Destruction of Death Star One (HQ)

[herbienbrian2]

It would have been so fucking cool to see this on the silver screen in 74.

[djbrianuk]

@herbienbrian2 That would've been a neat trick considering it wasn't released until 77!

[herbienbrian2]

@djbrianuk

not if I was at the twin pines mall in 1985!

[herbienbrian2]

Does anyone know the theme name?

[legoboy1359]

who were the people who lived in the movie other than luke, han, and wedge?

[mrgarymakin]

The destruction of the Death Star was an inside job, so that the Empire could get away with invading Endor. No one would've accepted invading a moon full of cute little teddy bears otherwise.

[robynduckworth]

Love this scene - just one thing. Why didn't they send in fighters to attack the 3 Imperial fighters from behind at the start? Were they too busy attacking away from the channel? It would only take one fighter behind to create a problem - but far less exciting of course!!

[MattHelmMartin]

The Force is strong with this one...

[RankoTheDark]

Let us have a moment of silence for our fallen imperial brethren.

[UndisputedElite]

Ah the poor officer who said "standby" instead of "fire"

[bgiles26]

STAR WARS will live forever. This still gives me goosebumps more than three decades later.

[FreemanLambda]

The music is stolen from Gustav Holst

[eraser1112]

Pure and everlasting epicness.

[BFGfreak]

my question is if that port is so vital, why didn't it have a grease trap in it?

[rolflmaoweeee]

One of the most epic scenes in a film of all time is the destruction of the death atr scene.

[Deavi783]

I watch this every New Year's Eve. :D

[thekingofRIS]

Just before Grand Moff Tarkin was about to destroy Yavin IV, Luke blew up the Death Star. Knowing Han Solo, he would have let the Death Star shoot first.

[Joesolo13]

I used to destroy planets. Then I took a torpedo to the exhaust port.

[BillyJimOMFG]

Poor nutcase...



[BillyJimOMFG]

Going in after Stam...watch my six..

[MajinHalo521]

What is the Y-wing doing there? I thought the three that were in the fleet were destroyed :/

[BillyJimOMFG]

CAlled THAT end to Pig Party... "if you don't watch ME I'll kill myself!"

There you go...

You think it's easy doing Carrie Fisher at an airport? You try it...

[BillyJimOMFG]

Nice shooting tho...the J.A.P is MY date to this years Christmas party. She was pissing me off anyway

I brought the Queen the first time...

[BillyJimOMFG]

Actually, you welfare worshipping piece of Canadian shit, you hit Harrison Ford's son.

Wasn't anything like dusting for crops , or Prince.

Blow me, you twisted WHORE.

[Xunkun]

I just realized something:

The Force grants, among other things: precognition, heightened reflexes, and remote sight. Darth Vader is one of the most powerful Force users ever, and is essentially the second in command of the whole empire, and the MVP on the Death Star, a highy technical battlestation with all manners of scanners and equipment, and countless surface-based cannons.

How the fuck did Han Solo get the drop on him?!

[XTJimbo2010]

At 2:20 when I was younger, I used to think he was saying "Luke, it's Witch doctor talking here to ya, whats wrong?" I always though it sounded strange until I heard it again a few years ago and finally understood it. LOL

[danedrai1232]

3:09 = best screamofjoyever

[2011LEGOFAN]

The 4 dislikes were Darth Vader, Grand Moff Tarkin, And the 2 TIE pilots.

[thewewguy8t88]

seriously this is epic and yet retrun of the jedi makes this battle seem like a real joke yet its still just as epic if not even more georege lucas was a genious!

[TheDFB71]

2:47 till the end

Epic.

[matrixfan127]

My god, this is the only original non-parody version of the death star explosion I could find!

[Hamptoncltn]

Defiently goes down in history as one of the best movie scenes of all time.

[Antimatter1979]

Vader: I have you now.

*Explosion* - *Tie disintegrated"

Vader: What!?

Han Solo: Yaaaaah-Yoo!

Tie Pilot: *piss self* *panic* Look out!

*Crash into Vader and veer off into wall*

Vader: *Fffffffffffffffffffffffffuuuu­uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu­*

This short segment was the fall of the empire.

[jdhoffman1221]

The audio seems pitched high...

[jimbobsports]

this is blue leader do you copy?... you are following one of our rebel xwings in intergalactic space do you wish to engage?... i didn't think so. luke, lord vader does not wish to engage at this time. were you able to destroy the death star?

[Roadracer987654321]

Han Solo's Surpise Re Appearance and Rescue of Luke was Movie Gold !

[jtessexpress]

What do you mean they blew up the death star? What the hell is an Aluminum Falcon?

[LordGold32]

:3

[elcap22]

The Emperor disliked this video

[glennjridge]

excellant quality uploader!

[BobBoican]

@DaedraAzura It's Dagobah.

[terrywest111]

Darth Vader at 4:02 : Wanna get away?

[colmas]

2:40 

[jdhoffman1221]

Something wrong with the audio...sounds too high pitched or something...

[HERBIVOR1212]

its sad but they killed something like 5 000 000 peoples

[samustflego]

@HERBIVOR1212 no they killed stormtroopers. that's a difference ^^

[thedrumbum1990]

WHAT??

[TheGoldcountry]

never get tired of that scene- but I'm still pissed that Chewie didn't get a medal- Han is awesome, but they are a team

[TheCatapultTV]

ermmm... i cant think why that one person would dislike this video... ermmmm

he was grand moff tarkin/

i dunno, you guys guess

[tohitsumohinafan]

3:22-3:44

Payback for Alderaan!

[tubenachos]

Can you imagine watching THIS in 1977?! You'd be like "WTF did I just watch??".

[Banditspeed]

Man! to be a kid when you 1st see this....tell me you dont feel like anything is possible! Love it!

[duncan325]

No matter how many times I watch this i get goosebumps as soon as Han appears, when it cuts to Leia, and when Han says "you're all clear kid..."

[Jphabs81]

that one dislike is a star trek fan -.-

[Steamrunner92]

@Jphabs81 I'm a Star Trek fan, and even I love Star Wars! Each franchise has something very unique about it that makes it special and memorable.

[Jphabs81]

@Steamrunner92 thats cool bro, and well u know star wars and star trek....like its funny how u like them both but hey we all got are opinions :), i wasent even born was this movie was made, this is one the best movies i ever seen and its old and great so your right, it is memorable, i dont know what star trek has butt i guess it might be memorable for star trek fans :)

[Steamrunner92]

@Jphabs81 It was mostly the hopeful optimism amid the Cold War and the Civil Rights Movement, and the franchise was unique when it portrayed humans and aliens working together. Besides the white, male captain and doctor, you had the Japanese (Sulu), Russian (Chekov), Black Woman (Uhura), and the alien-human hybrid (Spock).

[mellison13]

R2 took one for the team

[14lanicup]

gee for a rebel base thats about to be blown up leia doesn't look very concerned

[14lanicup]

one persone was on the death star when luke blew it up

[DarthZimmeris]

"Luke, at that speed, will you be able to pull out in time?" -- Pilot #2 (not Wedge)

***that is also what she said!!! lololololol.

[DarthZimmeris]

feel good, carebear moment of the century. :p

[DarthZimmeris]

"You're all clear, kid! Now let's blow this thing and go home!" -- Han Solo

...and that's what she said!!! :)

[LechuCzechu]

2:47 - is this Richard Dawkins giving the order to fire :P ? I new he was involved with the dark side ;D

[yesimhappyme]

The Death Star is NOW DIAMONDS!

[matchbox555]

simply the best film ever made

[thejeff007]

greatest movie moment ever

[gorillabelly1]

"If you want to shoot, shoot. Don't talk!" Immortal words of Tuco from Good/Bad/Ugly. Had Vader been silent (no "I have you now") before shooting at Luke, he would've nailed 'em!!!

[Anakin1Vader]

@gorillabelly1 I don't think Obi-Wan would let him

[DarthZimmeris]

"I have you now." :)

[Swinger2006]

Somehow, I think there should have been a brief scene where the entire inside of the Death Star began to rip itself apart and Governor Tarkin and all of his men go into an absolute panic before the big kaboom.

[The0ns1aught]

I love this scene but am I the only one who noticed that the victory was only possible because the tie fighter pilot with Vader got scared and in his panic flew his ship into Vader's causing him to tumble out into space? If it wasn't for him Vader would've blasted Luke's ass and Yavin 4 would've been oblierated.

[grassman123]

3:10 lol

[doshindude]

Why is the music (and everything for that matter) higher pitched?

[YunaLovesMe]

the more I think about it, the more I cant blame Vader for killing Biggs, I mean dude did ask his son if he could pull out in time...

[mercury46]

hey the music sounds different

any one else noticed??

[MultiDads]

NOOOOOOOOOO R.I.P R2D2

[dmravi13]

one of the greatest scenes of all time

[elcap22]

I wonder how the emperor reacted when he found out the death star got destroyed

he probably made some sort of death star in his pants and probably spanked vader's ass till the cows came home

[Ultima7132]

@elcap22 watch star wars robot chicken. You'll see how he reacts, and some other funny stuff too.

[Biogiant22]

this is so ridicolous..a single shot can't destroy a massive planet-station like the Death Star..come on..

[TheHumanSetting]

@Biogiant22

well you could if the whole reactor was really sencitive and could explode easly

[TaintedMustard]

@Biogiant22 The only ridiculous thing is that there's an exhaust shaft that is a perfectly straight line back to the reactor. However, I would think if it the reactor WERE somehow powerful enough to destroy a planet, it would blow several Death Stars to hell if it were to expend all its fuel virtually instantaneously. Hell, it'd probably be the only way to destroy it.

In real life, a lucky shot to a naval vessel's magazine could utterly obliterate it, no matter how big it is.

[86collind]

i am still amazed on how good the effects were in these movies for the time period in which they were created

[darkarcra]

@86collind This one was remastered. If you find the old one you'll notice it doesn't look quite as nice.

[Hucklebubba]

Detail Nerd Go!

So what's with the surviving Y-wing? The two X-wings are obviously piloted by Luke and Wedge (although one would think Wedge would be well on his way back to base; not hanging around to take part in the daring escape), but I thought the Y-Wing squadron was annihilated.

[GasPoweredWitch]

Simple and brilliant. Each ship has a character attached to it, rather than being a random piece of space hardware in some cluttered, unintelligible CGI mess. We understand the objective that these characters are trying to achieve. We care about the characters.  We can tell the good guys from the bad guys.

[TheRandomGrabber]

@GasPoweredWitch

Yeah in the prequels it could be either one or the other

As Many people once said "Who are the good guys? Why should I care about these characters?"

[colmas]

@GasPoweredWitch

thats exactly what movies today dont get. if hitchcock made star wars, it would be exactly the same as this.

[jmwestful]

isn't the empire based on nazi germany?

[TaintedMustard]

It's based on pretty much every oppressive regime in history. They're not particularly Nazi-like, nor particularly Roman- or British-like. Lucas took a little bit from everything, like most authors do. The Jedi are based partly on samurai, for example (I think everyone knows that, by now) and the Force is a type of animism (the idea that spirits inhabit and/or surround all living and even non-living things and concepts), which is a big part of Shinto, the traditional religion of Japan.

[jazzx251]

@jmwestful

No - it's clearly based on the Victorian British Empire - hence why all Imperials, except for the one who got choked by Darth Vader - are played by British thespians.

Even Wedge is a British thespian of some worth - but, he was playing a rebel - so an American voice actor dubbed over his lines!

It's so obvious.

This is England v USA re-enacted.

[YunaLovesMe]

@jazzx251 Ummmm lol, no its not. The entire empire, is, as jmwestful says, based on nazi Germany. Its referenced in a lot of SW books (the making-of books).

[yangalemoto]

Chuck Norris do it!!!!!!!

[GreyFox1000000]

does anyone know the backround music at the final bit please respond

[pressyourluck247]

The Battle of Yavin

[gary2914458]

No way Vader could have survived that.

[jagvillhaensoffa]

@gary2914458 got one easy answer for you, he is the chosen one, yes he can.

[daskraut]

ka-fucking-BOOM

[rackas321]

If you listen closely theres a guy saying stand by, if it wasn't for him they would've shot and Yavin 4 would've been done for.

[62302]

True. Yavin 4, it's inhabitants and anything else on the planet would be vapourized like poor old Alderaan. The rebellion could have been crippled.

[flyboy303]

@rackas321

Ummmmm.....noooooooo Standby =/= hold fire. Stand by in this situation simply means "patiently wait while the Death Star warms up its cannon." it was supposed to add to the epic that Luke sank 2 proton torpedoes right at the very last possible second.....

[HERBIVOR1212]

@rackas321 man!!! you dont need to listen to that stand by to understand this

[BobaFett379251]

2 best music from any star wars scene

[TemperedVortex]

One of my favorite star wars moments!