Imagine walking out that night thinking, “hmm I wonder if they’re ever gonna make a sequel” “probably wouldn’t be that good if they did”

@DDDiego

4 жыл бұрын

And it ended up being one of the best movies of all time. People to this day are still blown away by the “I’m your father” reveal.

@ErrantChordier

4 жыл бұрын

They made exactly TWO good sequels.

@locksfoils

4 жыл бұрын

that's exactly what we did.....I wonder what happens to Darth Vader we said.

@cuzz63

4 жыл бұрын

I was 14 when this came out...sequels werent a thing then so we didnt really think that.

@nandoflorestan

4 жыл бұрын

@@DDDiego many people would still enjoy it if they didn't hear the reveal from morons first.

I WAS 8 YEARS OLD 1977. WHEN THE FALCON SHOWED UP PEOPLE LOST THEIR MINDS. GOOD TIMES.

@chicagocarless

4 жыл бұрын

@my name is DRAKE no one knew who he was before Star Wars. AT ALL. They clapped because of Han Solo saving the day.

@franzhaas5597

4 жыл бұрын

@@chicagocarless Thank you. I think the responder is young.

@jakcarn4184

4 жыл бұрын

Pathetic idiots.

@francismarshall8201

4 жыл бұрын

Franz Haas you know how old i was, negative 1 as in was 1 year before i was born lol

@primevil110872

4 жыл бұрын

I was 7. Yes they were good times indeed my friend. May the force be with you. Someone needs to create a NEW Star Wars NOSTALGIA forum. Where OT and Prequel lovers can reminisce about their fav scenes, characters, quotes, ECT. Boy do I miss George's influence.

In 77, when this movie ended, a ten year old kid's life had changed forever..

@mr.popper9759

4 жыл бұрын

Which one

@reypalpatine916

4 жыл бұрын

@@mr.popper9759 All of them

@icarus6712

4 жыл бұрын

@@ryhs0, correct on all counts 🙂🙂

@gregfujita2582

3 жыл бұрын

Same here...I was almost 10....but I knew what I wanted out of life because of that film...

@gersoneduardojimenezbarret9086

3 жыл бұрын

Nolan xd

When the movie opened in Japan, the audience was silent at the end of the picture. According to the country's culture, that was a sign of respect. They knew it was an incredible film.

@Jdsteele96

4 жыл бұрын

Now that IS an interesting fact. So they legitimately gave the movie its own moment of silence? Talk about respect.

@ayrtoncoetzee1546

4 жыл бұрын

Or maybe the just didn't care yknow

@bobbirdsong6825

4 жыл бұрын

Da Boos For the majority of history, theater and musical performances were quite rowdy. This was because they were social events. Often times, when reading the letters of play directors and conductors, they mention when people clapped and shouted because they were proud of it. Of course, in a movie, the actors aren’t physically there, but if you treat the cinema like a social event (which most people do) then clapping and sharing your reaction can add to the film experience. Of course, being annoying and making frequent comments can take away and I won’t argue that, but people clap during movies for good reason.

@BobOrton7829

4 жыл бұрын

And in the uk, they are just silent for the heck of it. I would love to be in a cinema with a shouting crowd, can’t do it here because everybody will just stare.

@MrMarsFargo

4 жыл бұрын

@@BobOrton7829 This reportedly happened at endgame

It's really fun to see people's first impressions on the first Star Wars. Especially in a time when there was no other movie like Star Wars.

@camarijaybooth

7 жыл бұрын

the closet thing was like star trek

@theM4R4T

7 жыл бұрын

Forbidden Planet. Pretty much the first high-budget Science-Fiction movie.

@camarijaybooth

7 жыл бұрын

yeah i was talking about the show from the 60's

@gustavouchida1

7 жыл бұрын

Forbiden a Planet, by 1977 the highest budget Scifi flick was still Kubrick's Space Odissey - to which SW was compared a lot back then.

@ao-vd8py

7 жыл бұрын

Josh Allen Star Wars is different from that movie. Star Wars has much more action and 2001 is more of a mind bending drama

All the cars started honking and flashing their lights, and people were yelling and screaming. I saw it at a drive in when it came out.

@gamewizardks

4 жыл бұрын

Me Too. I got a Star Wars collector's cup with my Soda. It was of the Sand People and the Jawas. I still have it. Best Drive-In Experience that I remember!

@ELCADAROSA

4 жыл бұрын

My father took my younger brother (then 8) and me (then 13) to the local drive-thru to see it. Unforgettable!

@ronramen5827

4 жыл бұрын

BoOmEr (I know, you’re probably not a boomer, you were most likely a kid in the 70’s)

@ELCADAROSA

4 жыл бұрын

Ron Ramen, yeah, I’m a “boomer”; born late 1964. LOL!

@ronramen5827

4 жыл бұрын

Shaq GasEngine Ok, was that an insult? I mean, I said boomer sarcastically, but like, is that a fun fact or an insult?

I love how you can hear children giggling when Vader's spinning out of control His past mistakes haunt him

@stephenthedude4383

2 жыл бұрын

I'll try spinning that's a good trick!!!!

@DarylDevine

2 жыл бұрын

@@stephenthedude4383 kept him alive!!!

@davari9032

Жыл бұрын

master skywalker, there are too many of them, what are we going to do?

@michaelkrolewski7406

3 ай бұрын

​@davari9032 "I'm a person, and my name is Anakin!"

@coledakers6127

Ай бұрын

1:45

Can we just take a moment to appreciate the fact start wars art style still holds up great 43 years later

@neighornproductions8916

4 жыл бұрын

That's because Star Wars was one of the first movies that invented that art style

@americafuckyeah4520

4 жыл бұрын

It's not Cyberpunk, yet not steampunk, it's somewhere in between, it's very industrial.

@andrewburgemeister6684

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the “used future” aesthetic which is superb and makes everything look well used. The aesthetic was used to great effect in Alien, alongside the horror of a unimaginable beast from another planet the audience was placed inside a dirty, cold, industrial space freighter which made the horror scarier.

@americafuckyeah4520

4 жыл бұрын

@@andrewburgemeister6684 your in the nose

@darklordvader66

3 жыл бұрын

Disney ruined it

"If the audience claps when Han arrives with the falcon then it will be a success" cit. Marcia Lucas

@ArtamStudio

4 жыл бұрын

The TRUE unsung hero who saved this movie.

@CalmaxFilm

4 жыл бұрын

I exactly thought about it when I saw it !!! You watched "How Star Wars was saved in edit "?

@simonhudson7029

4 жыл бұрын

Since Return of the Jedi (when they divorced) Star Wars has been terrible, she certainly was a major reason in why the first trilogy was a success. It’s sad George pretty much removed her from the credits and she faded into obscurity, she did win an Oscar for her achievements.

@CalmaxFilm

4 жыл бұрын

@@simonhudson7029 I think it's a combinaison between Kasdam - Marcia - Kurtz - New director

@simonhudson7029

4 жыл бұрын

Calmax Film yeah, all the people that weren’t too scared to tell George what they thought, also George wasn’t too big headed then to ignore them.

It must've been something else to see this movie without the prior knowledge that we now have of it. Gives me chills to hear people cheering and clapping in the theatre.

@codswallop321

7 жыл бұрын

Dean444ful I saw this movie aged 6... Probably my most vivid memory from early childhood. Wonderful.

@theopenrift

7 жыл бұрын

codswallop321 you are a lucky, lucky man.

@Dean444ful

7 жыл бұрын

codswallop321 ah man, that's so awesome

@Dean444ful

7 жыл бұрын

***** lol I am actually but it hasn't really happened to me that often

@keywellcoinsmafiametals8726

7 жыл бұрын

Dean444ful Same! chills all up and down!

When I saw it people literally got up and cheered when the death star exploded just like at a baseball game. I'll probably never see anything like that again.

@jll716

3 жыл бұрын

I saw it in a drive-in so didn’t get that experience. HOWEVER ... six years later I would very much have that experience when Darth Vader threw the Emperor down the shaft. 😊

@tonyl0ng

3 жыл бұрын

Did you not see Captain America weild mjolnir in Endgame?

@kingblondie7075

3 жыл бұрын

@@tonyl0ng There was cheering then, yes, but the entire theatre didn't rise to their feet as they did for star wars.

@TomPlotagon

3 жыл бұрын

I’m 13, but there were no crowd reactions during the first night of Any of the sequel trilogy (I went to see all three on the first night.) kind of sucks.

@mngentry

3 жыл бұрын

@@TomPlotagon watch fan reactions to the latest episode of the mandalorian. That should hold you over until the next movie.

You can definitely confirm that this is the 1977 version. The Death Star didn’t have the ring come out when it blew up

@brianwest8119

3 жыл бұрын

From what I understand, the movie was remastered over the course of time. There were so many background characters that suddenly disappeared in the film.

@TaylorZanderFrancis

2 жыл бұрын

This is likely edited in by the uploader. After all, they said it was the audio. Having a stable video camera of this quality in 1977 would be unheard of for the average movie goer.

@luketimewalker

2 жыл бұрын

yup

@Djbrink

2 жыл бұрын

This actually isnt a real recording the tie fighter at 0:15 doesn’t make that sound in the original movie

@one7decimal2eight

2 жыл бұрын

@@brianwest8119 yes. In the late 90s they rereleased them all in the theaters. We thought it was cool to see them all again in the theater but little did we know these changes were permanent..that is unless you get the despecialized version. Which is as close to the original movies as you can get.

I remember the audience [at least in the theater I was in] being a lot louder when the death star blew up. The entire theater stood up, cheered, and clapped. It's the only time I've ever seen that kind of response during a movie.

@yarpen26

7 жыл бұрын

this was probably one of the later screenings of the movie (otherwise the guy who recorded it wouldn't even bother) and i guess by that time at least half of the audience already knew it by heart

@intenselan

7 жыл бұрын

I remember the same thing! Superman catching Lois Lane and then the helicopter in the original Superman got a similar response if I remember correctly. I also remember the first brontosaurus sighting in Jurassic Park as well. LOVE seeing stuff in theater! I also remember the audible **GASP** during the Big Reveal in Empire Strikes Back too. Were you there for that opening night too as I was??

@owen3698

7 жыл бұрын

intenselan yep. I was at the opening for all 3 of the original Star Wars movies. Everyone gasped at the reveal in empire and clapped at the end of Jedi. The only recent movie where the crowd reacted with that kind of passion was force awakens

@intenselan

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, people don't react as much to movies now. I was at all the opening nights of the LOTR series, and the crowd was amazing for all three. Lots of cosplay was happening at Two Towers and Return of the King. For the TT, I sat in front of an entire row of Gandalfs. heh. With the Star Wars Prequel series, a lot of kids brought their toy lightsabers and some dressed in full Anakin or Obi Wan costumes. The opening credits/first hit of the theme song to Phantom Menace brought in a huge crowd reaction. Then Jar Jar appeared. heh.

@owen3698

7 жыл бұрын

Hrm..I didn't notice that during the Prequels. About the only thing I recall is people clapping when the LucasFilm logo appeared on the screen. What I have noticed is the audience will openly react to movies that are part of "what's hot" pop culture that a majority of the audience are currently into - ie: Deadpool - the entire [FULL[ theater openly reacted to whatever was happening on screen.

I love the applause when Solo shows up. :)

@MrBerserkinTime

6 жыл бұрын

TheClumsyJedi me to!

@G1Bryce

5 жыл бұрын

Meanwhile, in 2018, people didn't even show up to see a Han Solo movie. They cheered because Harrison Ford was young and hot back then. Time is a bitch.

@Khan-bq8qc

5 жыл бұрын

@@G1Bryce IMO the Solo Movie failure kinda falls onto Disney, even if most people didn't wanted to see it because it's kinda pointless Dinsey made a pretty bad timing to release this movie, if it was more spaced out between the other releases I believe it would have gotten much more attention, I also found the advertisiment to be pretty bad, I only discovered these movie had been released when it was too late, but maybe this was only in my country so I can't say for sure.

@subscribersWithoutavideo-dk9hg

5 жыл бұрын

TheClumsyJedi me too

@MrDeadhead83

4 жыл бұрын

@@Khan-bq8qc Definitely. They should have waited till Christmas 2018. It would have given Ron Howard time to reshoot and edit

The reaction to Han’s “ya-hoo” gives me chills. One of the greatest videos on KZread. Wish I was alive then to see this.

@SB992REBORN

2 жыл бұрын

its YE-HEWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! , NOT YA HOO!!!

@sketch3744

2 жыл бұрын

I legit start to tear up.

@andrewburgemeister6684

2 жыл бұрын

It’s such a great moment since Han was sort of an anti-hero who didn’t want to get involved so obviously left before the battle began, but ultimately had a change of heart and found the courage to do what it is right and help the Rebel Alliance. Star Wars was influenced a bit of course by The Wizard of Oz, and it’s theorised that Chewbacca and to an extension Han stood in for the Cowardly Lion who of course struggles to find the courage to do what’s right, it’s a great arc in both those films when they find they had courage all along.

@chuckgarcia2648

Жыл бұрын

I was 7 years old and every adult in side the theater were very elated.

@capri2673

Жыл бұрын

@@sketch3744 Me too. It was going in a time machine back to 1977.

In the 70’s an Iranian family who left Iran at the time of the revolution moved in next door to me in London. In 1978 I was 7 and I got to know the 2 children in the family well. One Friday night there was a knock at the door and the family asked if I would like to go to the cinema with them, We went along to a cinema in Ealing, West London and the film turned out to be Star Wars, and my 7 year old mind was truly blown. I will be forever grateful for their invite and remember the evening fondly. They soon after moved to the U.S. and we lost touch. Hope they are all happy and well wherever they are now.

@PoochieCollins

Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing such a warm and fuzzy anecdote.

I remember seeing this the first time. Drove home and immediately phoned some friends and told them they had to go see this. In today's age of special effects, it's hard to imagine the impact this movie had. Total game changer.

@GeraltORivia

6 жыл бұрын

K Kampy This is my first ever time watching this scene and even I think it has charm, I can’t imagine what it must’ve been like watching it back then when it was new and visually stunning.

@marcosdheleno

6 жыл бұрын

John Cunningham, it already did, many times actually, there's jaws, jurassic park then independence day, titanic, return of the king and of course, the box office reigning king: avatar. every single one of these movies had and incredible effect on the movie industry, some may be smaller, but every single one of those were game changers, as much as SW was at its time.

@TheInflicted

6 жыл бұрын

I kind of had that experience with The Matrix, when I was a kid. A friend called me up, told me nothing about it, but said I absolutely had to see it as soon as possible.

@marcosdheleno

6 жыл бұрын

the marvel cinematic universe happened a few years ago, now if you wanna talk only about TOMORROW, thats a diferent story, we have no way to know what's going to be the next big think, but it WILL HAPPEN, just like those examples, because thats how the industry works. almost eveyr decade has at least one ground breaking movie, predictions are its going to be a video game movie, it could be an anime movie. but saying it wont ever happen again, when history has shown it to happen all the time, is naive.

@wyowho8681

6 жыл бұрын

Marcos Danilo. And all of the above were destroyed or are about to be destroyed (star wars included) by the cash grabbing, sequel/remake machine that is now hollywood

nice, this is history

@lukesick1

6 жыл бұрын

Gerryko Malaysia Media Events & Food well it did take place a long time ago in a galaxy far far away

@mizcs

6 жыл бұрын

now this is history racing!

@odst1778

4 жыл бұрын

This is truly history i would be born almost 33 years later

@justinring5172

4 жыл бұрын

Nice I was your 2,000th like

@gr8cescale

4 жыл бұрын

you could make a religion out of this

I had the middle seat of the second row from the front after waiting 5 hours in two lines to get in, knowing NOTHING about the movie, since it had no trailers of any real kind and this was the first weekend that it was being shown. I thought my seat was going to be bad due to the loud sounds, but it was the absolute BEST POSSIBLE seat in the entire theater. Those spaceships coming in at the beginning literally "blew me away"... Best movie beginning EVER!!

@nikolaimaharaj2319

4 жыл бұрын

Cool to hear it from someone who experienced it live I envy you on so many levels

@nathanokun8801

4 жыл бұрын

@@nikolaimaharaj2319 The craziest part was that I was not going to go to a movie that weekend since my wife just had our first baby. However, she was with her mother at her mother's apartment and told me TO GO AWAY UNTIL LATE THAT NIGHT SINCE I WAS "GETTING ON THEIR NERVES". So I left and when I got in the car I remembered the STAR WARS movie and decided that I had nothing else to do, so I might as well watch it. Boy, getting thrown out by my wife was one of the luckiest things I ever had happen to me. My whole life has a lot of such crazy things, many not so good, but this was...

@edercortes1960

4 жыл бұрын

How didn’t this movie did not have any trailer or teasers that’s really impossible to go see this film back then and not see any promotion.

@nikolaimaharaj2319

4 жыл бұрын

@@edercortes1960 because it wasn't a big deal at first, all this would've really be seen as is some ordinary space movie

@edercortes1960

4 жыл бұрын

Nikolai Maharaj ...no I hear you trust me I’m just saying if I was growing up in the 70s and heard of this movie I would be really mad at Seiskel and ebert for it

I heard critics didnt think star wars would do well in theatres because the movie Smokey and the Bandit came out at the same time...you believe that?

@jacobmonks3722

4 жыл бұрын

I think that's less about the quality of Star Wars more to the credit Smokey and the Bandit. I mean, that movie is a riot and a hell of a lot of fun.

@jaymac5324

4 жыл бұрын

@@jacobmonks3722 not taking anything away from smokey, gotta love Burt Reynolds and who didnt want a trans am after watching that movie. Star Wars has just reached hights that no other movie has in pulp culture and to think that peoole thought it wasnt going to be good enough. Just goes to show that you can never tell the future and that all ideas should be considered and given a chance.

@Bleeperblopper497

4 жыл бұрын

Wtf is Smokey and the bandit? Just proves which movie was more memorable

@garygough6905

4 жыл бұрын

Just before it came out I read about Mark Hammel and I think Ben Bova at a SF convention talking about Mark staring in a major movie that might never be shown. Everyone in the industry knew SF was just B movies about tentacle monsters, with no market. Of course afterwards the same people were making bad knockoffs.

@gazzaboo8461

4 жыл бұрын

To be fair, Smokey was a blast! I saw both, as did many others. After all, I was the target audience for both😁

The fact that this exists is amazing, this is literally historic. This audio recording to people reacting to what might be the most significant film in modern history, and they're seeing it when it was nothing but a brand new film. Not to add a pun into the comments but this literally belongs in a museum.

@RoyalKnightVIII

4 жыл бұрын

Just hope Disney doesn't try to scrub it from the internet

@cherylhulting1301

4 жыл бұрын

Really it does. Don't we have a Star Wars Museum yet? This needs to go into the archives.

@RoyalKnightVIII

4 жыл бұрын

@@cherylhulting1301 Lucas did try but the local ruling class didn't want it

@vincentconti3633

4 жыл бұрын

Well....important in the science fiction genre!!

@thegrasswhistle5238

3 жыл бұрын

@@RoyalKnightVIII Umm... for what possible reason would they do that?

Its amazing that star wars got that reaction back then because of the characters and moments in the film. Star wars gets that reaction now because its star wars.

@gumby6.748

6 жыл бұрын

nobody clapped at my theater for ep 8 tough lol, mostly just random laughs at supposed funny moments from women and kids mostly.

@Narvaljodchik

6 жыл бұрын

When I went to see the premiere of TFA, every single fucker in the cinema clapped and clapped, I remember they did so most in the scenes where the Millenium Falcon, and Han Solo appear respectively.

@asimplepie2279

6 жыл бұрын

Ill say the one cool thing that everyone gasped about in the new star wars [SPOILERS]..... is when the rebel ship jumped through the new orders fleet. That was epic. But ya, it really only gets that respect thanks to the classic greats.

@Golemoid

6 жыл бұрын

*ITS THE MILLENIUM FALCON!! OH MY GOD ITS THE MILLENIUM FALCOOOON!*

@schaddalton2506

6 жыл бұрын

No one cares what you think.

I saw it opening night in 1977 when I was just 10 years old. The audience reaction was just like this, and now, at the age of 53, I'm a Star Wars addict for life.

It’s cool hearing Gen X ers reminiscing. A generation unfortunately overlooked but reminding us of a great era in difficult times. You guys rock. 😊

@ilovemuslimfood666

4 жыл бұрын

WarpedWeft I hate how they vote, though.

@canyoumakemeasandwich

4 жыл бұрын

Furry Fox so true

@starwarsrebel2006

4 жыл бұрын

@WarpedWeft Thank you for correctly calling us Gen Xers. I'm really tired of hearing the very inaccurate, "Ok boomer" comments. I'm 100% Gen X.

@jameshalleluyah8133

4 жыл бұрын

@@starwarsrebel2006 To the boomer comment just reply I'm an X-Man!

@starwarsrebel2006

4 жыл бұрын

@@jameshalleluyah8133 Awesome! Lol

"1 in a million", from the guy that doesn't like the odds to be told.

@jcassokh

4 жыл бұрын

Odds for thee, not for me.

@geraldlundegard4206

4 жыл бұрын

Julio Camacho Very true.

@MBOmnis

4 жыл бұрын

Well, he only stated the odds _after_ the deed was done. No harm no foul.

@greyeyed123

4 жыл бұрын

3720 to 1.

@TheTrueNarthumpulous

4 жыл бұрын

Guess he done came around, eh.

Now THAT"S a Star Wars film.

@dinohuntr851

4 жыл бұрын

magiciansway This was my childhood. This is what I want. Not the George Lucas revisions, the original. It’s like this is a part of me.

@hlcepeda

4 жыл бұрын

I was a little kid when I saw this within a few days of its original release, and I recall two interesting theater reactions. One when Yoda said “Do or do not. There is no try.” (A very vocal, yeah! from some in the audience and a couple of high-fives). The other (cheers!) when Luke turned off his targeting computer.

@magiciansway

4 жыл бұрын

@@dinohuntr851 Yes! I saw this as a 16 year old and I vividly remember the agonizing wait for it's release, slightly fearful that it wouldn't live up to my expectations then thrilled that it did. To a 16 year old boy it spoke directly to the hero's journey and spoke to something larger than just a movie.

@magiciansway

4 жыл бұрын

@@hlcepeda Absolutely! "A New Hope" was a well made movie with rich archetypal themes, a plot that enthralled, strong male AND female characters (characters that you cared about...) and wisdom.

@hlcepeda

4 жыл бұрын

@@magiciansway ANH pushed all the right buttons!

“The End. Ta-da!”....little did they know just how NOT the end it would turn out to be over the decades.

@justaguy9156

4 жыл бұрын

Kevin Sigman it’s was great for decades, then Disney happened and it all went to shite

@AliceDiableaux

4 жыл бұрын

@@justaguy9156 did you just seriously forget the prequels exist? 😂😂😂

@cassu6

4 жыл бұрын

AliceDiableaux did you just seriously forget how they weren’t the ending of the story rather than an explanation what lead up to the OT? Also they were great movies with awesome world building even better than the OT in my opinion.

@patrickchoque7720

4 жыл бұрын

Trapped In A Bagel hahahahahahahA

@zalabit927

4 жыл бұрын

Prequels had some really terrible dialogues and some good characters totally wasted, but it was really good in everything else, way better than what we got in this new trilogy.

This audio is an historical document and should be preserved. Sent chills down my back.

I saw Star Wars in 1977. There was a standing ovation at the end of the movie.

@patriciopss1491

4 жыл бұрын

Amazing. That's pure hype.

@marblesthecat3861

4 жыл бұрын

@@patriciopss1491 it was one of my fondest childhood memories.....

@patriciopss1491

4 жыл бұрын

@@marblesthecat3861 i was looking People reactions and man this is awesome to hear it. I've lived that hype when the precuels came out. Great memories.

@GoogleUser-sk5tn

3 жыл бұрын

I've clapped at the end of a movie but never stood up. Never seen people do a standing ovation.

@despinak9720

2 жыл бұрын

That’s so lucky! I wish I was around for that.

Just imagine. You're on your way to see a movie; the trailers look dumb and has nothing interesting. 'A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away' pops up and your like 'yep I want to go home n....' STAR WARS Everyone freaks out 2 hours later... Everyone's muscles are swore after tensing them for too long in the film. You walk out thinking that was the best movie ever!!! I personally can't even begin to imagine what this was like in 1977 in theatres. The only sad thing is that we will never have a feeling like this ever again!

@thegageinator805

7 жыл бұрын

Callum Murphy watch out for the next five years

@AleisterCrowleyMagus

7 жыл бұрын

Word got out very quickly...I had a professor that was around 20 when SW was released in 1977, and he went with his entire group of friends to see it again the same night. They also started waiting in lines for tickets to see it again and again (7 times over a couple of weeks if I remember correctly). I wish I could have been part of that phenomenon -- and seeing Led Zeppelin in the 70s before Bonham died...

@bigapplepieinthesky

7 жыл бұрын

My Dad tells me that he and his high school buddies went to it on opening night and saw it every single night that week. 7 times in a row. You don't do that for just any old movie.

@timy.4818

7 жыл бұрын

Callum Murphy I was 14 when this came out. Me and my friends must have seen it 6 or 7 times. Amazing !

@gracefullynadine864

7 жыл бұрын

My father told me that when he went to go see it, his uncle took him out to a theater hours away for it, and when he told him the title he just thought "Star Wars? That sounds lame." He was about 11 or 12 at this point. He said that when he left the theater it was like no other movie he'd ever seen. About 18 years later, he buys the VHS trilogy and sits me down. Star Wars? That sounds lame...

I was still in my dads sack when the movie came out

@JamesTheFoxeArt

4 жыл бұрын

SAPPY did you like it

@carloscastellanosalvarado734

4 жыл бұрын

Ok boomer

@videospielesindkunst

4 жыл бұрын

JamesTheFox Bruh that seems kinda gay if you like it

@Mrsilenciobackgammon

4 жыл бұрын

SAPPY same, buddy.

@ThommyMckGoaty

4 жыл бұрын

Mrsilenciobackgammon my dad was like 4 so I don’t think I was in his yet

Man, when the Falcon showed up and everyone was all "woooo". I ACTUALLY felt that.

@MrJohnlennon007

4 жыл бұрын

I still tear up when it happens. Han’s redemption arc from running away from problems to being the hero.

Awesome little slice of history.

@haruruben

7 жыл бұрын

Rest In Peace, Princess Leia

@dylanjones268

7 жыл бұрын

+sellbullion That's some serious edge you got there

@ProjectFlashlight612

7 жыл бұрын

sellbullion What a sad lonely life you must lead

@decenthumans

7 жыл бұрын

So glad I watched this

@culp22

7 жыл бұрын

Who hurt you?

My first exposure to Star Wars was Lego Star Wars: The Original Trilogy so when my dad first showed me Star Wars on the cassette I was naming all of the characters like "REBEL FRIEND" and such

@franciscoandrada412

7 жыл бұрын

Matthew Greer same, i watched return of the Jedi and i was scared of jabba

@act29productions37

7 жыл бұрын

Matthew Greer hahahaha thats so funny😂 I remember that character, that game was some good times

@andrewd4413

7 жыл бұрын

Matthew Greer OMFG SAME

@andrewd4413

7 жыл бұрын

Matthew Greer thats almost exactly how i was introduced to star wars and I have been obsessed with it for 9 to 10 years

@clayman518

7 жыл бұрын

Matthew Greer same

It made me a little emotional that someone was able to capture this piece of history for us to enjoy today.

I had just turned 18 when this movie came out. Let me tell you there had never been anything like this before. We were all so shocked. This is what great SF is like. This raised the bar for all movies that followed.

@andrewburgemeister6684

2 жыл бұрын

Alien which came out two years later in ‘79 and used space as an element of horror and fear rather than wonder was immediately greenlit by Fox once Star Wars was raking in big bucks, they even brought over the production designers from Star Wars to do the designs for Alien with the sets and special effects. Not to mention about 5 years on we’d have Blade Runner with Harrison Ford and with great visual effects and design!

1977 A year when starfighters needed a lot of tweaking to work right.

@DeepDeepSpace

6 жыл бұрын

and a year when star pilots had to wear flight suits.

@hurlbag559

6 жыл бұрын

It sounds like darth vader is tweaking his controls the entire clip with that constant squeaking.

@JJMomoida

6 жыл бұрын

Right? The way Vader fiddles with the knobs and controls, you'd think he's looking for that one sweet radio station.

@clanka7708

6 жыл бұрын

I've seen tweakers fly starships with the best of em

@6Nostromo

6 жыл бұрын

Dreadlord Sinister : it's the sound of the tape cassette recorder's own wheels squeaking.

Before "the explosion ring." Before it was called "A New Hope" and simply "Star Wars."

@Melayahm01

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, just Star Wars, although, wasn't A New Hope at the beginning of the crawling text? It's hard to remember now. It obviously wasn't episode 4 though!

@idontknow164

4 жыл бұрын

I still go through the labor of saying ""Star Wars", "Empire" and "Jedi"" rather than "original trilogy".

@spyder1138

4 жыл бұрын

@@Melayahm01 "A New Hope", like the preceding "Episode IV" subtitle was added for the 1981 re-release. In 1977 all it said was "Star Wars" followed by the story summary that we know today.

@roguescorner9042

4 жыл бұрын

@@idontknow164 I mean, it's still THE original trilogy. The original first films that came out.

@idontknow164

4 жыл бұрын

@@roguescorner9042 ah but I say this to you my interesting friend. If there were only 3 movies wouldn't we be calling it "The Star Wars Trilogy"? That's how it was before prequels and sequels

I remember the reaction at school, everyone was talking about it and the toys were the things everyone wanted.

@Centauri012

3 жыл бұрын

Yup, and you had to order the toys via mail order slips.

@gwenorel3319

3 жыл бұрын

@@Centauri012 right! We all wanted Merch and there wasn’t any yet!

@andrewburgemeister6684

3 жыл бұрын

All that merchandise and the rights that the studio wrote off and gave to Lucas would define ‘77 and the decades to come!!

Little did they know the absolute cinematic history that they had just witnessed

Chewbacca: "What the hell are you all clapping at I didn't get my damn medal."

@94nolo

6 жыл бұрын

This galaxy was built on racism and wookie slavery!

@ZorroCeleste1

6 жыл бұрын

Wookies despise medals and trophies.

@mar10ssj1

6 жыл бұрын

Furr balls don't deserve any medals.

@Vaultboy101

6 жыл бұрын

They should've pinned a rosette on him, like a prize stallion.

@Mikewee777

6 жыл бұрын

mugensamurai , funny because it is true.

I was there,my brother and my Father R.I.P... he took us at least 15 times.. we had the shirts with iron ons,all the toys that christmas.. still have them too.. I was proud to be a part of this phenom.. and still glad to be a part of it today..

@nobodyatall6620

7 жыл бұрын

Mike Nappo can i ask, why do people insist on having so many fulstops at the end of a setence?

@anotherkat4u

7 жыл бұрын

i was 8 years old... the Colony Theatre downtown Winnipeg, Canada ..i paid 1.80 cents ( the bus was 10 cents getting there ) ...from the first scenes...small space ship, being chased by a bigger space ship...i still smell the pop corn..feel the sticky floor..my huge bucket of 'coke', ' watching the " ole' red curtain " open...it was like a space version of Robin Hood...the audience was clapping and cheering for the rebels winning!!...the next few weeks, the word was out, the lines for this " NEW movie " went around the block and further... i'll trade 1.5 years of my life for that 1.5 hours back ~(^..)

@richardpicchietti1130

7 жыл бұрын

Mike Nappo that's awesome!

@richardpicchietti1130

7 жыл бұрын

anotherkat4u cool memory

@owen2193

7 жыл бұрын

Mike Nappo so cool bro.

Star Wars wasn't a movie. Star Wars was The Movies.

@hotdogy12345

4 жыл бұрын

This movie, is Star Wars

@MalcolmRandall

4 жыл бұрын

At a time when nobody had VCRs, the Only way to watch it.

@StubbyStan28

4 жыл бұрын

I swear this movie was in the theater almost until Empire released.

@sarahprice659

4 жыл бұрын

I mean, heck, my dad (who “doesn’t do sci-fi”) took my mom to see it, and they loved it. These are two people who are unbelievably picky filmgoers.

@SB992REBORN

2 жыл бұрын

NO OWEN FOOD, STAR WARS IS THE MOVIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was born January 1, 1977 so I missed seeing "A New Hope" in a theater. However, "The Empire Strikes Back" was my very first movie. I wore flip flops to the show because it was hot. My mom opened the theater door onto my foot by accident. This removed the toenail from my right big toe. I cried because I thought I'd miss the movie and the excruciating pain. The theater staff bandaged my toe and we made the show. I was only 6 when this happened but I remember like it was yesterday. My toe made a full recovery.

@ABPhotography1

4 жыл бұрын

Ouch!!!! That must have hurt!! 😖

Little did anyone realize that there was a 12 year old boy in the audience by the name of Mikey. Mesmerized by the massive explosion of the Death Star, little Mikey decided to become a film maker himself, dreaming of filling his films with explosions of his own. We now know him as Michael Bay.

@zoltanvarga6408

7 жыл бұрын

There was another little boy in the audience by the name of Steve. Mesmerized by the thousand faces of Threepio, little Steve decided to become a talented actor, dreaming of filling his films with deep emotion. He decided to become a man of a thousand faces . We now know him as Steven Seagal.

@takerdust

7 жыл бұрын

Segal became a lawman, taking down crime with a SUV packed with old men, and his Akkido.

@UnseenVids

6 жыл бұрын

Not Steven Speilburg?

@ryanbarr2178

6 жыл бұрын

Steven Spielberg was already good friends with George Lucas when Star Wars came out

@alanquintero7

6 жыл бұрын

Unseen Minecraft do you mean Steavan Speilbirg?

I wish there was a version of this with the audience reaction to 'No I am your father'

@atidiaX

8 жыл бұрын

+Storm Arrow There is. And it is dead silent. At the time, people thought it was a lie by Vader to trick Luke into joining him.

@TheGgrrmanning

8 жыл бұрын

+atidiaX what about return of the jedi with landos "yeehaaa!"

@yarpen26

7 жыл бұрын

actually Dave Prowse had spilled the beans back in 1979 but it was long before the internet so i guess only a tiny percentage of the audiences knew

@yetinpanda

7 жыл бұрын

Just watched one on youtube, a reaction video of children & adults- whom had never seen/heard of Star Wars, reacting to this scene. Fun stuff.

@tom_4615

7 жыл бұрын

yarpen26 I can't see this as being true as David prowse's lines were "No Obi Wan killed you're father" Including George Lucas, mark Hamil and James Earl Jones, only 7 people knew the truth until it was first aired in cinemas

This was my summer film way back in 1977. What is hard for young people to understand is that this film in its time was cutting edge and a visual spectacle for the eye. I was 14 at the time and to this day at 56 I still enjoy this film and the memories it still holds for me. Every generation has its own distinct place and time in history...Star Wars is definitely a part of my youth and will always be cherished.

My dad was 14 when he went to see this for the first time in 1977. Said he came out feeling like he was in another world. He then went again to see it another 14 times! Needless to say, it’s his all time favourite movie.

“Written and directed by George Lucas”

@goodmyndsetband9670

4 жыл бұрын

John Chris how it should be

@rumpio5505

4 жыл бұрын

Back when Star Wars was gold, now it’s a cash grab.

@elias2383

4 жыл бұрын

@@rumpio5505 star wars 9 is great

@MajinBuuButtercup

4 жыл бұрын

George Lucas sold his empire to the dark side. I still like Star Wars...but this last trilogy was a hot mess

@MajinBuuButtercup

4 жыл бұрын

@@elias2383 I have tried to immerse myself into these, but there are these clanging... discrepancies that make it difficult. The overall story elements weren't weak; their presentation and organization were abysmal.

Did I correctly hear a woman calling Peter Cushing/Grand Moff Tarkin a "monster" after he gives the "fire when ready" order? Even if I heard it incorrectly I thought that was awesome -- I remember feeling (when I was a kid) that Cushing/Tarkin was much scarier than Vader. Cushing was just awesome in this role (and in all of his films -- I love his turns in Hammer horror films despite the overall cheesiness -- he lent class to every production).

@Zombie81212

7 жыл бұрын

aleister crowley Sounded more like "we lost her" as in Leia

@TheJamF100

7 жыл бұрын

Matthew Greer she said "We lost R2."

@TailsKitsune7

7 жыл бұрын

aleister crowley When i saw Gladiator, I loathed the villain Excellent acting there too

@gustavouchida1

7 жыл бұрын

So as Christopher Lee, to his early Golden Age films. That's why Lucas hired him for Dooku... (fun fact: in Portuguese, saying Dooku out loud is the same as "from the ass")

@Deus_Imperator

7 жыл бұрын

i wonder if that's why we have the kids' word "dooky" for poop

I remember seeing this in late summer 1977 as a teenager---this definitely brings back memories.

Ahh! I'm actually tearing up here; I remember doing exactly this kind of thing for Star Wars and Empire, taking my honking-huge Panasonic "portable" tape recorder into the theatre (which, back then, no one cared about at all) and recording the movie just so I could listen to it later! Ah the days before VHS and DVD and Streaming! Now I feel really old.

The sequence of Luke firing the torpedoes and finally inhaling is one of my favorite moments in movie history. It gets me every time.

@darkphoenix2

6 жыл бұрын

Uh, exhaling isn't he?

@mikemc4340

6 жыл бұрын

Gets you how? Turned on?

@JonesNate

6 жыл бұрын

David Andersson I read an old copy of the book. The book explained that Luke gave himself over to the force when he fired the torpedoes, and he force-guided them into the shaft. His heavy exhaling here is his return from out of an almost trance-like state.

@mikemc4340

6 жыл бұрын

Nate Jones hehe shaft

@JonesNate

6 жыл бұрын

Mike Mc The avatar really helps with that joke.

Do audiences react like this to anything anymore? I live in a country with the coldest audience in the world, and at the end of Rogue One I just wanted to cheer and applaud the hell out of it.

@gameboypunk660

7 жыл бұрын

Paul J. Morton Gotta go to LA and not to sound racist or anything visit the black theatres, actually Quentin Tarantino always screens his movies in LA at black theatres cause they react to his movies the best.

@jdwb7045

7 жыл бұрын

Some do for sure... The Force Awakens had a very energetic audience where I was. SO did Rogue One!

@sergiodelgadinho

7 жыл бұрын

From Portugal here. At the end of Rogue One I was pumping with energy and I started aplauding and laughing. My face was hurting with smiling. Some other guy aplauded like 3 claps and that was it. Fucking boring audience. I could do all the laughing by myself but come on who doesn't like to feel that community sense in the cinema right?

@AGiantSloar

7 жыл бұрын

Paul J. Morton When I saw Contact, the audience applauded at the end.

@saturninhabitant

7 жыл бұрын

I remember when I saw Independence Day in 1996. The audience was wild, they cheered, clapped and screamed. Also similar happened with movies like Godzilla and Guardians Of the Galaxy (both from 2014).

Hell, that was tame compared from my experience back in the day. In short, I allowed my best friend to talk me into going to the theater to watch this movie back in 1977. He had already seen it a few times. So we go inside & sat in the front row. By the end of the movie after the Death Star was blown to space dust, as God as my witness, what I saw, well its hard to explain but I'll try. After the Death Star was blown away, the theater felt like a earthquake had hit it. I mean that place was ROCKING!!! I'm talking grown up's in suites & ties & people of ALL ages were literally STANDING ON THE CHAIRS just a hooping it up & cheering like you would never believe. Not even when I saw Jaws & they blew the shark into fish food was there a reaction like this. I thought Jaws was the shit, but after my first hand experience of watching Star Wars on the big screen back in 1977, I take it all back. Star Wars was & IS the shit. Never before & never after, even to this day, have I ever seen such a crowd reaction like I did back in 1977. I looked at my friend that night as the cheering was going on & I remember saying to him, This could be big. And all these years later, look at just how big Star Wars became. I'll never forget that moment in time. In short, it was PURE MAGIC!!! And on a side note, I have all the Star Wars movies on dvd as the first one in 1977 too this day is my all time favorite movie. Nothing will ever top it IMO. But still, for that one night back in time, I can honestly say, I not only saw something special, but I saw PURE MAGIC. And what a feeling & what a night that was..........

@crb4059

5 ай бұрын

Glad someone liked it .

I was 12 when the movie premiered and didn't see it till 3 months later, and ONLY because my dad wanted to get me out of the house. From that day forward, I couldn't get ENOUGH of STAR WARS!

I may have not grown up with the original films, but I grew up with the prequel trilogy which introduced me to Star Wars.

@buger348

7 жыл бұрын

I saw the 3 original films when i was 5, then my dad took me to the prequels on the theatre, i walked out with 5 years lol

@ShakeSoft

7 жыл бұрын

Cancer Itself185 My first movie in the theaters was Episode II, in 2002. I was 7 and I choose Star Wars over Spider-Man only because I grew up watching the original trilogy.

@canceritself1854

7 жыл бұрын

Steve Rogers Yeah, I loved those films. When I was younger, episode 1 was my favorite (don’t ask why). When I rewatched all the prequels episode 3 had to be my favorite prequel movie. Star Wars was a great thing to be into at the time, well I guess right now too because of The force awakens but I didn’t like it too much.

@buger348

7 жыл бұрын

Stimulator7 4-5-6= Children and adults 1-2-3: Adults

@buger348

7 жыл бұрын

I mean, when i was 5 i was on theatre ROTS and walked out of boredom

This is a gift. Thank you for sharing this with those of us who weren't even born yet back then!!

Just wow. Back when there was no Star Wars "FRANCHISE" and people worshipping the brand. This was just people reacting to an amazing movie. It was so pure and untainted by corporate greed.

@silverdamascus2023

4 жыл бұрын

Even in Return of Jedi, George Lucas already realized he could earn more money with toys and merchandise than the actual movie, the Ewoks were created to sell plushies.

@Cargo_Bay

4 жыл бұрын

lol, so overly dramatic.

@sirilluminarthevaliant2895

4 жыл бұрын

Deathshuck the legends universe wasn’t really greed. Thanks to the books that really started it -the rogue squadron series- the original expanded universe was all about making the Star Wars universe bigger and bigger

@SmokeyBCN

2 жыл бұрын

oh you're wrong there, the franchise hype around this movie at the time, especially shortly after it, was HUGE. Every kid wanted star wars toys and clothes that christmas.

@mikek0135

2 жыл бұрын

@Aaron Bryant: Actually, he's right. The "Franchise" around this movie was nothing, at the time. The board at 20th Century wanted to shut down production of Star Wars during filming, a couple of times. You don't do that if you have expectations of "Franchising". Lucas was able to get the rights to merchandising because 20th Century had low expectations of the film, and figured they'd lose money on merchandise, but George wanted to sell the movie. It wawn't until AFTER the Star Wars movies became such a monster hit that franchising became thought of. This movie was so great because the people involved in making it had their passions. George loved what he was doing. The actors, for thw most part, thought this was just going to be some silly kids movie, but did their best job of acting because that's their passion. Same for the special effects, and on, and on. 20th Century Fox thought only about money, but put very little into this movie (comparably).

These comments really jogged my memory. I saw Star Wars at a drive in too, in Canada with my parents and best friend in 1977. I was 7 years old. Because my parents had told me we were going to see this new science fiction film that everyone was talking about, I did have the notion the movie would be kind of cool, along the lines of a space or monster movie on TV; I had no idea of just how truly amazing Star Wars would be. Just like others described, cars were flashing their lights and honking, and all the people were talking, screaming, and conversing with excitement. It was as if there was this positive energy in the air, causing everyone to be giddy with excitement. It was quite the phenomenon. What's even more amazing was that the movie didn't have advertising; it's reputation spread purely by word of mouth. It just goes to show you that you don't need to buy the press or rely on some jackass formula to make a successful movie; all you need is a timeless story, imagination, and lots of heart.

My favorite memory is the reaction of the crowd in Empire Strikes Back when R2D2 fixes the hyperdrive and the Falcon goes into hyperspeed. You could feel it in your bones.

I WANT THE REACTION TO VADER SAYING I AM YOUR FATHER TO LUKE IN 1980!!!!!!!

I was 6 when I first saw this in 1977. This movie introduced me to the world of cinema.

I remember the final fight scene in ROTJ where Vader finally has enough with Palpatine. That was the first time I was in a theatre that spontaneously applauded. That was cool, 1983... I was in grade 11.

0:01 This was definitely from 1977 because that's Harry Shearer's voice saying "Rebel base thirty seconds and closing". That was from the original 1977 theatrical mix, in all other audio mixes the voice is dubbed over by another voice actor.

@darthkek1953

4 жыл бұрын

Harmy's Despec has that version.

Nobody clapped during or after The Rise of Skywalker in my theater. I could hear a pin drop. Lol!

@empress9554

4 жыл бұрын

When we left the theater peoples faces were solemn and their eyes looked at the floor

@empress9554

4 жыл бұрын

saw a kid walk out looking like the Arthur clenched fist meme

@Dudemon-1

4 жыл бұрын

Lots of clapping for Rise of Skywalker each time I saw it.

@christianriddler5063

4 жыл бұрын

@@Dudemon-1 I smell bullshit.

@PS-uj1fn

4 жыл бұрын

@@Dudemon-1 they were clapping because the pain finally ended

I’m proud to say I saw Star Wars in the theatre in 1977! Even though I was a young chap of only 6 years. Had great parents with good taste.

I was only 5 years old when this movie came out, but that night coming out of the movie theater with my parents sounded like we were at a sporting event. The cheers. The laughter. The high fives everyone was giving each other.. It was an unforgettable moment in history. Star Wars was born. ❤

I’m telling you who didn’t see it upon release, at the time there was nothing like it. The pure exhilaration after seeing it, nothing like it at all!!

@lasquish552

4 жыл бұрын

Robert J Kral ok

@jowbloe3673

4 жыл бұрын

When movies on the big screen were actually on a *BIG* screen.

@rjkral

4 жыл бұрын

Jow Bloe yeah funny you say that. The big screen I saw it on became 2 screens / 2 theaters instead of one about a decade later.

@les4767

4 жыл бұрын

@@rjkral The one I saw it in is now a parking lot....

@rjkral

4 жыл бұрын

Les ugh! Yeah as I said the great theater I saw it at split into 2 screens, but right now it’s completely gutted and is now just part of a shopping center. It was once one of Australia’s most grand and prestigious of theaters. My downtown at he time had many movie theaters to choose from by simply walking around (at least 5 different complexes within walking distances Eve when they became multi screen facilities). ALL of them are now gone.

Oh, bless you. You used the original Death Star explosion and everything. :)

@Wattothejunkdealer

8 жыл бұрын

well its the 1977 theatrical version and the audio from the theater

@intenselan

7 жыл бұрын

Han. Shot. First. :)

@BobBluth

7 жыл бұрын

You mean only Han shot, of course. :)

@intenselan

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, I damn well do. :)

@dreivalium8517

7 жыл бұрын

Also black n white R2 in the beginning

I was there, in ‘77, as a 7 year old. My whole childhood was star wars after this.

I was there. It was an event like no other. At school that year it was like a contest at how many times you can see Star Wars.

This is great, you can even hear the tape squeaking in the background

@timy.4818

7 жыл бұрын

Nilin Lusankya yes ! You can here it !It's funny that people think this is fake because the video quality is so good. He simply synced up his audio recording with this video clip he got off the net or somewhere else.

This WAS the movie you had to see in the summer of 1977 if you were 10 years old ! It blew me and my friends away ! We went back to see it 7 times more. 😊

Watching this is electrifying, I firmly believe that this is the best movie I have ever and will ever see.

My brothers, this is where it all began...

I remember it being really loud in the theater on opening weekend 1977 too! What a phenomenon this movie was!

I still remember going to see Star Wars when I was 5 years old. I still remember everyone yelling and cheering I have never saw another movie where the crowd reacted like that it was a new beginning in movie special effects. To a 5 year old boy it had a big impact on my life over the last 40 years. Shoot we still had a Black and White TV at that time. My Mom bought me a lot of Star Wars toys I even had 10 Stormtroopers. I don't know how she did it we were so poor she had to make my clothes. I came home from school one day to an AT-AT sitting on the table it was the one Star Wars toy I wanted more than anything and somehow she got it.

@sebascardona3210

4 жыл бұрын

Frank you sick fuck

@thereisnosanctuary6184

4 жыл бұрын

God Bless Moms. They make things happen, no matter what.

There's a pureness and a beauty to this reaction. It was so simple; people experiencing and enjoying the greatness of this story together. No preconceived notions of the filmmakers or rumors/spoilers of what was to come. Simply enjoying the classic tale of good versus evil. I wouldn't really appreciate this trilogy until Return of the Jedi was released on cable and my dad recorded it on VHS, but knowing this is how people were effected by the first film and them not having a clue how big the inevitable franchise would become over four decades later, it makes me emotional.

I was 10 years old when I saw Star Wars in 1977. The volume of cheers and applause when Luke Skywalker destroyed the Death Star in that movie theater was deafening.

@rlm6213

3 жыл бұрын

Same experience here - I was seven years at the time, and saw it the weekend after it opened and yeah, the cheers when the Death Star got dusted was overwhelming.

This video actually brought tears to my eyes.

@homemadehuman

8 жыл бұрын

+Zach Mayer me too, but i dunno why. i am not even a star wars fan

My grandpa sez people saw this like 10 times in a row back in the day....he told me Star Wars '77 was in movie theatres for 2 years!!!! Thats fu$#in mental!!! What kinda fu%$wad would pay 15 bucks for a movie thats been out for 2 years!!!

@FriendZone75

7 жыл бұрын

RideMyTruck Well it was the time before home video, so

@RideMyBMW

7 жыл бұрын

My grandpa told me Empire '80 was in movie theatres for 3 years!!!! Thats just fu$#in batsh$# insane!!! Old folks had NO FU%$IN LIVES!!!!

@rogueskywalker2624

7 жыл бұрын

+RideMyTruck more like no phone....

@RideMyBMW

7 жыл бұрын

Grandpa sez you had to physically WALK OVER to a friends house to talk to them....WTF DUDES? Thats fu%$in dumbass MENTAL!!!

@FriendZone75

7 жыл бұрын

Alright, now you can stop fucking commenting.

Must be authentic, I can hear their shoes sticking to the floor

"Luke, you turned off your targeting computer. Is something wrong?" "YEAH, THERE'S A KID IN HERE!"

@ElfHostage

4 жыл бұрын

Uhhhhh, internet?

I was 8 when I saw this in the theatre, I was blown away by it.

@mj011n1r

9 жыл бұрын

We are close to the same age. I remember not knowing what it was and going to the movies with my older cousins and being completely unprepared for the awesomeness.

@SamuelGarcia-nv8zb

8 жыл бұрын

+Jim Walker I envy you haha

@Pynaegan

7 жыл бұрын

I was 8 years old too. I don't think any kids today can *ever* feel what we felt back then with introduction of this movie. Nothing like it had ever been done. I'd say a close second would be "Jurassic Park" with is dinosaurs. Either way, the new generations have "Starwars" to thank for the movies they get (and take for granted) today.

@RangerX65

6 жыл бұрын

Jim Walker damn, you are one lucky son of a bitch, I wish I saw this movie as a kid, sadly I saw Phantom menace as my first Star wars experience

@patbluetree4636

6 жыл бұрын

I was 7, It captured my imagination like nothing before or since.

It's so great that the new movies bring this feeling back for fans new and old

@Soyofdarknes

7 жыл бұрын

The Bacons Are them?

@gatotsu2501

7 жыл бұрын

The Bacons Really now

@Ironarm011

7 жыл бұрын

AHAHAHAHAH no

@alvarostockle

7 жыл бұрын

It's so great that the new movies bring this feeling back to grateful people who knows how to enjoy a product without bitching for everything.

@AAhmou

7 жыл бұрын

Alvaro Stöckle Yep... I like this

Yes I was sitting on the floor in the aisle for this movie, I was 9 years old! The theater over sold the seats and nobody cared, we were just happy to be there!!

And George thought this was gonna be a flop.

1:38 - Anyone else get super emotional? (': ✨🌟❤👍😎

@stinkypinkeee5085

4 жыл бұрын

I was in a theater that opening weekend with my Mother and a Friend of hera...she said it was the first time I kept my mouth shut through a movie...before it was said and done, we saw it in every type of theatre and drive-in we had...and now, I have to watch the special editions and pretend...damn it...

@Winter1x

4 жыл бұрын

WOW, I didn't expect that flood of emotion!

@donovanwhitley775

4 жыл бұрын

stinky pinkeee I still have an original copy on vhs thank god, but no longer have a VCR to watch it with... so there’s that catch.

@zenomorf161

4 жыл бұрын

Idid i had tears in my eyes , great times.

@beetlejuice1209

4 жыл бұрын

Cried like a fucking baby for 10 mins... What the fuck's wrong with me!? Maybe because they literally just killed it (and my love for it), hearing it at it's birth when it still made people happy made me sad????

That was one of the great things about Star Wars, the clapping and cheering. Most of the movies back in the day were not fun. Don't get me wrong, they were great films, The God Father, Taxi Driver, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest etc... but they were dark stories and not much to cheer about. Star Wars brought back the fun...cheering for the heroes, boo's and hisses for the villains...great memories! Thank you Star Wars! thanks for posting Homer

@larky368

6 жыл бұрын

Like when you heard "Smile you son of a..." And Chief Brody blowed him up good. He blowed him up real good. I cheered and applauded.

It’s quite amazing to see how much Star Wars has deteriorated since Disney bought it

@neighornproductions8916

4 жыл бұрын

At least we get more movies and content that George wasn't going to make, granted it practically destroyed the original trilogy in the process and dug up a fandom civil war. I choose not to believe anything after episode 6 ;)

@TengkuAmier

4 жыл бұрын

@@neighornproductions8916 What are your thoughts on the clone wars tv show?

@neighornproductions8916

4 жыл бұрын

I love pens I think it’s a great addition like the mandalorian to the universe

@StarWarsMoments

2 жыл бұрын

What's funny is that people think Star Wars lost anything. It has only grown since Lucas got out of the way, as he didn't even think he could make a live action series. HE was right, but better filmmakers could.

Thanks for sharing. The audio took me back to 1977 and really touched a nerve. Star Wars- the way it ought to be!

I remember the first time I saw this movie, unfortunately we arrived late in the showing when Han and Luke are arguing whether or not to rescue the Princess in the Death Star control room. The reaction heard in the audio are just like when I saw it except there was not just applause when the Death Star blew up, Everyone erupted in a thunderous cheer! with people standing and pumping their fists in the air. I had never had that experience in the cinema before. That's when I noticed I witnessed something very special. I was like 'WOWWW!' THIS IS AWESOME!! From that very moment I was hooked for life. We stayed for a second showing so we could see the film in its entirety. This was back when you only paid once and weren't ushered out once the movie ended. Such a great time to be alive and I feel very blessed to have experienced it from the very beginning back in 1977.

@CanucksGameVlogger

8 жыл бұрын

Did you see the phantom menace when it came in 1999 in theatres?

@briansview2886

6 жыл бұрын

I was there in 1977 and we were never able to stay for a second showing. we had to pay for all tickets. where did you live?

It's great to hear not only the audience reaction but also to see the original Death Star explosion, before George decided to mess with it.

@AndromedaRoach

6 жыл бұрын

The video isn't from 1977, only the audio is; it's just synced to the video. The video is probably from the Despecialized fan cut / the laserdisc release.

@lachmacf

6 жыл бұрын

Symphonic Metal Citadel Video is probably from the 2006 GOUT DVD.

@williamm374

4 жыл бұрын

The ripoff from Star Trek with the blast ring. I hate it.

@wales2k4747

4 жыл бұрын

William M Blast ring wasn’t created by Star Trek...

Excellent! I saw it on Thursday, May 26th, the second day it was out, and before the long lines, at Grauman's Chinese theater in Hollywood. 70 mm film and even then a packed theater, I remember people, in awe at the start when the imperial destroyer is coming and coming in the view after seeing the princesses ship. People wildly cheering when the Millennium Falcon goes into hyperspace and as you recorded, applause at the End! I was 19 years old and I took a date and drove to Hollywood from Redlands, California. Got back well after midnight. Good to hear even with no small audio recorders back then.

I wanna go back in time just to go see star wars in theaters back then

@PoochieCollins

3 жыл бұрын

I wanna go back in time so I can buy GME stock and Dogecoin.

@juniorsandoval9624

3 жыл бұрын

I wanna go back in time to buy all the star wars toys, cards, comics and stockpile them in a huge warehouse

I bet these people in 77 were like “man I hope they make another one that’d be cool”

@cherylhulting1301

4 жыл бұрын

😅😅😅 We loved it in 1977 and were jazzed as hell about the sequel.

Every time I watch that movie I am surprised that Han saves him at the end. I have no similar experience with any other movie I can think of.

@chasm671

5 жыл бұрын

The Eagles are coming!

Guy that came from the toilet : What did i miss

Im happy to say I was in an audience like this in 1977 . I grew up on comics and sci fi and this was dream come true and it had a magical feeling when you walked out slapping five and hooting and yelling .