@@jacktaylNever fails to give me goosebumps and get me hyped. They don't make trailers like this anymore where even though it was an updated re-release it still felt epic.
Yes, they did push back Jedi SE. Lucasfilm originally only gave Empire a 2 week run because it was the lowest box office of the 3 when originally released. So, they thought the demand wasn't as high as Star Wars. It turned out, during the 2 week run of Empire the box office numbers weren't trailing off. They saw this and extended Empire's run pushing back Jedi SE.
I remember rumors at the time...People were saying that Howard Stern's Private Parts movie was too much weekend competition, so that was the reason for pushing it back. I remember all of the SE posters still having the original March 7th date.
I grew up with these versions of the movie! The 2003 DVD9 versions we're the last releases of the first Special Editions on DVD before the new changes came.
Guess I fall in the range where I was old enough to watch the Special Editions in Theaters as well as the Prequels.... as a little kid at the time I was just bouncing off the walls with excitement after every new movie.... so glad that I'd gotten to see the movies on something else besides my Grandpa's crappy old TV.... Some of the best movie going experiences of my life....
These are three of THE most epic tralers in existence, and they make me proud to be a lifelong Star Wars fan. On this, the 34th anniversary of the original "Star Wars," may the Force by with you, and thanks for the upload!
They let greed and franchising lead the way instead of world building , character acting and development, and actual story telling as if it were a 📚 masterpiece book like Lord of The Rings! All they saw was profit and marketing. They could have done so much better; that’s why the prequels episodes 1,2, and 3 are better in my opinion than Disneys trilogy!
A new hope SE was the 7th highest grossing movie in 97. When u add esb and Rotj totals to that the only movies that made more money then sw in 1997 was titanic (which made most of its money in 1998) and men in black .
The second one was the best of the three. Because it played with Star Wars Special Edition in theaters, it got a lot of cheers when it played, and it got a lot of applause. They never do that for trailers anymore.
Henderson Productions 2 You know when was the best time to see them? When they first premiered in the theater. I still prefer the original '77, '80, and '83 versions however.
+Henderson Productions 2 to me this was heaven I had just seen the trilogy on vhs with the original versions in 1995 being 12 years old and this was my chance to see them on the big screen and it was glorious. hopefully something similar happens this december with Episode 7
I think I like the New Hope trailer best out of all 3. After all it was the trailer that reminded us all about the upcoming Special Edition just 20 years ago last January.
In this year 40th annyversary of the Star Wars and 20th annyversary of the Star Wars Special Edition ! Came the Episode VIII ,dude all year is celebration ! :)
I remember seeing the first special edition trailer in theaters back when my dad and I went and saw the movie Space Jam with Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny
I saw all 3 movies in theaters when I was 6 with my Dad and Grandmother. When I saw the Empire Strikes Back with her, I would shake her and tell her she was missing the movie because she would close her eyes. Definitely not her type, lol.
I own Fox Video Star Wars Trilogy Special Edition 1997 In-Store Looped Trailer!! VHS Tape. It's 60 minutes long, and it was for stores to play and promote the 1997 VHS Special Edition release.
I never understood why so many people bitch about the Special Editions. I mean, FFS, folks-these are the movies *the way George Lucas originally wanted to make them* (especially the first one). This is the way the original trilogy would have looked if CGI had existed in its '90s form back in the '70s and early '80s. So does it really make sense to complain about it?? 🙄
This is such a great trailer that highlights how awesome those movies are. I love Star Wars so much, they were so amazing to me as a child and I'm excited to see what another trilogy could do? Fingers crossed :) Please Lucas Film, Release the original Theatrical Star Wars films. Let us see the very original movies played in the cinemas in the years 1977,1980, 1983. We have only had special edition releases that have alterations to the movies. They are such important movies for our generation. We want to see the very original movies again :D
For a entire generation people have experienced Star Wars the only way its been possible on the TV Screen. But If you only seen this way...You haven't seen it at all. Now for it's 20th Anniversary, The adventure of a lifetime returns to the big screen... in a way you've never seen before."There will be no one to stop us this time!". ."Help me, Obi Wan Kenobi, You're my only hope!".With newly enchaned Visual effects, "They're coming in too fast!".THX and Digital Sound and a few new suprises."Why haven't you paid me?..." ."Look Jabba, next time you want to talk to me, Come see me yourself!"."Here they come!".This January,"For luck!".George Lucas and 20th Century Fox invite you to welcome back Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, Darth Vader, Obi Wan Kenobi,Chewbacca,C3-P0 and R2-D2 Finally the motion picture event the way it was meant to be experienced. "This will be a day long remembered!".As the entire Star Wars Trilogy returns. On January 31st, Star Wars, On February 21st, The Empire Strikes Back ...Then on March 7th Return Of The Jedi.For a whole new generation who have yet to experience it on the Big Screen."Move closer!".And for everyone else to experience it again. "That boy is our last hope!"."No there is another!".The Star Wars trilogy Special Edition.See it again...For the first time."The force will be with you...Always!".
These trailers were AMAZING back in "97...they still are today, but looking back...if we would've known this was to be the beginning of Lucas' journey to put Star Wars in the trashcan....we wouldn't have been so excited... Still, these movies are awesome, can't wait to see Ep VII next year.
I've wondered this too, over the years. I first heard him do this, but then as I saw more old trailers from my DVDs of Jaws, Close Encounters and The Exorcist, it sounds like the same dude.
I generally don't mind the Special Editions, but there are segments in both A New Hope and Return Of The Jedi that make me cringe. Namely, the scenes with Jabba The Hutt in both movies. The encounter in ANH was utterly unnecessary, made Jabba look like a pansy (as opposed to a mafioso kingpin), and the dialog virtually mirrors that of Han with Greedo just moments before. In ROTJ, while the original release was maybe kinda campy, it was the 80s, when camp reigned supreme. The musical number that Lucas interjected is so abominably horrible. Period. In Jedi, I really don't mind the altered ending, replete with a new score, save for their showing Hayden whatever his name is. Also, take note that The Empire Strikes Back has the least amount of alterations (the expanded scene with the Wampa ice creature and some of the shots in Bespin being about it) serves as a testimony to the fact that it is, hands down, the best Star Wars movie.
+Joseph Muir Were we meant to previously think that Jabba the Hutt was a shapeshifting human who somehow occasionally metamorphosizes into a slug? I don't get why he began as a human other than George was thinking "I'll fix that later if this thing makes money"
I could've worded myself better above there, but I'm 100% with you in regards to far preferring the new ROTJ end song (my criticism above was for the new song in Jabba's palace) while also hating Lucas's adding Hayden's ghost.
he was always intended to be some kind of freaky slug like alien, whether bipedal or slithering only Lucas knows for sure. The human guy "playing" Jabba was always meant to be superimposed over by an alien effect. The problem only came in with Harrison walking behind him after ROTJ was made because of the tail. The somewhat goofy tail stomping was their solution for it. i never hated that as much as others did, but it was obviously a band aid for a problem they couldn't otherwise get around. A similar moment happens in the rebel hangar before the Death Star assault when Luke reunites with Biggs. The two of them are chumming it up for a second and then red leader comes up and asks Luke if he can handle an X-Wing and Biggs tells him that Luke is the best bush pilot in the outer rim territories. Then a technician passes in front of the camera and red leader says "You'll do alright." to Luke and leaves. The technician walking in front of the camera was to hide the edit where they had to cut red leader saying "I met your father when i was a kid. If you are anything like him....(you'll do alright)." (or something similar). That bit of dialogue had to be clipped due to what we now know about Luke's dad. you can see it uncut here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-f00IkrWvur4.htmlm13s I guess having Boba Fett or someone pass in front of the camera during Han and Jabba's talk at the tail stomp moment would have been too jarring.
The reason the original versions of star wars sucked was because there wasn't enough tie fighters on the screen. The special edition was so much better because of that.
1:23 "Finally the motion picture event the way it was meant to be experienced". Pfft yeah, until DVDs became a thing, then that was the how it was meant to be experienced. Followed by the Blu-ray version being the penultimate version. Maybe with Disney in charge we will no longer be forced to suffer these changes. Come on Disney! Blu-ray Star wars as it was originally shown!
+jw71291 I'm sure they will do it. One thing they need to make a deal with 20th Century Fox on A New Hope...what Disney and 20th Century Fox should do is making a seamless branching to choose.....original unaltered version, 1997 SE, 2004 SE and 2011 Blu-ray SE. If they did that, it will make a lot fans happy.
+Alan StarWarsFan I don't understand Fox's stubbornness. Star Wars by itself doesn't have the value that the complete franchise would have. Unless they're asking for a ridiculous sum of money, I don't see why both they and Disney can't come up with an agreement. And yes, I believe that all versions of the trilogy should be made available.
Please re release these again for the Empire Strikes Back 40th anniversary please Lucasfilm please it’s all I’ve ever wanted since some of us were too young to see these in 1997 please I’m begging you to take a look at this Lucasfilm please
On February 21st...20th Century Fox and George Lucas present the next chapter in The Star Wars Trilogy Special Edition,The Empire Strikes Back."Skywalker will join us...Or die!" "I'm not afraid!". "You will be!".An epic adventure with a force all its own."You're not actually going into a asteriod field!" "They be crazy to follow us wouldn't they!". Where destinies are foretold."You will be tempted by the darkside!". Fears are awakened. And secrets are at long last revealed. "Obi Wan never told you what happened to your father!". Then on March 7th.Dont miss the final chapter of the Star Wars Trilogy.Return Of The Jedi."Let's go!".A Time to take cover for the final battle is about to begin.The Empire Strikes Back and Return Of The Jedi both with newly enhanced visual effects,THX and Digital Sounds and a few new suprises."Join me... it is your destiny!". The Star Wars Trilogy Special Edition. You haven't seen anything...Till you seen everything
this os how trailers should be for new star wars movies. if this gets me excited for the awful special editions. then imagibe what it would do now with new movies
This change was okay because he didn't take away much from the originals I actually liked the 1997 version of empire strikes back best. but anymore than that ruined everything.
unfortunately this was the beginning of the end of Star Wars as we had it in my generation. I was born in 1973. I Grew up on the original trilogy and practical F/X. I think CGI is a wonderful tool to tell a story in modern cinema, but first the story must be well written and have characters we can relate to. Also good acting and directing helps also. in my opinion this is where the prequels suffered. somewhere along the way Lucas lost his passion for filmmaking.
This is for new generations. You can't expect them to not update these films the way they have been wanting to. Star Wars was done on seat of George's pants as he has stated many many times. He got the opportunity to update his movies and he did. Nothing wrong with that. I'm sure you would have done that too if you had a creation as big as Star Wars and was limited to time, money, effects..
jgfear Hey, nuff of that old talk! too early for that crap yet, maybe in another 20 or so, I'm same year as you. is it wrong I still have my Mcdonalds stars wars trilogy glasses that are my "good" ones for company, and a 1982 complete star wars comforter sheet set I force the wife to keep on our bed one week a month!! now, "we're", not asking for much, just one little perfect transfer to blu ray, pre Lucafication release of the originals. just ONE, that's all. Then everyone on all sides get what they want, and all us ahem, "vintage" star wars will shut up. In the mean time I'll keep hope alive Disney will get it right for us. XD, peace
