Star Wars: A New Hope - The Most Frequently Asked Questions ANSWERED

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After nearly ten years of running this channel, I have seen the same questions over and over again. Today I'm answering FORTY of the most frequently asked questions I've seen about A New Hope!
0:00 Intro
0:14 How did the Devastator track the Tantive IV?
0:55 Why didn't the Imperials shoot the escape pod?
1:29 What do Jawas look like under their hoods?
1:56 Did Owen forget C-3PO?
2:50 Did C-3PO not know who Leia was?
3:30 Why did Owen hate Obi-Wan?
4:13 Why did Luke want to go to the Imperial Academy?
5:01 Why did no one change Luke's last name?
5:51 Why did Obi-Wan age so much so fast?
6:28 Did Obi-Wan forget R2-D2?
7:23 Did Obi-Wan forget R4-P17?
8:08 Did Leia forget Obi-Wan?
9:03 Why did Darth Vader take orders from Tarkin?
9:53 Did Tarkin know who Darth Vader really was?
10:43 Did Boba Fett kill Owen and Beru?
11:23 Why weren't droids allowed in the cantina?
12:06 Why did Ponda Baba's arm bleed?
12:26 Are parsecs a unit of time or distance?
13:13 Who shot first?
14:19 Why does Leia have a British accent in one scene?
14:58 Why does Han have a training remote?
15:35 Why was there a dianoga on the Death Star?
16:17 Why were there giant pits in the Death Star?
16:54 How does gravity work on the Death Star?
17:30 Why was Kenobi and Vader's lightsaber duel so slow?
18:22 What happened to Obi-Wan's lightsaber?
19:02 Why did Leia lead the Empire back to Yavin 4?
19:42 What's this Rebel sentry doing?
20:19 Where was Mon Mothma in A New Hope?
20:59 Who is "Fake Wedge?"
21:51 Why did the Death Star have to orbit Yavin?
22:39 Why didn't the Death Star destroy Yavin?
23:22 How did Luke know how to fly an X-Wing?
24:02 Why don't X and Y-Wings use Aurebesh?
24:32 Where are the U-Wings?
25:21 Where is the Death Star trench?
25:46 Who is the other Y-Wing survivor?
26:30 Why didn't Chewbacca get a medal?
27:40 Why didn't Wedge Antilles get a medal?
28:23 What do BBY and ABY stand for?
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@StarWarsExplained 4 ай бұрын

This video series has been in the works for a long time and we poured a lot of effort into making it so I hope you enjoy it! If you do a like or share is always appreciated 🙏

@DanBen07 4 ай бұрын

I thought in a certain point of view A New Hope Mon Mothma was going to the emperor if the death Stars destruction did not succeed. A U wing is mentioned in From a Certain Point of View - A New Hope. Short story Grounded. Which takes place the same time as the Battle of yavin 4. That a U wing was in the temple hanger & being worked on/fixed.

@Chew_bacca1138 4 ай бұрын

To both Alex and Mollie, I love hearing you guys talk about Star Wars, Upload what you like I'll be here the entire way.

@jordanbryanFL 4 ай бұрын

That was fantastic! Looking forward to your Empire breakdown.

@TheInselaffen 4 ай бұрын

Han shot Greedo.

@SailorDisco 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the hard work. Your videos are always well crafted and informative and this one is no exception.

@jedilearner1138 4 ай бұрын

The fact that Threepio knows about Leia is confirmed earlier in ANH when he tells Artoo, “There will be no escape for the Princess this time.”

@mcfcxx9849 2 ай бұрын

Yeah I thought it was pretty obvious he was just trying to divert attention away from Leia when Luke keeps asking about her.

@YavorM-Yash 2 ай бұрын

And you have to remember that this message never was to be brought to Luke in the first place.

@TheMimiSard 15 күн бұрын

@@YavorM-Yash Threepio doesn't know the context of the message, but he could hear straight off that it was addressed to someone other than Luke, so probably calculates that it is not important.

@YavorM-Yash 15 күн бұрын

@TheMimiSard yes, perhaps. But I think, he would add two and two observing the persistent of R2-D2's desire to deliver the massage.

@nataliispeaks 4 ай бұрын

Another note on Luke being able to fly the X-Wing: In the Princess, Farm Boy, and the Scoundrel novelization, there is a scene where Wedge takes Luke to a flight simulator they have on the base. While Luke doesn't last long at first, he gets encouragement from Wedge that most people don't do well at all their first time. Luke then went on to set the high score on the simulator after a few more tries.

@Compucles 4 ай бұрын

Yeah, "A Certain Point of View" also mentioned Luke's abilities on a simulator being the deciding factor.

@rumblehat4357 4 ай бұрын

It was mentioned in materials that x wings had very similar controls to the sky hopper.

@MultiTomcat67 4 ай бұрын

In the Audio book played on PBS, Wedge "threw half the Empire" at Luke.

@andrewmurray1550 3 ай бұрын

no "Let's try spinning...that's a good trick" or "Artoo get us of this autopilot - it's going to get us both killed".?

@michaelcowin6442 3 ай бұрын

....and he only got killed twice. Btw, its called the Star Wars Radio Drama.@MultiTomcat67

@shaneflanegan8209 4 ай бұрын

Do I know about 90% of this: probably yes Will I continue to watch this multiple times: also yes

@ICP96 3 ай бұрын

Same

@MoramothHauntz 4 ай бұрын

I feel like most could be answered with "so the movie can happen." Still really cool to see the in universe answers

@shelbylpearson 4 ай бұрын

Why did they build the Death Star with such a weakness? Well that plot hole really bothered me so I uh wrote an entire movie about it.

@marychocolatefairy 4 ай бұрын

Tbf, a lot of these were things that were fine at the time, until later movies/shows made them seem like discrepancies, heh.

@Aaron-fb6mb Ай бұрын

Ryan George

@rileyxsko 8 күн бұрын

Being a Pitch Meeting fan is super easy, barely an inconvenience!

@bdavis24fan 4 ай бұрын

I definitely want a whole series of these.

@GenX-RadRat 3 ай бұрын

Why? He uses Disney-era sources. It's just bs fan-fiction

@Lord_Burrito 2 ай бұрын

@@GenX-RadRatLet us know when your head-canon means more to Disney than both legends & canon answers to each of these questions

@Iceskyguy 4 ай бұрын

I've always interpreted the slow pacing of Obi-Wan and Vader's final duel to be deliberate on both of their parts for different reasons. Yes, Obi-Wan is older now but we saw Count Dooku, who was in his 80s during the Clone Wars, pull off insane stunts so I believe Obi-Wan could have done the same but chose not to because he didn't know what Vader had learned since their last encounter. Same goes for Vader, he LOST both their previous duels, so he approached this final one cautiously because rushing at Kenobi didn't do him any favours before. I think that makes the most sense for him since we have seen repeatedly what he is capable of doing despite his armor.

@michaelramon2411 4 ай бұрын

I think the Rebels episode "Twin Suns" is illustrative here. A Jedi Master of Ben Kenobi's skill can end even a competent opponent in a single blow if they get an opening. Vader absolutely does not want to give Obi-wan that shot. His statement "now I have become the master" could also indicate that he wants to demonstrate his growth since their last fight - exhibiting focus and precision in combat rather than the recklessness and rage that had undermined him before.

@smokedbeefandcheese4144 4 ай бұрын

Of all of the justifications after the fact I really like yours the best because it speaks to the psychology of Darth Vader as well as Obi-Wan and doesn’t just rely on somebody being old. I also really like the idea of Obi-Wan sacrificing himself so he could escape

@Rockhound6165 4 ай бұрын

Not to mention that an 800 year old Yoda can move like lightning. Fact is, the Obi-Wan/Darth Vader duel is supposed to be akin to a Samurai fight which is a lot more deliberate than the light saber duels we see in the later movies(just watch Kill Bill and the battle between Beatrix and O-Ren to know what I mean).

@ricklawrence2515 3 ай бұрын

Vader got owned twice by Obi-Wan. It makes sense that he'd be a little more cautious and reserved

@Jack_Stafford 3 ай бұрын

I think this is a fallacy, it wasn't slow pacing at all, you have to remember that lightsabers were completely new, no one had ever seen anything like it before, they were thought to be very dangerous and weapons you had to be very skilled and careful with, and I didn't find a pacing any slower than any other types of sword battles in fights that were common in the era. Just the fact that people were swinging around the laser swords by itself was enough action because once again, it was completely unique and novel. I just think modern audiences are so used to over the top CGI non-stop mayhem that a more careful battle between old friends that are now enemies with dialogue in between, and between two deliberate, older men , is lost on people with short attention spans and different expectations. It was more about the war of the mind, using the force, and careful deliberate tactics and strikes, not wildly flailing and swinging around like we saw Luke attempt in The Empire strikes back. Which is why he lost.

@Jedi_Spartan_38 4 ай бұрын

15:04 I always thought it was something that Obi Wan had in his hut and brought it with him to train Luke.

@Daniel-Strain 4 ай бұрын

I'm sure that is the most obvious and reasonable reason. But SW fans and writers like making up extreme scenarios for every little detail that doesn't even really require an explanation lol.

@alice_evermore 4 ай бұрын

I always thought the same thing.

@ashdoginc 4 ай бұрын

I agree. It makes far more sense.

@BobSmith-dk8nw 4 ай бұрын

Yep. .

@michaelcowin6442 3 ай бұрын

In original canon, OBIWAN actually went looking for the training sphere, knowing a quick draw like Han would keep one around to help sharpen his skills.

@tobyriecke3972 4 ай бұрын

4:50 I think I was once told or read somewhere that it was common and known for people who wanted to join the rebellion to go to the Imperial Academy to receive military training, and then defect and escape to the rebellion.

@Jack_Stafford 3 ай бұрын

You're correct, and this was Canon before disney, this is how biggs dark lighter ended up in the rebellion. In the Canon Star Wars radio adaptation, the scene is expanded and includes the clips that were deleted from the original movie, where Biggs tells Luke that he AND others at the imperial academy see what the Empire is doing and to fight for what they believe in that they planned to abandon ship and join the rebellion which is why we see him later in the briefing room and how he ended up there, when earlier in the movie Luke referenced joining the academy like his friends, it explains why would he join the imperial academy if his best friend was a rebel... Which he knew table, the scene with big is telling him he was going to defect to the rebellion happened earlier and speaks to Luke wanting to fight for the right side even before he ended up with Obi-Wan. So much is explained in that radio adaptation that is questioned here, like how late it was followed through hyperspace, it's because of spy on board had a tracking beacon and that's why she couldn't trust anyone that R2-D2 who was programmed to only obey her and that's why he threw out the movie disobeyed Luke and many others. And once again this was Canon, produced by lucasfilm, even starred Mark Hamill and Anthony Daniels with all official Star Wars and sound effects it just makes the original Star Wars movie into a 6-hour story that explains a lot and has things included like Leia's torture which is absolutely blood-curdling, and why she was suspected by Darth Vader of being involved in Rebel activities. Everyone should watch it it is on KZfaq.

@michaelcowin6442 3 ай бұрын

@Jack_Stafford but when Biggs told Luke this, Luke said that's crazy. You could be wandering around the galaxy forever.

@michaelcowin6442 3 ай бұрын

@@Jack_StaffordIt's called the Star Wars Radio Drama, and no Lucasfilm did not produce it. It was produced by Public Radio in cooperation with Lucasfilm. Your right that George declared publicly the Radio Drama show was as canon as his movie.

@laurieocathail2441 Ай бұрын

It's what IRA men, Bolsheviks, PNF Blackshirts, American Revolutionaries and Indian Sepoys did.

@Mr_RunningMan 4 ай бұрын

4:24 I like that in the old Star Wars radio drama It’s said that the academy isn’t for the military but more of a general flight academy where most go to work in the vast shipping industry throughout the galaxy but also qualifies you to be drafted into the Empire. That’s what Biggs is talking about when he says jumping ship in the deleted scene, they’re gonna jump off on some world along the trade route and then join up with the rebels

@michaelcowin6442 2 ай бұрын

Exactly right! I used to have all original broadcasted 13 episodes memorized word for word. Listening to one is how I went to sleep every night.

@lissadawes4243 2 ай бұрын

I thought the same! I hadn’t even heard of the radio version when I thought this. So cool that that’s out there.

@joeincal3125 3 ай бұрын

When it comes to Greedo, Han took the first and ONLY shot. Greedo doesn't fire in the first version. The second shot was added in.later editions as a retcon.

@cyberpunk42 4 ай бұрын

You know, I feel like this channel is less about "explaining" Star Wars and more about helping people, certain fans in particular, to have a more balanced and reasonable reaction to the franchise. This is good and noble work. Well done!

@donniejefferson9554 4 ай бұрын

"BUT BUT BUT WHY DOESN'T EVERY UNIMPORTANT DETAIL FROM THE ORIGINAL MOVIES PERFECTLY LINE UP WITH EVERYTHING IN A MOVIE MADE 40 YEARS LATER?!?!?! I CAN'T HANDLE THIS

@omegawolf2589 4 ай бұрын

About everyone aging fast, I remember in SWTOR in the smuggler story Risha says one year on Tatooine ages you 7 years.

@the_amazing_crappo 4 ай бұрын

It's worth noting that Ewan McGregor was 52 during Obi-Wan and Alec Guinness was 62 during Star Wars, set 10 years after Obi-Wan.

@michaelramon2411 4 ай бұрын

If Anakin was 9 in The Phantom Menace and he'd lived his whole life on Tatooine, that would make him... functionally 63. Which is ridiculous, of course, but given that Vader dies at age 45, maybe there's something to it.

@jb888888888 4 ай бұрын

So Luke is functionally 140 years old in ANH? It's a wonder he can do anything at all.

@andrewmurray1550 4 ай бұрын

@@jb888888888ageing is relative.....to the planet you're on.

@Aaron-fb6mb Ай бұрын

In the Kenobi book, he meets some people at some point. They know he’s an off world we and give him advice to not look at the sun so much/cover his face because it’ll age him and he’ll look different. But he keeps doing it anyway. Intentionally, to make himself less recognizable. They see how often he does this and just think he’s crazy

@MultiverseAsheville 4 ай бұрын

Great list, Alex! I love how Owen’s prior experience with Threepio retcons the line “You! I expect *you’re* programmed for etiquette and protocol” to be the biggest eyeroll ever from Owen. I mean, he spent a decade hearing Threepio whine about his primary function EVERY. DAY. Every time I hear that line now, it cracks me up how it’s like “oh, here we go again.” 🙄

@podracer35 4 ай бұрын

Bahahaha I like that a lot! I'm gonna have to remember that whenever I rewatch A New Hope

@jedidrummerjake 3 ай бұрын

Good one ! Best reply on this post! 😅❤

@namewitheld2568 3 ай бұрын

I think I liked the explanation of the Obi Wan eye roll about Han's line is BS on parecpts the best. I was actually not aware of that scientific factoid so now the look on Obi-Wan's face is just priceless and highlights that Han was just a pirate trying to make a sale and bamboozle people he thought didn't know what he was talking about.

@rossbooth4635 3 ай бұрын

Regarding Wedge not getting a medal, it's also worth noting that Han and Luke delivered the plans AND rescued Leia from the Death Star.

@MultiverseAsheville 4 ай бұрын

Also, Leia addressing Ben as “GENERAL Kenobi” now feels a bit like calling out his duty to help. She might remember or have been told how reluctant Ben is to leave Luke alone- so in asking him to do so again, Leia is going to make sure he remembers she’s asking as someone whose family and cause he has a responsibility to.

@aleisterblacke 3 ай бұрын

Her addressing him formally would lend more importance to the message she was sending, showing it wasn't a message from just her, but her, her family, the Rebel Alliance, etc.

@weman201 4 ай бұрын

I always chalked up the aging of obi to the climate and the STRESS. Look how the presidents age now. Imagine hiding the chosen ones kid from the empire

@gamestation2690 4 ай бұрын

Makes sense.

@Aaron-fb6mb Ай бұрын

That and hed intentionally stare at the twin suns to age his face

@wetterschneider 4 ай бұрын

Slow light saber battle? Gotcha covered here. Force users can see into the future. The farther they look, the more variables can come into play, and potential futures come to pass. But a few seconds into the future? Total clarity. That's why they make good pilots at high speeds and why they can fly ships they've never been in before. They can see the outcomes of all decisions.... so the light saber battle is like a game of chess, played mentally, seeing the future and responding to what each side might choose to do and countering it.

@45TRANSFORMERSFAN 4 ай бұрын

I gotta say; the editing in these recent videos are a massive step up ❤

@andrewmurray1550 3 ай бұрын

Vader ordered "No discintegrations" because he knew Fett was trigger-happy but he needed Luke alive (having believed he was on the Falcon with the others and not galavanting halfway across the galaxy to Dagobah.

@sleepingbee8997 4 ай бұрын

27:42 I figured the medals were for rescuing Leia, something arguably more daring, and that none of the characters had any obligation to do. The rebels wanted to recognize people who were previously neutral that jumped in to help the rebellion, in order to encourage more spontaneous acts of assistance.

@andrewmurray1550 4 ай бұрын

well it was LUKE that suggested the "reward, being more wealth than Han could imagine" (and Han could imagine quite a bit). But Leia is begrudging in that respect " if money is all that you love, then that's what you will receive". Also the original plan was simply to deliver Artoo to Leia's father (Bail Organa) on Alderaan. Not rescue her from the Death Star. Well they delivered Artoo to Leia's father (Vader) alright.....yet the Imperials didn't have a clue - that was THE Artoo unit they've been looking for all along not "An" Artoo Unit. Maybe Kenobi's mind trick was not simply a momentary memory lapse, but long lasting.

@jaredkozal4553 4 ай бұрын

This video is outstanding! It provides thoughtful, well-researched answers to the most common questions about A New Hope, which is valuable and very much appreciated! It also stands as a teasing but loving tribute to Star Wars fans' insatiable and overwhelming desire to have definitive in-universe explanations for absolutely EVERYTHING, and just how often those same fans have been asking the same questions since Time Immemorial ... or at least since 1977. 😂 Cheers, fellow nerds!

@patriciocarrasco7641 4 ай бұрын

my headcanon for the slow fight between Vader and Obi Wan is that both know that a mistake could lead to losing, so they are way more precise than in the other fights

@featgorgon3985 4 ай бұрын

we all know the reason they didn’t shoot the life pod was because the imperials were worried about paying per laser and the budget

@ajvonline 4 ай бұрын

Han shot Greedo... period. No 'first' required. Han was a cold blooded killer, just the type you'd expect to find in a Mos Eisley cantina. To imply otherwise disrespects his character arc.

@realsatoshihashimoto 24 күн бұрын

You gotta admit Greedo had it coming. Greedo was an immediate threat to Han's life. It's not as if Han hunted Greedo down. Han shot Greedo in self defence. I wouldn't call that 'in cold blood.' As for Han's character arc - yes he was a killer, but he always had a heart. There was always "good in him." Even when we first met the character at Mos Eisley he wouldn't have shot an innocent person who didn't pose a threat, but boy would he have not hesitated to shoot in self defence!

@ajvonline 24 күн бұрын

@@realsatoshihashimoto your points are well taken. may the force be with you 🙂👍

@bitterbonker 3 ай бұрын

I remember reading that the Kessel Run was the delivery of spice between moving targets, so the faster you could deliver to them, the less distance covered. But I also like the explanation that Han was off the cuff bragging/BSing 😂

@jackskirata4819 4 ай бұрын

16:20 “Oh, get this. He says they’re worried we’d be LEANING all day.”

@louisroy4911 4 ай бұрын

I also thought of that instantly 😅 Plus the Yavin IV sentry doing pew pew noises

@shelbylpearson 4 ай бұрын

Captain America: “I understood that reference”

@cleverlydevisedmyth 3 ай бұрын

"This won't matter when we're famous singers!"

@prjndigo 3 ай бұрын

Lando's Millenium Faulkan had an upgraded hyperdrive, upgraded main drive, upgraded reactors and *an artificially intelligent hypercomp that was old and alien enough that C3PO had difficulty talking to it* and he really wanted it back. Lando is the super-engineer. That M'F' could calculate deeper into the nebulae and masses of the Kessel Run than most other ships which also meant it could come out closer to planets and pop out MUCH closer to masses... and it was designed not to be forced out of hyperspace by interdictors but to detect and react to them and drop out early. This is all cannon.

@mattt233 4 ай бұрын

Vader's Star Destroyer was actually docked on the Death Star till just before Yavin. He could have put the Saber in his quarters before that.

@ROMBomb001 2 ай бұрын

"Repeat to yourself 'It's just a show, I should really just relax' " - Mystery Science Theater 3000 intro song

@seantlewis376 3 ай бұрын

I'll admit that it took me a while to figure out what BBY and ABY stood for in dating the stories. Yavin was a major turning point for the rebellion, basically when they started winning the war. It would be like dating WWII War in the Pacific as "before Midway" and "after Midway", or the war in Europe as before and after the D-Day invasion.

@chrishansen456 Ай бұрын

War in Europe would be before the Battle of Stalingrad

@zedsodead 3 ай бұрын

Idk who needs a life more, you for uploading this or me for watching it till the end. I've wasted my life. 😂

@ectoplasmicentity 4 ай бұрын

You forgot to answer why Anakin sounds like a Black Man when he is in the suit. Joking, great video I loved it!

@behindthespotlight7983 3 ай бұрын

16:55 for the first time in 45 years I recalled with great clarity how hard the audience cheered when Luke and Leia swung over that chasm.

@leoryff979 4 ай бұрын

I heard that the reason Chewie didn't get a medal was that Carrie Fisher was so short that she couldn't reach over Peter Mayhew's head so they just skipped his part.

@andrewward5891 4 ай бұрын

In the marvel comic book adaptation the height issue is also the reason given.

@andrewmurray1550 4 ай бұрын

yeah the novelisation says Chew DOES get a medal. I believe Leia had to strain to do so, but he does get one in the novelisation. Don't ask me why not in the original ANH.

@Wendy_O._Koopa 3 ай бұрын

Did bowing or kneeling not exist a long time ago, in that galaxy far away?

@andrewward5891 3 ай бұрын

@@Wendy_O._Koopa- sure but you better ask a 7 foot tall Wookie real nice to bow or kneel. Even the droids let him win a game.

@Wendy_O._Koopa 3 ай бұрын

@@andrewward5891 Granted, but Leia isn't exactly known for backing off. *Han:* "Wookies have been known to do that [rip arms out of their sockets]" *Leia:* "Kneel down, or you don't get a medal!"

@lpcaiser 4 ай бұрын

In "Darth Plagueis", while talking to Gardulla, Plagueis states that people on Tatooine age infamously prematurely.

@andrewmurray1550 4 ай бұрын

so...Yoda is 900 years old in Empire....and seems to expect Luke to reach such an age (maybe more as a joke: "when 900 years old you reach, look as good you will not!"). Yoda's been teaching Jedi for 800 years (and his own counsel he will keep on who is to be trained!!!".

@ComicPower 3 ай бұрын

Wow this is the deepest deep dive of the new hope ever. Love it.

@FindingTheForce 4 ай бұрын

You guys did an excellent job at answering some really unpleasant questions. I personally don’t enjoy nitpicking movies that I love. I did however really enjoy learning more about one of my favorite movies of all time.

@lissadawes4243 2 ай бұрын

What was unpleasant about any of these questions?

@Stablemable2 4 ай бұрын

Wow I was just watching Top 10 of Star Trek Dumbest things in the movies, the other day. Star Trek never really give explanations. Star Wars is amazing in giving explanations "in-story".

@JTMitchell87 4 ай бұрын

While a bunch of these are silly, I do admire the attempts so many have made to help maintain continuity for the franchise. Great video! A lot of these I hadn't heard before.

@user-yq9im9dk9z 4 ай бұрын

*cough* certain cowboy could learn something *cough*

@myriadmediamusings 4 ай бұрын

Ah but you forgot one of the biggest questions of all, at least from modern audiences: Why was it not called A New Hope in 1977?

@equimanthorn6185 4 ай бұрын

Because originally Locus thought it was gonna flop at first

@garrett8707 4 ай бұрын

There was no guarantee for a sequel

@bigfloppa9594 4 ай бұрын

@@equimanthorn6185"Locus" lol

@MCLegoboy 4 ай бұрын

It was a mandate by Fox at the time since they were producing it. They didn't have much faith in the movie so they didn't meddle with it much, but they did insist that having, "Episode IV: A New Hope," at the beginning of the crawl was going to confuse audiences despite that kind of being one of Lucas' goals with emulating the old weekly serials of Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers where you would just be thrust in the middle of a story that had begun at the theater some weeks back and you missed a few chapters. Because Fox didn't have much faith in Star Wars, they allowed Lucas to have the freedom to produce any sequels himself purely through Lucasfilm, and that's why The Empire Strikes Back has Episode V. In 1981, there was a re-release of A New Hope that was then allowed to include the Episode Number and Title. As an added bonus fact: Despite having no "creative" input (financial backing) in the other Star Wars movies, Lucas always returned to Fox for distribution with Star Wars. After Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm in 2012, Disney was still obligated to include the Fox logo at the start of A New Hope, even having to get a license from Fox to distribute A New Hope blu-rays produced in 2015, but not the others. However, after Disney's acquisition of Fox in 2019, at least on Disney+, the Fox logo has been restored to all 6 of Lucas' movies, and I have to imagine that's the case for any other physical releases since, although I can't be certain.

@Playhouse76 4 ай бұрын

@@MCLegoboy I don't believe Fox had anything to do with it. Although Lucas always planned for the movie to have started in the middle of a larger story, none of his drafts used Episode IV or A New Hope in their titles or in the opening crawl. (The third draft used the title 'The Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Starkiller', which informed the title of the novelization of the first film: "Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker".) This is something Lucas conceived while working on 'The Empire Strikes Back'. The title wasn't added to the crawl of 'Star Wars' until 1981, after 'Empire' had come out, to bring it in line. In fact, in '76 and '77, the first film was actually Episode VI in Lucas' original 12-film plan/outline, which he noted on paper in 1978. This changes to a 9-film plan during production and post on 'Empire', so they identified that film as Episode V and 'Star Wars' retroactively to Episode IV. Fox still owned 'Star Wars' and the distribution rights to the other five films until the Disney purchase, which is why they had to get a distribution license from Fox for the Blu-ray releases of those six films. That's why the logo and fanfare still appeared on those. They stay on now out of tradition. Same with Indy. Paramount still owns the first four Indiana Jones movies, so Disney has to license them from Paramount. (They also cut Paramount in on any money from new Indiana Jones movies, like 'Dial of Destiny'.)

@lefantomer 3 ай бұрын

17:42: In an interview Dave Prowse said he was afraid of knocking Sir Alec Guiness into the wall which is one reason that duel was slower than usual. Also it's a very early duel.

@drt1605 28 күн бұрын

Dave Prowse is an unreliable narrator. They got really fed up of him breaking the prop lightsabres (which were just sticks) because he swung too hard. In Empire they got so fed up with him in the fight with Luke that legendary swordmaster Bob Anderson played Vader instead of just choreographing. There are pictures across the web which show Anderson in the suit but no Vader helmet. It worked because although Anderson was a little bit shorter, he could fight with lifts in the boots that made him the right height to play Vader.

@13LesTadO13 Ай бұрын

I always figured that the "fight" between Vader and obi wan in a new hope went so slow was because of 2 conditions. Obi wan's age and mutual respect. They both knew how the fight would end but obi wan knew he could sacrifice himself for the mission. Vader already had a tracker in the millennium falcon anyways... Plus he wanted to have that conversation and encounter last, so he took his time before actually trying to put any power behind his strikes.

@joethahobo 4 ай бұрын

This is a fantastic series and I cannot wait to watch the ones for the other movies when you get around to making them during the breaks between the shows. We love you Alex and Mollie

@jessehowell1972 4 ай бұрын

This series is awesome, please do these for all of the cinematic Star Wars movies.

@hackendire 4 ай бұрын

The real question I have is WHAT BACKS THE GALACTIC CREDIT as currency? Like a lot of real life currencies are backed with gold.

@Daniel-Strain 4 ай бұрын

Not the U.S. dollar.

@Compucles 4 ай бұрын

Yeah, why can't it just be fiat currency like the American Dollar?

@BthIX 4 ай бұрын

This video made me realize how silly people are when they complain about Disney "breaking established lore" with the hyperspace ramming or people surviving lightsaber stabs. The prequels created 40 plot holes in this movie alone that were retroactively given excuses in books to make it fit the canon decades after it came out lmao. If you can accept the "hyperspace oil trail" left by the Tantive IV, you can accept the "rare experimental shields made it possible" excuse for the Holdo Maneuver that was explained in the Last Jedi's novelization

@alexanderball6326 2 ай бұрын

So much of the disney hate is so stupid and irrational. "Disney doesn't respect the established lore and canon!" So, we're just going to pretend the prequel trilogy didn't recon tons of stuff from the OG triliogy and change what the established lore was up until that point? "Disney doesn't understand Star Wars!" So, we're just going to pretend dave filoni doesn't still work there? "Disney doesn't understand lightsabers!" So, we're just going to pretend Maul didn't get cut in half and survive? "Disney is killing Star Wars!" So, we're gonna pretend that Andor, Mando, Rebels, Rogue One and Kenobi don't exist? That The Holiday Special, the feature length Ewok movies, the animated clone wars movie, the first 4 seasons of clone wars are good? And that the prequel trilogy wasn't met with huge disappointment from the audience? The mental gymnastics it takes must be exhausting

@BthIX 2 ай бұрын

@alexanderball6326 Yep to all of that. Especially on the lightsabers. Ive gotten into many heated arguments with people who think theres no way Sabine or Reva could have survived being stabbed

@alexanderball6326 2 ай бұрын

@@BthIX the best way to handle those imo: "hmm its almost as if star wars is science fiction and fantasy or something and isn't bound by physical laws of the real world 🤔"

@podracer35 4 ай бұрын

This was really informative. I loved the format and editing. Can't wait to see the rest of the series

@swimfly2free 4 ай бұрын

❤❤❤ Alex this is amazing! You always great great videos, but the detail of the questions is amazing and rhetorical editing is fantastic! You’re awesome and so is this video! Thank you for doing this

@notsureinthemiddle 3 ай бұрын

I liked my own explanation for not firing on the escape pod. Right before they get on, C3PO tells R2 that he's not permitted in there and it is restricted. Droids would have probably had programming that kept them from using the pods or to think they would be deactivated trying to do so. The commander would have known this as well as this would be standard programming throughout the universe, (why would droids recieve priority over living beings?) and since there were no life readings, it would make more sense that the pod malfunctioned rather than droids being onboard.

@michaelfitzsimmons8393 3 ай бұрын

I was always curious why Wedge looked so different during the briefing. It was especially confusing because the Decipher Star Wars CCG listed that character as Wedge Antilles, but it barely looked like him. For nearly 30 years, I was always puzzled if that was in fact Wedge but now you've cleared the air. Thank you for solving this mystery!

@mattwong10 4 ай бұрын

love the content as always, but WOW the presentation, transitions, and animations/supplemental quotes and images of the source material is amazing!! great work!!

@TrumanTheGrayMerchant 4 ай бұрын

Great video! I look forward to the others. I would personally be fine with the training droid being a common tool across the galaxy. It could be used to improve your reflexes generally, not just with a lightsaber.

@tobyriecke3972 4 ай бұрын

I believe I read somewhere that one of the reasons there was blood (originally) in episode 4 was because George Lucas wanted to avoid a G rating. Is that accurate? Or am I mistaken

@Aaron-fb6mb Ай бұрын

I think I’ve heard that somewhere too

@sryconn Ай бұрын

Why wasn’t Wedge up there getting a medal with Luke and Han? Because Wedge didn’t infiltrate the Death Star, rescue Princess Leia, and deliver the Death Star plans to the rebels.

@madmax8620 4 ай бұрын

You should be the white house press secretary

@v-squared 4 ай бұрын

Love this video! Can't wait for the rest of them. Would you consider doing ones for the seasons on Clone Wars, Rebels and Bad Batch?

@Aaron-fb6mb Ай бұрын

That would be cool

@ourworldofours 4 ай бұрын

The most recent edition of ANH actually has Han and Greedo fire at the same time!

@Daniel-Strain 4 ай бұрын

Yes, people don't realize there have been something like 4 versions now. I think the simultaneous exchange is the most recent. Though I prefer the original, I can live with that one too :)

@MadTheDJ 4 ай бұрын

Re: Droids in the cantina The simpler answer for me going back well before the Prequels came out was that a bar full of the scum and villainy wouldn't want semi-autonomous recording devices lurking around while deals were being made, where wanted fugitives were hiding and where illegal activities were afoot.

@stevebojo4378 Ай бұрын

Having watch Star Wars (1977) well over 100 times, I can say with absolute certainty that Han was the only one to shoot.

@SSGTStryker 4 ай бұрын

6:18 Duel-Sun damage does indeed affect their appearance. Case in point, Amy Sedaris’ Peli Motto is only 22 years old. She just needs a pack of Morley 100s death-sticks to complete the picture. 😂

@Rebel_Scum1138 4 ай бұрын

Thank you kind sir

@johnasbury9915 2 ай бұрын

I’ve watched these movies from the beginning and have loved almost all of them. It never ceases to amaze me how the entire mythology surrounding the story has an almost factual presentation and need for detailed explanations. It’s always been lots of fun for me, I’m not getting upset about a discrepancy or three…

@heidifedor 2 ай бұрын

We don’t hear the name Skywalker until Luke says it to Leia on the Death Star. It could have been that his name actually was Luke Lars, and he didn’t take on the name Skywalker until that moment.

@remedylive9072 4 ай бұрын

Really enjoyed this video, great work

@brettwhite5211 Ай бұрын

My question is, where did Vader go after the Death Star was blown up. I mean, how long before he found an Imperial Ship to board. I've always wondered about this.

@ChangedMyNameFinally69 6 күн бұрын

He probably sent out a signal

@beejumm_ 4 ай бұрын

Love the production quality and the whole concept of these, this was so fun to watch 💯

@DaveMcKew 4 ай бұрын

This video is fantastic, Alex! Really reminds us how connected everything is, since you referenced both old and new movies/TV, animated series, books, comics and video games in your answers. Well done, can’t wait for more.

@TrumanTheGrayMerchant 4 ай бұрын

At the risk of causing a fight, it's always interesting which unanswered questions people get angry about. The ultimate example of this for me is the bombs in The Last Jedi. It's fine to be curious about them, but I cannot for the life of me understand how you can get mad at them. The answer is magnets, but even if it was just gravity working fictionally, IT'S STAR WARS. Why accept sound in space and a million other fantasy things but draw the line at that?

@D2RCR 4 ай бұрын

Not to mention those bombs aren't the only ones in canon that fall vertically (the proton bombs dropped by Y-wings during the Battle of Scarif also do this).

@Compucles 4 ай бұрын

@@D2RCR Also, don't forget about the TIEs bombing the asteroid field in "Empire Strikes Back" despite the limited gravity.

@D2RCR 4 ай бұрын

@@Compucles Good catch, I had totally forgotten about those because it was such a brief scene.

@KurtEspinosa 4 ай бұрын

Why was Jabba called a human being by Han Solo although in the re-releases he is a hutt?

@D2RCR 4 ай бұрын

Jabba was originally conceptualized as a human (and in fact he *was* a human in the original version of the scene where Han meets with Jabba in the docking bay), but I'm pretty sure he's just being sarcastic.

@thatiowan3581 4 ай бұрын

🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

@jemilumanzor7049 4 ай бұрын

I love this new way to answer questions from a movie in a copilation video, perfect for new star wars fans who just recently saw the movies and I have to congratulate the effort and dedication you have out onto this long video as also the updating of the star wars timeline video each year.

@user-yq9im9dk9z 4 ай бұрын

The only problem is anticipating when Dave Filoni will retcon a book from this video and the answer becomes null 😮

@kds5065 4 ай бұрын

Awesome video you two! And I really appreciate both the real-life and in-universe answers when appropriate.

@prickly10000 3 ай бұрын

It's cute seeing someone try to fit the trouble Disney canon into the real films. The only thing impressive about its writing is how much they broke continuity to push crap

@faithlessberserker5921 2 ай бұрын

1000%

@MSeanMcManus 4 ай бұрын

I'd always figured the medals were given for rescuing the Princess and delivering the DS plans more than the battle. Since two other pilots didn't receive medals it makes more sense that is has to do with that than the actual DS battle.

@havencircle 2 ай бұрын

I actually have a different answer for why Leia spoke with an English accent sometimes and not others. Padme had done exactly the same thing. Padme in her role of Queen of Naboo would switch accents for various reasons. As Queen, it was important to sound formal, regal, and official in her role. When in duress or around people she felt she could trust or in disguise, the accent was no longer present. Leia followed the same mindset. If she was under duress, the accent faded or went away. While she felt she was acting as Princess of Alderaan, she kept up the accent.

@AStupidID 4 ай бұрын

I always think I know everything there is to know about these movies, then you always come in and give me like a million more facts I didn't know haha. Great work as always :).

@roninevans6795 4 ай бұрын

Regarding Obi-wan and R4, being a more traditional Jedi who had few possessions aside from robes and his saber. He may have never considered R4 as any kind of personal property but rather an asset of the Jedi order similar to how you described her being assigned to him.

@whitleybayman123 4 ай бұрын

Great vid. As someone who saw the movies at the cinema first time around I love how this one movie has so much expanded content, movies animation and live action. The truth is, Lucas had not written anymore of the story, did not have a backstory and had not written the prequels. This was just one fantastic movie that we all just enjoyed at the time. No nitpicking, no mention of canon and all of that toxic stuff. I still call this one Star Wars, and not A New Hope as thats not what it was called in 1977. Cant wait for more in this series. Great work putting this together. Thankyou.

@user-nm2gp4ct9p Ай бұрын

Question 41: was 3PO the very first prototype of protocol droid? And a follow up question: how did Anakin, a nine-year-old slave, create programming for a Galactic protocol droid?

@Jack_Stafford 3 ай бұрын

A much better answer for how princess Leia was followed through hyperspace is that someone installed a *tracking* device, and this was official Canon until disney. The Star Wars radio adaptation was fully supported by lucasfilm and starred Mark Hamill Anthony Daniels and basically turned the first Star Wars movie into a 6-hour fleshed out story that included many things dropped from the movie like stories of Luke and Biggs on tatooine. Also some details about why princess Leia was under suspicion for her previous actions on alderaan and other missions to areas suspected of Rebel activity. But how princess Leia's ship was followed was, a spy on board had smuggled on a homing beacon, and this is one of the reasons that Captain Antilles told her that no one on the ship could be trusted and programmed R2-D2 to take the plans for her. This explains why she trusted a robot over one of her bodyguards or soldiers and also how she was followed through hyperspace. That radio adaptation is brilliant, it's on youtube, every Star for Star Wars fan should listen to it it provides so much more depth to the characters, since it was produced by lucasfilm it has all of the real music sound effects and additional ones from their catalog that eventually made their way into the other movies. And some truly incredible scenes, Darth Vader's torture of princess Leia is absolutely blood curdling, with Brock Peters as the voice of Darth Vader , that series is brilliant.

@FellVoice 4 ай бұрын

Looking forward to the follow up videos on the other movies!

@paulaccuardi9071 4 ай бұрын

I’ve heard that ponda bobas arm bled because his species is very spider like, so his body moves by flowing blood into the extremities, which means there is just too much blood to cauterize fully.

@TheRealCodeBlack 4 ай бұрын

I'm glad you didn't bother with the old "did Luke push the torpedo into the Death Star with the force" question. I always thought that particular question was too silly to take very seriously, despite how popular it became (IIRC, it's because Robot Chicken or something made a joke about it, right?).

@lastguyminn2324 4 ай бұрын

One of the questions I've always had is how is it that on a space station the size of a small moon every place our heroes needed to go was within easy walking distance? Always felt like an extreme coincidence that no one ever needed to take some sort of public transportation to get around a place so immense.

@Compucles 4 ай бұрын

Well, Obi-wan only needed to shut down the closest tractor beam. I do agree that it was rather lucky that the Detention Level with Leia's cell was so close, although they did need to use a lift (elevator) to get there.

@CYB3RC0RP 25 күн бұрын

@@Compucles Perhaps it's like a Star Trek turbo lift.

@maeve4686 Ай бұрын

My question is why Lucas used so much smoke during the initial battle on the Tantive 4 so it's like a smoke screen? It looks like Lucas added more smoke than necessary. Reminds me of a WW2 Battleship puffing out a smoke screen to avoid being hit. I thought too much smoke in subsequent fights in the initial movies was always present...

@seansmagee 2 ай бұрын

Thank you. I hate when I see questions like this and people say “it’s just a movie, don’t worry about it.” Just because it’s a fiction doesn’t mean there can’t be in-universe explanations.

@jakefrechette3224 4 ай бұрын

Looks like it's time to watch New Hope again!

@ericjette7830 3 ай бұрын

In an early comic it was stated that Chewbacca did received a medal but was too tall for Leia to pass the medal around his neck.

@yhctower 4 ай бұрын

Really enjoyed this video concept and look forward to the other videos in this series !

@michaelramon2411 4 ай бұрын

If you think about it, "Skywalker" essentially means "space traveler," so it would make sense for it to be a very common name throughout the galaxy.

@Smartass_Jedi 4 ай бұрын

I've been following you guys a long time, and this is one of your best videos ever. Nice job!

@plugs313 Ай бұрын

Seeing this for the first time in '77 (first week it came out) I remember thinking "why the heck are they having to fly down this trench so far when all they had to do was shoot it from straight above and another thing, why didn't they have three of their ships fly top escort and intercept any Tie fighters coming at them from behind". this infuriated me then and it still does. I tend to nit-pick like this a lot... "Sigh!"

@thecheesegod7 4 ай бұрын

This is one of the best videos youve ever made! Love it!!

@Ohwhale79 4 ай бұрын

LOVE THIS CONCEPT!!!! Great idea Molly!! I've been watching Star Wars my entire life, I went to see The Empire Strikes Back when I was a baby (IT COUNTS) and I still learned a couple of things!! I'll definitely keep watching this series!

@lordhosk 4 ай бұрын

Biggs says in the deletes scenes that the empire is taking over the starfleet which is why he and his friends are going to jump ship next time the go to a core planet. This implies that the academy Luke is talking about joining isn't specifically a Imperial academy but maybe a sector defense fleet academy. Han also talks about "Outrunning Imperial ships not just local cruisers but Correlian ships" Both of these imply that there is a local and a imperial fleet at the time of a new hope and that the academy Luke wanted to go to was said local fleet academy not the imperial one, although the Empire was it would seem, consolidating all the fleets under their control.

@randyfant2588 3 ай бұрын

One thing, at Yavin the Rebels weren't short of fighters, they were short of pilots. I just assumed that guy was "a pilot" who died sometime during the battle but not shown.

@DavidLLambertmobile 3 ай бұрын

True BTS stuff: 1- the X wing R&D was based on funny cars, drag racers 🏁 this look was meant to impress George Lucas, appeal to him; which it did! 2- Luke since he was new, no combat flying was going to fly a "high tech" Y wing bomber in the mission. The set, art dept could not get a full Y wing ready for scenes so changes, dialog was redone to have Luke & R2 use a X Wing craft. 3- Star Wars, 1977 "Rebels" used stolen, custom, outlawed ships, weapons, parts, gear. Rebel spys, engineers, supply crews tinkered with ships, old weapons to use in combat. This often gave them a advantage against TIEs ATATs storm troopers etc.