STAR WARS EPISODE VI: THE RETURN OF THE JEDI (1983) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION

[@JJ_W]

Cassie, this movie is extra special to me. In the summer of 1983, Return Of The Jedi was my first date with a certain smart, beautiful girl, who became my wife. And 38 years later, we curled up on the couch tonight to watch your reaction.

[@sambriggs8001]

Wonderful!

[@中華傲訣]

Envy

[@laurashepherd2479]

That's so cute! 😍

[@bagelj]

That’s sweet!

😍

[@jacfalle27]

“Star Wars fans back in the day must’ve loved this getup.” Boy, is that an understatement. 😂😂😂

[@CNC-Time-Lapse]

I'm pretty sure that getup is popular with the fans no matter the generation. haha

[@SuperDimson]

@Yo Momma can’t say slave anymore.

[@coyotefever105]

Helped them through puberty

[@arcadeinvader8086]

@@SuperDimson oh yeah now it's Boba fett's starship leia

[@mindmatter5930]

It's a great movie

[@generalgrievous696]

George Lucas actually talked to a psychologist and added that scene with Yoda confirming that Vader was Luke's father because Yoda was an authority figure. And most children would not believe that Vader was Luke's father unless there was someone like Yoda to confirm it.

[@WesMordine]

Hello there...

[@Johnadams20760]

it is true, actaully i can say honestly at least i was 6 when ESB came out. but it certianly felt adults and teenages all alike for 3 years were debating weather vader was lying or not, and just trying to to lie to get luke to join him. so the confiramtion acrtaully helped a lot. nobody really knew what to expect back than.

[@brachiator1]

@@Johnadams20760 I took Vader at his word, but I can believe that there was fan debate in some places about whether this was true or not. I forget the degree to which Star Wars became a big thing in pop culture. It is still a fun saga after all these years.

[@thomast8539]

And yet...these are just films.

[@G1NZOU]

@@thomast8539 They're stories, and people emotionally connect with stories.

[@jmoore5716]

When Vader says "you don't know the power of the dark side", I don't think it is a boast. I think it is a cry of helplessness sort of like an addict saying "you don't understand the power of heroin".

[@Bane2Face]

YAAAAAS!!!!!

[@reign1701a]

You're right,. I always saw it as both, however.

[@AaronLitz]

That is absolutely what he was saying. It was full of regret, he had been living fueled by hatred and the Dark Side for so long he didn't think it was even possible to turn away.

[@Svensk7119]

​​@@AaronLitzIt wasn't. I always have thought that Anakin was the very first to ReTurn from the Dark Side. He made it possible, and all the books be danged. How else does he bring Balance to the Force? I just realized(remembered?) that not only did the Jedi return in Luke, they returned in his father.

[@SupaFlyJedi]

If you know Vader's backstory, you realize he never had freedom, there was ALWAYS someone he called master. After knowing that, the line "I MUST obey my master," hits a little differently.

[@deke76]

"I am a Jedi, like my father before me." In 44 years of Star Wars, this is still my favorite line and moment.

[@The-Fishkeeper]

Quite possibly mine too.

[@geetadhumane5793]

Thats my favorite line in cinema history

[@nathaniel04]

Suuuch a fantastic line. I love "Tell your sister you were right" as well. What a great trilogy

[@SarahLandry577]

Same!

[@vietnameeseguy]

Lol no way man😂😂 Han has THEE best lines in entire SW saga. “I don’t know fly casual” “We’re all fine here now, how are you? It was a boring conversation anyways. LUKE WERE GONNA HAVE COMPANY” “I’d rather kiss a Wookie!” “I CAN ARRANGE THAT!” “I grew up here you know?” “You’re gonna die here you know?”😂 “Bobba Fett? Bobba Fett? Where?!” “I thought you were blind?!” “It’s alright I can see a lot a better” There’s so many amazing Han quotes, too many to count but they are the best ones😂

[@nickmanzo8459]

Ironically the speeder bike chase in the woods wasn’t changed at all, that’s how it looked in ‘83

[@3Kings_Industries]

I remember seeing this w/ my dad, brother, and cousins in theaters. The theater had a video game arcade with two of the speeder bike games. That thing was So busy while this film was in theaters!

[@grantshearer5615]

@@3Kings_Industries lucky. But I did get to watch it over and over for most of my childhood on weekend mornings. And, because I was 5 when Phantom Menace came out (and it's my first movie theater memory) Jar Jar was exactly what George intended him to be. Anakin (in all 3 prequels) was cool and relatable and exactly what George intended. As an adult though I can understand why people found Jar Jar annoying, but I still enjoy it

[@hettbeans]

Yep, deceptively simple filmmaking there. They had someone walking through the forest with a steadicam rig and then sped the footage up. The rest is just standard issue compositing.

[@pete_lind]

Lucas changed silly things , Jabbas palace door size , singer lips and desert monster .

[@danielallen3454]

@@pete_lind I was really irritated with the Sarlacc pit. The original effect was creepy and gross and mysterious. Now? It's a firkkin' BIRD! Look at it, it's even got a beak!

[@authorrayrogers]

"...I'm going to save you!" "You already have." That gets me every time.

[@jerrypeacock2234]

Yeah hits me right in the feels every time.

[@davidmarsden192]

Me too!

[@johnthehumanist2333]

Gloria Steinem is Christian Bales step mother................ she used to be a HUMANIST like me, "She's more matriarch now than woman, twisted and evil" 🤔🙄😓

[@deepannathan7049]

@@jerrypeacock2234 😊

[@DV_Dark_Jedi]

Agreed. Vader didn't destroy the Emperor, Anakin Skywalker was reborn and he was the one who put an end to the Emperor once and for all!

[@BoaConstrictor126]

It took me a long time to realize that Vader and the Emperor were actually plotting against each other. Vader wanted to use his son to help him overthrow Palpatine and rule the galaxy with his son by his side. And Palpatine wanted to replace Vader with Luke as a stronger apprentice

[@ravenzyblack]

There can only be TWO…master and apprentice.

[@davidjuby7392]

just when you think that you are the coolest guy in the universe you discover that you are nothing but a pawn.

[@jughead4845]

What's also interesting is that the Emperor says to Vader about Luke, "His compassion for you will be his undoing", when in fact it's Vader's compassion for his son that turned out to be the EMPEROR'S undoing. Fantastic stuff.

[@Retrostar619]

That's how the sith roll.

[@davidjuby7392]

@@Retrostar619 being a Sith is not for the weak

[@MrFlaschleer]

"And they can adopt him!" I spilled my coffee all over the keyboard. I can't stop grinning about the future adventures of Han & Leia & their adopted ewok son.

[@pbxn-3rdx-85percent]

Leia: Han our cat is missing. Han: Wicket! Did you eat the cat?

[@zamhobby9662]

@@pbxn-3rdx-85percent I dont Wicket even eat a cat in star wars universe. The cat we seen so far is Loth Cat, and it's much bigger or the same size as Wicket.

[@charlesballard5251]

I'm picturing Han walking with Wicket hand in hand and I'm hearing the theme from "The Courtship of Eddie's Father". "People let me tell ya 'bout my best friend".... BWHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!!

[@ninjabluefyre3815]

Wicket joins the Knights of Ren

[@MrFlaschleer]

@@ninjabluefyre3815 Wicket is all cute and giggles but she doesn't know that he is wanted for armed robbery and violent outbursts. He robbed several liquor stores wearing a long stick and smashed a lot of cantina interiors while under influence. The Mandalorian is still hunting him.

[@EinhornIsFinkle1]

“Star Wars fans back in the day must’ve loved this getup.” Ummm we still love that getup....

[@robstoll7542]

Carrie Fisher actually wanted to wear that outfit. She was tired of wearing long, shapeless robes in all her scenes.

[@WesMordine]

Forever and ever.

[@GeryonM]

@@robstoll7542 she had just lost some weight and wanted to show off.

[@ericwalker8636]

That's exactly how I responded out loud when she said that. 😆

[@killroy23]

@de nier Ummm, space politics don't come into play until the Phantom Menace

[@SkunkworksProps]

I've always thought Yoda's advice to Luke of "Do not underestimate the powers of the Emperor, or suffer your fathers fate you will," was not very helpful. What might have been very useful was "Do not underestimate the powers of the Emperor, he can shoot lightning from his fingers."

[@jesmasa1]

😄

[@realburglazofficial2613]

“Do not underestimate the power of the Emperor. He started as a senator from Naboo, now look at him! Building _another_ Deathstar and shit”

[@rickblaine9670]

He was talking about his power to corrupt and deceive more than about his power in the physical dimension. I mean, Anakin’s fate - that Yoda references - was not getting fried with lightning, it was getting corrupted by the Emperor’s fake promises and illusions.

[@SkunkworksProps]

@@rickblaine9670 Thank you for your explanation. I will remember it the next time I think about making a joke.

[@k1productions87]

"Whatever you do, Luke, do NOT throw away your Lightsaber, it can absorb the li..." *Luke tosses his saber away* "... well shoot"

[@whatwhat98]

In the VHS version, vader never said "no" as he picked up the emperor. It wasn't needed, his actions said everything

[@thatperformer3879]

It makes the scene comical. Like why change what worked after 40 years?

[@lapelcelery42]

Like almost every change made in these versions - unnecessary at best, detrimental at worst. The original cuts are still the best.

[@tFighterPilot]

Everyone complains about Greedo shooting, but this here is by far the worst change.

[@ThisIsMyFullName]

Honestly, I always thought the scene felt kinda empty because he didn't say anything. Not that he necessarily had to say "no", but when I first saw it I felt like the scene called out to a line. Maybe because we can't see Vader's facial expression.

[@tombanaski3251]

@@thatperformer3879 blame Lucas. As he crapped the bed with the 3 prequel movies, though he didn't direct the Empire Strikes Back nor the Return of the Jedi, his hand was on the later digital edits, so he got to screw those up too. Just be happy we didn't see a digital Jar Jar Binks added to the original trilogy.

[@weoui5]

Fun Fact: The Phrase "I've got a bad feeling about this" is in every Star Wars movie.

[@therealborgx]

@@zx713 The phrase is also occasionally referenced by having a character say "I have a good feeling about this" Solo: A Star Wars Story "I have a really good feeling about this!" ―Han Solo, when he takes over piloting the Millennium Falcon out of the maelstrom.

[@robadams5799]

In "The Phantom Menace" it's the very first line from Ewan McGregor's Obi-Wan Kenobi. I remember grinning like a maniac in the theater.

[@tuber2kh]

Cassie: "What are these things called? AT&T?" I'm dead, lol Also.... what happened to the stormtroopers? The teddy bears were about to EAT the main characters, and then after the battle, there's empty stormtrooper helmets being used as drums. Where did all the meat go though? Where did all the human-eating teddy bears put all that human meat? Um, I have some news for you....

[@ziggystardog]

I’ll remind you that “The New AT&T” logo looked like the Deathstar

She said AT-AT but in Canadian it sounds like AT&T. 😂

[@tempsitch5632]

She was close. They are actually called T-Mobiles.

[@charlesballard5251]

@@tempsitch5632 BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!!!!

[@ivaylomladenov3185]

@@charlesballard5251 Where did all the meat go?!... Yeah..., - about that...

[@Soleya9]

13:00 The moment when Yoda is so tired of Luke's questions he just dies.

[@joshuagarnham9703]

“How did Luke get to Leia?” Well she’s the only woman in space.

[@TheRawrnstuff]

Do you know something about Aunt Beru and Mon Mothma we don't? Joking aside, it's true that there are very few women shown in the original trilogy, especially so if you exclude "aliens" like Oola. We see some women in the cloud city, and some in the resistance, but it's definitely not a 50/50 split between men and women.

[@frightenedsoul]

@@TheRawrnstuff in fairness it’s largely a war movie, and the military has historically been mostly men. Although George envisioned all sorts of odd aliens and cultures so our history with war should have no bearing on the film in theory.

[@brachiator1]

@@frightenedsoul In fairness, it is a sci fi fantasy film set in a fictional universe. Lucas could have any gender ratio he wanted. There is no reason to use human history as a frame of reference.

[@marybeth1644]

Remember when Luke was hanging off the Death Star after his arm was cut off (at the end of The Empire Strikes Back)and he whispered, “Leila, hear me…” And Leia told Lando, “We have to go back.” That was the moment we all knew they were connected by a higher power although I don’t think many people thought they were twins at the time.

[@Blazeor2]

@@brachiator1 In fairness, nobody knows how many of the storm troopers / scout troopers / pilots in armor at both sides are women... like the operators in Echo Base on Hoth etc.

[@ItchyNavel]

The force connection that Luke had with Leia while hanging from the bottom of cloud city was your clue that Leia was force sensitive, which doesn't necessarily mean that she is a skywalker, but it at least would be a reason for Luke's mind to go there.

[@ItApproaches]

Also how many female humans did Luke ever see lol.

[@Grace-ir8er]

@@ItApproaches There's actually a joke about that in the Lego Droid Tales series! Yoda thinks that Luke was able to sense it through the Force, at which point Luke tells him that no, she's just the only girl he's ever met.

[@0biwan7]

@@Grace-ir8er from luke's point of view, there were two women in the galaxy: his dead aunt and his sister

[@blindazabat9527]

I don't mind Lucas "touching up" his movies, but what I find unforgivable is having Vader scream "Noooooo!" in the battle scene with the emperor. It was so much more powerful when he was totally silent.

[@kenp.7304]

Ironically when fans found out the battle scene with Vader and the Emperor was changed, they were like "Nooooooooo!" 😱

[@tamberlame27]

I also hate Hayden Christensen showing up as the force ghost instead of Sebastian Shaw

[@robertcartier5088]

@@tamberlame27 Indeed! That part is the worst! It just doesn't make any sense. Why change him and not change Obi--Wan by using Ewin McGregor as his younger self? -- Because Obi-Wan had been a recurring character in his older form in the other films. So, why is it ok now to portray Anakin as a young man again?! It's complete nonsense because it is inconsistent. They should have known better. It ruins the flow of watching the movies in the order of their release because everyone is wondering, who the f**k is that?!

[@mrsuccorso]

Agreed.

[@TReynard11]

That makes me just upset when I hear that. It does work so much better silently and hurts the penultimate moment of the series.

[@chrisschmalhofer4348]

Fun fact: Han’s line about “not seeing her again” was supposed to be foreshadowing. The Millennium Falcon was not supposed to survive the Death Star explosion, but test audiences hated it so it was changed to shooting through the fireball and surviving.

[@TheYeti6000]

So was Lando originally supposed to die?

[@chrisschmalhofer4348]

@@TheYeti6000 yep. The Falcon was not supposed to make it. They reshot the fireball and the Falcon flying through it and Lando’s cheer.

[@nathanielreik6617]

Originally Han also wasn't gonna survive.

[@THEonlyAEON]

I'm a little conflicted when it comes to things like this. When a film is meant to have something with a big emotional moment but because it upsets the audience it changes. If it was done in a bad way I guess I get it though.

[@TheNoiseySpectator]

After considering it for many years, I would have rather the explosion of the Emperor had destroyed the Death Star.

[@PeterEvansPeteTakesPictures]

"Okay men, we need a super-stealthy camouflage squad to infiltrate a forest planet. Remember, stealth will be the keynote to infiltrate this Imperial base." "Great! Shall we take along the loud, campy, arm-waving golden-droid as well?" "Sure why not."

[@chasfaulkner2548]

PMSL

[@tamkin007]

That's bugged me since the film was released

[@Swonder1972]

Those plot holes were filled in by force puddy on Skywalker ranch. Lucas would realize, after the fact, C3PO was to be pseudo God for the Ewok delta force. Whom, in turn, took out the Emperor's entire legion with trees and ropes...

[@xotube2206]

Imagine future ewoks having ARs and shit, being all serious and pro deploying in some flying troop transport. Ewok Delta Force huua!

[@danballe]

@@Swonder1972 Hindsitght is 2020, picture that C3PO was the interpreter link to have the fur balls help them get to the shield generator and destroy it

[@kevinhammond2361]

The reason Vader died, is that when he picked the Emperor up, the Emperor re-directed his Force Lightning to Vader (you can see it curving around to strike Vader), fatally damaging the life-support system in Vader's suit

[@humanfromearth9671]

No, Vader died becuse he was the villain. The method is mostly irrelevant

[@TherealRNOwwfpooh]

@@humanfromearth9671 No, when he turned, he became a Jedi again, hence the _Return of the Jedi_ aspect of the film's title, even though Yoda had stated that, with Vader gone, Luke would be the "Last Jedi" (well before the J.J. Abrams-directed Disney film to use *that title* of course). Darth Vader, redeemed as Anakin Skywalker, died a good guy. The Emperor did fatally wound him, channeling his Force Lightning into Darth Vader's electronic support system, essentially destroying the breathing apparatus that had kept the man machine alive.

[@humanfromearth9671]

@@TherealRNOwwfpooh I see your point. Maybe its both. He died a good man, but becoming a good man killed the villain. So we're both right, mate. May the force be with you.

[@TherealRNOwwfpooh]

@@humanfromearth9671 Same to you. Or as rival Trekkies would say, "Live long & prosper." Yes, I enjoy BOTH sci-fi epics (Star Wars AND Star Trek), although I am not a die-hard nerd junkie for either (although, I do admit, however, to preferring the pre-edited versions of the OT than I do the edited versions we've gotten since George Lucas has been in bed with Disney, well before Disney ultimately bought out LucasFilm, Ltd.).

[@humanfromearth9671]

@@TherealRNOwwfpooh I'm a Babylon5 heretic lol, but I prefer the original Star Wars too. I haven't even watched the last one and I saw the first one when it came out. We used to play Star Wars in the playground and I'd always end up being a Tusken Raider for some reason lol

[@PhailedGamer]

"I never thought I'd say this sentence *again*..." It was the "again" part that had me rolling.

[@lordstarkiller2010]

when did she said that??? 🤔

[@tysonic777]

Yeah, I’m on the fence about wanting to know that backstory

[@rjkennett934]

I think the "again" reference was to her Terminator 2 reaction, but yeah... funny as heck!

[@PrincessSnowbelle]

I came here just to see if someone was going to mention this...because, I have questions! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Rasqual68]

hahahaha 10:03 and yes.. T2 reference to this kzbin.info/www/bejne/gn7HeJWLfcmgg5I

[@shack8110]

The entire speeder chase on Endor was completely in the original theatrical release. It was awesome.

[@robertpeterson8539]

Lucas had his camera man walk through the redwoods and then v played jit at35 x. Speed

[@turbopokey]

They invented a entirely new camera setup in order to film that scene without the bumps and jostles of ordinary walking, and that is how Hollywood got the “Steady-cam”.

[@Pingthescribe]

Lando's co-pilot is actually speaking a real language called Haya, found in Kenya. Apparently he's saying ridiculous lines ("Ten thousand elephants are on my foot!") which made Kenyan audiences laugh their asses off. They managed to track down the same actor to record lines for Episode 7.

[@metetural9140]

TIL Nien Nunb is Kenyan, or are Sullustian's Kenyan?

[@totallyanonymousbish9599]

There is no episode 7.

[@DamonNomad82]

I remember Carrie Fisher talking about Nien Nunb when she hosted the Sci-Fi Channel's first broadcasting of the Star Wars Trilogy in the early 1990s. She said one of his lines in Haya translated to "Hey, you! Come over here, right now!"

[@AndrewBoniface09]

what episode 7? There are only 6 episodes...

[@leoburgermanstudios3204]

hopefully he got those elephants off his foot

[@RoyFokker93]

Two things that got people mad about the changes Lucas did in this movie: -When Vader killed the emperor, he didn't yell "NO" originally. Through just cinematography you could sense Vader's conflict while watching the emperor killing Luke. -At the end, the one that appeared as a force ghost alongside Obi Wan and Yoda was the original Vader's actor (the one you see when Luke took off his helmet). Lucas changed it and added the actor from the prequels.

[@danholmesfilm]

Also the BS Jabba musical number

[@birchflash]

@@XBitX Yeah. If Anakin died young, who was that person saying "You already saved me" and "Tell your sister that you were right" to Luke?

[@clownzzz4837]

@@XBitX I always questioned how a genocidal sociopath could be forgiven on one single action. Going with that, Vadar doesn't get to sit at the good guy side. Apparently, Anakin does.

[@DeadAbeVigoda]

The addition of that silly "No!" was one of the worst if not the worse special edition edits. It was much better when Vader seemed to snap and just grab the Emperor.

[@TheNeonRabbit]

Mannequin Skywalker

[@johnk9924]

"Never thought I'd say this again, but thats what you get for licking my face!" Made me laugh so hard 🤣 😆 😂

[@TheBatDERP]

Wait, what does she mean by 'again' ? lol

[@argetlam05]

@@TheBatDERP Same thing happened in Terminator 2.

[@jebledbetter2117]

What made her say that the first time? Asking for a friend?

[@ryanehlis426]

“Communication is key to a healthy relationship leia” 😂

[@dubworldvwadventures]

Your reaction in disbelief watching Vader watching the Emperor trying to kill Luke and just standing by was what I experienced as a 13 year old boy in the theater. Everyone was screaming for Vader to do something. When he did, the theater erupted! Watch the original cut where Vader is silent. They sadly added him saying no in the special edition. I think him silently grabbing the Emperor adds more drama.

[@dallassukerkin6878]

Absolute truth! We are all indebted to George for creating the story in the first place ... but he can't stop meddling! And then ... there is Jar Jar Binks, a travesty that cannot be forgiven.

[@supermantrickshots]

I know some may not like the addition of the "no" line. Personally I like it. I think it adds more to the scene and it shows more of Anakin breaking the bond that "Vader" had on him. I tear up everytime i see this part. I think it was a great addition. But that is just me. The cool thing is that everyone can have their likes and dislikes.

[@Don-ol8ze]

I prefer the more subtle version myself. Any "Nooo!" in a movie risks being cliche - so why use it when the audience can interpret Vader's struggle and redemption for themselves?

[@kodeshikou464]

Honestly I’d rather take Jar Jar over the script writing for episode 8 and 9, personally. And a “no” free Vader. His silence as the score squeals higher and louder feels much more powerful in that he totally takes the emperor by surprise without a word, and fulfills the prophecy at long last.

[@BogusLion]

@@supermantrickshots "The cool thing is that everyone can have their likes and dislikes." no it's not. You can't have the original untouched by crazy senile George nowadays in 4K or bluray, so no, not everyone can have their likes and dislikes. Zoomers like you can have the piece of garbage that is called the special edition, which sadly was what she saw. But the real rebels and the real resistance have the despecialized edition in blu ray quality, which is way better than any crap that Lucas invented in the 90s. By the way, her reaction at 16:15 shows exactly what we original purists are talking about. She never saw the movies, she thinks the special effects done in the 80s are the special effects added by George in the 90s...(that's how good they stand in time, I mean it's a joke... it looks like made by amateurs, just like the "Noooo") I mean, she is the proof that the crappy cgi was horrible and doesn't stand even today. I mean this movie, out of all the 3 originals, was the one that got more destroyed by crazy george. Jabbas palace music is atroucious, cgi horrible on any standard, he destroyed this movie. No, you can't have likes or dislikes when you change art, if Leonardo Da Vinci would come back from his grave and put a mustache on mona lisa, gioconda, or some eye brows, it wouldn't be the same thing. One thing that great directors and artists know is that "less is more". Wake up and smell the coffee zoomer.

[@mrfantastic407]

Cassie: "So the whole world is free now? No more Empire, right?" Imperial Remnant: "Allow me to introduce myself..."

[@realburglazofficial2613]

Imperial Remnant are kinda like Trump supporters! “Your Emperor is dead and your Deathstar blew up” “But we are still in charge aren’t we?”

[@AaAaAaA-ni6es]

@@realburglazofficial2613 shut up dude

[@OFAleague]

@@realburglazofficial2613 They're different and are like with Thrawn (grand admiral of the empire), a few Imperial officers and a reworked sith order not too long later in Korriban

[@Svensk7119]

@@realburglazofficial2613 That is an insult to maga supporters, given how bad they were....😉

[@kageshira]

"He did it...the Emperor is dead!" Yes, he is. And that's how the saga ended. "And Yoda! this is such a happy ending!" Yes again, such happy ending. And that's how the saga ended, on a high note.

[@heatseekerx51]

Yup. Ended with Episode 6, happily.

[@aliu67]

Yes and the sequels were just a nightmare

[@ihaveafettfetish9348]

Definitely. The sequel trilogy is non-canon to most Star Wars fans. Episodes 1-6. The end.

[@DJLtravelvids]

There were 3 more movies after this one though. 2 of them were pretty good. I thought the superior FX and acting helped make them stand above the prequels , but I still prefer the original trilogy for the story

[@marknapiello8055]

“The emperor is dead”. Maybe not!

[@coyotej4895]

LMAO My daughter was watching this with me when you said "Awkard, So does Vader know that Leia is his daughter? Hay! Didn't He torture her back at the Deathstar at the beginning?" My Daughter pipes up with all too much of a serious tone, "Hay they have a complicated Family dynamic don't judge." I could not stop laughing for the rest of the reaction.

[@NostalgicMem0ries]

original trilogie what got most today people into incest fetish for sure :D

[@zillobeast5257]

By that comment alone i can tell you let your daughter watch way too much tiktok

[@jackfoxx6351]

Something about Anakin telling Luke, that he was right about the good in him; it always gets me.

[@chrismaverick9828]

It certainly wasn't referring to Hayden's acting. :P

[@bonniemartell9750]

❤❤❤

[@namelessjedi2242]

The “hoverboard jetski” chase was unchanged from the original. Effects in the 80’s were good, too. 😁👍

[@reesebn38]

Ya I saw it in 70mm Opening night May 25 1983. The Speeder bikes looked amazing!!It blew our minds. Just like in Empire the Asteroid chase was amazing in 70mm. The great thing about George Lucas Star Wars every movie gave us had something we had seen before. Pod Racing anyone.

[@Arcexey]

@@reesebn38 no I don't want to pod race. I want that buried deep

[@KinseySS]

@@Arcexey no way, the pod race was great! One of the few great scenes of that movie

[@eirikrdberg1161]

@@reesebn38 me too saw all three in the theatre in 77 80 83. Have not Even seen the crap made lately.

[@TheHumanFly516]

The new effects are ironically the bad ones.

[@johntravis8894]

Lost it at "Never thought I'd say this again... That's for licking my face.." LMAO

[@Rastafaustian]

Again?

[@golferrivaler6358]

Is there a story behind that????

[@OisinClissmann]

@@golferrivaler6358 I think her Terminator2 reaction, where the orderly licked Sarah's face in the mental hospital and he later got what he deserved.

[@joshuad6553]

@@OisinClissmann Let's hope it doesn't become a thing, like the Wilhelm scream and Star Wars' love of dismemberment.

[@Greybeardmedic]

If you notice in the credits that Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher are ALL on the first top line of the cast. They considered themselves equals, and it has always been reported that they were really good friends. Many many years later it was discovered that Carrie and Harrison had a short affair during the filming of the first Star Wars, but it appears that they remained professional.

[@DV_Dark_Jedi]

Carrie wrote about it in her final book. She was 19, he was in his 30s. He was in the middle of a divorce or something like that

[@thedragon133]

32:20 Yes, Wedge Antilles, the best starfighter pilot of the Rebel Alliance (aside from Luke, maybe). The only one who was in both Death Star battles in a starfighter. The man, the myth, the legend!

[@alexv6324]

Also, the actor is Ewan McGregor's uncle.

[@abrahamromero3910]

And Ewan went to go see his uncle in a movie and got Star Wars!

[@metetural9140]

Unsung hero

[@greyrock9747]

I went as Wedge for Halloween as a kid. I was mad everybody thought I was Luke.

[@x3tc1]

Wedge was always one of my favourites!

[@ent66]

"that was such a happy ending" that's something I haven't heard about a star wars movie in a long time, a long time.

[@JJPlayes]

Yep, just watch the star wars original trilogy, alien 1&2, terminator 1&2 and just the first highlander.

[@samellowery]

before the dark time before disney

[@samellowery]

@@JJPlayes the second highlander was a terrible sequel but Virginia Madison was hot and every scene with Sean Connery was fantastic plus Michael Ironside is a fantastic villain if it hadn't been the sequel to the original it probably would be looked at better.

[@JJPlayes]

@@samellowery the best way to see more of the universe set in highlander is the tv show.

[@samellowery]

@@JJPlayes the show was pretty good with Adrian Paul as Duncan

[@xoler2167]

“The emperor is dead?” Yes he died here. Lucas himself said so and let’s leave it that way 😂

[@MandoWookie]

Oh God if only. All we ever asked for was the Thrawn trilogy adapted, it could have all been so simple.

[@arkwill14]

Hear hear! I think bringing was a move of pure desperation and a late, and ultimately unsuccessful, "Hail Mary" attempt to save the sequel trilogy after the complete writing dumpster fire that was _The Last Jedi._

[@ChrisBLACK777]

And then we get this: "Somehow Palpatine returned"

[@MandoWookie]

@@ChrisBLACK777 If you are gonna rip off the EU, why Dark Empire? It didnt really work there, and those comics went through a lot more effort to justify it than a freaking Fortnite promo.

[@Mugthraka]

Technicaly in the Extended univers, the emperor did have Clones, wich was a Major pain in the arse for Luke, since he had to go around and find all the Labs and Factories to destroy them. Thats what i hate with the Disney trilogy, they claimed that the EU din't exist anymore and wasn't cannon anymore, but they would willy nilly cherrypcik stuff from the EU when they din't have any original or bright ideas about what to do...

[@kennedy6587]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 the “Leia is Luke’s sister” reaction was perfect 👌🏻 everyone felt that way

[@sassylittleprophet]

"Your overconfidence is your weakness." I LOVE how Vader turns to look at Luke, like he's proud, impressed, maybe a little worried.

[@morbidlyobeserobocop3038]

Anakin/Vader knew that about himself so it probably dug extra deep lol

[@sassylittleprophet]

@@morbidlyobeserobocop3038 oof! Probably

[@TheJokerAkaCirque]

Also love that it's visibly the first time ANYONE ever gets under the Emperor's skin. The "your faith in your friends" comeback is clearly lashing out because he's not used to someone seeing through him.

[@sassylittleprophet]

@@TheJokerAkaCirque FACTS, bro

[@JohnSmith-wh2ob]

YOUR FAITH IN YOUR FRIENDS IS YOURS

[@erictaylor5462]

Little Trivia for you: When George Lucas made the original Star Wars he violated SAG rules by not including opening credits. But no one did anything about it because no one really expected Star Wars to be as successful as it was. 3 years later, when he made Empire Strikes Back again he did not include opening credits. This time SAG sued him, but lost. The courts decided that because SAG didn't care enough about the rule to enforce it with Star Wars, they could not enforce it later with other movies. SAG = Screen Actor's Guild BTW.

[@jbdragon3295]

I think he was fined and just paid it.

[@logandarklighter]

It's an interesting historical turning point for movies in general. If you look at all the older movies from before Star Wars was released, they all have opening credits. In fact - many movies have extremely long opening credits - and NO END CREDITS (other than the obligatory "The End" card to tell the movie patrons the show is over). There was a transitionary period in the late 70s/early 80s - some movies kept the traditional opening credits. Some didn't. Some went halfway and had some opening credits and then a longer end credits sequence. and then most movies moved over to having only cursory opening credits that just showed the production company and studio and maybe the director/producer and the lead actors. With everyone and everything else relegated to the end credits. Some movies drop the opening credits entirely. But yeah - that was entirely due to Star Wars. Another interesting note - there used to be some music played before even the opening credits began. Called an "Overture" it would consist of the major themes of the movie soundtrack as a medley. Or sometimes a piece of music that was evocative of the soundtrack, while not being directly anything that would play during the movie. The Black Hole and Star Trek: The Motion Picture are - to the best of my knowledge - the last two movies that ever had an Overture played before the start of the film.

[@crash406]

@@logandarklighter I think it was actually the Director's Guild. That's part of why Irwin Kirshner directed 'The Empire Strikes Back'

[@brachiator1]

@@logandarklighter The overture may have been a throwback to the time when silent movies had live orchestras playing in the theater.

[@mikejankowski6321]

At least there were no wonder llamas and moose bites in the credits.

[@JonahNelson7]

The random differences in pronunciation of names like Jabba is because George left it up to the actors how they wanted to say the words to make it feel like there are dialectal differences and stuff

[@lionlyons]

“Stand up for him, Dad!” OMG, Cassie kills me…

[@caretaker158]

Wicket the Ewok (the "cute" one who "captured" Leia, was played by Warwick Davis... who an entire generation, and more, know as Professor Flitwick in the Harry Potter series... but a lot of us of a certain age also remember him fondly from Willow, another to add to your need to check out movie list

[@chrismaverick9828]

Warwick Davis' filmography is pretty extensive. He is, probably, the most filmed little person in the world.

[@houdin654jeff]

The speeder bike chase is actually a pretty cool trick. They way they shot it was to walk through a redwood forest with a steady cam shooting one frame per second, so when you play it back at normal speed, it looks like your whipping through the forest. Totally original, no CG except for blue screen, as shot in the 80s. Edit: also, this movie came out in 1983, the first prequel came out 16 years later in 1999. The prequels get a lot of hate, some deserved, some not, but I think if you're willing to go along with them, they're a fun ride with a bit of tragedy thrown in. Enjoy them when you get to them, glad to see you embracing the galaxy far far away.

[@Mugthraka]

The only real issues with the prequels are that the dialogues arn't that good, its a lot of expostion and people talking about stuff, but you don't really feel much about what they're talking about. Lucas said it himself that he was a Storyteller, but a bad dialogues writter. The difference is that with the OG trilogy, he was younger, and some of the cast was his age or older, Ford for instance, helped rewrite some of the dialogues so that they felt more natural, cause HE was helping the casting team to give the cast their lines During the casting process of the first movie (thats how he finaly got Han's part by the way, since Lucas din't want him in it at first) So each characters dialogues had inputs of their actors and other people, wich in the end helped it feel more organic and natural. By the time the Prequels came, Lucas had that Demi-God of Cinema Aura and reputation, HE was the Dude that Made Star wArs, one of the Most profitable franchise in the history. So No one on set in the prequels ever dared to say anything about the corny and cheesy dialogues or the exposition dumps and how unnatural it felt. Specially not the Younger cast, like Nathalie portman who was like 17-18 at the time, and the older cast members respected him too much to say anything and thougth it would be fine. Cause outside of that, the movies arn't bad, some plot holes here and there, but the action and environements are cool and it has many Strong Moments, specially in EP3

[@doubleT84]

Woah, 16 years between that and 22 years since the prequel. I feel old.

[@wolfmanjack3451]

Shot on location the Smith river valley,Sequoia national forest California.

[@dirus3142]

The tragedy is the reason why they suck.

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

Blue screen is not "CG." CG means "computer generated," and has nothing to do with bluescreen photography, which predates the existence of computers. Composites were achieved by rephotographing separate images onto a single piece of film in an optical printer. It was a giant pain, and pretty much no one in the industry misses it, as it was always a giant crapshoot as to how well it would work.

[@danielmorency2242]

Stormtroopers have different types. The "regular" ones are the standard shock trooper. For the cold regions, they have Snowtroopers... For forest type places, they have Scout-troopers, etc... All adapted to their specific terrain.

[@joerogers9413]

I'd argue snowtroopers are just regular storm troopers wearing cold weather gear, but agreed. Scout troopers are a specialized unit.

[@Houldey]

Also for a bit of a behind the scenes reasoning, Star Wars was a money making behemoth - more stormtrooper variants = more toys = more sales.

[@joerogers9413]

🙂 Yeah, George Lucas merchandised the hell out of Star Wars back then.

[@B_B-420]

@@joerogers9413 Which is why Spaceballs wasn't allowed to produce any merchandise, under the direct orders of Lucas.

[@gdiaz8827]

Why dont scout troopers have camouflage

[@Ladco77]

The scene where Luke turns himself in to Vader is really impressive if you've read the novelization. As Luke was saying "That's why you won't bring me to your Emperor now." he was using the Jedi mind trick on Vader... and Vader realized it was working. That's why he ignited Luke's lightsaber - to break Luke's concentration. That why Vader realized and commented on how powerful Luke had become.

[@Trygvar13]

And in the novel Luke actually manages to deflect some of the lightning back towards Emperor Palpatine but just for a moment. The Emperor was just too strong. The Emperor also aks Luke if it was Yoda who had continued his training since Obi-wan Kenobi was dead.

[@23chdavis]

The Novel Adaptation was great and it also showed Vader's thoughts, that he knew the Emperor was old and that he had dreams of taking his place, ruling the Galaxy with his son by his side.

[@B-a-t-m-a-n]

The novelization is awesome. I just re-read that last death scene with Vader and Luke, and you really can get into Vader/Anakin's head. It makes watching that scene so much more impactful if you have more than the dialogue of that scene to go by.

[@inconspicuousalien519]

"Oh my gosh, he loved his sister." Had me dying.

[@markfisher2683]

Definitely a kiss on the mouth🫦😏

[@israymervalentin-arias6313]

Disneyland taught her well!!! She is reminded by a lot of things she saw there hahahaha I love this woman.

[@WesMordine]

Galaxy's Edge is crafted with a whole lot of love for the franchise and impeccable attention to detail.

[@symbiat0]

On Yoda’s death: “Maybe he’ll be a ghost Jedi and talk to Luke too” 😂😂😂

[@Perktube1]

Well at least he showed up for the funeral.

[@revjim123]

Maybe he’ll do a ghostly booty dance

[@MorliHolect]

episode VIII The Last Jedi

[@AlexH8280]

"That was such a happy ending, I think this one was my favorite." Disney: "We're pleased and honored to be able to completely destroy these good feelings for you."

[@arrjee3176]

Nah

[@TaylorsAngel18]

The sequels don't exist in my mind lol

[@MotleyNerd]

@@TaylorsAngel18 What sequels? XD

[@JohnD640]

"He was at Disney!" Well, everyone deserves a vacation once in a while!

[@TenToAceStudios]

Lol, taking a break from leading the rebellion

[@TheRoyalFino]

I laughed. Better than my girlfriend's reaction to Ackbar. "WHAT IS THAT? IS THAT A FISH? EWWWWW!"

[@monovision566]

"Why does this Hutt guy have so much power? He's just a blob." I have the same question about the world in general.

[@jedijones]

Weinstein? Oola should've me-tooed Jabba and taken him down.

[@QuayNemSorr]

Well America just survived four years with their own Jabba in the White House, but yes, it's a legitimate question.

[@kimo_]

Money...

[@sidfritch974]

@@QuayNemSorr The actual nerd reason is Hutts as a species are long lived, and despite there fat appearance there really strong. They were at once point the dominant species in the galaxy, and have retained the connections and slave trade ever since.

[@genghisgalahad8465]

@@QuayNemSorr well, not really. I mean when you first saw Jabba you already knew he was that boss who lorded over people. You just knew and it made visual sense.

[@Thrui]

I laughed my ass off at the "what are those called? The AT&Ts". Love these genuine reactions

[@mark_tolver]

That moment at the end when you said “They did it! The Emperor’s dead. Death Vader’s dead. Their Death Star 2.0’s destroyed. We win!!” That “We win!!” bit was just adorable! It was like a moment of pure Star Wars love and we all totally get it. 😂

[@LordVolkov]

"How did he get to that?!" Well, Luke only knows one woman in the whole galaxy... 🤣🤣🤣

[@jeremiahalonzo]

That's not true! There was his dead aunt... Nevermind.

[@namelessjedi2242]

LUKE: “Mon Mothma is my sister!” BEN: ”Err….”

[@ThomasKnip]

"Please don't let that hot dancer at Jabba's palace be my sister, Ben!"

[@jedijones]

@@namelessjedi2242 Luke: Oola is my sister... Ben: Your insight serves you well. Please begin her training and report back. Luke: About that...

[@5TRICT9]

kinda like whos that black guy well must be lando at this point there is only one black guy in the whole galaxy lol

[@davidblauyoutube]

"You'd think out of all these bajillions of people, they would have had more people in their Rebel force if everyone hated the Empire so much." "Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing." -- J.S. Mill, 1867 inaugural address at the University of St. Andrews.

[@k1productions87]

Especially when the moment you are ousted as a Rebel (whether its true or not) the Empire goes after your family, your friends, your neighbors, your dog, your co-workers, anyone who knew you, and even the milkman who delivered to your house by mistake that one time

[@dlovink6655]

The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything. (Albert Einstein )

[@michaelw8262]

True, but it also shows the lack of thought that went into the changes in the special editions. Things like this and the scene with a CGI Jaba when Han calls him a human being or the always controversial decision to have Anakin's force ghost be his pre-Vader self instead of his redeemed self are just pointless, unforced errors that make the final product worse, not better.

[@BRAWGWill]

Autocrats don't exist without some level of public support though, at least initially

[@rpottage]

It's more than that though... prior to Alderaan's destruction the Empire hadn't really done anything overtly evil. Even Luke wanted to join the Empire. From the POV of the public the Empire stopped the Droid Army to save the republic and found the empire, stopped the Jedi who tried to overthrow the government, severely cut down on slavery throughout the galaxy, brought a stable unifying force to the galaxy, and started cracking down on organized crime. Remember; in the Phantom Menace there's basically no republic presence on Tatooine, slavery is commonplace and the entire place is run by the Hutt crime family. But a couple decades later there's a strong Empire presence there and slavery doesn't seem to exist anymore. There aren't a ton more rebels because overall the Empire is a more stable and less dangerous place to live.

[@brianmurphy8811]

"There was no clue" Think back to Empire Strikes Back, when Luke is hanging from the bottom of Cloud City. He mentally reaches out and communicates w/ Leah. Shortly after, Vader does the same to Luke. There are clues, everyone just got thrown off by the kiss lol.

[@td811]

Well in her reaction to Leias kiss of Luke on Hoth Ms Popcorn even said herself that that kiss didn’t seem right and that Leia was probably doing it to just make Han jealous

[@DaxRaider]

it wasnt really a clue as the thing that shes his sister wasnt planned xD lucas said it himself xD he had not the other parts written before the others aired

[@beowulf1005]

In ANH, after Leia is captured and interrogated on the Death Star, Vader comments on her "considerable resistance" to the mind probe.

[@larrote6467]

they were winging it, actually research it and you'll see that they made a lot of stuff up as they went along, and it really shows a lack of creativity with ep6 onwards; it's funny how such a vast universe ends up being so small

[@SalvableRuin]

Yeah, Luke could feel a connection with her, he just didn't realize it was because they were related until Obi-Wan told him he had a twin sister.

[@bignick2k215]

The music that plays when Luke viciously attacks Vader after talking about Leia, always gives me goosebumps. The entire fate of the galaxy rests on that fight.

[@SmokeNoMirrors]

Goosebumps! Absolutely! Every freaking time! Lol

[@markmalmstrm5242]

@@SmokeNoMirrors really not - the attack on the death star had begun already

[@ninjabearpress2574]

I might duck a fight when it's just me, but say you're going after any of my sisters and I will beat you down so yeah, that scene resonated with me as well.

[@Arthezius]

That scene and that music used to fill me with awe when I was a kid. It was so powerful. Still is, but I am older and more bitter than when I was 10.

[@Xagzan]

Eh, honestly the only Lucas addition I couldn't stand in ROTJ was Vader's completely unnecessary "NOOOO!" at the end. So much better when he didn't say a word before lifting Palpatine.

[@phil8821]

That is by far the worst change, it completely ruins the mood.

[@thatperformer3879]

@@phil8821 The idea of Vader’s silence is supposed to be that he underneath that mask was probably sobbing real quietly at the absolute disbelief that he has to kill his Emperor, but knew it had to be done. That’s why I hate the change so much.

[@symbiat0]

No other movie series has been messed with as much as Star Wars, like every release had changes. George Lucas was a lunatic.

[@Peter-wd1yo]

Actions speak louder than words

[@GenAries11]

im so glad im not the only one who thinks this. I cant stand it either.

[@lanolinlight]

It must also be noted that the original space battles here were so brilliantly done that even crazy '97 Lucas couldn't bring himself to Botox them. What you saw in those sequences is mostly what we saw in '83.

[@thatperformer3879]

Amazingly, there is only one frame in that whole sequence that Lucas changed, what an incredible achievement those FX must’ve been at the time.

[@JasonZakrajsek]

He added some CG shots in New Hope though

[@skyearl1816]

@@thatperformer3879 Which frame?

[@VastyVastyVoid]

@@JasonZakrajsek Several of the ANH additions for the Death Star battle are among the rare ones that didn't worsen the films, though.

[@dantesilvermine5160]

All the space battles had the very noticeable in original mat lines digitally removed or reduced actually, but sure keep rolling out the crazy Lucas cliché. Its shite like that comment why we ended up with rey mary sue palpatine Skywalker, racist token black janitor, racist token Latino drug runner , pickled snoke, and something something Sith cloning

[@BigDumbDummy]

Fun fact: Yoda confirmed Vader is Luke's father because George Lucas had contacted psychologists when he was concerned about the ending of Empire. Children would think Vader was lying because he's the bad guy, so to reinforce it and make it true to them, he needed a hero to confirm it so they would believe it.

[@arkwill14]

Interesting. As a 8-year old kid who saw _Empire Strikes Back_ in the theatres I can tell you that was EXACTLY what I thought. I remember telling my parents that Vader _must_ be lying. It wasn't until _Return of the Jedi_ that I think I accepted it 100%.

[@NeuroticNomadic]

@@arkwill14 I was 9 when ESB came out, and was 100% convinced Vader was lying,

[@mikegoodwin2386]

I was about 13, and I wasn't sure. I was leaning towards the "Vader is lying" theory though. I didn't really believe it until I saw JEDI.

[@kd5you1]

@@nickma71 I think he got upset because all of his lines including 'I killed your father" were replaced by James Earl Jones' lines. The original line was "I killed your father" but later changed to "I am your father" when Jones' lines were dubbed in.

[@jennym2276]

True dat. I drove my father crazy, insisting that Vader was a bold face liar and there was NO WAY that he was Luke's father. I was one of those children who needed that confirmation.

[@glennjones7633]

FYI. Wedge is the best star fighter in the galaxy during this time. He is the only rebel to kill imperials in flight in all 3 films. Not to mention saving Luke's bacon in Episode 4. Love all your reactions!

[@Eyrothath]

So, many people assume the reason this movie is called "Return of the Jedi" is due to Luke becoming a "Jedi" but it's also cause of Darth Vader becoming Anakin again and returning from the Dark Side and being a "Sith" to becoming a "Jedi" again..

[@Osprey850]

I don't know, because the film was originally titled "Revenge of the Jedi" and Lucas reportedly changed it because he felt that it wasn't appropriate for a Jedi to seek revenge. I guess that you can say that Vader ultimately got "revenge" on the Emperor, but Lucas was pretty straight forward with his titles (especially "The Empires Strikes Back" and "Attack of the Clones"), so it's hard for me to imagine that this was the one exception.

[@OddysChannel]

I thought it's because of the Jedi order or influence returning to the system.

[@willng1256]

But by killing the emperor, Vader also becomes a sith lord

[@TomGallagherSuperboyBeyond]

@@Osprey850 it was also supposedly because Return is a shorter word than Revenge. And it would fit on the outside of more cinemas. Otherwise it would be Revenge of the Je or something. But i don't know how much truth there is to that. I think i saw it on a documentary but can't be sure.

[@Osprey850]

@@TomGallagherSuperboyBeyond That's an interesting theory, but it's shorter by only one letter and "Revenge of the Jedi" is exactly the same number of characters (including spaces) as "Empire Strikes Back" (and the latter is longer if you add the "The").

[@Jdockery007]

"there is good in him, i can feel it" - Padme "there is good in him, i can feel it" - Luke

[@Tooba-K123]

I wanted to comment same thing 😂

[@Jdockery007]

@@Tooba-K123 the force is strong with you :p

[@meganega123]

It's like poetry, it rhymes

[@vanyadolly]

Then in the third trilogy Luke tries to stab his nephew. 🙄 It's a rare sequel that's so bad it makes the original worse by association.

[@jmhaces]

"Do they get along in real life?" Yep, what you see in the movies is pretty much what it was in real life. Harrison Ford had a fling with Carrie Fisher but they remained friends, has an older brother-type relationship with Mark Hamill, and Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher were good friends and bickered like siblings until she passed away a few years ago. During interviews whenever Mark Hamill tells a story about them he does a pretty good impression of Harrison Ford and always calls Mark "kid" just like Han does Luke.

[@chemquests]

I’d be friendly with those who cemented my career and wealth; what an incredible experience to share

[@aeroripper]

These movies basically defined the rest of their lives, who would have thought some fairly cheesy space opera movie would dominate popular culture in the US and around the world for 40+ years, now.

[@rightwired]

I was 10 when my dad took my brother and I to see this on opening day. Instead of going home and waiting for the next show - in two hours, he bought tickets and we played video games until it was show time. He made sure were we first in the theatre. "Pick any seat you want" he said as we walked into the empty theatre. God we miss him.

[@setenos2439]

"These guys again! What are they called, somebody told me...AT&T?" I'm dying of laughter @21:50

[@psyrixx]

Notice how in Jabba's Palace as Luke is addressing Jabba he takes steps to get closer and closer to the platform Jabba is sitting on ... and the entire room full of characters mimics his movements. He had control of everyone in the chamber except for Jabba and was influencing them to demonstrate his power. SUPER awesome little detail that I rarely see people mention.

[@Vchk1917]

I didn't know that! Awesome!

[@orangewarm1]

That's probably to get every character in the shot. Lucas wasn't using a wide lens there.

[@Linerunner99]

@@orangewarm1 Yeah, because keeping the extras in shot is important. lol

[@ThePorpoisepower]

Uhm... no. That's just Jabba's sycophants moving up to surround him in case there's a fight... if Luke was really in control of them all they wouldn't have stopped him from blasting Jabba.

[@StickFigureStudios]

Yeah, what Porpoise Power said. Luke is not controlling them. I never thought that.

[@foudroyaume]

"You'd think that out of all these bajillions of people, they'd've had a bigger rebel force if everyone hated the Empire so much." That's a poignant political insight that isn't really dealt with in the franchise outside of A New Hope, where Han's character represents the people just looking out for themselves even though they don't love the empire, and Rogue One, which deals extensively with the issue of whether you go along with the regime as long as it's not hurting you personally, or whether you resist. . . Oh yeah, and Lando's situation protecting Cloud City in Empire Strikes back gives another example of compromising with the Empire for the sake of survival.

[@SunwardRanger83]

It seems pretty true to life to me really. If you look at the American Revolution, while a large percentage of the colonists supported independence only a very small percentage actually was willing to fight and risk their lives for it.

[@fordcorsair]

Those bajillions of people weren't in the original movie - any of Lucas' clunky and unnecessary re-edits

[@thomast8539]

Only 3 percent of the people being oppressed, throughout the galaxy, took up arms as rebels to fight the empire.

[@joshuaortiz2031]

Most Americans are sick of their government whether they be democrats or republicans and yet they sit by and do nothing about it. Their focus is on their own needs and comfort while this country goes down the drain.

[@thomast8539]

@@SunwardRanger83 3 percent is the number that gets quoted most often. That is because the other 97% refuse to risk direct involvement, think things are not that bad or are just cowards.

[@HabitualMedia]

You calling AT-AT’s ‘AT&T guys’ is one of my favorite Star Wars viewing moments

[@melodymiller9137]

Fun fact: at least in the original version, when the ship impales the other ship and the rebels are cheering, if you turn up the volume you can very faintly hear someone yell "Die, dickheads!"

[@thatperformer3879]

Once I heard that I could never unhear it, luckiest extra ever LMAO

[@highstimulation2497]

i'm dying laughing laughing at this!

[@thedarcbird]

That's what you get for having British extras!

[@chrissonofpear1384]

Ackbar needs to exert more discipline on his crew...

[@choomah]

I love how deep down, Vader blocks Lukes strike on the Emperor, not out of loyalty but to stop Luke killing in anger... Good Guy Vader😂 ("It is too late for me SON") tears every time haha

[@rockheimr]

I cracked up laughing when you said 'and they can adopt him!', referring to the Ewok. :)))))

[@SJ-GodofGnomes21]

Me too

[@pwnorbepwned]

Wicket Solo

[@algomaone121]

I thought she meant Luke.

[@antoinettelopes]

@@algomaone121 So did I.

[@voodoochildrox]

That got me too lol

[@colormedubious4747]

You realize that those adorable "Teddy bears" ATE the stormtroopers that they killed, don't you? 🤣🤣🤣

[@dreadpenguinlord340]

Awwww.

[@sirjedisentinel]

"Maybe they're his cousins and he's come to live there with him." Dammit, she's using the Chewbacca defense!

[@andrewmurray1550]

I can just imagine Yoda's reaction to "there is another" being Han Solo - "Him, I cannot train! He is reckless! Archeologists searching for religious relics ---- a jedi craves not these things!"

[@thatpatrickguy3446]

:-D PRICELESS!

[@marcomoon6]

To be fair he would probably be a Jedi sentinel, one of their jobs was seeking out ancient Jedi and Sith temples and artifacts

[@brigidtheirish]

The extra funny thing is that Dad's headcanon is that Han is force sensitive since at least The Empire Strikes Back.

[@metetural9140]

"You should be in a museum!"

[@logandarklighter]

"This must be where Guardians of the Galaxy got some of their ideas." You are definitely not wrong!

[@mightyrobot42]

Yeah, but a lot of it is just the fact that both series are taking heavy inspiration from stuff by people like Moebius, Jack Kirby and Christin and Mézières that had come before. Both Star Wars and GotG were pastiches of the entire sci-fi adventure genre, so even if they didn't take anything directly from each other they would've been similar due to their shared influences.

[@DusktheDragon]

They don't change the looks of the Stormtrooper armor, but it's actually the different versions of Trooper armor made for different units and roles. The standard trooper armor you see the most is standard BlasTech armor for universal use. The armor you see worn by the troopers on the speeder bikes are Scout Troopers, used by Scouts, Recon Units, Snipers, and drivers. And the Wierd robe-like armor you see worn in episode 5 on that Ice planet are Snowtroopers, built for freezing temperatures. They do a similar thing for Clone Trooper Armor during the Clone Wars

[@ex-navyspook]

"...and they can adopt him!" Cracked me up! We don't talk about the "sequels;" they're not, nor should they be, considered canon. Edited for spelling.

[@mat3714]

Fingers crossed for world between world #saveusdavefiloni

[@SunwardRanger83]

What sequels? Did someone finally decide to make movies out of the Thrawn trilogy or something? I could probably get on board with that.

[@ex-navyspook]

@@SunwardRanger83 Exactly my point.

[@terrylandess6072]

One of my favorite parts is when C3PO is telling their story to the tribe with perfect sound effects and a little mime action. This is a call back to 'A New Hope' when C3PO explains to Luke he "isn't much of a story teller" after they first met.

[@brianmcconnell1817]

Casie’s gems: “I thought I’d never say this sentence again but, that’s for licking my face!” 😆😆😆. ……Wait, what? “What are those things called again? AT&T?” “Stand up for him, DAD!”’ Yes, they were all very close during the filming of these movies. In fact Harrison Ford had an affair with Carrie Fisher which she kept silent about for 40 years. Carrie and Mark Hamill remained close friends for the rest of their lives. Carrie passed away in 2016. We all know “what” inevitably happens to all the characters, but the prequels answer the “how”. The final prequel “Revenge of the Sith” shows Annakin’s fall to the dark side. It’s very sad and brutal. After the prequels be sure to watch “Rogue One” and “Solo: a Star Wars Story” which is Han Solo’s origin story. Both are excellent films. May the force be with you.

[@OisinClissmann]

“I thought I’d never say this sentence again but, that’s for licking my face!” 😆😆😆. ……Wait, what? Haha that was funny. I think it goes back to her Terminator 2 reaction where she might have said that about the orderly that licked Sarah Conor's face in the mental institution while she was sedated. She gets her revenge on him as she's escaping.

[@afn3899]

Yes I caught the T2 reference 😁

[@bonghunezhou5051]

"...excellent films" "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" is nearly as good as SW and TESB. No comment on "Solo".

[@lajeteefan]

Han: "I love you" Leia: "I know." That mirrors when Han said "I know" to Leia's "I love you" in "The Empire Strikes Back".

[@adamplace1414]

As much as the fan boys I'm sure loved Leia's metal bikini, the people on set probably liked it more; Carrie Fisher said that it didn't hold her body very well so anyone nearby could "see right down Broadway." What a character that lady was.

[@israymervalentin-arias6313]

Well she was a self admitted party animal who did a bunch of cocaine alcohol and other types of drugs so I am sure she wasn’t too bothered. Rest In Peace she was one of the real ones.

[@petersmith6513]

RE: 33:15 "And they can adopt him!" Yeah, I don't think Han and Leia should have kids of their own. I just have that feeling...

[@lancebaylis3169]

Ooh, foreshadowing... 😁

[@crash406]

If Cassie finds out about all the novelizations, she'll really have her mind blown....

[@petersmith6513]

@@crash406 How many times have Mandalorians been re-invented again? Star Wars can be confusing.

[@lapelcelery42]

Fortunately we'll never know as they wisely ended the franchise here.

[@willfanofmanyii3751]

The main reason Luke knew it was Leia was due to how easily they suddenly connected when he needed her help after falling out of Cloud City.

[@d4mdcykey]

For various reasons, this is my favorite film in all of the franchise. When this was released it's hard to describe how mindblowing and exciting it was.

[@dangrissom7367]

The Emperor in his mental prime. Keep in mind, we had to wait 3 years for this in 1983!

[@genghisgalahad8465]

Wow man! Three whole years! That’s 3/4 of a presidential term.

[@matthewtarpley7613]

"I wonder how many years it was between this movie and the prequels?" Cassie, it wound up being 16 years before Episode I showed up, and boy, was THAT an event. There were LINES around the movie theaters everywhere waiting to get advanced tickets to Episode I. The world had been ready for the return of Star Wars at that time. The Star Wars Trilogy Special Edition in 1997 was the warm-up, of course, but still...

[@stephenlackey5852]

The skit from Conan with Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog walking amongst the people camped out in line for the premiere of episode one was absolutely hilarious.

[@IdealUser]

I was in 6th grade. One of the parents from our class was the manager of a local theater and got our whole class tickets for an early bird showing and we got a morning field trip!

[@darthseamus8833]

And episode 1 was a terrible embarrassment

[@conncoll06]

I’ll never forget standing in line for 3 hours for that movie. saw it 11 times

[@deece1482]

@@darthseamus8833 and yet I'd still take it over any of the new Disney stuff.

[@chrismeulen8108]

“Star Wars fans back in the day must’ve loved this getup.” well actually, it's STILL a thing, it's called the Princess Leia fantasy. even Friends, did an entire episode about it in the '90s, in which Jennifer Aniston wore the outfit.

[@Mugthraka]

SLave Leia is STILL a popular cosplay and a Kink for many geek couples...

[@Eidlones]

I know it's still a thing, but I find it funny that your evidence for that is something that happened over 20 years ago.

[@brucechmiel7964]

Go to any comic/science fiction convention you will find at least 3 slave leias, and about 30 slutty Harley Quinn’s. And about 5 that are about perfect.

[@raycluney7466]

I was nine years old when this came out in the theaters and seeing Darth Vader’s face was mind blowing to me at the time.

[@hellowhat890]

33:08 Han's face is remembering that Luke and Leia actually did give each other a full on kiss.

[@MrSmithla]

Ive often wondered how the whole kiss/“He’s my brother plotline might have changed if a scene such as ‘Back to the Future,’ when Marty’s mother kisses him then recoils in horror, noting, “It feels like I’m kissing my brother.”

[@MrSmithla]

Lucas was careful that all kisses between Leia and Luke, though naturally with an undercurrent of romance, have alternate motivation. “For luck!” Or, clearly, to make Han jealous.

[@Beltzer0072]

"He did it! The Emperor is dead!?" Yes, he's dead. Thankfully there's no horrendous trilogy crafted by Disney that completely undoes and demeans this ending in every way.

[@danwhitehousepc]

How? The Emperor was dead in those movies also.

[@Beltzer0072]

@@danwhitehousepc Palpatine randomly came back in the Rise of Skywalker somehow and it makes this ending meaningless.

[@Heiryuu]

@@Beltzer0072 not only that but his return was announced through Fortnite of all things rather than in the actual movies.

[@Beltzer0072]

@@Heiryuu Imagine the outrage if they did that with Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield instead of showing them in a trailer or No Way Home itself.

[@danwhitehousepc]

@@Heiryuu It wasn't the actual Emperor. It was a clone created by his devote followers.

[@heavyvacation]

Good Job! Imagine what 13 year old kids would have thought about seeing what all that was like with the whole theater crying over Vader and then cheering together at the end. AWESOME

[@typingcomments]

For nostalgic reasons, this is my favorite of the series. Your reactions were priceless. Absolutely loved watching this. Thank you.

[@mike-mz6yz]

as a kid this was my favorite. my best friend in elementary school had the original versions on VHS which was how I first watched them...not in order mind you....out of the three I think we watched Jedi like 100 times Hope a good 8 times and empire only 2 or 3. Now Empire is my favorite, but Jedi is the most nostalgic.

[@svenidol]

"Star Wars fans back in the day must have LOVED this get-up." I'll bet dollars to donuts you've heard the phrase " Slave Leia" but didn't know the context. It is still a common cosplay at cons, and has become synonymous with raging nerd teen hormones over the years.

[@garmisra7841]

I may be wrong, but I was under the impression that Slave Leia is actually the most popular Leia cosplay? Hmmmm.... 🤣

[@jeffreyhaas]

As A Gen X'er, I can confirm this

[@The_Blue_Otaku]

As a Gen Z'er, I also confirm this

[@Dreamline78]

It was featured in a subplot of a "Friends" episode. Ross shared his Leia-gold-bikini fantasy with Rachel, and she satisfied it during the closing credits.

[@leosciotti1389]

Leia's slave getup is actually what launched the trend of "the bikini"

[@CliffuckingBooth]

"What happens with the Stormtroopers?" This woman is a keeper.

[@reginaldgickington4793]

And the third entry of non-spoiler answers to questions! 4:28 - Yep, he is Jabba of the Hutt species. His name is technically "Jabba Desilijic Tiure". 5:35 - A blob with a lot of money and political connections. And armed guards. 6:00 - The actor who played him is not particularly so (there are photos of him in costume, with a receding hairline and a spruce moustache). Canonically, Boba Fett is... well, it's a matter of opinion to say he's charming, but it's the correct opinion. 8:46 - Malakili, the guy who trained the Rancor (the monster Luke fought). He was very fond of the creature. 10:40 - Yeah, the gold bikini is still a source of contention, and... "other" emotions. 13:10 - Spoilers! 15:50 - The Death Star 2 has a big shield around it, generated by a bunker on the Forest Moon of Endor. Luke and Co. sneak onto the moon to disable the shield, then the fleet comes in to destroy the death star. 16:07 - Fun fact! Those are not stormtroopers (or, not technically). They're scout troopers. 50% an understandable and distinct branch of the imperial military, 50% a bid to sell new toys. There are dozens of different types of stormtrooper variants - you've seen snows and scouts, but there's still more to be seen, for increasingly specific and unreasonable purposes. 16:38 - The speeder bike chase is actually pretty untouched in terms of special effect changes. That's close to what the audiences originally saw in theaters. 18:20 - The emperor told him last movie that Luke was his son; beforehand, he didn't even know he had any children. 21:55 - AT-AT. Don't worry, it's not super critical to remember, especially because this is the same universe with AT-ST's, AT-DP's, AT-TE's, UA-TT's, OT-TT's, AAT's, MTT's, AT-RT's, AT-AP's, etc. 21:47 - Good question, but a spoiler. 33:50 - Case by case basis. Some imperial governors have enough that they can form tiny little mini-empires. Some are probably beaten to death by disgruntled citizens. Some probably throw off their armor and switch sides. Some probably turn to mercenary work. 34:10 - I know they at least got along fine. I can also say that Carrie Fisher (Leia) and Harrison Ford (Han) got along... *very* well. There's a famous story they told of Mark Hamill (Luke) coming over to Ford's house, while Carrie was in bed with Harrison, and Mark didn't even notice anything strange about it. 34:15 - Lucas had a vision for the prequels, and a general idea of how they would go. Plus the original trilogy made bank. I don't think it was set in stone, but I think he figured it was likely. 34:42 - Well, ROTJ came out in 1983, and TPM (the first prequel movie) came out in 1999, so... a while. 35:22 - It's been often remarked that the prequels are fundamentally a tragedy. 35:35 - In the original draft, Lando was supposed to die (and the Millenium Falcon was supposed to be destroyed) when the death star blew up, but fans reacted extremely poorly, so they rewrote it to save him. 35:40 - Spoilers! Was an awesome journey following you through this series, and I'm super pumped to join you for the prequel trilogy as well! Hope you enjoy it as much as you did this one!

[@StephenLuke]

10:28 In the original 1983 version, Solo said “It's all right! Trust me!” when the remastered version came out he said, “It's all right! I can see a lot better!”

[@nickperkins8477]

Vader always said, “You don’t know the power of the dark side.” In the end, he never really says he prefers to serve the dark side.

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

Yeah, I always thought it spoke of a “You don’t know how dangerous this shit is,” more than “I love this shit, my son.” You get the sense that Darth feels like he has no options.

[@joshpotter9261]

He seems like he's enslaved to the darkside, or in debt to his master, which leaving his thrall would be detrimental to him in some way.

[@nickperkins8477]

@@joshpotter9261 he thinks it is, and/or knows the price of leaving the dark side once in as far as he is is very very high. I think he basically feels completely helpless until he sees his son about to die because of Emperor Palpatine.

[@joshpotter9261]

@@nickperkins8477 that about how I read it as well.