Darth Vader once came over to my house and told me if i did not take this girl Lorraine out to a dance he would melt my brain.

Han Solo * enters movie * Shanelle * touches hair * He has that effect a lot lol

"it's a party at alderaan, baby!" yeah, that place is really blowing up.

I teared up....this is the first time I've seen this version since I stopped owning a VCR....Han shot first!

Carrie Fisher said once, "You try and say the line "I recognized your foul stench when I was brought on board" without an English accent and you'll see it's impossible"

How do I give more thumbs ups for her watching the untouched films?

Fun fact: Tarkins actor (Peter Cushing) feet hurt in the boots they got for him. So in the shots where you don't see his feet, he's wearing fuzzy slippers.

"What is Leia the princess of?" Alderaan. Her father is a senator and her mother is the queen of the planet.

The reason the "Han shot first" version is better is not simply because it was first, but also because it was based on a famous scene from "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly," where Tuco shoots first and then says, "If you're going to shoot, shoot; don't talk."

Han didn't shoot first. Han was the only one who shot at all.

"I want more of the Force. I want more of Luke training with it." You will soon see why Empire Strikes Back is one of the greatest sequels in cinematic history.

When Luke goes out and observes the suns setting, I know the guy who played the French Horn solo in that scene. He's a great guy. When we were on an orchestra tour in China together, a friend asked him to play it and he did. Chills.

You watched the ORIGINAL 1977 version! The force is strong with this one!

I'm so glad you're watching the original version of Star Wars

OMG the Despecialized version is so good, I haven't seen Star Wars look like this since the 80s.

Great reaction! I think it's awesome that you got despecialized editions for this, very few reactors do that. The thing is, the added special effects and additional scenes definitely change the experience, and arguably, not for better. In particular, introducing Jabba the Hut in this film messes with his introduction in RotJ, and throws off the pacing of this film. Glad you enjoyed this!

As soon as you said that you'll be watching the unaltered versions, I fell off my seat.. my butt hurts.

“Bold move to have your leader in the ranks, isn’t that dangerous?” Someone show her the hallway scene ^_^

Back in 1977, Han Solo was a true rogue. Charming, but ruthless, if necessary. I liked him that way. And, yes, Han didn't shoot first. He was the only one shooting. Poor Greedo.

Technically, a MacGuffin (a term popularized by Hitchcock) is the object that drives the plot but has no actual significance or other function in itself. An often-cited example is the Maltese Falcon in the eponymous film: everyone is after it, but the statue does not actually _do_ anything, even as a talisman or whatever. In this film, the Plans To The Death Star are not a McGuffin, because they enable the rebels to destroy the Death Star.

When this came out it was unlike anything we had ever seen. The scene were the Millennium Falcon jumps to light speed for the first time - the whole theater erupted in cheers! There has been no other reaction to a movie like that I've experienced in the subsequent 45 years.

Shout out to whoever Lance is! The og de-specialised versions are the one!

THANK YOU for watching the Despecialized version. You're certainly the first reactor that I've seen watch it vs the Specialized versions.

To quote Obi-Wan, "You have taken your first step into a larger world."

I was 15 years old in 1977 when this moving came out. The first 5 minutes of this movie is burned into brain. In 1977 where I lived (Portland, Oregon) most theaters had really bad speaker systems. This was the first movie I saw with full Dolby stereo. The sound effects were amazing to hear. The soundtrack was amazing. So many things that are tropes in SciFi movies were first seen in this move. When Luke first turns on the light saber the guy sitting behind blurted out 'that's so cool looking'. When the Millenium Falcon makes it first jump to light speed the entire theater gasped "oh my god'. This was also the first movie that I can remember where the laser bolts looked dangerous, not a cheesy effect. When Luke, Han, and Chewie turned around the final the entire theater cheered. Still one of the most memorable movie expereinces I've ever had.

The actress that played Princess Lea and the voice of Vader never met until they were on The Big Bang Theory together.

You're better at this than your contemporaries. You actually seem to know what you're talking about a bit rather than just being someone who hasn't seen something. You seem to actually analyze the art form better than others. Good job. I'm subscribing.

+5000 points for watching the theatrical version instead of the over-modified version(s).

That's Leia's proper "diplomatic voice". Not the way she actually speaks.

Being nitpicky about it, the original “Star Wars: A New Hope” from 1977 is simply “Star Wars.” It’s so cool that your first viewing was this one. It makes one appreciate so much more what was accomplished with the technology of the day.

When this movie was first released it was just called Star Wars, the “new hope” bit was added years later. I remember seeing it when it was first released at the cinema and it was so terrific.

As someone who first saw these movies when i was like 4 it always surprises me when people haven't seen them. lol. I think Star wars is one of those movies that people assume every ones seen. Fun reaction, looking forward to the next.

HOW IN THE ABSOLUTE HELL DID I FORGET OBI-WAN's FIRST WORDS WERE: "Hello there"!!!

I can't wait to see your reaction as Luke and Leia's relationship evolves.

Its super cool that you are watching an original copy! @11:08 *NEVER* forget that Han didn't shoot "first".... because Gueido didn't shoot at all. Shooting "first" implies that there is a second shooter. As you saw, there wasn't. Han just blew him away. If you ever watch the "remastered" ones you'll understand what I mean. Gueido DIDNT ever shoot at Han, and Han just outright murdered Guiedo.

I’ve been hoping someone on KZfaq would start by watching the original unedited versions of these. Finally! Thank you. 😁

Regarding Carrie Fishers accent. She actually talks a bit about it in her very funny stand up show "Wishful Drinking". She was more or less fresh out of London's Central School of Speech and Drama. and had sort of a meandering "high" British theatre voice that came and went.

When Darth Vader told Obi wan he should not have come back I believe he was saying he should not have come out of hiding.

I am glad you watched it in its Purest Form . I saw this at 17 in 1977 it was life changing back then. Welcome to a larger world :)

"They must have planned these!" "Well yes, but also no". gif Lucas planned out lots of lore, including a lot that never made it to film, and imagined multiple episodes, like the old sci fi serials of old, but he made up a LOT of it as he went, including retconning stuff and even directly contradicting the previous movies.

One thing people today do not realize is that the TECHNOLOGY for this movie was cutting edge for its time. This Movie was AWESOME because there really had never been anything like it before.

I can't thank you enough for watching the original version!

I've never seen a reactor be critical of their OWN reactions! Lol... That's awesome. I love it!

some information for you shanelle: the original deathstar was a spherical battlestation of around 120 km diameter, capable of destroying planets with a several hours cooldown and hyperspace drive. the trench the movie shows in the endscenes is a horizontal trench around the death stars equator, housing the exhaust port they try to hit with torpedoes. most of the mass of the battlestation is taken by the huge machinery that powers its superlaser. the rest is mostly support systems for its massive close quarter weapon supplement (mostly against bigger starships), hangars, crew quarters and what not. it had approximately a crew of over a million people, including troops, gunners, pilots etc.

I think people tend to forget that Star Wars was nominated for 10 Oscars including Best Picture, Best Director, Best screenplay, best supporting actor (Alec Guiness). it won Oscars in Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Costume Design, Best Sound, Best Film Editing, Best Effects, Original score, and given a special achievement award in sound effects. Also been watching your channel for a while and when i saw that youve never seen this, i cried out a little.

The whole “Han shot first” thing was because Lucas thought it made Han look bad, but IMO it’s the start of his redemption arc that pays off when he saves Luke during the Death Star attack. He grows from a dodgy, selfish scoundrel to a more heroic person

The original version!!! The #$@&#$ original version!!! I am crying, the audio, the effects, the looks!!! This is the Star Wars I grew up with!!! Plus, your commentary is the best I have seen so far, you are commenting on every aspect, story, technics, even the cuteness of the characters! I applaud you!!!

So here's what you have: A space princess a young farm boy a wise old man who trains him a mercenary with a heart of gold comic relief robots a bad guy so evil that he wears black all the time. This is classic pulp fiction

Of all the first-time reactions to this film that I've seen, this is the first time I've seen one with the original theatrical release. It took me back to my own childhood. Congrats, Shannell, on your latest journey, and we'll be watching you with great interest.

Wow you're watching the pre-special edition version even prior to them adding the Episode IV in the title sequence.

"But I was going to the Toschi station to pick up some power converters!"

I saw this when I was 8 and I can remember walking out of the cinema with my legs shaking I'd never seen anything like it before.

I like that you are watching the original theatrical versions and not the special editions 👍 great video!

Given that you're a filmmaker yourself, I have to give a shoutout to Marcia Lucas, George Lucas's first wife, who was absolutely instrumental in the success of this film. She was the editor who completely saved this film in the editing room, turned the finale from a pointless slog into one of the most exciting action sequences of all time, and really set the tone for the action that dominates the later Star Wars films and everything that came after them. It's criminal how often her contribution is forgotten to this film. So many people came together to do something that had never been done before. It took a lot of people to get this right.

All HAIL Lance!! I think you are seriously lucky that you got to see the original versions first. I went to introduce the movies to a friend and was a bit heartbroken by the awful changes Lucas had made.

1977 Star Wars wow that’s how I saw it 20 something times when I was a kid. Good job Lance.

Leia is the princess of the planet Alderaan. This makes me so excited!!!

"Where's Ben?" "Ben's dead, baby."

I saw this in the theater when I was 13. It was filmed on 70mm film stock, which meant it had to be played at a speciality theater. It was a roadshow film, so, it traveled from one town to the next

Chewbaccas roar at the end of Star Wars is asking Hold on a minute ,where's MY medal?

Now you know why people in 1977 literally went to the theater dozens (not joking) of times to see this movie, it changed everything.

"More of the force" is definitely Empire Strikes Back, and Luke's training on Dagoba. It is likely why Empire Strikes Back tends to be the favorite in the trilogy. I will keep it to the trilogy to not step into controversy for now.

19:25 "So, Luke just knows how to drive this little craft?" Yes, though it's not mad obvious in the movie and only clarified in the Expanded Universe of novels and sourcebooks. During the garage scene when C-3P0 is being lowered into the oil bath and before Luke starts to clean R2-D2, he's playing with a model of a Incom T-16 Skyhopper while his real T-16 can be seen in the open doorway in the background. The Rebel Alliance were flying Koensayr BTL-A4 Y-Wings and Incom T-65 X-Wings at the Battle of Yavin. The controls for the Incom T-16 Skyhopper and the Incom T-65 X-Wing are very similar and it's why Luke was able to pass the simulator test given to him by the Alliance and brought in on the pilot briefing.

"It's a party at Alderaan baby." You could say it was quite a blast.

Wow, do you have any idea how hard it is to find original release versions? The guy who gifted them to you is MVP

Now matter how many Times I see this movie, the ways John Williams uses the French Horn always gets me! So beautiful!

Chiming in with another THANK YOU for watching the original version without all the added mess.

Shan a fun fact, the, the idea of what was called "The Trench Run", was actually from a earlier war movie called 633 Squadron 1964 where a squadron of Mosquito fighter bombers had the run a gauntlet of anti aircraft guns through a Norwegian Fjord at low level, the scene is on KZfaq if you want to see it.

When this came out in 1977, it was not “the New Hope”. This was just Star Wars.

The lack of “cheesy” was what got it so much attention. It was the first time for something like it. It was such an adventure. Saw it a couple times the summer it came out. Wasn’t much into sci-fi before seeing it.

I enjoyed your reaction very much. I wanted to share with you about the first time I saw Star Wars in the theaters. I saw it for first time in June of 1977, I was 8 years old the best age for this movie. My father told me about a movie he heard about on the news and thought I would enjoy it. He said it's about outer space and robots. He asked me if I wanted to go see it. Of course I said yes. Before I go on some background on my Dad. He was at the time a Dad who didn't spend much time with me, he didn't take me to movies at all. Actually he didn't do much with me at all. So when he offered to take me to the movies I was excited. We went to go see it and it was magical I never felt so close to my Dad as I did then. Flash forward to 1999 when Star Wars A Phantom Menace came out. I wanted to repay the favor my Dad did for me in 1977. I took my Dad to see the new Star Wars movie. It was like old times. Afterwards he told me how much it meant to him that we saw it together. I told him I will never forget the time he took me to see Star wars. To this day I have a special relationship with Dad that I will cherish forever. Thank you for letting me share this with you. God Bless.

Rather than being a miniature, the landspeeder was built full-size and had wheels on the bottom. They were removed from below using optical effects. And, Carrie Fisher was attempting a "mid-Atlantic" accent (like the ones used for films of the 1930's and 40's) for her portrayal of the princess but jokingly commented on how inconsistent it was. It was dropped entirely in the subsequent films.

The movie that totally changed the Paradigm of movies, merchandise, effects, and pop culture, all in...

I think we all bow to you for watching the original “untinkered” version because, as a filmmaker yourself, you value the importance of preserving a film’s integrity as much as possible. Highest props for that, Shanelle. 👏🏽

I'm addicted to Shanelle. I love the cute, authentic reactions. My favorite is when she has that lower "ha haaaaaaa" thing.

It's been 25+ years since I've seen the original versions of Star Wars! This is so cool!

Oh wow this is the original theatrical release version. This is not that easy to find. Respect.

Grand Moff Tarkin, the British legend, Peter Cushing. And, of course, Sir Alec Guiness.

About Carrie Fisher changing her voice: I interpret that as Leia asserting her status by adopting the speech patterns of someone accustomed to giving commands.

Every one of those specs of light when the Death Star exploded was an Imperial soldier burning in space. So beautiful.

Love this reaction! This is going to sound very old man-ish, but it can’t be emphasized enough what a mind-blower this movie was in 1977 for 8-15 year olds. 2001: A Space Odyssey came well before it, and was visually impressive in its own way, but few of us had seen that. All we had was the original Star Trek, which was a whole different vibe. We were quite literally stunned at what we were seeing. The fundamentals were all great of course. And the mythology was so rich, even in just the first film. But it’s the visual aspect that I think cemented it all. At the same time, it also had something for every other age group ... including our parents who could relate to the handsome heroes and beautiful, gutsy heroine, ... and our grandparents, who could detect echos of old movie and radio adventure serials and pulp sci-fi novels. Star Wars is great, and always will be. But it also benefitted from its particular place in time and popular culture.

As a director myself, I really commend you for watching the original theatrical versions of Star Wars instead of the remastered special editions for your first time

As someone who saw the film in the summer of 1977 (and the rest during their original theatrical runs as well), I'm very pleased that you saw the same version I saw in theaters. I only wish you could have seen it on a giant screen, in 70mm & Six-Track Dolby Stereo, like I did. Seeing that opening shot of the Star Destroyer flying overhead on a giant screen.....NOBODY had ever seen anything like it in 1977!

The way you said "Cool" after the Falcon went into light speed reminded me of the episode of "That 70's Show" when they're seeing Star Wars in the theater! That was an awesome reaction that cracked me the hell up!

I cheered when Han shot first while watching this :)

If you read no other comment, you should read this one. As a filmmaker, you'll really enjoy it. I was 12 when _A New Hope_ premiered. As the precise target demographic for the film, let me tell you about how I first watched it. In 1977, _Star Wars_ grabbed audiences like nothing seen to that point. It was basically the first "summer blockbuster." I first saw it at the Indian Hills Theater in Omaha, Nebraska (a city of about 1M). The Indian Hills was one of the last remaining Cinerama theaters in existence (it's gone, now). Cinerama was an experimental widescreen format seen in the 1950s and 1960s. It had an extremely curved screen, such that films shot in Cinerama used _three projectors_ : one for the center of the screen and one for each side. The projectors had to be constantly synchronized so that the film looked normal onscreen. If you see Cinerama films on DVD/Bluray today, it often looks distorted on the left and right. This is caused by converting a curved film to a flat screen. So there I was at the Indian Hills, a theater that seated 810 patrons: 662 on the main floor and 148 in the balcony. It was completely packed, as was every screening of _Star Wars_ until the film left theaters. I'd gotten to the theater rather late, forcing me to sit in the center seat of row one. This turned out to be fantastically good bad luck. Today, the center of row one is a terrible seat due to parallax distortion. In a theater the size of the Indian Hills, that distortion didn't exist because the screen was far enough away from the seats. However, it was close enough so that it filled my field of view from top to bottom. The screen was large and curved enough so that it filled my field of view from periphery to periphery. _Star Wars_ was shot in CinemaScope, a more popular experimental widescreen format of the era. While not technically the same as Cinerama, it still lent itself well to that screen. I watched _Star Wars_ with the film filling my entire field of view from top-to-bottom and side-to-side. I didn't have to turn my head to watch it unless I wanted to, and I usually didn't. It was an astonishingly immersive experience. Not even IMAX comes close. Add to that the massive audience reaction that shouldn't be overlooked. It was a shared experience that I've only seen in _Infinity War_ and _Endgame_ on their opening nights when there are a lot of fans present. This audience reaction happened at every showing and in every theater until _Star Wars_ left the screens. Imagine 810 people all cheering, clapping, jumping to their feet, and occasionally crying all at once. The shared experience was amazing, as it fed on itself. No one held back, it just kept growing and growing until the destruction of the Death Star -- which prompted massive roaring from the audience. The film itself was like nothing put to the screen at that time. While cinematically based on old _Flash Gordon_ and _Buck Rogers_ movie serials of the 1930s, this was a big-budget, big-screen version like nothing anyone had ever seen before. It completely changed science fiction on the movie screen. Until that time, you occasionally got a science fiction film, but they tended to be years apart. After _Star Wars_ , there were multiple science fiction movies every year, a trend that continues to this very day. There would be no modern _Star Trek_ without _Star Wars_ . It was such a massive hit for 20th-Century Fox that Paramount quickly looked around and said, "Aha! We have this _Star Trek_ thing that Trekkies are always saying they want more of. Let's make it into a movie!" Thus _Star Trek - The Motion Picture_ was released in 1979. Without that, there would be no _Star Trek_ today. _Star Wars_ changed filmmaking itself, both from an artistic and business perspective. It was the first summer blockbuster. Its special effects were utterly innovative, and the tools created by the likes of John Dykstra became commonplace in other films that don't even have special visual effects. All special effects in the Original Trilogy were achieved either in-camera, with optical effects, or miniatures. There was no CGI. This was at a time when computers were the size of an SUV and didn't have the computing power of your phone. CGI didn't become commonplace until about 20 years ago, when computing power became smaller and faster. The special effects spawned Industrial Light and Magic, a company created and owned by George Lucas that first did work for _Star Wars_ . ILM is still in existence today, constantly innovating with new technologies to create visual effects for many, many films and TV series. In short, this film was nothing like what had come before. It changed _everything_ . And I got to see it with an audience of 810, on a screen so immersive that I got nauseous during the Trench Run.

In 1977 , my father, who was in the USAF, was sent to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. I was 11. There was only 1 English movie, on VHS, Star Wars. As I did not know Arabic, this was my only English show. I have easily seen this 100 times. I love it ! . If you have not seen Pulp Fiction, I would love to see your reaction to it, it is a film makers master class.

Despecialized!!! Lance, wherever you are, you sir are a gentleman and scholar

Ewan McGregor's uncle Denis Lawson played Wedge Antilles in 'Star Wars' as one of the Rebel Pilots in the final battle. He's in the following films as well.

"Luke is born with it." "Or maybe it's Maybelline." lol

Carrie Fisher went to London's Central School of Speech and Drama in 1973 and the UK accent comes out when she is with British villain actors. Han and Luke were American so she is more natural with Rebels. Lucas made the Queen in later films speak more British in official situations to make it a royal dialect. Lucas claimed to have had 9 films written but mostly it was made up as they went along. For example: Vader was not Lukes father until the 3rd script rewrite for Empire & the Ewoks were originally Wookies based on Viet Cong in the jungle defeating the USA Empire in Vietnam but Chewbacca became to mechanically inclined to fit the theme of nature beating machines.

Absolutely stoked that you're watching the originals and not the special editions. As much as I like some of the additions, it's so much better that you're seeing them in their original form, unlike so many other reactors.

"They must have planned these." George Lucas: Ummm, uh, yes, of course!

So happy that you were able to see the original version! Later versions just don’t have the same ambiance. There was room for touch ups and improvements, but the special additions over did it and, yeah, changed the ambiance. So happy to see the original!

One of the most remarkable characteristics in Star wars saga is that shows a DIRTY SPACE. It was usual to see future with all brand new. Here The walls are dirty, The Spacecrafts are old and must be repair. It was a great different to what everyone expected

The Death Star is not irrelevant in itself. It is the main planet-destroying weapon of the bad guys. It is not a meaningless rationalization to move the plot forward.

I was 12 when this came out in 1977. I, and my friends became all about the “Star Wars” as you can imagine and saw this countless times in theaters. It was fun to watch your reaction to a movie that was so important to my own love of movies and movie making. Love your channel!

You wouldn't see what a modern audience would think of CGI in its infancy until 1982 with "TRON" and then 1984's "The Last Starfighter".

In this film Vader’s eyes are blood red colored lenses. They were changed to gloss black in later films because kids said Vader’s eyes made him too scary. It was nice to see that his eyes were back to being blood red in the animates series Rebels since it was a prequel series to this.

Original edition! A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one. Hoy, I will not hear of R2 being solely a USB drive, he is the GREAT HERO OF STAR WARS! :D