VFX Artists React to STAR WARS Bad & Great CGi

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[@kuyperianberean]

Niko - the "so here's how they did it" guy Wren - the "I love this movie!" guy Clint - the guy that never saw a single iconic movie guy.

[@richardsantmyer8074]

J Same!!! Lol

[@DrSardonicus]

It’s a shame the joke isn’t even funny, I don’t know why they keep poking at it every video. The film obsessive/stuntman/actor/film editor/animator/CGI artist/filmmaker who claims doesn’t seem to ever have watched any film when questioned. It’s like a vacuum cleaner salesman who never owned a vacuum cleaner in his life. It’s like if Steven Spielberg claimed he’d never watched a 90’s film in his life. It’s. Just. Dumbo. Stahp! Please. It’s not funny.

[@ArchThaBoss]

U nailed it 😂

[@ArchThaBoss]

Apatheism I think at some point they will change this model. It really doesn’t makes sense, like u said

[@BoxxyFan]

All of them - soy boys

[@bagelbramble7335]

Fun fact: Mark Hammil's sword didn't break, it was ejected so he could "cut through" Vader's hand, whereas if the blade wasn't ejected it would just wack the top of his wrist.

[@lukeoxborough1990]

oh sheeet

[@EmmanuelB]

I was coming to say that.

[@agfagaevart]

Quite a few things in this video are not correct. :-/

[@agfagaevart]

@The Anthropologist _Forensic Then read my other comments, bro. :-0

[@leeks1408]

Nooice

[@KneelB4Bacon]

4:04 This shot is a matte-painting until 4:06, when they switch to a model trench. There's two flashes that fill the whole screen. If you look closely, you can spot how the second flash is used to hide the transition from the matte painting to the model.

[@SemiMono]

Brilliant jump cut. Never noticed that before.

[@Pauly421]

@@SemiMono How can you not notice that it's the most glaring effect in the whole movie. Don't get me wrong it was a master class VFX revolution brought about by geniuses but that cut always bothered me since I first saw the movie like 15 years ago

[@SemiMono]

@@Pauly421 Haha! To each his own. It was obvious to me when they showed it, and I was looking for it. Maybe it's because I was a kid when I first watched it? Maybe my eyes are a little poor (they are)? Or maybe I get a little too focused? I dunno.

[@BigBoris]

Yeah I notice that every time I watch it. It’s almost unsettling 😆

[@Pauly421]

@@BigBoris Yeah the lighting is totally different or something, but in all fairness its over in a second and you're back in the action

[@nikolaishriver7922]

I just realized at the beginning of this video, Obi-Wan says his iconic “hello there” to a droid each time

[@jp3813]

Honestly, it's far more fascinating to find out how non-CGI special effects were done.

[@iodineclip]

Exactly !!! Nowadays with cg's everywhee, it kinda takes away the movie magic.

[@jazzmaster909]

@@iodineclip strange how you say that in a channel that breathes CGi

[@oldDNU]

iodineclip at least we still have directors like Nolan who go with practical effects as much as possible.

[@sollymedia6564]

God bless the editors that maintain the magic between practical and vfx 🙏🏽

[@getous]

Special effects ARE non-cgi, pyrotechnics for example. Cgi and stuff done on a computer after shooting for example are visual effects.

[@cringemeister9417]

Some of the asteroids in the background of the chase scene were potatoes.

[@madmonkee1176]

Matt I heard they put a shoe in there too

[@Samwell-himself]

Matt but did u see the spaceship

[@tjl2836]

Ur profile pic looks like a 🥔

[@madmonkee1176]

Tianjie Lu do not disrespect Matt the great

[@tjl2836]

@@madmonkee1176 his profile pic is made by the best cgi game of the century

[@autodidactpolymath1851]

People who were kids in the 80s will remember that "The Making Of..." documentaries about Star Wars were on network television constantly. Knowing how much clever innovation and painstaking craftsmanship went into the films only made me a bigger fan.

[@AB-ye7bw]

The Emperor’s Death Star landing bay filled with Imperial Storm Troopers was a matte painting as big as a door. The artist who painted it , painted a “Smiley Face” on one of the Storm Troopers helmets. I saw the actual painting back in 1989. A Ghost Busters II matte painting has penguins on a rooftop building for no reason other then the amusement for the matte painter.

[@LautaroQ2812]

Return of the JE-DEE. You did on purpose Wren. We all know.

[@willdabeast8509]

*”I am a Jeddy like my father before me.”*

[@ZethKeeper]

Geddy Lee.

[@tahunuva4254]

"I am a Teddy like my father before me"- Wicket W. Warrick

[@LargoAnimations]

Jeddy>Jedi

[@JeddtheJedi]

Oh hey I'm a Jeddy.

[@Iberny3]

ITS WITH AN I NOT AN E, JEDE.

[@GameCyborgCh]

imagine how you mind must have been blown if you were actually there when those movies came out and saw these vfx for the first time

[@autodidactpolymath1851]

That's a huge part of why they were so successful, if you compare them to other films from that time period, there was really nothing at all like the them being made.

[@adrianjones1958]

I was there. And yes, mind = blown

[@fruitdigital]

I'm jealous of everyone who was able to experience this cause we're starting to hit a cap for visuals and we're consistently nailing reality, making a new experience very rare these days

[@holliswilliams8426]

That's basically why it was such a phenomenon.

[@MarcoGonzalez-tn1vc]

I was 7 when the original Star Wars came out and I remember seeing it for the first time in vivid detail. Now when I watch Star Wars I'm able to reach back and get a taste of the awe and magic I experienced as a kid.

[@willmanabregu]

Watching how painstakingly careful AT-AT model technicians were makes me cry 😢 All for a nimble few seconds of absolute movie magic... 👍👍👍

[@devinneiwert1012]

i’m a stop motion animator, i cannot imagine what an absolute nightmare these movies were to make. their work obviously paid off though!!!

[@Platinum_Tugboat]

I have always had a HUGE admiration for the patience of those who work in stop motion/animation. Counter656 is a KZbinr that I watch that does really cool videos with stop motion.

[@EvilXero359]

It's extraordinary to see some animator's out there that still use the older film techniques. In doing so new ideas can still come about

[@lasarith2]

The Platinum Tugboat then you need to see ray harryhausen who did all the animation for the sinbad/clash of the titans/the best of 20,000 leagues/ Jason and the Argonauts/and many more .

[@alexandermckay8594]

And consider, ILM was created for this movie. Everybody thought Lucas could not pull it off... and he couldn't with what was the current SOTA. It has been argued that ILM is Lucas' greatest accomplishment, not Star Wars.

[@bradhaines3142]

@@alexandermckay8594 honestly i dont think thats much of an arguement. starwars is just a great demo of what they could do

[@Dragondave17real]

The original trilogy was a masterpiece of cinematography for its time.

[@currykingwurst6393]

True. I always think that even without the huge legacy those three movies would still be fantastic science fiction.

[@Satan-lb8pu]

I prefer the prequels.

[@Reticuli]

@@Satan-lb8pu I threw up a little.

[@Satan-lb8pu]

@@Reticuli I'm aware of the effect I have on people.

[@noah_g726]

And for this time

[@ursa_margo]

I love how the Death Star exlposion is a practical explosion filmed from below, so that all the pieces actually fall into the camera. Ingenuity.

[@ForTheOmnissiah]

When I was younger and saw the original trilogy, I had no idea nor questioned when they had come out. I assumed, from seeing how good they looked, they must be mid-90's at least. Once I learned the true release date of A New Hope when I was in my mid teens it blew my mind. To this day a lot of the space shots involving ships still look fantastic. The Millennium Falcon strafing toward the camera then away is amazing.

[@tristanfoss7469]

The thing I find so inspiring about old movies is just how primitive everything really was. They didn't have editing softwares tailored to their specific needs. Most of the things we can do so simply now on a computer must've taken weeks or months to do. Even basic dissolves, and despite all this, they still managed to create something great.

[@noahsmith1053]

In my opinion it really makes these movies even more magical. In the older days you had to use creative means to get things exactly how they wanted it to be.

[@5ypher]

Great artists create great art regardless of the tools at their disposal!

[@ferociousmullet9287]

I would postulate that it is not despite but BECAUSE of all this. There is a wonderful saying I think is deeply true. 'Art through adversity'. Also limitations are a huge powerhouse when it comes to creativity. Look at the things coming out of Wakaliwood. Where there is a need there is a way.

[@JTTEXAN]

And those movies were much, much better than these heavily cgi’d ones we get now. Films back then especially Star Wars were so innovative with how they created the visual effects. Sure it took quite some time and CGI really does slow down the process, but despite that these old films knew what it took to capture an audiences attention

[@ay-leck1369]

Explains why the movies were 3 years apart until now.

[@coreyscorner6692]

0:31 "Hello there" "It's an older code, but it checks out"

[@StrangerE0ns]

And then when you see how The Mandalorion did some of its scenes in the same sort of style as this with the ships it just feels like such a nice nod

[@awlabrador]

Love this. When I was a kid in the 1970's, watching Star Wars multiple times in the theaters, I dreamed not only of flying my own spaceships but also of being one of the SFX geniuses who brought that stuff to life.

[@TheAcdcninja]

The weird thing is... if you watch the original trilogy now, the worst effects are generally the crap cgi additions that were added 20+ years later

[@jsweizston5410]

Not if you have the VHS still! 👌

[@jimjohnson394]

Han shot first!

[@then4pole0n42]

Wait what? 7:46

[@spooforbrains]

@@jsweizston5410 He actually futzed with the VHS version, even before the so-called "Special Edition" VHS release.

[@thewisewolf768]

@@jsweizston5410 Yeah, even the original VHS has been messed with and had some stuff added. The original in cinema version has never been publicly released in any reasonable quality. Harmy's Despecialized version is the closest we have.

[@user-ov6bj9jf9g]

The original trilogy is truly the definition of movie magic

[@user-hc9qv9yb9m]

I wonder if today's generation appreciates that?

[@adnan8837]

308328928 I do and most people in my school as well

[@mikapoful]

@David Simms yeah if you don't care about the story you can say that

[@normalhuman1805]

@@user-hc9qv9yb9m Sadly, they do not. I am one of the few 'GenZ's' that appreciates classic and old-fashioned art. Other people are too stuck up in their Tik Toks to appreciate anything other than mindless social media.

[@mastershifu7140]

@David Simms I agree

[@brenyatta]

1:40 I can read Obi-Wan’s thoughts: “Jeez, kid, you almost stabbed me in the face with that thing!”

[@keithartworker]

I've watched this again and really have to give you guys credit for all your "infographic animations" on the optical printer techniques. I'm 48 and spent my entire junior high immersed in the analog techniques and witnessed the fear of so many as the medium transitioned to digital. It's funny now to hear now how going backwards to recreate the analog techniques could induce the same trepidation. Again, love your thorough explanations!

[@JimShealy]

So fun story: I know the guy who sold the rig they used to do all the motion for the models/camera. The crane they used was a rig used on nuclear reactors. The rig could move in all degrees of freedom and was used in the reactor so that people didn't have to actually go into the reactor for inspection. He sold it to Lucas for pennies on the dollar because they needed to clear out the warehouse space and was surprised when a year or so later got a ticket for the premiere to a movie called "star wars"

[@MidnightFox2189]

WHO AND WHERE BRO

[@williampgalloway]

nice story

[@2kdemiks816]

Damn that’s insanely nice

[@KyleGallagher]

Jim Shealy That's a DOPE story. Honestly people have no idea this thing was done in a warehouse in Van Nuys. The whole world shifted on it's axis from that spot. It's like a holy site.

[@hyguy1258]

That is so sick

[@bobmrf]

The scene where Luke’s lightsaber “breaks” is actually an intentional quick release. In the film that strike is the one that cuts Vader’s hand of so he hits a button to dislodge the blade so his swipe can follow through. The blades broke several times in prequel b roll, but that shot in particular is not what they say it is on this video.

[@pl3459]

Yeah these hosts are obnoxious morons.

[@Gabo-wg3dv]

@@pl3459 They're litteraly the people than run the channel

[@xSuperFryx]

P L uhh that’s a bit much

[@twod0ves]

nobody cares nerds

[@TrolPLx]

Mind that they are CGI Artists not Film makers from the 80s

[@logicaldude3611]

What’s crazy is that all of this sounds so complicated (and it is), but my little brother and I used to make homemade Star Wars and Star Trek movies at our house back in the mid-90s and we implemented so much of this stuff. Of course it was crude and rudimentary, but it was all the same principles. We even had full soundtracks in the background. We’d record the Star Wars soundtrack from record onto a cassette tape and then put a boom box next to the camera with the tape in. There was a very slight delay between when you turned the camera on and when it actually started recording, so we had to sync it up perfectly between scenes. But honestly we had it down to a science so well there were no cuts in the music, it was 100% perfect. It’s incredible what people can do when they simply put their minds to accomplishing things. We were like 11 and 8 years old doing stuff very similar to this with the basic equipment we had at home.

[@KabukiKid]

Speaking of go-motion... you guys really should cover the practical dragon in Dragonslayer (1981). That thing STILL looks amazing today... better than most CGI creations of modern day. Stunning FX.

[@danielscorner]

The scene at 3:31 when Luke cut of Vader’s hand, he purposefully pressed an eject button on the hilt so he could “cut through”. The sword did not break. It was designed that way

[@thetwopointslow]

Daniel Larsson It was stylistically designed to be that way, and they couldn’t undo it, but they could diminish the effects of it.

[@danielscorner]

thetwopointslow what are you talking about?:) the blade flying off the hilt was not a mistake :)

[@Krokodil986]

Great inginuity

[@Harrierish]

@@danielscorner It's a meme.

[@jessicaslater4243]

@@Harrierish That's not what a meme is.

[@razvanefros411]

Wren's face when clinton has actually seen a movie is priceless

[@TV---kn2rl]

If Clinton hadn't seen the original Star Wars movies, they'd have to evict him from the premises

[@haicoai6269]

Yes ykzbin.info/www/bejne/amrapZmCfKmsfqM

[@saitoubosh2253]

It's easy to forget about and take for granted all of the effort it takes to make visual effects, especially back in the day before CGI. Makes me appreciate those classic movies again.

[@himaninegi93]

After seeing almost all the videos by Corridor Crew, I deduce the three musketeers trait: Niko : The Professor(HOW, WHEN, WHY, WHERE) Wren : "I know how they did this" guy. Has seen every movie and every shot 10 times Clint : absorbs all the knowledge pondered by Niko silently while dropping his reactions and jokes which completes the essence of the video

[@leobeats2255]

Star Wars is probably the only movie Clint has actual seen

[@AndrewJames-fu6oq]

Leo Montano but maybe not the prequels.

[@divyaprakashjain3688]

Challenge for you guys:- " Film a short video using only these old techniques."

[@ASpaceGhostFC2C]

While I think this is a cool idea, the Star Wars films had an entire team of people that were the best at what they did for each of these techniques. As well, maybe I'm off base here, but I don't think stop motion is really in Corridor's wheel house of experience.

[@divyaprakashjain3688]

@@ASpaceGhostFC2C Well, nothing's impossible and I think they actually might do that. They got the basic idea behind that and they might know someone who is like Pro in old school technology.

[@williamzebub3252]

I'm sure they could get some patreon support for a project like that.

[@ASpaceGhostFC2C]

@@williamzebub3252 hey I'm all for it, I'd love to see it happen, and you're probably right.

[@johnroutledge9220]

I have. Sortof. Built a motion control rig in blender that moved the camera while the model stayed still. Pain in the rear to get working right.

[@Voracity-ep6qo]

I might be a year off with all of this, but thank you guys so much for covering the filmmaking process of the OT, seeing how George and his team managed to use so many different techniques and ideas makes me fall in love with the franchise even more than before (I've been a fan basically my entire life, I'm 19 now) the star wars theory channel calls these movies a love letter essentially, a vision made real to the best of Lucasfilm's ability and skill. The stop motion, paintings, handmade backgrounds, puppets, and VFX explained in this video greatly surprised me, especially the first Death Star scene in episode VI: Return Of The Jedi. I'd have never known myself that most of what I saw on the screen was painted, and it really moves me as a fan. Thanks so much Corridor Crew for enriching my childhood even more with this amazing video.

[@lioubastoupakova3770]

I really really am grateful that Lucas and his crew with their dedication to make this franchise real

[@mrleel]

"Wren, I'm your biological father" 😂

[@denismaris9076]

Niko: Have you seen it? Clint: Yes Me: Impossible

[@KilluaZoldyck-de1hq]

Perhaps the archives are incomplete

[@DeathBringer769]

Clint said he saw Edge of Tomorrow during a recent video as well. I was shocked, lol.

[@papasquat.]

I can’t find the original anywhere except for my dads old vhs tape

[@leeks1408]

I remember in A New Hope they always had lightsabers in bright environments so that the light that makes the retroreflective material bright doesn’t contaminate it and make it look overexposed. It wasn’t until they refined it so that the they could have lightsabers in the dark like in Empire Strikes Back when Luke and Vader fought for the first time

[@otter4370]

8:00 Funny thing about that asteroid belt actually, if I recall it's not an actual asteroid belt. It's the scattered remains of Alderaan :D

[@eddebrock]

This really demonstrates the value of practical effects.

[@josebarria3233]

Practical fx = good CGI (when used right) = super good

[@shadowproductions969]

practical almost always looks better.. but these days it's almost always a lot more expensive too...Like Jurassic Park teaches, a mix of practical with visual is the best modern day combo. Especially using practical for closeups.

[@Pookie2112]

@@shadowproductions969 not really a lot of puppets look really bad and cheese

[@josebarria3233]

@@shadowproductions969 yeah CGI should be used only with physically impossible scenes, whereas practical should be used in close-ups. Look at Christopher Nolan's interstellar for the best example of this.

[@devilsadvocate4081]

Its the birth of visual effects. Not practical.

[@TheBfree14]

I am a massive Star Wars fan and never knew that so many scenes in the original movies were actually matte paintings. That absolutely blew my mind.

[@halcionkoenig243]

That's back when good art *wasn't* subjective.

[@TheBfree14]

Halcion Koenig I mean...art is always subjective. A huge part of what makes it art is that people experience it differently. I think what isn’t subjective is that these artists were extremely talented.

[@floop1108]

A massive star wars fan you say? Well than I think you might like this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6rCdp2Jr7B5jbM it's a video by the Hacksmith in which they test their real-life retractable plasma lightsaber (Over 2200 degrees celsius, 4000 fahrenheit)

[@oneoldbikerdude4211]

The shots from Hoth looked like they were from the Special Editions. If you watch the original originals you can see some transparency in the structure of the snowspeeders. The techniques they used worked great against a dark star field background, but translating it to a snowy white background made the mattes very noticeable. So they had to play the game of how transparent can we make the speeders without making them look like a ghost. In the Special Editions they fixed that and were able to make them completely opaque.

[@sseltrek1a2b]

There was nothing like seeing this on a huge curved screen for the first time…completely mind-blowing, and the visuals were completely ground-breaking…

[@TheKazer911]

When Wren says "Jeddy" it hurts my soul 😭

[@santinerino624]

was looking for this

[@rkstevenson5448]

Right? What the fuck was that, Wren??

[@iainwmacintosh]

@@rkstevenson5448 Don't want to be that guy, but I will anyway. Technically, that could be a correct pronunciation as the Jedi stem from the ancient Jedai religion, so Jedi would have a shorter "i" sound that Jedai

[@thatcher6206]

Jeddy beans

[@thatcher6206]

@@rkstevenson5448 Fu*subscribe*k

[@PeteDraperVFX]

Fun fact: The explosion rings on the Death Star & Alderaan added in the special edition were added the wrong way around. The Alderaan one was supposed to be vertical as the blast from the Death Star came on from the side, while the Death Star one was supposed to be horizontal, across the axis like in Return of the Jedi. They flopped it unbeknownst to the FX artist who designed it.

[@TalkingAboutYooh]

@El-ahrairah Funner fact, most of us don't care that you think that.

[@Feintgames]

Oh wow. I didn't know that. It's always bothered me

[@chowchow420]

El-ahrairah I can second that. The little CGI add ins always throw me off and it’s terrible

[@Pauly421]

Niko: The Deep Thinker Wren: The Cheeky Boi Clint:

[@ultron6051]

Clint:👁️👄👁️

[@tubechiq88]

4:40, basically how old school 3D movies worked. It's why you had 3D glasses with red and blue lens.

[@bat2718]

Why is no one talking about how he pronounced "jedi"

[@brianbuchmeier]

Because it’s a running gag

[@braddahjerry]

I got triggered when he said Jeddy lol

[@tearstoneactual9773]

At least he didn't say Jeedai... *uncoils amphistaff*

[@Mukazaki]

LMFAO 😂 because it generates Commenters

[@alessiobonamini1792]

Did you know that's exactly how we pronounce jedi in Italy? For us instead you're pronunciation is weird

[@anthonychrisbradley]

Doing the visual effects on the original trilogy was basically alchemy.

[@agfagaevart]

No. They used quite a few very old and traditional effects; Rotoscoping was about a 70 years old technique by then. Stop motion, also. Blue screening was almost 40 years old or more. The innovation, was using computer controlled cameras to repeat shots,

[@Theta-411]

agfagaevart no one fucking cares lmao

[@agfagaevart]

@@Theta-411 No one like you cares, but you still read my post AND then you replied! :-0 Idiot.

[@cool3865]

@@agfagaevart i dont think star wars would be as great if those guys didnt invent the first motion tracking camera

[@youtuuba]

ACB Films, that cannot be correct. Alchemy was a false 'science', as it was based on little or no actual science, which is why alchemy did not work. It becomes science when the practitioner understands how things actually work, so can plan processes and accurately predict their outcome. It was pure science that was used by the visual artists in the original Star Wars....not at all 'alchemy'.

[@eversomellow2538]

This just goes to show how much a labor of love these films were

[@edherdman9973]

8:59 Dykstra says a big problem was that they'd run through a bunch of these elements and get close to a final version - but ONE part would get scratched. So, if you have a separate image of a TIE fighter, and it gets scratched, you have to reprint that TIE fighter, but also whatever you printed FROM that TIE fighter. And that can cascade. So, he says five elements have a five-to-one chance of being scratched, and 135 pieces has 135 pieces all with a chance of being scratched...and what if one separate image gets scratched while you're trying to build the final shot? Madness!

[@theqorkyone2512]

When you realize how much work is put into these old movies, they become so much more impressive!

[@MyKillyy]

thats why these movies have ages so very well unlike CGI.

[@iainwmacintosh]

ikr, like we today are amazed by these films, think about what audiences back then thought of the films

[@anegwa]

@@iainwmacintosh makes me wish I got to see it pre computer days

[@iainwmacintosh]

anegwa then again, today we can view the films whenever wherever and watch the bts alongside

[@mikekohary1075]

@@iainwmacintosh - I was in the audience back then, 8 years old for Star Wars and 11 for Empire, and they blew us away. They were literally the only movies at the time that looked like that, true one-of-a-kind experiences. I'll never forget how magical it all was.

[@s.p..smdness8748]

10:18 "They're not gonna spend all that money to make that set. That set would be insane." Stanley Kubrick be like : "LOL, hold my beer"

[@Gredran]

3:13: You're using the DVD version. Vader's and Obi Wan's sabers were a lot less of a saturated blue and red. Obi Wan's was almost teal originally.

[@CorridorCrew]

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[@yaknow8493]

The space battle in Return of the Jedi looks absolutely phenomenal.

[@rogueelement1176]

back in the day when it was first released, to us, it looked epic.

[@00Mindi00]

@@rogueelement1176 still does. To this day The Battle Of Endor is probably one of the best space battles ever created, if not, the GOAT of space battles.

[@rockstopsthetraffic]

@@00Mindi00 I don't want to be that guy glorifying all the CGI, but the battle over Coruscant is a strong contender.

[@astorMorisson]

Ironically, they actually used computers to control the cameras. Otherwise these layered shots would not have been possible.

[@embeddd]

you mean return of the jedY

[@nekro6897]

When you’re so early you have enough time to hear the tale of Darth Plagueis the Wise

[@jedironin380]

Well done! Thanks for that. The Dykstra-Cam was named for John Dykstra, the special effect expert for all of this. :)

[@mikekohary1075]

I was 8 when the original Star Wars came out in 1977 (11 when Empire came out), and it was pure magic. It's impossible to overstate how groundbreaking the effects were - in 1977, Star Wars was literally the only movie that looked like that, and in 1980, Empire was literally the only movie that looked like it did. Scenes like the asteroid field or the battle of Hoth were jaw-dropping, and I'll never ever forget watching the opening shot of Star Wars in a darkened theater as an 8-year-old, with the impossibly gigantic Star Destroyer revealing itself over the shoulder. Talk about grabbing the viewer's attention from the outset! I think these movies still look marvelous today, and I refuse to watch the so-called "Special Editions" - the originals only for me, thank you very much Mr. Lucas. They look amazing and always will, and I want to appreciate the original work of the original artists - what they did was incredible. Today's Star Wars "content" frankly has nothing on these classics.

[@UltimateLuigi9426]

I was re-watching old rewinds after KZbin Rewind 2019 and I saw you guys plus Freddie in Rewind 2013 and 2014. Good times.

[@vargaroli9421]

When I realized that they were the cardboard Minecraft guys, my mind literally exploded

[@UltimateLuigi9426]

@@vargaroli9421 yeah, me too!

[@realsandeep]

Ok. I am gonna watch it. Be right back Edit : 2013 - 3:04 Edit Again : 2014 - 4:00 Those are the time guys . Damn

[@Bino_Sleevelesssocks]

they're in 2012 also I'm pretty sure

[@lukas_g243]

And 2012

[@thebomb78]

The original VFX artists back in the day were geniuses

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

The people who coded software to make CGI are geniuses too, any idea how much work is put into computer graphics? I'd contend that, including the work put into the software, CGI FX requires more workhours than old skool.

[@rapalla021]

Paul Freedman obviously. Nobody disagrees with that

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

Actually I'd contest that, I think many do NOT realise. Many think computers automagically render everything.

[@kindairish2562]

​@@paulmichaelfreedman8334 Yes if you include the original coding it MAY take more workhours. But including the original coding would be an idiotic thing to do. If the original coding gets to be taken into account when every vfx artist boots up there 10,000$ program that allows them to do so much crap without effort, then we should also start bringing up the building of the tools used to build models, the tools used to build those tools, the paint brushes being constructed for the paintings and the process of creating paint itself. The chemical processes in creating film to begin with, as well as all the work that went into making cameras. It is like saying that listening to a book on audible is more difficult than reading it just because more human ingenuity (in sum) was needed to deliver the audio book. No it is clearly easier to listen to the audio book. It requires less work on your part because more work was done beforehand. So quit acting like the modern vfx artist does more work than the classic ones. Its a nonsense argument with no legs. And yes computers do "automagically render" quite a lot. Key frames and chroma key are two things that took me a day to learn how to do with a free software. Those two things alone make it possible for me to do things with a phone camera and a few hours than it used to be possible to do in days with huge effects stages. So please get off of it. Modern convenience was built for us by our betters and assuming that you get to take credit for all their work every time you use a smoke effect to make a fart joke on youtube that looks better than most movies made in the 20th century is pure hubris.

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

@@kindairish2562 Just to show how big the industry is.

[@ShinGallon]

Wren's excitement at figuring out how they did the effects is the most precious thing, just sayin'.

[@jordandrinkwater1345]

0:22 I expected Wren to say, "Hi Anakin!"

[@davidbayles6494]

I was 15 when the first (IV) Star Wars film was released. It was PURE MAGIC. When I later learned about the techniques used, it became even more impressive. Realizing the amount of time and effort it took, I began staying at the end of every movie from then on, out of respect for ALL the talent "behind the scenes".

[@christopherlawley1842]

Me too

[@superdrag65]

The effects hold up so well even to this day, especially the ones from Empire and ROJ. These guys were just straight-up genius wizards.

[@natesmodelsdoodles5403]

consider that all they need is just a little bit of CG (color correction and motion blurring, and a bit of adjustment to the rotoscoping effects) to make them perfect. compare that to the effects in most other movies of it's era, which tend to fall flat quite consistently these days.

[@user-zd2kl9yg4v]

ROTJ actually fails in two scenes, hangar looks totally fake before attack on second death star, and destruction of Executor was not good. And that is with all the additions made in special edition.

[@AG.Floats]

Because most were practical FX

[@user-zd2kl9yg4v]

@@AG.Floats its hard to call 80s greenscreen practical effect. I am talking about this scene. i.stack.imgur.com/L8OcJ.jpg and crashing could be doen with more explosions, instead of one huge ball of flame. 7:02 here kzbin.info/www/bejne/nGSbkmmmjrGSoKc You can even see outlines of many spaceships.

[@kobesworld6320]

I absolutely love how the effects all come together, good and bad it makes me appreciate the movies even more

[@nOT_sURE08]

I don't know why but when he says, "...in Return of the Jedee..." and they just act like it didn't happen, that got me.

[@THEPELADOMASTER]

In a previous one they say haideo kojima

[@Jeleky]

There should be a running gag that whenever someone wears green their shirt gets green screened throughout the whole video

[@willdabeast8509]

*Wren and Niko finally take the fact that Clint has only seen 3 movies in his life into account.*

[@HoodedHavoc]

Those 3 movies being the og Star Wars movies. Nothing more, nothing less.

[@alexman378]

I was legit surprised when he said he’d seen it.

[@DeathBringer769]

Nah, he also said he saw Edge of Tomorrow in a past recent video as well, lol. I was a bit surprised there too :D

[@nickmcgargill6216]

Everyone's reaction: No way!

[@TimmyCrackCorn]

But DID he ... did he REALLY see them? The looks on his face say he really has not, or it has been a LONG time ago.

[@dan_hageman]

This somehow made me appreciate the trilogy more than I already did

[@loganburde2838]

some of the shots they show like at 7:00 are CGI that was added in the special edition, not the original models. and most people don't know that because George Lucas has never made the original versions widely available. the highest quality version available of the original versions are made by fans.

[@ValerianGaudeau]

Now you MUST do "The Saga: Star Wars with Tommy Wiseau - The full story", it sounds silly, but for an amateur project it has a lot of impressive technical work!

[@tonydib5805]

Omg! Thanks for making this video! I knew it was intense but holy crap there’s so much more put into creating those movies!! Mad respect!!

[@Makabert.Abylon]

Its been 4 good years of the Corridor crew reacting, i hope for many more to come. Learned so much i dont remember or have any use for at all, but i love it.

[@majkel228]

Ah, Return of the Jeddie, my favourite episode in the series.

[@MrPrice2U]

LOL!

[@avinier325]

If that's ur fav MOVIE then u are a plastic fan of star wars...DOUCHE...and it's JEDI not JEDDIE

[@10honeysoyBBQwings]

ASTRON O ASTRAN you’re actually a fucking potato

[@koryoor3o914]

@@avinier325 search on google "define sarcasm"

[@urb6857]

Koryo Or3o He’s joking about the joke.

[@Rocknoob49]

"i wouldnt say its very hidden" boy i have watched this more often than i can count and i never noticed that cut. the ATATs became very apparent though when i grew out of my childlike amazement

[@cthulhufhtagn2483]

Honestly, the AT-ATs never bothered me. That jumpcut definitely did, and the AT-STs still kill me, but I'm good with the AT-ATs.

[@shorebreakers96]

For me it was weird when i was younger, and then when i learned hwo they did it, AT-AT, AT-ST lightsaber and all, it became irrelevant to see the flaw. My child amazement was replaced by technical amazement :D

[@cthulhufhtagn2483]

@@shorebreakers96 Fair enough! Honestly, it's the same for me in a lot of ways. I love how good modern CGI looks, but there is something attractive about those retro special effects.

[@gaminggoose2329]

Baktillus the cut’s not bad, I always noticed it but it helps if you imagine it’s caused by the sudden instantaneous snap as the saver ignites. I’ve always preferred the way this lightsaber snaps instantly to life than the way modern movies show them sliding out like a cock or something.

[@SpaceCase1701]

@@shorebreakers96 Same for me. Instead of having the childhood 'magic' ruined I just became more and more appreciative of the amazing technical achievements of the whole trilogy. The sequence in ROTJ where Wedge and the Falcon fly into the Death Star innards chased by TIEs is one of my favourite VFX sequences in all of film.

[@LexIconLS]

The battle on Hoth is the best battle in the OG trilogy except for maybe the two Death Star fights. The scale, intensity, the Rebel fortifications are so cool, and the AT-ATs are just epic striding across the battlefield.

[@noslack68671]

Hey guys there is a scene in the War of The Worlds movie with Tom Cruise which I think is just amazing. The thing is is that most people dont give it much thought because it does not include an alien or space ship or anything. I am talking about the scene where Tom Cruise is driving the van on the parkway with his kids. The camera puts you inside the van with them, then pans outside the van and then swings around the outside of the van then moves a distance from the van to allow elements between the van and the camera and then zooms back into the van and then the scene ends with the camera leaving the van from the rear and moves off into the distance. This all happens in a single scene that appears to be one take. It all sounds pretty plain but you have to watch the scene to appreciate it.

[@henrique88t]

11:11 i thought they were going to talk about vader's helmet going through the ship

[@Pingurator]

O wowowowoowowowowow Yas

[@agfagaevart]

These "experts" even missed that one. :-0

[@allanlopez89]

WTF

[@thekrieger2959]

@@agfagaevart they explained how hard it is don't insult them by adding " to experts

[@zerlichr426]

How about AT-AT "falling over". I mean you can see the stick here 15:16

[@theSuaveN3rd]

"Return of the Jedee" pause... /checks comment section.

[@xurdedroblox9852]

Ikr

[@szolar1]

Yeah that was weird tho in my country (hungary) we pronounce "Jedi" exactly like this.

[@RTS907]

What the hell, nobody said anything!

[@Cwhirt910]

It's a running gag I believe that they do

[@zsigmondkara]

@@szolar1 hahaha exactly

[@jaycob1830]

15:17 you can see the stick under the AT-AT’s foot, to make it fall over.

[@Rosen_Gitsov]

Nice spot! Also play that shot at 2x speed to see the model falling over closer to the real-time in which it was shot :D

[@rated-r6002]

This was one of my favorite vfx artist reaction series

[@digitalcos]

One of my favorite lightsaber gags is when Obi-wan activates his saber for the climactic battle with Vader. Watch the shot carefully, it's one of the full stick sabers simply pointed directly at the lens, hiding the length of the saber, and he just turns his wrist to reveal it. So simple, and so genius.

[@tediousmaximus1067]

How about doing 2001: A Space Odyssey? All-time classic!

[@santishorts]

Quite a bit of Star Wars sets and effects are inspired by 2001.

[@mikcnmvedmsfonoteka]

I really like floating pen effect so simple and yet satisfying

[@curtiswfranks]

Absolutely spectacular. I appreciate those films so much more after this video.

[@mysticusfreeze]

My art class is college had us paint matte paintings as a final project, i have mad respect for the artists in these. As well contrary to popular belief matte painting is still used quite a lot, but its done digitally and often slightly animated

[@ivanobobas5015]

7:43 oh so part 2 is comming out January 4th 2019

[@The7guys]

You guys missed the Death Star trench transition. When Luke dives into the trench of the Death Star, it changes from a matte painting to an actual model.

[@n8wulfcommander207]

ET Shotenkey I’m pretty sure it cuts when that a laser flash blinds the screen.

[@thefowles1]

@@n8wulfcommander207 it's a hidden cut, correct. also, they did mention it in a previous episode

[@joelonsdale]

Episodes 4, 5 & 6 still blow my mind everytime. I saw 5 & 6 at the cinema when they came out and was high for a week afterwards... I still get the same feeling.

[@GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy]

My friend and I made our own version of 'The Empire Strikes Back' when we were kids, using mostly hand made cardboard models, Lego men and Star Wars action figures. For the laser blasts we used an 'effects box' placed in front of the 8mm camera ( which could take one frame at a time ). Inside the cardboard box was a vertical piece of glass, and a light would shine directly down over the box. For the laser shot we would place a piece of red transparent sheet of plastic on the top with a cardboard cut out in the shape of a laser shot. The result was a red laser shot reflecting off the piece of vertical glass in front of the camera. We learned how to do it from a camera magazine in the early 80's.

[@ThunderBlastvideo]

Wow, this makes me respect the original trilogy more than ever before now O_O this must have taken YEARS to produce! It's basically an art show of models and paintings

[@ryanmendoza6034]

Also George Lucas wife saved the movie with editing as it was kinda cringe without it

[@BlueFlash215]

@@ryanmendoza6034 it was not solely his wife. It was his friends and people like Spielberg. It's said in the same documentaries that Corridor Digital used to demonstrate all this.

[@ryanmendoza6034]

@@BlueFlash215 my bad well everyone except lucas

[@elguitarTom]

@@BlueFlash215 What are you talking about? The original movies had many professional directors. When you see a movie has one name and "directed by" it's simply not true. When you see the scroll credits then you see actually how many directors and people involved

[@mv9370]

@@ryanmendoza6034 lmao every movie without an edit is bad, that is why editing exists XD

[@Z.G]

Wren: Return Of the Jeddy Me:😞

[@arro_rockets]

I was waiting for someone to say that!

[@YourMJK]

That was a joke

[@arro_rockets]

@@YourMJK Was it?

[@YourMJK]

ARRO Astronomical Research & Rocketry Organization Yes, he did that a few times now in different videos.

[@arro_rockets]

@@YourMJK Oh, my bad

[@banonKING]

Thanks for breaking down the Asteroid Field chase. My jaw dropped the first time I saw (or recognized) this sequence.

[@azul_nova2618]

It was amazing watching this and seeing how may favorite movies were made! Thank you!

[@mcburgerking1913]

well no wonder george wanted everything cgi in the prequels, he was probably so fuckig tired of small models and practical effects edit: if his comment gets to 800 likes il change it to say some bullshit like anakin becomes general grevious

[@sirisaacnewton3305]

Crohn yeah like joda was a puppet at first

[@rddsknk89]

Lots of stuff in the prequels were real models. They built many many models and mini sets, and used a lot similar compositing techniques as the original trilogy. Apparently there were more models built for just Revenge of the Sith than the ENTIRE original trilogy. However, the CGI they did use was definitely not that great, and it shows. Here's a really good video for more info: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJnTd6aFbdyIpas

[@Underworlddream]

CG was the new thing at that time. Back when the movie came out the Prequel CG was considered pushing what was possible with CG at that time.

[@quintincastro7430]

He probably wanted to be using the most advanced techniques of the time

[@PurpleColonel]

Because Lucas was the guy who hand crafted and moved every single one of those OT models himself.

[@philto3563]

Stuntmen reacts star wars fights: Episode I: Qui-Gon & Obi-Wan vs Darth Maul Episode III: Obi-Wan vs Darth Vader/Anakin Episode VI: Luke vs Darth Vader

[@allluckyseven]

I'd say both Maul fight scenes: Against just Qui-Gon in the desert, and against both him and Obi-Wan in Naboo.

[@Gririan]

Anakin/Darth Vader vs Obi-Wan is the best fight in the entire franchise, I'll love to see that

[@Versailles18]

@@Gririan you probably haven't seen Obi-Wan VS Maul in the Rebels show.

[@chrisleestromberg8588]

Yes pls

[@johnny_eth]

I grew up watching star wars and other sci-fy and never really though about or had any idea how movies were made. Now as a grown up, I'm thoroughly impressed at the work and talent those people had, that made up my childhood and teen years.

[@DickEnchilada]

Man, watching this made me really geek out about my favorite childhood movie in a whole new way. Thanks guys!

[@adamantium9550]

These movies have aged so well because they used so many practical effects! Episode III with all its CGI also looks really good though...

[@Jibboe0214]

I am still blown away at how good grievous looks.

[@ieuanhunt552]

The special editions are awful however

[@DixyRae]

All the prequels were visually impressive. Because Lucas was always comfortable delegating that work to talented artists. They fall apart at the screenplay and directorial levels. I think the main creative difference between the two trilogies is that the first was a love letter to the pulp science fiction of the early 20th century (Leigh Brackett doesn't get enough credit for some of Empire's most inspired choices imo) and the second is too in love with its own overwrought lore and self importance as a franchise.