I wish I could bottle the feelings I had on seeing EMPIRE opening night in 1980. It's still one of the great moviegoing experiences I've had. I had HUGE expectations for EMPIRE, and it didn't meet them--it exceded them. That's so very rare. To a 14 year old who loved SF, this movie was like meeting the Pope must be to a hardcore Catholic.
@logocuber251610 ай бұрын
Agreed 👍😊
@user-dv5py8ri1y6 ай бұрын
I envy you, I wish I was around when this phenomenon occurred
@James-Campbell4 ай бұрын
@@user-dv5py8ri1y I was 18yrs old at the time and you could hear the gasp of disbelief from the crowd when Darth Vader dropped the bomb shell on Luke's true lineage............the best SW episode out of all the franchise!
@mattneal52573 ай бұрын
I can still remember leaving the theater and wondering Han Solo was dead or not. That was 3 years until I found out he was ok. Seeing Empire opening night was incredible
@mark4lev3 ай бұрын
Ask any film critic around in 1980. Mind blowing. Jedi never reached those heights because it was filmed in a California forest. It never had the other worldliness of empire. Hoth, Dagoba, cloud city. Inspired.
@carloszangrando86572 ай бұрын
Still SPETACULAR even tofay, 44 years after! And NO CGI! 👏👏👏👏👏
@juerv12 ай бұрын
CGI is shit. With a few exceptions, all CGI films are second rate, inferior, childish or complete garbage.
@mrobocop16662 ай бұрын
@@juerv1 can't add more, but I guess it's also have something to do with general degradation of education, culture level of Western society and Western civilization's demise overall
@markceaser80732 ай бұрын
@@mrobocop1666 SPOT ON.
@jamesc728613 күн бұрын
I saw it when I was three. It was quite an unforgettable experience. My grandmother talked me down from the edge after the big revelation, Luke's hand deal, and the good guys losing and on the run.
@nakfoor18462 ай бұрын
To say Empire is one of the best movies ever would still not fully encapsulate how good it is.
@aboutface1025 ай бұрын
The scene at 1:39-2:56 is probably the best choreographed of the whole franchise. I can’t believe the sequel movies couldn’t even match what was made in the 80s.
@jonessoda4me12 ай бұрын
Actual storytelling and people who care about a movie’s performance will always beat political BS and CGI 😊
@Niez8862 ай бұрын
@@jonessoda4me1lol political bs. It's ok dude it's just star wars.
@ksrithanАй бұрын
and 5:59-6:05
@blueshit1994 ай бұрын
this movie feels like it's the most space-oriented out of all 9, I didn't know it only had 8 minutes worth of space in it
@juanmarqueznarvaez4742 ай бұрын
I love The Empire strikes back (1980) The most beautiful Star War's movie ever made.
@spaceace1006 Жыл бұрын
The days before CGI. Incredible SFX that still stand up today!!
@noelht12 ай бұрын
WORD!
@paulocarvalho78772 ай бұрын
2001: A Space Odyssey's FX still convinces and it was 12 years before TESB. Anyway, TESB still comes close behind, IMO.
@Dark_Fusion192 ай бұрын
CGI has been around since the 70s.
@Mr_Kenneth Жыл бұрын
Saw EMPIRE at Liverpool Odeon un 1980 when it premiered. It was incredible and possibly the greatest movie experience ever.
@alexkoronec4326 Жыл бұрын
Imagine how much greater it would be. To restore the missing 48 minutes that was cut from the movie. Because they they thought no one would sit through a three hour movie at this time of year.
@UnknownPersononGoogle3 ай бұрын
01:50 always loved the sound of the destroyers going reverse thrusters to avoid crashing.
@kotnapromke2 ай бұрын
В космосе нет вообще звуков. Там нет воздуха.)
@pierre-xr4bp2 ай бұрын
There is no sound at all in space
@TheLarryBrown21 күн бұрын
Maybe there isn't any in space, but there is inside a space ship...and in a movie theatre.
@NunyaBizznaz17 күн бұрын
@@pierre-xr4bp I bet you're fun at parties
@kfsgowap2 ай бұрын
By FAR the best episode of the whole series 👏
@krzysztofherdzik15002 ай бұрын
This is crazy how astonishingly beautiful this movie looks. "Its beauty cold and austere". It's also deeply symbolic. See how the movie starts and ends with the nightfall (Luke getting lost in the snowstorm & the heroes fleeing the Cloud City as the sun sets and the night comes). Luke & his friends are like children, getting lost in the dark, finding themselves, and then running into the night alone again. This is one of the reasons why this film had such a tremendous emotional impact on children back in the day.
@benmurawski Жыл бұрын
Loved hearing The Imperial March playing in this video.
@ApolloNorth Жыл бұрын
This Is My Favorite Star Wars Movie
@Spudtron9820 күн бұрын
The improvements over the first film's ship movement and background compositing are truly impressive.
@user-rh2csk2 ай бұрын
The reason why these scenes age well is that they used only camera tricks and physical models and no CGI
@dubiousName2 ай бұрын
I am amazed how good this still looks after all those years! ❤
@crxmdx9199 Жыл бұрын
I LOVE THIS! The greatest Star Wars movie ever stripped down to just the space scenes! That's interesting, almost eight minutes of those scenes only. Who'd a thought that, huh? Thank you for putting this together! 1:47 like trying to hit a fly with a flyswatter! 😄
@lordhumungus35782 ай бұрын
By far the best sequel!!
@jacksinsel87982 ай бұрын
Magic! Of my youth! Wonderful!
@diegoexposito47512 ай бұрын
In my world there are neither prequels nor sequels, just these awesome movies ❤.
@sarmaxsam26 күн бұрын
Amen to that
@kevinbraden70212 ай бұрын
Best one in the series.
@ksrithanАй бұрын
These cuts remind us why TESB is the best Star War movie.
@guyvachod53637 ай бұрын
this trilogy revolutionized science fiction movies👍👍👍
@JohnInTheShelter Жыл бұрын
Man, did John Williams bring his A-game to EMPIRE or what?
@FranciscoFuicaАй бұрын
This movie is his magnus opus, no doubts
@peterkorek-mv6rs2 ай бұрын
I watched this as a 12 years old boy. I still remember the opressive feeling which overcomed me as I saw at the end the beaten and defeated rebels drifting hopelessly throughout the space. Pretty realistic for a SciFi fairy tale.
@marcothorsen9504 ай бұрын
The opening scene sounds amazing on My Surround Sound setup. All the scenes really.. You done a great job editing this 👍👍💪
@needsbeer2 ай бұрын
I second that. A really excellent job. 🍺
@Sith_dude2 күн бұрын
The greatest sci-fi film ever made.
@nccamsc12 күн бұрын
In 1999 I was a teaching assistant and led labs in Management Information Systems at a US University. Just for fun I created an online poll asking the undergraduate students which their favourite SW movie was and ESB came out on top, as expected 😊
@TonyFromSyracuse1012 ай бұрын
The unsung heros of Empire strikes back had to be those adrenalin junkie tie-fighter pilots who followed the falcon into the asteroid field in their unshielded tiny little fighters. they reached for the gold but didnt make it but, damn what moxy
@PeteDavidson-yl3ps2 ай бұрын
Saw this with High School friends at a Drive-In, out in the boonies 10 minutes out of town clear night a gazzilion stars out….it was a light’s out night so everyone was in lawnchairs…no headlights when you left…we all had the Sound Box’s hung reverse on our windows so the entire drive-in was really loud…. It was beyond a good time…
@TheLarryBrown21 күн бұрын
plus.....you got to see a great movie!
@sarcasticguy431116 күн бұрын
5:50 Evidently nobody leaves Bespin without being shot at.
@maxbrazil37122 ай бұрын
This was Star Wars at its best. Everything that followed is schit.
@michaelmccartin2054Ай бұрын
I watched the three original movies at drive-ins and that is an experience, going to an indoor theater is in no comparison!
@TheLarryBrown21 күн бұрын
Well, depending on your girlfriend that may be true, but as far as movies go I'll take the indoor theatre any day. The sound is going to be 10 times better, no cars driving by, and you're way closer to the screen. But the big difference is the audience reaction. In a crowded movie theatre you can feel the audience's emotions. Laughter, shock, surprise, startles, delight, screams, you can feel all of that and it makes a big difference. It's like having a laff track. When I watched Star Trek IV and Scotty said "Helloooo computer," everyone, especially all the nerds, belly laughed and honestly it created a sense of community amongst the audience. When I watch that movie at home, some jokes that got a big laugh in the theatre, like "Everyone remember where we parked," sail right by and they don't even register as jokes. I love watching movies with an audience. There is no comparison!
@MuvoTX2 ай бұрын
I was 9... this was absolutely mind blowing in the theater.
@daneperry8025Ай бұрын
The Empire strikes back from opening credits to the space battles the romance of Han and Leia to Luke meeting yoda this movie was so awesome and finding out Darth Vader was Lukes dad made this movie a instant classic.
@GrahamsAnimation3 ай бұрын
I was grateful to see The FILMharmonic Orchestra play Star Wars: A New Hope live last Friday (Feb 16/24). After their 10 minute standing ovation they announced Empire Strikes Back next year. The auditorium went insane! Cannot wait!
@needsbeer2 ай бұрын
I bet that was awesome. I love an enormous reaction from the audience.
@GrahamsAnimationАй бұрын
@@needsbeer it was like watching the movie theatre erupt during Avengers Endgame. It was a once in a lifetime.
@TheLarryBrown21 күн бұрын
Classical music hasn't enjoyed that reception since 200 years ago.
@hyacinthlynch843Ай бұрын
Han: "You said you wanted to be around when I made a mistake, well this could be it sweetheart." Leia: "I take it all back."
@TheLarryBrown21 күн бұрын
Well, to tell you the truth I had hoped I would be able to enjoy the moment a little longer.
@jayracz7012 ай бұрын
One of Space Ship Bennys favorite KZbin video's!
@timkilpatrick997821 күн бұрын
The way everyone in the theater cheered when the death star blew up.
@KeithH026 күн бұрын
Youngsters wont recognise these clips. This , kiddies, is when visual effects were actually good & created a spectacle on a cinema screen. You wont have seen this before, just the cartoon CGI they use now.
@cesarosorio10572 ай бұрын
Hermoso ❤gracias por compartir
@AgiHammerthief2 ай бұрын
4:44 ah, the good old days when dumping a ton of resources into space was considered normal.
@HighBalling2 ай бұрын
Why is the last piece of debris blurred at 4:46
@frankreynolds44522 күн бұрын
This is the movie I skipped work 4 times in 1980 to see.
@TheLarryBrown21 күн бұрын
I never needed a movie to make me do that, but actually I did skip out of an afternoon of work to finish reading "The Wolfen" by Whitley Streiber. As i reached the end of that book I simply could not put it down. I stayed up 4 hours past my bedtime trying to finish it and finally forced myself to put it down. The next I extended my lunch hour an extra 40 minutes while I tried to finish it. Forcing myself back to work I found that I simply could not work, so I slagged off somewhere and finally finished it. After that experience I vowed to read no more fiction. Luckily Whitley's follow up works were "non-fiction." Just kidding, I never read those.
@juansegura30332 ай бұрын
Que bueno saber todo lo que pasa recordando los momentos de la película 😊
@user-rt9zq8rs9kАй бұрын
RIP IL&M . IL&M started to play and improve their work with the Dykstraflex camera system .
@2190PeterАй бұрын
amazing!
@arkane5552 ай бұрын
The Millennium Falcon is like a supporting cast member in this movie
@jonathanturek5846Ай бұрын
Its the aluminum falcon bro
@catdaddymeow2 ай бұрын
I always wonder which factory could build such scale of spacecrafts?? Lol
@ComMando9100Ай бұрын
I didn't even remember from my childhood that the ion cannon was in the original movies.
@leef-pe8 Жыл бұрын
What was it like watching this for the first time in 1980?
@glennmartin8664 Жыл бұрын
I didn't breathe or blink for two hours.
@tbphillips9649 Жыл бұрын
@@glennmartin8664 what where your thoughts when you saw the size of the super Star Destroyer
@glennmartin8664 Жыл бұрын
@@tbphillips9649 When the shadow fell over the standard ISD, I knew we were in for something good, and I was not disappointed! The SSD is far more menacing than the Death Star, IMO.
@juerv12 ай бұрын
No CGI-Shit here!
@christopherfisher78052 ай бұрын
Search the outer rim of the galaxy you must. May the Force be with you!
@frankreynolds44522 күн бұрын
To me this was my favorite Star Wars movie until 2005 when Return of the Sith came out. The special effects in this was flawless and no BS comic relief and this was before the Ewok stuff and bad looking creature effects ruin the movies.
@SlippstersVideos Жыл бұрын
Leia & Lando delete that bit ur good Nice work 😜🤘
@willsco7618 күн бұрын
7:49 "His boy Elroy" - Family Guy
@MSR-170128 күн бұрын
0:32 all rise for the John Williams theme song😅
@briancurry66022 ай бұрын
my spine just think about
@HighBalling2 ай бұрын
Why is the last piece of debris blurred at 4:46 ?
@pielero70Ай бұрын
Great video but a little disappointed that there was no reaction of from the bridge of one of the Star Cruise ships that nearly collided, but there was no dialogue except for the very end.
@carlacespede34892 ай бұрын
INSUPERABLE....como don Alejandro Jodorwsky
@jorgeguerrero18802 ай бұрын
Que buenos recuerdos de la película 🆗👁️🎥🎬
@jonathanturek5846Ай бұрын
What the hell is the aluminum falcon ? -- sidius
@evanbreyn485 Жыл бұрын
I'm getting old. I watched that scene and thought "a big hole in the deck that anyone could fall into". How many days without a accident did the Death Star have? Not that it mattered as it blew up a week later.
@charlotteb6898 Жыл бұрын
That shop was rumoured to give promotions quickly lol.
@phillipyau42342 ай бұрын
Hi a classic movie by George Lucas I've this movie on VHS & DVD however my VCR wad on its last string & broken
@thestooge200 Жыл бұрын
I know it's been awhile, but do you think you might add return of the jedi someday?
@chrispetty4574 Жыл бұрын
I love Star ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ wars
@white-dragon44244 ай бұрын
Cloud City isn't in space, it's in the upper atmosphere of Bespin.
@LuisPerez-qs2kh4 күн бұрын
Subliminal aun al dia de hoy, apenas tenía 12 años y desde la primera mi mundo cambió para siempre.
@andrewmcleod93122 ай бұрын
3:39 Im just a lonely space snake !
@JurgenKraceАй бұрын
Wow... Just 8 minutes?!?
@RichardGardee-eq9qi21 күн бұрын
2024,: we just don't have technology as depicted , HERE 😮
@susandaniels9733Ай бұрын
The empire concentrated so much on the falcon at the battle of hoth that they failed to contain the rebel ships leaving the planet making it a tactical victory at best.without that ship,the empire might have won the war.
@philippeboutiquemarketing41822 ай бұрын
L’Empire contre-attaque
@entenmanny30612 ай бұрын
The Empire is no match against the technological and tactical might of the United Federation of Planet !!! A handful of Federation Starships commanded by Pikard, Janeway, Kirk.... could kick the entire Empires' ASS if Vader decides to invades The Federations' Sector 001 😊
@heavyboobsunitewithenlargedboo Жыл бұрын
1:36
@meherbaba-godinhumanform7926Ай бұрын
😍😍🤩🤩🥰🥰
@suelyleonelafonso64523 ай бұрын
09:70 Star Wars é um filme excelente e os efeitos especiais.
@Gerrytaraan17 күн бұрын
Magnetohydrodynamics drive and other propulsion for space
@vincenzollamas3 ай бұрын
technically, Bespin is not actually in space - my inner Sheldon Cooper
@Zaynab-vh5gh2 ай бұрын
😢😢😢
@leontiburonbs32973 жыл бұрын
🖒
@jamieolberding77319 ай бұрын
Spaceship Porn 117 subscribers The Imperial II-class Star Destroyers and the Executor-class Super Star Destroyers are still awesome! BTW.... do you take any video requests for Spaceship Porn? I have a rather BIG LIST (Seriously! You really should really change the name of your channel to something more a bit more appropriate like "Spaceship Scenes" instead otherwise some kids overprotective parents might get the wrong idea and mistakenly think your channel is inappropriate.)!
@chrispetty4574 Жыл бұрын
Boba Fett is a bad ass
@dbug72762 ай бұрын
Beautiful story about free and independent liberals and sad Imperial conservatives. ❤❤❤❤
@PeacefulGermanShepherd-hr5bf29 күн бұрын
SPECIES
@JeanLucCaptain11 ай бұрын
am i the only person who wonders why those hyperspace pods can not be used as super long range missiles or Kamikaze Drones? just slap a huge warhead or multiple warheads in instead of the probe droid. This would work SUPER WELL when combined with a probe droid doing recon and calling down the strikes with extreme precision. It would be a great first strike weapon, very hard to defend against and be perfect for making a star destroyer far more effective with a much longer reach. Imagine a huge ion warhead loaded into those missiles and you could shut down an entire city or large orbital facility then have your fleet waiting on stand by immediately jump in and demand a surrender. even better you could disguise it as an asteroid so it would arrive in system looking harmless to anybody not watching closely and then the asteroids could wait for a command from hyperspace to start bombing their targets.
@bradyking97782 ай бұрын
When a ship is in hyperspace it actually enters another dimension
@thunderboltcougar56262 ай бұрын
@@bradyking9778 he is referring to Holdo Maneuver done using missile size platform.
@ANTIGRAV82Ай бұрын
Где у них тормозные двигатели? Они что, при торможении в космическом пространстве поворачиваются на 180 градусов? Это же, космичекие корабли получают ускорения 20-50-100- 200 км/сек -1 и более 😮😮😮
@noelht12 ай бұрын
3:38 judging by his teeth this monster must be English
@user-xd2rj1tx4y2 ай бұрын
It sound better with head -hones
@user-dv5py8ri1y6 ай бұрын
Return Of The Jedi please
@user-ro5fl7he7w22 күн бұрын
Н-библиотека мегафон
@ryanmamase54762 ай бұрын
Milenium falcon...
@user-hy4wq5jl6e6 ай бұрын
Imperial March galore
@protocooperationtistory2 ай бұрын
우주에서 엔진소리도 웅장하게 나는데 소닉붐 같은 현상은 안일어나나?
@user-ro5fl7he7w22 күн бұрын
Н-самолеты трц барис мтс оксана мелита
@dbozexpat8942 ай бұрын
0:32 Big brother, mainstream media, government cover ups! You want answers? Well, so does he.
@itsMrNoble2 ай бұрын
I was just watching this and something I had never considered before occurred to me. George Lucas is or was always very quick to dismiss the original films as being for children and whilst I agree with that there isn’t actually a single scene that I can recall from the OT that has a child in it. There’s no actual children whatsoever. Star Wars takes place in an almost entirely adult populated galaxy.
@user-zo4ns4oe7k22 күн бұрын
Ganamos 6a0
@HansDunkelberg1 Жыл бұрын
What a scrap!
@stephenmarkey678317 күн бұрын
The graphics are simply incredible for any day in age.To think this was only1980 No wonder these movies were so popular and still are.
@stephenmarkey678317 күн бұрын
This video makes me want to play Halley wars on my hand held emulator which originally came out on the Sega game gear