It’s the strangest thing to watch people react to this movie for the first time because it’s so rare. Especially how unspoiled you both are to the plot and characters.

This was such a groundbreaking movie. They invented a lot of visual and sound effects for this. When it first came out, it was like nothing anyone had ever seen. Theaters were packed, the whole audience cheered when the Death Star exploded, and those iconic lines would be repeated for months on end. Even today it truly stands the test of time.

This is the movie that started the most epic space journey of a lifetime

“We will watch your career with great interest.”

When Luke saw the dead bodies I remember asking my mum if they were robots and she said yes. I only realised they were Owen and Beru when I got older

While the story from 1977 is still there you were watching an updated version that inserted some extra scenes and fixed/updated a lot of the visuals so it does look a lot cleaner than the original. You two will definitely love The Empire Strikes Back, it is regarded as one of the best sequels in movie history and a big favorite for a lot of the fans.

"luke I am your father, I have high ground now" best thing I've ever heard

50:55 Ahh this is the iconic Wilhelm scream, if you listen closely you can hear it in all of the star wars films and a lot of other movies including the Indiana Jones movie series. It was a running meme among filmmakers at the time.

From Harry Potter to this?! What a treat! Keep the reactions coming, guys!

This film was released in 1977, but it had some visual improvements and a bit of CGI added for the 20th anniversary edition in 1997.

Star Wars Episode 4 was released in theaters in May of 1977. I was 10 years old at that time. The movie was a mega hit world wide and was ahead of its time in story and FX. The version you are watching is the 1997 remastered CGI version. Prior to that the FX was done with stop motion animation which was considered the best ever when the movie was first released. It won several Oscars because of it. Back in the day when a popular film like Star Wars were in theaters it was not uncommon for that same exact movie to be re-released again cinemas the following year. Star Wars was so popular that theaters would be packed year after year. Lines for the film would stretch several blocks long. Even people who had already seen it the first time went back time and time again to watch it. Then when the sequels came out it happened all over again. Back in 1997 the remastered CGI extended version of the film was released for the 20th anniversary of the film with extra deleted scenes added and theaters were packed yet again as if it were 1977 all over again. The place was so full of fans that even though there were many fans like my brother and I who had already see the movie in the 70s, the film still got a standing ovation just the same. It was still that good and well worth the watch. 🎞📽👍💖

The reason they don't serve droids in the bar is because droids easily record conversations, translate, and preserve a memory of everything that happened. That bar is a criminal hangout, they don't want that there.

Sodium Pentothal, the 'truth serum', does actually exist but its not exactly how its depicted in movies. It essentially reduces your inhibitions and makes you more compliant to pressure and suggestion. Its effectiveness varies wildly from person to person, so its imperfect nature has lead to it not being in use much anymore due to its questionable reliability. There are still countries that use it for interrogation purposes but not many.

For future reference: Whenever someone disappears when they die it is because they became a force ghost. So their consciousness lives on in the force, that’s how you man hear obi wan talking to Luke through this movie after he was dead. Only force users can do this, so if Han or someone died he wouldn’t become a force ghost, and not even all Jedi have this ability, only a select few discovered and learned it

14:59 the Binary Sunset is so iconic. ❤ such an emotional scene.

I always find it astonishing that people grow up having not seen these movies, or Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings. They were so new and groundbreaking at the time and sadly I've not seen much to compare with them since. I am going to enjoy this. And LOTR if you do them, which I hope you do.

It's hard to explain the cultural phenomenon this was that summer (and then fall and Christmas season) this was in 1977. Every theater had "HELD OVER SIX MORE WEEKS!" on their marquee. It snuck into every vein of popular culture - every style of music, TV, radio, national news stories, records, toys.....everything. The only things I can compare it to would be the early stages of Elvis, The Beatles and Michael Jackson Thriller era. Since then, everyone has been trying to tap that initial hysteria but with disappointing results. It will never be duplicated.

You've taken your first step into a larger world, the force will be with you always

By watching this movie, you've taken your first step into a larger world.

The planet is Tattoine. It is in a binary star system. Jawa: Little species, native to the planet. Scavangers. Sand People/Tuskan Raider: Also native species to the planet. Hostile to outsiders. The reason the Sand People ran off was because Obi-wan made the sound of a Krayt dragon, which they fear. In 1977 effects had to be practical. SFX themselves had to be added to the film after, usually by hand. Star Wars also created much of the technology that is currently used in movie making. "Truth serums" are actually a thing. These include ethanol, scopolamine, 3-quinuclidinyl benzilate, midazolam, flunitrazepam, sodium thiopental, and amobarbital.

I was 8 when this came out 47 yrs ago. I wore a Star Wars T-shirt to the theater the weekend it opened. I can’t remembered what I did last Tuesday, but I’ll never forget that day . Every detail. The movie was HUGE Before it was Even released and Huuuuuger after !!! Nothing like this had ever been made before . Not even close !

One way to understand the impact of “Star Wars” in 1977 is to look at, say, the ENTIRETY of the 1970s up to that point, look at what was popular up until mid-1977. No matter how good those films are, and there were many great films - “Star Wars” just rearranged the entire landscape. It was so fresh, so invigorating, so new and inventive, that watching the film was akin to some new kind of stimulant you could only get at the cinema. EVERYTHING done before “Star Wars” was instantly forgotten. Everything cool three weeks before was old news! The change happened FAST, and soon every kid wanted Star Wars, and their parents with ticket money had to agree: It was pretty damn cool. Then look at how many WAVES of science fiction and fantasy films that came in the years and decades following. Everyone wanted a piece of the wild fantasy entertainment craze. It went on solid for years. The movie’s technological advances and their repercussions we are still seeing today, and would take many volumes to discuss. This is one of the most influential movies in ALL film history, truly.

This is going to be good, especially if you decide to get into the animated series.

The opening scene of this film has to be one of the best opening scenes and is one of the most impressive shots in the whole sage. The very first shot

I used to watch my dad's vhs trilogy tapes as a kid. Loved them and glad ypu guys are doing this.

Truth Serums do exist though. Any kind of "truth serum" is basically a mind altering drug. But their effect is not enough to stop a person from lying, but makes it significantly harder. For example sodium thiopental: It slows the speed at which your body sends messages from your spinal cord to your brain. As a result, it's more difficult to perform high-functioning tasks, such as concentrating on a single activity for example keeping up a lie.

51:09 it is Wilheim scream, it is used in situations like this in huge amount of movies and cartoons even nowadays.

"I knew there was more to you than money!" - "But he still gets the money, right?" So funny. Also, I guess Princess Leia is a polarizing character: One of you is thankful she's on our side cause she knows more about what's going on, the other one says, no, she's just as clueless as Luke and Han except she's being a dick about it. I wonder what a psychoanalyst would make of those reactions to her. Great job, guys!

Great reaction! You get my sub for more. When he said the Death Star have the firepower of half a starfleet he was talking about the surface defence firepower of the station.

I was 13 years old in 1977 when I saw the original Star Wars movie in the Theatre. This Movie was so far ahead in Special effects. Star Wars was not renumbered Episode IV until Episode V The Empire strikes Back was released in 1980.

You've taken your first step into a larger world.

W, thanks lads, you’re legends for this

On the truth serum, I believe it is real and it works by essentially making you drunk and removing inhibitions. So while you still might not answer direct questions, they will probably get those answers get drawn out by other questions.

You will hear that scream in pretty much every star wars movie that's called the willheim scream... It is a sound effect that's been used since 1951

When this came out, the only sci-fi we had seen was 50’s b movies with strings holding up ships while someone pelted them with wadded up aluminum “meteors “, and the original Star Trek series with its painted back drop sets and mini-skirts. To say we were mind blown when this came out is an understatement. I was 14 and I especially loved how everything was dirty and dinged up. It felt lived in and had a history. No strings or hokey dialog. I saw it 12 times that summer.

At the beginning when you said "I didn't think they'd go down that fast because of the armor" I had a laugh. This was your first of a loooong line of storm trooper incompetence 😂

It was the first of its kind. Completely different than anything we had seen. Had to see it a few times in the theatre.

54:43 "He Has A Built-In Fire Extinguisher?" Basically, R2D2 is an Astromech Droid, which is essentially a robotic mechanic

All of 13 minutes in (minus some cut time), and they know they love R2D2. Like all the rest of us! If no one's mentioned it, one of the primary things his style of droid is designed for starship repair, which is why he (and others) ride with the fighters. I have to say, I love how after decades of sci-fi films taking inspiration and cues from these movies, you can still watch this and feel like the scenes and aliens are exotic. Speaks to the quality of the design for... pretty much everything. "Everyone sucks at aiming!"... welcome to Star Wars. If you don't have the Force, aiming skills are... variable. See you at the next movie!

This movie was a quantum leap forward in special effects. Up until this moment the state-of-the-art for special effects was the Ray Harryhausen stop motion films, the original Star Trek TV series, and 2001 A Space Odyssey, all of which were at least ten years old. Then suddenly out of the blue this thing hit with such force that people were literally lined up around the block waiting to see it... giving rise to the term "Blockbuster"

The dog fight scene at the end was mapped on old World war II footage from Battle of Britain so they replicated it with models and footage. This film also had to create many of the techniques which were used going forward, some of the effects and CGI were added in the 90s when it was re-released. The droids in the Star wars universe are restricted by programming so dont tend to lie, and tend to do as they are told, but may try to find ways of following instructions, this is why they told the trooper where Luke was heading and why they just let them walk out. The film is heavily based on an old Japanese movie.

real life truth serum just makes you so high that you'd just answer any questions lmaoo

Alec Guinness played a villain in the original “the ladykillers.” He was also in “Dr. Zhivago.”

This movie was so groundbreaking it basically invented movies.

Be sure to read the opening crawl at the start of each movie. It catches you up on what's been going on prior to the film.

On the establishing shots of Mos Eisley, these were added during the "Special Edition" re-release in 1997.

2:15 "I wonder if this is how white people pulled up to Africa" The Empire is a mishmash of various autocratic/imperialistic regimes from real history, but mostly they're space-Nazis, but also The British Empire (And the rebels are The Allied resistance of WWII/American revolutionaries) 19:00 "Whenever they say 'sand people' I feel like they're talking about me" Much of Star Wars is inspired by Frank Herbert's "Dune" which was a direct allegory for oil dependence. The indegenous people of the desert planet with the precious resource on it coded Arabs. The de-humanizing portayl/treatment of the Sand People in Star Wars is actually addressed later in the franchise, and they are shown to be a rich and vibrant culture, uniquely adapted to a harsh, unforgiving habitat. 24:15 "How ya gonna lose to a bitch-ass f*cking serum?" Sodium Pentathol and other so-called "truth serums" loosen your inhibitions and supress higher brain functions, making it harder to *remember* your lie and keep your story straight. They don't work all that well, it is mostly a movie thing. Something else you can do is inject someone with drugs that just make them feel *bad* as *torture* and withhold an antidote or threaten to dose them more.

"Luke I am your father, I have high ground now!" I mean, that's pretty much it

Dude, you're on it. Obi-Wan became one with The Force.

You wouldn't have had so many questions in the beginning if you'd paid attention to the opening crawl that set the stage for the audience.

Still one of the greatest movie series of all time

"The forces will let you kill thousands of people... That's pretty dope!". Top observation.

One of the jokes about SW is that OB1 says only Storm Troopers are so precise (at aiming) but then they get to the Death Star and the STs cannot hit anyone even at close range.

The troops are missing so many shot because Darth Vader wanted them to escape so they can follow them to the rebel Base. Thats why he said she will never contiuosly will give up the rebels

Hey guys love your react content. Good to see such an old movie can still be greatly enjoyed! ❤

I love the "set for Stun" in the first scene of the movie. Never to be heard of again for the rest of the franchise. There is a fan edit of the Obi-wan v Vader fight that makes it way more dynamic and badass.

This Is 1 of The Best Movie Trilogy’s Of All Time along side the LOTR Trilogy Movies

1:01:39 "So, It's Not That These Things Suck, It's That They're Intended To Attack Bigger Objects" As the general that was briefing the pilots was saying, The Death Star's defensive guns were intended to fend off a Large Scale Assault as opposed to one-man fighter craft, otherwise they would've had a much tighter defense

You young fellas are in for a fun ride. I was 17 in 1977 when I saw this for the first time, yes I am now a 62 year old Star Wars NERD. I have since seen EVERY Star Wars movie dozens of times in the case of the newer stuff and HUNDREDS of times in the case of the older stuff. I will not spoil anything for you so enjoy the ride. The Star Wars Universe is VAST, enjoy.😀😃😄

1:09:26 The Death Star's firepower was said to be equal to half of the Imperial Fleet's combined firepower. The Fleet still exists, conducting operations throughout the Empire, after the destruction of the Death Star.

How did they not get spoilers for 45 years

in lore the serum makes her think shes on fire...producing a lot of pain and hallucinations

Fun fact: R2-D2 comes from Reel 2 dialogue 2

I have to say I love your reaction. I watched the OT when I was 11 years old in 1990 (I born in 78, an year later after this movie came out) and man you two will have the shock of your lives when you watch the next two movies. This trilogy is the best ever made

The original came out in 1978, this is the remake with added scenes, i.e. showing more of Mos Isley with buildings, vehicles, characters, etc.

In the original cuts, Jabba was actually human.

there are a range of psychoactive drugs that are commonly called "truth serums", but they don't really make you speak truth as much as they make you suggestible. this can sometimes get the truth from skilled interrogators, but it can also lead to people just telling you what you want to hear, or repeating things back. they aren't used much because of the moral issues involved, as well as unreliability.

Yeah, if there was a Star Wars themed restaurant and the main villain came to take my order, he’d be a “dark waiter”. 😂

It’s good that you started with this movie.

Alot of the cgi creatures on Tatoonine and Mos Eisley were added later. You guys are watching the re-released version of this movie from 1999 I think.

"Star Wars": If you can read this...Oops, wrong movie!;) 4:09 Welcome to Tatooine, did your bring your own water? 6:24 A Krayt Dragon skeleton. 7:07 A Jawa collecting scrap metal. 8:51 You are watching the George Lucre Edition with DFX not seen in 1977. (Imperial Storm Troopers are riding Dewbacks.) 10:47 Uncle Owen Lars is a Moisture Farmer. 14:55 I got a "Is this all there is to Life?" vibe in 1977. 16:57 A Krayt Dragon call. 19:34 The Jedi Light Saber. 21:47 Death Star! 22:16 Dark Side Choke. 23:22 Imperial Storm Trooper interrogations can be...final. 24:14 Scopolamine is very real... 25:30 Jedi Mind Trick. 26:27 Decades ago, MAD magazine compared the Mos Eisley Cantina to an Earth singles bar. 30:50 In the original trilogy, Jabba the Hutt didn't show up until "Return of the Jedi" (1983). 33:00 The visually amazing Jump to Light Speed.

I will never tire of Star Wars and LOTR blind reactions (hint hint). Can't wait for the next one

Yay Star Wars!! 💙 Loved the Harry Potter reactions too.

For some of the later movies, my dad's delivery service out of Napa, CA used to deliver packages to Lucas studios, mostly boxes and probably set stuff. but one day he said wow they have a really ugly monster of some kind I delivered today lol... I still don't know what it was, no pics or anything. But when the movie came out, it was the big thing at the theatures and we got to see it about 1 yr after it came out and was making waves in the entertainment industry

Bro, you talking through the opening scroll pissed me the fuck off hahahahah😂

Its also crazy to think that this movie came out in 1977. What other films of that era even approach this one? I guess Rocky came out around the same time, but I mean in terms of imagination, fantasy, building entire worlds, lore, special effects, etc. People who saw this when it first came out were like "oh, so this is what a movie can be like!" It was really the first of its kind. I would say this movie walked so the great movies to follow it could run. It set the bar basically. Also George Lucas gave up his entire paycheck for working on this movie in exchange for a percentage of the merchandise sales. If this movie flopped he would have made $0. As it turns out, that deal made him filthy rich. Alec Guinness, Obi Wan's og actor, also decided to give up his paycheck for a percentage of the profits, which again turned out to be a wise decision. The people who worked on it KNEW they had something special enough to gamble on its success.

Great reaction! This is one of my favorite movies. I always laughed at this moment, although it probably hurt him 7:09 😆

14:53 "Probably so trippy to see two moon--or a sun and a moon--whatever those two things are." You somehow got every combination but the correct one xD It's two suns. The track that plays as he looks out is actually called 'Binary Sunset". All good though it *is* trippy and hard to tell x3

cant wait for the next part of this reaction!

bruh this movie will never get old man

Guys ! you are watching the 1997 improved version (by the realisator himself) of Star wars 4 from 1977 ! hard to see the orignal one now.

I saw this movie a couple dozen times when I was 5.

25:00 You're watching the extended or "remastered" version, so anything that sticks out like a sore thumb or green screened was added in much more recently than the original movie.

"I want to see the force" You haven´t seen shit, its UNLIMITED POWER

In the decade this was, there had never been anything like this - Star Wars back then was a universal thumbs up and instantly was the equivalent of what is happening with records being set with Barbie at the moment.

R2D2 has a built in everything

As far as magic systems go, the Force is so insanely powerful it makes the magic in Harry Potter look pathetic. It's not just the energy of life, it's the energy that binds the very FABRIC OF THE UNIVERSE together. Here are some of the (non-movie) feats that Force users have pulled off: * Flung an entire fleet of ships out of a solar system *wiped out all life on an entire planet down to the microbial level in seconds *held an exploding planet together *enhanced the user's reaction time to NANOSECONDS *allowed superhuman feats of strength, speed, agility, durability *controlled the minds of an entire planet full of people simultaneously The only real limits are your imagination and your ability to immerse yourself in its power. That's it.

Welcome to your Star Wars Journey!

Ohh boy you are in for a ride boys. Welcome to my favorite frenchise together with Pokemon 😄✌🏻 If you go down the Star Wars rabbit hole, be ready for the clone wars series, because that show will break you at some points 😄

Some people may have said already, but this film has been updated at least two times since its original release... Any semi-decent looking CG stuff was added later... The Jabba scene was originally a deleted scene where he was played by a man, but around 1997 they made a special edition... Then things were "updated" again later, for the Blu Ray... Originally the alien at the bar didn't shoot Han Solo, Han just shot him first... In Episodes 5 and 6 they change some stuff to match Episodes 1, 2 and 3 more... I think one character is dubbed over by an actor in those, for continuity reasons... Some stuff with Darth Vader is changed in Episode 6, for the same reason... Personally, I recommend trying to find older versions of the films to watch, so you can compare... Or if you're feeling lazy, there are most likely videos online that compare some of the changes... I prefer the older versions myself and wish there were at least options for them... Official ones, that don't involve searching online for fan edits or whatever... These updates aren't as bad as some people might make out, but I do still think a lot of the changes are kinda stupid and do a bit more harm than good ... For historic reasons it's also a shame that watching the classic version is so difficult too... It was a landmark movie in many respects... With the continuity stuff, some people, whose most iconic roles were possibly in the original trilogy, have had part of that erased... So that kinda sucks for them too... I don't know, maybe they didn't care that much... Their parts weren't necessarily huge anyway... But still... Oh well...

Well, since you asked... lol In the original release of this movie, during the Greedo scene, Han shoots first. It's sort of a meme now, but the version you are watching is an "Enhanced Edition." It also adds some new scenes that I don't think add anything to the movie. There is a fan edit called Harmy's Despecialized Edition that, IMO, is the best current version of the films. It gets rid of most of the crap they added in the 90's, but the quality is upscaled.

Looking forward to episode V guys!! review was bad boi 😎👍🏻

25:20 youre watching the re-released version from 1997 with added cgi effects from that time period.

The first trilogy is so good. Can't wait to see you watch it through.

Y'all are watching a retouched version done in the late 90's. I haven seen the original 1977 version in over a decade.

Question- why do Owen and Beru need an astro-droid? The future ILM (industrial light and magic) had to invent cameras for this film.

It came out may 31, 1977, i was there…

Even a 5 year old child would understand this simple story.

You will eventually see the theme that the stormtroopers aim is horrible That's what you get when you've been cloned 1,000,000 times

Binary solar systems are the most common. Even triple star systems are more common than our single star.