@@jenmurrayxo Lucas created his own Special Effects company to get the kind of visual effects he wanted. To this day they have been hired by many other mivies to do their special effects.
@@noirgatherer If you can find the Special Edition Trilogy DVDs, on the Bonus Materials disc, you will have the Original Theatrical Release in Widescreen, Letterbox format. Cheers.
Carrie Fisher was once asked by a father what sort of example she was setting for his daughter by wearing that metal bikini. Fisher's response? "Tell her I killed the space slug who made me wear it." OMG. Leia what a BOSS.
What I like about that is Carrie Fisher made no secret about how she did not like wearing it. That it was physically uncomfortable to wear and she felt weird being half naked in front of people. However the second someone tries to put the onus on her. For something she had no control over she lets them have it
@@CapitalExpression Well, that was sort of the point. It was a degrading, humiliating costume chosen by a vile slug crime boss lording over her. It is therefore more cathartic when they rebel and she kills him personally.
2:20 You seem to generally underestimate old special effects. Scale models and matte paintings can do wonders. In fact, it's the stuff that doesn't hold up as well that tends to be the additions, because that's 2000s era CGI. The early-80s stuff is mostly practical effects that still frequently look good.
My favourite Vader line is when he says "Turn Down For What?!?!", and then he and the Stormtroopers all start Krumping. Come to think of it, that might have been a dream... 😁
@@jenmurrayxo ... well, after the first time you use a 'force-choke' on one of your 'peons', they'll be sure to act *very* respectfully towards you! Heck, you might even see some bowing and groveling!
I was called 'Darth' at a previous job, because in project meetings i always wore black, from head to toe (obviously without the scary helmet!) and because I had little tolerance for frivolities 😂
C-3P0 telling a tale that enthralls all the ewoks shows growth of his character. Remember back in Ep. IV, when C-3P0 said, "I'm not much more than an interpreter, and not very good at telling stories. Well, not at making them interesting, anyway."? Over the years even a droid has grown.
Fun facts: Jabba is over four hundred years old and one of the most dangerous gangsters in the Galaxy. He's not someone who can be mind tricked, his mind is just that disciplined. Malakill(the man who cries after the rancor dies)was its keeper. Theres a story in the(semi canon)story "Tales From Jabba's Palace"that says that originally, Jabba was going to force the rancor to fight a Krayt Dragon for entertainment, which Malakill knew would kill the malnourished beast. He planned to smuggle it out with the help of another crime boss, but Luke killed it before he could manage it. Luke's aunt and uncle did not know that Vader was Lukes father. Obi Wan only said that Anakin died fighting and Uncle Owen forever thought that Obi Wan was the one who got Anakin killed. "He just knew right away!" Wish he knew before he made out with her, lol.... Can't say too much about the Emperor and Vader and why the Emperors control is so strong, you'll need to watch the prequels first. One thing I think is really stupid was the adding of Vader saying "Nooooo!"when he turns on the Emperor. The originals left the conflicted feelings a secret, which made it THAT much more powerful when he finally turns against him, wordlessly throwing him to his death. The ones you've watched are the remastered ones. I'm assuming you're watching in the correct order(originals, then prequels). Those planets you see in the ending montage appear through the prequels.Originally, they had the Force Ghost of the actor who played the maskless Vader in this one, but for some dumb reason, they switched him out with the actor who played the adult Anakin in the prequels(which is stupid.) "Return of the Jedi"refers to Anakin, not Luke.
Wicket; the Ewok who finds Leia, was played by a then 11 year old Warwick Davis. Davis went on to act in several other films in the Star Wars universe, as well as playing Willow Ulfgood in Willow & Prof Flitwick in Harry Potter; to name a few of his roles.
The Darth Vader theme song......In high school during football games, the opposing team would play the Darth Vader theme. THEN...one trumpet player in our band wouls stand up and start countering that with the main Star Wars theme....he shut them up every time and it gave us player s nice boost to morale!
"I can't imagine what it was like to wait for this in theaters." I can. I was 8 when this came out and my dad took me to see it. When Vader picked up the Emperor and threw him into the pit, I've still never heard a loud cheer as wild as that from an audience.
Same. I was only 7 and my dad took me too but RotJ was the movie that truly cemented my love for Star Wars. The first VHS tape I ever owned when it came out on video in 1984 was RotJ. It’s still my favorite saga of the entire canonical series.
It's crazy how you think the ships are massively gigantic when you're a kid but then you look at a behind the scenes video and realize they're all just toys 😂
Wedge Antilles will always be low key MVP in the entire first trilogy ;) Kinda hard to realize that just watching each one for the first time though. Give him a search! Waaaaaay back in the days between Empire and Jedi, when we knew there was "another" but not that it was Leia, we thought that possibly Wedge could have been it. Well, at least my X-Wing pilot action figure who I named Wedge was, heh heh.
On the 'enhanced' editions - A New Hope had a lot of work done, with lots of extra shots added to the climactic dogfight, but Empire and Return had barely anything. For Empire they inserted a few new exteriors of Cloud City and added a few new mattes to the windows when the crew were walking around, and for Return it was pretty much just the musical number at the start in Jabba's palace. I recall watching this on a tiny 4:3 TV at Christmas around 1989, and found the space battle effects so convincing (I was 6) that I could only conclude they'd actually been filmed *in space*. That incredible shot of the X-Wings and Falcon weaving their way around the Death Star superstructure before diving in, all done with models, essentially inspired my whole career in creative TV production. The fact they didn't tweak anything in that regard, to this day - 40 years later - stands as testament to the incredible work Industrial Light and Magic pulled off at the time
I like you because I have the feeling you are the quiet person who never shows too much emotions but is low-key hilarious and with a super dry humor. I dig that. Subbed for your Star Wars journey. Also, if nobody else recognized your hairdo in this reaction, I certainly do. Love it!
Thank you so much! ☺ Leia hair from Endor next time? 🤷♀️ You're right about me but when the emotions do come they come hard-- check my John Wick & Green Mile reactions lol 😭
@@jenmurrayxo Leia hair from Endor would be cool. After that it will get super hard. Queen Amidala hair is next level no cap. You'll need a crew of stylists to pull that off. 😉
I saw this 14 times in the theatre. These movies definitely had an effect on my childhood and I always get excited to watch people react and start their journeys.
The Jabba the Hutt puppet weighed one-ton (the largest ever built up to that point) and was operated by three puppeteers including one in the tail. The face was radio-controlled. It looks so real because it is real! The perfect example of why practical effects (when possible) are superior to CGI effects. It still looks so good nearly 40 years later while the CGI Jabba made in 1997 looks extremely dated.
I remember in 96, I brought Return of the Jedi to my home room class. I was so excited to show this to my classmates. This changed some things. One of my bullies respected me and quit bullying me. The entire class cheered at the end. This was also the original version of Return of the Jedi. The special edition was released the following year.
Just a minor correction. Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru knew Anakin was Luke's father, they did not know Anakin had become Darth Vader. There were only two at the time that knew: Obi-Wan and Yoda. Luke found out because he was told by Vader himself, and another former Jedi knew this years later (spoiler alert, you'll have to watch Rebels for that reveal).
5:49 "That kind of looks like CGI" You got it correct. The background is the original footage with CGI creatures added in the foreground. Also the Sarlacc Pit Monster was just the tentacles in the original. The beak was added.
Loved your journey through this series! So when George Lucas originally wrote "Star Wars" it was actually one big story with Act One being rescuing the Princess, Act Two Luke learns the ways of the Force/discovers the truth about Vader being his father, and Act Three Luke faces Vader and the Rebels blow up the Death Star. However when trying to turn this into a screenplay Lucas realised he had this MASSIVE story on hand. So he cut it down to "Rescuing the Princess and blowing up the Death Star" for his "single" movie Star Wars, with the hope that if it did well he could make sequels and tell the entire story. Star Wars made $350 million dollars in 1977 which would be the equivalent of over *$1.6 billion* today. Of course this green lit the sequels, but Lucas had already blown up the Death Star in the first film. This is why there is a Death Star II and having to blow up the Death Star "again" in Return of the Jedi. You also come to understand that while the films are focused on Luke Skywalker, the story is actually about the redemption of Darth Vader and how his Son brings him back to righteousness. *SO* looking forward to you seeing the Prequel trilogy!
Most of the effects are from 1983 actually. The biggest change was the Singing part in Jabba's Palace and the mouth of the Sarlac Pit was change a bit...that's about it.
The galaxy-wide celebration after the empire’s fall was a pretty major change too. Originally, the celebration as shown was essentially confined to Endor. In my opinion, the galactic celebration is a good addition, but musically, the new scoring really falls short. I think they should have written the music behind the extended galactic celebration to compliment and transition into the original “Yub Nub” song of the Ewoks to close out the film. Yub Nub was short but sweet and really upbeat, and its transition into the Star Wars main theme for the end credits was musically perfect to my ears.
I expect that only viewers in the U.K. will get this reference, but Jabba The Hutt with Salacious Crumb sitting next to him and cackling always reminds me of Richard And Judy.
The sail barge scene is one of my faves of the whole trilogy. Seeing all of them play their part and then escape as the sail barge explodes, and the music..so epic. Great to see the heroes come back with a bang and get a win after seeing them defeated in Empire. As for Luke and Leia's kiss, I always viewed it as Leia (who initiated the kisses) also felt a strong connection to Luke deep down, but just never realised that love was sibling love until Luke awakened that realisation in her,.
Well, and, they were never intended to be siblings, that was added after the huge reaction to Vader being Luke's father. They needed another "big reveal" for Jedi, so Lucas retconned the Skywalker lineage.
@@RobinDale50 From what I understand , Lucas had planned 3 more sequels after Empire: -One would focus on rescuing Han Solo -One would focus on Luke finding a lost sibling -The last would focus on the showdown between Luke and the Emperor Lucas decided to end the OG trilogy at Jedi as his wife pressured him to step back from the filmaking' process where he was so engrossed in it. Lucas thus decided to merge all his sequel ideas into the film we have today :)
Hey Jen, you ask about the Visual Effects. About 93% of the effects from what you see were in the original. They only added a few animals here and there and a few drones in the background. For the most part, What you see are miniature props and objects moving over green screens or full live sets. So it's enhanced practical effects, which is why they hold up so well.
@@cryptc Back in 1996-98 VFX were too clean. Star Wars is a decayed world full of everyday super advanced broken down tech. VFX had not learned to add rust and damage. The artist were too busy painting the MOna lisa to then take 5 hours to paint graffitti on her and chip the wood in the frame. LOTR did that with all the set and scale model akak biggatures.
@@lethaldose2000 There’s also a total change to the cinematography for the new/CGI sequences (especially in A New Hope), so the new scenes really stick out like a sore thumb.
Literally the greatest feeling hearing a whole theater errupt with cheers and applause during the opening text crawl!!! 11 year old me in 1983 sat there with open mouth and in awe!!!
This my favorite Star Wars movie. Empire is the best but somehow I love this one the most. And when Luke says "I'm a Jedi, like my father before me" it is the most satisfying moment I've felt watching any movie, no matter how many times I watch it. Edit: One fun thing. When Vader steps out of his shuttle in the beginning they had to scratch their heads and reshoot so often. Because the ramp was too steep plus the boots Vader wore were so flat that he repeatedly lost his footing on the ramp. When they finally made it to work they shot it so that you don't see the ramp itself nor his feet, hence the angle of the shot :)
@@jenmurrayxo In the documentary about Star Wars they show it :) Also now you're ready for the prequels. But I'd recommend you check out Space Balls first. It is the greatest parody of Star Wars plus one of my favorite comedies. One more thing you might want to check out Clerks sometime. It has a really facinating conversation in it about Star Wars. Plus its also really good movie.
@@jenmurrayxo Oh and one more thing. The Force ghost of Anakin is the actor from the prequels, Hayden Christansen. He was added into this after they made those.
As a kid this was my favorite for various reasons. Nowadays it's Empire but Return of the Jedi is still an incredible conclusion to one of the best film trilogies of all time. Good ear pointing out that little harp version of the Imperial March to punctuate the sadness as Vader died, John Williams just knows exactly what strings to pull at the right moment (no pun intended)
Jen - you say you can't imagine how this must have felt to see it in theatres - Trust me, I was thirteen when ROTJ came out and it was THE BIGGEST FILM EVENT of my life up until that point. There was just a palpable BUZZ in the air - I will NEVER forget the atmosphere when my dad and I went to see it on the first Sunday morning of release. I just cannot explain it - it was a TRUE cultural phenomenon and EVERYBODY was seeing it and talking about it!
What's amazing about this film is how, despite how Star Wars storytelling is obviously reaching back for a more "fairy tale" or "mythic" type, which some might equate to "not complicated," the fact that the majority of people who watch this film has no idea how it's all going to conclude (with the whole Luke, Vader, Emperor dynamic) until literally the very end when it happens speaks to how well crafted the story is. A "simple" or "trope-y" story doesn't do that. This film keeps you in suspense, wondering how events will unfold the entire time, yet once they do, they feel as though they were inevitable, even though just literally a second before, audiences had no clue how it would turn out. I often contrast that with a lot of films nowadays where you can watch a trailer and feel like you can pretty much accurately guess the entire plot just from that.
@@jenmurrayxo So true! Though I just said that as an extreme example, the point was more you can guess most movie's plotlines today after the first 20 minutes of set up. Who's gonna betray the heroes, how the good guys are gonna escape the trap, who's gonna die, etc. Not trying to call them out, because I enjoy the films for fun popcorn films, but an example would by the majority of MCU films. You already know exactly how it's play out before the film is a quarter of the way through. The formula is so well known. Even though Star Wars WROTE the formula nearly 50 years ago, if you actually look at the film, especially Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, they're actually not easy to predict and take a lot of surprising turns that aren't just cheap fake outs or swerves, but actual old fashioned clever storytelling.
@@jenmurrayxo Oh I could definitely see that, though for me personally, I knew the comics so I kinda knew what was gonna happen lol. But that's no fault of the movie, I think Infinity War is one of the really great MCU movies that is up there with the best of em. I really liked the last Spiderman movie too! I was more talking about the more "regular fair" like the Antmans, though those are enjoyable movies too!
Fun Fact: The Ewok that befriends Leia was played by little person actor Warwick Davis, who would go on to play the title role in the George Lucas production WILLOW (1988), a movie Jen should definitely watch! It's a lot of fun!
I was 16 when Star Wars arrived in theatres in 1977 and the feeling of watching this movie was unbelievable. I would say that going to the theatre changed for everybody on that day. On that day going to the cinema became an experience... 😀😀😀
@@jenmurrayxoactually if you’re an Ontario Girl you may be fascinated to know that the 5 drive-in in Oakville was really where everyone went to see the most blockbuster movies in the 70s/80s. i don’t think the cinemas really were the true experience for us until all those US style mega screen complexes were built up. all those old Star Wars films under the night sky was superior, wish you were there Jen!
Some of my favorite moments in the Star Wars movies are the little throw away bits, like in this film when the Rancor monster dies and we get a quick glimpse of the Rancor Keeper sobbing in grief over the loss. LOL I love that they included that. It's not only a good joke, but it also makes this universe feel lived in. World Building at its most clever.
In the original version of the movie, it was the older version of Luke's father that stood beside Yoda and Obi-Wan. Only in later releases, after episodes 1to 3, that he was replaced by Hayden Christianson, who played Anniken Skywalker in 2 and 3.
I've always found that kinda annoying. Obi wan didn't come back as Ewan McGregor. I understand that they wanted to strongly connect it to the prequels but, still found it unsettling considering I grew up with the original cut. Oh well, worse things have happened....jar jar.....
I enjoyed watching this reaction, and your enthusiasm for the story. Be sure to watch what is widely considered Episode 3.9. It’s called, "Rogue One." It’s quite good.
At the beginning of their roller derby matches, my daughter's team would turn out the lights in the venue, cue up Vader's theme song (the Imperial March) and roll around the rink firing their light up laser pistols at the audience (complete with the Pew-Pew sound effects). It was a pretty awesome entrance.
Those were actors inside the Ewok costumes, the first Ewok that Leia meets is Wicket he was played by a famous actor named Warwick Davis, he was also in the horror film series Leprechaun as well as Harry Potter as one of the bankers and he was in Ray as the MC at a nightclub. And he also played the lead in the fantasy film Willow.
The Ewoks were total ingrates. The Empire set aside that place as a "sanctuary moon" for them, using only a small portion for the shield generator. Yet they turned against their benefactors. And now they face environmental damage from helping blow up the Death Star.
Once you watch 1,2,& 3 you will appreciate a lot of little things throughout the saga just a little bit more. This was my fav of the og trilogy growing up, the ending was happy but always saddened me thinking about all the ppl who didnt make it & sacrificed their lives for the celebration to happen.
Oh well, luckily ONE original character from the prequels was able to make it to the celebration. Without spoiling anything, it's fitting that the last line of the OG saga is spoken by another embodiment of childlike wonder: 'Wesa Free!' ;)
The effects are pretty much from back in the day. It’s just mainly a few enhancements and tidying up. Yes they did do the majority of what you’re seeing back in ‘83.
Thank you for reacting to the heroic sacrifice of Commander Arvel Crynyd (Green Leader), who kamikaze'd the bridge of the SSD Executor with his A-wing, thus taking out the empire's biggest and most dangerous capital ship, with all hands. Too many reactors don't pay Commander Crynyd his due and frustratingly leave him out of their reactions.
Awesome reaction Jen. I'm glad you liked the conclusion to the original Star Wars trilogy. It seems the power of Star Wars got to you. The sacrifice of Anikin to save Luke from the Emperor (aka old man. sparky hands). And then to have Anikin say that Luke saved him even though he was going to die. That really touched your heart. The ultimate self-sacrifice for your child.
John Williams G minor take on the Imperial March (Darth's theme music) is brilliant. One of the best modern composers of all time! May the force be with you Jen Murray....always!!
The enhancements to this move are: 1) the establishing shot of Jabba's palace (altered to include an additional creature,) 2) establishing shot of the door to Jabba's palace (it's been made larger on the outside, although the interior shots do not match,) 3) the whole musical number thing that happens in Jabba's throne room with CGI characters, 4) the appearance of the sarlaac (it has an added CGI beak and additional tentacles,) 5) an alteration of Han's dialogue when he tells Lando, "It's OK, I can see better now," (the original line was simply, "Trust me!",) 6) blinking eyes added to the Ewoks, 7) Vader's dialogue in the throne room when he turns on Palaptine (the part where he says, "No....noooooo!" originally he didn't say anything, he just looked at Luke, looked at Palpatine, looked at Luke, then made his decision to kill Palpatine without saying a word,) 8) all of the scenes of liberated planets at the end was brand new CGI footage, and 9) the original Vader actor was swapped out for Hayden Christensen (from the prequel films) in the final Force ghost scene. Some of these changes are fine and some aren't. I think the musical number and the addition of Vader saying, "Noooo!" are the worst offenders. I used to hate the addition of Hayden Christensen, but now that I've warmed up to the prequels (big thanks to The Clone Wars animated series on that,) I'm actually fine with it these days.
Nooooo! is awful. Lucas is treating the audience like children with that one. Richard Marquand trusted us to figure it out ourselves in the original, and we did. The same applies to Han’s original (and humorous) “trust me” line at the Sarlak pit. We got it the first time, George. And I, for one, mourn the loss of the Ewok’s Yub Nub celebration song in the original. Yes, the number is way too short for the extended celebration scene, and looping it to extend it would sound rather juvenile, but a score for the extended scene could have and should have been written that transitions into Yub Nub, because Yub Nub sets a fantastic tone in my opinion, and its ending also transitions perfectly into the main theme for the ending credits.
Had a great time. This one wrapped it all up. You are so right about the subtle playing of Darth Vader's theme as he died, it sent him out perfectly.Looking forward to more.
@@jenmurrayxo Some of it is probably nostalgia, but I always felt the scene had more weight, when Vader watches what's happening, and simply acts, without voicing anything. It probably doesn't help that the "No" Lucas went with doesn't sound quite right to me, similar to how the new Krayt dragon call Obi-Wan does to scare the Sand People in Episode 4 sounds off too.
@@jenmurrayxo I think people make a big deal about it because it reminds them of when Anakin (not really a spoiler) comes out with a similar 'no!' in the prequels when something tragic happens..... when the whole point is to humanize Vader. I think people just like to look at Vader as a badass cipher of evil , instead of a tragic and vulnerable man :)
So Luke defeated Vader, in a manner of speaking. The storyline leads us to believe he must kill Vader but he defeated him with love. It was also why when Luke attacked Vader for mentioning sister most of us believed his response was out of anger. But it was not. It was because he loves Leia dearly. I also think that in the storyline the Emperor foresaw many events so he felt secure but I believe he failed to foresee the Ewok involvement, and therefore his conclusion of what he foresaw turned out to be wrong. Oh yes, and the part about Luke kissing his sister... well it was a kiss, they weren't making out. It wasn't like Eurotrip, "they really are the worst...twins...ever!" If you haven't seen Eurotrip you should. Anyways, just my thoughts in passing. Take care!
From what I understood, they didn't make Leia his sister until they were writing ROTJ, so that was setting up a love triangle angle(it rhymes!)until they said "Yeah, Leia's good."
The novelization of ROTJ adds some interesting explanations you don't get in the film. When Luke surrenders to Vader and they're having their heart to heart talk, Luke is trying to use the Jedi mind trick on Vader when he says "that's why you won't take me to your Emperor now." Vader realizes that's what he's doing, and more importantly, he realizes it's working. That's why he ignited Luke's lightsaber - to break Luke's concentration. Then Vader comments, "Indeed you are powerful," because he just realized Luke could actually affect him with the Force.
Great reaction. I remember I was 9 when this movie came out and my grandma took me to see it in the theaters. I still remember crying when I saw the Ewok die in the battle. 😭
Thanks vicjr74! (Btw I always wanna call you Cap!) Aw I would've cried if I saw that at 9 too! The Ewoks are so sweet! What an impression these movies must have had on you that young though, very cool 😎
@@jenmurrayxo hehe you want to call me cap. 😆 Yeah I loved the Ewoks as a kid. Don't remember much of the movie when I first saw it in the theater but I definitely remember the Ewoks. To this day I get a little emotional every time I see the scene. Keep up the great reactions I really enjoy them. 😉
Admiral Akbar saying "it's a trap!" became a huge meme, and there was an episode of The Big Bang Theory where Sheldon was practicing his Akbar impersonation with that phrase.
0:37 You don't have to feel like this is the end, as The Mandalorian tv series does a good job of continuing the look/feel of this trilogy (as it's set a few years after this movie).
@@freakshowfilmfestival3591 Rogue One is possibly my favorite film. Empire Strikes Back - 98% Rogue One - 97% A New Hope - 96% Return of the Jedi - 87% ( I hated the Ewoks, they should have been Wookies) Revenge of the Sith - 84% (The novelization by Matthew Stover is one of the best books I've ever read!) The Force Awakens - 80% (In my opinion this reset to the default was exactly what the series of films needed) Solo - 80% The Phantom Menace - 75% The Rise of Skywalker - 70% (Did the best it could to save what was ruined) The Attack of the Clones - 65% (Can you say "Bad Puns At Inappropriate Times"?) The Last Jedi - 45%
@@jenmurrayxo indeed. well btw. for your refernce even from my earlier comments yo liked and commented back to me on. i was 3 years old when the first one came out. 6 for ESB and 9 for ROTJ. but even at 3 i was totally blown away by the effects bugt probably dind' trealize it as much i do however remmeber my older brother and other teenagers talking about how crazy impressed they were . anyway as for this. when i was older and strated rewatching these and this specifc scene i notice dthe big gulp on the commanding officer when he said that. So one day i came up with "so he just said we will double our efforts" but what was he really thinking??? my theory is in his head it went something lke "not as foriging as you? but you are not... OHH FUUUUUUUUU********k"
I love your reactions, you follow the story perfectly. Something interesting I’ve noticed - every girl I’ve seen reacting to Star Wars, loves R2-D2 and the ewoks … you’ve just confirmed that. Return Of The Jedi has my most favorite quote in the whole saga - “I am a Jedi, like my father before me” … it gives me chills every time I hear it. You’re about to watch 1, 2 and 3 next - do not let yourself distracted or influenced by the difference in the special effects, just keep following the story itself like you did so far - all the questions you’ve gathered, will be answered. Salutations from Romania …
22:20 - There is an actual actor inside the Ewok that meets Leia. His name is Warwick Davis. He was all of 12 years old when he was cast as Wicket, the Ewok (a role he played again in the Ewok movies for TV). Since then he has been the title character in the George Lucas produced and Ron Howard directed fantasy film 'Willow', Professor Filius Flitwick and Griphook the Goblin in the 'Harry Potter' films, and has appeared in many other roles in films and TV. He is one of the most successful actors as a little person (he is 3'6")...in fact he is the highest-grossing supporting actor of all time (all of his films have grossed in excess of $14 billion at the box office as of the release of 'Star Wars - Episode VII - The Force Awakens' which he appeared in). All of the Ewoks, with a few exceptions, were played by little people. This ends the original trilogy, which could be called The Redemption of Darth Vader. The prequels are next...some people hate them, I don't. There are things I do not like about them, but...judge for yourself.
So...you've watched the Star Wars Trilogy: Special Edition. As you're probably aware, these are not the versions that originally released back in 1977, 1980, & 1983. It's very sad to me that you weren't able to watch the films the way I did as a child, untouched by bad CGI. If you are curious to see the films as they were originally, search the Internet Archive for the Star Wars Trilogy: Despecialized. It will take too long to explain how these were made, but it's a fan edit and the creator has a YT channel. He explains how he reassembled the original films from 35mm prints, old laser disks and some footage from the bluray releases. It's as close as you can get to how the original films looked back in the day. I hope you decide to seek them out and watch them
I love how Luke just drops the Vader bomb on Leia without thinking "Hey, this might be tough for her, cause Vader tortured her for information and blew up her planet..." Big yikes, Lukey. There really is no other available end for Vader. There isn't enough family therapy in the Galaxy to reconcile what he's done to his daughter 😅
I think he was trying to warn her in case he didn’t make it back. I think he also knew deep down Leia was strong enough to deal with the knowledge and clearly she was. He knew she had Han and Chewie to lean on and she needed to know not only that Vader/Anakin Skywalker was their father but also that she was his sister and she was also a force sensitive Jedi. And maybe there was some selfishness to it, I think for a few minutes he needed a family member who knew the whole truth and he could gain some strength by sharing that terrible secret. He’d carried it alone and I think it helps to share it with someone else who is involved and they two can share the burden together. Just my two cents.
i think it's funny how no one really talks about how by the transitive property, vader becomes leia's father as well. she doesn't seem to grasp that anywhere afterwards. i'd be horrified.
Spaceballs literally destroyed it all with Dark Helmets line, "Evil will always triumph because good is dumb". This is exactly why The Empire loses, they have 1000x the resources of the rebels, but they can't figure out simple things(like putting shields on their fighter ships) Give me 1 Star Destroyer, 50 TIE Fighters, and a budget(about .005% of what a Death Sar would cost) and I could crush the Rebel alliance in 2 weeks.
DEFINITELY Watch the Prequels! Sure, die hard old-timer fans like me (Saw Star Wars (Ep 4) in the theaters when I was 8...)... have some issues with them, but, they are part of the overall arc. They must be seen, and they DO have plenty of redeeming scenes. Plus, Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi... this, alone, is worth watching them.
Ha ha favorite lines yet; "Use your force grab it, stab him in the face." (Ten seconds later) "Luke! I don't want him to turn to the dark side." LOL, uhhh Jen... LOL Meanwhile in space, who else got Super Friends vibes from that comment. "Meanwhile at the Legion of Doom." Looking forward to the future SW and Firefly reviews. Hope you do the Star Trek original cast movies some day.
the first Ewok introduced was named Wicket. he also starred in the two Ewok movies. he was played by Warwick Davis. Warwick also starred in a movie called "Willow", also starring Val Kilmer. its a movie well worth watching if you havent seen it. Warwick Davis was also in the Harry Potter series as one of the goblins in the bank. Warwick was also the robot in "A Hitch Hikers's Guide To The Galaxy" which was voiced over by Alan Rickman. that movie is also worth watching if you havent seen it already
@@jenmurrayxo no better time than now lol but dont write off Willow though. the story is epic and filled with humor, action, and romance...whats not to love about that? lol
@@alberthart4146 I f I remember correctly Lucasfilm and Disney were working on some sort of sequel project for Willow, weren't they? They even anounced it a couple of years back when the anounced The Mandalorian, Bad Batch, The Obi Wan series and other series, am I right?..
@@FreddieHg37 they are filming a sequel series that will be streamed exculsively on Disney Plus. so the answer is no...they aren't filming a sequel movie. but yes, they are filming a series. and no, i wont be watching it. Disney has lost me forever. for filming at a concentration camp for Mulan... for destroying my beloved Star Wars ..and making Marvel Comics a woke product. but, your choice is your own
"That not ready for the burden were you." That's Yoda apologizing for the weight he's placing on his final student, not telling him that bit of knowledge & that he won't be there to help his student in his time of need
The quiet struggle he has is so much more poignant than the cartoony "Nooo, Noooooooo" They really ruined that scene. I think it's the worst offense, even beating out the new Vader ghost bs.
Don't really think it makes much of a difference. The emotion and power of that scenes still there. It's also kind of appropriate how when Anakin screamed 'no' in ROTS upon losing his loved ones , he yells it again but this time to SAVE his loved ones :)
What I almost spoiled in the previous video, because I forgot it wasn't revealed/confirmed until this, was that Owen & Beru knew because Vader IS Anakin. It's only hinted at in ep5 - "the offspring of Anakin must not become a Jedi" + "I am your father" Onto the prequels???
@@slchance8839 the prequels makes pretty clear they knew - I won't say how or why. Sure, I'll concede that in 1983 that their knowledge may have still been ambiguous, but going back to ep4, the way Owen says "that's what I'm afraid of" I just did not take that as him believing whatever story was made up for Anakin.
That scene on the planet with Luke and Vader, most don't pick up on it, but Vader is basically admitting he is a lost soul. Not just in "You don't know the power of the Dark side... I MUST obey my Master" almost as if he knows he is a slave to the Emperor's whims, but that final "Its... too late for me, son" knowing in his heart that he is beyond redemption.... but finally proving even himself wrong in the end.
He was actually kinda a slave to him. Vader tried to kill Palpatine multiple times over the years but failed. Palpatine created the suit for him and made it vulnerable for force lightning ensuring he can overcome Vader if he needs to. Anakin turned against him shortly after he learned Padme died because he didnt care about Palpatine he was just a tool to save Padme but since she died anyway all Anakin did was for nothing and he would have been stronger than Palpatine but he worse the suit already so Palpatine had the upper hand.
16:30 Lucas has stated that this dialogue was added because he wanted children to believe the story, and he spoke to psychologists who advised him to have a trusted person state the same information again. He otherwise would have left it out because it would be redundant. I was just shy of 11 years old seeing this in May 1983, and this scene brought the whole trilogy home.
