Luke feel about each other and Han and Leia. Its always been obvious to me that Luke is squarely in the Friend Zone.

I'm sorry I just started the video but what kind of world do we live in when someone searches "who directed Star Wars?" and the result they get is JJ ABRAMS???

I can remember being 10 years old and my parents did not want to give any money to see a movie I had already seen twice . My older sister put $10 in my hand As she left for the beach . Waited in line for 2 hours with my friends . When she came home i started to thank her she put her hand up and said “ Don’t expect anything on your birthday” with a big smile . That is what I remember most about the first movie is friends and my sister understanding it meant more than movie to me . ( she did give me my birthday present months later 😀 )

I was 12 when I saw this 8 times the summer of 77. I did everything a 12 year old can do to raise money. I had two goals that summer. To buy a new pair of Pro Keds sneakers and see this movie as many times as I could. The lines were around the block every time I went. Great reaction. It made me feel like 12 again.

1:17:53 Mark! Samuel L. Jackson as a "Jedi Knight" requested that his Lightsaber be Purple so he could point to it and say to his grandchildren "That's me! There I am!"

Many younger people likely don't know much about some of the actors. Obi-Wan was played by Sir Alec Guinness, who won a Tony Award, Academy Award, a BAFTA and a Golden Globe for his work over the course of his life. Tarkin, the commander of the Death Star, was played by Peter Cushing who starred in 6 Frankenstein films, and 3 Dracula films along with dozens of other appearances in film & TV. Perhaps some people don't even know that Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia) was the daughter of famous actress Debbie Reynolds.

The thing about the series starting with Episode 4 was that it was a little tongue in cheek reference to the Flash Gordon serials that would play in front of movies in the 30s and 40s. Unless you went to the movies every week, you’d only see one episode, say 4 of 9, and each episode would start with a blurb of text that recapped the previous episode, which is also why Star Wars always opens with a title crawl.

Oh God please play Knights of the Old Republic. You like RPGs, you will love KotOR.

54:10 "Oh, he did have friends that left." Yes. When Luke was arguing with his Uncle Owen about leaving for the academy and Owen wants him to stay for one more season, Luke says "That's what you said when Biggs and Tank left." This pilot is Biggs Darklighter, Luke's old friend from back home. 54:56 "Is that a Biblical reference or like a Catholic reference?" Mark Hamill has called the force "religion's greatest hits."

Since nobody is mentioning it: Despite all the additions to the series in the current Disney Canon, the main canon of the series to the Creator George Lucas is still the original six films, and The Clone Wars series. Lucas and the cast have been quite vocally against what 7-9 did to the series.

You haven't watched OG Star Wars yet? I'm shocked! But not nearly as shocked as I feel for you learning you watched the sequels first... All jokes aside, watching the OG Trilogy, and the Prequel Trilogy, and the *countless* expanded universe stories is one hell of a ride. And I'm always envious of the sense of wonder it can instill in new viewers. Enjoy, there is nothing quite like Star Wars in the world.

I think it's cool to see an adult get into Star Wars for the first time at that point! I know this will be a while, but I cannot wait to see your possible reaction to Revenge of the Sith. Some of the best acting in the series from Hayden Christensen and Ewan McGregor!

We do not speak of the “three recent movies” 💩 It’s so sad that Disney has murdered the franchise

For the episodes. Back in the 30s-40s they used to have serials that would play before the actual movies. Each week would play an episodes like 10-20mins of the movie. You would have to go back each week to find out what happened next. So this was supposed to be like you are jumping in the middle of the serial.

57:50 When I was younger, compared to (then) the other five films, I used to think this final battle wasn't as exciting due to not having any sort of lightsaber duel. But as I got older I began to appreciate it much more for how it perfectly fits Luke's character growth and arc in this film. He's spent his whole life living in boredom as a farmer on a static, lifeless desert planet. He wants adventure, to join his friends in the wider world and fly. In this battle, he gets all that under intense stakes. Luke is impatient, and so the trench run in the final battle is specifically designed to test his patience. And he succeeds through thinking beyond his conscious mind, and trusting his instincts, just as Ben Kenobi instructed him to do. By putting away the targeting computer, he's the one in control of his destiny, a far cry from him being doomed to be a farmer for the rest of his life. It's great writing.

A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one. ✨💫

I do NOT have a good relationship with my family. But Mark Hamill’s delivery of the word “Home” just wrecks me every time I rewatch this movie. There is so much emotion packed into a single syllable

These edits are killing me! Immediately subscribed and can't wait to follow along on your star wars journey

This is a reach but if Meg does become a fan of this franchise i would love to see games like Jedi Fallen Order and Survivor as possible playthroughs. But thats far in the future

These adult reactors are more confused by movies than when I was a small child. If a 6 yr old understood it, why can't an adult?

I just found your channel, and you need to give your editor a damn raise, the quick cuts, the meme slices, the purest meme choice cuts, I swear, he or she needs a damn raise

It is so cute to see your reactions. I have been watching these movies since I was a little boy. I was born in 1978 and the first movie I remember seeing in theatres was The Empire Strikes Back in 1981. Watching this with you, like this, feels like I get to see them again for the first time. That makes these movies special all over again. Thank you.

Can’t wait to see your reaction to the other Star Wars Media!

Not only is it great to find an UNSPOILERED reactor to Star Wars, but she immediately started jumping to fairly "advanced" topics that fans talk about today: "grey" jedi? representation in the films? droids as slaves? Fantastic reaction! Eagerly awaiting more.

"Do what you feel is right." "HAHA, that's me when Caleb says we can't get ice cream at midnight." DIVORCE HIM!

Leia Organa is the Crown Princess of Alderaan. Her Father Bail Organa is the planet's representative in the Imperial Senate and Consort to the Queen Breha Organa. At 19, Leia is the youngest person to ever serve in the senate.

Man, it's always so exciting to watch someone react to Star Wars for the first time, Meg especially 😁 The enthusiasm is there and she's super into it... but the theories she comes up with on the fly are so out of left field that as a SW fan, it's both hilarious and cringeworthy 😅.

Empire Strikes Back is my favorite of all of them but this one is very good too. Everything is on point. The effects, music, and sound all work together to create something incredible.

32:32 Mark! Yep! Those shock wave rings were added years later! The original explosions were models destroyed with chemicals detonated inside of them! They knew that people were used to seeing vehicles exploding because of gasoline and would recognize a gas bomb! So they experimented. One "TIE Fighter" gets to have a spectacular green explosion thanks to magnesium powder! 😮

1:04:47 Mark! Quote - Superman (also marketed as Superman: The Movie) is a 1978 superhero film based on the DC Comics superhero Superman, played by Christopher Reeve. It is the first of four installments in the Superman film series starring Reeve as Superman. - End quote!

The actors were very young in this film. Carrie Fisher - 19/20 Mark Hamill - 26 Harrison Ford - 35 Mark even at 26 still looks like a baby, both Leia and Luke are 19 in the film. Its also pretty common for alot of 20 year olds to look like 17 to 19 year olds depending on there height, shaven face etc. Harrison Ford could pass as younger as well in this film, 35 is still young but he's always aged well.

Yay! My favourite Star Wars film. I enjoyed your reaction :D

5:31 Mark! In an episode of "Pawn Stars" they were surprised to learn that Corey had never seen any "Star Wars" movies, and to them, that was a business handicap if he was going to be dealing with customers and their movie memorabilia! So they made him go to the break room and start watching this movie! He, too, remarked about the viewing order, and he said, "Now I have to read too!" as he complained during the opening scroll. Eventually, he goes on to make better informed choices during deals, but he still doesn't get the appeal and is annoyed! But he would rather make certain deals than allow Chumley to make them! 😂😅

As a lifelong fan it's amazing to see a grown adult fall in love with the movie just as easily as most of us did as children, it's a huge testament to how good the original _Star Wars_ trilogy really is.

It's fun any time i see a new fan to this series. The fact, that i know how the Clone Wars went down is who Darth Vader is, I'm so interested for you to get to that tv show. It's a 7 season animated greatness and i just love the Star Wars universe. And OMG you will learn about most of your questions, (mostly in the prequles). The Force, you WILL learn more, just like Luke does (and will). What i can tell you now: It's kind of a god, that created all, the dark and the light. But both sides of it are equally strong. Everybody has this force in them, but not all people can wield it, you have to believe in it (and you have to have a bit of a talent, someone can have more elements of it in them and those people can use it better how have more imnotgonnaspoilmore in them)

I was 5 when Ep IV (just called "Star Wars" then) was in theaters. Our babysitter took me and my older brother to go see it because she was cool. 😉 It was amazing and something that was new and unique at the time. I was instantly hooked and have been a Star Wars fan ever since. I think Rogue One will probably be more interesting after you've been through the original trilogy and the prequels. EDIT: Oh, and R2 is the true hero. You are correct.

I guess Darth Vader is the quintessential "tall, dark, mysterious stranger". Movies in the 70ies were quite different from today. Back then, they used the storyline to reveal the characters, rather than contrived dialogue; they showed, and didn't tell. They shunned scenes that didn't progress the story, e.g. _exclusively_ dwelt on mood, emotion, symbolism; they trusted you to decide what to pay attention to, even while the story unfolded, rather than assuming you needed your face rubbed in whatever the film makers thought you should notice. They focused on the major elements, not allowing the details to obscure the main story. Finally, while the details were kept in the periphery, they all carried significance; there's an avalanche of knowledge about the Star Wars universe that can be unlocked by studying the details and their logic. Movies like this can be watched many times. Today, they open by slapping you around the head with contrived dialogue and overly obvious scenes, to make sure you understand whatever they think you should, and then they keep doing that, for however long it takes before you've had enough and walk away. In the absence of any real mystery, details are used to obfuscate, confuse, and mislead. Finally, you can never trust that a detail has any significance or communicates anything about the film universe; it could just be a crutch for the creators, something to use instead of good storytelling, and thus have no significance beyond fixing their immediate problem. If you watch a movie like this more than once, it's indicative of mental issues.

13:05 Tatooine actually have two suns. That's why it is a dessert planet.

This was such a sweet and wholesome reaction. Absolutely loved it. Looking forward to your reactions to the next films.

cant wait to watch your journey into star wars cant wait for you to get to the prequels and the clone wars animation have great time😎😎😎😎😎😎😎

Biggs was mentioned very very briefly near the start of the movie. (Luke talking about applying to the Imperial Academy) Uncle Owen: "You must understand that I need you" Luke: "But it's a whole 'nother year!" Uncle Owen: "Look it's just one more season" Luke: "That's when you said when Biggs and Tank left." In the original script, Luke and Biggs had a scene together where they talked about how frustrated Luke was and how he wanted to leave, and Biggs mentions that there is an secret Rebel Alliance. All of it cut. In the original version of New Hope, this little bit with Luke talking to his old friends in the hangar is not present. Lucas hacked back in with the special editions but didn't shoot the scenes that would have actually introduced him

It's crazy how at 17:00 this scene seems like a relatively average infodump scene but will make me tear up having seen the prequels and the Clone Wars

You are very funny and creative ❤

This was as excellent as I hoped. You are SO great to watch, it's almost like watching things the first time myself again! I was born mid 70s, and the excitement for the cinema was REAL. Especially before even home video was common, and even then not everything came out on VHS to own or even rent. I've always loved seeing things on the big screen! Also: OOH-WA-AH-AH-AH Jawa got me every time 😂 Love it!

Luke is a 19 year old boy. I laugh a lot at his surprised and curious behavior.😍 He sees Han Solo as his older big brother. this is so cute 🥰

The movie was remastered twice. Lucas originally did not have the technology or the funds to make it as he wanted it to be. Furthermore, Fox would not commit to making it the trilogy Lucas planned. In the 90's Lucas did a major remaster which used CG to replace much of the plain sets and upgrade many of the explosions. When it was released on Blu-ray Lucas took the opportunity to bring the trilogy in closer to the prequel trilogy (replacing a few actors with the actors who played the roles etc.) The Blu-ray versions are considered to be the "official" versions

We love to see it 🤩

This was such a cute reaction. Thank you for sharing it. I look forward to seeing your reactions to the next two films. I know you will love them. And also with you.

This is really a story about two best friends and their adventures as they explore the galaxy together. You find out why people are so against droids watching the rest of the series. Answers are around the way. Patience. :D

Everyone watching: “It is them, it is them IT’S THEM”!

Return of the Jedi is the movie that got the most messed with by the "special editions", so I'd highly recommend downloading the DeSpecialized Editions (It's legal, it's a fan made project and definitely fair use, it's the only way to watch the original film other than a pre-1997 VHS copy. Let me know if you need help, I could send it to you! The CGI and changes in A New Hope and Empire Strikes Back are less distracting than in Return of the Jedi, where they are both distracting and confusing for new viewers

George started with Episode 4 because it was the most "interesting" and action packed story in his head at the time. He know he wanted this saga, but the first three about about Lukes father and he thought that wouldn't be engaging enough to catch the audience's attention like the "middle" of the story.

1:12:01 Mark! "Rogue One" told the story about the team that got the plans to Princess Leia. Now you know what Mon Mothma meant the many lives lost to get the plans! 😁

What makes Lucas's six movies so culturally enduring is that he combines two classic story arcs into six movies. Episodes IV through VI are the classic hero's journey of Luke Skywalker as he follows the goal of his father's redemption. All the episodes together tell the redemption arc of Aniken Skywalker/Darth Vader.