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I gotta admit, Vader turning up at the end of Rogue One really gave me the joysies. But the plans being handed to Leia at the very end, and seeing the late Carrie Fisher in her young CGI form tied things together in such a nice flourish I really appreciated. I knew where it was going, obviously, but it still had a huge impact. I did like seeing Vader being a badass. He's a menacing presence in the movies always, obviously, but besides some smaller skirmishes with Luke, we never really get to see the connection in awesome lightsaber wield and force use from Anakin to the powerful presence Vader had. Rogue One gave us that. It was fan service but also served a narrative purpose, and I like those moments the best. This is also what has made Mandalorian such an awesome series. It's Star Wars without being Star Wars but also while really being Star Wars. It's just enough of everything to feel perfect, and never over the top or underwhelming. Alas, I'm rambling. Thanks for your video, Adam. Entertaining and enlightening as always.

What makes the scene of Chewbacca welding even better is when you see the original footage, before they dubbed the roaring in. Chewbacca bellowing, "Where the 'ell 've you been? Tell 'em we're leavin'!"

"It is too late for me, son" heartbreaking, even after 4 decades

Owen and Beru's house interior. Inspires and amazes me to this day. So cozy, yet full of technological wonder.

My favorite scene from Star Wars is Luke looking at the twin suns of Tatooine and wishing for more from his life! The introduction of the lightsaber between Ben and Luke is my favorite hardware scene!

My favorite Star Wars scene was Darth Vader plowing through those Rebel soldiers at the end of Rogue One a Star Wars Story. It was terrifying.

I think my favorite scene is in a new hope when the x wings go in to attack mode to start the attack run on the death star. That shot of them all doing the wing thing is so sick.

I love the short from WallE, when he is welding the clearance lights. I love the effort he puts into replacing it. Thank you for sharing.

The Mandalorian learning Grogu's name. You could tell it brought him so much joy and it just kept coming. He was somehow able to finally, finally communicate with him, even at the lowest level of communication it was SOMETHING and the Mandalorian was just loving it and got a kick out of it so much.

With you on the V&A. Being a Londoner, I have visited many times and still find little corners that I've never been to before. Such a joy to go there without a plan as to what you want to see. Thx Adam for your infectious enthusiasm.

Has to be the title crawl for me. Even as a kid, watching Star Wars for the first time, knowing nothing about it. The moment after the 20th century fox intro, when everything falls silent and the "... galaxy far, far away" "comes up, and then the "Star Wars" title and the music just explode in your face - I immediately understood, this was going to be a life-changing experience.

The falcon escaping the doomed Death Star. Not only was it an awesome climatical sequence, but the old school way it was filmed and the shot achieved makes it Star Wars gold.

When Yoda lifts the x-wing... Immortal moment

I think it would be awesome to see a one day build/series of you building a custom ship you feel would fit into the Star Wars universe!!

My favorite moment in Star Wars is when the Rebel Fleet jumps out of hyperspace over Scariff, and the introduction to all the pilots and Admiral Raddus. Everything about that moment in Rogue One was fantastic, and never have I been so happy in a Star Wars experience as when I saw Red Leader and Gold Leader, the real ones from Episode 4, show up there. There were moments of "Oh hey, that guy." and "Oh look, it's them." before, but that was like "Holy crap, they're here! That's awesome!!"

In Force Awakens when Chewie hands Han Solo his jacket, like a doting mother not wanting him to catch a cold. The POV Snow Speeders shots, in Empire Strikes Back, when they're out looking for Han and Luke, was quite a sight to behold on a cinema screen.

The star wars scene that brings me the most joy is actually in the Mandalorian - Boba Fett's armour has these little knee rockets, which you didn't see get used in the original trilogy - I remember as a kid reading a star wars fact file or illustrated guide that outlined what everything in the armour does, which mentioned the knee rockets - when it became sort of obvious that boba fett was about to actually use the knee rockets in the mandalorian, I found myself literally chanting "knee rockets! knee rockets!" at the screen, and still can't help but do it on subsequent viewings.

I always go with Luke standing on the dunes , watching the duel sunset, no special effects to speak of ,Said a lot to me. Too many awesome moments to actually choose one . My Millennium Falcon is a 1989 Isuzu Trooper, looks like Hell but runs like a sewing machine.

My favorite scene is when Peter finds the sofa. 🙂

My favourite scene covers both what makes me happiest, AND pleases me from an SFX point of view, and that scene is the asteroid chase soon after the Battle of Hoth in The Empire Strikes Back. Visually there is so much going on here with different sized vehicles moving as dynamically as they do in all of Star Wars media, even the latest from today. It’s an SFX tour de force, and it was done completely analogue, which is so impressive. Added to this is the way that Harrison Ford completely stole the show in that film. Han Solo IS the main character in Empire, and the dynamic between him and the rest of the cast was awesome. Solo, combined with the Falcon, combined with that chase scene, combined with how he manages all of the problems right there in the moment, always brings me joy to watch.

Fifi, the only flying B29 Superfortress is in town this week (seen it before). Always fun to view the front gunner's position which the Falcon gunner port was modeled after.

Starlog had a great article about Star Wars months before the movie was released. My friend and I scoured that article, and every time a scene depicted in the article arrived in the movie, I thought 'wow, this is really happening, and it's even better than I imagined.' Of course, every scene of A Last Hope is now genetically encoded into my brain.

"It's working.. It's working" The pod race start. Use that every time I'm successful in doing something. Even if it's just me opening the door.

Not only has Adam watched Firefly. He has seen the behind the scenes making of!? That's fantastic! But did you watch them all with commentary? Side note: lack of a second audio track featuring commentary is what I hate most about streaming services.

Luke showing up in Mandalorian has brought me the most joy in the Star Wars universe

Wheellock riffles look gorgeous. But in a sand environment, they feel too exposed, maybe?

Chewbacca welding on the Millennium Falcon did a great job of dragging me into the movie.

the V&A is an amazing museum, others concentrate on the first or the most important but the V&A concentrates on the best quality items it can get hold of

The scene that always brought me joy was in Empire, when the Falcon is flying over the surface of the big asteroid, and then the big loop before it goes down into the hole. I was always sort of dumbstruck by the beauty of that shot--the fluidity of the way the ship banks and curves and so forth.

Joy as a fan will always be, for me, the Falcon being enveloped in the flames in the escape of the Death Star only for the flames to explode from the access and then the Falcon flies out of the flames. My smile will always be so wide every time I see that moment.

What an amazing bunch of questions, that led into great answers!

The royal guard costume for me was almost the most superb.

My God those wheellock guns are absolutely steampunk. Beautiful works of art.

i think what gets me most is the beginning of Jedi when Luke appears at Jabbas to rescue Han. the last time we seen them Luke was under cloud city holding onto a tiny little wire antennae hanging on for life, his hand just got severed and he was absolutely mentally crushed from finding out the truth about his father. he was as beaten and defeated as he could possibly be, physically mentally and morally. Han was just frozen and taken away and we have no idea if he is alive, and Leia, Chewy and Lando are fleeing for their lives. everyone is just down and out. so just seeing Luke back on his feet and confident and a journey to save his friend use to really get me.

I've always been a huge fan of the assassin and battle droids. I wish they would do more with them even though droids are mostly hated in the new star wars universe because of the clone wars. That scene with the SBD's was awesome.

Every single star wars scene bring me joy!!!!

For me, as a fan: -Luke raising his ship in TRoS -the last half hour of Rogue One -When Luke lowers his saber and Vader tells him "Obi-Wan...has taught you well." -The reveal of Yoda in ESB. Every time, I try and forget that Yoda is that silly puppet, and try to expect Yoda to be a Great Warrior. -most scenes with Grogu, but especially when he's with Ahsoka -When DeathWatch shows up to help Mando - "Chewie..we're home" As a modeler/maker/ FX fan: -The Battle of Endor -The last half hour of Rogue One -Seeing SLAVE I rotating from inside the ship on the Mandalorian.

i love building models and my favorite thing to do is personalize the ships. the best part to me at least is building a story as to why that little box or tube is where it is. maybe im weird but its fun to me.

The very moment R2D2 launches the lightsaber from Jabba the Hutts barge. You realise that Luke had planned the resource of Solo and their escape all along, hiding the lightsaber and knowing R2D2 would deliver when needed.

Star Wars was the first movie I ever deliberately went to see more than once. My young nephew wanted to see it again and I had enjoyed the movie (a lot), so I took him. That's when I discovered that rewatching a good movie was just like rereading a good book. So what if you knew the end, you can still go along for the ride.

The Asteroid field chase in ESB for me. Just in awe of the way the Falcons n is chased by the TIE fighters.

I love the Rancor behind Adam.

I loved the scene when Han turned to Chewy and says oh, your cold ! Hoping you make a gaffi stick

I loved the scene where Luke is looking out at the Binary suns of tattooine.

Re: the Tusken Raider's gun I heartily encourage you and anyone else here to check out Forgotten Weapons' video on the Afghan Jezail.

I think my favorite scene is Luke flying away from the exploding death star in an Imperial Shuttle. You see the surface of the Death Star just breaking down as the shuttle is flying away, as if the Death Star is just collapsing back into the chaos that spawned it. It's finally all about to be over.

The intro of Episode III flying through the battle

The Millennium Falcon flying out of the exploding Death Star was always my favorite scene.

Scene that brings me joy as a fan: I loved when Rey first flew the Falcon, when Vader laid waste to the crew in the hallway on the Tantive IV in Rogue 1, and having recently started the Mandalorian, the end credits. That music is so good and I love getting to see the concept art. That or any time the Mandalorian is a straight up western. Scene I love as a fellow builder and model maker: any time I can recognize parts from model kits I've made, for example, there are several parts on the exteriors of ships I recognize as car and airplane parts. That's always fun, like "hey that's an exhaust manifold from a 67 Camaro" or whatever.

Interesting question about if you'd design your own ship. Definitely an idea you should try, we'd all love to see a one day (but not in one day) build of your own custom ship!

I have a few ones: -The first Lightsaber Duel (Vader vs. Obi-Wan) -The first Death Star Destruction -Battle of Hoth -seeing the Sky City for the first time -“No Luke, I am your Father” -the great battle of Endor - The final duel between Luke and Vader

ALL OF THEM!!!

Duh... Millennium Falcon coming out of the Death Star as the flames catch up with, AND OEVERTAKE, it. Such sweet release.

When Luke took off Vader's helmet. Just waiting to see what he looked like.

I haven't been for 20yrs. But enjoyed the tower of London and the weapons collection.

All those with Picard!

Palpatine revealing himself as a Sith to Anakin when watching the opera was an awesome moment.

Would like to see your own design for a Star Wars spacecraft cockpit.

Your land cruiser is awesome

“Porkins” not being able to hold it , ALWAYS bring me joy!

In A New Hope they dressed up an Afghan Jazeel for the tusken rifle.

In exterior model design, there should be a equivalent of Jedi Master. Who do you think qualifies as a Greebli Master?

Was just thinking of mandalorian today 🤟🏻 and star wars in general

Wheellocks are definitely gorgeous weapons, but not so much for a Victorian/steampunk setting. Their heyday was about 200 years older than that, but that makes them great for pirate costumes.🏴‍☠️

Y-Wing fighter! So cool.

I would love to see you make a full on neo pixel lightsaber as a one day build.

I had a Millenium Falcon car too! The day I had to finally put her down was soooo sad!

Joy? All of Empire Strikes Back? Seriously, though, ALL - filmed and implied - of them inside the asteroid space slug. It always makes me feel a bit like I'm there, or, this REALLY happened a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away. Perfect scene/s. I could write a book on that part of the story. Suspense, Character development. Humor. Plot. Beauty. Danger. Comfort. Overcoming problems. Joy.

Not only was MIchael Biehn in the episode of The Mandalorian you mentioned but Diana Lee Inosanto. She's the god daughter of Bruce Lee!

I have to admit, when I think of "British colonial rifles" - which I actually do, more often than one might expect - wheellocks aren't what usually come to mind. Mostly because, as far as I recall, wheelocks as a technology where complicted and unreliable and vanished rapidly as soon as flintlocks were developed. So for me, the phrase "British colonial rifle" brings to mind either the classic "Brown Bess" musket (yes, I know that technically a musket isn't a rifle, but honestly most wheellocks weren't rifles either. Adam is clearly using "rifle" as a synonym for "longarm," and because English is a very flexible language we all know what he means), the primary British longarm during the colonisation of the Americas and Australasia, or the Martini-Henry, which was the primary British longarm during the so-called "Scramble for Africa" and the British *government's* colonisation of India. (Martini-Henrys are used prominently in the movie Zulu, at least in the foreground.) Wheellocks are more of a technical curiousity from before the era of colonialism really got started... which maybe makes them a less complicated thing, emotionally speaking, to build a prop around? A wheellock blaster would certainly be very cool! Also, may I note that I love how Adam's favourite scene as a builder is basically "This is the scene that lets me imagine I'm an IN-CHARACTER builder." :D

Agree

I want to see a build series where Adam Savage works on his "Millennium Faulcon" (land cruiser)... =p

Vader chopping his way down the hall in Rogue One. First time we saw badass warrior Vader on film.

The feeling I get when the Falcon theme plays in The Last Jedi as they fly through the crystal caves on Crait practically brings me to joyful tears every time.

I like the ornateness of the wheel-lock examples in the V&A Museum, but I feel like the wheel lock itself is less understood by modern audiences. If you look at a plain wheel lock, it doesn't look like an antique gun, it looks like some sci-fi device embedded in the side like you're trying to hide a Romulan disruptor while fighting alongside a primitive culture. Audiences are more primed to expect cap-and-ball or later. Almost all of the steampunk aesthetic derives from Hollywood cowboy movie tropes with gears and a brass rivet Bedazzler applied. Wheel lock is a beautiful mechanism and very interesting in action when you realize how it works, but to get a modern audience to understand it, you kind of have to hide the wheel lock itself so people pay attention to the touch cord and flash pan. That said, it's perfect for a base for a Tuskan Raider. We already expect it to fire plasma bolts, so the quasi-futuristic look of the wheel-lock mechanism embedded in an otherwise antique rifle is exactly the right aesthetic. You can also mix the hyper-ornate with the plain and cover it all with weathering and dust to really sell the hodge-podge look and give it a visual story. I do love the attempts to expand steampunk outside of the "American west plus brass" mindset, but while there are amazing examples of steampunk applied to other cultures, the bulk of the aesthetic is still Euro-centric.

The tusken slugthrower is based on the jezail rifles usMiddke the Middle East. Their use and history really draws comparisons between the tusken raiders and our history.

Asteroid field. Best action sequence

If I were to design a ship of course the exterior but I would have to also do the interior

I love how hearing impaired actor, Troy Kotsur, developed his own sign language the sand people used in The Mandalorian.

A Tusken Raider costume WOULD be really good for going to conventions incognito 😁👍

Chewie we're home - caused me to burst into tears. infact i cant even watch the disneyland meet and greets where chewie meets little kids - that also makes me burst into tears. im a 50 yo man with a beard tatts and a big belly and i cry like a baby

The end credits!

The part where what's-her-name does that thing and then the bad guy is like " ahh...no way she can do that!" and then that other thing happens, yeah that's my favorite.

Im not ashamed to admit the opening scroll music on a new star wars movie movie brings me to tears

The shadow falling over the Star Destroyer in ESB as we hear the iconic music.

Look at 'Jezzail'. That's more of a direct lineage for a Tuskan Rifle for you

06:16 - Hey, editor - you okay?

Had a 1979 FJ40 Landcruiser. Tool box under one rear seat and box of parts under the other. People would watch me fixing it in a parking lot, hard to tell if the were jealous or felt sorry for me...

The entire Hoth sequence for me is still the best piece of movie making ever made! Still stands up against today's cgi efforts! As for individual scenes I'll still go with Hoth and the scene where the snowspeeders find Han and Luke!

Personally I like the Afghan classic rifles for a sand-people rifle. Like the one that features in "The Beast" movie about the tank lost in the canyons

My number one is the younglings scene

I also wanted to crew on the Falcon....... We ALL friggen did !!!!!!!! :)

The one where the door opens and their is darth maul ,,,ready to get it on..

I love how literally nothing from the sequels made the list

I would love to see Adam make a duct tape and bailing wire custom Y-wing, something from the dregs of the Alliance fleets, not the stars of the main squadrons, the B-team ships that you know have had more than one pilot get blasted in them and the ship salvaged and re-flown because why waste good equipment?

( Going to look for Katee's "squeee!" response video... :-D )

I would have to say there's little bit of "binging" syndrome going on, because the episode with Katee Sackhoff/Bo-Katan is two episodes before the episode with Michael Biehn. I originally thought he met Ahsoka Tano/Rosario Dawson and scenes with Grogu (which was the episode with Biehn) and just misspoke. But then he named Katee Sackhoff, so I think it was just episodes crashing together. And that's okay, because it's all one story!

The Tusken Raider's cycler rifles are based on Jezail flintlock rifles often used in the middle east especially Afghans so an English colonial rifle with intricate metal work probably is not the best match.

Yoda salvaging the X-Wing from the swamp on Dagobah. Yoda's confrontation with Dooku. Yoda leading the aerial rescue of Obi-Wan and Anakin.