ORIGINAL Escape from Cloud City (1980) - ESB 16mm Film Preservation 

That shot of Boba Fett silhouetted against the sunset as Han is placed in the cargo hold is pure villainy in the best way. What a masterpiece.

Hooray for Boba Fetts proper voice

@1:58, you can see the silhouette of Lando slumping in defeat, knowing that they got there just too late to save Han. Great little detail.

The originals had a warm, organic quality to them that's completely gone in the cold, sterile, computer generated effects of today.

Looks light-years better than that rubbish 4k disc bluray com format disc. bring on the grain structure and grain dislikers Sod off go and play with rubbish 4k discs. Film is the original medium having done projection at UCI and Warner Bros in the late of the last century when real cinemas existed not these rubbish 4k 8k cinemas that are soulless.

Those mate paintings look better than all the cgi added in 1997.

You know, if they hadn't wasted time with Chewbacca choking Lando in that scene, they might have been able to rescue Han before they took him away.

One of John Williams' greatest scores starts at 2:12. Utterly amazing. It peaks when R2 opens the door to save everybody and they get to the Falcon. It becomes truly beautiful after R2 sets up the smoke screen and comes popping out the other side. Just... wow.

The part that got to me in retrospect was Leia's look of such emotional sadness when Boba Fett's ship leaves and she knows Han is there and now might be lost forever. This crushed her and you can see the normally resolute princess is stunned for several moments.

This is the true Star Wars, not the clapped out crap that Disney is churning out

I think I can hear George lucas jumping up and down with anger

Man, it's viscerally satisfying, ain't it?

One of my favorite parts of the movie! C-3PO is so funny on Chewie's back! In my opinion, I'd say Empire is the funniest out of the three. SW has some really funny stuff, and so does Jedi(even though Jedi's humor is more on the silly side, there are a lot of things that get good laughs out of me) the interaction between characters and delivery of lines is so perfect in this film I find it the funniest.

This is how I remember watching it in the cinema in the early 1980s. Although I saw it in May 1983, a good three years after it was released in north america and the west in may 1980, because the country I was living in at the time had a about a 2 and half year delay of any blockbusters released in the west. Due to the small number of English language cinemas. You had to wait some time before the turn of Empire Strikes Back was shown in the cinemas where I was residing at the time. Also it was 70mm not 16mm as shown here but other than that the picture quality is exactly like here. My 9 year old self had the best movie experience ever. Then saw it again in the cinema with the special edition in 1997 as a 23 year old this time in another country in the west so I saw the sp edition as it came out. However the the 1997 version was cleaned up and extra late 1990s computer effects cgi features added to cloud city. The only place to see star wars movies is in the cinema and nowhere else.

I just noticed that throughout the majority of this scene Lando doesn’t have a blaster, only Chewie and Leia do, but when they’re just about to escape onto the Falcon he suddenly has one and is firing back at the stormtroopers. Also, when the group is ambushed at the beginning and Lando’s people free Chewie and Leia the officer walking at the front is actually Jeremy Bulloch, the actor that plays Boba Fett

I can’t imagine growing up seeing this movie in the 70s, must have been awesome in the theater at the time.

Intense, basal, gripping elements of being human: * friendship (Lando listening to his conscience and converting, all going to retrieve Han, even the droids joy in reuniting); * loyalty (Chewie's outrage at his friend's betrayal, again all going to save their friend); * responsibility (in the heat of the battle Lando calls his people to flee); * love (all of the above, and Leia's look as Fett departs as well as needing to be told to leave - let go, momentarily at least); * courage (doing all of the above despite risk to life)

It's truly amazing what Disney has done with Star Wars! Twelve years later they have yet to make a profit!

The trumpet crescendo at 3:51 was the number one sound moment (as far as the score was concerned) for me in the whole movie when I was a boy. Something about it resembled the ultimate grandness of the unknowing nature of the future. As if it became the very soundtrack to my life; an opening of the door to the adventure that was yet to come. In a way, it made me feel that anything was possible. I was a terribly abused child. Mentally, physically. Sexually. Psychologically. It was hell. But, many years later, I became professional artist, much to my surprise. Are these things related? Who knows....and the great mystery goes on...

1:12 "Put captain solo in the cargo hold"

Wonderful! The cinematography looks so much darker on this original version and the spaces more claustrophobic- exactly the intent. Lucas corrupted the SE version it looks brighter with more open space exactly the opposite of what was happening in the story. Irvin Kershner and Peter Suschitzky knew what they were doing George Lucas did not!

…only real Star Wars fans tear up to this scene…

Original versions are the best!

Amazing ! Like in 1980 ! Thank you 🙏 ♥️

What happened to the original versions of these films?

Hopefully, we'll see the release of TN1 'The Empire Strikes Back' Project 4K80 in 2022..

Chewie (choking Lando): oh, no you don’t, Lando! (0:36) Lando: I had no choice! Chewie: (while 3PO speaks) oh, is that right? (0:39) Leia: oh, we understand, don’t we, Chewie? Chewie: yeah! (0:42) Leia: he had no choice! Chewie: (while Lando speaks) Why, Lando! (0:45) Leia: we don’t need any of your help! Chewie: yeah! (0:47) Lando: Han! Chewie: say what?! (0:49) (while Lando speaks) Why, Lando?! (0:51) Lando: there’s still a chance to save Han Chewie: Where?! (0:59) Lando: at the East… Chewie: go on! (1:01) Lando: …platform! Chewie: okay! (1:03) Leia: Chewie! Chewie: let’s move! (1:04)

There’s Darth Vader’s chokehold then there is a Wookiee’s chokehold.

i think something like this could be a new Genre . love it :)

Princess Leia face conveyed hopelessness and sadness after Boba flew away with Han. Great scene and acting.

I haven't seen the original unenhansed escape since 1990 something. Thanks for taking me back.

The way we saw it as kids in the theater and actually the best way to view it as well.

Escaping crew member with actual ice cream maker @2:56

I always loved that image of Chewbacca off to the side, blasting at Slave 1. It's secondary because you're looking at Leia. On a side note, I don't like what Lucasfilm does with Wookies since. Chewie should be the template of what a Wookie is. What they look like. Now, they have evolved to look like Harry from Harry and the Hendersons. Cone Heads. He is not a sasquatch, but what else could we expect when you have people who are completely clueless about Star Wars, making Star Wars. Even prequel Wookies were too thick imo

Not to further dogpile on the special edition of this, but Leia's "trust you?!" to Lando is almost completely drowned out by Chewie's overmixed roar. Here, in the original, you can hear every word she's saying, like you're supposed to.

I personally prefer the Special Edition of Could City, it doesn't just feel like an endless series of tunnels.

It always annoyed me that Leia and Chewie got so mad at Lando after he freed them. As he said, he really didn't have any choice. If he had defied Vader then the Empire would simply have blown Cloud City out of the sky in retaliation and murdered the several hundreds of innocent people there. Did the rebels believe they were more important than those people, the very people they're fighting to save from tyranny? As soon as he had an opening, Lando rescued them. He never wanted to betray them, he just had to weigh up the lives of two human, one Wookie and two droids against the lives of everyone else he was responsible for as Clod City's administrator and, imo, he made the only choice his conscience would let him. Five lives, two of them mechanical, against hundreds. What other choice could he have made?

The original is still so so much better. Why change something that is already great. This classic clip brings back beautiful memories of watching Star Wars as a child. I so miss those days.

Notice that Leia is shooting stormtroopers so ferociously that Lando has to remind her to keep going twice. I didn’t consider it before, but now I realize Leia is taking all her rage about Han out on those troopers.

When Boba Fett departs in silence as Leia looks on is great. No need for music. That’s how it should have been. It was perfect!

Wow. Nice print!

Chewie and Leia should realize that Lando isn't entirely to blame for what happened to Han. Han did bring this on himself. If he had paid off Jabba when he had the chance, this wouldn't have happened. Han may have been helping the rebellion against the empire but he knows that to Jabba, that's no excuse. The rebellion against the empire means nothing to guys like Jabba.

Such a gripping and exciting version to watch. Would love to see the whole film like this. And the bible verse at the end is excellent 😁

Lando having to drag Leia away from the stormtroopers she was shooting is iconic

This is the way I remember it.

C-3PO: I thought that hairy beast would be the end of me. R2-D2:(beeping) C-3PO: Of course I've looked better! Always laugh at that.

I wish Pryor and Nolte played Lando and Han.

the special editions changes for Empire are not terrible

Betrayal over Bespin. (Classic)

'Only Imperial stormtroopers are so precise.'

I have watched this, not just this video, close to 50 x. the music build, the people reacting build, the Williams music build, the danger build. man! I get emotional still! holds up!

You can't NOT enjoy "The Empire Strikes Back". The Star Wars movie 🎥 that got changed the least in Lucas' Special Edition and one of the three movies of the 20th century that can tell you what we were like best (other two are "The Wizard of Oz" and "Hook") in my humble opinion.

Wonderful wonderful film.

I love the quality of this, I much prefer watching classic movies with the grains and muffled audio over a 4K picture quality and crystal clear audio

I saw that dude running by with an ice cream maker. 🍧🍦🍨😋👍

3:44 This moment is so cool

Love this! The music, the action, and the humor were all great.

3PO’s like “trust him” when obviously the others are mad about Han because he was Chewie’s bestie and Leia’s bf 😂 😂 🤔 🤔

This was the version I saw as a kid, that grainy warmth of celluloid takes me back to a time when going to the movies was magical experience.

I’ve always said, R2 literally saved everyone from getting shot in the back with his fire extinguisher cloud.

Star Wars will never be this good again. Let's enjoy while we can.

This is amazing! Is like a whole new movie!

Joshua 1:9 along with John 3:16 are both my favourite verses in the Bible. Well done!!

It's like digging up an ancient artifact...

Just the best. My parents would by me the soundtracks to these films when released..was the only way to relive the greatness before VCRs.

They didn’t leave R2 D2 to go with Luke in the X Wing this time. Can Luke operate the X Wing without R2 D2?

2:33 What is that arm Artoo tries to use on the power socket? If he mistook it for a computer terminal, why wasn't he trying to use the arm he normally uses for those? That always confused me about this scene

C3PO and R2D2 have not been seen together since they were on Hoth and after that they’re not seen together again for most of the movie, but they’re finally reunited in this scene.

Stormtroopers shpot constantly and miss leia and chewie dead troops every shot!!!?

Disney need to make 4k scans of these available on plus. Williams score is a masterpiece set to the original. The inserts of the remastered versions add nothing and throw off the score. I know the movie by heart and it drives me nuts every time I watch…

I would Like to see the original cinematic version😢

I'm sure the original theatrical prints were not this spotty and scratched...

I LOVE THIS

They accidentally put two right hands in the collection of Threepio parts. There is a second right hand tucked behind Threepio's shoulder when Lando frees them, but it's later replaced with the correct left hand by the time Artoo is successfully opening the door to the landing platform.

Bobba was a Han respecter at heart, even using his rank as his form was loaded on board his ship.

The originals are the best Disney has ruined the franchise unfortunately!!

very wholesome outro. After some classic star wars footage, the video ended with a nice bible verse and Minecraft music on top.

The absolute best film of all time .

I love the subtlety of Artoo still smoking from the earlier access failure when he tries to open the second door. Disney Star Wars would either do it in a much more ham-fisted way in an attempt at cheap comedy, or wouldn't put in such a continuity detail.

Good video, apart from the uninvited preaching at the end.

THAT'S the version I still have on original VHS, and will preserve for all my days.

Fett's OG voice.....👌

The bible with Minecraft music is grazy

Ah yes the original Boba Fett voice

"We're not interested in the hyperdrive on the Millennium Falcon, it's fixed!" ("That's what I'm trying to tell you! According to THIS, it's NOT fixed!")

Targetting by the troopers was how can I say like of plain amateurs, don't you think?

Tears 2022

1:14

As C-3PO would say "WONDERFUL WONDERFUL" I enjoyed every minute of it. this video brought back memories of my favorite SW original trilogy episode so MAY THE 4the BE WITH guy. YOU. :))

What I would like to see... No, what I would love to see... Are the originals remastered with absolutely no additional scenes, absolutely no cut scenes, absolutely no changed characters, everything exactly as it was except remastered with some additions to make it better. That's what I originally thoughtt the special edition was supposed to be until I realized that they replaced characters, deleted entire scenes, added entire scenes. I thought that they were just going to like add more scenery to mos eisley like they did and make it look better when the x wings are taking off to go fight the death Star which they did. What I did not sign up for was a terrible CGI sing and dance number in return of the Jedi.

If only the prequels were like this. Every time I see this scene, it makes me wish that the Rebels had the Separatist droid army to fight the Imperial stormtroopers.

Although i've grown accustomed to the special editions, it's nice to see the original cut that I grew up with. Watching it now, it doesn't feel wrong that the special scenes are missing. Normally if I watch the special edition of any movie I would never be able to watch the original again. Not so with OG Star Wars.

1:12 nostalgic just nostalgic

Unfortunately the original video was taken down again. On the bright side, I downloaded all three movie files back in December so it's not completely lost media.

R2-D2 is such a star in thoses movies. the prequels R2 didn't have the same feel and disney sw turned him into a trash can.

This looks too much like a dark deception nightmare and that game wasn't even a thought back then im glad they added some windows a bouconeys in the newer releases in fact this scene has some of my favorite shots in the movie because of the added windows also rip anyone who is claustrophobic

*"RAAAAAAUGHHH!!"* ~ Chewie

I didn't realize it at the time, but if the security code hadn't been changed, they probably would have left onLando's ship since there is only one door to the platform with the Millenium Falcon.

This has to be the only "Disney" film where someone gets choked on camera for 30 seconds straight. Lando's a trooper

always love how Chewie turns around like "hey bro good seeing you lets go!"