Australian Reacts to Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) | First Time Watching

[@lukebarber9511]

Kenobi didn't say the Jedi were extinct, he said there were "all but extinct"; also, while there were individual survivors, all of the Jedi institutions were shut down so as an organization they ceased to exist.

[@mikeburke8772]

Luke encountered the vision of Vader in the cave because the cave was a place where the dark side thrived. Yoda said the only thing in the cave was “that which you take with you.” He took his lightsaber so in his vision he needed to use it. His face was under the helmet because he was scared that he’d turn into the monster. His own potential for darkness was amongst what he brought into the cave with him.

[@betsyduane3461]

Grogu is not baby Yoda, they just call him that. He is a toddler member of the same species as Yoda.

[@icedquokka]

I never realised lmaoooo

[@shrodingerschat2258]

Right, we're never told what species Yoda and Grogu are. When we saw Grogu for the first time, since we didn't know what to call him we just said "its a baby yoda," and it kinda stuck.

[@BillHughes-hz8ei]

@@shrodingerschat2258 I said it was a baby Yaddle. 😆😆

[@immanuel_cunt7688]

Grogu is a Disney Dollar Yoda!

[@Rainbow.Pegacorn.Cosplay]

Grogu by his undisclosed species' standard IS a baby, but is canonically 50 years old.

[@mattp6089]

WIth your comments about the technical quality being higher in this movie, very true. But consider: To make Star Wars, George had to beg, steal and borrow every scrap of money he could. He shopped it to so many studios that told him no, and finally got a green light with Fox but only a low budget. To make Empire Strikes Back, the studio was all but begging to give him more money. Better cameras, better film stock I assume, better everything! Furthermore, George's team had to invent so many of the effects tools they were using as they were going, and he had three years to apply what he had already learned to this movie. With Han leaving at the start, he HAD TO pay Jabba the Hutt. He would have been back after that. A lot of the effects are a variety of stop motion as you guessed. And any CGI was added later because CGI didn't exist (practically) when Star Wars was made. It isn't stated, but there is about a 3 year time skip between Star Wars and Empire. There is further going to be a 6 month skip between Empire and Return of the Jedi. The Jedi are warriors. They won't start a fight, but they will sure as hell seek to end one, with extreme prejudice. If you're a Sith (dark side Force user) and you encounter a Jedi that you can't goad into becoming afraid or furious but who instead maintains their calm, it is time to worry because they are fully attuned with the Light side and ready to fight.

[@icedquokka]

Wow good on George Lucas!

[@Michael75579]

A clear indication of how not-ready Luke is to face Vader: Vader's fighting one-handed most of the time and still winning.

[@zedwpd]

Solo didn't give Leia an ultimatum, "tell me how you feel about me and I'll stay." He never said that, so he wasn't being petty. He was going to see Jabba no matter what. He just wanted her to admit her feelings before he left.

[@icedquokka]

Oooo makes sense!

[@brucechmiel7964]

@@icedquokka something you have to understand and a lot of reactors. Don’t realize this for some reason. Three years have passed between the events of the first movie and the second. In those three years, Han Solo has given up his entire life for rebellion because of her. They have been through many adventures together in this interim time. I have an intermittent more than one occasion. Han knows his limits, Han knows where he stands with her and how much he can get away with. They both love each other, the problem is, she’s so wrapped up in a mission that she can’t afford the law herself to reciprocate those kinds of feelings though, he can see right through her. While he’s been saying it for three years without so much as a word but through his actions. They are both far too prideful for their own good. The entire point of the love story of this chapter is that Han has been trying to get Leia to admit to her self that she’s in love with him. While the line “I Know” was ad-libbed, it’s completely in keeping with his character. As he is really telling her, “I won.” I guess it’s a comforting thought. When you know you’re not gonna see her again.

[@ghostbeetle2950]

@@brucechmiel7964 To be fair, Han didn't stay JUST because of Leia. At the beginning of Empire you can see that that thing is still VERY tentative and only starting to blossom. It's not made explicit, but he clearly also has grown to care about Luke (so has Chewie), like a little brother. We don't learn a lot about Han's backstory in the movies, but it is generally accepted knowledge that he only became a "loner space pirate" because he fell afoul of the Empire when he freed a group of Wookie slaves as a young flight officer, fresh from the academy. Falling in with the Rebels allowed him to reawaken his dreams of serving a greater purpose. Han has a lot to offer, the rebels accept and appreciate him for it and gave him a place to belong.

[@ulfgard4734]

​@@brucechmiel7964 To be fair, the film doesn't really make the passage of time very clear at all- either between films or during them. I don't know if it's in the novelizations or other supplemental materials, but even though time is clearly passing it's difficult to gauge just how much from the film alone. I actually have sort of the same issue with Luke's training sequences with Yoda, I might add.

[@Green-aider]

@@icedquokkathe reason why obi-wan vaporized into thin air is because he turned into a force ghost meaning he became one with the force, and he turned into a force ghost before Darth Vader hit him with his lightsaber

[@tehawfulestface1337]

No CGI yet. The TaunTaun was animated, the technique was called go-motion. It is the same as stop-motion, the main difference is when the camera takes a picture, the model of the figure actually moves just a little so that the figure in the picture is blurred a bit. Just like what a moving life form looks like when you film it. The result is a little more convincing than stop-motion. For the Imperial Walkers traditional stop-motion was used. The jerkiness is just perfect for a mechanical monster. Models of Walkers ranged in size from a cat to that of a pony. Larger models were used to make collapsing Walkers more realistic. Yoda is a muppet created by the same artists from Sesame Street. Yoda is 800 years old. Grogu is 50 in The Mandalorian. Grogu I think is about 25 (?) years old at the time of The Empire Strikes Back. For now, I can tell you that when Obiwan was killed, he instantly became part of the Force. Remember what he said, “if you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.” This is the first time you see Carbon Freezing. You remember it on the first episode of The Mandalorian. Han did not say I love you back to Leia, to upset her, make her angry enough to keep on fighting without him. In the novel Luke chose death rather than joining Darth Vader. He jumped to his death, but the city’s vacuum tubes sucked him out the bottom. He did not plan that. You did great understanding the Force, the light side and the temptation of the Dark Side.

[@daveofyorkshire301]

The first film with CGI was 1973, so CGI did exist.

[@zarabada6125]

This is a post-special edition version. There is a mixture of late 1970s physical effects, 1990s special edition CGI and then updated CGI added at several points since then (Lucas kept going back to tweak things). A first time viewer would find it difficult to distinguish original material from the updates.

[@daveofyorkshire301]

@@zarabada6125 True, there are several additional scenes not in the original release... George Lucas created "Industrial Light and Magic" (1975) a special effects studio to make Star Wars, he pioneered a lot of the methods to create physical and "special" effects - specifically for these films.

[@icedquokka]

Omg so it’s like picture stop motion? That’s so incredible 😍 it looks fantastic!

[@DanielTate-wt9jt]

​@daveofyorkshire301 CGI existed. But it was not widely used in movies until the late 80's early 90's. It literally was used in like 5 or 6 movies before then. In the Star Wars movies the only CGI that Was used was the plans for the Death Star in Star Wars and ROTJ. It was used in Star Trek the Wrath of Khan, they used it for the computer animation that showed what Genesis was and did. It was first used extensively in "Tron". It was used to create the Owl in the opening and ending sequence in "Labyrinth" with David Bowie, it was used in the "The Last Starfighter" quite a bit. Tron and The Last Starfighter were kind of a movies used as experiments to see how audiences would respond to the CGI of the times. In fact Tron, The Last Starfighter and Labyrinth are great movies to watch to get an idea of how good CGI was in the early to mid 80's. It wasn't very realistic looking at all, it looked like a Nintendo 64 video game. It wasn't until "The Abyss" and "Terminator 2" that CGI became good enough to be considered seriously as a usable medium for film. And it wasn't used regularly in films until "Jurassic Park". Almost everything in all films before 1989 was done with practical effects (except the few instances mentioned above). Any CGI that was used was used very sparingly because it just didn't look good (realistic) until the early 90's. So many people today watch films from the 70' and 80's and make comments like "the CGI was really good then" or "I'm impressed by the CGI" etc. But the films they're talking about had 0 CGI in them. They're all practical effects. One of the big reasons for this problem is that George Lucas went back into the original theatrical releases of episode 4, 5, ad 6 in the early 2000's and added in CGI scenes and creatures. There's several videos on KZbin that show side by side comparisons of the original theatrical release and the added CGI scenes. Since then they've even refined and added in more CGI into the Star Wars films.

[@domingocurbelomorales8635]

In the first part of the movie, to heal Luke, it´s called a "bacta tank".

[@visionaryventures12]

“I love you” … Han has been trying to convince Leia to recognize she really does love him. Then, when he’s near death, and she finally admits it, people wonder why he says, “I know.” He’s the steadfast character in this story. She changes her perspective under his influence.

[@icedquokka]

He’s so cool 😎

[@robertstallings7820]

And Han, through his actions, has been demonstrating his devotion to Leia throughout the film. By the time they reach the asteroid field, it should be obvious to Leia that Han cares for her. What surprises Leia is that she cares for him, too. And it takes a while for Leia to admit it, even to herself.

[@robogreek3157]

Because he did know

[@Ashwgun]

@@camannwordsmith partially true, they tried the line, but it didn't sound right for Han to say that. So they tried other things, Harrison said it and it stuck.

[@chrisrulton1131]

If you have access to Disney+ then I think you’d benefit from watching Light & Magic - it answers all your questions on how they did the effects.

[@Parallaxus]

My initial assumption that both Admiral Ozzel and Darth Vader are on board the same ship, the super star destroyer, Executor, seems to be correct. After digging around some Star Wars lore, Vader's life support pod is on board the Executor somewhere, and Ozzel was commanding the ship. According to the Executor's blueprints, it is about 19KM or 12 miles long, so, at most, Vader is around 11 or 11.5 miles from the bridge, if the two parts are at opposite ends from each other. It is more likely they were fairly close though, and Vader would know exactly where the bridge was from his own location which means he almost assuredly wasn't using the force THROUGH the view screen, but knowing Ozzel was either on the bridge or in his quarters or a council room, he contacted the bridge, saw that Ozzel was standing right there, and reached out to that location to force choke him. That seems like the most likely explanation that I can think of, anyway.

[@homiedclown]

It's bad enough when your boss fires you over Zoom, let alone choking you to death...

[@icedquokka]

Ooooo ok! That would make more sense because they way did it made me immediately think they were on a completely different ship hahaha makes more it wasn’t through video but through feel

[@billolsen4360]

19Km long? That's the size of Manhattan!

[@billolsen4360]

@@homiedclown I've tried to convince my boss to tell me on an MS Teams call, "You've failed me for the last time and then I'll choke & fall down in front of the customer" So far, we haven't had the right opportunity.

[@berranari1]

Did anyone ever think about the possibility of Admiral Ozzel being a traitor to the empire and thus a good person who was pretending to be dumb? I think he was aiding the Rebels escape on purpose and I salute him for his sacrifice. 🫡

[@drigerdranzer7514]

When Tarkin said that the Jedis were extinct in the first movie nobody did know that Ben and Yoda still existed. Both were living in exile keeping the belief that they were gone alive. That's also why Vader say things like "Obi-Wan have taught you well". He don't know that Yoda still is alive.

[@icedquokka]

Oooooo i didn’t catch that!! Hopefully luke keeps yodas secret

[@Jackalos1]

I'm not sure that's strictly true. Nobody had reason to believe Yoda was dead either. Vader saw Luke was with Ben on the Death Star, so he naturally assumed it was Ben's training.

[@slchance8839]

100% Just the context alone helps. In the first movie, Luke says "if theres a bright center to the universe, you're in the place it's farthest from," and "Ben," hasnt used his real name "General Obiwan Kenobi," since "oh...before you were born"(Luke is about 19 or 20). So clearly, ben has changed his name and had been in hiding for 2 decades. Same thing with Yoda, he's on this swamp planet that is so remote and so low tech that he has to steal Luke's flashlight (lamp) because he probably has to use candles to see at night. If you're a legendary Jedi Master, you should be in some high profile high prestige location, not living under a tree in a swamp. Like Ben, Yoda is clearly in hiding from the rest of the universe in a hard-to-reach and hard-to-see location.

[@Jackalos1]

@@williamshelton4318 a bit different if it's a fugitive capable of retreating to another planet though

[@StarkRG]

@@williamshelton4318Not to mention that he was hiding near at least one area with a strong Dark Side imprint which would have shielded him from anyone looking for him through the Force, and the abundance and density of life on the planet would have masked him from sensors. In the extended universe lore, these are also the reasons the rebel base was located in an ancient temple on one of the moons of Yavin. The temple was created and inhabited by Dark Side adherents for several thousand years, creating an imprint, while the life of the junglr would hide them from casual scans. Dunno how all that fits into the Disneyverse now, though.

[@RichardEyring]

Remember on the Death Star, Obi Wan told Vader, if you strike me down, I'll become more powerful than you could ever imagine. So when Vader struck him, Obi Wan didnt die in the physical sense; he transcended into the next realm of the Force and became a "Force Ghost" who could then guide Luke in spirit

[@domingocurbelomorales8635]

The kiss to Luke it´s clearly to put Han jealous.

[@tofersiefken]

The vision in the cave tends to confuse a lot of people. I see it as a warning to Luke that he could turn to the dark side just as easily as Vader had. Another way to view the scene is as a foreshadowing of the big reveal at the end of the movie. Perhaps it is a combination of the two. What have others thought it means? Yoda calls the experience at the cave a failure. Yoda had told Luke not to take his weapons into the cave, but Luke disobeyed. Then he used his lightsaber's might rather than the Force's intuition and wisdom to deal with the situation. Now, again, Luke is disobeying Yoda and Obi-Wan by leaving his training to help his friends, another failure in Yoda's eyes because Luke lacks the self-control to make wiser, more calculated decisions. Basically, Yoda and the Jedi code would not fear the loss, rather stay focused on the training at hand, even if it could potentially lead to a loss of life or other danger for his friends.

[@shrodingerschat2258]

I never quite understood the test of the cave when I first saw it, but the more I watched and understood the movies in context, it seems that Yoda wanted Luke to understand how much he had the potential to become just like Vader. Luke was impatient and harbored anger, and those are the very things that will lead one to the dark side. "What's in there?" "Only what you take with you." Luke took his anger and aggression with him, reinforced by the fact that he took his weapons with him after Yoda told him he didn't need them. As a result, he failed the test. He had to learn that his anger and aggression would ultimately lead to his own destruction.

[@mrcapra]

Did anyone else ask you: what is the internal temperature of a Taun Taun? Lukewarm. 😊

[@icedquokka]

LMAO

[@3dbadboy1]

!!!!!!!!

[@richlisola1]

🤣

[@SJHFoto]

Haha!

[@SJHFoto]

Haha

[@williamrosmer8381]

remember when yoda said luke was too old to begin the training? him failing to lift the xwing out of the swamp is a symptom of that. they take children who are young enough to not have been told how things are all the time. who don't have a life time of everything works like this to unlearn.

[@icedquokka]

Oooo that makes sense!

[@ronweber1402]

@@icedquokkaThe Jedi also had a doctrine of having no emotional attachments as they can be used to corrupt or blackmail a Jedi so that's another reason they would be separated from their parents very young to cut off those attachments but IMO it was bad policy as you raised a bunch of emotionally immature people who have never learned to handle complex emotions. The Jedi should have been trained to deal with these emotions rather than avoid or suppress them IMO.

[@StarkRG]

@@ronweber1402Oh, there's a _whole_ conversation to be had about the mistakes of the Jedi, of which the dogma of emotional detachment is a large part, but that's a prequel discussion so we'll have to put it off until then.

[@baron7755]

“I know” one of the best lines in movie history. And of course he loves her.

[@icedquokka]

It was pretty shocking 🤣

[@dmaul1973]

The original line for Han was 'I Love you too' but Harrison didnt like it and had it changed.

[@shrodingerschat2258]

@@icedquokkaIt's actually right in line with his character. Solo was cocky and self-confident but also afraid to show weakness and emotion. At this point in his character arc, we know that he loves Leia, but "I know" is a perfectly consistent response.

[@petercofrancesco9812]

@@dmaul1973 me too 😏

[@Shawn_M]

They were verbally jousting the entire movie. 'you didn't have to do this to impress me' is a Great savage line from Leia. Han got the last laugh tho... Kinda 😅

[@blowba]

Imagine your Dad who died before you can remember anything who you kind of idealized when you were a kid and later found out was a space wizard/ war hero and ace pilot. You find out he was betrayef and murdered. Later you find out the space wizards/ mentors who trained you and kind of saved you lied to you and your Dad who thought was dead is actually alive and kind of space Hitler. That would tend to piss you off.

[@StarkRG]

Calling him space Hitler is exaggerating, he's more like space Himmler.

[@RockinDave1]

@@StarkRGLiterally stole every word from my fingertips!

[@bencook130]

I think the plan all along was to tell him, when he was ready. He wasn't ready to face Vader, but he still managed to do the right thing

[@williamozier918]

Then you realize, he the space wizards weren't just lying to you, they were literally trying to gaslight you into uwittingly killing your own father.

[@blowba]

Close enough.

[@jerbearschannel2208]

He didn’t choke him though the screen he did it from the other side of the same ship

[@mtmoink]

The scenes on Hoth were shot in Norway during THE harshest winter in Scandinavia in living memory. I'm from Denmark and our farm was buried in several meters of snow that year. We had to dig our way out of the house...it was crazy😅

[@ericaschoenberg7782]

I've also read that those scenes were shot like, 20 feet away from their hotel! I guess with that much snow you can't get far haha

[@karlsmith2570]

55:43 "What?, He's Not Gonna Say It Back?" Originally, it was scripted for Han to say, "I Love You, Too," but Harrison Ford felt that that was completely out of character for Han to say, "I Love You, Too", and it was changed to where Han responded with "I Know", since it was more representative of Han's established personality

[@icedquokka]

He’s awesome 🫶

[@billolsen4360]

Han got cut off mid-sentence...he going to add, "...all the chicks do."

[@patmurray9730]

Just remember, we had to wait three years between each movie. With no Internet, we had to noodle through all the questions ourselves.

[@robogreek3157]

As it should be. Makes the answers more epic

[@JedHead77]

40:37: That’s NOT the Mandalorian from the series, but it IS Mandalorian armor. This character is named *Boba Fett* FYI, *The Mandalorian* takes place five years after Episode VI: Return Of The Jedi. Watch that *before* you watch Season 2.

[@havok6280]

She should also watch the prequels before continuing the Mandalorian...

[@tFighterPilot]

@@havok6280 plus the entire Clone Wars

[@Parallaxus]

The time of Grogu with Mando is after this. Star Wars uses the acronyms BBY and ABY for Before the Battle of Yavin, which was last movie with the destruction of the death star, and After the Battle of Yavin. Google says the first and second season of The Mandalorian takes place in 9 ABY, which is after the next movie.

[@icedquokka]

I totally didn’t realise omg hahaha

[@vincentpuccio3689]

YODAs A HAND PUPPET! Actually a Muppet operated by legendary puppeteer Frank Oz known for bringing to life Miss Piggy Fozzy Bear and many others

[@shrodingerschat2258]

Cookie Monster and Grover, also.

[@patmurray9730]

SO, much better looking than with the CGI in the prequels. Jabba looks better also, especially from the 90s rerelease.

[@visionaryventures12]

My take on The Force… it’s an all powerful phenomenon. You either channel anger and aggression with it or curiosity. Channeling one’s anger is easier. You let it get to your head. You think you are a god. “Absolute power corrupts absolutely”. That makes using the Force more seductive. Channeling one’s curiosity enables you to be clear headed. You listen to the universe, in a sense. This enables you to gain insight into the future and past. You will lose these insights if your mind is filled with rage.

[@icedquokka]

I like this take 😊

[@Rainbow.Pegacorn.Cosplay]

I love how Chewie laughs when Leia says "I don't know where you get your delusions, laserbrain" lol The revelation of Darth Vader being Luke's father is one of the biggest, if not THE biggest "Say whaaaaaaaaa?!" moment in movie history.

[@Elfanater]

It’s always fun to watch someone who gets to experience 39 years of my life of Star Wars movies and shows…

[@icedquokka]

It’s a great experience so far 😊🫶

[@karlsmith2570]

10:17 "He's In A Tube" That tube of liquid that Luke was in is called a Bacta Tank, which contains this liquid, the Bacta, which is supposed to promote healing of injuries

[@icedquokka]

That’s so awesome! Cool technology

[@billolsen4360]

How embarrassing to floating around in that thing, almost nude, in front of everybody.

[@Agadorn70]

​@billolsen4360 think of it as a kind of ointment. It needs to be in skin contact to be effective, and the glass tube is for manually checking in on the patient.

[@ghostbeetle2950]

Luke did not have any notions of "the force saving him" when he jumped. His line "I will NEVER join you" was said with final certainty. And the force didn't "woo-woo" him out of the shaft. He was sucked into one of the air exchanger valves we can see lining the shaft, and then landed in a smartly designed debris extractor system. None of this was planned by Luke, but you could say the Force was with him.

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

@@williamshelton4318Yeah, I always assumed that Luke used the Force when he was close to one of the openings. The suction did the most part, but a little Force use would make certain he wasn’t smashed into the edge of one of the suction pumps.

[@brucechmiel7964]

Richard Edlund (Special visual effects) Harrison Ellenshaw (Matte painting supervisor) Michael Ford (Visual effects art director) Stuart Freeborn (Makeup and special creature design) among their team legendary is the legendary Phil Tippett. Who has a laundry list of incredible effects. At the movies has worked on. Still hold up today.

[@robertseverin1773]

The darkside cave thing while confusing as hell for newer viewer is the force testing luke with his fear and in answering with anger and aggression it showed him what he would basically become

[@blakewalker84120]

42:30 "Do or do not. There is no try" is from Yoda. But people have been saying that for thousands of years in one way or another. To try something, you cannot know the outcome. I can't try to touch my nose, I just do it. But I can try a new pair of shoes to see if they fit, or try a new recipe to see if I like it. When we know we can do a thing, like touch our nose, but we say "I'll try", we are already making excuses to fail. I use this with my students all the time. I say "Please do your homework." They say "I'll try". I know they are, even unconsciously, planning ahead to have an excuse when they don't get it done. Then I teach them by telling them to try to pick up a pencil from the table. When they pick it up, I say "I didn't say pick it up, I said try to pick it up. Now put it down and this time try to pick it up." They get the idea very quickly that they can't try to pick up a pencil - they do or do not, there is no try. Then I ask them to do their homework and they don't say "I'll try" anymore. Sadly, it doesn't always mean they do the homework, but at least they learned something.

[@TazorNissen]

Yoda and Grogu are two different people, but they are the same race. Grogu was just called baby Yoda because the name of the race is unknown and we didn't know Grogu's name.

[@berranari1]

But Yoda is his father, yeah? Unless there is a home planet for their species and their force abilities are random rather than genetically inherited. There was a female of Yoda's species on the Jedi council, Yaddle. She's probably the mother of Grogu, because the time of episode 1 is about 50 years before that Mandalorian series, I think. 🤔 You don't see Yaddle in episode 2, because of the baby. Not baby Yoda, Yoda's baby. LOL When 900 years old you are, some dames you may have knocked up. 😂

[@TazorNissen]

@@berranari1 There is no knowledge about any relationship between Yoda and Grogu. For all we know everyone from their species could be Force sensitive.

[@Etticos.]

I have had a head canon about Yoda’s species for over a decade or two now. You know how the Sith was a species of dark side users and then dark side users of all races adopted the ways of the Sith took the name “Sith” to title their practices? I think the same happened with Yoda’s race and originally they were called the Jedi, and were the first force users who taught everyone else.

[@domingocurbelomorales8635]

The chemistry between Leia and Han it´s simply amazing. "- I love you. - I know."

[@Rishi123456789]

I completely agree with you.

[@tru3sk1ll]

Probably helped they were banging each other IRL

[@avatar997]

That line always gets me in the feels. I suspect that line didn't make Leia mad--she understood the subtext--Han didn't have to say the rest.

[@roberthansen4323]

I believe the original line Han said was I love you, but they didn't think it fit the character and one take Harrison Ford improvised that "I know" line. It also leads to an interesting take in the next movie.

[@KabukiKid]

Yes, this movie used a "new" (sorta) technique when doing stop-motion where they incorporate some motion blur between frames, which gives it a smoother animation appearance. This "new" method was called Go Motion. I believe it is technically a very old method of smoothing stop-motion that just hadn't been used for decades, but this is the first movie to use it as effectively as this.

[@icedquokka]

It honestly looks so good!

[@drigerdranzer7514]

AT-AT, All Terrain Armored Transport. They also had two legged chicken inspired versions, AT-ST, All Terrain Scout Transport, called Chicken Walkers.

[@icedquokka]

Omg hahahaha chicken walkers 🤣

[@billolsen4360]

@@icedquokka That's a fowl joke!

[@wolviespartan]

I really liked your reaction :) Can't wait to watch the next one. Really loved your take on these movies so far, glad your enjoying them.

[@icedquokka]

Thank you so much! 😊🫶🤍

[@slchance8839]

the "Range" of Darth Vader's Force choke: Vader is on the command ship, Executor. The command ship also contains the fleet commander, Admiral Ozzel (the man next to him is CAPTAIN) of the command ship, one rank below admiral. Vader wasnt choking someone on a different ship, he was choking someone]on the SAME ship but a different floor, likely upstairs, since the bridge is the near the highest point of the ship...that giant room with windows. I bet Vader COULD Force choke at a great distance, but I dont that's what's happening here. If you notice, the Star Wars movies dont just spoon feed you information, they dole out tiny morsels of world-building and let you discover it yourself, by having these kinds of questions. According to the technical readout books from the Star Wars role-playing game (1983-ish), Vader's meditation chamber is in the "neck and shoulders" part of the Star Destroyer....a few levels below the bridge....probably so his commute to work isnt more than an elevator ride.

[@paulcollinsyoga]

Han didn't need to say he loved Leia. She knew that already. She was the one who had to admit her love, as she was the one who had been fighting it for so long. His "I know" was perfect. It showed that at the moment of his possible death, he was at peace with her feelings for him.

[@johnohrstrom5112]

It was also totally improvised. One of the best lines in history!

[@dampersand]

Star Wars fans have had 40 years to immerse themselves in the lore so I'm sure they'll be eager to point out all the little details you get wrong, but for my money your understanding and analysis of this movie is absolutely fantastic for a first time viewer. I'm really impressed every time you pause to talk about something.

[@zachchow420]

Between the release of A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back, Mark Hamill was in a serious car accident and had a gruesome scar on his face. The scene at the very beginning with the wampa attack was added to explain why Luke's face was so scarred.

[@Jose-h4y4z]

Awesome that you were more concerned about Luke’s light saber than his hand. Great reaction. 👍🏾

[@icedquokka]

It’s important to him!! The only thing he had left from obi wan 😭

[@richlisola1]

Luke knew it was a trap from when Yoda warned him not to go-He just let his emotions go, leading him by the nose into trouble.

[@icedquokka]

Yeah that’s I’m thinking to!

[@robogreek3157]

It wasn't a trap. It's like training in martial arts... you've trained barley and then you have to fight fucking batman. Luke stood no chance it was insane he lasted as long as he did. If vador wanted him dead... Luke would of been dead instantly

[@richlisola1]

@@robogreek3157 But Luke was warned several times not to go. By Yoda, by Obi-Wan, even Leia-So he knowingly walked into danger, after being warned off it by the people he trusted most.

[@robogreek3157]

@@richlisola1 but that's what makes him a hero... he walked In a fight he stood no chance in just to save his friends

[@richlisola1]

@@robogreek3157 Hero or fool? It’s a knife’s edge.

[@tofersiefken]

Grogu is alive at this point in Star Wars history and is roughly in his 40s at this point. Yoda is around 900 years old in this movie. There are not a lot of Yoda's species in the galaxy (at least canonical characters). The species name, home planet and cultural information has remained mysteriously undefined through much of Star Wars' timeline.

[@tofersiefken]

The character that you mistook for the Mandalorian is actually a bounty hunter named Boba Fett. It is easy to mistake the two characters because of the Mandalorian armor they wear. The two armored suits are very similar, but not identical. (The Boba Fett character has his own Disney+ spin-off.) The Mandalorian (series) begins approximately 5 years after the events of the next movie in the saga, so technically, the character is alive in the galaxy at the time of the O.T.

[@starlighter93]

59:47 Originally, they were running in a closed corridor. For the 1997 Special Edition the creators cut out the corridor wall and placed the CGI background there. George Lucas and the director, Irvin Kershner, never liked that Cloud City was so closed off. There were only a few closed corridors built for the set so they were forced to work with that. When the Special Edition was done, Lucas showed the edited footage of Cloud City to Kershner who was really impressed. It obviously doesn't look too good in today's high resolutions, but back then I was amazed by it.

[@williamrosmer8381]

first! i love that the entire time on dagobah luke failed every test he was given

[@icedquokka]

Omg he did to hahaha

[@billolsen4360]

Never like Yoda too much. He was a downer, sold Luke short, criticized him all the time. When Luke experienced failures during his training, Yoda should have taken the chance to remind him that he used the force to destroy the Death Star not too long ago. You've got to tear students down and build them up to remind them that they have performed when the chips were down.

[@williamrosmer8381]

@@billolsen4360 luke also left early so we don't know how much longer luke had left and what yoda's plan was for later.

[@rikk319]

@@billolsen4360 Yoda may have been something of a tough teacher, but that's exactly how Lucas wanted his personality to be.

[@berranari1]

​@@billolsen4360I agree with you. He's good for a laugh. And he was fun to use in the Star Wars Battlefront 2 game. 🎮 But after seeing the 6 movies many times I think he sux. Like in ep 1 he sent 2 knights to handle the unknown problem and you know what happened. 🤔 I'm talking about the end bit, not the start bit. And in 3 he admitted that he was a failed leader. Not his exact words. But that's my opinion. I don't hate him, but I think he kinda sucks. But seeing him on Luke's back makes me chuckle. 😂

[@enigmamz]

Leia: "It's a trap" Luke: Well, springing the trap seems logically sound to me!

[@pauljester4078]

Just like Anakin before him

[@enigmamz]

@@pauljester4078 That's the joke

[@karlsmith2570]

1:15:38 Actually, this movie did get a bigger budget after the first movie became a runaway hit, and the following movie had gotten an even bigger budget for when production had started on it

[@icedquokka]

Ooo I’m excited for the next one

[@karlsmith2570]

@icedquokka The next movie is when Jabba had been officially introduced. The scenes in "A New Hope" that showed Jabba were added in for a re-release that added previously unreleased footage, in this case, due to the cost of the effects at the time being far too expensive

[@Parallaxus]

I used to have the Imperial walker toy as a little kid. Their official name is the All Terrain Armored Transport, or AT-AT. It has 2 or three people steering in the head and carries a bunch of troopers in the body to repel down.

[@icedquokka]

That’s so awesome 😍

[@billolsen4360]

Those troopers don't make it into battle if one little fighter jet wraps his cable around them and brings them down 30 feet to earth.

[@johto]

Yep, here too, had almost everyting as a kid.. X-wing, TIE-fighter, Falcon, Ewoks village, Empire's shuttle, AT-AT and lot of figures.... those when these movies were fresh, form the 80's. Too bad i did not kept them, and was either destroyed while playing or lost, would be sold in big dollar for collectors, i also had the original Boba Fett that was bidded crazy on ebays some years ago. My Baba Fett had a nice ending, we strapped him to a new year's fireworks, he sure got that rocket going LOL !

[@Parallaxus]

@@johto You may have even had more than I did then. I didn't have the Falcon or the shuttle. My parents bought me the darth vader head carrying case to carry my figures in. All my kids toys came up missing one year out of the attic, not sure what happened to them.

[@johto]

@@Parallaxus Haha, good times ! 🤓

[@jerbearschannel2208]

Also Luke is not a Jedi until he completes the training

[@mckenzie.latham91]

“Size Matters not, look at me, judge me by my size do you? and well you should not, for my ally is the force and a powerful ally it is. life creates it, makes it grow, its energy surrounds us and binds us luminous beings are we, not this crude matter you must feel the force around you, between you, here, me, the tree, the rock, even between the land and the ship” I have memorized this passage and never forgot it.

[@hanng1242]

“Size Matters not, look at me, judge me by my size do you? and well you should not, for my ally is the force and a powerful ally it is." I've tried this line. It doesn't work with real women.

[@RichWill818]

His face in the helmet is because he fought out of fear and agression. Which are paths to the dark side.

[@icedquokka]

Oh I understand!

[@Shawn_M]

I always felt the cave was like a mirror. Whatever he saw in the cave would react the same way he did. The first thing he did was draw his lightsaber and attack and so that's what the mirror did. If he would have reached out to shake his hand, I always believed the mirror would have done the same thing. When Yoda sent him into the cave, Luke asked what's in there and Yoda said only what you take with you. Luke took his fear

[@ellygoffin4200]

​@@Shawn_Myou see that he did not learn. He drew his saber first when he faced the actual Vader. Obi Wan drew his after Vader.

[@two-bearshigh-fiving9293]

​@@ellygoffin4200 except in mustafar obi wan ignited his saber first

[@ImpossibleCaseEdits]

I did not expect your reaction to The Empire Strikes Back to be up so quickly. This made my day! Whenever someone is watching Star Wars for the first time, it feels like you're introducing the films to a new friend. I legitimately had chills during scenes I knew would amaze you. The Empire Strikes Back remains my favorite Star Wars movie. I remember seeing it back in 1980 as an 8-year-old and being caught up in the euphoria of returning to a galaxy far, far away. When Darth Vader and the Snow troopers infiltrate the rebel base, it scared the holy sugar out of me! It gets to me even to this day. Confession: Harrison Ford was my first celebrity crush. It's easy to see why!

[@icedquokka]

I filmed them on the same day so spent all week editing it! I’m so glad you enjoyed it 😊 I’m really loving this series and Empire strikes back in my favourite so far as well 😍

[@ImpossibleCaseEdits]

@@icedquokka You did an amazing editing job! I'll be looking forward to your reaction to Return of the Jedi.

[@MAB_Canada]

Back when I first saw Empire, video chat was only a science fiction fantasy so I just accepted that Vader could do his thing long distance. When Yoda first spoke, the kid behind me yelled out “Bert” (from the Muppet characters Bert & Ernie) because he recognized Frank Oz’s voice. The whole theatre gasped in shock at “I am your father”.

[@javiersilva7449]

the best part is : "Cerveza Cristal" !!!

[@Jordan-Ramses]

Star Wars budget 6 million. Empire Strikes Back 30.5 million.

[@icedquokka]

Oh wow that’s a big budget jump 😮

[@LazyCommanderLetsPlay]

Also, only the first Star Wars (Episode IV - A New Hope) was made through a studio/help from a studio (Fox). Empire Strikes Back, is actually an independent film, as George Lucas himself invested and financed in the production. From there he created Lucas Arts Studio and all the other branches, such as Lucas Games Studio etc.

[@xaviperez26]

Getting 6 million for that crazy idea was a great success.

[@Pinkielover]

Clone wars animated series. 1 milllon. Each episode

[@HTHAMMACK1]

Actually, A New Hope had a budget of about 11 million dollars, which was still fairly small back in the late 70s.

[@williamrosmer8381]

the force is like duct tape it has a light side a dark side and it binds the galaxy together

[@GG-ul7zj]

Except the dark side is the sticky side! 😂

[@Daniel-Strain]

I took a drink every time she said "WhaAaAaAat?!?!" and now I am in the hospital having my stomach pumped :/

[@icedquokka]

LMAO

[@karlsmith2570]

27:11 "What Is Made Out Of?, He Kinda Looks Like A Puppet, A Hand Puppet" You presume correctly. In the original trilogy, Yoda was a puppet created by Stuart Freeborn and voiced by Frank Oz, who also has voiced Miss Piggy from The Muppets. In the prequels, they'd used a different puppet of Yoda in episode one, and in episodes II and III, he was fully CGI

[@icedquokka]

Omg that’s so cool!

[@karlsmith2570]

@@icedquokka in fact, Stuart Freeborn actually had actually modeled Yoda after his own appearance

[@berranari1]

​@@icedquokkaIf you listen carefully you can hear that Yoda and Miss Piggy have the same laugh. 😂

[@rikk319]

@@berranari1 Oz also did other muppet voices, notably Grover, who sounds a LOT like Yoda, enough that when I first saw Empire at 11, I thought, "Why does this little alien dude sound like Grover?" I didn't realize Frank Oz was the puppeteer/voice actor until later.

[@berranari1]

@@rikk319 yeah and it is kinda weird that Frank Oz is in The Blues Brothers and so is Carrie Fisher. And he is not funny and she is not nice. But it works in that.

[@blakewalker84120]

1:13:45 "Luke went to save his friends." Luke failed in every way. He did not save his friends. Lando did. Luke barely even saw them for only a second. He did not defeat Vader. Vader played with him and could have easily killed him at any time but was trying to persuade him to come to the dark side. He got mutilated and barely escaped, finally being saved by the same friends that he was unable to save. Yoda and Ben were right. Luke should have listened to the only two people who know what they're talking about. It's OK. Luke isn't perfect. He's a great hero that starts out young and clueless and learns to be older, wiser, and more powerful along the way. It's great to watch him "level up" throughout his hero's journey.

[@rikk319]

Luke is the polar opposite of a Mary Sue character, someone who has potential, but has to earn it for the most part through hard knocks.

[@blakewalker84120]

@@rikk319 Yeah, but the mary sue is coming...

[@dannyadams4765]

The actor that played Captain Needa passed away recently

[@eddieboncek2447]

Fun fact, originally, while in their base on Hoth, the ice planet, at one point Wampas, the abominable snow monster-type creature that attacked Luke at the beginning, were supposed to break through the ice/snow walls and kill a bunch of Rebels before having to be killed off. I don't remember exactly WHEN it was supposed to happen, whether it would have been before or coincidentally during the Imperial attack.

[@KingBlaziel]

Trying to keep things spoiler free, but some lore books and future movies/series do hint at force abilities that have no definable limits. Take Obi-Wan's force ghost for example, which can appear anywhere. So while some abilities do have physical limitations, others abilities, like Vader choking the admiral to death, only require being to be able to see the victim. Dude could've been on the other side of the galaxy and Vader could still choke him out as long as visual contact is established. Would also depend on the relative power/training/connection to the force that the individual has as well. Luke can barely maintain lifting rocks in this movie, while Yoda can pull a 10 ton x-wing out of a swamp like it's nothing

[@MichaelButchin]

Awww, the disclaimers aren't necessary. I remember we all had the same questions when we were seeing these movies when they came out in theaters way back when.

[@icedquokka]

Thank you for understanding 🫶🤍

[@joek468]

Frank Oz voiced and operated the Yoda puppet...He is a famous puppeteer whos characters have included Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, and Sam Eagle on The Muppet Show, and Grover, Cookie Monster and Bert on Sesame Street

[@MrRosebeing]

This movie exemplifies exactly why I don't use video chat.

[@icedquokka]

LMAO

[@mattp6089]

So you meet with your evil overlords in person instead? 😆

[@MrRosebeing]

@@mattp6089 Luckily, I manage to keep away from evil overlords. Probably why I've never been force-choked.

[@johncollins9989]

​@@MrRosebeingayyyye you ain't had good sex until you've force choked someone lmaooooooo 😂😂😂

[@Pfhreak]

Email notification: You have a Zoom invitation from Darth Vader Imperial officer: *starts sweating profusely and thinking of ways to steal a ship to desert*

[@tofersiefken]

You are correct about the use of stop-motion with miniatures. It is pretty obvious in the scene riding the Tauntaun, and was used for many of the Hoth battle scenes as well. In the late 1990s CGI effects were added to the original trilogy, so often there is a clear visual distinction between the new CGI and the old practical effects, miniatures, animatronics, puppets, costuming and such. I suggest watching a KZbin, side-by-side scene comparison at some point in the future when you've completed the main saga (at least the O.T. and the Prequels).

[@3dbadboy1]

Vader isn't actually using the Force 'through' the video chat, he just happened to be using it while reaching out with the force to the Admiral and choking him directly, and yes, he IS that powerful.

[@DanielAnderson-mb6jn]

Han saying "I know" was his way of saying I love you.

[@aramisone7198]

Anakin crossed over to the darkside and became Darth Vader. He was manipulated by a senator that was hiding his true identity Darth Sidious the Emperor .

[@StevesFunhouse]

As Obi-Wan explained, "The force is what gives a Jedi his power. It's an energy field created by all living things, it surrounds us, it penetrates us, it binds the galaxy together". So, since the force in present in all living things and everywhere, its power is supposed to be basically limitless. It's strength in each Jedi's is based on that Jedi's ability to wield it. That alone determines how powerful that Jedi is, and Luke is a strong with the force, like his father before him. You will find out more about this in later episodes.

[@joshuablevins4340]

Darth Vader is so powerful he could watch this video tomorrow, get pissed off at you, and force choke you out while you were making it 5 days ago. 😂😂

[@glennallen239]

I was 13 Years old in 1977 when I saw Star Wars in the Movie Theatre and I was 16 Years old in 1980 When I saw The Empire Strikes Back in the Movie Theatre, George Lucas got a bigger Budget to film the Empire Strikes Back, George Lucas and the Movie Studio did not realize how big Star Wars would become. It was an improvised scene where Han Solo told Princess Leia I know after She told him I love you. Harrison Ford kept saying I love You Back, but it was not working Take after Take, Finally on One Take Harrison Ford goes I know. He explained to George Lucas that Han Solo would say I know. George Lucas agreed it was more fitting Han Solo's Character, Everyone in the Movie Theatre was shocked and gasped when Darth Vader told Luke who he was.

[@ldkinbote]

Yeah, I did not believe it. I totally thought he was trying to trick Luke and I didn't believe all the way until "Return of the Jedi" came out and they confirmed it. I was like, "Holy shit, he wasn't lying." I was ten in 1977 when I saw Star Wars in the theater. I feel like you and I were kinda around the perfect age.

[@tofersiefken]

Although my opinion has changed over the years, The Empire Strikes Back is now one of my favorites in the franchise. Originally, when I saw this in theaters, I was so miffed about Han's cliff-hanger ending that I really hated this one. Of course, that was when releasing movies in a trilogy arc was still very new, and nobody knew, when Star Wars first came out, if there would only be the one movie or more. After decades of franchise development, I can now appreciate this installment, even with the unresolved ending, treating it like an installment of a series rather than a one-off.

[@neighborlyfiend1484]

A new hope came out the same year I was born. Empire was the first movie I had ever seen in theaters and it changed my life forever. I don't remember much of the movie but I do remember the Ice yeti momster scared me so much that I cried when I thought Luke was going to be eaten.

[@Parallaxus]

What month were you born?

[@icedquokka]

Yeah it’s pretty scary, I would have cried to 🤣

[@garrettwhite5943]

Literally every atom of space within the galaxy has the Force in it, so to speak. Distance doesn't matter at all, if you focus properly, though only the best of the Jedi or Sith are capable of the crazy-strong feats like Vader is. Vader is... Vader is a lot...

[@icedquokka]

He’s super strong then 💪

[@garrettwhite5943]

@@icedquokka probably one of the strongest ever, if you ask me. But he's also just a man. That's what makes the Force so cool-;you can be this all-powerful wizard and something as simple as a sword can kill you, but you don't even really "die". It's just another phase of existence.

[@kurbz31]

I realized this after my comment on your last star wars vid that you are doing this with good timing because national "STAR WARS DAY" (yes it's a real thing, you can look it up) is may 4th as in "MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU".

[@icedquokka]

Ooo that’s awesome! I didn’t even realise haha!

[@kurbz31]

Look up Toronto Blue Jays star wars day, some fans will dress up as various characters, even the tv hosts dress up, some other MLB teams celebrate it too I just can't remember which ones.

[@jjkehrley]

Not only is Yoda a puppet, but he's controlled and voiced by the great puppeteer Frank Oz, the voice of the Muppets Fozzie Bear and Miss Piggy!

[@JedHead77]

FYI, there was no modern “CGI” in these films. They used physical models against blue screens and paintings on glass for the backgrounds.

[@sinistermaul306]

Absolutely loved your reaction and can't wait to see your reactions to the other movies as well. Glad you are enjoying the Star Wars franchise so far.

[@icedquokka]

Thank you so much! That means a lot 🫶🤍

[@FranzFerdinand76]

The Tauntaun is stop-motion. Except for the close ups, those are puppets. CGI wasn't a thing in movies until about 89-90. Although they added some CGI stuff to the trilogy when it was re-released in the late 90's.

[@icedquokka]

That’s incredible 😍

[@baron7755]

@@icedquokka in a sense, you were close with claymation, because claymation also uses stop motion

[@FranzFerdinand76]

@@flexydex8754 I should clarify. I wasn't referring to stuff like Tron. I was talking about CGI used to depict things to look realistic.

[@HandofBlake]

Watching the Mandalorian before watching the movies was like starting a show on season 9.

[@icedquokka]

Hahaha yeah pretty much, I just watched it because I love Pedro Pascal, I don’t even remember anything from it 💀

[@HandofBlake]

Well now you have to do episode 1I, II, III, Solo, then Rogue One

[@greendale634]

Another great reaction. You're asking all the same questions that we were in 1980. :) I see your previous Star Wars reaction got lots of views and comments. :)

[@raybernal6829]

One of the biggest reveals in cinema history was "No ... I am your father" was also kept as a secret except for George Lucas Director Irv Kirshner Mark Hamill and James Earl Jones until the premiere. As MH tells it IK pulled him aside as the original script had DV telling LS that OWK killed his fsther and it was filmed that way. MH was then told that DV reveals that he is LS father. Harrison Ford looked at MH at the premiere and said "Hey kid...You didnt tell me that?"😊

[@mikejankowski6321]

Great reaction. Nice to see them essentially back to back instead of waiting 3 years! (This one is my favorite of the franchise, it has it ALL.) The snow battle was the first to use those optical effects against a white background instead of the black background of space as previously. Lucas and ILM developed the technology to do that for this film. All throughout, Han was showing Leia that he cared for her. WE knew he loved her, and SHE knew he loved her. He didn't have to say it. She just had to admit her feelings to him to make it complete. The line worked perfectly, and again it was an ideal reflection of his character to say it that way. Modern reactors don't seem to get it. They actually tried the "I love you too" and it wasn't working, so they tried a different tack to finish shooting the scene.

[@icedquokka]

Yeah makes sense ! The I know very much aligns with his personality

[@pauld6967]

I am a fan from back when I saw the previous film in the theater back in '77. I have always considered that Admiral Ozzel, who likely started his career in the Republic Fleet before the Empire took over, was secretly a Rebel sympathizer. That's why he tried to dissuade Lord Vader from going to Hoth and then later bringing the fleet out of hyperspace at the "wrong time." Thus losing the element of surprise & alerting the Rebels.

[@tofersiefken]

The audio probably got copyrighted due to the score. John Williams' soundtrack is very distinctive and plays prominently in the background of many scenes. The imperial march playing in the background of the emperor's scene is a prime example.

[@Pinkielover]

There are other jedi around ... Just about a handful maybe a little more. Not too sure how far you are in the mandalorian . But you'll meet up with a so called jedi in that She also has her own series now. U Should check it out.. Preferably watch both of the animated series first though

[@seansteyer8851]

Here we go! Can't wait to watch this review. My family took me and like 10 of my friends to see this on opening weekend for my 10th birthday! This is tied with another Star Wars film (don't want to spoil things) as my favorite of the whole franchise! For my 40th birthday, a girlfriend took me to see Empire, but with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra playing all of the music live...It was amazing!!

[@darrenlgreen]

I like that you watched this before reading the comments. It's so refreshing to see actual reactions not influenced by others.

[@richlisola1]

Lightsabers do not chop things off. They burn them off. They can cut through thick blast doors faster than a welding torch.

[@icedquokka]

That’s what I meant to say! Sometimes my brain is quicker than my mouth so my words get a bit stuffed up, apologies

[@blowba]

As far as time goes, from when Han and Luke leave Hoth anywhere from 2 weeks to 3 months passes, nobody seems to know. Don't forget with the hyperdrive on the Millennium Falcon broken they can't go to light speed. The Imperial fleet chasing the Falcon and Luke's X-Wing all have working hyperdrives and can go to lightspeed making them both much faster than the Falcon with the busted hyperdrive. This means that a trip that would take several hours or days or a week or so with a hyperdrive could take weeks or months without one.

[@icedquokka]

Ooooooo true I didn’t think of that!

[@aurorauplinks]

"I Know", hes saying thats why in the end at least, he pursued her, because he knew she loved him. i think. but its also just machismo to not show weakness when surrounded by enemies. But dont worry those days are long past on both accounts. really enjoyed the reactions, i always enjoy seeing how people like or hate certain movies.

[@michaelbriefs9764]

Lea kissing Luke after he lost his hand and had to be rescued = friend kiss. Lea loves Han. Han didn't say "I love you" but he does. He's just not that emotionally eloquent.

[@JedHead77]

Luke actually *didn’t* hear Leia’s warning because of the gunfire.

[@blowba]

Even though Han didn't say I love you too back, you can see that he did in his eyes. Watch the scene again. They'll be a resolution to this, just wait.