Star Wars Ep.V - "Asteroid Field" Full Scene

[ddfszz]

"never tell me the odds"

[Lenangreal]

this movie is simply awesome

[metalpetebitch]

You're not actually going into that astroid field are you? It's either that or the Strawberry field.

[QuorthonandCronos]

Has anybody found the giant shoe that's supposedly in this scene?

apparenty some crew member thought it would be fun to dick around on set and put his shoe in the asteroid field

[HelloFade2]

Ok, So Han and everyone on the Falcon have to deal with the blockade of Imperial ships surrounding Hoth but Luke doesn't? I thought the idea of the blockade was to keep any and all Rebel ships from getting off the planet.

[delavalmilker]

Do others agree that "Empire" is the best of all the StarWars films?

[Thebassjunk]

@delavalmilker It's commonly known that it is indeed the best Star Wars film, and one of the greatest films of all time.

[Deavi783]

"What are you doing? You're not actually going into an ass?"

"They'd be crazy to follow us, wouldn't they?"

[mortman200]

HIT THE BREAKS YOU IDIOT!

[iceman634]

best scene in the empire strikes back!

[starflame34]

God damn, those TIE pilots are terrible!

[zooeyhall]

And John Williams kick-ass music!!

[zooeyhall]

No fake looking CGI in any of this....those were all real models.

[Mayeur000Donz]

@zooeyhall

Curious, to think that as effects have evolved, some have grown LESS realistic?

[zooeyhall]

@Mayeur000Donz True. CGI--like anything with computers---is very good at automated tasks. So now it is possible to quickly create anything in QUANTITY (instead of 1 or 2 aliens, the fx tech can now create thousands just with a few mouse clicks). But the QUALITY still requires the work and inspiration of a human being. But the best super computer cannot duplicate 100% the thousands of degrees of shade and coloring of "real" objects---thus it will always will look fake.

[Mayeur000Donz]

@zooeyhall

Yeah... Isn't James Cameron's "Avatar" proof enough?

[berboma]

0:33 could be the best part, anyone know where I can find this alert

?

[jsl151850b]

@berboma Do you mean the 'collision alarm' sound? It sounds something like a whale! It might be a tugboat horn at 50% normal speed.

[chocoholic132]

just watched this clip so i could listen to the music

[MTWJ]

Anyone tell me if you know this. Does the music get composed AFTER the filming to match the film? Or is it composed BEFORE the filming and the video is edited to match it?

[Thebassjunk]

@MTWJ Afterwards.

[berboma]

@MTWJ to match the film

[zooeyhall]

@MTWJ It's almost always composed after the first edit of the movie is ready, so that the composer can have a chance to see the movie and develop musical ideas appropriate for the story.

I remember reading that the very first StarWars movie back in 1977 was previewed (without music) by an audience of 20th Cent. Fox execs, and they HATED the film! According to Alan Ladd's wife, they saw it again after John Williams' music was added. And the difference was like day and night. It saved the film.

[MTWJ]

@zooeyhall Thanks for the info! Have always wanted to know!

[AStarWarsFan]

The potato is the 3rd asteroid to fly past the falcon at around 1:46

[rirruto85]

Too bad this isn't the right pitch for the music. fuck you whoever uploaded this.

[MrJunalapag]

ok, everybody ready for light speed?

1, 2, 3!

its not fair.

chewie growls.

suppose to work, its not my fault!

no lightspeed?

its not my fault.

[metalpetebitch]

@MrJunalapag Quagmire C3PO: Wah Wah Wah

Lois: No light speed?

Peter: No light speed.

[jamesbond0078857]

Remind me, wasnt there something living in that cave?

[romeonarcizo]

2:03-2:20...That scenes change my life forever!!! What a special effects!! and the music!!! so magic

[worldslinger81]

Imagine if Lucas had made this movie today with the freedom he has? There would have been 15 things going at once and about 50 million more asteroids.

[joegarrett917]

LOOK!!! AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!

looooooooooool

[Shonkoi]

i love how originally they used potatoes for the asteroids

[ekty]

2:16 , epic crash

[WafflezDay]

4 dislikes are the TIE pilots that got splattered in the asteroid field. The other 3 are Darth Vader and the 2 officers he probably choked to death!

[arcticwarrior09]

how could a ship like that manuvure in an asteroid field?? but still,AWESOME

[WafflezDay]

@arcticwarrior09 The Millennium Falcon is a highly modified YT-1300 light freighter. It can do shit!

[RevanMarek79]

3:03, I've always loved that crash! :D

[1600Percent]

0:23 is the most badass out maneuvering move in history.

[JasonC520]

7 people were choked by Darth Vader for losing sight of the Millennium Falcon

[palkiadialga2008]

It takes imperial pilots to crash things a kilometer long in to each other. IN SPACE.

[jasonwalkabout]

han solo must have had a high midichlorian count

[romas1995]

this sequence alone beats the prequels, the whole star trek universe, battlestar galactica and babylon 5.

[therealist111]

After 30 years, this is STILL the single BEST scene in the entire Star Wars series!

[PKP405]

Growing up I didn't want to be a doctor or a lawyer. I wanted to be a badass smuggler with a hot rod ship like Han Solo!

[CapitalAlchemy]

Pause it right at 2:46. Keep pausing it and un pausing it quickly before 2:47 and you'll see a white tennis shoe fly right at the screen. Immediately before 2:47 it's on the bottom of the screen and can be seen perfectly. Beside it is also a potato.

[Inserthouse]

This is a masterpiece!

[mtaylor1933]

john williams is an absolute legend.

[ivantheemperor]

take evasive action! 

[mrHyperspook]

thats what happens when you leave a chick to do the driving

[nunopumpkin]

i guess SPIFF from CALVIN AND HOBBES is very influenced by this :)

[Idazmi7]

Take Evasive Action!

*destroyers barely move*

[ivantheemperor]

@Idazmi7 lol ^_^

[Idazmi7]

@ivantheemperor :)

[liamdudeeee]

@Idazmi7 lol a 1600m long ship isnt exactly going to turn like a fighter.

[Idazmi7]

@liamdudeeee LOL I know.

[ssssssssssssssssss50]

@Idazmi7 well those destryoers were very small so they could move fast weren't they?

[Idazmi7]

@ssssssssssssssssss50 Am i missing something???

[ssssssssssssssssss50]

@Idazmi7 i was just being sarcastic.imagine how big those destroyers actually are ,how could they move so fatser in about 3 secs?

[Idazmi7]

@ssssssssssssssssss50 Oh, okay.

(I can be dense sometimes)

>.<

[ssssssssssssssssss50]

@Idazmi7 the scene or the cruiser?

[eboromir]

It's strange that in the universe of Force-users, lightsabers and Death Stars my fav character is Han Solo. .. Excuse me.. he's got light speed?! Oh well.

[Wolvesq]

Are the subtitles in Bocce?



[Thebassjunk]

@Wolvesq It's Polish. Close though.

[22centman36]

This scene is just a space tech orgasm.

[ScottThePepsi]

favourite*

[oscarmike1985]

John Williams is the best part of this scene. 2:06 is just orgasmic

[ghariiscool]

@oscarmike1985 yes i agree. beautifully done

[zenmonkey666]

this scene is absolutely brilliant. i always shit myself, when the star destroyer appears. so fucking huge

[chronicheadbuzz420]

the shoe is at 2:45 it comes from the left

[TheTimelessMusician]

In the asteroid scene, one of the asteroids is actually a shoe. The rumor is that George Lucas asked the SFX people to redo the scene so many times that they got annoyed and one of them threw in their shoe.

[caonum]

@TheTimelessMusician when is the shoe? i couldnt find it

[mrHyperspook]

@TheTimelessMusician serious??



[xDXPxJOEx456x1]

damn c3po is annoying in this scene

[turnipmulch]

Truely superb.

[NickAW1]

0:24 is so awesome.

[NickAW1]

This scene is absolutely fantastic. Probably one of the best scenes in any film ever.

[VernonDeMilo]

Larger-than-life and rollicking soundtrack by John Williams makes this scene probably the most memorable in Hollywood history!

[SnickerdooDog]

GREAT, well I can still out maneuver them!

[jadedfeelings21]

harry potter cant touch this

[deansarge]

simply amazing!!!!!!!!!...

[Howler54]

It takes Imperial pilots to be able to crash such huge ships into each other, in space.

[letsride84]

What I love about Han Solo is that he flies like he doesn't even care about the TIE fighters and that he's just messing around with them XD

[thesicknick08]

THUMB UP if you came because of epic facts on tumblr to find the potato!

[jdkeen617]

which one is the potato?

[MechoulamSergio]

@jdkeen617 1:49 I believe

[CapitalAlchemy]

@jdkeen617 2:46 white object on the left of the screen is a sneaker, potato is directly in front of it. It goes by fast - might be easier to do frame-by-frame on a DVD player.

[Raguleader]

Some of the greatest movie music of all time. Even the best stuff in the prequels didn't come close to this.

[lynksis12]

you all realize that the asteroids themselves are only potatoes right?

[darthkahn45]

2:48

Translation: this is fucked up!

[bman99ss]

Had a little trouble (klopoty) keeping up with the subtitles . . .

[goldAUsilverAG]

I hate to be one of those typical guys that hates on the prequel trilogy but this asteroid scene is about a bajillion zillion times better than the one from episode 2. It just feels more alive and the other one is just sort of dull, although great visuals.

[PsychotronicWar]

2:43 - 3:05 = NERDORGASM

[daustin8888]

When the AFI awarded Han Solo with the Greatest Hero Of All Time status, I wondered why they didn't pick Luke Skywalker. When I saw this scene, everything made sense. Plus, this has to be the greatest movie chase scene of all time.

[Laceykat66]

0:32 - Take Evasive Action!!!

What? They did not see the Star Destroyer like 10km away???

Oh, where did that come from ??????

LOL

[FortitudeOfHeaven]

Anakin's starfighter spinning specialty won't save him in this asteroid field.

[BoeingB17FF]

@DaedraAzura Built [Harrison] Ford Tough

[adds3566]

This is probably my favorite scene from the whole star wars saga and the sound track to this scene is also out of this world!

[0220beast]

Hey I elder if han's middle name is ridin'

[Bowman373]

The 6 dislikes were from TIE Fighter pilots.

[PKP405]

@DaedraAzura I've always been fond of the YT-2400. The Outrider has got nice curves. 0.75 hyperdrive ain't too shabby. But she ain't nearly as fast as Han's.

[BTLgmoney]

Every time that note comes in at 2:05 i get Chills

[ArbiterBuddy]

@eggplan321 the whole song is called The Asteroid Field by John Williams, it's on the soundtrack

[NinjaGinger95]

How is it that the sfx in star wars are equal to the movies now

[rogerpenna]

not even a recently formed Star System would have such a dense asteroid field.

just for info, in our own asteroid field, you CANT see one asteroid from another... your chances of colliding with an asteroid are minimal....

[mattbodomtully]

The possibility of not 'liking' that is approximately 3,720 to 1!

[anonymusbob101]

"We're gonna get pulverized out here!"

"We've got 3 or 4 main characters on this ship, I think we'll be fine!"

[Curseco]

Anakin, the greatest pilot in the galaxy? Bullshit! Han owns him 6-0

[Rubberduckyofdoomy]

apparently one of those asteroids is a shoe.

[MrAngelDHS]

Anyone notice the shoe at 2:46 ?

[DarthVader1Anakin]

@MrAngelDHS I couldnt see it :S

[Thebassjunk]

@DarthVader1Anakin It's easier to see on the DVD because it's more sharp.

[DarthVader1Anakin]

@Thebassjunk I ll check it. Will I be looking for a stone looking like a shoe or for a proper real shoe? lol

[Thebassjunk]

@DarthVader1Anakin Haha no it's actually really a shoe. One of the people at ILM was apperantly so fed up with George Lucas making them redo a lot of the special effects in that scene that he decided to use a shoe for one of the asteroids. You will see it when they fly towards the big asteroid and the Falcon makes a spin upside-down, it's the second asteroid that comes flying by the screen (the left asteroid). Warning though: once you've seen it you will never see an asteroid again but a shoe :D

[LeiaAOS]

"OW! Chewie!"

"That wasn't a laser blast; something hit us."

"Han get up here!"

Best scene ever!!!!

[eggplan321]

what's the name of the song at 2:12????

[M00NW4LKER]

still fuckin everything!

[cecinid]

This sequence STILL beats anything in the prequels.

[flukay72]

"I dont know how we're going to get out of this one. OWW. CHEWIE!"

Cracks me up everytime.

[nickc1188]

we've got these great quad laser cannons we used in the previous movie... so lets all sit in the cockpit and be backseat drivers while a giant ship and a bunch of small ones try to blow us to smithereens :-/

[Thebassjunk]

@nickc1188 I'm sure those 'great quad laser cannons' could have blown up all those star destroyers. No problem!

[3000legolover]

pause the video at 00:10 and look at HAN SOLO'S face.LOL

[adds3566]

the music score to this scene is fantastic!

[SALTYWOOFHOUND]

What do those pilots eat in the imperial academy canteen. Beer.!!

Yeah beer served on a wet tray...ha ha

[Fetcha200]

0:22 - 0:25 How did C3PO jump from chewie to Leia in less than a second?

[joshreynor]

Happy Star Wars day indeeeeeed...

[drunkencruncher]

polish subtitles?



[CSimplify]

What always confused me is how the hell did those two farther Star Destroyers close the distance with the one chasing Han so damn fast? In one shot, they're in the distance; five shots later all three are colliding.

[treeisabuheh]

not a lot of people notice it, but at 2:10 there is what is called the most gruesome death in the original trilogy. after the tie fighter is smashed, you can see the pilot flying out into space on fire

[Thebassjunk]

@treeisabuheh That's part of the asteroid that is a bit 'glitched' out by that times special effects. It's not the pilot. :) It wouldn't even make sense for the pilot to fly out like that after the TIE-fighter completely smashes against the asteroid in that way.

[treeisabuheh]

@Thebassjunk dude...it has arms, legs, and a head. that's the most realistic glitch since NAM! plus when is star wars about making sense? a pilot flies out of a ship in episode three

[Thebassjunk]

@treeisabuheh I'm sorry, you were right. I checked the DVD and there it's quite obvious that it was the pilot... here it just looks like some glitched fire lol. Anyway it still doesn't make a lot of sense when the TIE fighter is flying directly into the asteroid, opposite to RotS where the ship blows from enemy fire.

[treeisabuheh]

@Thebassjunk haha you're good dude. it really doesn't make sense actually, but whatever, star wars is the tits =)

[TheGoldcountry]

the prequels needed a Han Solo- somebody willing to put their life on the line WHEN THE GOING GOT TOUGH- without Jedi powers. Who rescued Luke in -50 temps? HAN SOLO- no Jedi powers- big balls of steel

[drksideofthewal]

:30 did those destroyers crash?

[paramount8000]

@drksideofthewal No I don't think so. The commander said "Take evasive action" which means "Avoid". So I think they stumbled around due to the maneuver of steering downwards - which, if you know about inertia, I suppose, can get them off balance (like turning in a car, passengers get pushed to the side).

[bnns4979]

Han solo is bad ass. And five people need help.

[matthewakian2]

I think this asteroid scene has to be one of the greatest scenes in movie history.

[TheGoldcountry]

Han Solo- bad ass

[starflame34]

I just love how TIE fighters explode! They just go poof, then their gone!

[scottg4520]

If they went into lightspeed, that would have head butted into a bunch of asteroids.

[WastedPo]

@Doorhenge, It doesn't surprise me to hear that Lucas would say that about the original trilogy. It seems like he not only didn't contribute as much to the OT as he's given credit for, apparently he didnt' even *understand* them. (Midochlorians to explain the force, etc.) One of the things I love best about the originals is the gritty, "lived in" look of everything. That includes not having crazy color contrasts. Lucas' opinion sort of explains why the prequels look a bit like Lazytown.

[WastedPo]

The prequels action felt like just a lot of plastic noise thrown in the viewer's face. Here, the combination of actual film being used, actual models and craftsmanship (and an actual director and screenwriter to boot), it results in something that is not just special effects and noise. I mean, here we have an action scene of a spaceship being chased by other spaceships, but instead of "dumb," it feels timeless, romantic and soulful.

[stankbeeze]

Tie Fighter Pilots suck.

[TheAw360me]

@stankbeeze TIE fighters suck. Compared to X-wings, TIE fighters are worse all around: Less guns, No defelctor shield generators, no hyperdrives - you would've thought that the empire would spend a bit more on it's most basic Naval asset!

[thenewpollution2]

@TheAw360me Yes, but they had greater numbers, no?

[TheAw360me]

0:32 what is that alarm called?

[NaviLight]

@TheAw360me Sounds to me it was meant to be like a 'Dive' alarm used in submarines.

[TheAw360me]

@NaviLight Yes in this case I thought it was a proximity alarm, but it's used in the other films such as on Mustafar when Obi Wan and Anakin are fighting and the shields for the facility are lowered (or something)

[PIanetKrypton]

1911 mode makes any video hilarious!

[jokeraces22]

i'll take 2 of them'

[Freakstylez69]

the epicness of this scene makes life worth living

[mishthefish76]

Its funny. After 30 years of special effects and CGI why is this 3 minutes my favourite of all time.

[WastedPo]

@mishthefish76, exactly. Now compare it to the asteroid field chase in Attack of the Clones. Empires is romantic and epic. The scene from Clones looks like some cheap video game.

[bolso4]

@mishthefish76

Absolutely man. It's just mind blowing that this was done with actual models. 

[Laceykat66]

@mishthefish76 Because it was good.

Good effects, good characters, good pacing. You cared about what was happening.

We were all on the edge of our seats.

Now it is just CGI and we could not give a darn.

[LionAbove]

@mishthefish76

I'll give you two words that sum it up: HAN SOLO! Look at him taking control in the thick of overwhelming chaos, like a boss. Even while the commanders of Imperial Star Destroyers lose their cool, he has a plan. Watching him play fate like his mark - that's why it's awesome!

[WastedPo]

@LionAbove, not a single damn character in the prequel trilogy had memorable and likeable personalities like the original movies did. Not a damn one. I was going say that no one comes close to Han Solo, but that's a given. Hell, no one in the prequels comes close to that toad thing outside Jaba's Palace.

[LionAbove]

@WastedPo I'd almost entirely agree with you. I sat down and gave it careful consideration, Ewan McGregor tried as Obi-Wan, but ultimately he wasn't as good. Then I remembered Qui-Gon and Maul. Maul works entirely on the unquestioning henchman formula - the same way Boba Fett did - and Qui-Gon just because he's Liam Neeson. Have you ever seen him play a role badly? None beat Solo though. ;)

[TCoops]

@mishthefish76 agree. For some reason those crappy little models look way cooler than Playstation graphics

[22centman36]

@mishthefish76 two reasons, with the star destroyers taking up most of the screen space, it metaphroically shows the vastness of the empire, secondly, the challenges that han and the fanily face from the tie fighters, a malfuncitoning hyper drive, and asteroids, continually raises the stakes and erases our expectations as audience members of the infalibility of futuristic space technology (we typically assume that tehcnology always works perfectly in space.

[theclinger]

Hit 5 for the good part.

[jarew1517]

Did any of you get to go see the movie when they had the Orchestra and Symphony playing the live with the movie..???

[millenniumf1138]

@jarew1517 You mean "Star Wars: In Concert"? If so, yes! That was awesome!

[HandsSolo]

5 Tie Fighters Pilots were too Distracted Voting and Died in Fiery Asteroid Bliss..... Williams and the Great Visuals make this whole scene

[rugbart11]

I'm not as worried about the shoe as I am about the flaming pilot in the debris when the TIE fighter crashes at about 2:11

[vloggerpower1]

The Shoe is at 2:45

[starflame34]

Moral of this scene: TIE pilots can't navigate through an asteroid belt

[TheGoldcountry]

Han Solo is DA MAN (and Chewie too- classic heroes.)

[Designandrew]

The music from 2:05 onwards is just brilliance. It's the best in the series, and that's saying ALOT.

[thenewpollution2]

@Designandrew I love all the star wars music. It's fantastic. And the music in this scene is spectacular!

WHERE IS THE SHOE?