STAR WARS Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) Movie REACTION 

You've taken your first step into a larger world, Sophie! ♥

The attack on the Death Star was absolutely a suicide mission, If Luke Skywalker had not been in the battle they would have all been killed. Sophie is sniffing out all the important stuff and Mair has an incredible poker face!

‘This isn’t earth’ cracked me up🤣

Bro “So now they about to go to Earth!?” killed me that was perfect. 😂

Star Wars and Rocky were released 6 months apart. The innovation Rocky brought to films was the invention of the steady cam. Before films had to be mounted on a vehicle or a rail system. This is why you get the iconic shots of running up the stairs and the fight. Those were two movies that really became the forefathers of the modern cinema.

I'm a female and have loved Star Wars since I was a little girl with this original trilogy. Now I even podcast about it! 😅 So I'll just say, welcome Sophie ✨

Woooo. This girl is *sharp* . Can't wait to see the rest of the journey.

Like Lord of the Rings, at the time the special effects and practical effects were ahead of their time and changed movie making for the future. We left the theatres in a euphoria of seeing something truly amazing. I think they have pretty much stood up through time, though of course dated a bit. It was fun to watch and see the theories developing. 😊

The fact Sophie asked if the droid before R2 “blew himself up” bcuz a lot of people online believe R2 mentioned his mission to him and that he needed to go with Luke as well

I love that you guys are doing these movies. They still hold up even all these years later.

I like that Sophie was getting into it and how Mair wasn't saying anything and letting Sophie enjoy it. Still the top reactors of movies to me. ❤👏👏👏👏👏 I want to see your reactions to The Fifth Element after you finish all six SW movies, Rogue One, and Solo. 😆

Now you can watch Space Balls!

I love that Sophie saw that one guy getting choked out by ' Vader before it happened. Well done!

Poor R2D2, he went through so many breakdowns in this episode 5:41

Great reaction. Love how you can just throw yourself into the story. I agree the Force is a pretty abstract concept. Major hype for when they travel to Earth in the next movie 😂😂

Main characters can’t die yet, that’s the reason why the Stormtroopers are missing As you saw beginning of the movie Stormtroopers hit their targets but as soon as the main cast comes in they just start missing

Scoundrel is the adjective you are looking for with Han solo

Love this series, born in '76 so I grew up with it. Always a good time

Welcome to the Star Wars saga, Mair & Sophie! I hope you come to love the franchise as much as I do!

You two are so freaking adorable together

When Sophie realized they weren’t on earth 😂😂😂

I was 13 Years old in 1977 when I I saw Star wars in the Movie Theatres. It was originally called Star wars and did not get renumbered Episode Iv until Episode V The Empire Strikes Back was released in 1980.

Aaaahhh, this was so fun to watch with y'all! REALLY excited for the whole journey, can't wait!!! :)

The Force is strong with you two.

Actually, it's explained in other Star Wars media that Red (R5-D4) *did* blow up on purpose. A big theme in later SW movies (which, I guess by this point you've already seen Return of the Jedi) is "a certain point of view". In the anthology story called The Red One from the book From A Certain Point of View, it's explained that R2 begged R5 to intentionally sabotage himself so that R2 and 3PO could be together, and that the fate of the galaxy depended on it. R5 went along with it, and actually survived. If you haven't seen The Mandalorian yet, I won't spoil it!

Most people read it then completely forget the first thing on the screen. "A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...." Earth is not a thing in these movies

Rogue is the word you were looking for. Han Solo is a rogue.

Hahaha "this isn't earth". Classic!

31:34 😂😂😂 If you know you know and he definitely knew.

31:40- I caught that look of disgust

First Game of Thrones. Now Star Wars! I’m excited to see Sophie’s reaction on the journey to ROTS!!

Among the many fun facts: When Luke mentioned that he could "bullseye Womprats with my T-16", canonically the T-16 is a personal aircraft, and the studio even attempted to build a prop for the scene where Luke is heading out to search for R2 -- but they ultimately opted to use the Landspeeder instead.

7:18 it actually was releveled on a trading card that the R2 unit did that on purpose so they wouldn't be separated.

A few years ago I saw all the Star Wars movies in a week and I.. don't see them as amazing movies but I so understand why it's fanbase is so huge, I'm a fan for sure.. and heck they have memes in them like every other minute

I hate to spoil it for you, Sophie, but they won't ever be going to Earth 😂😂😂 💀💀💀

You guys rock, i grew up in the 80s, big star wars fan, your girl is so smart and beautiful, hope i find a girl like that someday. She has the best smile.

My first time visiting your channel.. very impressed! Keep it up, Mair and Sophie

You guys saying “yes we read the whole thing” when it came to the opening crawl makes me laugh. Cuz of course you gotta read it out loud whenever you’re watching ❤❤

In the timeline The Star Wars Christmas Special is next! If You've already seen Empire Strikes Back I would Recommend doing it later as holiday edition. Btw... It is pretty terrible , but the animation sequence is very cool! So bad it's good!

not the iconic transitions trippin Sofie out 🤨😅😜

Haha she’s right! R4 the red droid at the start is such a scaredy cat lmao 😂

So good you are reacting to this!!

Another black couple.......I'M IN!!!!!🖤🖤🖤

Nice reaction! Let's go!

On snap....one of cinemas biggest franchise and we are here for the twist and thrills

The force is basically a science fiction interpretation of fantasy magic. Some people have more capability for it, and the stronger their connection to it, the better they can control it. It’s a connection between all matter (like at a mystical quantum level), so those that can use the force can basically manipulate matter.

omg it's earth!

Great reaction! Please keep them comin!

i have a really important question for sophie....is chewbacca a pet or a true companion?

Much to learn you still have. 😊

3:13 It was a rhetorical question. Vader already knew he was lying.

🤓Sofie, I love how you predict that Darth Vader will be Luke's enemy. This story is classic Hero's Journey, and if you never watched any other part of this series you'd have a complete story on its own. The other episodes do create the larger "galaxy" but even without them A New Hope is perfect without that knowledge. I do have to say Ugh though. I absolutely hate the scene with Jabba the Hutt that was originally edited out because they didn't have the technology (there was a human actor and a raised platform "tail" for Han to step on), but...the '"human being" sentiment is just off. The new CGI is cool, but the scene was not necessary because we already have context from the discussion with Greedo in the Cantina.

Alderaan is the same kind of planet as Earth, same size, gravity, atmosphere, landmass ratio. Wookies have been elslaved by the Empire and other clans, so seeing one prisoner is quite ordinary.

Earth? Really! When she said that I fell out of my chair I was laughing so hard! This is a made up universe how would earth be in this!? Wow! Hilarious!

12:09 Tarkin is the governor and by that superior to Vader who only is a general so Vader take orders from Tarkin.

Sweet girl, this is in a galaxy far far away. 🙂

Thanks guys! These are classics. It didn’t perfectly hold up but for the budget and the time… absolutely incredible! Great reaction

Exciting!!!!

Fan theory is that R2D2 may have instructed R4D4 to blow up.. Later star wars episodes R4D4 is a very anxious droid And doesn't like excitement

Y’all gotta throw space balls in on this now lol

There's no CGI in this Movie, It's all practical effects and models :)

R2D2 does talk, it’s just in a language you don’t understand… lol

Looking forward to the next one

This movie came out the year I was born (1977). Star Trek came out in 1963, I think.

The transitions are meant to be like switching frames in a comic book. The stormtroopers are third generation (or something) clones, so they are completely incompetent. Their DNA is garbage by this point. Also knowing what I know it is fascinating that Darth Vader insists that Leia may still be of use to them, rather than having her terminated. Great reaction!

Welcome to the world of Star Wars. I will give some information for a better understanding of the universe. The Empire is a huge state that includes many planets and extends to most of the known galaxy, not counting some of the systems at the far edge. Initially, the empire was a constitutional monarchy, whose political affairs were governed not only by the emperor, but also by the senate, which includes a representative from each planet belonging to the empire, but after the creation of the Death Star, the senate was dissolved and power finally passed into the hands of the Emperor. Initially, the Empire was a galactic republic, but as a result of a series of events, the Lord of the Sith came to power, who proclaimed himself emperor (you will learn more about this in the prequels) Now about the structure of the Force, in this period of time, the two most powerful and well-known orders of forseusers are the Sith and the Jedi, they came from one ancient order of force users who served both its aspects - the Dark and the Light side. The dark and light side of the force are not the good and evil side, they represent two different currents of force and were named by members of the very first order in honor of the two moons that were satellites of the planet where this order was based, one was made of white stone, the other of black. This ancient order practiced a balance between the sides, the light one is more calm and creative, the dark one is more emotional and destructive. But over time, this order banned the study of the dark side of the force and focused on the light side, becoming the Jedi Order from the time. Once there was a split within the order and some members of the supreme Council were exiled to unknown regions of the galaxy because of the desire to study the dark side of the force. These fallen Jedi found the planet Korriban (or Morraband), where a humanoid undeveloped red-skinned race lived, which had a huge connection with the dark side. The fallen Jedi quickly subdued this race, which called itself the Sith, after which they named themselves the Sith Lords, creating a new order of force users, which was focused only on the dark side. With the passage of time, several major wars occurred between the newly created Sith Empire and the Old Republic, which included the Jedi as guardians of peace and justice. As a result, the Sith were almost destroyed several times, losing wars due to constant betrayals and internecine power struggles. But then a Sith lord was born, named Darth Bane, he created the rule of two, the rule that there can only be two Sith master and apprentice, a master to embody power, apprentice to reach for this power. When an apprentice becomes more powerful than a master, he kills him and takes his place, taking a new apprentice, the Sith were forced to go underground, but began to develop thanks to this. Darth Bane, after creating this rule, killed all the remaining Sith, becoming a master and taking a girl as an apprentice, who eventually killed him and, taking his place, continued the path of the Rule of Two. Sith and Jedi have opposite ideologies and philosophies, and most importantly - an attitude to the Force, Jedi serve the force, cutting themselves off from everything mundane, they are forbidden to take wives or husbands, have children, have property, nothing should cause affection and emotions and distract from serving the Force. Emotions lead to the dark side of the force, so the Sith raise their emotions to the absolute, they feed on them, most often hatred and rage, as one of the most powerful emotions, but also any other, if the Jedi serve the force like monks, then the Sith use the force to get what they want. Even the powers of the dark side and the light side are different, the light side is more creative and protective (force push, mind deception), when the dark side is more destructive and aggressive (force choke, force lightning) Now to the more relevant:) At the moment, thanks to political intrigues, the Sith lord Darth Sidious gained power over the galaxy, after which, with the help of his apprentice Darth Vader, he almost destroyed the Jedi Order, the Jedi are forced to hide without having contact with each other in the hope of someday being able to fight back. Oh yes, well, the names of the Sith Darth Vader, Darth Sidious, Darth Maul, etc. are not names given at birth, they receive them when they join the order, the prefix Darth literally means Lord in the language of the Sith. The code of the sith Peace is a lie. There is only Passion. Through Passion, I gain Strength. Through Strength, I gain Power. Through Power, I gain Victory. Through Victory my chains are Broken. The Force shall free me The code of the Jedi There is no emotion, there is peace. There is no ignorance, there is knowledge. There is no passion, there is serenity. There is no chaos, there is harmony. There is no death, there is the Force.

So you just watched a 1997 re-master of the movie which added a bunch of extra special effects. That’ll be true for Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi as well, since the original versions of the movie aren’t available to watch anywhere.

Sophie smart AF, again. Damn near picking up the entire freaking story at the beginning about Obi-Wan's connection to Luke's father.

FYI The (roger, roger) battle droids from the prequels have the worst aim! 😛

Recommendation: when you have completed the original three Star Wars (Episodes IV, V, & VI) you might enjoy a parody by FAMILY GUY - they do their own trilogy: "Blue Harvest," "Something, Something, Something, Dark SIde," and "It's A Trap."

"Are they on Earth?" Ffs...

No matter what anybody tells you about Star Wars just remember one thing... Han shot first.

32:10 The material they used for the light sabers kept breaking and they didn't know how the special effects added afterwards would look like so they had to be careful during the sword fight.

Alot of reactors show us them reading the whole thing lets us know you know whats going on.

If Sophie isn't spoiled, you should really show them to her in the Rinster order. 4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 6 It makes the reveals hit the hardest imo.

So Sophie doesn't know ANYTHING... She should be kept out of the comments... lol

Please condisder this suggesstion: watch the rest of the original trilogy. Watch Solo and especially Rogue One. If you like the Star War, check out the newer SW series, they are mostly good. But to live happily skip the Prequels and Sequels

Andor is great too, you should watch it if you want to see more of star wars

Read the opening credits please 😂No Earth A long time ago in a galaxy far far away ? WTF?

This old trilogy is honestly the best part of the whole franchise. They did try with a lot of the future movies to take various other approaches, however they all fell off pretty much at least for me. Just meh. Ony Rogue one was pretty OK.

please watch the movie CLUE from 1985

Star Wars is iconic, unfortunately they fall off pretty hard after the original trilogy. Prequels are poorly paced and dial up the corniness, barely redeemed by the cool world building and plot. Sequels come in slightly less corny, but they suffer from lack of creativity, plot holes, and lack of character consistency. The few spin-off movies are alright but plagued with incredibly bland characters.

First trilogy is the best but this is the worst episode of the 3