STAR WARS The Empire Strikes Back FULL REACTION

By 1472, at the age of 20, Leonardo da Vinci qualified as a master in the Guild of Saint Luke, the guild of artists and doctors of medicine, but even after his father set him up in his own workshop, his attachment to Verrocchio was such that he continued to collaborate and live with him. Ive been Louvre...ppl Uuaaah staring at Mona Lisa for hours. Its not just about the paintings. Little clues he painted is the real story. Think about this. Mona Lisa is most prob Leonardo da Vinci himself dressed as a woman with wig.

VitaminPete616

One thing to keep in mind regarding the Force and general long range detection or communication is that it doesn't function like a homing beacon or a direct link all of the time. Think of it more like standing in a crowded room with a hundred people, or a thousand people. Then try to imagine picking out one voice among them all - one 'aura' or 'presence' among them all. You might not be able to sense them, to hear them, until you're closer, or more familiar with the voice. It takes discipline, power, and control to have that level of precision. A person with growing power like Luke is making waves in the Force that Vader and the Emperor are picking up, even if they can't home in on his position quite yet. Distance and familiarity definitely plays a part, but the rules are never quite clearly defined. It's left vague and ambiguous to maintain an aura of mysticism.

AZDuality

I have no idea yet.

Lenear Boyd

Vader could have sensed luke if he was searching for him, but he and the emperor thought all jedi were dead. also the only limit to the forces power is your own mental block, a jedi who has a strong connection to the force should be able to use the force to pull a star ship out of orbit with the same ease as lifting a pebble off the ground but the mind gets in the way, jedi dedicate their lives to trying to link with the force and reach a point of true unconscious understanding of the world. someone who uses the dark side can lift objects because they understand the power of the force, someone who can use the light side can lift objects because they understand the illusions of weight and distance and know how all things are connected in the force.

Jacob

Can't wait but I'm way more excited for the prequels. Way more politics and intrigue and strange relationships in those.

Ashley

This week

Lenear Boyd

When ep6 dropping?

Ashley

EPS #1, 2 and 3 are "prequels". they come later.

Thank you! I did! lol

Lenear Boyd

You were speaking over a crucial piece of foreshadowing, no spoilers, but revisit the scene when Luke left, and Yoda and Obi-Wan were talking

Joseph Miley

Luke did not give up and fling himself into an abyss. He used the force to "see" where he could throw himself and let himself drop, aiming for that specific vent. He did not know that it would open up and throw him onto the antenna, but the force helped him to choose the right vent at the right time to fall onto an antenna instead of into space.

Oouga

David Prowst played Vader, and is deceased now. Peter Mayhew played Chewbacca. And, yes, both were tall. Peter Mayhew was really that tall. David Prowst was tall but had lifters in his boots to make him taller. James Earl Jones was the voice dub for Vader.

Oouga

Fun fact, the 'Cloud City' on Bespin that Lando was in charge of was mining gas for blasters from that gas giant.

Molly McAllister

I forget who's in the Vader suit, other than that they're 7 feet tall, but his lines are dubbed-in by James Earl Jones (Remember Thulsa Doom from Conan the Barbarian?). Also, that intimidating breathing sound? It's a respirator, that suit is a life-support mech he needs because Vader got himself jacked-UP in the past by Obi Wan. Also, the main factions in the Original Trilogy are, by their full names, the Galactic Empire and the Rebel Alliance. That should be enough to figure out the general gist of what's going on, more specific details of that and more will be revealed in time.

Molly McAllister

Also, other notes! Something to remember about the Star Wars franchise is that it's all Science Fantasy. Not Fiction - Fantasy. It's.. blending the spirit of D&D with science. We never get an episode that just laser-focuses on how hyperdrives work, we never get a moment of the characters finding themselves chatting about how the Force works at a scientific level; it's all treated as.. "It simply is." Majority of people never ask how a kettle works, we all just accept that when you turn it on, it will make the water inside of it boil. It's a part of everyday life, and so it is for the characters in Star Wars. The weird and fantastical things aren't treated as worthy of being spoken about, because it doesn't matter to anybody until the thing isn't working. 1. Much as Yoda and Obi-Wan described it; the Force binds all things together. It's part of the fabric of the universe. It absolutely *can* be used remotely - not through the RF-signal or the viewscreen or the like, but, as Vader is a skilled practitioner of the Force, he can use it from a long distance away. Maybe not the entire galaxy away, but certainly to affect someone else aboard the same ship. - Related: Communicating with the Emperor from that far away would be incredibly difficult. Obi-wan is dead; he has returned to the Force, as all things do when they die. Think of it like the Buddhist belief of reincarnation. Obi-Wan learned to delay his turning around the Wheel of Samara so that he could linger as himself in the Force and help guide Luke. He isn't haunting a place like a ghost, he's exerting his ability to influence the energy of the Force so he can stay around slightly past his physical expiration. 2. Avoiding spoilers as much as I can, and explaining just what's on screen; the Emperor knowing anything about the Force is a SECRET. He (And Vader) have been on a crusade and have gone out of their way to squelch any and all knowledge of the Jedi, of the Force, and of anything related to it. It is one of the core principles of their Empire. They have done their very best to keep all of the control and learning of the Force restricted to themselves and those they allow. Regular, normal, everyday people (Including ranking officers - they're just normal people doing a job!) *DON'T* believe in the Force, and no longer think it exists. Think about it. Apparently, back in the 1300's, there were 'wizards' that could conjure fireballs, lightning bolts, illusions, and demons, yet you've never seen any of that happening, nor any proof. It's just fairy tale myth and legend, and nothing has ever come along to contradict that. Even it COULD be possible, are you going to believe it without ever seeing it? Add on the propaganda campaign.. and yeah, that should explain why everybody has a slightly skewed-from-one-another-view of the Force. Luke, Vader, Yoda, and the Emperor, are the only four people that we know about that have any idea of the truth of the Force. To everybody else, it's hocus pocus party tricks that have been peddled by snake oil salesmen to oblivion and back. 3. Astral projection? Yes. Absolutely. Darth Vader couldn't find Luke because he never knew to *look* for Luke. As far as he was aware, Luke never existed. Can't look for something if you don't know it exists! 4. The Empire is an overarching dictatorship government that uses force to bring everything and everyone around them to heel as they demand. Won't say more, since we'd be spoiling the Prequels! 5. Being physical isn't necessarily part of being a Jedi, but it's more the physical exertion and meditation that it brings on. Something for Luke to put his mind toward and stay focused on and 'in the zone', rather than letting him think about other things. The point that Yoda is trying to teach Luke for his entire time with the adorable puppet is to, "Calm down, relax, focus on the here and now, let the future sort itself out based on what you do now. Don't *want* for something and try to make it happen, just let it come to you by making the right moves." QED, with the cave. Yoda told Luke that he wouldn't need his lightsaber, and that he should just trust in himself and that he would be able to have the answer when he needed it. More or less that the only thing to fear is fear itself. The entire movie, Luke is being tested over and over and over, and every time he has to come up with an answer, he fails, because he is *not* humble, he is *not* focused on the here-and-now, he does *not* recognise that he is only a small cog in an infinitely large machine. The 'quitter' mentality isn't all that uncommon, especially with people that are learning something they *THOUGHT* they knew relatively well until they're presented with the reality that they actually know nothing about it. Until now, Luke has never had to think of himself as anything other than the physical, and he has always looked ahead to try and force things into the direction he wants them to be. He learned *A TRICK* from Obi-Wan and that made him prideful. This movie is about bashing that mentality out of him, and stripping him down to just what Yoda says; unlearn what he has learned about himself, and come to accept the reality of the universe and what he is in it, without striving to do more or do less than that. There is a negative aspect to the Jedi training, which is the teaching that ambition is inherently bad or toxic, but that is a discussion for a whole other wall of text! 6. Majority of the Imperial Stormtroopers.. are conscripts. Yep. "They just pick someone and say you're now gonna' do this." Accurate description! There are a few that join willingly, but majority are conscripts or else VERY down on their luck and in desperate situations that they are willing to do anything to get by, but don't have the street know-how to resort to crime. 7. Vader doesn't know Yoda taught Luke anything. As far as he knows, Obi-Wan is dead, but communing with Luke through the Force and teaching him thus. 8. It's, "Lay-ah", which everybody manages to remember as their line in the later iterations of the franchise, but some (Especially in these sets of movies where it matters most) still say, "Lee-ah". I think it's more or less resolved by the Return of the Jedi, though. Lay-ah.

Phill Millennial

I just assumed those little craft at the beginning were simply scouts sent to look for them so they could then send-in a transport of some kind. The snowspeeders would be faster and as combat-craft probably have better sensors besides.

Molly McAllister

With probably severe frostbite on top of it.

Molly McAllister

Sith is not a genericized term for 'dark-aligned force-user'... it's a term for a very specific sect of force-users who have since the time of the old republic and even before then set themselves into an antagonistic force against the Jedi order. Neither Jedi nor Sith have exclusivity with The Force. The Force is The Force, Jedi and Sith are religions revolving around The Force. Kinda like how God is God and Christianity is just one of many religions revolving around God.

Molly McAllister

The reason Mark Hamal looks so different is that between filming, he suffered a motorcycle accident that did in the left side of his face; that whole scene in the beginning with the Wampa (The yeti!) was to give the character an excuse for Mark's scars and muscle difficulties. I mean. If I were mauled by a giant snow yeti, I'd hope I walk away in that good of a condition!

Phill Millennial

And the Old Jedi code: Emotion, yet peace. Ignorance, yet knowledge. Passiong, yet serenity. Chaos, yet harmony. Death, yet the Force.

Phill Millennial

Sith code: Peace is a lie, there is only passion. Through passion I gain strength. Through strength I gain power. Through power I gain victory. Through victory my chains are broken, the force shall free me.

gak9319

Jedi code: There is no emotion, there is peace. There is no ignorance, there is knowledge. There is no passion, there is serenity. There is no chaos, there is harmony. There is no death, there is the Force.

gak9319

Oh and a bit of lore the films won't tell you, the jedi and sith codes🤓 sith is a another term for dark side practitioners, see reply

gak9319

"There is no luck, there is only the force"🤣

gak9319

Vader was toying with Luke during the duel, testing him🙂 As you say, he could have easily destroyed him😄

gak9319

1) All three of the 'Original Trilogy' (Episodes 4, 5 and 6) were re-edited by George Lucas in the 90s to take advantage of improvements in technology as well as add new scenes and change others (Han Shot First!), In some of the films the changes were more drastic than others. 2) There was no 'updating' of CGI. Some of the updating Added CGI, but there were no updates of CGI. There was NO CGI in the originals when first made, it was all done with puppets. The Probe Droid and the Taun Taun you see right at the beginning are un-altered from the original release.

Molly McAllister

Hahahaha

Lenear Boyd

another great reaction video! so fun to see how someone else interprets stuff like this on their first go around. :)

Mister_Bleak

In the legends continuity the force and the way it was studied absolutely started out as a sort of religion and over time people had disagreements on what was ok to study and practi e which led to a dark and light side. The force is definitely a mixture of science and spirituality. Science in how and why some people can use it and others can't but spiritual in the fact that certain abilities can only b used by jedi who use the light side of the force and the bag guys who use the dark side such as Vader. No dark side users can use the light side of the force same as no jedi can use certain dark abilities without going evil first .It can b used in several ways from telekinesis to using it to make ureself stronger or faster in battle to mind control and a ton of other abilities

Convulsion Gaming

There is an actual science to the force, how is used, who can use which ability, and what gives each user their strength in the force... Vader has been the serving strongest Sith, evil Jedi, in the universe for 20+ years...

Shawn Leaf

The reason he, Luke, looks so different is the actor, Mark Hamil was in a motorcycle accident. If I remember right, the whole snow yeti scene was added to explain the scars and different look he has.... I really need to start watching these with a note book... that way I don't have to stop where I am to reply lol

Shawn Leaf

When it comes to the blasters in the lore they used to use regular bullets but stopped bcause they got too expensive and soldiers had to reload to often so they switch to I believe they r gas powered blasters so they don't have to b reloaded or recharged as often

Convulsion Gaming

You're watching them in release date order.. episode 4, 5 and 6... then they released the prequels in the 90s, episodes 1, 2, and 3.... Lucas says he did this bc the technology he needed to trek the original 3 were not available yet.... not sure if I buy it lol..

Shawn Leaf

Can't say much about the empire lore without spoiling anything but it is pretty much everywhere plus they can travel at light speed and get pretty much anywhere fairly quickly and it is ran by the Emperor of course lol. And when it comes to the force there is a few things that determine how well someone can use it and to what extent. Darth Vader is very strong with the force and in the novels can do some mind-blowing feats. So him choking that guy on the screen since he could see the guy and focus on that particular guy he is able to choke him from where he was at. The force is very spiritual in nature Obi-Wan told Luke that it's everywhere holding everything together and some people are just more sensitive to it and r able to use it easier and more powerfully.

Convulsion Gaming

This would be my favorite one right here sir lol.

Christopher Wichman

The Force is simple. It can be used however the screenwriter seems fit to move the story along.

Slimsycentaur37

This is my personal 3rd favorite of the series. For many it is 1 but it's way better than episode 4. Gonna watch this in a bit. Hope you enjoyed.

Drewcliff82

He also stated that he had no idea of it was going to flop or not and it wasn't changed to episodes 4,5,6 until he made episode 1. He did say that after the first 3 and the crowds response that he wanted to make prequels when technology had advanced enough and the time is right. But they weren't episodes 4 5 6 until they were remastered and rereleased and episode 1 was made.

Convulsion Gaming

You’re asking a lot of questions that are answered in episodes 1-3.

Dallas Darnell

In regards to Luke's face, Mark Hamill was in a motorcycle accident shortly after the filming of A New Hope. So it is the same actor

Phillip Goad

The best that Star Wars has to offer, right here. Bless you and your Star Wars journey, Mr. L. Boyd. Also- There's a not a definitive answer as to why George Lucas made the decision to start this trilogy with episode IV. He said it was for storytelling purposes to make the universe seem more lived in and the characters more rich, like we're seeing a drama that's been in progress since long before we started watching. This lends to the epic scale of Star Wars and it's lore. Lucas always planned on a suite of Star Wars movies, whether it was 6, 9, or even more. When A New Hope was released, he didn't know it would be such a huge success, and his plans for more movies weren't a consideration when the film premiered. I am a thousand percent sure that some of your patrons know WAY more about this than I do, but I think those are the broad strokes at least.

Jake Martin