*STAR WARS: EP IV A NEW HOPE* FIRST TIME WATCHING MOVIE REACTION

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:58 Star Wars A New Hope Reaction
36:39 Star Wars A New Hope Movie Review

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[jenmurrayxo]

@ 31:42 I am just wondering out loud... no spoilers please!! :)

[TheScarecrow]

Jen: I get the feeling C3-P0 is a little dramatic.
Us: You have no idea!

[UnclePengy]

Watching the opening scene with the first scene showing a Star Destroyer, and it is just so HUGE... "People in 1977 must have lost their shit." As a person who saw it in the theater when it first came out, I can tell you that is entirely accurate. Pretty much jaw dropping.

[Ellen.G]

I was 10 when this came out in '77.
My Dad wasn't sure if it would be appropriate for his kids, so he and his buddy went and waited in line to see it first. He came home so excited and said he'd never seen anything like it! He took us all to see it the next night. The line up, the packed theatre. It's a moment I'll never forget! ⭐

[eastmanwebb]

"Is there a human inside C-3PO?"
Yes. His name is Anthony Daniels.

[darthphayde]

As Obi-Wan said, "You've taken your first step into a larger world ". Always fun to see someone see Star Wars for the first time.

[Falconer]

"I'll bet people in the 70's lost their s*it.... (when this came out).

Oh you have no idea. People stood in line for days for first, second and third viewings. Action figures arrived about a year after and kids totally lost their s*it. It's all any boy and even girl wanted for Christmas was a 'large size 14" action figure.' The one I wanted was Darth Vader. I hinted my mom every day for that year. Come Christmas and I didn't get it. It wasn't under the tree. But when I walked in the kitchen it sat in the middle of the table with a sign, "to Mel, Special Delivery". Best time of my life.

[scott]

This movie blew my mind so much as a kid in 1977 that I saw it 14 times! I'd ride my bike to the theater to see it over and over and over. A ticket was, like, $1.50. The theater is long gone, the kid is long gone but I remember it like it was yesterday. Amazing movie experience.

[deenormus]

Bahahaha! “Is 3PO a little bit dramatic?” 😃 Just a smidge. He’s our irritating albeit beloved, little drama queen made of gold. And we love him despite him being a know-it-all, shiny pain in the butt. 😉

[kevinburton]

About the connection to Star Trek....

Star Trek came out in 1966 as a tv series and was cancelled because of poor ratings after 3 seasons in 1969. With the exception of a short lived cartoon series, Star Trek was dead in the water, only kept alive by a modest fan base hoping it would be revived again one day.

Star Trek however was one of the inspirations for George Lucas while writing the screenplay for Star Wars (along with the sci-fi serials of the 1930s such as Flash Gordon). Star Wars was a MASSIVE success for 20th Century Fox studios.

After the success of Star Wars, Paramount Pictures wanted to cash in on that high and turned to the franchise they owned the rights to. Two years after Star Wars, "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" was released in 1979 and was a success as well. Star Trek had been reborn, spawning 12 movie sequels and no less than 9 spin off tv series.

So Star Wars owes a bit of thanks to the original Star Trek, and Trek owes a great deal of thanks to Star Wars. : )

[MrSmartAlec]

I saw this in the theater in 1977 just after it was released. The lines to get tickets were insane. It was one of the greatest theater experiences I have had. From the moment that main title music started blasting to the final destruction of the death star the entire audience was completely transported. Cheering, crying, rooting for the good guys - it was fantastic. We had never seen special effects like this before. The fx in 2001 A Space Odyssey were amazing but these space battles were fantastic on the big curved screen. What a time.

[bemindful]

And as for you young Jen, as per usual with Star Wars, I present the infamous quote: "we will watch your career with great interest"

[izzonj]

1977, spent all summer trying to see this. I lived on Long Island NY and they're was just one theater (with one screen) showing it on a county of 2.5 million people. It was a theater at a mall and the line would reach all the way around the mall. We'd go and wait a few hours and give up.
Finally we got in and it was worth it! The effects did blow our socks off! It was like nothing we'd ever seen before.
When the Millennium Falcon first made the jump to light speed, the whole theater erupted in cheers! I've never heard anything like that before or since!

[waynejones]

Originally this movie was titled .. Star Wars, not Star Wars Episode 4 A New Hope. That title was added after the 2nd movie The Empire Strikes Back was released. George Lucas had the concept of a large screen play, but realized it was too big for a single movie, so he took a segment (middle section) and made it into this movie. Since this was actually a relatively low budget movie after Hollywood rejected it, there were little expectations it would do well. Some people even thought it would flop. After it came out, it was a huge box office hit in 1977, which allowed Lucas to make the second one, which also turned out to be a massive hit. After the original trilogy was made Lucas said he would only consider making the pre-trilogy once technology advanced enough that he could tell it as he had envisioned it.

[Ian-xxxb]

Havnt watched this since I first discovered your channel and before I realised leaving comments helped your channel, so rewatching now, leaving a comment and a small tip as a thankyou for from day one being just an incredible reactor, a truly lovely person and just the best 🙌 awesome job on the hair 🔥 really enjoyed this so much I will have to go back and rewatch the rest now 🙂 . Cheers as always Jen have a wonderful day 🔥💙

[freeheeler]

"Cute crew" is exactly why everyone got hooked, along with the amazing effects.

[turbulentlobster]

I saw Star Wars in the theater in 1977 and I can confirm that, yes, the special effects did make me lose my shit. My parents also lost their collective shit. And, in sentence I never thought I’d say, my grandmother totally lost her shit.

Welcome to Star Wars! It’s always fun to see someone experience it for the first time :)

[andrewpetik]

I remember the excitement that seemed to be sweeping the nation the weeks after it hit the theaters.

I remember asking my parents to take us to see it.

I remember riding 50 miles in the family car, a 1976 Dodge Aspen station wagon, to the nearest movie theater that was showing it, to wait in a line to get tickets.

I remember feeling awed by the silence of ....'a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...' followed by the loud symphonic tones of John Williams' score as the preliminary story scrolled out before us.

I remember the opening scene where Princess Leia's little ship was followed by the Imperial ship that seemed to fill the screen and go on forever.

I remember the moment the theater ERUPTED when the Death Star blew up!!


Such a landmark in my memory.

[lexajewel]

my mom was 11 in '77, she saw this in theaters with her dad. to this day she vividly remembers watching the imperial destroyer fly overhead for the first time, she says it was the coolest thing she'd seen in a movie (up to that point)

[bpgoss]

The version you just saw was actually the version that was Re-released in 1997, twenty years after the 1977 release. The 1997 version contains additional content and effects. The lizard mounted storm trooper and the scene with Jaba were added in 1997. The burned corpses of his aunt and uncle are original to the 1977 version as well as all ship and planet explosions. There were a few updates to the Alderaan and Death Star explosions.

Regarding Star Trek:
The first original series with William shatter came out in 1967 and ended In 1969. They did a few movies and the next Star Trek content to come after that was The Next Generation with Patrick Stewart in 1987-1994