"final assult into death star" Return of the Jedi

[buffalo827]

How the fuck did they do that with just models??!?!

[TheArtisanAlchemist]

Predates cgi BEFORE cgi! Pure win!

[littlsuprstr]

lando + the mumbling alien, what a combo.

[Deavi783]

Why didn't they just build the shield generator on the Death Star?

[FlamingSpidermonkeys]

Death Star II engineers: "Okay guys, last time we made a vent straight down to the power core it didn't turn out well, so this time we'll make it all squiggly so they can't shoot stuff at it."

"BRILLIANT!"

[Benlunt1]

simply spectacular

[shoryuken202]

the co pilot to the Millenium Falcon looks and sounds like the guys who mows my lawn

[Julianuribe23]

Wedge Antilles is a boss

[Gauchoo1234]

Red Army, standing by.

[CynicalVision]

Red October, standing by.

[skipper107731]

0:59 Han:Lando you bitch!

[Hakuru15]

wait where the fuck is the other guy? he was in there too

[sk8rgirl141]

that was stupid

[used7issue]

cover me porkins!!!!

[Terminus92]

red leader standing by 

[SheFahdschi]

1:07 epic music, john williams.

[Returnofthejedi1000]

You know, I just realized something: Wouldn't the Death Star's explosion that close to Endor's surface cause a nuclear winter on the planet? Think about it: it's a giant, who knows how heavy, spherical weapon of mass destruction, exploding less than 3000 KM above Endor. That explosion looked pretty fire-heavy, and debris scattered everywhere, so that can't be good. Did anyone ever wonder what the environmental or biological effects would be? God I hope the ewoks will be alright.

[Jumpybeaver]

@Returnofthejedi1000 They used the excuse that the explosion opened a worm hole and sucked most of the debris.

[SammEater]

@KyleGibbons91

Great, now I'm thinking about Jeff Goldblum in a Star Wars movie, thanks... I guess. :P

[SammEater]

The funny thing is when I was a kid I used to think that these scenes were "real" and recorded using "real" spaceships, I mean growing up with the classic Star Trek series, watching Star Wars is like mind blowing, it to this day this is still one of my favorite movies, and this scene one of my favorites ever. :D

[Mkoberland]

@SammEater Haha I thought the same thing, growing up on Star Trek The Next Generation.

[70tosaka]

2:15 to 2:16, this effect with the blue energy, or gas, is cool:)

[retro38]

@70tosaka not arguing the fact;but even the explosion at 1:36 is even better as I'm sure that took a while to

do this particular sequence.

[70tosaka]

2:10, like a boss:)

[jedijoemadman1971]

Almost 30 years later and this is still my favorite movie sequence of all time.

[Ronf465]

Did landos co pilot ever make it back to mexico ?

[kazuoxXxtakada]

00:16 to 00:20 is probably the best looking piece of special effects in the entire saga. The speed they're moving at helps mask their faults, but the light effects are insane. Even frame by frame it looks pretty good. I'm not a CGI hater as it is obviously the future of movies and is always improving, but this movie will always be the pinnacle of practical effects.

[Roything707]

2:13

[Ben1977820]

Tie fighter Pilot: I only make 34000, a year....WTF am I doing in here chasing this crazy asshole.

[Mrster]

"Ya ahuhuh"

[spursdynasty08]

ah terrorism at its finest

[KageNinja75]

StormTrooper: I had friends on that death star :(

[jbohnoff]

2 planes involved. Then, (1:17) "Go for the power regulator on the NORTH TOWERS". After which, the entire structure collapses. Eerie...isn't that what happened on 9/11...

[bigblueballable]

wedge and lando are beast!!

[Kingdom007Hearts]

this is so easy to do on star wars trilogy arcade. lol

[MetalBadger1]

"Go for the power regulator on the north tower."

I just realized how odd that sentence is. They have cardinal directions in space?

[Taraalcar]

@MetalBadger1 Well they probably do on the Death Star, its as big as a moon after all

[starkiller20293]

@MetalBadger1 I think it wa sin context of the Death Star's inner workings.

[Ronf465]

@MetalBadger1 Well I guess if you look at the death star as a sphere in space, like the earth or any other planet, you could have your east, west, north, south reference points. :)

[xxXTheMimicaXxx]

5 people had friends on the deathstar

[ooOmegaSupremeoo]

@xxXTheMimicaXxx

No, they didn't.

[MegaBeerFart]

1:00 He disrespected my Falcon...bastard!!!

[julianwicker]

2:12 fail

[FortitudeOfHeaven]

0:03 Raw skills

[snovvball]

I have adopted the yell that Lando makes at 2:11 and now use it every time I have sex.

[bigvan19]

@snovvball Which is never, right?

[TheAle89515]

@snovvball Do you say "I'm going in!" when you begin?

[doomtux]

@snovvball iN 1.01 Thas the noisy a girl makes when someone try to put his thing in the wrong hole!!! Too close!!!!

[nyqs81]

1:37

"Oh shi-"

[Albnel]

This has to be one of the greatest pieces of cinema ever filmed, and not a computer graphic in sight (apart from the aftershock redo effect at the end).

[22centman36]

@Albnel albel, I think thats why people cant get over the star wars and even star trek movies (in the 70's 80's) because there was no cgi, just pain staking, tear jerking, photo animation.

[johnpa2006]

@Albnel Ditto, I have seen this movie so many times and every time I get tingles down my spine. The newer trilogy just doesnt hold a candle to the originals.

Now if they could just alter the story to have jarjar and the ewoks be on alderan when tarkin gives the order to "fire when ready" that would be nice.

[kutcheravec]

5 people have been blown along with the Death Star.

[hoerejongla]

Awesomest space battle ever!!!

[emenentia]

fuck CGI and crowded battle scenes.... this is soo much better. Simple... fly in, blow up generator, fly out.. boom.

[SteveJS1985]

Not a scratch

[YAMAstudios]

I've never noticed before (despite being a huge star wars fan) but Wedge's voice changes in each film; in Ep IV he was dubbed by an American actor, in Ep V Dennis Lawson (the actor who plays him) gave him an American accent and then in Ep VI he gives him an accent which could be either American or English!

[TheSpencuh1]

Go Wedge

[stephenexmachina]

like Wedge Antilles on FB!

[Stepchild06]

it no wonder the empire lost the battle.and the war,there T.I.E series has serious design floors,who designs a ship where you have no view except forward.

Thats a serious Blind spot.

[Stepchild06]

and 1 big sigh of relief as you exit the death star moments before its demise.wedge really isn't given enough credit,wheres his medal at the end.why inst r2d2 zipping with joy for him.and where his wookie meow

[DanielBowden1975]

At 35 I still get the buzz

[rameitori]

god damn rebels :L

[tijuanamarisol666]

Han: hey hey hey hey hey, I thought you said you'd get the falcon back without a scratch.

Lando: Yeah, and?

Han: Where's my random satellite dish!?

Lando: (mental expression) O.O......uhhhhh..... I took it.

[ajsaccount1991]

best kill-streak ever

[Mattknight75]

Great scene. Great movies which define a generation. Marred only by the Empire getting twatted by a bunch of stone-age teddy bears wielding sticks and loin cloths... In hindsight the stormtooper armour wasn't really up to the job was it? They might as well fought in their pants.

[RankoTheDark]

That last T.I.E fighter pilot: FFuuuuuuuuu-*boom!*

[mikeT1100]

1:36 most epic shot

[macree01]

This has to be one of the greatest moments in Cinema history. Especially when Lando escapes and yells "EYEAAHHHH!". This just get this overwhelming positive feeling that its at and end and everyone can be happy.

[macree01]

This has to be one of the greatest moments ever in Cinema History. Especially after 3 movies, and finally Landon escaped and yells that "EYEHHHAAAAA". You just get this feeling like Wow its finally over.

[YoshiAngemon]

Stan Smith could've appeared as Wedge Antilles, but they chose not to include him at the last minute. Besides, you gotta ask yourself, which Lando reaction is better, the Deadpan "THANK YOU!" after Power Station is destroyed from "It's a TRAP!" or the one after he escapes in actual movie?

[manicmidwife]

Love how Wedge has obviously seen The Deer Hunter... even the Falcon couldn't resist a few more clicks of the fire button!

[incinerator327]

2:10

Robot Chicken 2 ending

"F*** YOU!"

[TheAle89515]

I think one thing whenever I watch this scene:

"YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH­HHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!"

[jhibbitt1]

at least the emperor's body didn't fall on one of the tie fighters

[MWM1978]

@jhibbitt1 Yes it does, after Lando fires if you watch one tiefighter gets hit by a falling spect, I could be wrong....

[BadToaster]

A whole house (millennium falcon) can fit through that hole, but small fighters have a hard time getting through there OWN ship.

[RetardsAreRetarded]

@1:35

Best Escape scene ever.

[Nuklearkrisis]

Darth Vader could have done it with ease.....if only he was in command of the assault...and not bothering with that little fag Luke..none of this would of happened!....

HAIL LORD VADER! 

[wolfpackleaderalpha]

5 Imperials disliked this

[vequense]

@wolfpackleaderalpha they must've been admiral piett, the emperor, the tie fighter that crashes in the death star, and the two guys who get hijacked by ewoks in the AT-ST

[redzebra16]

GOD I CAN NOT WAIT TILL THEY ARE ALL RELEASED IN THEATER IN 3D I WILL BE THERE OPENING DAY SORRY BOUT CAPS I  got little excited

[MWM1978]

And you know that last tiefigher was screaming at Lando to move faster.

[MWM1978]

Feel sorry for that last TIE fighter, " almost there almost there, DAMNIT Falcon move your As....*

[fluffdegoss]

@MWM1978 indeed

[crashusmaximus]

@reduolf Thats a fair arguement, but don't forget even if it was armed and operational it was still partially under construction. 

[lordnecro82]

iran vs eeuu

[reduolf]

This death star is so shit compared to the last one. To destroy the old one you needed to get those bombs in that tiny little hole, but in this one you can fly right into it!!! What!!!

[wesilation98]

anyone wonder why on the way out of the death star it was a straight path, unlike the way in

[Thorgnzorrg]

Unbelievably exciting. A hundred times better than some shitty CGI sequence or a coreographed fight sequence.

[Darkilluzion]

Thumbs up if GREEK brought you here

[SulliMike241]

So much for not getting a scratch on the Falcon.

[MrPerfect2000Z]

@SulliMike241 More then just a scratch

[SulliMike241]

@MrPerfect2000Z Yeah.

[slay444pt]

One of the best events in film history.

[pokexplosion21]

2:10 Best bit in the whole movie, apart from "It's a Trap!" and "You'll pay the price for your lack of vision". I also like the bit where Darth Vader suggests that Leia joins the dark side and Luke gets angry and attacks him. I mean, I love the prequels (and sometimes it feels like I'm the only one who does), but that last fight had so much emotion, and this scene was awesome too, really good effects for the technology they had back then.

[karduth]

Fucking amazing sequence. Shame the prequels don't have anything as powerful.

[enochah]

Luke, Lando, Han, and Wedge. Don't want to mess with them.

[memacfarlane1]

Wedge, Iceman, Maverick!

[wanageeska]

@memacfarlane1

Wedge: "Copy Gold Leader, already on my way out". Spoken like a true vet of two deathstars.

[CassDaMan1138]

@Vengeance4Me79 what four words? 0.o oh LMAO They knew what they were getting into when they signed on to build the Deathstar. PLUS seeing that a battle was going on outside you'd think they'd evacuate. Oh and I am Christian.....

[CassDaMan1138]

The only thing Avatar accomplished was giving me the impression that I was watching a CGI movie when I wasn't Honeslty I couldn't tell wheter or no the actors were CGI or there. Other than that THIS PWNS Avatar....

[CassDaMan1138]

@Vengeance4Me79 Causualties of War man.

[CrocodilusPontifex]

Deleted Scene : Billions of tons of radioactive Death Star debris falling on Endor.

[CassDaMan1138]

@CrocodilusPontifex :D

[cubdukat]

@CrocodilusPontifex I forget...Didn't they get their cut of the class-action suit filed on behalf of the independent contractors that got blown up when the Death Star got hit?

[TheTigerclaw2]

This is stupid not one x wing can destroy the power scorce and not one could escape

[chrisnpd]

As much as I love these movies and belive me, I loves me some Star Wars. I always thought, even when I was a kid, Gee the inside of the death star sure is a perfect fit for x-wings and the falcon to fly around in.

[stephenexmachina]

Lando and Wedge just killed about 2 million people. 

[Angelos1975GR]

@stephenexmachina more lol considering that a Super Star Destroyer can house several thousand storm-troopers plus its own navy personnel

[MegaFunnyGuyz]

@stephenexmachina wedge was beast

[MegaFunnyGuyz]

0:59

Han: "I dont want a scratch on that thing!"

he lost his dish

[LeonZapphire]

@MegaFunnyGuyz lol Funny, I thought I was the only one that gave a damn about that.

[ajsaccount1991]

5 Stormtroopers saw this video:)

[TKwarrior17]

@stephenexmachina 95% of them would be Stormtroopers, which are mindless clones anyway...

[DEATHBYFLYINGCDS]

@TKwarrior17 Actually you're wrong on two counts, after the empire was formed the empire gradually started using more and more non clone recruits, eventually turning the clones into an increasingly smaller minority, especially after the loss of their cloning facilities after the battle of Endor. On top of that only some of the clones were mindless(it depends on which process they were cloned with), the Fett clones however were not mindless.

[TKwarrior17]

@DEATHBYFLYINGCDS If you at least explained how you knew this (since there's no mention of this in the movies) maybe you'd have some credibility.

[DEATHBYFLYINGCDS]

@TKwarrior17 Expanded Universe, there's more to star wars than just what is in the films, maybe if you knew that, you wouldn't have just lost all your credibility.

[TKwarrior17]

@DEATHBYFLYINGCDS "Expanded Universe" is not created by the original Star Wars writers. One could literally buy the rights to make a Star Wars comic/TV show/game and make up whatever they want, as long as it is not contradictory to what has already been created. Expanded Universe is not real Star Wars. It's just entertainment for people who for whatever reason don't consider the original Star Wars plot to be good enough.

[DEATHBYFLYINGCDS]

@TKwarrior17 First off who are these writers you talk about? the only writer for all the films was George Lucas. Second off, each and every thing that involves star wars has to be approved directly by George Lucas(aka the writer), creating the star wars canon. Finally the expanded universe is truer to star wars than the prequel trilogy, so since you cited the prequels, you opened the door to citing the expanded universe. If you were a true star wars fan you might know these things.

[TKwarrior17]

@DEATHBYFLYINGCDS "each and every thing that involves star wars has to be approved directly by George Lucas"

That's not necessarily true. Lucas does not directly do anything for Lucas Arts. The Lucas Arts name holds the rights to Star Wars, but it's not like they do anything. The company exists for the sole purpose of selling the rights to the name. Therefore, anyone who comes along with a good enough idea and enough money gets a deal.

[squashsatch]

@stephenexmachina Death Stars have the capability of killing Billions of people.

[NeroBlack2200]

You'd need three balls to even THINK about flying through that superstructure at those speeds.

[CassDaMan1138]

@NeroBlack2200 uh...I did on X-Wing Alliance.

[Cipher00007]

@NeroBlack2200

more like 4 :P

[riceball23]

@NeroBlack2200 Wedge Antilles is a BAMF and he doesn't need the Force either XD

[ajsaccount1991]

@riceball23 I'd actually say Mace Windu but Wedge is on my top list

[incinerator327]

@NeroBlack2200 Dr. Evil from Austin Powers?

[DDG62]

@NeroBlack2200 Or huge brass ones

[BBQwatchman]

@NeroBlack2200 3 balls? too bad for hitler, he only had 1.

[crwnikeboy]

@NeroBlack2200 Three BRASS balls!!!

[NeroBlack2200]

@crwnikeboy And each the size of the DEATH STAR!

[fakeyf9]

The shot at 1:35 of the reactor exploding behind the Falcon as it flies straight at you through those white gates is one the greatest F/X shots in all of cinema.

[Luciferdesrea]

Star Wars is the greatest thing ever.

[ooOmegaSupremeoo]

@Luciferdesrea

No, it's not.

[Luciferdesrea]

@ooOmegaSupremeoo in YOUR opinion. But in mine it is. Nuff said.

[stephenexmachina]

Wedge FTW

[Nikifuj908]

Wait, the Death Star was powered by nuclear energy? That's completely controversial!

[Chappelle911]

at 2:02, i always say "poor tie interceptor"

[MrGanamae]

@Chappelle911 everyone can have a bad day at work XD

[jeblitz]

0.35 - 0:38

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

[xwingclass]

i remember when i first saw this way back at the dominion theatre london and the whole crowd went hee haa. amazing day it was the special triple bill show. with all 3 films together starting at 11am.

[Blubrackets]

Ha at 0:43 you can see his face of shock

[Mamawaldi07]

At 1:36 you can see the second tie fighter gets caught in the explosion and blows up. Talk about attention to detail.

[marmalademan07]

YEEEEEEE HAAAAAAAAA

[justiniscoolohyea]

is this a newer edited version?

[Striker675]

@justiniscoolohyea that's the amazing part... it isn't. The special effects you see here are all from the original movie. (maybe except the final shot of the rebel fleet moving away from the Death Star)

[MrSindari]

@Striker675 i actually think that the shot of the rebel fleet moving away looks kinda weird

[micfranklin]

With all the resources at your hand and a huge galaxy you would think the Emperor would've invested in some better equipment for TIE fighters. And better training for pilots so they don't ricohet off of space station plumbing and crash.

[people6]

Where's the full frontal nudity?

Oh wait wrong website

[TheRedSunset]

Far too often I get this scene in my mind when racing down the highway through and around traffic

[AMCsoldier]

YYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAWWWWWWWWWW!

[ThreeSpheres909]

does anyone else remeber the debate they have in clerks cause of this scene???

[justiniscoolohyea]

@ThreeSpheres909 yes....poor contracters

[9702rhodes]

wedge.... underraed

[tggc86]

for me this is the best part of the all six movies

[xeractus]

Thumbs up this comment if you'd rather see the original, unmodified 1977-1983 cinema versions of the original Star Wars trilogy than some CGI'd and cinemassacred so-called "special editions".

And please reply if you know where I could see them!

[ultimus6665]

Wedge Antilles+Lando=YEEEEEEEAAAAAAA­AAHAAAAA!!!!!

[tvtimes]

what a shock the huge mill falcon got through all those flames yet tiny tie fighters all crash or get blown up :(

[pyrosinfer]

Lando broke his promise to Han: "Not a scratch!" LOL

[HalfCracker4life]

I remember playing this on my SNES! This part was a pain in the ass!! U had 2 flip the ship over and back repeatedly.

[naik2222]

FART...yeah ..yahaha for over 9009

[Restarea11019V]

1:51 =  BULLSHIT!!!!

no burn marks or nothing

[HalfCracker4life]

@Restarea11019V Uh, Don't the ships have some kind of shield 2 protect them from laser attacks? Its been a while since I've watched the original trilogy.

[Restarea11019V]

@HalfCracker4life yes they do, i know they put up the shield whens its time to fight not while park on the ground

[HighGreens]

they built that tunnel with perfectly sized gaps for the millenium falcon how could they expect success?

[zzxcvb98]

surely they could have installed some kind of door or shield in the tunnel.

[soylentteal]

A pity the script and acting for this movie were so weak compared to the previous two. The superior effects are what kept this one from being downright mediocre.

Joe Johnston was the effects director for most of these shots, including the fantastic "backing up" shot after the generator is blasted. JJ later directed films like "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" and "The Rocketeer."

[zakmatew]

Amazing effects!!!

[johnnycabot]

To this day, the combination of special effects and suspense of this sequence is awesome.

It's too bad Lucas had that frontal lobotomy before he made the prequels.