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

[@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!

[@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.

[@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!!!

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@SH-sg8or]

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

[@Abigdummy4life]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@diavoss76]

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

[@iam4026]

3:23 I love the crunchiness of the weapon when Han picks it up. It even has an echo to it

[@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

[@simonesivori9023]

All this happened 46 years ago

[@chrisfromsouthaus2735]

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

[@okjeffy6581]

And A Purple CGI Elephant Dancing.

[@Retsler54]

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

[@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

[@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-]

2:09 This scene never gets old

[@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.

[@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!

[@Fegyo98]

5:45 best part of the movie dude😆😆😆😆😆

[@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

[@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.".

[@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.

[@robertlange1772]

The Original Star Wars! A cinematic masterpiece!

[@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!

[@TheMayonakaTenshi]

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

[@angelmaldonado5657]

How old are you now

[@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

[@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.

[@tommyt1971]

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

[@stephenmartinez5296]

The Stormtroopers walking 1:08

[@unitedstar1255]

Still miss carrier fisher, she left us too soon😢

[@CCROGGY]

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

[@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

[@jakethecarsandreactorvideo9409]

0:57 ad libbed by Mark Hamill

[@stephenmartinez5296]

Chewbacca growls 0:11

[@mikedip76]

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

[@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.

[@ericharper5361]

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

[@davidgreenberg4761]

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

[@DunmoresMovieMania]

Uncomfortable silence.

[@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

[@oriongonzalez6053]

2:08 Look out he’s loose! 😂

[@loganthevillager9176]

“HE’LL TEAR US ALL APART!”😂😂

[@supermariofan1217]

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

[@Sanjar_Zhuraev]

I used to think it was the stormtroopers screaming.

[@lessthanthreemetal]

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

[@MickLeadham]

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

[@davidbreen6335]

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.

[@stephenmartinez5296]

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

[@johntracy72]

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

[@timmccarthy9917]

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

[@freddybonilla2472]

Sometimes The Princess Does The Rescuing

[@LudwigPaiste28]

Yeah. Ask Kathleen Kennedy. 🙄

[@Spudtron98]

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

[@broden4838]

1:49 Infamous but iconic line

[@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.

[@vanguard6498]

2:12 this effect is awesome

[@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.

[@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 “

[@paulyont3092]

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

[@JaketheMovieGeek]

A Sith..Lord?

[@rstein926]

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

[@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. 😂

[@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.

[@danpage6907]

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

[@blockmasterscott]

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

[@stephenmartinez5296]

Han Solo grabs that blaster 3:22

[@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

[@kevinmccauley4869]

Born the day this hit theaters.

[@johntracy72]

Happy 47th birthday next month

[@kevinmccauley4869]

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

[@Frostiar]

I forgot how intense this scene was oh my god

[@stephenmartinez5296]

Look out 2:35

[@OldMusicFan83]

I was 11 when I saw this in 77. It was like a religious experience. Sadly it all ended when the first Ewok waddled onto screen in 83.

[@justsaying14]

Yeah 😩

[@guysky3873]

Yub -yub, commander!🐻🍴🐻

[@Supperdude9]

That's okay. 7-9 made the Ewoks tolerable.

[@astrahcat1212]

I was okay with Ewoks, I mean at least was funny they saw C3PO as their leader. At least the dialogue wasn't stiff as a board like in the Prequels. Also, like it or not, Ewoks are really '80's if you know what I mean, it had that holloweeny 80s vibe/theme to it, for example The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Neverending Story, I miss all the holloween-esque puppetry that made my childhood.

[@clintbronson5]

Yeah not a Return fan ...Star Wars n Empire are flawless

[@MarcosAurelio-su9rd]

Classic Movie.

[@nosorab3]

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

[@kepecos]

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

[@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

[@kevinprior3549]

Moment when Luke meets his twin sister Leia face to face. Although both didn't know it by this point. Amd i did like the walkie-talkie styled voices for the Storm Troopers.

[@michaeldracula1082]

Oh Yeah A weight scale on the bottom]OH yeah a pushing weight scale in front to see how much pressure to get to the womb the poison is pushing] Like a book shelf]It's also touching my caliber before I get it]When it drops Darth Vader And Chancler This Luke

[@Metalalbumreviewers]

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

[@h2omonsta619]

Everything normal. Had a slight weapons malfunction up here. …….. boring conversation anyway. Luke we are going to have company.

[@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

[@KarlSturmgewher]

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

[@pauldolan1265]

Hey Disney this is how movies are made

[@ChrisMac2489]

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

[@adamcade604]

Wow the death star people really wanted to secure the floor where the princess was kept in prison, no other explanation for the 17 cameras they have to destroy

[@sergedeleon9592]

This morf tunkin role is Vaders senior adviser

[@christiancarranza3824]

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

[@michaeldracula1082]

DARTH VADER I NEED ARM AND HAMMER POWDER TO TAKE AWAY THE SALT THANKS LUKE

[@trevorcolby532]

2:08 Look out he's loose!

[@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

[@Glacussia]

5:58 her smirk😂

[@stephenmartinez5296]

BAM 4:53

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

3:47 Famously in the original TV ad, summer 1977. "It's about a boy ... and a girl ..."

[@terrycrichton]

The thing I'm just noticing about this scene for the first time is that no one even glances at Chewbacca, they just walk right past him without batting an eye. If you are familiar with the original EU story of how the Death Star was built, it was mostly constructed with Wookie slave labor, so seeing a Wookie on the DS would've been a very common thing. The Empire's racist and human supremacist ways don't often come through very prominently in the OT films but it's there in subtle ways.

[@iainclark5964]

We are all fine, how are you, classic

[@stephenmartinez5296]

Fire 5:44

[@FirstLast-zk5ow]

Does anyone know if they've ever done a Darth Vader movie?

[@DunmoresMovieMania]

Yeh, they're called THE PREQUEL TRILOGY.

[@okjeffy6581]

As much as I love this scene, the joblo outro for the video makes it more cool lol.

[@cygnustsp]

Man this was so good

[@manuelreyes8456]

Good movie

[@lineshaftrestorations7903]

Too bad dizney messed up pure magical entertainment. 😮😢

[@matthewkretschmer7010]

4 imperial guards, 2 imperial officers, and 10 auto guns.

[@traviscurrie1244]

What does Han say to Leia after she says, "This is some rescue...." and asks if they have a way out? I've never ever been able to figure that out