Rescue of the Princess

[john11719]

"Aren't you a little short for a stormtrooper?"

"Yes, yes I am."

If Phineas and Ferb ever do a Star Wars parody, THIS HAS to be in it.

[mackeymax1]

OR DOES HE SAY: "HE'S THE BRAINS, SWEETHEART?" Referring to Luke? Can anyone help me out?

[Bubo25]

@mackeymax1 "He's the brains, sweetheart!" Meaning that Leia should blame Luke for getting them into the fix because it was all his idea and plan to rescue her, whereas Solo just wanted to get off the Death Star in one piece. It's his way of telling her to stop pointing her finger at him because he had nothing to do with it.

[mackeymax1]

@Bubo25 ... Thanks. I kinda figured that after I had already posted the question, but thanks for responding.

[mackeymax1]

Starting at.. 5:30.... Does Han say. "EASE THE BRAKES, SWEETHEART?"

[bigtank3938]

5:55 Get in there you big furry oaf! I don't care what you smell!

[TheMutantX109]

I Loved The Elevator Music... In Family Guy.

[ricorico2007]

HAD A SLIGHT WEAPONS MALFUNCTION...AND PEOPLE R DEAD... HOW R U???

[ChippyMinton40]

Aww, it's pretty sad that the only girl Luke ever meets happens to be his sister. I mean, what are the chances? XD

[Lorhechapol]

The last time I felt it, I was horribley dismembered, and disturbingly scarred from 6th degree burns.

[237cupcake]

i wouldnt mind being rescued by those hot guys

[ThorMaster100]

(0:43) Gotta love how Solo gives the imperial officer the whole "you riding in this elevator, not gonna fly buddy" routine

[MrToad011]

Man they sure love shooting lights and anything electronic they see >.>

[SergeantLuke]

Cell block 1138?

Oh Lucas you so self-referential.

[12AutoBot]

leia: arent you a little short for a stormtrooper

luke: well then stay here and blow up then bitch

[mojonotsag]

Harrison Ford didn't learn his lines for the intercom scene, so that it sounded spontaneous, interesting tidbit...

[HyperShadow89]

"Look out he's loose! I'll get him!" (Hands the Wookie a blaster and starts shooting everyone else*

I love that part

[pvlmichalek]

censored shot of imperial officer at 1:59 is back!

[pvlmichalek]

nice to see gray death star interiors again in this original version of 1977 star wars instead of the horrible blue in 2004 dvd version

[pater429]

wierd the new star wars eppisodes cant top this, those new ones are horrible and empty.

how did they do this lol

[KatarnandKanos]

han rolls a 1 on a bluff check.

[5xOver]

"Luke, we're gonna have company!"

My favorite line in the entire trilogy.

[heepelientje]

haha die!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!

[herrcaptain]

and of course the title stormtroopers for the main Galactic Empire infantry. WW1 and WW2 title for certain German troops. lol clearly the designers or George Lucas himself had great interest in Germany's military otherwise they could not think of anything better.

[herrcaptain]

Death Star Troopers- reminds me of the elite SS troops with black uniforms as well as death star officers in black.

Navy/Army officers- similar grey-green uniform material as German officers especially the riding breeches and officer riding boots.

MG34- Direct idea for a blaster rifle in the movie from the Germany military

Helmets- the death star trooper helmet and lord vader's helmet has a similar German helmet design, even though i believe vader's helmet was inspired from the Japanese Samurai

[herrcaptain]

I love how so many Germany military details were added into the essence of this movie and uniforms. Shows how much the German style influenced many things

[Concertchoir75]

James Earl Jones is the voice of Darth Vader.

[starwarsrebel2006]

Man I miss 1977. What a great time it was to be a 10-year old kid. I lost count of how many times I saw this in the theatre. Admission was only $1 for kids 12 and under, and I think about $3.50 for adults. Now I'm 43 and still haven't outgrown Star Wars.

[Treblaine]

Why was there no tense scene like this in the entire prequel trilogy? Characters you care deeply about, in out of their depth taking daring risks against overwhelming odds.

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In Ep1,2,3 the Jedi were supermen, unstoppable... predictable. All that was going for them was to marvel at their skill, but that quickly got boring.

[kaihedgie]

@Treblaine Maybe it has something to do with the fact that the only Jedi you you ever saw in the original trilogy were an amputee, two old men, one a lot more decrepit and didn't even use a lightsaber and a boy who didn't even properly finish his training and moreso, was trained at a very late age.

[Treblaine]

@kaihedgie Yeah, and it WORKED having flawed characters. That makes them interesting, useful for creating drama and suspense.

Lucas has lost it, he still failed to make anyone care a hoot about the characters or get the real sense they were in out of their depth taking real risks.

Tartakovsky did a better job with the same characters in his Clone-Wars micro-series (the hand drawn version NOT the CGI one).

[kaihedgie]

@Treblaine It also didn't work for the fact that Obi-Wan is an asshole, having created one of the biggest plotholes in the franchise after stating "If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine"

[Treblaine]

@kaihedgie Err, that isn't a plot-hole. Obi Wan became one with The Force, something Vader/Anakin could never even imagine as a Sith apprentice. His power is not of combat prowess. Though it seems his final reconciliation with Luke and turning from the Dark Side, he could join...

Obi Wan's biggest contradiction was from the prequel trilogy:

"Only a Sith deals in absolutes"

A statement that ITSELF is an absolute! Also:

"Do or do not. There is no try"

Conclusion: ignore the prequel trilogy.

[kaihedgie]

@Treblaine Actually it is a plothole and it really has nothing to do with the prequels:

It's generally accepted that when a Jedi becomes one with the Force (Force Ghost), their powers are suppose to increase exponentially and it's even been established that some are even capable of physically interacting with the physical world. When he says "imagine", take both the Expanded Universe and the original trilogy itself into account:

[Treblaine]

@kaihedgie The Prequel trilogy still sucks and should be retconned out of existence (except maybe A few tangential works like Tartakovsky's Clone Wars and Republic Commandos).

PS: didn't both Yoda and Obi-wan both go to the force without being invincible all-powerful ghosts? They lived on for a higher spiritual purpose. The Force is about more than "power". That's all the Dark Side sees.

[kaihedgie]

@Treblaine Even though the fate of the galaxy and the balance of the Force itself (which they're living in right now) was hanging by a singular thread and that the Rebellion was clearly out gunned and only two Jedi were left alive with only one of them had any training at all? Whether or not they became Force Ghosts doesn't change the fact that at that point, they were clearly more powerful than their rivals and could have obviously done something when they didn't.

[kaihedgie]

@Treblaine And if you retconned the existence of the prequels out of the picture, then them doing absolutely nothing makes it all the more retarded for not stepping in and doing something. It's quite sad when one could compare those two with a video game character with similar powers on the good side who actually tries to do something about the predicament they're in rather than leaving the fate of billions up to inexperienced and outclassed warriors.

[Treblaine]

@kaihedgie Your post is incoherent and marred by unintelligible grammar.

[kaihedgie]

@Treblaine Taking into account of the original trilogy, is implying he is even stronger than Sidious, so why didn't Obi-Wan do anything?

Taking into account of the Expanded Universe, he's implying he's even stronger than Starkiller, and we wll know how crazy powerful he was

So instead of twiddling his thumbs around waiting for something to happen: why not just fight Sidious himself if he's as powerful as he claims?

[kaihedgie]

@Treblaine If he was as powerful as he said he was (and Vader can imagine quite a bit), why didn't he take the fight to Vader and the Emperor himself? That way, Luke wouldn't have had to get mindraped about that whole revelation, and having already lied to Luke, Luke himself wouldn't have needed to find out the hard way about what really happened and his friends wouldn't have had to get captured with Han getting tortured and then subsequently frozen or the Rebellion being utterly ambushed

[Treblaine]

@kaihedgie I don't think he meant powerful as in "I can wreak your shit" I think he meant power in terms a Sith couldn't imagine. Powers of spiritual enlightenment and guidance, to unite millions of people. Remember, Ackbar saying "may The Force be with us"? The Force was the spiritual drive of The Rebellion!

Obi-wan didn't have what it took to fight Vader, let alone the Emperor, but as a spiritual guide to Luke.

(Obi Wan DID warn Luke not to fight Vader, he had reasons to hide Vader's identity)

[kaihedgie]

@Treblaine And in all of those instances, the Rebels got wrecked hard, the Battle of Yavin having lost most of Gold and Red Squadron, being driven out of Hoth and being cornered and clearly outgunned in the Battle of Endor, all of them being losing battles no less.

[Treblaine]

@kaihedgie Battle of Yevin they blew up the Death Star! Seemingly only possible from Obi-wan's spiritual guidance to encourage the gifted Jedi to use The Force to guide his puny missile.

Even with the setbacks on Hoth, The Rebels has the spirit to not give up. They persevered and won in the end even when outgunned. This is the power Vader could not imagine.

Yoda: "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is."

[kaihedgie]

@Treblaine I'm pretty sure Luke was the one who bent those torpedoes. Obi-Wan simply told him to use it (another plothole: not trying to read the enemy's minds). Running away and evacuating the planet after the shield was taken down is not a general idea of not giving up. I really don't understand the "spiritual" side of that line when, even if he hadn't died, these fights would have still occurred and the outcome still the same.

[Treblaine]

@kaihedgie They only retreated, they gave up the battle but they did not give up the WAR. A Dunkirk moment.

Would the outcomes have been the same? Without The Force? Without Obi-wan's guidance?

Remember he would "become" more powerful, he would become The Force, one with The Force. This spiritual analogy may be beyond you.

You need to listen to what Yoda says about The Force, it's not JUST a McGuffin power. It is everywhere, it is everything.

[kaihedgie]

@Treblaine "What I told you was the truth, but from a different point of view"

No, I'm not buying that. He didn't bother to stop Luke or take care of Vader himself, so he still set him up for that mindrape.

[Treblaine]

@kaihedgie Mindrape? What if he just told Luke the "whole truth" that Vader was his father, like when they first met. That may just drive Luke to turn himself right over and embrace the dark side if it meant he could be with his long lost father. He needed to finish his training and be a Jedi before learning the truth, only then would he be ready.

Obi-wan couldn't have defeated Vader if he wanted to.

Incidentally, Luke would not succeed by killing Vader but turn him FROM the Dark Side.

[Cap285]

@Treblaine "Ignore the prequel trilogy"

Quite possibly, the greatest thing I have read on Youtube.

[Treblaine]

@Cap285 that's the only way I can square myself with Star Wars

[JPhil151]

wait, at 1:53 those death star troopers have rebel guns and the officer. how come? do the imperials use it too?

[blacky3ard]

5:39 Han Solo: WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!

hell is the first bad word in star wars

[teetertotter68]

@blacky3ard if you don't count ben saying "damn" towards the beginning of the film.

[TrenchcoatNinja3]

Am i the only one that notices the imperial officers look like nazis?

[blacky3ard]

@TrenchcoatNinja3 well George Lucas got the idea from imperial stormtroopers as the nazi stormtroopers back in 1940's

and i thought so too for officers except the red and blue patch on there upper-right torso

[TrenchcoatNinja3]

@blacky3ard So that was what "Sturmtruppen" meant.

[tuberinmyhead]

I love the Robot chicken parody of this. "Large reactor leak very dangerous." "There's no reactor on that level." "Oh, well....Dave Wilson installed one the other day..." "Hold on a sec, DAVE! You install a reactor on the detention floor?" "Not that I know of." "This guy says you did?" "Huh" "Look I don't know what to tell you, but I'm looking at a reactor! Maybe Vader had it installed." "Lemme get Lord Vader then. Did you have a reactor installed?" "No...but hey it wouldn't hurt."

[startanica]

"This is some rescue! When you came in here, didn't you have a plan for getting out?"

Love that line ^^

[sharks27]

WOOOOOOO!!

STAR WARS!!

[benco007]

"Everythings under control, situation normal, had a slight weapons malfunction, but everythings perfectly alright now, we're fine... we're all fine here, uh thank you.... How are you?

Best part ever. hahaha

[finnobrit1]

It's much much better than the dialogue Lucas usually writes. I wonder if Harrison Ford improvised it? :)

[optimusecho]

"boring conversation anyway"

lols

haha the storm trooper armor does shit all in terms of proctection lol

[MarcR2006]

Trooper: "Who Is THIS?! What's your operating number?!"

Solo: (blasts the communication panel) boring convesation, anyway.. LUKE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE COMPANY!"

[oobietime8]

@benco007 not to mention, if a stormtroopers aim has taught us anything....

[TheBeddu]

doesnt the big rifle look like a german mg42??

[Bubo25]

That's because it is a modified WWII MG42.

[IRONHEARTMERC]

@Bubo25 sam with the the standard stormtrooper blaster rifle (i forget what its a modify of)

[Llepsdog]

@Bubo25 Close but no it was a German MG34 and it wasn't modified at all!.

[LtTrent15]

@Bubo25 its actually a german MG-34 that was modified :P

[KingCommando32]

@Bubo25

MG-34

[joshguy64]

And the Stormtrooper blasters are modified WWII Sterling L2A3 9mm submachineguns.

[joshguy64]

@TheBeddu Almost all the guns you see in the original trilogy (and the prequel trilogy) are real-world guns that were visually modified for the films, since Mr. Lucas himself invisioned that the Star Wars trilogy would have a "lived-in" look to it.

In fact, go to this link here: imfdb(.)org/wiki/Star_Wars remove the parentheses around the dot, and you will see the number of real-world firearms that were used and modded for the original and prequel trilogy.

[StupidMovieMan]

@TheBeddu the dark side was mainly based off of the germans in world war 2

[zzman305]

@TheBeddu Actually its an MG34, the MG42's little brother. But good spot

Turns out most of the guns from the original Star Wars movies are actually old WWII guns with some plastic glued to them. For Example, the Jawa gun is a sawn off Lee-Enfield and Han's blaster is a C96 mauser pistol with a scope glued on its top.

Apparrently WWII guns we're the cheapest to rent at the time of filming, so Lucas took them.

[thetandooris]

Rockandroooolll!!!!

[Pupaehunter]

on of the best and funniest scenes :D

[00462]

Best scene of the movie.

"Boring conversation anyway."

[BlackOps05]

Notice that the auto turrets have targeting systems equalivalent to a storm trooper.

[ademsiktrk]

hahah...''were fine..all fine noww.....how r u? god i love han solo loll

[TheBlitz1]

this is a really good movie

[gotcha4000]

cool

[kc24jack]

i love you Han Solo!

[supremeobliterator]

A slight weapons malfuntion. That always gets me ! Slight malfuncion where like six people die ! Loool !

[moviemaker12]

ur the man. Thats all that can be said.