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@skyisblue1222

5 ай бұрын

You forgot about Brain de Palma

@kevinellis8307

4 ай бұрын

I actually still have the Earlybird certificate envelope n the figure stand that came with it and the first 4 figures in the box they came in.

My ex girlfriend (back in the mid 2000’s) was Lucas’s cousin once removed (her dad was his first cousin). Her dad asked Lucas for a letter of recommendation to help get an agent. The letter read “though I never met Sarah, her father is my first cousin and speaks highly of her passion to succeed in the entertainment industry” - signed George Lucas

@studinthemaking

5 ай бұрын

Did it help her get a job in Hollywood?

@bjnowak

5 ай бұрын

@@studinthemaking The letter did get her a manager. Not really much happened after that.

@proto-geek248

5 ай бұрын

😴

@williamaguilar5519

5 ай бұрын

And I am your father

@whiteboy_rick

4 ай бұрын

No way bro

Saw Star Wars as a 5 year old kid during the film's opening week, in a sold out theater. Waited 90 minutes in line with my dad. The crowd was so pumped up, it was electric. The movie not only lived up to the hype, but absolutely blew my mind. I still get goose-bumps thinking about that experience. Star Wars made me fall in love with going to the movies. Wish I would've held onto my Star Wars toy collection, would be worth six figures today. I even had the Boba Fest figure that you had to send away for!

@StarWarsRewind

5 ай бұрын

Wow! What an experience that must have been for you as a 5 year old! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment Kid Fresh 🙌🏼

I used to go to the conventions back in those days before it was released and there was no info about it at all there. A group of about 10 of us all stood in line opening day in front of the Graumans Chinese Theater for 4 hours. The screen was HUGE and the sound was incredible. When Han's ship went into hyperspace for the first time the crowd cheered.

@StarWarsRewind

4 ай бұрын

That awesome you were there to experience it as one of the first people to see it! Amazing 🙌🏼

When they did the Japanese release of the film in 1978,Lucas and everybody thought it was going to be a disaster in Japan as the audience was silent during the film But,in actual fact, silence is the biggest compliment a Japanese audience can pay to a film.

One of my favorite memories when it comes to learning about the behind the scenes of Star Wars is when I saw a documentary called "From Star Wars to Jedi" on PBS in 1983. I was already fascinated by how things are made, but that show really fueled my desire to know everything about Star Wars. I looked for every book set in the story world and that was about the making of the films that I could find. Many were borrowed from our local libraries, but a few were given to me, so I still have them such as The Star Wars Storybook and a series of Time Life books that are full of cutaways and blueprints of Star Wars and other sci-fi movie tech. Since then, I've read most of the Star Wars novels that were published before the sequel movies came out. Since then, there have just been too many to keep up with, but I read a few of the newer ones. The best of those that I've read so far being the Guardians of the Whills which is a prequel story to Rogue One about Baze Malbus and Chirrut Inwe. Excellent book! There have also been quite a few documentaries and making-of featurettes about Star Wars over the years, one of my favorites being Empire of Dreams. The featurettes on the VHS boxed sets and on the DVDs are certainly good reasons to get those versions of the movies and I have them in my almost too big for my living room movie and book library. My wife jokes that we'll have to get floor to ceiling shelves installed if I get too many more books and movies. :) Some great info here! I'll add that with the Millenium Falcon, the original design that was sleeker looked coincidentally looked almost exactly like what wound up in the TV show Space: 1999. The Eagle One that you see in that show is very close to what the Falcon almost looked like. Space 1999 debuted in 1975 - just when things were starting to really come together in the Star Wars production departments. When Ralph McQuarrie and Joe Johnston saw the show, they realized that they needed to redesign. Then they asked Lucas who said "Well, what design shape haven't we tried yet? How about a UFO or a hamburger?" Joe worked all night to come up with the now iconic Falcon ship. R2D2 is certainly my favorite robot or droid of all time. C3PO is a close second with FX-7, MSE (Mouse Droid), 21-B, K-9 from Doctor Who, Marvin the Robot from Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, and the Rascal wind-up robots from TOMY (which had to stand in for R2D2 until the action figures came out in 1978) vying for third place. Princess Leia's bosoms were held in place with gaffer tape in A New Hope under that iconic princess dress. :) I Didn't know that Liz Moore died before the movie came out. Good bit of trivia there and a really sad situation. I also didn't know that it took three people to play Greedo. Knew about who wore the suit for distant shots and the voice but not the actress for closeups. That's odd that they had two suit wearers. I had forgotten that the Jedi were almost called the Dionegas. Sounds kinda funny now considering that that name was later given to the trash monster in the Death Star in the novels, but if the change hadn't been made, we'd still happily be calling them that. Dionega Master Yoda actually sounds quite exotic. Knowing what we know now, though, Dionega Master sounds like an even worse job than Rancor Keeper. :) I can imagine Orson Welles as Darth Vader. With a bit of sound editing to lower his voice a bit and maybe re-recorded through a filter it would have sounded quite scary. He had a very powerful voice. I suspect, though I haven't read anything official about this that Welles was a bit out of Star Wars' budget as he was very famous by the 70's. Better known than James Earl Jones was at that time. The Force of Others wound up being a big plot point in the sequels with Rey being able to get messages from earlier Jedi through the Force. It confused a lot of fans, but I remembered reading about the original concept of the Force many years ago when I saw those movies. The dogfights really revolutionized the space scenes in the movies. Before Star Wars, spaceships just kinda dangled on wires and fishing lines in front of stationary cameras in most movies before 1977. You can totally tell when Sci-Fi movies were made by looking at the spaceship scenes. Movies before Star Wars have a totally different and less dynamic look than the ones that came out after Star Wars. Richard Pryor Show and Donnie and Marie Show's Star Wars specials were pretty neat. Marie Osmond looked quite fetching as Leia. If Carrie hadn't been available, she would have done nicely in the role. It's amazing that they have been almost forgotten. Thanks for bringing them up! My favorite Star Wars special episode of a show though was when The Muppet Show had C3PO, R2D2, Chewbacca and Luke (all played by their original actors) in it. Gonzo was fantastic as his own special version of Darth Vader called Dearth Nadir as was Miss Piggy as Princess Leia. The guest stars wind up 'accidentally' messing up an episode of Pigs In Space on the Muppet Show which had been on the show since before Star Wars as a very funny spoof of Star Trek. I even used to take a Pigs In Space lunchbox to school when I was a kid. The helmets of Darth Vader and the Death Star Troopers reminded me, even as a kid, of World War II German helmets blended with Samurai helmets. The highly polished black high-topped boots and gray uniforms added to the impression of WWII German officers. Loved this video! Great info and some great images and film clips. I never tire, for example, of hearing David Prowse speaking Darth Vader's lines. Someone working at Elstree Studios called him 'Darth Farmer' because of his thick, rustic English accent. You do masterful editing and show hosting work.

I first learned of Star Wars by reading an article in Time Magazine when the movie was released. So much has changed over the past half century.

@StarWarsRewind

5 ай бұрын

I agree, so much has changed

Awesome video! Fun personal fact. I was 13 years old when Star Wars first came out. I saw the Indianapolis premiere. Then my best friend and I would ride our bikes to the theater and sit through multiple showings at a time. We saw it 77 times at the theater during it's first run.

@StarWarsRewind

4 ай бұрын

Hey Jerry! WOW 77 times! I would have definitely gone with you!!!

Kurt Russell went for the part of Han Solo, not Luke as far as I know.

@colindaniels945

5 ай бұрын

Kurt auditioned for Han Solo Bill Katt tested for Luke Skywalker

The running gear for the Land Speeder was actually a 3 wheel car called a Reliant Regal... The same car/van as used by the legendary Del Boy in the hugely successful TV series Only Fools And Horses..... Which is why it is right hand drive...

@StarWarsRewind

5 ай бұрын

Interesting info akc!

The original Star Wars turns *47* this year. We're owed an extra fact.

@Industriconial

5 ай бұрын

Ha! I just wrote this too!

@ChrisJohnson-pc3pd

5 ай бұрын

It came out may 25 1977. So it would be 47 this year and 46 last year. Same as me.

The original concept of the Falcon became the Rebel Blockade Runner aka The Tantive IV.

@proto-geek248

5 ай бұрын

The Falcon? What's The Falcon?

@lexiaojun

5 ай бұрын

@@proto-geek248the Millenium Falcon. Most of the time just called the Falcon.

@proto-geek248

5 ай бұрын

@@lexiaojun no it isn't

@zacmumblethunder7466

4 ай бұрын

The design was vetoed for The Falcon by Lucas as he thought it was too similar to the Eagle Transporters in Soace 1999.

Actually, I have a Quint's Shark Fishing shirt, from Jaws 😂😂 I saw Star Wars in the theaters in 1977 and have never been the same. I knew a lot of these, but there's a lot I didn't know, too. Thanks! 😊

@StarWarsRewind

5 ай бұрын

Haha that’s rad!!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

@StinkyGringo

5 ай бұрын

​@@StarWarsRewindrad. Now there's a word I've not heard in a long time. A long time...

In 1977, my buddies and I were all excited to see Star Wars when it first came out. That was a long time ago, but I don't think we went the first time as a group. I know that my first clear recollection of seeing it was much later in the year. I remember because as I drove home, snow started blowing against my windshield and it reminded me of the stretching star field effect as the Millennium Falcon went into hyperdrive. I know that I saw it earlier than that because it came out while school was still in session. In all, I saw it 25 times in the theaters. I remember this fact because my friends and I were competing to see who could see it the most. I lost ... by a LOT. My friends had much more money than I did to spend on such things. And most of my viewings were cheaper matinee showings where I went solo. But, holy crap did we all love that movie. I remember that we discussed among ourselves what might happen next, so you can imagine how excited we were when the second film was announced. I'm not going to pretend that anything we talked about actually appeared in the movie. Way too much water under that bridge. But by the time the second movie came out, we were all graduated from school and off doing our own things. However, my first date with a special girl was taking her to see The Return of the Jedi when it came out, and I am happy to say that she and I are still together!

@StarWarsRewind

5 ай бұрын

Wow I’m happy that the first date has never stopped :). That was an awesome story my friend 🙌🏼

@badbiker666

5 ай бұрын

@@StarWarsRewind Married for 38 years! Two daughters, three granddaughters, and a pair of twin grandsons. In two years, we retire and stop working. Life is good!!!

Great Video Joey, Really enjoyed it !!!. Thanks for sharing this with us.🙏👍👊☮️🔥

@StarWarsRewind

5 ай бұрын

Thanks Marcus!

I thought the bond films were shot at Pinewood studios

Great Rewind Episode! Lots of amazing Ep 4 facts!! It's interesting when you discuss the Star Wars posters, looking at the original Jung poster that was created verse the later Hildebrandt poster. There's always a lot of confusion with those two. If I remember correctly the Jung poster was a little too dark for Lucas, so they hired the brothers to come in and lighten it up. I always enjoy looking at the two side by sidings seeing the minor differences, but it was Jung who had original idea and layout. Seems completely bonkers to think that ANH was in theaters for 135 weeks - thats 2.5 years!!!! Wow! 🤯 Very cool!!

@keithrayputman2828

5 ай бұрын

Yeah,I remember theatres had to replace the prints every few months because they would get worn and scratched from so many showings!

@pohjanakka4992

4 ай бұрын

Of course. No home video back then. If you wanted to see a movie you went to a theater. Or waited possibly years to see it on television. Theaters of course also showed possibly decades old movies between the new releases because, again, you could not choose when to watch something, if you wanted to see it you had to watch when it was available. I saw several old westerns first time in a theater, like Rio Bravo, and when I was a very young child several old Tarzan movies (that was the 60s) that were then already between 20 to 40 years old. Would not work these days no matter how popular a movie became because a big percentage of the people who liked it well enough for repeat viewings will prefer to watch at least most of those repeats in their homes. So while we may get occasional celebration theater showings, the actual runs will stay shorter and those later showings are made into an event, just one day or so, not something like a week.

I will take it a step further with Ben discovering of blaster fire.was discovered in the Poconos mountains of Pennsylvania..most of these we did know…but that’s some inside shit right there

Lets Go!

6:19 That's Venice where Carrie was on holiday with her mother and one of her post-Fisher husbands. Her new stepfather was trailing his hand in the water in a nonchalant fashion when he found he was holding something. He brought his hand up and found he was holding a large piece of excrement.

@StarWarsRewind

4 ай бұрын

Hahahaha! That’s a great story!!!! Not for him, but I bet they all laughed at the situation

If you know anything about the background of the original Star Wars, you'll know that it's pretty much Akira Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress in space

@proto-geek248

5 ай бұрын

😴 💤

This is PEAK Internet!! Well done And thank you!! Cheers

@StarWarsRewind

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching raindeer!

Another fun fact: The Luke Skywalker from the 1974 rough draft would evolve into Obi-Wan Kenobi The 1974 Luke Skywalker was a friend of Kane Starkiller,who was the father of Annikin Starkiller. Kane was a Jedi on the run being kept alive by cybernetic implants/enhancements,a concept that was saved and used for Darth Vader. By the way,in the 1974 rough draft, Vader wasn't a Sith Lord or even a Force user, rather he was simply a very brutal Imperial general.

@StarWarsRewind

5 ай бұрын

Great facts! Thanks Colin!!!

A long time ago in the summer of 1977, I was a 10 year old kid who, one day, walked into a movie theatre to see "some far-out space movie" that was rapidly becoming "the talk of the town" on the schoolyard playground... I walked in an innocent, naive little child, only interested in Duncan Yo-yos, Mad Libs, Marshall Brodien TV Magic Cards, and Evel Knievel toys... I may have walked in that way, but I walked out CHANGED FOREVER. On that glorious day, I had seen the greatest movie that would EVER be made... STAR WARS... This groundbreaking film from creator George Lucas TOTALLY changed my life... It absolutely blew me away, filling my heart with joy, stimulating my imagination, and kick-starting my love for cinema... That day was momentous for me, and I would never be the same again.. I will never forget it.. From the moment the 20th Century Fox fanfare and John Williams' theme blasted through the theatre speaker system, and "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away" and that "Flash Gordon inspired" opening crawl came on the screen, and that gigantic Star Destroyer appeared, flying over my head, towering above me as I sat in my theatre seat... and kept going... and going...and going... and as the entire audience gasped with amazement... at that very moment, I was instantaneously mesmerized, transfixed, and transformed... and I was only 5 minutes into the movie... I still had 2 more hours to go! As I sat In amazement, I was terrified by a helmeted figure in black, Darth Vader... In fact, the whole audience "booed" him as he made his entrance.. .We knew NOTHING about the story yet, but just KNEW that this guy deserved a collective "booing"!... It was like we were watching a SILENT MOVIE!... And as the movie continued, I was thrilled by the heroic exploits of the dashing smuggler Han Solo and the feisty Princess Leia, and emboldened by the brave, heroic, idealistic actions of the farm boy turned hero of the galaxy, Luke Skywalker! And by the film's spectacular climax of the rebel assault on the Death Star (the greatest ending ever committed to celluloid), my heart was pounding, and my spirit was soaring... And I will NEVER forget the standing ovation of applause that erupted as the credits rolled... Everyone in that audience didn't know it yet, but we had all just been first-hand witnesses to cinematic HISTORY! This was NOT The Apple Dumpling Gang, Herbie Rides Again, Benji, The Bad News Bears, or any of the other 70's kiddie "dreck" that I was being subjected to at that time... No, this was something VERY DIFFERENT... I was beginning to come of age... Qf course, it wasn't ALL "dreck"... Even at that young age, I'd managed to see a small handful of very good and (for their time) very impressive big-screen spectacles in the theatre: Films such as: The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974), At the Earth's Core (1976), Logan's Run (1976), and King Kong (1976)... but NOTHING could have prepared me (or the rest of the world) for the phenomenon that was STAR WARS and the change it would bring... the film that would propel an unprepared 1970's audience far beyond their wildest film-going expectations, and revolutionize the motion picture industry FOREVER. Words can never fully describe what it was like to be alive in the summer of 1977 during the peak height of "Star Wars Mania"... except to say that it was pure MAGIC. I became an instant fanatic... I saw the film 11 times in the movie theatre (which wasn't hard to do, as it stayed at our local theatre for an entire year!)... I sneaked my portable tape recorder into the theatre and audio-recorded the entire film so that I could listen to the adventure over and over in the comfort of my own bedroom (the ONLY way that I could relive it at home for 6 years until it finally came on TV!)... I filled up countless sketch pads with my crude drawings of all the creatures and spaceships... I dressed up in a make-shift Darth Vader costume for Halloween...I collected the action figures, the trading cards, the posters, the books, the model kits, and much more (and I STILL have all of that "stuff") ... I always wore my Star Wars T-shirt... I always drank out of my Star Wars cup... I listened to John Williams' Star Wars soundtrack album constantly, becoming a fan of symphonic and film score music... I watched "The Making of Star Wars" TV special, becoming fascinated by the way movies were made, even making a few myself with my Super-8 camera... I watched the Academy Awards for the very first time to see my favorite movie sweep the Oscars with 10 nominations and 7 wins... I even watched the now "infamous" Holiday Special in 1978 ... Lumpy... Itchy... Harvey Korman... Bea Arthur... Wookiee-ookiees... And I loved it... ("Hey, I was 11 when it aired!"). I will NEVER forget when my parents took me to the record store in 1977 to get the STAR WARS soundtrack by John Williams... We were driving home, and I was in the back seat of the car, looking at the LP... "Something is WRONG here", I said to myself... Well, it turned out that my parents had accidentally purchased the MECO DISCO VERSION! ... What did they know, after all? Obviously, we had to turn around and go back to the store! I love ALL THINGS Star Wars... Original Trilogy, Prequel Trilogy, Sequel Trilogy, spin-offs, TV shows, etc... But the 1977 film will ALWAYS be at the top of the list... And after 46 years (going on 47 years this May), I continue to love STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE more and more... It has aged like fine wine... It is my #1 favorite movie of all time, followed by my 2nd favorite movie of all time: The Empire Strikes Back, and my 3rd favorite movie of all time: Return of the Jedi...These 3 movies are flawless and perfect, collectively making up not only the greatest cinematic trilogy ever made... but the three greatest films of ANY kind ever made... and the greatest cinematic story ever told... I've had the great privilege of seeing (and in a few cases, meeting) many STAR WARS legends over the past years: George Lucas. Gary Kurtz, Irvin Kershner, Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Peter Mathew, David Prowse, Billy Dee Williams, Ian McDiarmid, Hayden Christensen, John Williams, Ralph McQuarrie, Dennis Muren, Ben Burtt, and many other cast and crew members... The three biggest events that I was fortunate enough to attend were the 10th anniversary Star Wars Convention in Los Angeles (1987), the 35th anniversary Star Wars Celebration in Orlando (2012), and the 40th anniversary Star Wars Celebration in Orlando (2017)... Some of the happiest and most thrilling experiences of my life that I'll always cherish and not forget. Thank you so much, George Lucas, for taking me to your galaxy far, far away... Words can never express the utter happiness and joy that your six STAR WARS films have given me.., and continue to give me to this very day... And in particular, thank you so much for that life-altering experience that you gave me when I walked into that movie theatre at 10 years old on that glorious day in the summer of 1977 to see "that far-out space movie", aka: THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER MADE! ...It's odd to think a that a mere movie could have that kind of power to change one's life in such a profoundly positive way... but I'm proof that one can. As summed up perfectly in the film's teaser trailer narration: "It's the story of a boy, a girl, and a universe... A big, sprawling space saga of rebellion and romance... of heroes, and villains, and aliens from a 1,000 worlds... A spectacle, light years ahead of its time"... That says it all! It is the perfect story... the perfect film... a phenomenon... a bona fide classic.. a MASTERPIECE.. And just think, things could have gone VERY DIFFERENTLY and HORRIBLY WRONG that glorious day if I had instead gone to see some "awful piece of dreck" that was also playing in theatres at that same time... like Tentacles ("Yikes!")... or Viva Knievel ("Ouch!")... or Pete's Dragon ("Uhg!").

@StarWarsRewind

5 ай бұрын

I’m just amazed that you got to meet George Lucas! Dude you could make your own video with this! You should! Thanks for watching my friend 🙏🙌🏼

@proto-geek248

5 ай бұрын

Speaking of dreck

@Cal-cf2vo

4 ай бұрын

Same here, I was 13 and would never be the same

WOW!! star wars is still movie magic I was a young boy in the days of a new hope Star wars was and still is the greatest Syfy adventure of all time yep I said it GOAT!!!! The magic is still star wars

It's funny that Lucas had said he didn't Harrison in Star Wars because he was in American Graffiti and didn't want to use anyone from that movie, yet he auditioned Cindy Williams who bigger part in Graffiti for Leia.

@ the#5 the original Millennium Falcon looked too similar to the spaceships of the sci-fi TV show SPACE 1999 . Also , the original novelization and the Marvel comic book version were based on the "workprint" version of the movie . It has Luke seeing the Star Destroyer battle and going to the teen hangout to meet Biggs scenes , and the original scenes of Han talking to Jabba the Hutt .

I got a couple jaws t shirts... BRB 😂

@StarWarsRewind

5 ай бұрын

Haha you are the ONE dude!!! That’s awesome!

I saw Star Wars on opening day in 1977, I was 16 years old at the time and still in High School.

@14:44 46 year old mystery SOLVED1!! When I read the original novelization of Star Wars, I was always utterly confused by the description of the lightsaber when Ben shows it to Luke. It talked about a flat round disc or plate at one end and I just couldn’t figure out what the heck the author was talking about. And I knew later the handle was from the Graflex camera but until the pic at @14:44 I hadn’t seen one with the flash attached! This is obviously what the author was describing - presumably someone showed him a pic like this and said “that’s what the lightsaber is made from” but didn’t explain it was just the tube and the flash reflector wouldn’t be part of it! After all these years I finally know (or am 99% sure) what that was all about! :-)

@StarWarsRewind

5 ай бұрын

Glad you solved the mystery Newton 🙌🏼

Love Star Wars.. probably seen the original 50 times

I like that George Lucas told Carrie Fischer that they don’t wear bras in space because there is no gravity.

I bought a Kenner toy of Princess Leia Endor Costume and got Carrie Fisher to sign it at a Star Wars convention. I still have it to this day and refuse to sell it, despite its value exponentially increasing after her death.

You seriously had to let me know HOW OLD I am .. :) HEHE wow 46 years ago I watched it in theaters ..

@StarWarsRewind

5 ай бұрын

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I already knew all these things and a lot more. The one thing that you got wrong was the models of the X-Wings - they did have surviving models for both Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back as well as Return Of The Jedi. They had what were called "Pyro models" that were made to be blown up. They had two versions of these which were "Hero" and "Pyro" models for filming. The TIE Fighters also had the same versions for actions sequences. This way if something when wrong they had backups but usually they got the shots that they needed. As most were "one and done" while filming. And most people don't know that the opening scene was filmed backwards as the camera was "MOCO" or Motion Controlled by a computer. This was done so that they knew that the detail would be visible on the models and in frame and no blurry. The camera had to focus on both in sequential order. It was the side of these models that took so long to build that they were filmed last. "From Star Wars To Jedi" explained a lot of this. If you can find it I highly recommend it! But my most memorable part of the movies was the TOYS. The R2-D2 and C-3PO were the biggest hit when we were kids. I miss those days. They were the best years of my life.

@StarWarsRewind

5 ай бұрын

Yes they had multiple models but none survived from A New Hope.

Also with regard to #1 on the list: Universal wanted way too much input on Lucas's idea for a Flash Gordon film plus they wanted an insane amount of money for the rights

What do you mean the original way too long cut is available? That I did not know.

Great show thank you for the video Joey castanieto byebye

COOL!

Sad that George never got an Oscar or any kind of award. Also book recommendation 'George Lucas' amazing biography about the legends life

@StarWarsRewind

4 ай бұрын

I will definitely have to check that out TODAY! Thanks for the recommendation SWH!

I could be wrong but at 13:49 is that legendary fantasy artist Frank Frazetta ?

@StarWarsRewind

5 ай бұрын

You are correct

I hate be this guy, but I knew all this. 😞 You asked .. :) haha The Darth Vader design was not only inspired by Samurai armor, but also Nazi Stormtroopers, using the trenchcoat as the robe and, of course, the Nazi helmet. Thanks for the video

@StarWarsRewind

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info T

@johnwhitney5840

5 ай бұрын

​@@StarWarsRewindhow are you doing I love star wars and I remember seeing revenge of the sith when I was 5 years old

@user-be7tc2bd6e

5 ай бұрын

The cast and crew of the original Star Wars thought it'd be a total failure and didn't get the attraction for it. Boy,were they wrong. LOL.

@tperson8347

5 ай бұрын

@@user-be7tc2bd6e Not all of them, Mark Hamill and Alec Guinness knew. :)

@user-be7tc2bd6e

5 ай бұрын

@@tperson8347 Okay-COOL.

❤❤❤exelent video.❤❤❤

@StarWarsRewind

5 ай бұрын

Thanks Cesara!

Star Wars was released May 25th, 1977 So its turning 47 this year.

@StarWarsRewind

5 ай бұрын

Yes I’m doing another video for the 47th anniversary

With regard to Lucas's 1974 rough draft, which was more like Hidden Fortress than the finished film was,as Lucas tended to hold onto unused ideas/concepts,a lot of the ideas/concepts for the 1974 rough draft found their way into The Phantom Menace

@StarWarsRewind

5 ай бұрын

Great facts Colin!!!

Being a teenager in the late 60's, I was a Star Trek freak.....in early '77, I was watching Pumping Iron and the previews were about this space movie, Star Wars....it seemed weird, but, I thought, I've to to see this....First of over 100 viewings was at Westwood Cinematic which had a monster wide curved screen, with the THX sound system...when the opening scene came on and the sound of the ships came from the back of the theater and moved forward , everybody freak out and the screams and applause was deafening........have all 6 originals.....Disney star wars ISN'T Star Wars......

@StarWarsRewind

4 ай бұрын

That’s super rad you were able too see these in its original run! I was in my mom’s belly when the first one came out and ESB was the first one I saw in the theater, but ROTJ is the one I remember seeing. Thanks for taking the time to comment your story Ted! And thanks for watching 🙏

@letsgetmagnetic gonna love those spoons

14:13 don’t forget the Star Wars episode of The Muppet Show!

@StarWarsRewind

5 ай бұрын

I LOVE that episode!!!!!

Another fact that I noticed were Luke's boots from Jung's movie poster are those of Vader's

@StarWarsRewind

5 ай бұрын

That’s a good one!

Also, Robbie Benson was another one of the actors who nearly played Luke Skywalker.

I knew most of this, but it was nice to see in all one video. Well done and thanks. MTFBWY!

@StarWarsRewind

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching Sky! Yes it’s difficult to find facts that hardcore fans don’t know but I’m compiling a new list for the 47th anniversary

@skyrider4789

5 ай бұрын

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Cool Beans!!! I will Sub!!

@StarWarsRewind

5 ай бұрын

That means a lot to me raindeer! I appreciate the support 🙌🏼

Them together!!!!vibes

@StarWarsRewind

4 ай бұрын

🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

I actually still have the Earlybird certificate envelope n the figure stand that came with it and the first 4 figures in the box they came in.

@StarWarsRewind

4 ай бұрын

That’s a grail right there 🙌🏼

@kevinellis8307

3 ай бұрын

@@StarWarsRewind 🙌🏼

The 1st thing to know is it was not called new hope. It was just starwars after all the laser battles that si-fi had lowered it self to. It was a piss take on the mindless si-fi of the day. With the silly names and ridiculous concepts. Much like airplane did for all those airport films in the 70s.

1:53 thats because it was too close to looking like Space 1999's Eagle.

@StarWarsRewind

5 ай бұрын

Right?

@purefoldnz3070

5 ай бұрын

@@StarWarsRewind and the name eagle to falcon and 1999 to millennium.

@moviechannel6477

5 ай бұрын

@@purefoldnz3070 Sifl & Olly did a spoof of Star Wars and the changed the name of the Millennium Falcon to the Bicentennial Condor. LOL 😅 ... And I thought the same about the MF looking too much like the Space 1999 ship. ... Also, if you haven't watched Space 1999 lately, you should check it out. I think it still holds up.

@purefoldnz3070

5 ай бұрын

@@moviechannel6477 the models do but the show was super camp.

Luke looked a lot more ripped in that poster😊

@StarWarsRewind

5 ай бұрын

Haha right?

It is actually 47 years, not 46 years. Star Wars was released May 25th, 1977.

This feels like someone has only just discovered the Internet. All of this stuff is already well known.

@StarWarsRewind

4 ай бұрын

That’s rad that you know all these Brian! Thanks for watching my friend 🙏

Lucas got *screwed* in the toy deal with Kenner, though.

I have five JAWS t-shirts.

@StarWarsRewind

5 ай бұрын

You are one of the awesome ones

I do have a JAWS tee shirt. I have about eight or nine Star Wars shirts, but yeah, I do have one JAWS tee.

@StarWarsRewind

5 ай бұрын

You are the man Matt!!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

12:00 George Lucas WAS NOT a student of Joseph Campbell. Lucas was inspired by Campbell's works, and only met him after the original trilogy was completed. 🤔

Another fact. The trash compactor monster is called Dianoga

@StarWarsRewind

5 ай бұрын

Another fun fact, the name Dianoga was taken from Dia Nogas, which was the first name of the Jedi in early treatments of The Star Wars

@lexiaojun

5 ай бұрын

@@StarWarsRewind Yes you mentioned that in your video and was aware of that fact. That is why I posted it as an extra fact for your viewers 😉. Thanks for the reply.

There is no "A NEW HOPE" ... it's just "STAR WARS". (yes. I'm that old)

@StarWarsRewind

4 ай бұрын

I even feel weird calling it A New Hope, but the Maker did make that change in 1980 so I go with it.

I subbed as I enjoyed your enthusiasm but sorry Jaws T-shirts are more popular today with college students but we know why. another fact is Sir Alec didn't want to talk about Star Wars either, watch on here -Alec Guinness on Star Wars fans and his Parkinson interview for British tv from 1977 is legend and as an aside Parkison was huge friends with Muhammad Ali, those interviews are tv history

Fun fact: The Dianoga trash monster was played by Gary Busey. :)

@StarWarsRewind

5 ай бұрын

Haha is that ture?!?!?!

@tperson8347

5 ай бұрын

@@StarWarsRewind No. It would be funny, though. :)

Every star wars fanatic should know this. "the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time." -- Christianity

@StarWarsRewind

5 ай бұрын

Hey Moivin! Thanks for the quote my friend!

@MoivinSulunker

5 ай бұрын

It is very gratifying that you appreciate it. Everybody has seen the acceleration, and it is well described, as well as the eventual outcoming. @@StarWarsRewind

“Go to your closet right now, and pick out one Jaws t-shirt.” Me: “Okay.” Goes to my closet and finds my one Jaws T-shirt. I honestly haven’t worn it in awhile, but I thought it was funny, because I do have exactly one Jaws t-shirt. So, that’s a point against you.

@StarWarsRewind

5 ай бұрын

I just think you are rad for having a Jaws tee shirt 🙌🏼

I actually do have a Jaws t-shirt

@StarWarsRewind

4 ай бұрын

You are the rad exception. Aaand I was just trolling. I have a jaws shirt too

I have a Jaws T-shirt in my closet.

@StarWarsRewind

5 ай бұрын

🙌🏼

Chewie got a 🏅 in the original version. As he should. He co-piloted the ship that saved everyone's life at the end of A New Hope. Why would this new version take his medal away? Like he's just Han's pet dog or something?! Makes no sense.

Erm... Isn't it 47 this year?

William Kat went to my high school! Dana Hills high school in Dana point California!

@StarWarsRewind

5 ай бұрын

No way!!!! I love that!

@machupikachu1085

4 ай бұрын

He does look like an OC surfer boy...

I have a JAWS tshirt?😮

I'm pretty sure all fans know these facts about Star Wars.

@StarWarsRewind

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching M4STER!

Leia's gold bikini was not New Hope.

@StarWarsRewind

5 ай бұрын

Hey Dink! I didn’t say in the video that it was from A New Hope, I used it as reference to leias different costumes in the original trilogy. Thanks for the added info though, my friend 🙏

Is the first fact that there is no movie called 'A New Hope'? It is called Star Wars. Period.

Charles Martin Smith as Luke Skywalker? God help us!

@StarWarsRewind

5 ай бұрын

😂

In 1977 I went to the Cinema and watched a movie called STAR WARS ... what is this movie called STAR WARS - A NEW HOPE he speaks of???

@StarWarsRewind

5 ай бұрын

Yea they changed it in 1980. I know it as Star Wars too. But now they call it A New Hope. And yes I can read sarcasm 🤣

I have a jaws t shirt 😂

@StarWarsRewind

5 ай бұрын

🙌🏼

Actually, I do have a Jaws T-shirt in my closet. No lie.

@StarWarsRewind

5 ай бұрын

You are the rad fan!!!!

It turns 47 this year not 46.

@StarWarsRewind

5 ай бұрын

Yes I’m doing another vid for the 47th anniversary!

I have more Jaws tees than Star Wars, no reason to hate on it.

@StarWarsRewind

5 ай бұрын

I’m just trolling, all good fun

@jessedub

5 ай бұрын

@@StarWarsRewind oh, i figured, i was just messing around too. Though i really do have more Jaws shirts than star wars, but i realize I'm prob the only one!

Excellent. now take your father's place and together we will rule the fan group

@StarWarsRewind

4 ай бұрын

😂

By the way, when Alec found out that Lucas was going to kill off Kenobi, he was going to walk off the project,but Lucas convinced him to stay. Also when Alec met Mark Hamill,he asked that Mark not call him Sir Alec. Mark's reply was: "Should I call you Big Al or something?" At that remark, Alec laughed his butt off as he was a big fan of irreverent humor and as a result he and Mark got along famously

@regulator18E

5 ай бұрын

Cmon is this true? That's hilarious, Big Al, I'm dying over here 😂

@colindaniels945

5 ай бұрын

​@@regulator18EYes, Mark mentioned that in either Empire Of Dreams or the Episode 4 audio commentary

@regulator18E

5 ай бұрын

@@colindaniels945 that may be my favorite star wars fact ever. 😆 big al

A time of great story-telling, and special effects was smoke and mirrors art.

@StarWarsRewind

5 ай бұрын

I agree!

No Luke, I am your father

I have five jaws T-shirts and zero Star Wars

@StarWarsRewind

5 ай бұрын

That’s awesome Kevin 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

I hate the word new hope . Tell me how many of those toys do you see with the word new hope ? None . Just because George wanted to re- name this thing add scenes and try to combine it all in a pretty big bow . There are only three movies . Your parents wouldn’t name you skip . A few decades later they decade to change your name to bill . He wrote the prequels in the 90”s. .

Did you say Federico Pellini??? I hope not as it is Federico Fellini.

@StarWarsRewind

5 ай бұрын

Hey CR! I def said Fellini. He’s one of my favorite filmmakers

@c.r.broken_human

5 ай бұрын

@@StarWarsRewind I thought he would be up there as you are such a film buff. Just making sure. Lol

The original Star Wars would ultimately cause Alan Ladd Junior to resign as head of 20th Century Fox. Why? The Fox executives resented Ladd allowing Lucas to retain both the sequel and merchandising rights On the flip side,the original Star Wars was a big part of why 1978 would be,at the time,the single most profitable year in Fox history as they'd make a profit of 40 million dollars

*47 dude

George Lucas was not one of the editors in the original. He did not receive an Oscar. George Lucas to this day has never receive an Oscar!

@StarWarsRewind

5 ай бұрын

He’s not credited as an editor but George did do some editing and has been an editor his entire life.

One fact everyone need to know,the stormtroopers are not crappy shooters,they had orders to miss,their leaders wanted to track them to their base. Case closed.

If was made today everyone would hate like everything else today 😂

@StarWarsRewind

5 ай бұрын

I just want to watch it all over again for the first time!

Nothing new here

2024-1977 = 47 not 46

@StarWarsRewind

4 ай бұрын

Yes that’s why I’m doing another one when it turns 47

Trash monster was ? Busy? No. Way not funny

R2-D2 is the most faul mouth actor to ever appear in any movie all his lines were bleept 🤬 out

@StarWarsRewind

5 ай бұрын

Haha you are right!