Hi everyone! It's been amazing to discover Star Wars with all of you. As we prepare to continue exploring more of the films in this universe, I have a small request. Please let's try to keep the comments spoiler-free and respectful of others' experiences. I know that the Star Wars films hold a special place in many hearts and can evoke strong opinions. While it's great to share our thoughts, please remember that I am watching these movies for the first time and would love the opportunity to experience them and form my own opinions without spoilers or preconceived notions. Thank you for making this community a welcoming space for new and veteran fans alike. Let's enjoy the journey together, and may the Force be with us all

"I've seen this fish befor" 😂 Damn she did admiral Ackbar dirty xD

The only reason Leia kissed Luke was to make Han jealous. I don't understand why people don't ever realize that.

"I hope Luke doesn't turn to the Dark Side" Two seconds Later: "Slice him! Slice him in the face!" 😆

"I've got to save you" "You already have." Still gets me.

In the original version, Vader doesn't say or cry out "NOO!" at the end. The only hint of his internal struggle is that he keeps looking from the Emperor, to Luke, back to the Emperor, back to Luke one final time with a slight tilt of the head, and he makes his decision in complete silence. It packs a much heavier emotional punch. Also notice how Luke is screaming in agony during the Emperor's lighting attacks, and this is when the Emperor is basically just toying with him and torturing him, he's not trying to kill him at this point. When Vader lifts him up and carries him to the shaft, the Emperor obviously realizes he's been betrayed and is about to die, so he would be using the lightning attack at the maximum possible power. Still, Vader is completely silent, during what must be totally excruitiating pain.

"Don't play with a man's heart." I felt that. You're a good woman. 😊

"Your ego is not your amigo" 😂 I LOVE it!! I'm going to use that.

"Don't kiss." lol

Funfact: there were no rebel forces other than Luke on the Deathstar when it exploded, which means that all the blaster and fighting sounds were Imperial Personal/Forces amongst themselves fighting for spaces in escape pods and shuttles.

For those of us who saw this in 1983, we had to WAIT three years from the end of The Empire Strikes Back to get confirmation of Vader as Luke's dad. Then we got the sister. There were rumblings and gasps galore in the theater when all this information was presented.

The actor who played Darth Vader was 6,5 foot David Prowse who won the British weightlifting championship in 62, 63 and 64. He suffered from arthritis for much of his life and revealed in 2009 that he had prostate cancer, a fight he apparantley won. He died 85 years old in November 2020 after a short battle with an unspecified illness.

After being thawed out, Han had no trouble controlling the volume of his voice, which is groovy, baby.

I still hate that they added the “Nooo!” 😂 it kills the suspense of the scene… why did they think the audience needed it telegraphed 5 seconds before it’s shown on screen.

“Don’t Kiss” had me rolling!😂

"i love this corporate talk" some people call that bit luke's perfect cover letter. it does 6 things: 1: polite greeting 2 self introduction 3 establishes credentials 4 explains how you know of the opportunity 5 establish purpouse 6 explain what you can bring to the orginization

A sentence you will probably never hear again in your life. "I've seen this fish before".

The little Ewok that Leia encounters is played by Warwick Davis, who later went on to play Willow.

Everyone, they are re-releasing all 9 movies in select theaters starting May 4th. You HAVE to see the original Star Wars (Ep. IV) on a big screen (the biggest you can find). It will literally be like a new movie to you who haven't seen it in theaters.

Luke and Leia being siblings is the shocking moment for people who already know Vader is Luke's father. Way less people know that their first watch.

Vader's character arc is amazing. Truly great story telling.

After Han learns that Leia and Luke are siblings and then during their kiss he opens his eyes I always think he’s remembering the kiss Luke and Leia had. Now you gotta watch the first three and learn how Anikin becomes Vader

Darth Vader went on a redemption arc. He indeed was "good for only 7 seconds", but his life as a bad guy was part of the reason Luke and Leia had to go on the journeys they went on, and ultimately had to help save their father. He was also part of the reason the emperor was ultimately defeated. It was all part of all their destinies. Star Wars, at its deepest, is a story about family, specifically, father and son. And it's something that echoes throughout the prequels as well.

This one even made me cry and I am not a crier. Darth Vader was just a name. Anakin Skywalker returned and destroyed the emperor. Anakin loved his son and daughter. That was why he took the full impact of the Sith lightning. The scene with the Force Spirits got me good! My wife enjoyed the Star Wars trilogy. She passed away last year.

Cristy, as a life-long fan of Star Wars, I have been following your journey with much anticipation! The creature that Luke is fighting is called a Rancor and that scene is always heartbreaking to me. Within the Star Wars universe, Rancors are very intelligent and emotional beings so that's why the man was crying, he was it's keeper responsible for its health and well-being 😢

Darth Vader needed the suit to live (you will understand it more with the prequels), and without the suit only his rage and anger could keep him alive. When he came back to the light, with the suit circuits broken by dark force lightnings, there wasn´t chance to survive.

"You were right... you were right about me." Gets me every time 😭

I was 13 when I saw this in 1983. Seeing slave Leia was definitely a God Damn for many teenage boys.

His ego is not his amigo, but the force is his ally, so Luke can smack talk all he wants.

Two things to note: Luke and Leia were not originally siblings when Lucas first wrote the script. 'there is another' was referencing someone else that was going to be brought in, but at the last minutes, Lucas and the team decided to just make it Leia, since it was so late to bring in someone new. Also, Luke's basic black outfit was a subtle hint that in the end, it was possible that Luke could've/would've turned to the dark side.

David Prowse was the actor in the suit. James Earl Jones was the voice. Interesting side note. James never met any of the actors in the movie. When he and Carrie Fisher guest starred in an episode of The Big Bang Theory, it was the first time the 2 of them had met face to face.

When Luke and Leia speak on Endor (the forest moon), he kisses her on the cheek, not on the lips. It'd be WEIRDDDDDD to do it at that point.

"Leia is his twin sister?!" certified telenovela moment there! This was the first Star Wars-movie I got to see in the movie theatre back when it came out and at that age this revelation wasn't nearly as shocking and important as the father thing. I'm very glad I got to experience it there and for the staff being lenient with the age limits back then. Great to see new people become invested in a series that was so important for me. Thanks for the reaction!

1. Best guess is that Han was Jabba's "trophy" for about a year and a half before the rescue. 2. Vader discovered Leia as Luke's sister because he could feel it through Luke. Luke didn't know that until just before then. 3. Luke's light saber is green because he lost his old one along with his hand so they decided to make it green because it worked better in the desert background landscape. 4. Everybody is freaking out because Luke and Leia kissed mostly because she was trying to piss off Han. They didn't know they are related. 5. The "I love you. I know" was written into the script to get Leia the shot to say it to Han. 6. This was Warrick Davis'/Lead Ewok first acting gig. He was only 13. "Willow" is his lead with Val Kilmer and worth a first time/share. 7. Awesome camera work with the race through the forest. Nobody in their right mind would go that fast. 8. Carrie Fisher said in her biography that the most satisfying part in her Star Wars experience was choking out Jabba. 9. Jedi is plural. With Luke and Leia leading the way they can reestablish the Jedi back into the galaxy. 10. Ford wanted Han to die in the last episode. 11. IMVHO this is the best of the original six George Lucas Star Wars. After the first six he sold it to Disney, and everything changed. Sadly

"maybe if you do it not out of hatret but out of compassion for your friend" - I have never heard such a good take of that scene. That summarieses everything that is wrong with humanity in a sentence too. Amazing work.

Cristy, when you said "Are those just little Wookiees?" It suddenly dawned on for the first time that Ewok is almost literally Wook-E phonetically backwards. Not likely a happy accident.

'Your ego is not your amigo." I love it. If I ever write another play, I will use that line.

9:29 Cristy: "You should have formulated a better plan." Everyone: "Wait until she realizes all of them coming together inside Jabba's palace IS the plan."

Every reactor should be overjoyed by Leia's 'I know.' ++ for doing that.

It's going to get more emotional during the prequels.

You handled the “feedback” on your comments from last film in such a subtly funny way. Gave me a good laugh. Well done.

When Leia said she had always known, she meant she had always been aware of the connection between her and Luke but wasn't sure exactly what it was until that moment.

The speeder bike pursuit in the 80s was mindblowing. The suggestion that they were really flying, and at great speed, was something that hadn't quite been seen up until then.

In the original theatrical release, this would have been the first appearance of Jabba. Also, the Jabba’s palace musical number was very different. In the final scene, you see a much older Anakin. I favor his facial expressions. He smiles to his friend, Obi Wan, and grins proudly at Luke. You can see these original effects on KZfaq.

I always loved when they thawed Han out of the carbonite. And the reason Luke knows Vader is on the ship, is because he can hear his theme music. Edit: Boba Fett is the bounty hunter who took Han to Jabba.

"I love 3CPO!" Lol😂

My favorite part is when Han Solo leans against a door for the last 30 minutes because they had nothing to do with his character

31:51 The man behind the mask in this original trilogy is David Prowse, he's an English actor, bodybuilder, strongman and weightlifter. The scene in which Luke removes Vader's helmet/mask, Vader (now Anakin Skywalker, since he has again become the Jedi who has returned...title of the movie) is played by Sebastian Shaw. I think you already know that his voice is supplied by actor, James Earl Jones.

It's always so much fun watching an unspoiled reaction, and the reactor has to stop and process the main "drop" of the movie. Great reaction!

Last year, I actually had the pleasure of going to see Return of the Jedi at Benaroya Hall in Downtown Seattle, with the Seattle Symphony playing the music for the movie LIVE. It was an amazing experience! Also, as much as I do prefer the original trilogy here, I will say that one character the prequels got very right in his casting is Obi-Wan. Ewan McGregor does an amazing job in the role. The one thing I will say is that you haven't yet gotten to my favorite movie. I love the entire original trilogy, but there is one other movie that passes them. I think you'll be blown away by it when you get to it.

20:23 She called our boy Admiral Ackbar a fish! 😭😠

This is the real Jabba the Hutt. That CGI scene added in Episode IV should have been left on the cutting room floor.

The voice of Vader is done by actor James Earl Jones. The role of Darth Vader’s physical presence was portrayed by 6’6” David Prowse, a British actor & body builder.

In minute 44, Vader: "Tell your sister, you were right." (Yes, that's what every sister wants to hear...that their brother was right.)

Watching this last year with my 12 and 13 yr old sons, when Yoda says "The last of the Jedi will you be" my youngest says "No pressure kiddo". Damn if they don't take after me.

47:18 This _was_ my favourite, too, until Lucas replaced Sebastian Shaw with Hayden Christensen. “You maniacs!!! You blew it up! Ahhh, damn you! God damn you all to hell!”

Yes, the wonderful Kenny Baker was inside R2, his only action was moving R2s dome head.

R2-D2 is a radio controlled robot when the plucky little droid is rolling around on three legs. When it is standing on two legs or 'walking/shuffling' it is a different puppet model containing actor Kenny Baker. In that way the two-legged mode of R2 can rock back and forth emotively or do some minimal walking and remain standing. Kenny Baker's legs are actually visible strapped inside the R2 legs, so you usually won't see them shoot R2 all the way down to the bottom of the legs in standing mode.

Thank you so much for sharing this. I love seeing someone connect to a movie that means so much to me. 40+ years, and I can still get emotional.

I'm still surprised paramount never got into any legal trouble over ripping off that bounty hunter costume design for the breen, especially considering how lawyer happy george lucas can be

3:24 About 99% of the special effects you see in the original trilogy are the way we saw them back in 1977, '80, and '83. Just the occasional CGI scene was added here or there. For example, the Emperor we see in THIS film is different from who I saw on the holograph when he was talking to Vader in "The Empire Strikes Back", so the hologram was changed years later to the actor who plays the Emperor in THIS film.

4:10 Telling Darth Vader "don't be difficult." 🤣🤣🤣

The man in the Vader suit was played by Scottish actor David Prowse. He would deliver the lines when filming the scenes. But the voice of Vader was performed by James Earl Jones and his lines were added and dubbed in post production. Here’s a short behind the scenes clip of the Producers talking about it. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gbd2m9JhxK2Vhn0.htmlsi=NLFnamGXkZBXer0l

4:06 That is a very effective inspirational talk from Vader, a dialogue newer films seldom deliver.

The Emperor it´s not short at all. But Darth Vader, fully armored and with his boots and helmet on, he stood 2.03 m, or around 6'7" tall.

Of all the many shots in all the Star Wars films, my favorite by far is that of Luke standing in front of his father's funeral pyre. Very profound and emotional.

David Prowse was the actor in the Darth Vader costume. He was a bodybuilder. He actually trained Christopher Reeves in bodybuilding for his part of "Superman: The Movie".

"He don't matter anymore. He gone." Star Wars fans for 35 years: "Lies! Deceptions!"

This was the first movie I saw on opening on opening night in the theater, back when that was really hard to do. 100% true believers in the audience, and we were going insane by the time the words "Star Wars" appeared and the music blast hit. Was a life changing experience. Glad you enjoyed it too - it's really great to get experience it with a new generation.

I straight up was expecting Ivan Ooze and she hits me with a Zordon!!

Return of the Jedi was the first movie I ever saw in the theaters, and it's also my favourite of the entire saga. If you're interested in checking out what these movies looked like without all the added CGI go look for the Star Wars DeSpecialized Edition.

In the books Leia ends up earning a title all over the galaxy: Hutt Slayer. Not only did she kill jabba the Hutt but once she was trained as a Jedi she killed Beldorian (a Hutt Jedi) in single combat.

"Your ego is not your amigo." Nice.

4:22 The late Kenny Baker is inside R2-D2 for most of the scenes...obviously when R2 is thrown or dropped, the droid is empty, but, yes, Mr. Baker plays R2-D2.

Hey, Cristy! I'm glad you enjoyed your experience discovering this trilogy. The Skywalker Saga constitutes a modern mythology for four generations of viewers. I love Jabba! I get a kick out of how he's called Pizza the Hutt in "Spaceballs"! Lol. He is the pure embodiment of the id. The Hutts are the most powerful criminal cartel in the Star Wars galaxy controlling a vast portion of space outside the jurisdiction of the Core government be it Republic or Empire. They always represent a third power in the galaxy. Jabba's palace and lifestyle is modeled after Western concepts of the decadence and opulence of the cultures of the Orient during medieval and early modern history: Arab Caliphs, Persian Satraps, Ottoman Sultans, Tatar Emirs, Mongol Khans, Russian Czars and Indian Rajas. The Sail Barge is, of course, modeled after piratical swashbucklers; Jabba even has Luke walk the plank! The large mechanical arachnids with liquid-filled glass bulbs seen stalking through Jabba's palace are actually monks of the B'omarr Order who transplant their brains into those glass bulbs filled with a nutrient solution that keeps the brain alive. The purpose of the bodily separation is so that the monks can exist free of bodily sensation in order to achieve enlightenment. It's an ascetic philosophy taken to the utter extreme! Leia's barely-there slave outfit is one of her signature looks and is a very popular cosplay that was famously made light of on the TV show "Friends". Many impressionable pre-pubescent boys sprouted hair on their chest at the sight of her and carried a torch for the Princess well into adulthood! Lol. Boba Fett, the dreaded bounty hunter who delivered Han to Jabba, was long rumored to have survived falling into the gullet of the Sarlacc in the non-canonical Expanded Universe. The second season of "The Mandalorian" provides a definite answer on the subject! Femi Taylor, who played the Twi'lek dancer Jabba feeds to his pet Rancor, returned for dancing reshoots inserted into that horrific CGI musical number performed by Jabba's house band. Despite it being some 15 years later, her physique was unchanged and matched the old footage seamlessly! The two pale elderly gents in purple robes and headgear in the Emperor's entourage are part of the Imperial Ruling Council who handle daily administrative tasks. Believe it or not, action figures were made of them and they were officially named in a canon novel called "Tarkin" by James Luceno. Their names are Janus Greejatus and Kren Blista-Vanee. They're just pasty old bureaucrats but highly sought figures for Star Wars collectors! The Leia twist was hinted at in "Empire" when she sensed Luke from afar while he was dangling from the bottom of Bespin! Subtle sensations like that indicate that she has latent Force-sensitivity and has a connection to Luke. However, she never consciously manipulated the Force, never underwent training and never thought of herself as anything other than an Alderaanian princess which is why Vader never perceived anything amiss about her. Warwick Davis, who played the Ewok named Wicket who first comes upon Leia, has shown up in every Star Wars movie since in a cameo! He is the franchise's lucky penny! You may know him as the star of "Willow". Primitive guerilla fighters defending their native territory like the Ewoks have often had an advantage over a more technologically advanced, disciplined foe like the Empire. The Celts defeated the Romans, the Mongols defeated the Chinese, the Americans defeated the British, the Vietnamese defeated the Americans and the Afghans defeated the Russians. The fish-headed Mon Calamari Rebel Admiral Ackbar is a fan favorite and his delivery of the line, "It's a trap!", became a popular meme to this day! The Rebel pilot Wedge Antilles, played by Denis Lawson, survived two Death Star assaults and the battle on the ice world of Hoth! In the Expanded Universe that is no longer canonical, he became a legendary flight instructor for the New Republic's Flight Academy. The tweaks to the remastered "Return of the Jedi" are the most egregious in the series including that dreadful CGI musical number in Jabba's palace, a beaked Sarlacc, Vader exclaiming, "Noooo!" and a young Anakin Force-ghost that replaced middle-aged Sebastian Shaw with young Hayden Christensen. However, you do get a glimpse of the city-planet Coruscant during the galaxy-wide celebration. Coruscant, the Galactic Capital, is a completely industrialized ecumenopolis from surface to core! Appearing prominently throughout the Prequel trilogy, Coruscant was most definitely inspired by Isaac Asimov's capital world of Trantor from the "Foundation" series.

Your advice to Darth Vader was priceless! "Don't be difficult!" 🤣

It’s not the most popular opinion, but return of the Jedi is also my favorite movie of the original trilogy and shares the top spot of Star Wars movies with revenge of the Sith. Like you, the ending also always makes me emotional and I love the character developments (I’m very much not an action/fights lover, I watch movies for the characters and this one delivers!) Also, when you mentioned Admiral Ackbar (the fish dude) looks familiar, I thought you probably know him from the “it’s a trap” meme and I was right lol

In the original release, the young Annakin "ghost" was actually the actor dude inside the Vader suit. The inexplicably changed him to young Annakin from the prequels for reasons.

Luke can't fly, he can't levitate. What he did to escape the carbon freezing pit was a force enhanced jump, he can move other things with the Force, and he can enhance his abilities such as speed, but there are limits to what he can do through the Force. That there is another Skywalker, does not mean that person will be trained to become a Jedi. That would make as much sense as My brother being an auto mechanic, after our father was an auto mechanic, so I *must* be an auto mechanic. At the moment of this revelation, it is an affirmation that Luke still has family, it's not just him and Vader. Welcome to the tribe. Can I be part of the tribe? Amazing how quickly you forget the tribe was about to cook, Luke, Han and Chewbacca as the main course of a feast.

I was fortunate enough to see the initial trilogy on the big screen when they first came out, the first one I must have seen six or seven times. I was about sixteen. Amazing. Before the later effects were added they looked much grittier and more realistic. They should have been left alone. And yes, that chase through the woods on those air bikes looked incredible, even more so through the eyes of someone on a heavy dose of hallucinogenics..

that bounty hunter is Boba Fett, which you also saw in Empire Strikes Back

25:18 that's Warwick Davis, he is a little person but was a child here, he was also Professor Flitwick in Harry Potter, and he was in Willow and the Leprechaun movies.

26:06 Okay. Now I don't know how Chewbacca fails to recognize obvious _bait_ when he sees it.

3:17 Out of the three original movies, Return of the Jedi had the least effects added other than the musical number in Jabba's palace and the celebrations at the end.

you're becoming my favorite channel, Cristy. Keep it up!!

19:36 dun dun duuuuuuuuuun!

In the end, I found peace and freedom

Great fun hermosa ❤❤ I was like you when I first watched Vader die but having watched SW too many times to count I have now gotten emotional when he does. Enjoy the prequels Cristy much amor mija 🥰

Darth Vader was created by George Lucas, sort of designed by Ralph McQuarrie, first portrayed by David Prowse (he's in the suit for the walking and the talking scenes), Bob Anderson, an Olympic fencer and fight choreographer, portrayed Vader for the duels, and taught Mark Hamill a few things about fighting with a two-handed broadsword, which is why they fight like that in this movie. James Earl Jones provides the iconic voice, Sebastian Shaw portrayed him when he's unmasked at the end, and Ben Burtt designed his breathing sound. That's not even counting the stuntmen, the voice actors from the video games, the two guys who played him in Rogue One, Hayden Christensen… Vader took a lot to create, and what's funny to me is it was all for like 31 minutes of total screen time

I love when you really get into the moment and slip into speaking Spanish. I don't understand Spanish but I love it.

Jedi is still my favorite.

Vader thinks only Obi-Wan taught him. He doesn't sense Yoda...

Everyone talks about Leia in the metal bikini, but I think the sexiest Leia is when she takes off the bounty-hunter helmet, whips her hair, tells Han she's "someone who loves you" and kisses him.

This was my favorite of the original trilogy as well. I still remember watching it in the theater in 1983. What a film.

This is my favorite reaction ever, en cualquier canal del mundo mundial, nunca lloré con ese final hasta hoy, mil gracias!!!! May the force be with you!

What stands out about this film is that so little has been added to it in terms of additional special effects. The space battle at the end, for example, is all original and as it was.

The plan of the Emperor and Vader was to agonizingly tease and poke Luke into a rage. The fact that Vader blocked Luke's attack means that he wasn't angry enough to turn and to drag on the fight and Luke's frustration. The same goes for the overall battle. The Emperor kept the destroyers out of the battle so it would just drag on, torturing Luke even more toward the Dark Side. With that much rage, you can't just turn it off, especially if you haven't been training very long to control your emotions ("control, CONTROL, you must learn control" -- Yoda).

Notice that Leia had to self-rescue, as in A New Hope--she strangled Jabba after breaking his yacht. There was that swingers echo, too.

Then the prequels.. and Rogue One. I really hope Christy would continue also TV series, like Mandalorian and Ahsoka but it would also need to have all Seasons of Clone Wars and Rebels watched before those... If she goes that route, I am here for it!

5:00 In A New Hope, Jabba was originally Human and the scene with him and Han discussing his debt was deleted from the theatrical version. George Lucas added that scene back in the movie in the 90s with Jabba as CGI. However in this movie, Jabba is a puppet as he was filmed originally. That's why they look so different. 11:00 You have to have a mind to be weak-minded :) Thus, non-sentient/sapient creatures cannot be affected by the Jedi mind trick. In the RPG games, there is a skill to tame animals with the Force and it has made its way into the prequels but it's a different ability. 22:00 it is possible to block oneself from the Force. This is one way Yoda managed to stay hidden from the Empire for as long as he has. It's a skill Luke hasn't learned yet. 25:00 The teddy bears aren't little wookies :) They're called Ewoks and are a completely different species from a completely different world (This is Endor, while Wookies are from a planet called Kashyyyk) 32:00 David Prowse was the man inside the armor of Darth Vader. His voice was done by James Earl Jones and old Anakin ( Vader without the helmet) was played by Sebastian Shaw. Sebastian Shaw also appeared as a force ghost in the original version the movie instead of Hayden Christensen. 38:50 Leia replying "I know" to Han's declaration of love was the best thing XD Great reaction! Feeling emotions and crying at the ending of this movies cements you as a Star Wars fan ;) The Fall and Redemption of Darth Vader/Anakin Skywalker is one of the greatest character arc in cinema.