Uhmmmm should I watch the rest in release order? I’m hearing different things lol

31:42 "Can't Vader use the Force to not spin out?" No way! He loves spinning! :D

Someone else commented that the wipes, those transitions, are an homage to Japanese director Akira Kurosawa. In fact, the outline of the story for this first Star Wars movie was strongly inspired by Kurosawa's great epic, "The Hidden Fortress," which George Lucas loved. In that film, there are a pair of bungling, comical, bickering peasants/soldiers who in Star Wars became R2D2 and C3PO. There's also a princess on the run in need of rescue, dramatic sword fights (which became lightsabers), and much more. That would make a great reaction after this one!

The transitions were supposed to be a throwback to the old time serials that George Lucas grew up watching. That's why the movie resembles a live-action cartoon of sorts. Great reaction. Episode 5 is my favorite!!

3PO and R2 are 100% the main characters for the whole series. Not only are they awesome, but they're the only ones to appear in all 9 movies

Watching in Release order is the BEST way to watch Star Wars.

You've taken your first step into a larger world. Like you said, Star Wars is a very intimidating franchise right now with so many movies and TV series let alone books and comics. I'd recommend sticking with the movies and if you really want more of the universe, the TV shows are the next step. Hopefully you fall in love with the whole universe like so many of us have

On the lame light saber battle, one reason for that is actor Alec Guinness was somewhat elderly which was written into the part as Obewan admited he was too old for battle and Darth Vader taunted him about his weak powers (although Guinness did some training with a fencing choreographer so he could at least pass as an aging master), but probably the main reason was the SFX technique for the light saber was new and so limited dynamically.

Yes watch in release order. There are reveals that will be fun and shocking if you do it that way. When you get to finish the prequals you will have all your questions answered. This movie was originally called just "Star Wars". There was no episode 4 or a New Hope. That was added later when Lucas remastered the originals.

There’s a lot to Star Wars. The movies are three trilogies: original, prequel and sequel. It’s best to see them in that order, with Rogue One after the prequels. Also, this series had literally industry-revolutionizing special effects. They were stunning in the theaters. The version you’re watching has added cgi from the past few years and from 24 years ago. These movies draw inspiration from history of empires and democracies, Nazi Germany (thus, the term “stormtrooper”), and mythology. It draws from science fiction and from the sci fi movie serials of the 1930s. That’s why the transitions look the way they do. Each movie continues in the next one, with cliffhangers. That’s how the movie serials were. It’s why each movie is a chapter.

The transitions are a homage to Japanese director Akira Kurosawa, who would do that in his films. And I believe the desert scenes were filmed in Tunisia. That's all the trivia I got for you. *edit* I forgot one more! The Planets suite by Gustav Holst heavily influenced the music for these movies. Give it a listen, it's pretty good classical music

your facial expressions are SO FUNNY omg 😭 i love how your mom actually just predicted the future with the gift too, lol. and YES r2 definitely counts as a fav character!!! he really carries the whole series on his back :’) (& c3p0, & eventually bb8, of course, bc the droids are the best 🥺) I haven’t seen this film since I was a kid but watching it now with you is so interesting bc the kenobi show is still fresh in my mind & it really adds to the character interactions here!!! but i can't wait to see you watch the rest :') (also can't wait for oscar isaac to show up & really keep the dune vibes going 😅) also “do they not have some sort of blaster training?” killed me lmao 💀

R2D2 retains the complete memory of ALL events, never having had his memory wiped, whereas C3p0 has had at least 1 reboot done. R2 is telling the stories, [ in 6 million different languages] and R2 supplies the facts and memories to tell.

11:53 Dune references; George Lucas's space opera hero when he was a kid was Flash Gordon, originally a comic strip character created by Alex Raymond in 1934, and made into three serial chapterplays in 1936, 1938, and 1940. Lucas borrows a lot from Flash Gordon including the use of archaic fantasy weapons like swords alongside "rayguns," spaceships dogfighting like fighter planes, and the crawling text "when-we-last-left-our-heroes" recap at the beginning of each episode. He was also a fan of Frank Herbert's Dune. After the success of "American Grafitti" he had enough juice with the studio (Fox) to choose his next project and his first choice was updated reboot of Flash Gordon. Fox told him he couldn't have it because DeLaurentis studios had the rights to it, so pick something else. His next choice was an adaptation of Dune. DeLaurentis had that too. So George said "screw it, I'm going to make my OWN damn space opera" and came up with Star Wars which is very much a Dune/Flash Gordon mash-up. (Ironically, the success of Star Wars enabled DeLaurentis to greenlight Flash Gordon 1981 and Dune 1984) When he went college he was introduced to Akira Kurosawa samurai movies and one of his professors was Joseph Campbell. The basic outline of Luke's story is based on Campbell's "Hero's Journey" monomyth theory and then Princess Leia, Obi-Wan, and The Droids were inspired by characters from Kurosawa's "Hidden Fortress" There's also a lot of classic cowboy movie influence, (he has a lot of John Ford in his film-maker DNA) as well as old WWII action adventure movies. 28:18 "Why'd that remind me of Top Gun?" One of George's favorites was "The Dambusters" 1955 was about a real-life squadron of allied bombers who, in a similar mission to the assault on The Death Star, had to fly down a canyon to line up a perfect shot to drop a bomb that would skip along the surface of the water like when you skip a rock, and then bounce up and hit the dam dead-center.

_A long time ago, in a movie theater about 50 miles away ..._ *THERE WAS NO EPISODE TITLE* The studio didn't think this film would make much money. Lucas was crossing his fingers that it didn't bomb. For all he knew, Lucas was making one standalone movie. "Episode IV" and "A New Hope" were added in later releases, to be in line with the numbering adopted with Episode V. I first saw _Star Wars_ in 1977, at the Indian Hills Theater in Omaha, Nebraska, US (a city of about 1M). The Indian Hills was one of the last remaining Cinerama theaters in existence (it's long gone, now). Cinerama was an experimental widescreen format seen in the 1950s and 1960s. It had an extremely curved screen, such that films shot in Cinerama used _three cameras_ and _three projectors_ : one for the center of the screen and one for each side. Everything had to be constantly synchronized so that the film looked normal onscreen. If you see Cinerama films on DVD/Bluray/streaming today, it often looks distorted on the left and right. This is caused by converting a curved film to a flat screen. So there I was at the Indian Hills at the tender age of 12 -- the film's precise target demographic. The Indian Hills seated 810 patrons: 662 on the main floor and 148 in the balcony. It was completely packed, as was every screening of _Star Wars_ until the film left theaters. I'd gotten to the theater rather late, forcing me to sit in the center seat of row one. This turned out to be fantastically good bad luck. Today, the center of row one is a terrible seat due to parallax distortion. In a theater the size of the Indian Hills, that distortion didn't exist because the screen was far enough away from the seats. However, it was close enough so that it filled my field of view from top to bottom. The screen was large and curved enough so that it filled my field of view from periphery to periphery. _Star Wars_ was shot in CinemaScope, a more popular experimental widescreen format of the era. While not technically the same as Cinerama, it still lent itself well to that screen. I watched _Star Wars_ with the film filling my entire field of view from top-to-bottom and side-to-side. I didn't have to turn my head to watch it unless I wanted to, and I usually didn't. It was an astonishingly immersive experience. Not even IMAX comes close. Add to that the massive audience reaction that shouldn't be overlooked. It was a shared experience that I've only seen at _Infinity War_ and _Endgame_ on their opening nights, when there were a lot of fans present. This audience reaction happened at every screening, in every theater, everywhere in the world, until _Star Wars_ left the screens. Imagine 810 people all cheering, clapping, jumping to their feet, and occasionally crying all at once. The shared experience was amazing, as it fed on itself. No one held back, it just kept growing and growing until the destruction of the Death Star -- which prompted massive roaring from the audience. The film itself was like nothing put to the screen at that time. While cinematically based on old _Flash Gordon_ and _Buck Rogers_ movie serials of the 1930s, this was a big-budget, big-screen version like nothing anyone had ever seen before. It completely changed science fiction on the movie screen. Until that time, you occasionally got a good science fiction film, but they tended to be years apart. After _Star Wars_ , there were multiple good science fiction movies every year, a trend that continues to this very day. There would be no modern _Star Trek_ without _Star Wars_ . _Star Wars_ was such a massive hit for 20th Century-Fox that Paramount quickly looked around and said, "Aha! We have this _Star Trek_ thing that Trekkies are always saying they want more of. Let's make it into a movie!" Thus _Star Trek - The Motion Picture_ was released in 1979. Without that, there would be no _Star Trek_ today. _Star Wars_ changed filmmaking from a business perspective. The film grabbed audiences like nothing seen in the entire history of cinema. While _Jaws_ was technically the first summer blockbuster, _Star Wars_ cemented summer as the time to release action-heavy, family-friendly films. The special effects of _Star Wars_ were utterly innovative, and the tools created by the likes of John Dykstra became commonplace in films that don't even have special effects. Almost all special effects in the Original Trilogy were achieved either in-camera, with optical effects, miniatures, extremely detailed paintings, or a combination of those techniques. CGI that allows an entire film to be shot on a green screen wasn't even a glimmer in anyone's eye. In 1977, the most advanced computers were the size of an SUV and didn't have the computing power of your phone. CGI as a primary filmmaking technique wasn't popularized until _Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow_ in 2004. By then, computing power/square centimeter had skyrocketed exponentially. The special effects spawned Industrial Light and Magic, a company created and owned by George Lucas. ILM is still in existence today, constantly innovating with new technologies to create visual effects for many, many films and TV series. From it's inception, ILM has been considered the gold standard of VFX companies. In short, this film was nothing like what had come before. It changed _everything about cinema_ . And I got to see it with an audience of 810, on a screen so immersive that I got nauseous during the Trench Run.

They didn't start off calling it Episode IV A New Hope it was renamed in 1981, most likely because they didn't figure they were going to do so many of them despite what they claimed, That's why they couldn't explain Obi-Wan telling Luke your father wanted you to have the lightsaber when you got older.

Actually Star Wars was NOT to be the studio's summer blockbuster hit. That was Damnation Alley. But DA got delayed due to technical effects that the studio decided to put SW out so they had something in the theaters. But SW was such a huge phenomenal hit that the studios kept it in the theaters and DA was released for only a couple weeks as it could not compete with SW. Very nice reaction. Thanks.

Hi. I don't know if this has already been answered, but originally the first three movies were simply titled "Star Wars" (1977), "The Empire Strikes Back" (1980) and "Return Of The Jedi" (1983). In 1981 the title of the first film was renamed "Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope" because they started thinking about a series of prequel movies to those currently produced/in production and in 1997 they did the same thing with the other two episodes. Currently, as I understand it, Disney has commercially eliminated the numbering (it's thought) to be more accesible to "newcomers" to the franchise, who if faced with episode 7 (for example) may be discouraged from watching it because they are unaware of the other six and with the concern of not understanding anything about their "hole" in the plot. As far as advice on which order to go in the vision, I always recommend the release order. This is because for me it's much more interesting to see the main story first and then to find out how it all started and how it continued. If, on the other hand, I watched everything from episode 1 of 1999, I wouldn't have another movie that satisfies my curiosity about how those events happened (perhaps in the future they will create stories of this type, but at the moment there are none, at least as far as the “canonical” movies). Greetings from Italy.

1. IRL Sir Alec Guinness didn't want to play Obi Wan, He thought the entire premise was silly, but his wife talked him into taking it The rest is history. 2. This episode of the saga was released first because Lucas felt it was the easiest one to make and provide an outstanding product with the technology they had at the time. 3. This movie came out way before CGI was available. The scene with Jabba the Hutt, the large critters outside the cantina and the ones being ridden by the stormtroopers are CGI and was put in later with the 25 years anniversary edition. 4. The BEST way to watch these are in the order they were released. Keep in mind that we had to wait years between episodes. there wasn't any internet or memes like. "I am your father" as spoilers. 5. The scene in the detention center where Han Solo ends up saying "how are you" is a goof on Harrison Ford's part. He forgot his lines. 🤣 6. In an appearance on Johnny Carson when this came Carrie Fisher said the Chewy is a 300-year-old Wookie. 7. Obi Wan didn't die. He went into the force. 8. The smirk and shrug Chewy gives Luke after he scares the little black droid is 🤣 9. Welcome aboard. You're in for a hell of a ride.

My favourite bit of trivia from this movie is this: When they were preparing these films for re-release, they found a mistake round the time when they were trapped in the trash compactor. One of the storm troopers hits its head on a doorway, and it was too late to re-shoot, so they decided to add the sound effect. BTW, many of the later movies and series related to the Star Wars franchise are considered far inferior to the original trilogy by a large number of people.

"I don't like long intros" You're gonna love the opening crawl

The original three are masterpieces. See the next one.

The Special Effects were ground breaking back in 1977, it literally changed the game.

I will echo everyone else and say release order! The symbols on Luke's helmet are the symbol of the Rebellion (which is also why its andor's symbol because that is all about the rebellion). Luke wasn't the only survivor! There was the other X-wing pilot, Wedge, and then some person we don't meet! So only three lived of the entire mission... Glad you enjoyed star wars and hope you continue enjoy it!

Welcome to the Star Wars Lore 💫

Star Wars: A New Hope was designed as a stand-alone film with a self-contained story, that also had the possibility of having future films added to it. (There are bits of business within this film that foreshadow/setup moments that are paid off in other films in the series.). George Lucas hedged his bets. He thought that the most likely outcome at the time, would be that this one Star Wars film would be 'not all that successful' and that no future films would be made. Lucas envisioned the films to be 'big versions' of the cheap movie serials (from the 1930s) he watched as a kid, in which every installment was a chapter. He began with 'Episode IV' in part, because this part of the story was possible to make with 1975 technology (pre-CGI and with way less powerful computers). Also, his storytelling sensibility was a preference for the viewer to be dumped into the story "in the middle" - which often corresponded to the 'movie serial' experience: "This story depends on the stuff that happened in the last chapter, and that left the theater 3 weeks ago. If you or your friends didn't see that, you don't have the backstory, and would just have to 'scramble' to enjoy the film as best you could, without that context." It also corresponded to what Lucas experienced when first exposed to Kurosawa films in film school: He could follow the simple story, but the larger Japanese society was unfamiliar and disorienting to him - a feeling which he liked & wanted to reproduce. I agree w/the 'mainstream' view here: seeing the films in release order, is best. Seeing the films NOT in release order, isn't the end of the world, but each film contains certain surprises: You're supposed to learn this item HERE, not before or after. You can still enjoy the films in a different order, but your viewing experience won't match the designer's intentions.

Lucas had always planned on a serial series of movies that paid homage to the Saturday Matinee serials that kids would go to at the movie theatres before television. But he didn't have the money so he did a "pretend " serial. It wasn't called " Episode IV until after V was released.

They look clear because they’ve been remastered. I would recommend watching them in release order.

"They haven't said: may the force be with you...have they?" During the briefing on how to destroy the Death Star, the General says: "...man your ships, and may the force be with you." Han tells Luke: "may the force be with you," before he leaves as a sort of kind gesture. Before leaving to shut off the tractor beam Obi-Wan says to Luke: "the force will be with you, always." (Not precisely, "may the force be with you," but it has the same meaning behind it).😁😁

Definitely watch this in release order. For those that grew up watching the movies it feels better that way. The reason this is episode 4 is cause Lucas had the whole story written but could only do a portion of it (not many film companies had faith in it) so he chose the “meaty” part of the story and would do the others if this movie did well. He didn’t even go to the premier. He was in Hawaii with Spielberg working on Indiana Jones. Back when this came out it wasn’t Episode 4 or called A New Hope. The episode was added when Lucas decided to do the prequels (1-3). Growing up after Return of the Jedi came out the movies were just known as Star Wars (now A New Hope), Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. The versions on Disney+ are the newer versions that have all the changes Lucas did which upset some fans. Once technology got to a point where Lucas could do what he envisioned he made the changes and re-released them. He pretty much quit making movies and sold Lucasfilm to Disney cause fans were complaining that he was ruining what he created. They weren’t understanding that if Lucas made the change or did something a certain way is cause that’s how the story is in his head. The reason R2 & 3PO had to stay outside at the bar is they weren’t allowed in the bar. There was a sensor at the door that brought attention to droids. It was mainly a prejudice against droids. The reason the stormtrooper still had to watch the room after the droids left cause it was a like a security station that’s supposed to be manned. Stormtroopers aims has always been a joke. Lightsabers come in red, blue, green, yellow, white. You’ll see more of the colors in Episode 2. The symbol on Luke’s helmet is the symbol for the Rebel Alliance. Han told Luke “May the force be with you” before they attacked the Death Star as he was packing up. When you get to the prequels you’ll see why Vader is in the suit and mask. I figure the order to watch these movies is Episode 4,5,6,1,2,3, Rogue One, Solo, Episode 7,8,9. Another film to check out is Hardware Wars. It’s a student parody of A New Hope. It came out a year after this. It’s only 13 minutes long. Lucas gave permission for it cause it was well written and he saw himself in the group doing it.

On behalf of all of us “Welcome to the Star Wars family” .. you have a long journey ahead of you!!! … but don’t worry, we’ll all be with you 😊

19:12 -- The scenes inside the Falcon and they way they play out are more important than most first time viewers realize.. Han has a little bit of The Force which is what makes him such a good pilot and smuggler / gambler.. That's why Obi Wan smiles knowingly when Han says there is no mystical force controlling his destiny..

It’s wild to think that watching Star Wars for the fist time in 2023 is like watching a film from 1931 the year Star Wars came out.

2:20 - To answer that question... George Lucas originally laid out an "overview" of his story (which did actually evolve over time)... and decided that "current technology" couldn't handle MOST of the story. So, he basically chose elements from his story arc, combined them into what he considered to be a "stand alone" movie (because no film maker envisions their movie becoming a full blown mega-hit franchise (his words)). So, he made this movie with the thought in his head that it would be a box office bomb, and that nothing else would come of it. However, he ALSO protected the rights to make sequels and create merchandise for the movie (he was thinking posters, maybe t-shirts... but didn't envision toys and other things until later). There's more to this story, but that about sums it up.

To answer one of your questions… in most sci-fi space ships have ‘deflector shields’ made of energy that absorb laser blasts so the ship is not immediately damaged when shot by an enemy. Because the shield is energy based you’ll often hear characters say during space battles “I’m not sure the shields can hold” or “We’re losing our deflector shields” or “Intensify power to the front deflector screens”. To destroy another ship you have to blast it enough times that you drain enough power from the ship that the shields fail and your next laser blasts penetrate the hull to blow-up the ship.

Great reaction!! OK you absolutely, positively have to watch the rest of the movies in release order!!!! 🙂

There was one other surviving pilot. Wedge Antilles. He's easy to miss on a first Watch but he does show up again.

I know it’s been a while since you’ve seen this. I’m rewatching you enjoy it. So cute. You may now have realized that the symbols on the X-Wing fighter helmets are like the symbols pilots use on their own helmets in our fighter planes. You’re correct in saying it’s like Top Gun.

Lots of Dune references (desert planet, spice, empire, etc). So much so that Frank Herbert considered suing. But his lawyer convinced him that the references were vague enough that they wouldn't win.

26:18 "I still don't understand how these Empire ships aren't strong enough to take this one out if it's just a piece of junk." Think of it like World War 2 when lots of little airplanes attacked big navy ships - it took lots of planes to sink one ship. More specifically: All these ships have "deflector shields" around them. Basically these are force fields (not THE Force, but just plain old force fields) that protect the ship from damage. These shields need a lot of energy to generate them and keep them in place. Guns also need a lot of energy to fire. Little fighter ships like those Empire TIE Fighters have small engines so they have small shields and small guns. Bigger ships like the Millennium Falcon have bigger engines that power bigger shields and bigger guns. To destroy a ship, you need to destroy its shields first. You do this by shooting the shields repeatedly which causes the power supply to overload trying to keep them stable. Once that overload happens, the shields go down, then shoot the ship and blow it up. Those little TIE Fighters probably hit the Millennium Falcon many times, but not enough to bring down those strong shields. Is the Millennium Falcon a piece of junk? It's old. Pieces on the outside are falling off. But the engine, the shields, the guns, everything that matters, are all in pretty good shape. From the outside she might look like a piece of junk, but this baby's got it where it counts...

Definitely should watch episodes 5 and 6 :)

Sorry, to be late to your reaction video watching the first ever “Star Wars” movie. What you watched is about 90 percent the same as was shown in the movie theater when, I first watched this movie in 1977 and about 10 percent different. Java was a human dressed kind of like a Fred Flintones “cave man”. Also, you have to remember this was done as what everybody working on this movie thought would be, just a “one time and done” movie. Therefore, there is no “Luke, I am your farther”…No real romance between the stars, etc. The reason the storyline works so well, is because this is a classic fairytale: the young hero is raised (not by a mother or dad because, their loss would be too great) but by an aunt and uncle…leaves home to go on a great quest (I.e. to save a princess) and fight an evil fore (I.e. the Empire)…along the way the hero is joined by others …in the final battle the hero has to overcome an almost unbeatable force…and in the end Luke receives a hero’s welcome. All in all an excellent space science fiction fairytale (smile…smile).

I loved this so much! Yes! I'd love if you did the others as well! I'd definitely watch the videos 😄 I myself only recently watched Star Wars for the first time (it was 2020, I think? it was the Mandalorian hype and cuteness of baby yoda that finally inspired me to really dive into it! 😅) and now I'm obsessed with the whole universe and have been really enjoying the new content that's been coming out, including the books. Hope you continue enjoying it too! 😊

That expanding appearance of the star cruiser had all of us ducking down in our theater seats when Star Wars (no episode number or subtitle) was first released. Through the years, I watched the next six movies as they were released and realized I had seen the best (and enough) back on that night when I joined the rest of the sold out crowd in a standing ovation of joyous gratitude for the return of entertainment to the movies that was Star Wars.

I was 13 Years old in 1977 When I saw Star Wars in the Movie Theatre. It was originally just called Star Wars. It was renamed Episode IV when Episode V was released in 1980. Star Wars was so far ahead of its time with the Special Effects! The Reason George Lucas started with Episode IV was that He was not sure if anymore Star Wars would be Made, He started with the first Episode of the Middle Trilogy. Please react to Episode V, The Empire Strikes Back. It was released in 1980.

The day I went to see this movie is still fresh in my mind. Standing in line over a block from the theater with a bunch of kids and a couple parents. It was a birthday party, and we were all hyped up. The heat of the day, smells of the traffic and nearby Seattle Center with the popcorn and cotton candy wafting by. When we finely got in it was Magical. Every moment and my reactions, So great. Thank you for sharing this, I'm verry empathic and it's fun to relive such fond memories.

When it came out, it was only Star Wars. No episodes until the sequel came out.

Vader’s suit is a mobile life-support system.

When this movie first came out in theaters, there were no episodes. It was just called Star Wars. George Lucas started adding the episode thing when it was so hugely successful and he decided to make more of them.

It was originally called just star wars. Lucas didn't expect it to take off like it did. But he invisioned an epic story told that would span many movies. Later it was branded ep4. He wanted 1-3 to be the back story to a new hope.

Episodes 1 - 6 are all before Mandalorian and set up the time period of Mandalorian. Episodes 7 - 9 are after Mandalorian. The shows fall somewhere along the main episode timelines depending on which show. The Star Wars fandom is a bit unhinged and you have to take what most say with a grain of salt. Fandom does come from fanatic after all. Some hate different movies and are avid about them not being good. Honestly I am old and I learned that what was good when I was a kid may not be good to other people. Just watch what you want and follow the Star Wars universe where you want to go with it. Everything has something good for everyone but Episodes 1-6 are the core story that most of the shows and the cartoons are based off of. No projects have yet been created to deal with the later or earlier Star Wars universe. Some games have gone there but that is a whole different fanatic craze. Enjoy Star Wars for what you want to get out of it. You will have fun.

Watch in release order! Star Wars became a cultural phenomenon for a reason! Then watch the prequels!

The reason for the stormtroopers to miss their shots on the Death Star is because they were ordered to let them get away so they could be tracked. The light saber battle was slow because the material they used for the sabers kept breaking all the time. The crew invented much of the special effects we today take for granted.

This made a huge impression at the theater. Especially impressive, considering its low budget. It was originally simply titled:"Star Wars " Some CGI was also added to "New Hope" editions.

Welcome to the Star Wars Family! 😀😀😀😀😀

A Padwan is boarding the "Tantive IV." What will this young modern make of this "long, old, slow-moving, character-centered, jargon-filled, no DFX/CGI" movie? 2:17 If you can read this, you don't need glasses. 5:17 Welcome to Tatooine, did you being your own water? 6:03 "The Hero's Journey." 6:34 A Jawa, collecting scrap metal. 7:23 A Jawa swap meet. 10:44 Krayt Dragon call. 12:12 The amazing Jedi Light Saber. 13:42 Dark Side Choke. 14:20 G'bye Uncle Lars and Aunt Beru. 14:58 You are watching the George Lucre edition, with DFX not seen in 1977. 15:09 Jedi Mind Trick. Do you want to see something (somewhat) original? "Cowboy Bebop" (1998) and/or "Firefly" (2002-2003) will take you "out into the solar system." Jennifer Lawrence has been saying she's "the first female Action movie star. "Alien" (1979) and "The Terminator" (1984) make that statement sound hollow.;)

They started with "4" because it didn't start out as Episode 4. That movie was Star Wars when I saw it in 1977. Lucas added the episode and the title "A New Hope" later. He wrote/sketched out 9 episodes, but decided to start in the middle and planned to go back and tell the story leading up to Star Wars in the future, if this film was successful, which was not a given.

When this movie was released it was just "Star Wars". It wasn't until it destroyed box offices that they began thinking of sequels and prequels. Once they began planning sequels, I'm sure someone said, "What about the history?"

17:45 "How is this ship not being destroyed?" For basically the same reason that here on earth, we can't destroy a tank with a handgun. More specifically, it only takes a little heat or energy to do lots of damage to humans, but it takes vastly more energy to damage metal. The guns they're using are meant to kill people or other similar aliens. They just don't don't have enough heat and energy to melt or damage metal vehicles. There are much bigger energy weapon in Star Wars. You saw some at the start when the two spaceships were shooting each other. Those giant energy weapons do have enough energy to damage ships.

For some reason I constantly forget that for all intents and purposes, R2-D2 and C-3P0 are basically just an adorable gay couple throughout the whole movie.

Red R2: 💥 "This R2 unit has a bad motivator." Same, bruh.

"I want to know what all these stormtroopers look like with their helmets off." If you see one, you've seen them all.

Stormtroopers bad aim is a meme but a bit of a myth in the early films. When they mean business, Stormtroopers pretty much massacre the opposition, but they are frequently tasked in the story with permitting the escape of the heroes or seek to arrest rather than kill on sight. Also the heroes tend to shoot at a group of troopers, hitting at random; whereas troopers often have only 1 or 2 targets together at any time

I didn't know I'd love these kinds of video before watching this. Really entertaining, I'm looking forward for the next video

It's always fascinating what people seeing this first time always believe what the force could do. Like its some kind of a magic thing that solves all your problems. 😂

Thank you !!, you are the first reactor I’ve watched that realized Vader broke the guys neck in the beginning before throwing his lifeless body against the wall.

I love that the last line of dialogue in the movie is "Arrgh!"

Awesome reaction vid, I've loved Star wars first seeing it in the 90's and can't help but watch all the reactions I can. Can't wait to see the rest of your vids if you end up watching all of them

"May the Force be with you" was said at least twice. Han said it sarcastically to Luke before he departs, and General Dodonna says it to the pilots at the end of his briefing. And yes, you should totally rock the Leia buns! I think you could do a rather convincing Leia cosplay.

I saw Star Wars on opening night, back in1977. It became 'THE" standard for special effects, back then. Definitely the order to see the next six movies are Episodes V, VI, I, II, III, Rouge One.

When this came out it was insane. Looking back things like the light saber fight is a bit tame, but I think it's because they're so iconic now. It's a lot to live up to. Same with the force. In the original trilogy it is very subtle and limited.

Great reaction!!!! To answer a few questions, the Falcon has deflector energy shields so the Imperial ships wouldn't be able to damage the Falcon. The light saber battles get better and the Stormtroopers bad aim is a long running joke in the Star Wars universe. Since you started at A New Hope watching in release order is probably best. Looking forward to watching the rest of your Star Wars journey.

Because people watch this for the first time but know about the "No, I am your father" quote, I tell everyone that it was Obi-Wan Kenobi who actually says it after he return as a force ghost in episode 6.

Getting spoiled is bad, but faking a reaction is worse, so thx for choosing the first.

Great reaction, Melissa, and welcome to the Star Wars Saga. We will be watching your career with great interest.

They look better than you expect because George Lucas remastered them in the late 90s for the 20th anniversary. He also add a few scenes that were not in the original release, like the Jaba scene.

I like how you said this is like Top Gun when this came out almost a decade before top gun haha

Thanks for your reaction. For your question about order, you have many options. Release order was 4-5-6, then 1-2-3. or in numerical order: 1-2-3, then 4-5-6. you'll have less spoilers if you watch them in the release order. George Lucas made things this way for 2 reasons: 1-2-3 have big space battles (very costly)--he felt that 4-5-6 would generate enough profits to allow him to pay for the prequels. 2nd reason was technology. In 1977, he didn't have fast computers or CGI to make some scenes. Spaceships were hancrafted, painted and tied to a fishing rod to make them move--without modern computers, everything had to be done manually. When technology developped, he was ready to make the prequels. So, we see the end of the story, then what happened that leads to the original trilogy. It's your channel, so it's your own decision. If you want to recreate the feeling that we old fans had, use the release order, if you want the story in a chronological order, watch it in numerical order. Keep in mind that the prequels (1-2-3) use better technology than the original trilogy (4-5-6). A little advice from an old fan (I watched all of them in movie theaters the day they were released, meaning I saw the OT, then had to wait 16 years for the prequels). In the OT, you don't have as many characters than the prequels, you'll understand why as you watch them. But my advice is to take notes, unless you have a very good memory--especially when you'll reach the prequels: names, relationships (example: X is jedi master of Y, Y is apprentice of Z and so on). Lucas is tricky, so you'll notice that some characters have more than one identity, or 2 different names, but you understand it later. In the prequels, there are also more planets & worlds--better note everything, or you could get quickly lost in the storyline. To help you start in this world: Jedis=keepers of peace & harmony in the Galaxy, they live like monks & have a lot of restrictions. Siths: dark jedis (there are only 2 of them at any given time (a master & an apprentice), Padawan=jedi apprentice. The word sith makes appearance only in the prequels. In the OT, they are only called the Emperor & Vader. The Sith are named Darth (means Dark Lord of the Sith). I won't say more for now, to not spoil your experience, but I'll add comments as you post your reactions if I notice that you ask questions. I may also give you titles of some videos you can find on y-tube that help explain things, but later, as there are major spoilers in them (the story begins thousands of years before episode 1, there are some references in the prequels, but not everything). Write yourself some notes and pay a special attention in conversations, if you miss a little detail, you'll be lost very fast. Have a nice day & I'll write more as you watch the movies.See you.

I would suggest that you continue in release order. If you switch now, it can easily become confusing. Think of it in trios. The original three(4, 5, 6), the prequels (1, 2, 3) and the sequels (7, 8, 9) I’d also recommend watching the two stand alone films (Rogue One, and Solo) after episode 3

"Episode IV" was originally just called "Star Wars". They only renamed it (and episodes V & VII) later on, when George Lucas decided to make the prequel trilogy. The episode numbers tell you the order they take place in the story, but not the order they came out. I recommend watching in release order (4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3).

Welcome to the universe. When I watched this in 1977 it was just called Star Wars, the episode numbers were added after the prequels were made in the 90s.

Regarding your side note at 11:50. Yes, there are a lot of dune references. In Dune, "spice" is used to navigate through space. Here "spice" is mentioned but not explained. The Jawas drive a giant "sandcrawler" for the same reason giant machines were used on Dune: they're too big for the giant monsters to eat. And the Force isn't very different than "The Voice" - it just has more tricks and doesn't require a weirding word.

Oh hell ya the Star Wars family grows

It was enjoyable watching you put the pieces together as you watched this for the first time. I imagine that your reactions reflect what most of us OG Star Wars fans experienced way back in 1977. Thanks!

Hey, Melissa, great reaction!!!! So, to answer one of your questions, NO Vader, does not know the identity of Luke at this point. After this battle and his sensing Luke being strong in the force, he hires Bounty Hunters to find out who Luke is. While this whole thing is not in a movie, it is in books. I would love to answer some of your questions, but can not without spoilers. All I will tell you is that the saber battles get better, and originally the story was not supposed to be around Luke but Vader himself. The back story still does remain.....see if you can figure it out :)

Great reaction to a classic movie from my childhood! The only other movies you need to watch for the moment is the remaining two of the first trilogy. It's what matters since it started it all. Besides, we had to wait almost twenty years between the last of the original trilogy (and three years of wondering what was next between each of the first three movies) and the first of the next trilogy, so obviously there's no rush to watch them all quickly otherwise they'd have been produced more quickly. 😀 As Kenobi said at the destroyed Jawa Sandcrawler (which was a seriously cool thing to see on screen!), Stormtroopers are precise shooters, but the Force can help protect those who have any attunement to it, as Vader mentioned with the comment "The Force is strong with this one." when he was having trouble locking on to Luke's X-wing in the Death Star trench. The meta reason for the Stormtroopers being unable to hit our heroes is that it is considered poor form and a shorter movie if you kill off your heroes in the early firefights. 😀 And, yes, there are similarities between this and the later Top Gun: Maverick, just as there were similarities between this and the earlier movie The Dam Busters from 1955, which was a WWII movie that was based on actual events during that war. The remastered editions, which are almost all that are available now, added scenes (like Stormtroopers on dinosaurs), characters (like the droid that smacks down the smaller flying droid as our heroes enter Mos Eisley), and enhanced FX (making the explosions of Alderaan and the Death Star much more over the top). It also added Greedo, the Rodian bounty hunter at the bar, shooting at and missing Han at the same time that Han shot and killed him. In the original Han just shot him before Greedo had a chance. I prefer that, as it makes Han look like the morally ambiguous and dangerous character he was which makes his decision to join the Rebellion much more impactful. Also, the meeting with Jabba was cut from the original film as being unnecessary, and it had the major difference of an overweight human as Jabba, thus Han's reference to him as a human being. They added the Jabba scene back into this version for some reason since it's still an unnecessary scene, and used computer graphics to superimpose a smaller version of Jabba over the original human actor. Lame and unnecessary in my opinion. This tendency to add extraneous crap continues throughout the remainder of the original trilogy, and while much of it is negligible, some of it annoys an old fogey like me who remembers the original movies all too well. 😛 But no spoilers. 🙂

The 2 bickering robots were based on 2 characters from the Japanese Samaurai film The Hidden Fortress.a film by Akira Kurosawa.

Always fantastic to see younger generations watching older classics like these. Definitely watch in release order, as they were meant to be. Also, as it seems all people under 40 need to be reminded, there was no such thing as CGI at the time.

This is my first time finding your channel, and I'll be honest. I was drawn here because of your name. I had a friend with the same name (around 20 years ago, so clearly not you 🤣). You became one of my favorite streamers two minutes in, when you mentioned that you always use subtitles. My family does as well (we even will sometimes shout for subtitles as a joke in the theater, at the start of movies). The whole deal with Episode IV (if not mentioned already) is that when George Lucas come up with the concept of the Adventures of the Starkiller (Luke's original last name), he envisioned three trilogies. He wrote bits and pieces, going back and forth, until he realized that he really wanted to focus on the middle trilogy. While I am not quite old enough to remember the original release (my parents have never been big sci-fi fans, so I can't imagine that they would have brought me to watch it before my first birthday), I do know that "Episode IV - A New Hope" was on the opening crawl in the early 80s (I still have my VHS copy from HBO as proof).

9:50 It's 5:45 in the morning & I died laughing!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🌄🌅

in 1977, Lucas didn't have the tech and know how for what he wanted to portray from the beginning. so he started here to let the technology catch up.

The first trilogy of 4,5,6 stand together well on their own, and do complete a story arc. So, even if you watch nothing else, those 3 are a good choice. If you do watch more, release order is as good as any. It's the way most of us original fans saw them.

The helmet symbols are the phoenix logo of the rebellion. The empire have a hexagonal logo. In the TV series rebels, the phoenix design is created by a character called Sabine Wren

This was originally a very detailed multi-generational story outline, The Star Wars: The Adventures of Luke Starkiller from the Journal of the Whills. It was decided to break it up into 9 parts and make the simplest one as a stand-alone movie to see how audiences would react. You're discovering it the way the rest of us did (except that we were kids watching in 70 mm on a huge screen and premium sound. Mind blowing. ). If you liked this one, keep watching the original trilogy. If you're still engaged, you can decide to watch other content.

Speaking as someone who actually grew up with Star Wars I can speak with authority that the release order is the way to go. Not only that, but release order was the ONLY way I could watch it, and even then I had to wait three years between movies from 1977 to 1980, and then to 1983. I am well adjusted with a stable job, a good income and no psychiatric disorders or problems, so the release order is just fine. With that said, I would even add that Rogue One could be tacked on at the end, since it makes a nice circular return to the events of Star Wars 4, A new Hope. Enjoy the series, my personal favorite is the next one you will see, The Empire Strikes Back, this one will definitely have you on the edge of your seat.

This isn’t “Top Gun.” “TopGgun” is this. Definitely review the remainder and release order. Be aware that the early movies have been reedited with scenes added and effects updated.

Light saber battles improve a lot over subsequent films. The Millennium Falcon looks like a hunk of junk, but as Han Solo said, he has made a lot of modifications to it. Not just to speed, but shielding as well.

I definitely encourage release order. If nothing else, you can track the increasing budget (Star Wars, later A New Hope, was funded entirely by Lucas) and the evolution of Industrial Light and Magic, which Lucas founded using money from this movie's profits. Obviously, studios that laughed Lucas right out the gate were quite eager to help with the follow up movies. In the original 1977 movie, during the X-wing on TIE dogfighting you could see the edges of the matte plates as they moved against the backgrounds. Finding anything but the remastered versions is nigh on impossible now, which is kind of a shame, but the viewers spoiled by CGI would be unimpressed by purely practical effects. The original trilogy was not numbered at all, originally. Lucas remastered the movies a second time when the prequel trilogies were in the planning, so the episode numbers were added, and what was just Star Wars moved to A New Hope. Lucas originally did not intend even a trilogy - the Death Star destruction was in the middle of his original screenplay, not the end. Thankfully, he realized his vision was going to be way too long and way too expensive, so he cut it essentially in half, then used the second half when it was obvious he would be doing a sequel or two.

hi Melissa, i'm from Baltimore. the idea of watching in time-line is cool BUT, these movies were released with huge gaps in between. each one had to stand by itself. meaning basically, if you watch in this way you will get too many spoilers taking away the awesome reveals in the other movies. for full effect, dramatization and proper reveals, you should WATCH IN RELEASE ORDER!

A lot of people are recommending chronological order but you wont understand anything if you do it that way. I honestly don't understand why so many people are saying that. The release order is always the best thing to do. Well, there may be an exception for the Clone Wars animated series but everything else should be watched by release order, without question.