Imagine having a hero that has more downs than ups. Imagine them being living breathing creatures that grow on their journey. That was the Original Trilogy. Luke wasn't infallible. He wasn't a god the moment he tried to use the force. It took an entire movie and the beginning of the second to even force pull a lightsaber. He loses to his greatest rival and it wasn't even close. People call Luke whiney but I think he was just a kid that was out of his element. Watching him grow into the man he became at the end was amazing.
I hope this post was pointed at Rey and the new crap because nobody in the SW universe liked Anakin either (council resented him). Despite that he literally went through hell and back to fulfill a prophecy that was placed upon him and restore order (until Disney came along)
Frank Oz made Yoda real. His performance made this entire branch of the storyline work. Yoda was by far the BIGGEST gamble by Lucasfilms. He could have easily been seen as a joke that only belonged on the Muppet show next to Kermit and Miss Piggy but Frank Oz worked a miracle here. Oz wasn't just the voice. He was operating the puppet, the eyes, the ears, the mouth, the facial expressions were spot on. Nobody ever seems to give Oz enough credit for bringing Yoda to life.
J D Well said man I never really thought about it like that your right he did do a spectacular job, yoda feels far more real than his cgi counterpart and I wish they kept his lifelike appearance in the newer films! The guy deserves a lot of credit that’s for sure!
@@fernandoarista3302 hey cut the guy some slack. Who are we to tell the guy what to believe and what not to believe. He's entitled to it. People think what think. They can't change it.
It's very interesting how many of the things in Star Wars closely resemble things in the bible. Maybe Lucas was divinely inspired to incorporate some of these things into his films
@@Lalaafastroli When Star Wars was getting huge between the first and second movie, there was a lot of Christian backlash and calls for boycotts...because it was promoting "mysticism" and "false religion". I'm glad Star Wars came out when it did. If it came out today, the backlash from Christian conservatives would be massive.
Same here... I fell in love with a woman who came over after her fiancé got rough. Now she won’t return my calls. But It’s ok because we loved a life times worth in a night. I’ll always love her. This scene makes me feel better lol
Luke: “I don’t believe it.” Yoda: “that is why you fail.” To all my brothers and sisters out there struggling. Take kindly to these wise words. BELIEVE!
The music, the incredible emotional expressions on Yoda's face, probably THE best Star Wars moment ever. You can see Yoda's pure surprise at how powerful Luke is (when he's not distracted) and the way the pleasant surprise turns into pained disappointment at Luke's failing to believe in himself and the Force.
Yoda initially scared me when I saw this movie on laser-disc back in the day, but the more I heard his teachings, his thoughts, it was more fun to try and understand him. It was one of the first times I saw a hero mess up on the way to the top with Yoda's seeing the X-wing start coming up from the swamp like, "Whoa now, that's a bit more than I expected.", only to feel the bottom go out and see it on his face, "He can't hack it yet, and we're out of time." But then to hear his words on the Force itself, and it's strange nature parallel to our own, and all things... ticklishly interesting~ "Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter."
Not really great advice when you think about it for more than a second. It immediately bites Luke in the ass in the very same movie, actually. Luke truly believed with his entire being that he could beat Darth Vader and save his friends in cloud city. See how that worked out? He didn't have a realistic grasp of how far his training had progressed (something that even Yoda realizes) and it got him mutilated. Being grounded and realistic is not a bad thing.
Luke failed, because he had more faith in himself than in the Force. By doing that he violated Yoda's advice and did what he had always done up to that point, he "tried" and when the training got hard, (trusting the Force to take care of all things including his friends) he quit, just he did with the X-Wing. If he had heeded the advice he would have taking his training to its completion and defeated Vader as he did a year later in Return of the Jedi. This may only be a movie, but the advice is sound, in life you either do something, or you don't do it, half measures are the foundation of failure.
I think Daisy Ridley is a pretty big muppet herself. If they sent her to acting school, maybe she could eventually reach Animal levels of subtlety, but it's a little late for that now.
@@Vesnicie I honestly think she is stressed. She was worried about being the new face of star wars that she wanted to turn down the role. Now after two bad movies and terrible writing, I would just phone it in too
I never realized the DEEP wisdom in this story/script. This reminds me of A Course in Miracles. It doesn’t matter how big or small you think something is, if you change your perception & believe - you will experience a miracle.
But aren't you just fooling yourself at that point? Convincing yourself to believe in something whether it's actually true or not? The Force is demonstrably real in these movies. You can actually move objects and feel living things around you with your mind if you train and believe. What does blind faith gain us in the real world?
Yeah totally. The whole Disney trilogy was such a fake saga I cant even take it as canon. It never happened, no matter how much they will try and tell you. We ended at Return of the Jedi and that's that
Listen I'm going to give proper respect to Revenge of the Sith stop... That one movie summed up all the drama that the other prequels and sequels were missing got kind of liked the Last Jedi 2 Because it wasn't engaged in blatant fanservice without any story development
It’s just laughable how people think the prequels r fine, it’s not, first the characters r pretty much jerks and not really likable...except obi wan and some little, Clone Wars is the one that enhances it a lot more, but doesn’t justify it being good, not at all
At exactly 3:00 (when Luke is entirely out of the scene) is one of the most iconic scenes in Empire. Yoda, standing alone, filled with wisdom, experience, and memories. Here, he is sad for Luke and his impatience. Yoda is a giant and represents all that is patient, understanding, and good. Thank you, Master Yoda. You are an inspiration to the world.
Every child should be made to watch this clip every morning before school. Don't explain anything to them and let them come to the conclusion and it will hit them like a ton of bricks. I remember watching this as a kid and looking at my dad and him just looking back at me. At first I thought it meant to never give up, but one day it hit me about the power of belief and the lesson of do or do not, there is no try. I always thought well Luke shouldn't do it because he can't, then again It dawned on me that if you are going to do something, do it with the purpose of absolute belief and certainty that you will succeed, you should be surprised if you fail, and then that is when you learn from your failures and make the changes in order to succeed the next time. All that from a 4 minute scene in Star Wars. I thank my father for never explaining it to me and having myself learn the true inner message! Thank you dad! Thank you Frank OZ and George Lucas!
I love how Yoda effortlessly lifts the ship out without even breaking a sweat, and when Luke says “I don’t believe it.” He simply says: “THAT is why you fail.” If Luke removed his doubt, there was no limit to what he could do. Like any great teacher, Yoda realized he needed a demonstration, because actions speak louder than words.
It's an amazing testament to the greatness of the film, when I can here these messages today, a grown man, for the millionth time, and still, the acting, the Williams's music, the dialog, makes me believe them, makes me hope there is light in the world, makes me inspired. And then there's the last jedi..... "Do or do not, there is no try" :)
Luke spends 3 years of training and when he's ready for the next level he can barely budge an X-Wing. Rey spends less than a week of training barely knowing what the Force is and she can open up a mountainside.
@@weldzanofabs8660 The problem isn't just that she is powerful. It's that it's never explained why or explored. She just gains immense power when the plot demands it.
This scene embodies what was so great and loved about the original Star Wars and what Disney does not understand. It’s about emotion. I once heard the originals described as a “space opera”, which is a perfect way of surmising it. The new movies are in no way shape or form an opera of any kind.
When i was a kid I didn't understand the force, I was only interested in the lightsabers and spaceships. As I got older I started to understand more about the Jedi and the Force. Master Yoda is still one of my favorite characters and his greatest alley is the force.
This is just so nice to watch. Scene plays out slowly, telling its own story, building up to a conclusion. We get to understand characters, get invested in the moment, all of it is meaningful. No need for action, explosions, just a good writing
@Niall Lappin If I can remember movies from 40 years ago better than movies from 4 and 2 years ago, I'm pretty sure it's because the new movies are shit by comparison.
This might be the best scene in the entire series of movies. Yoda shows how powerful he is and doesn't need to jump around or make lots of movements to display his strength (unlike the prequels) - he is truly a master teacher here. And in terms of suspense, the build up of the music and slow rising of the ship out of the water makes for amazing movie watching
@@mariguana7918 lol no it doesn't, if he fought needlessly it would be against what he stood for. But he trained a long time with a saber it doesn't make sense to discard it. Especially if he's up against a powerful sith lord
I can see that comparison to an apostle but to me this is more of a lesson about having faith in yourself rather than some ancient religion. And that’s the beauty of this scene is that it can be interpreted as either one!
@Mullerornis It's almost like you're the one lashing out at the generation before you that worked their ass off fighting both the Cold War and the Vietnam War, while your generation sits on their ass all day and complains about first world living standards and "hate speech." "conservatives are in favour of censorship" "old values shitck" I'm sorry, censorship is part of America's founding principles? Sorry, I wasn't aware--all I know is that the founders wrote the First Amendment for a reason. You're the hypocrite here, go buy some rainbow outfits and turn yourself on to Marxist Literature
This part always reminds me of the scene in The Matrix, when Morpheus is training Neo in the dojo. And hes like "do you think in this place (computer) my body or muscles have anything to do with why im faster than you?". Conceptually, if youre powerful enough, you could move an entire mountain with the force. There are no physical limitations to your mind.
This will always be the dopest shit to me. A series with so many iconic moments and this scene, right here. This scene does it for me. This tells me how and why this series was so damn special.
CallMeOgmios Paul was initially a persecutor of Christians before his conversion. If anything, he was the reverse of Anakin who was a Jedi before turning to the Dark Side and destroying the Jedi.
@CallMeOgmios RELIGION clouds the minds of believers into thinking that there is an "all-powerful force" that just so happens to look like us (or that 'we' are in its image). This god gave dominion to humans over all other lifeforms, so we hunt and kill other lifeforms- not for survival- but for sport. We once KNEW we were the center of the universe, as if everything revolved around 'us', and when we became frightened by the reality of death, we invented a special place that we will go to 'after' we die- KOLOB. You see, humans continually change their religious beliefs in the attempt to adjust to the times, only to contradict themselves by not realizing that they only make it that much more difficult to except their religious stories as reality and not merely 'stories'. "What if I'm wrong?" Well, I can be wrong on a lot of things, since there are hundreds of religions, and even more, hundreds of 'denominations' within Christianity alone, that to take the word of a 'human' about the existence of a 'GOD' and/or 'GODS', seems idiotic, especially if I were to choose the Christian god, die, then come to find out ZEUS was always the one true god. Do you think he would allow me into Mount Olympus after excepting a false god? No. However- if the Christian god 'was' real, and he is what Christians 'claim' him to be: a unconditional loving and understanding god- then he would recognize the fact that I didn't just followed along with what some 'human' told me, but simply wanted the story to be verified by the author of that story himself. Not in a story book that's been rewritten and mistranslated over and over, but from god 'himself', as he 'is' the same yesterday, today and forever, right? That humans of the bible aren't that much different than today. But then, that's the scam of religion. To claim that all the great miracles already happened, and we just happened to get here late and missed all the good stuff. Now we're stuck with toast and clouds and voices in our heads. We have to live with people who claim that a god led them to murder someone else, because they were an atheist (woman in Phoenix did that), or that they wouldn't repent (man killed his girlfriend in Phoenix), or that a man and woman killed their children because they wouldn't quote bible verses at the dinner table. RELIGION is an institute that insights hate, fear and bigotry, constantly telling you that, even after repenting, you are a sinner, and that if you commit one little mistake, this "unconditional loving god" (who seems to have conditions) will send you to a place filled with fire and brimstone, and demons that will rip and tear and devour you forever and ever...... ....but....he loves you..... ....and he needs MONEY.
Except Yoda was a good person. Paul was a murderous bastard who did a hypocritical 180 and started telling other people how wrong they were being when he had a convo with his own ass. Also, Yoda doesn't hate gay people.
Michael Sykes But Simon Peter was the sincere devoted follower. He was the only true Evangelist (the rest of that came after him are fakes considering the proclaiming the title Evangelical was prestige label when it’s not). He was the apostle (also Luke the Doctor) that heard the parables of Jesus Christ and put it in practice. He worked his ass off to show that it’s really possible to be good in the cruel Roman domination; and that’s without using a synagogue or church. Despite being executed by the Roman Emperor Nero Claudius, he still had hopes that humanity will change & improve and it’s a best good news for him. Sadly, the Christians named him as the 1st Pope and the 200th-ish Bishop of Rome, and he did not ask that.
@Juno Donat you are entitled to your opinion. Rather or not you believe in who he was there is plenty of evidence he lived as a man at very least and there are tons upon tons of ppl creating charities and doing awesome selfless acts because of their belief in him. We should all speak and believe in ways that benefit eachother with love. Even if he wasn't real I'd wanna live in a world where who believe in true love.
@Juno Donat I appreciate your reply and I can agree that religion isn't an answer(but many ppl do benefit from it)I believe in alotta different views(gnostic,essenes,I am of Jewish background) I believe Jesus aim was to grow our hearts and unite us all but like any good thing there are ppl in power that pervert it and sell it. I think the fullness of God is seen everywhere and even in our comments I like that we can have such different views but I'm sure If You or Me or Karl saw someone struggling we all would have compassion to help them no matter what we believed as truth.Science and religion are always evolving and I see proof of Jesus in even the opposition ( ppl seem to love or hate Jesus but few ppl fight against Buddha or Krishna ) If he wasn't real then the world would just ignore him. I won't try to tell or show all I've studied because it doesn't matter even if I had all the world's knowledge because the world's knowledge is only a shadow of God. I believe God is love and doesn't judge anyone like Jesus said. When you see ppl judge and use God as excuse it's not of Jesus
@Juno Donat sorry for a long reply I don't wish to debate. I just saw beauty in this old star wars movie and it wasn't an attempt to push an agenda on anyone ,I just see God everywhere now. I also don't think ppl get converted solely on facts. We prob will both keep believing what we wish which is a freedom we have. Best wishes to you brother in your own person quest for a truth that fits your heart
@Juno Donat I've had similar talks like this before and I've learned that it just never ends. We both can have a mountain of conflicting proven facts but all we know and even all the references you give are based on faith because we are trusting different authors of different historical account. No matter how much I learn there's something in me that transcends my 5 senses and puts me at peace
Lucas could have REALLY screwed this up, using a muppet as a Jedi master and going into this deep spiritual arena, but somehow they pulled it off brilliantly.
“The man who says he can and the man who says he can’t are both right”- Confucius. Reality is only what we choose to make it. The future cannot be predicted, because we often pass on the will to act in creating it. We become the sum total of our thoughts, soulful desires, hearts feel, and whatever we’ve programmed our spirit to feed us good or bad. Mind, body, soul, and spirit; 4 corners to the room that is us. We all were born with everything we eve needed. Money, resources, you name it. However just like most boxers, most of us have trained ourselves to be mentally defeated before we’re even in the ring via our own self induced fears and limited minds thus groomed to be our prisons. If we can think it, then so it shall be.
Much like Yoda, the intention of this mentality is good. You want to foster confidence in others but this philosophy falls utterly short of reality. A human will absolutely never possess the power of telekinetic flight or the ability to shoot lightning, regardless of how much they believe in themselves. Tons of people who believe in themselves and have no doubt in their abilities are shot down before achieving success, you need only look at American Idol styled audition tapes to see that. Having a healthy grasp of reality and your own abilities is not a bad thing no matter how dogmatic the concept of absolute confidence is presented.
Star Wars clips re-surging in popularity cause of the new movie, not cause of the algorithm. It happens with a lot of sequels. Old clips of the prior movie start getting searched and they show up as recommendations.
I love how Yoda explains the force here, he seems so in awe of it and has a great respect for it. That's how the Sith and Jedi are different, the Sith see it as a source of power where the Jedi sees it as something that binds all things together. This is the only explanation for what the force is I need. None of that medichlorian stuff.
Hey, sure beats that certain force powers that came out of nowhere in the Sequel Trilogy. The way I see Medichlorian is a biological component that is embedded in everyone, force sensitive or otherwise.
I accidentally came across this video. And absolutely a thing of beauty! So many divine gems spoken by Yoda. "Everything has the Force in it " awesome video. Thanks for sharing.
I remember being a child hearing and seeing this for the first time. Back then, even though I knew it was a movie, I hung onto and believed every word Yoda was saying. There was no doubt! And anything (and EVERYTHING) seemed possible, all I had to do was reach out... Decades later, even at this exact moment, I get that chill again, and that spark of belief (and faith) is rekindled as bright as it was that first time. This is, to me, the greatest scene in Star Wars and encapsulates the (heart of the) entire franchise.
