STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE Clip - "Rescue" (1977)

[@Theaterg15]

I loved how Leia is not some typical damsel of Distress princess. She is AWESOME. loved how she just took Luke Gun firing the garbage pin on finding away to get out of there and loved she said "Somebody has to save our skins''

[@Fegyo98]

yeah she was cool!! i wish they planned her character strong and boss-like in the new trilogy too. She was like a granny there..but she is a leader!

[@GuardianofAges2023]

Agreed. Very much like her mother in this regard. Padme never was a Damsel of Distress either. Very resourceful.

[@Bauglir100]

@@GuardianofAges2023 Yeah. She was 14 years old in TPM but ruling a planet and fighting battle droids. And even convincingly pulling off the role of her own handmaiden so well that even the Jedi didn't notice it at first.

[@dodywidodo9433]

Well written strong female character

[@deletedaccount1990]

Leia and Padme were fighters and leaders. They were indeed very different from the classic damsel in distress we usually see. That's why everyone like them.

[@ConnorMiller417]

The day this movie went into theaters sparked the beginning of the greatest franchise ever made! 😊

[@thegreatstoneddragon9432]

But for the filmmakers, it was (probably) Tuesday.

[@nickdwyer1451]

True. The Disney trilogy doesn’t count.

[@RPGrandPaTV]

@@nickdwyer1451 ^^ Facts and neither does Ahsoka with all it's GIRL POWER crap.

[@-.-.11]

Nope. It WAS the greatest film franchise ever made. It no longer holds that title because Star Wars is lame now. Just the way it is

[@moonbaby6134]

and Disney have killed it.

[@12classics39]

The fact that Luke can’t see through the helmet means Chewie’s actually guiding him through the halls, rather than vice versa. LOL. I love them.

[@AlexNasvik]

That was add libbed by Mark Hamill. He actually couldn’t see out of the helmet.

[@sexobscura]

[@Abigdummy4life]

6:06 I will NEVER forget that quote of hers. "Into the garbage chute, flyboy!"

[@Jedizen07]

Saw this opening week in 1977-CHANGED MY LIFE forever. My all time favorite Star Wars moment ( at 2:55 ): Brilliantly improvised by a pirate ( played by Harrison Ford ) next to a rather large dog ( called a Wookie ) who is holding a weapon with a terrifying steadiness while the pirate is yelling to a " kid " looking for a " Princess " ( who turns out to be his kid sister ), inside a planet sized moon hell bent on destroying a universe while under the stress of VERY poor Stormtrooper marksmanship with awful Imperial management, in the event of trying to save a scattered rebellion from extinction, all being led by an old man ( with a death sentence on his head from the rise of the Sith ). . . This is why Star Wars: A New Hope will ALWAYS be my all time favorite movie. A MASTERPIECE.

[@lastfirst78]

Explain how it changed your life. It is just fiction. Maybe you should focus on concrete reality rather than what Hollywood feeds you. Pivotal film, but changed your life? Come on Brandon.

[@ButchersNailsEnjoyer]

I miss when star wars blasters created smoke. Made the fights more chaotic

[@GreenCanteen]

They were real movie guns with 9mm blanks for the effect. Much better than only CGI!

[@kellyweingart3692]

“Aren’t you a little short for a Stormtrooper?” 😂

[@freegee3503]

I'm Luke Skywalker, I'm here to rescue you. You're who? 😅🤣 Then he proceeds to cause her to be in a blaster battle. 🤣😅

[@MasmydaMusy]

The princess spent a significant amount of her career studying the size of a regular Stormtrooper.

[@NaliTikva]

I think in the Star Wars purn parodie she says that referring to the clock size

[@andrewmaglione1197]

0:57, Luke explains why stormtroopers always miss

[@nathancruz9172]

Exactly

[@Koopalingfan]

Oh yeah.

[@whitekingcat5118]

no lol. They don't always miss. There is nothing that supports that claim

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

It's also the blasters are terribly inaccurate. If you play something like Jedi Outcast, they're downright terrible and do pitiful damage.

[@Skyline_r3496]

Maybe it wasn’t custom fit for him after all they stole that armor

[@bbenjoe]

These scenes have a magic I never, ever felt during the sequel trilogy.

[@12classics39]

Agreed. Though I definitely feel it in the similar Rogue One scene where Jyn, Cassian, and K-2SO infiltrate the Citadel Tower in disguise.

[@madduxnagel6935]

“We’re never gonna catch lightning in a bottle again, let’s let the memories suffice.” -Mark Hamill, TLJ

[@karlschumaker]

I wonder why Anikin Skywalker as Darth Vader didn’t feel a tremor in the force that his son Luke Skywalker had come to rescue his sister Princess Leia!!!

[@alosim1541]

Agreed. There was a video where they isolated the score for when they’re walking Chewie to the detention block. It’s deleted now but it just showed how iconic such a simple scene was and how memorable the music was. Like you said not a single moment like that for the sequels

[@rickpeterson8825]

Crazy the dude who gets them outta the garbage shoot was JO BLO!! JO BLO!! JO BLO!!!

[@deletedaccount1990]

Always have been fond of Leia and Han bickering at each other. They were just so made for each other.

[@Koopalingfan]

Totally and it’s funny to watch.

[@SH-sg8or]

Man, 1977 was a magical time in my childhood….. thanks to this movie

[@diavoss76]

I still love when the stormtrooper hits his head on the door! 😂

[@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-]

2:09 This scene never gets old

[@venomslayer9899]

"He'll tear us all apart!!!"

[@roquefortfiles]

Science fiction was never really one of my favorites but this film is so fabulously enjoyable and exciting. It is the true hero's journey. When this film came out no one had seen anything like it. Hard to impress on kids today. This film was a watershed moment. I am glad i was there when it got released. The 70's was the last golden age.

[@InfernalPasquale]

There was clearly another golden age of cinema that peaked in the early 2000s with The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

[@Fegyo98]

5:45 best part of the movie dude😆😆😆😆😆

[@sj460162]

Still my favourite film of all time...

[@brydc0ck31]

My favorite film too.

[@arckocsog253]

I thought I am the only one… It’s magical and changed my life

[@jessetorres8738]

17 sequel movies & tv films later & yet A New Hope is still the best Star Wars film.

[@OldMusicFan83]

Empire. If my father wanted me to rule the galaxy as father and son, I’d dress in black and crush all who came before us.

[@astrahcat1212]

@@OldMusicFan83 Empire was great but A New Hope is still that quirky rugged underdog movie that made history

[@rickpeterson8825]

​@astrahcat1212 Doesn't mean it's the best. It is, however, groundbreaking

[@Angyali]

2nd best.

[@MarkHarvey-uh8oc]

​@OldMusicFan83 I totally agree. It was the first and changed the world. Empire was fantastic, but if it were not for STAR WARS it would have jot been made. It is a close race, but for me, STAR WARS will always b e the best. The story is perfect.

[@grantmo821]

The supervisor looks Chewie up & down with that look of utter disgust, "Where are you taking this....thing?". Han & Chewie both think, "I'm shooting you first, bet on that.".

[@lidarman2]

Han's discussion in the detention control is my favorite scene in all the movies. From way Chewbacca swings his gun, to the music and Han's hilarious dialog.

[@jacobgarrity6410]

1977 was a magical epic moment in history I still remember when Star Wars came out and everyone was so happy before the dark times before the Prequels before Disney

[@TryDiy]

2:57 "Everything's under control situation normal" said in the campest way imaginable 😃

[@Spudtron98]

The way he cringes at himself, like he just seriously failed a Speech Check and he knows it.

[@CCROGGY]

RIP to our Lord Vader you will be forever missed James Earl Jones! You are now One with the Force 🙏🙏

[@thewewguy8t88]

at 0:45 and 0:51 whats amazing is those men who pass luke and han and cheiwie all played some very important part in the star wars universe and are not just some random dudes walking in the background lol. like that old dude who at :51 he was actually the director of collecting and then installing all the cyber crystals needed for the death star weapon.

[@octodaddy877]

The guy on the right at 0:45 is definitely Yularen, right? Like, it's the same actor that played that background officer in the conference room that they made into Yularen. That's pretty cool, I never noticed it before.

[@thewewguy8t88]

I was being sarcastic on how important he was...​@@octodaddy877

[@thewewguy8t88]

I was kind of joking 😂​@@octodaddy877

[@d0rkykitty880]

3:44 Luke's "Huh??" 😂

[@curriphacreator]

“Oh, the uniform!” *chucks helmet* “I’m Luke Skywalker, I’m here to rescue you!” 😁

[@hsuehhs1]

@@curriphacreatorLeia: Skywalker my last name is Skywalker too. I was told separated from my twin brother after the death of my parents Luke: WHAT?! That’s what my uncle told me too!

[@stephenmartinez5296]

Chewbacca growls 0:11

[@simonesivori9023]

All this happened 46 years ago

[@chrisfromsouthaus2735]

That's a long time ago, and in a galaxy far far away

[@JGProductions6581]

And A Purple CGI Elephant Dancing.

[@Retsler54]

At New Years Eve in 1980 I watched King Kong, 47 years after its release.

[@stephenmartinez5296]

The Stormtroopers walking 1:08

[@tommyt1971]

0:11, not only was the droid scared, the droids RC operator was scared.

[@unitedstar1255]

Still miss carrier fisher, she left us too soon😢

[@flackjacket3dits]

Back when star wars was incredible

[@PhantomQueenOne]

Still is. I love The Bad Batch.

[@flackjacket3dits]

@@PhantomQueenOne you love a show for children, cool

[@JoaoPedro-pi1ef]

​@@flackjacket3ditsa new hope is a movie for children, lol

[@flackjacket3dits]

@JoaoPedro-pi1ef didn't know intergalactic war was for kids, it's the cop out lucas gives later on when the prequels failed to meet adults expectations

[@PhantomQueenOne]

@@flackjacket3dits It doesn't need to be bad. Except for preschool/small child things (which I think are stupid) I might find value in more innocent things. My childhood sucked in a lot of ways. I don't like ultra violence films like some people do. I normally don't care for super realistic war movies, things like 'Kill Bill' or horror films like 'Saw'. I just refuse to watch them. If you want to watch them, up to you. Not my cup of tea. I have c-PTSD from the shit in my life, I don't need to trigger PTSD flashbacks. PTSD flashbacks are the fucking worst! Besides in case you were wondering Looney Tunes, Animaniacs, and other 'adult cartoons' like Hazbin Hotel weren't meant for kids in a lot of ways... if you look at the humour and themes, kids weren't meant understand it. Adults find it funny as fuck though.

[@TheMayonakaTenshi]

I was in Italy. My dad was military and we were able to see the movie

[@angelmaldonado5657]

How old are you now

[@BrandonKohout]

Boring conversation anyway. LUKE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE COMPANY!!!

[@KarlSturmgewher]

3:26 Imperial officer: Trouble in detention block, check it immediately! Han Solo: LUKE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE COMPANY!

[@michaelgiyer6778]

" Lock the door and hope they don't have blasters"!! " that's not very reassuring!!!" 😅😅😅

[@Retsler54]

Come to think of it, lol. R2-D2 with the Death Star plans is back on the Death Star. It is like Indiana Jones bringing the diary into the German castle in The Last Crusade.

[@MrDarkmarius]

I stod in line to see Star Wars at GRAUMAN'S CHINESE THEATER IN 1977. The famous picture of that line I was in. I & all my friends competed for how many times we saw Star Wars that year. I topped out at seeing it 42 times. By the way. I & all my friends snuck into the movie theater at least 30 of those times

[@karlschumaker]

Mark Hamill has come a long way from doing this film to what he has been doing recently by providing the voice of the Joker in the Batman animated cartoons and movies!!!🎬🎨🎬🎨🎬🎨

[@adam944]

No film has ever captured ‘magic’ and the audience has never had so much fun in a theatre from this time as when this film came out. It was really like the historical commentary from then of a live concert in a movie theatre with a huge community of 900 people in a single session. I remember as a 7 year so excited by moments and audience responses I forgot to breathe to seconds later involuntarily gulping air. Greatest cinema experience of any film ever.

[@jakethecarsandreactorvideo9409]

0:57 ad libbed by Mark Hamill

[@robertlange1772]

The Original Star Wars! A cinematic masterpiece!

[@MickLeadham]

Rescuing the gorgeous legend Leia ❤🥰1977 proper Starwars at its best , legends

[@ericharper5361]

Princess Leia,aren’t you a little short for a storm trooper?😆

[@dylangeltzeiler946]

2:19-2:28 That sound from the Blaster Chewbacca “Chewy” was holding & using. It’s the same blasting sound effects that was later used on Huge Walking Machines, Big Guns, Speeders & the right arms of some Droids for the other Star Wars films years later.

[@maciej34]

0:11 oh okay that was Perfect

[@Thebeast_theconqueror]

We're all perfectly fine here now, thank you.

[@davidgreenberg4761]

I like how Leia and Chewbacca were in the garbage compactor just the two of them for a minute.

[@DunmoresMovieMania]

Uncomfortable silence.

[@supermariofan1217]

6:40 Han Solo: *YAAAAAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!*

[@Sanjar_Zhuraev]

I used to think it was the stormtroopers screaming.

[@jonnyk2194]

The Greatest Movie (along with Empire) of ALL TIME…

[@broden4838]

1:49 Infamous but iconic line

[@TheFlyingHeart]

0:07 My whole life, whenever I’ve been wandering around aimlessly, I make that sound with my lips , that the little droid on the floor makes. “ dbbb dbb d dd “

[@oriongonzalez6053]

2:08 Look out he’s loose! 😂

[@loganthevillager9176]

“HE’LL TEAR US ALL APART!”😂😂

[@timmccarthy9917]

0:33 Wow, the Empire actually used railings for once.

[@stephenmartinez5296]

Han Solo grabs that blaster 3:22

[@stephenmartinez5296]

Luke, we're going to have company 3:26

[@lokibarbossa7498]

3:49 HOW DIDN´T THE NAME RING A BELL TO LEIA? Did they never tell her who her actual father was? Please explain this hole for me

[@hypersonicxx]

Well it was actually explained, luke and Leia were separated at birth to prevent the sith from finding them. Leia was adopted by the organas. Instead of telling her who their actual mother and father were and their fates, they made up a story. In this fake story they noted that her father died in one of the last clone wars battles & as for her mother they said she was "badly injured in a fight, but still lived long enough to give birth to Leia". Her adoptive parents had to keep the real names of her parents a secret so that she wouldn't discover the truth, but she eventually did around the events of ROTJ where she would know vader was her actual father and the fate that befell her mother; a broken heart.

[@Pilot231]

Just caught something there that I didn't think about before. "Prisoner transfer from cell block '1138'." George Lucas' first film he ever made (his student film) was known as THX 1138.

[@MarcosAurelio-su9rd]

Classic Movie.

[@davidbreen311]

This Empire and Jedi are the only Star Wars that I’ll watch and this is one my all-time favorite moments is the fact that Princess Leia, starts off as a proper European woman with that accent at the beginning but then after she’s rescued, she’s a tough woman from the Bronx.

[@memoranda1]

Rogue wasn't a bad film to be honest......it was much better than the other ones the came up with......

[@sjdrifter72]

@@memoranda1 Rogue One was a rewrite of Star Wars lore. The Expanded Universe did a better job telling the story of the stolen Death Star plans with Kyle Katarn instead of Jyn Erso. Disney replacing established canon with their own inferior take.

[@benmorgan8890]

This movie came out 48 years ago let that just sink in

[@freddybonilla2472]

Sometimes The Princess Does The Rescuing

[@LudwigPaiste28]

Yeah. Ask Kathleen Kennedy. 🙄

[@Spudtron98]

Just get the door open, she'll handle the rest.

[@Bowserjr_koopa]

2:07 look out he’s loose he’ll tear us apart 😂

[@paulyont3092]

4:23 Vader is no longer a Jedi, Vader is something much worse…A SITH LORD! 😟

[@JaketheMovieGeek]

A Sith..Lord?

[@vanguard6498]

2:12 this effect is awesome

[@stephenmartinez5296]

Look out 2:35

[@brandonharris7516]

5:06 if you look closer. You can notice a neck being seen by that one storm trooper for a second

[@carlhicks9327]

My favourite Star Wars movie.

[@MookieNone]

TIMMY BREWER IS ALWAYS ALIVE!

[@MookieNone]

WAYNE BAILEY IS ONLAY WORTHY TO OWN A CONFEDERATE FLAG FOREVER!

[@rstein926]

C3-PO: That isn't really reassuring Love how blind C3-PO is to Han's sarcasm 🤣🤣🤣

[@Glacussia]

5:58 her smirk😂

[@KarlSturmgewher]

0:00 When preparing for hostiles to come knocking. "Lock the door."

[@logicaldude3611]

Can we just say that the strategy around the initial prison break was phenomenal? They let Chewie break loose but they start yelling that they’re trying to contain him while they’re shooting at the other guys. This happens so fast in real-time that it would be hard to understand what’s going on. Perfection.

[@Assadul-Naml]

How guns are handled in this movie never fails to crack me up. 0:40 Ford uses it as a cane, goofy ass loveable movie

[@johntracy72]

Boring conversation anyway. Luke, we're gonna have company!

[@Metalalbumreviewers]

3:37 Carrie Fisher was beyond beautiful in that moment.

[@ianadams6959]

If you watch the laserdisc de-specialized version you can see at 2:11 the dude clearly gets whacked in the chest by the blaster and you see the effects of it: but in this version it’s cut off.

[@trevorcolby532]

2:08 Look out he's loose!

[@jackstone9569]

Leia being a student of history, it would be funny if she freaked out upon hearing Luke introduce himself with the name “Skywalker”, cause realistically that would be insane to just casually introduce yourself as the son of Knight of the Jedi Order Prince Consort of Naboo and General of the 501st Anakin Skywalker. Also a fan of the fact that Obi-Wan’s fake name is so bad that Leia instantly knows exactly who Luke is talking about.

[@DunmoresMovieMania]

You just pointed out another plothole that has slipped through Star Wars canon for nearly 50 years. You're right: Leia should've reacted with fantastic surprise at the Skywalker name!

[@rsoulinternet]

This can be solved with a bit of headcanon: Skywalker is a very common surname in the SW universe, like Smith is in ours.

[@terecortes8274]

I always wondered why Luke's uncles allowed him to keep his father's surname instead of using Lars, considering the circumstances and the need for the boy to be hidden. And Ben Kenobi also was a bad choice of name if he didn't want to be found as Obi-Wan. Even Luke quickly figured it could be him after hearing Leia's message on R2. 😂

[@lessthanthreemetal]

boring conversation anyway *LUKE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE COMPANY*

[@blockmasterscott]

Man, Peter Cushing was the perfect Imperial. He did such a fantastic job.

[@matthewskudzienski888]

How do I get Original E-11 Sound Effect

[@scottishjedi1522]

0:45- The two ISB guys that walk past Han & Luke. Look at the one on the right. Isn’t that Yularen?

[@friezasama8860]

yes thats where he died aboard the death star in a new hope lol they. gave him the backstory. after lol

[@kevinmccauley4869]

Born the day this hit theaters.

[@johntracy72]

Happy 47th birthday next month

[@kevinmccauley4869]

@@johntracy72 you had to remind me my age but thanks 😂

[@MookieNone]

DARTHS OLD MASTER IS WAYNE BAILEY PLUMBING!

[@ChrisMac2489]

3:23 err (shoots gun) boring conversation anyway (yelling) LUCK WE,RE GOING TO HAVE COMPANY!

[@christiancarranza3824]

I love how solo trying to lie 😂 and the end kills me everytime, screw this guy

[@kepecos]

Lol Chewie scaring away that shitty little droid and then shrugging was a pure stroke of genius.

[@manuelreyes8456]

Good movie

[@Frostiar]

I forgot how intense this scene was oh my god

[@MookieNone]

TIMMY BREWER IS OBEY 1 KONOBE!

[@stephenmartinez5296]

Fire 5:44

[@MookieNone]

WAYNE BAILEY IS ALIVE AND WELL FOREVER!

[@dunedainmom]

The humor of Luke's Ideals crashing into reality...the vision of the maiden in white, turning out to be a real snarky entitled princess "Some rescue, you had a plan for getting in, did you have a plan for getting out?" It makes me laugh till the tears come. Young men's ideal vision meeting the hilarious reality. And then his unmoved-by-ideals friend starting to have a crush on her for the snark....The comic gold is priceless. Also the interesting contrast Luke does things for ideals/ideas [the rebellion, The Cause] Han does things for individual persons [usually Luke . later, for Leia] It's such an interesting contrast between the idealist and the individualist.

[@friezasama8860]

yes sir the eu book expounded upon this more and it was such a great observation of yours. this was the dynamic of their bonds. luke always knew that Han would always do anything to help him

[@dunedainmom]

@@friezasama8860Yes! I loved how Han accidentally ends up saving the day, because he is tryign to save Luke. It was interesting how ep5 contrasts the idealist and the individualist again. In the opening, when Luke is lost on Hoth. And the rebels tells Leia they can’t hold the gate open any longer, to the subzero temperatures, it will freeze them all. And Leia weighs the theoretical greater good [the rebellion] against the personal good of the one [Luke],and you see she’s miserable but she chooses the many. And Han says to hell with it, forget the odds, and goes out anyway to find Luke his friend, even if it kills him. To Han, he does heroic things for individual persons, not causes. Like in ep4, I think he comes back at the end, not for the rebellion, but for Luke. He saves Luke, and then accidentally saves the whole rebellion. I love how Star Wars highlights the differences of the Idealist and the Individualist, and shows how they need eachother. Timothy Zahn made me love them so much more. Luke and Han and Leia’s interaction in Zahn’s in Choices of One was so good

[@danpage6907]

Best moment in this whole movie is Leia taking over her own rescue operation.

[@cygnustsp]

Man this was so good

[@arbiter8246]

0:25 Why did they shoot from such a low angle?

[@stephenmartinez5296]

BAM 4:53

[@davidsegura953]

So vader spent all his life hiding his identity but now it turns that he just says "my old master"? Come on 4:08

[@nosorab3]

Man, I miss when blasters actually blasted things. Nowadays they just kinda make little sparks.

[@MookieNone]

ONE 23!!!!!

[@zacharymanuel8716]

I like to think Vader telling tarken not to underestimate the force is just Anakin telling him not to underestimate obi wan