Star Wars - Episode IV - Trailer (original 1977)

Star Wars - Episode IV - Trailer (original 1977)

[@chotzrary]

Does anybody else remember Star Wars like this? Bad VHS tape quality, bad cable quality too, all the colors saturated beyond belief, and we all loved it. Even the t.v. premiere was something to applaud.

[@LoneJerboaProductions]

I have the original 4 5 and 6 Star Wars on VHS

[@Greenpoloboy3]

@@LoneJerboaProductionsMe too, given to me, taped off TV

[@Isidore-hj4cm]

Goerge lucas de races blanches ce génie d'Amérique Britanique Anglais

[@Isidore-hj4cm]

The dark sidious emperor sith empire galactique

[@deltatom7]

What a difference John Williams makes.

[@Dace1986]

+Duncan Burden POE JEDI Tiesto - Silence!

[@alleygh0st]

Antonio Vivaldi - Winter (first movement)

[@LinkMarioSamus]

+Tom's Realm It was kinda funny to watch the new Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind on back-to-back days last month, speaking of which.

[@Justin-wd2vy]

What a difference Marcia Lucas made...

[@LoneJerboaProductions]

John Williams was the song director not the director of the movie it was George Lucas

[@thecrimsonbubbles]

"a boy a girl and a universe" oh so I assume they get together then? *five years later* THEY'RE WHAT?!?

[@THEPELADOMASTER]

Yeah, right? Stupidest trailer ever.

[@brenster21]

Cue tons of fanfiction/

[@AJLangford]

thecrimsonbubbles clearly Lucas had no notion of making them siblings. imo a mistake. It ruins the previous films. Makes them creepy. The father idea was brilliant but he went too far.

[@sexualyeti7023]

+crimsonbubbles I know! It's so gross. The boy and universe were siblings!

[@limdennis813]

Actually is 6 years later(from 1977 to 1983)

[@defiantone8556]

I'll never forget when this first came out. We all grew up playing baseball on the sandlot & watching Star Wars. My best friend saw this movie first & the next day we all woke up on the sandlot cos we ALWAYS slept there, & he was just going on & on & on about this movie & would NOT shut up. "Oh, you gotta see it, I'm telling you, its off the charts." He would say. So I went with him to the theater. As we got there, their was this line as far as the eye could see, I kid you not. And of course we were in the back of it. So I kept standing on my toes saying, "Was there an accident? What? What happened?" My friend was laughing his ass off & people around me thought I was nuts. Just as we got to the ticket window, they put up the "SOLD OUT" sign. Somehow, I let my friend talk me into keeping our spot in line till the next showing. So we finally get in & of course we sat front row & I won't lie to ya, the theater was PACKED STANDING ROOM ONLY with the smell of fresh popcorn in the air. And at the end of the movie, when the Death Star was blown to space dust, people in that theater were literally STANDING ON THERE SEATS GOING NUTS!!! I know, cos I was there. And it took me a while to soak this all in & finally I turned to my friend & says to em, "This could really get big." And he smiled at me & said, "Yep, I think its ALREADY big." A few sequels & and a million or billion dollar merchandising industry later, who knew? My friend saw it 42 times in the theater cos it was "Held Over" like forever & they would always say on TV "Held Over for the final week" only to have it "Held Over" for another week. lol I saw it 38 times at the theater & in all, at least 100 times since then, as I have em all on dvd now. Still my all time favorite movie is this one, episode 4 A New Hope. And when I watch some of the extra features & they show all those people surrounding the theater & those long lines just waiting to get in, I can speak from first hand experience when I say, its ALL TRUE!!! I know, cos I was there. Never seen anything like it before, & I highly doubt I'll ever see it again. George Lucas NAILED IT!!! And the rest as they say, is history.......

[@dimitrescu182]

If time travel is real I would go to the premiere of Star Wars

[@defiantone8556]

+Dare Devil Yea I know what ya mean. Take it from someone who was there & who experienced it first hand. All I can say is, I know what I saw & what I experienced & I'm telling you, I never saw anything like it before & I highly doubt I'll ever see anything like it again. When the Rebel Alliance blew up the Death Star at the end of Episode IV (4) that place went NUTS!!! People REALLY WERE standing on there seats just whooping it up like I ain't never seen before. I've been to allot of great movies before, but not even when Chief Brody blew the crap out of Jaws at the end, did that compare to the Star Wars experience & that's not taking anything away from Jaws cos that was also a great movie, but what I saw that night inside the theater when I saw Star Wars was in two words, PURE MAGIC...... It just clicked. And the rest as they say, is history. And just think, I was actually there to witness history in the movie industry. It really was, PURE MAGIC......

[@defiantone8556]

***** Not really. Just stating the facts.

[@defiantone8556]

I just know what happened from my own experience cos I was there. Never saw anything like it, & I never saw it again. It was one of those moments that was etched out in time. You would've had to been there to understand the Star Wars movie experience in 1977 when it first came out. It was a once in a lifetime experience that I never saw again & I've seen many a movies in my day, but nothing ever even came close to that one magical night in time. In short, George Lucas NAILED IT!!!

[@defiantone8556]

Shoot, your just a young pup. lol I liked the 1st 3 Star Wars movies & then I liked the 3 later ones that led up to the 4th one which is the first Star Wars movie that reached the theaters & drive ins back in 1977. It was episode 4 that came out in 1977 followed by The Empire Strikes Back & then Return Of The Jedi. Later, George Lucas decided to go back & make episodes 1 through 3 to show us what led up to episode 4 which was what we all FIRST saw on the big screen in 1977. All of that, I liked. But IMO after Darth Vader died in the Return Of The Jedi & the Death Star was blown up again, IMO THAT, should've been the end of the Star Wars movies cos the bad guy, the evil Darth Vader was killed off, as was the Death Star being destroyed. So IMO what was left? The series of Star Wars movies had a beginning, episodes 1 through 3 a middle, episodes 4 & 5 & then an end, which was Return Of The Jedi in which Darth Vader was killed off & the Death Star destroyed. Now, all their doing is, milking this for what its worth. I know those who weren't around back in the 70's never got to see Star Wars on the big screen, but if all these sequels keep going on, the Star Wars movies will IMO lose its meaning & eventually look silly. And that's not how I wanna remember these classic movies. So speaking for just me, I'll stick to the first 6 Star Wars movies & I'll pass on all the rest of em. I didn't watch any of the new ones & nor do I care too. So I'm with you on that one.

[@tejasranger]

RIP Carrie Fisher may the force be with you ;(

[@AJLangford]

Look at the copyright at the end. 1976. This was the teaser trailer and not the most common 30 sec version shown later on TV. It may seem bad to modern audiences, but in those days, it was meant to entice, not give away the entire story like now. It's slow for sure, but its better than knowing important plot points.

[@meinerHeld]

Anthony Langford The music is kind of interesting, and very much evokes a 70's mood for me.

[@freddyrichards878]

+meinerHeld I like the music too even if its no john williams

[@backalleycqc4790]

Re-watching this trailer gave me goose bumps, I remember parts of it from the time when it came on television... I was hooked the second I saw it ....

[@AnzuBrief]

OMG!!! How I wish I had been alive in 1977, watching this in the cinema for first time, I almost can feel the utter emotion, the excitement... Star Wars came to the cinemas, and science fiction was never the same again.

[@CosmoShidan]

While Star Wars is indeed imaginative as a science fiction film, I don't think it could ever equal 2001: A Space Odyssey.

[@AnzuBrief]

Maybe not, but I feel an empathy for Star Wars characters (Luke, Obi-Wan, Vader in later movies), that I don't feel for "Una Odisea en el Espacio"

[@CosmoShidan]

rebeca agoiz Ah, different tastes I suppose. I actually feel more for HAL at the end of 2001: ASO than I would for the Star Wars characters as they are archetypes. Not that that is a bad thing, but HAL has more complexity as a character, even if he is the antagonist.

[@AnzuBrief]

More complexity than Vader? I guess your are right, it's a matter of taste, but I could never see it that way.

[@CosmoShidan]

rebeca agoiz Well Vader is still an archetypal character, as he is the father who has sinned and in the end he faces his offspring, from which he is later redeemed. Vader follows the cycle of the "sins of the fathers" in a Greek tragedy.

[@Ason814]

I literally bursted out laughing when the title exploded xD I LOVE the original movies. But this trailer really aged.

[@AndreiMateusMancillaHerrera19]

+Ason I think our grandsons will say the same thing when they see our trailers (2005-2020)

[@KnallenN]

+Ason it was amazing at the time

[@springboxlp1370]

+Devflu DID YALL SEE EPISODE 7?????

[@KnallenN]

B. Tickles yep. amazing!

[@MikeHowellhakosoftware]

+Ason The exploding logo is parodied in the horrid 1978 movie Laserblast. I saw both at the cinema.

[@70sfred1]

My Dad took us to see this in 1977. It is the greatest movie I've ever seen!

[@victorm777ify]

Because is the only good movie in that decade. Is literally somtime new

[@GordonKWaddell]

I feel exactly the same! The first movie I ever remember being excited for as well as wanting to see more than once

[@70sfred1]

@@victorm777ify Definitely it was something new and different and a whole new world was opened up to us!

[@70sfred1]

@@GordonKWaddell Same also! I still occasionally watch it and it's neat that my children get to experience this as well !

[@agogobell28]

I actually love this trailer...

[@hawk494edward]

+agogobell28 Me too, it gets the point across, while not revealing too much of the movie.

[@Contakum]

+agogobell28 Old school Sci fi.

[@kalanbridgeman820]

me to

[@freddyrichards878]

It's a fun introduction to Star Wars when you look at it that way

[@dedo2992]

And this was the start of one of the best fantasy universes in Human history.

[@andresb4295]

Khaled Soliman it's based on a true story

[@dedo2992]

andres b What story?

[@andresb4295]

Khaled Soliman the war of 89

[@dedo2992]

andres b sorry but i do not know what do you mean by 89 war.

[@andresb4295]

Khaled Soliman I'm trolling you man,I'm just messing with you 😊

[@1994jhg]

1977, El Cerrito , CA. My dad is taking me to a movie. I have no idea whatsoever what we are going to see. He took me to the movies all of the time. As we pull out my uncle is coming the other way. They stop and chat and I remember him saying " Oh you're going to see that Star Wars movie? I heard that and it meant nothing to me. Blank. I was 7yrs. old had never heard of it nor seen a trailer, nothing. The Title meant nothing to me (you would think now that it is self explanatory) I knew that movies had all crazy titles that were not literal and I had forgotten it long before we reached the EARLY showing in SF. When we got there the line was WAY down the street and around a corner. Well my dad takes me into this electronics store right next to the theatre, took a fake look around and we exited the door and stood there. In line Right near the very front. ( Yes my dad is one of those jerks. NOT me.) . Early showing so remember there were no costumes, T shirts nothing in the crowd. Didn't even see a movie poster so I was still a complete blank as far as the movie. We walk in and sit. Now this was a big, huge old proper theater. Huge screen. Would qualify as Imax today in the tiny 16Plex theaters of today. An enormous chandelier hung from the ceiling. It was bigger than my dad's apartment at the time. With a thin coat of dust on it as these big old one screen theaters were going out of style in favor of the multiplex. Till this day I have never seen even close to such a big audience at a movie. I was used to MUCH smaller suburban theaters myself. I surveyed my surroundings and was amazed. We were in the front of the balcony and even IT seemed to hold a thousand people. Looking down below it seemed like ten times more. Those old pretty theaters held a mass of people. Never seen a screen that big either. Even from the balcony it looked huge. So with my mind a blank (as to what the movie was. Could have been a nature film for all I knew. New Benjy film maybe) the lights went down. The fanfare and the crawl got my attention. The music was so big,full and powerful. Then what happens? This is the part I wondered about for years. Leia's ship and a star destroyer come overhead. Scared the living shit out of me. I ducked in my seat, covered my head looking up. I was relieved to see the ceiling still there. Not because I was a dumb kid, I had seen many movies bye then and knew the difference between movies and reality. Maybe 5% was the huge screen but it was the sound that freaked me out. It was so real you could feel it. I mean literally feel the roar of the engines everything. Felt like these ships were literally coming over our heads. Never experienced anything like it. Saw the movie a hundred more times in my local theaters but never came close to that first time. Always wondered why. I knew it wasn't just me, it was something about that theater or something. But I always wondered. THEN years later. Early 90's at work an older man who spent most of his life living in SF told me something. He knew the theater and knew exactly what happened. He said just before SW played there a Huge WWII epic played there. It was a huge film and was supposed to be a blockbuster. So for the occasion the movie people installed a super duper custom sound system. Bigger, better more powerful speakers and MORE of them. Well after the WWII film was over the theater just kept it going for Star Wars. So after 15 years of wondering I had my answer. A little side note. It's a little sad that I don't know if anyone can ever have the same experience I did ever again. Darth vader is known everywhere now. He's kinda cool and so are storm troopers. NOT that day in 77 buddy. He was, well the storm troopers finally getting through the door of Lea's ship was frightening but when Vader walked in I felt my heart drop into my stomach. He was freakin' SCAREY ! There was nothing cool or familiar about him then he was just terrifying. Like Hitler and the Nazis. Now he is a part of pop culture and I don't think will never be feared again. Even for kids, I mean daddy has Darth Vader T-shirts, Action figures etc....... I had never seen the likes of him at the time. Well that was my first Star Wars viewing. I would love to hear about your first SW encounter in 77 or even later. Send to my youtube page.

[@gtarules1]

This is long as hell, even with all the bad spelling, punctuation and grammatical errors here and there, I still read it.

[@1994jhg]

Thank you for reading. Sorry to put you through all of the bad spelling, punctuation and such. I am however just casually writing on my phone. I need stronger glasses as well. I'll certainly try to do better in the future. Show me how it's done. Tell your first time SW story. I won't look for mistakes or anything . I just think it is interesting. So, tell your story. . I'd like to hear it.

[@1994jhg]

Jedi. Great one for a kid to start with. You must have flipped . Thanks for the story.

[@gtarules1]

Bret Vines I saw my first Star Wars movie in 2016, starting with "The Phantom Menace". Not much of a story, since I saw it on the couch, at home, on the 55" TV lol.

[@SeemoreMeow]

me and my mom watched them on VHS, grew up like that, special time with mother as she showed me her movies shit was cool, i was born in the mid 90's so...

[@AdamElseify]

Can you imagine what it was like to see this in the theaters when it first came out? I'm jealous. Walking into that theater would have felt like walking into a time machine.

[@paradox-oe4ul]

The tone of the trailer is SO serious. Yet Star Wars (A New Hope) is arguably the funnest film fun in the whole series! I can watch it again and again and never get tired of it!

[@IamGrimalkin]

"Somewhere in space, this could all be happening right now" Whatever happened to a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away?

[@capnobvious2718]

I remember waiting in line, which wrapped around the block at 7 years old waiting to watch this at the local movie theater! Watching Darth Vader snap a rebel soldier's neck... best movie I've ever seen! Maybe 'cause I was only 7 at the time and there was NOTHING at the time that even came close to the fantasticness of this movie!

[@MikeHowellhakosoftware]

I saw this commercial on TV in the 70's and thought it looked DUMB. I had absolutely no interest in seeing the movie. Thankfully my family went, and 9 year old me was amazed. I went home and immediately made toys out of paper to play with, unable to wait to go to the store to buy any. (Kenner eventually got a whole lot of our money.) Thanks for posting this. Nobody ever believes me when I tell them about the "boy, girl and a universe" line.

[@BornToSayTheObvious]

After 45 years this is still the greatest movie experience I've had in my life.

[@deathofasalestactic]

how can such a great movie have such a bad trailer!?

[@hyloguy6847]

It wasn't a bad trailer. It might seem that way *now*. But in 1977, it was unlike anything anyone had ever seen before. I was 8 years old, and I was blown away with excitement. It was the birth of the blockbuster.

[@Discosaturn]

The movie was supposed to be released on Christmas 1976. However, delays in production caused Lucas to scrap the Christmas release date and pushed it to May 25, 1977. That is why the final soundtrack score wasn't even finished yet, not to mention there were some other things to be finished on time without rushing it. Of course, we all think a great movie would have a bad trailer and I thought it looked like a corny Star Trek commercial from the '60s. But if you look at movie trailers today...well...it's a different story. Many trailers are now either misleading audiences with a recut to the actual thing (i.e., Bridge to Terabithia with a Narnia-style trailer) or giving away the whole plot (i.e., the 2013 trailer to Carrie).

[@jesseradke4926]

***** just the trailer I suggest you watch star wars now lol

[@joshjhutton]

This was just a teaser trailer. And yes it was bad, but it was the best they could do with what was finished at the time. Notice they didn't have color on the Light Sabers yet. And of course none of the iconic John Williams score. And to be honest, trailers as a whole were pretty bad in the 70s. Watch the original Jaws trailer. Its good at parts, but also not very good overall.

[@darell8310]

Star wars rules dude! This was epic when it came out kids can be a tough audience but Star Wars blew every kids mind out.

[@TheKingMacgregor]

While this trailer isn't perfect, let's all remember that the film wasn't finished yet. It was still in post-production. Visual Effects, Sound, and Score were still being done at the time the trailer came out. Also, there were two versions of this trailer with different narrations.

[@DIM0RI]

Wow the tone in this trailer is very dark.

[@israelasimon423]

I know right

[@user-to1fg8iz1s]

If you look at the short clip with Vader vs Ben they hadn't added effects. So, It could have been in early development.

[@Snagprophet]

I want the next trailer for the next film to be in this style, 'Star Wars' explodes and the film's own title appears. Same music etc.

[@MoonJung82]

It feels like Forgotten Planet or some craziness.

[@lol-un6nl]

this movie looks shitty im pretty sure it wont have any sequels and everyone will forget it a week after

[@KaydenF901]

same.

[@Yael_ch19]

Well dude it's old as shit now

[@renewings]

It is a 1977 movie. What the hell do you expect in 2018?

[@williamjohn314]

DylanPlaysRoblox it's a joke. how did you not get that?

[@lothlien2640]

yeah probably i bet u like 1 person will watch this movie sooo bad.

[@Khultan]

I saw this commercial back in late April or May of 1977 and it still gives me the chills. Disney Studios will never be the savior of this. George Lucas, brilliant imagination beyond all others. Rest in peace, Ralph McQuarrie.

[@danwaltz315]

This would get me hooked if it were 1977 again. I would have to see it again&again. good trailer for star wars.

[@DTSsince2016]

Every time I watch this trailer, I feel like I'm in the 70's!

[@christopher-fy9tk]

Oh man, I can't wait for this to come out! Is it in IMAX 3D?

[@Forshade]

+ChrisIsONLINE no IMAX 4D

[@xxfatalvirusxx9446]

+ChrisIsONLINE its was out in 1977 dumbass

[@MundoJuanci]

i dont think so, but u can watch it in 3D in Downtown Independent!

[@Blackopsbro995]

Sold out bro sorry lol

[@Forshade]

han solo dies

[@AGourrier]

It's a telling sign you're old when you remember seeing this when it opened in theatres the first time way before they changed things in it.

[@wkanost]

I remember seeing this trailer in a theater in 1976. I was 13 and went to see King Kong with Jeff Bridges. It was the first footage I ever saw from the movie. Years later, and I'm talking about the late 1990's, I was searching for this trailer. I remembered it because of the music they played over it. That drubbing beat and the sound effects that were from the soundstage. You can hear the as yet undubbed actors on the floor and voices not used in the final film. Thanks for posting.

[@Terrorsombrio23]

I'm really excited for this movie Really great visual effects! Pretty sure will overcome Alien

[@jackieortegadesigns326]

I was born 2 years after this movie was released and a year before the release of its next sequel Empire Strikes Back. These first two Star Wars movies may look outdated compared to the later sequels but it was considered futuristic in that era.

[@ajcaraballo95]

SPOILER ALERT: Darth Vader is Luke's father.

[@Discosaturn]

Also, Princess Leia is Luke's sister, C-3PO is his brother, R2-D2 is his vacuum cleaner, Chewbacca is his dog, Jar Jar Binks is Darth Vader's pet frog, Greedo is Darth Vader's bully and Dark Helmet is Darth Vader's father's brother's cousin's roommate. Just kidding - all spoiler alerts except the first one and the sixth one aren't true.

[@Snagprophet]

***** "Greedo is Darth Vader's bully" I still can't believe they did that on top of him making C-3PO

[@Discosaturn]

***** "Thank the maker!"

[@DavidTheJohnson]

Dang it!

[@PlanetoftheeAtheists]

I remember being haunted by this trailer when was 15. Virtually nothing it was showing was recognizable. You have to remember, there had never been anything like it: Death Star, Vader, Stormtroopers, light sabers, one man space ships, star destroyers, etc, etc... These were all new and shocking. It looked creepy yet appealing, and before it premiered, no one had the slightest clue how awesome it was. I will never forget the effect it had on me. Sitting in the theater was like being in a different world and all I wanted when I left was more....

[@Ammarx1999]

RIP Carrie Fisher :(

[@TrueBlue170]

Mark Hamill described this trailer in his Oxford interview, and I had to see it for myself. I just didn't think it would be THIS BAD.

[@kefka4053]

It's just an earlier trailer. It looked like it wasn't even finished in post production, because of those lightsabers having no colour.

[@dmanswagger-zt4vz]

TrueBlue170 It's not bad for an 80's trailer, that's for sure

[@Arkdstuff-tv9lf]

+The Classic Gamers 24 70s not 80s

[@paradisecityX0]

A billion years in the making? So this was 935 million - 750 million years before Land Before Time...damn!

[@nickbrown1008]

This is a incredible trailer

[@zingtea]

"Somewhere in space, this may all be happening right now." NUH-UH! IT'S "A LONG TIME AGO". JEEZ!

[@chrisallen9509]

0:48 Light year isn't a unit of time lol

[@janis240]

Well, that is kind of RELATIVE!

[@Karthos1000]

Wow. This trailer sucked. I'm amazed that the movie made any money at all. Of course, movie trailers in the seventies ALL kinda sucked.

[@brucebanner3801]

Why would the quality of a trailer determine how much money a movie would make? Why do you care how much money a movie makes anyway? Why wouldn't you care more about the critical reception?

[@Karthos1000]

+Bruce Banner This was the distant past, when the internet didn't exist so "Critical Reception" was limited to a handful of professional reviewers and your personal friends who had seen the movie. Aside from that, you had little to persuade you to see a movie beyond trailers. When you went to see Raiders of the Lost Ark, all you knew was that Harrison Ford was in it and it wasn't Star Wars. Note that I didn't say the movie sucked. It's in my top 10 (probably my top 5) favorite movies of all time. I also noted that trailers in the 70s all sucked, because movies hadn't QUITE made the transition from "an event" to "a diversion" that they did in the late 70s. They were trending that direction, but hollywood has always been slow to catch on to trends.

[@FishySwordfish]

+John Landon Still better than most modern trailers which spoil pretty much the entire story.

[@darthtyler100]

+John Landon well put your shoes in those who grew up in the 20's. This would seem remarkable to them.

[@jothompson6531]

+John Landon lol

[@arceptor]

this got me into star wars as a kid, was ten years old seeing this on youtube back in 2007

[@JSTRonline2]

Wow, that makes it look terrible. Needs the actual music...

[@surrealgork]

No! it needs action music

[@majormoe3678]

Needs moar BWOAAAMS

[@surrealgork]

Yeah maybe XD

[@SirkaCat]

wow, with a trailer like this its a wonder that Star Wars ever took off.

[@brucebanner3801]

Huh?

[@TheSoloTrooper]

This trailer is alot better than the Revenge of the Sith Trailer. This trailer just shows us exiting scenes and spoils no plot points, unlike the ROTS one which showed the whole movie in 2 minutes

[@brucebanner3801]

Exiting scenes?

[@woodsfrb4708]

I can't believe that it has already completed such a CG technology in 1977. May the force be with us!

[@drafe007]

in space: no one can hear your voice over.

[@shittyravedjmixes6589]

This trailer is better then the new 7 one

[@soundmixer6393]

Well said.

[@shockwave2291]

No not really.

[@bilbobaggins9451]

@@shockwave2291no. Well said.

[@lunadabaybrandon]

If it came out today, It would probably say “Walt Disney Pictures, and George Lucas”

[@StriderStryker]

Kids who are sci-fi fans in that 21st century would never believe that this trailer exist.

[@skyintatters]

"A story of a boy, a girl, and a universe." Damn straight, no "tragedy of Darth Vader" bull..

[@kungolaf4499]

And now people are made that the Sequels (7-9) ruined the story of Anakin Skywalker... Star Wars is a generational thing and people can't admit it...

[@Gunny_101st]

Wait a minute....Darth Vader had a BLUE lightsaber 1:21 ? Huh....

[@DigiPen92]

Stephen Gunnoe Well, it was possibly that the Lightsaber colors weren't made before the trailer came out or the quality from the trailer possibly bad due to the lighting effect before it was fixed in the final version.

[@bennyguitarcarr]

Mandela effect

[@noname.___]

@@bennyguitarcarr no lol

[@bennyguitarcarr]

@@noname.___ you say no but I remember you saying yes

[@noname.___]

@@bennyguitarcarr ☻✋🤡

[@superbowserdude2007]

Who else watching in 2016

[@tammykim1742]

me!

[@ksksven]

I

[@Sephvf]

Dallas D me. this looks so old. I'm now glad they remade this

[@queenmadi1013]

Dallas D m̥ͦe̥ͦ

[@goodnewsusa]

I'm going to try to watch it in order now after watching Rogue 1 this past Friday. Just watched VII last night.

[@AndromedaKai]

Star wars were my favorite film since I was like 8, I'm 21 now and still am fascinated...

[@SirLurnAlot]

The old saying "If it doesn't need fixing, don't fix it". George Lucas should have thought of that when he made the last three Star Wars movies. He literally turned a master peace into crap.

[@lunadabaybrandon]

queensgambit and The news ones out now

[@mrzack888]

when will this movie be remade? starring Justin Bieber as Luke Skywalker.

[@fatcatco]

And Miley Cyrus as Leia.

[@AnzuBrief]

fatcatco don't even tease about it!! ¬¬

[@ChrisMathers3501]

Probably the same day George Lucas blows his brains out on top of a pile of money he used to wipe his ass with. I'd literally rather watch three whole movies about Jar Jar and the Ewoks.

[@Discosaturn]

Is that sarcasm I'm detecting there?

[@willhammock6702]

STAR WARS would be ruined forever. Shame on you.

[@stevencliffordbell4518]

Steven Bell And The Bunny Children By Twentieth Century Fox

[@connorrice949]

I still get goosebumps watching this even several years later

[@karenblan4505]

the trailer kind of sucked but the movie is the best thing in the whole entire galaxy :)

[@fifth-yaboi8914]

Rin Okumura It's understandable cause it was out in 1977

[@stephenfisher5129]

Been 10 Years!

[@joesuchy1157]

Check your math

[@pigeonshouse]

39 years.

[@stefanstojadinovic2486]

Stephen Fisher He means 10 years since uploaded

[@WyattTwerpp]

you're in a galaxy far far away

[@kaiserrex9506]

At least the movie was good

[@ralebp54]

I had a Star WArs marathon today and didn't want it to end. I want more episodes! :(

[@Puppykins88]

"Somewhere in space this might all be happening right now!" Awful opening line

[@smokedoutpositivesquad1738]

Sounds like something they’d say In twilight zone

[@VinnyS9143101982]

This looks so stupid completely in contrast of what was to come

[@gtarules1]

Holy...cringe.

[@antman2275]

WOW! This movie looks so new! I can’t wait to see it!!

[@PJsFirstChannel]

Fake trailer as per usual. Wrong title card, and we all know Star Wars never looked this shitty.

[@pjamese3]

That's the original trailer. I remember watching it when I was 11. I also found the trailer online back in the early days of the internet back in the '90s. This isn't a digital copy of the original print. It looks like someone recorded the original TV trailer on VHS and years later, dubbed the VHS tape to digital to put it on KZbin. On the original trailer, there wasn't any "A New Hope" subtitle.

[@fhb3]

Lucas put this ad on the DVDs and Blu-Rays (pre-Disney), so it HAS to be real. This is the ONLY time Star Wars looked... meh (by today's standards). NOT terrible, but... meh.

[@THEPELADOMASTER]

Felix Brown If I was a person who never saw star wars I would not see this movie at all. Crappiest trailer of all times. It's like the announcer was given the footage and he had to make an improv.

[@pjamese3]

THEPELADOMASTER That's how they did trailers in the '70s. They all sucked. The problem is you're judging it by today's standards. You can't compare the original Star Wars trailer to something like Avengers, Hobbit or Guardians of the Galaxy.

[@THEPELADOMASTER]

pjamese3 My father saw this trailer back when it was released. And he didn't see the movie because of it. He saw them with me, and he likes them.

[@evenano51]

gotta love the old school trailers

[@alexhallahan8724]

this is the best trailer ever.

[@FieryFess]

WOW HOW COOL!! These are always the best trailers

[@cesarmadero05]

It's amazing to see this with the Mark Hamill's commentary on the SW Celebration panel.

[@DTSsince2016]

This is like my trailer for THE BATTLE FOR THE LAST SLICE OF CHEESE! A STAR WARS Fan made film my best friend and I made together, posted February 14, 2018!

[@MrSpenben]

This Movie Trailer is Awesome and my favorite Movie Trailer ever made!!!

[@latgrapew]

a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, and may the Force be with you. STAR WARS FOREVER.

[@guystudios]

Beautifully done.

[@cristinamarierosado10]

Our princess has left us . She is now in a galaxy far far away 💕☄️☄️🌙💫

[@Contakum]

I was six years old in 1977 when this movie was released, I was at like at the most vulnerable age possible for this movie to work it's magic. Princess Leia was my first crush and Han Solo was my male role model. My favorite movie ever.

[@Volcom4445]

good ol 1970s trailer, are people that surprised that this trailer doesn't hold up? it was like 40 years ago people, the 70s marketing was different then it is today.

[@fantasticmranonymous]

And a blockbuster was born. Happy Star Wars Day!

[@1138Trooper]

Just love the rawness of the footage in this trailer, this is as near to the original shhot footage as you can humanly get after all this time. Just love the white sabers, the bartender with cockney accent and the general unfinished air of this..primeval Star Wars history.

[@ross-kt3up]

feels nothing like Star Wars without John Williams' score. The music has such a great impact on the film.

[@e2m514]

lol when this trailer came out, I bet very few people thought this movie would be good...let alone even think this would be the biggest most successful movie franchise EVER!

[@mbgrafix]

I still remember when I first saw that trailer. I was in the theater to see the movie THE DAY OF THE ANIMAL. Upon seeing the Star Wars trailer, I couldn't wait to go see it as soon as it was out!

[@manguitosuper]

This is the one I was searching for

[@hutprancer]

It's so dense. Every single image has so many things going on.

[@odomodometer]

If you werent around in the 70's you have no idea how big this film was. I remember watching this in the theater and my mind being blown!

[@evanmorrish4623]

crazy how things change so fast

[@bipblake]

R2-D2 tipping over looks like me every freaking New Years Eve HAHAHAHA

[@kickmeinthenutts]

i just watched them all for the first time yesterday and trust me they're awesome

[@SuperGorak]

I now realize for some reason, how awesome the soundeffects were. They sound so real, with power behind them. They make modern soundeffects seem so over-technical/unrealistically digital

[@SamLazier]

The idea of advertising the first film as horror-atmosphered sci-fi movie actually drags all the attention really well.

[@JoeDeninzonStratospheerius]

This is a 70s trailer. They DID evolve over time, keep in mind. The music however is one of the jewels of classical music and one of the most famous classical music pieces, Vivaldi's "Four Seasons". I'm sure John Williams chose that himself as he was inspired by so many classical composers when writing the score for this film.

[@LedBeatle-vz4ui]

Good thing the movie was better than the comercial. :)

[@Urkelfights]

RIP 1956-2016

[@dran4125]

*Here before episode IX* ❤️

[@TheJboy88]

I was first introduced to this movie in the early 90's, when my Dad bought me and old VHS tape of it for my birthday. It was ione of the best films I ever watched as a child, and I will always be thankful to George Lucas for making it, no matter how bad I feel his later work was.

[@cryptohalloffame]

ah, the good old days of magic, I remember hearing about Star Wars for the first time at a music recital, someone showed me the novel, and I saw the inset coloured photos, read about Chewbacca, Tatooine, etc. Pure magic for a kid...

[@ericmonaco4509]

Lets all remember that This is Where it all Began

[@ArchaicBuilds]

funny when you realizw how long this franchise has been around, my dad introduced me ti star wars when I was little and when I found out how old it was I was amazed, to think this franchise has become so iconic, so breathtaking that its crossed the generational gap that many other films could not, whether the new movies are good or bad, to me, is irrelevant because there very existence will at some point lead another young child to see the original story that took place a long time ago in a galaxy far far away, heres to star wars and the people who love it and may the force be with us all

[@MimMdance]

I wasn't even born back then, but I have to say I love that old school charm that things such as films and nusic had back in those days 70s, 80s, 90s (I was born 89, so I did see the 90s at least)

[@Contakum]

I'm glad I don't have to show up every month trying to explain to people on KZbin how great this movie is, I was getting ready to do that for the next 50 years after it was released in 1977.

[@chrisphares499]

And I was old enough to remember seeing it in 1977..I was 3....