This is the perfect example of how less is more in the Star Wars series. One Squadron, on an impossible suicide mission where each death is a loss, a crucial blow, and could mean the difference between success or failure, is soooo much more meaningful than millions of CGI clone ships blowing up every frigging second on the screen to the point that you can't see the background it's so cluttered. This is why I love the original series. Compare this video to the opening of Episode III.
This is the perfect example of how less is more in the Star Wars series. One Squadron, on an impossible suicide mission where each death is a loss, a crucial blow, and could mean the difference between success or failure, is soooo much more meaningful than millions of CGI clone ships blowing up every frigging second on the screen to the point that you can't see the background it's so cluttered. This is why I love the original series. Compare this to the opening scene from Episode III. LOL
Man the only reason star wars exist is because George Lucas was a pilot himself, other then that the movie is still great. I think Porkins is a good name for a fat pilot ._.
"Gold Five to Red Leader, lost Tiree, lost Hutch, THEY CAME FROM BEHIND!"
Love that line.
One thing I never understood, why would they tell Porkins to eject. Who was going to pick him up? The survival suit only lasts for so long in space and they were trying to blow up a space station the size of a small moon, the explosion is massive. The man was toast either way haha.
Wedge Antilles The Hero !!!! because in the Comics he would a future commandor of Rogue Escadron Luke Skywalker is so Cool . Long live for Rebel Allliance !!!!
see, if it were me at 7:20, and i knew i was unlikely to survive, i would have slowed down as quickly as possible and try to make the ties run right into me.
@oldpainless316 Wait, but then why didn't anyone refer to Luke as Red Leader as he seemed to be the last man standing. Or was a leftover X-wing not making the run get the role?
is gold leader the guy thats says were too close loosen up or the one saying stay on target. because i think its the one saying stay on target but at 4:17 the guy talking says he is gold leader (the one that dies second and says to loosen up)
0:30 "Red THREE standing by??!!" His stache, the checkered helmet?! It should be "Earnhardt standing by." Figures. Lucas is an admitted NASCAR fan actually.
@delta1O5 He's a legend. I had always wondered why they dubbed his voice during this movie but let him have his normal voice during Episode VI, but now I think it was to show how he'd matured and become a leader in the interim time.
Although this is my least favourite film of the first three, I do admire how hard they tried to bring the Battle of Yavin to life. Favourite shots in this sequence are those of the cockpits - they were very well designed.
I feel that ESB and ROTJ are far better films, but the Battle of Yavin is great. Certain shots were restricted due to the technology at the time, but the pacing and energy makes up for it. The bit where Vader closes in on Luke was definitely the best bit of the whole film.
The other good bit in this film is where Luke and Co shoot up the front end of the Prison block. Its so over-the-top I always end up laughing! ^_^
Funny, I watched AOTC and ROTS back-to-back this moring.
I personally feel George Lucas is a mediocre director of actors and episodes 1-4 do not light a candle to the far superior direction of Irvin Kershner and Richard Marquand in ESB and ROTJ. George has good ideas and is in tune with what the audience wants, but he cannot relate to actors.
Out of episodes 1-4...I think I would have to go with ROTS.
TPM was the worst effected by George's direction. As soon as I heard he was to direct the first prequel, I knew it would be as dull as his previous Direction efforts.
What angered me most was that he didn't listen to overwhelming critical response for TPM and still went ahead and directed the remaining prequels. He should have turned over direction to Steven Spielberg, who did a far better job on Indy4.
LOL, I remember coming out of the cinema, and there was this guy and he was like "No...No..." and his mates were trying to comfort him with "C'mon, it was a good film!" and then he just went "FACKING MONKEYS! NO! THATS IT! ITS DEAD TO ME!". The guy could have been straight out of Sons of Anarchy, but the poor sod really needed a hug! It was if his woman had run off with another man! o_O
Haha that's exactly what my friend was like. Except he said something like "I'm gonna go sit in a corner, think about The lost ark, and weep over this catastrophe"
@TwistedKestrel their suits have a self energy field that maintains atmosphere arround the pilot, but the cold of the space can kill the pilot if he isn't rescued quickly. But tha'ts a better chance than dying in the explosion of a starfighter
@TwistedKestrel I dunno, but i guess they do, if no that would be pointless, maybe the inertial compensators work on that point, but you know, i don't have the full knowledge of starfighters technology, i'd be rich if i did^^
@TwistedKestrel That's what the flight suit they're wearing is for. It'll keep them alive until a shuttle can pick them up. Though, that close to an exploding Death Star is going to kill Porkins anyway.
@ArdenWolfwatcher Although, if you're totally honest, that flight suit is only good for four or five minutes of exposure to space. If they HAD a shuttle, "Piggy" (Porkins' nickname, according to Star Wars: X-Wing Novel #4, "Wraith Squadron") might have survived, but as it is, this was a do or die (quite possibly do AND die) mission, so you're quite right that ejecting wouldn't have done him any good.
I'm sure your wondering what gold five says at 5:42 , he is saying Gold five to read leader, lost Tiree lost Dutch, which were his two wing mates at the battle of yavin, i honestly thought he was saying lost firing lost touch, or something like that :P,
@TheRealBitterbub I think (though I might be wrong) darkpraying's used the original edit of Star Wars, as in the one that was released in 1977 and not a remastered version. In each of the remastered versions they would have changed the special effects, the sound effects, and some of the dialogue, so that would explain why Vader sounds different
Red 10 standing by Red 7 standing by Red 3 standing by Red 6 standing by Red 9 standing by Red 2 standing by Red 11 standing by Red 5 standing by Red Foxx standing by Red buttons standing by Red October standing by!
If anyone wants to know where Lucas got the idea for the Death Star attack Trench Run - watch the 1956 war film the 'The Dambusters' about the RAF's attack of the German dams in the Rhur valley.
There's a video on here called 'Dambusters a la Star Wars' that really illustrates how Lucas ripped it off completely.
@Pheonixfromtheshale didn´t really steal it he simply got inspired by that movie. Many directors today get idea´s from each other. GL inspired the guy who did alien to make his astronauts looking like truckdrivers
@Pheonixfromtheshale dambusters was completely based off of something that really happened, lucas just looked at Different Cultures and War Films (Origional war films) and put it in the movies
@lgmmrm: If you watch the Dambusters scene with the attack of on the Sorpe Dam and the Death Star Trench Run scene, you'll see that Lucas even swiped the dialogue for the Dambusters!
Dambusters: "How many guns you think, P for Popsie"?
Starwars: "How many guns you think Gold 5"?
Dambusters: "I'd say theres 10 guns, some in the fields & some on the towers"
Starwars: "Say about 20 guns, some on the surface, some on the towers"
I honestly don't see the big deal about this. So what if he was inspired by that? He has a right to use that dialouge. And I'm sure he informed the makers of the movie that he did so.
So shut up and watch. Leave if you don't want to. Just quit being a prissy dumbfuck.
@Pheonixfromtheshale - also 633 squadron , in the cinema in 1977 my older brother moaned that the death star battle was like the dambusters and 633 squadron both together - he was a war movie buff
@chisacat everyones aware of the dambusters rip off that is star wars, remember - smart people learn from things other smart people have already figured out - i.e. how to make an effective scene about attacking a solid target instead of the usual dogfighting.
4:08 : Wedge Antillies, best non-Force Sensitive pilot of all time (Ah screw it, he can make those Force Users eat his exhaust.)
GeneralSpy 22 hours ago
7:58-8:02 play at 2X speed HALARIOUS
007dialgatamer 1 day ago
best movie sequence EVER:battle for yavin EPIC :D
007dialgatamer 1 day ago
3:55-3:58... I seem to recall shots being fired by the tie fighter in that sequence, yet it doesn't show in this video. Can anyone else confirm?
summacruzlaude 3 days ago
35 years on and this still gives me goosebumps!
vknong 5 days ago
Red October Standing By!
flclhammer 6 days ago
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plaidchuck 1 week ago
lol always thought it was funny the rebels were all north americans
plaidchuck 1 week ago
Red Squadron is so much cooler than Gold Squadron.
LoneAsianCajun 1 week ago
3:29 those pilots walk like they own the Death Star! haha
damoviedude1 2 weeks ago
I'm going in. Cover me fatso.
I'm right with-! Wait what!!??
NKjetkid 2 weeks ago 7
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Red One standing by
Red Two standing by
Big Red standing by
Red Zone standing by
Red October shtanding by
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This is the perfect example of how less is more in the Star Wars series. One Squadron, on an impossible suicide mission where each death is a loss, a crucial blow, and could mean the difference between success or failure, is soooo much more meaningful than millions of CGI clone ships blowing up every frigging second on the screen to the point that you can't see the background it's so cluttered. This is why I love the original series. Compare this video to the opening of Episode III.
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This is the perfect example of how less is more in the Star Wars series. One Squadron, on an impossible suicide mission where each death is a loss, a crucial blow, and could mean the difference between success or failure, is soooo much more meaningful than millions of CGI clone ships blowing up every frigging second on the screen to the point that you can't see the background it's so cluttered. This is why I love the original series. Compare this to the opening scene from Episode III. LOL
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Man the only reason star wars exist is because George Lucas was a pilot himself, other then that the movie is still great. I think Porkins is a good name for a fat pilot ._.
IPECCITY 4 weeks ago
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Imabeatyouman 1 month ago
Poor, poor Porkins.
Kcoyote3 1 month ago
"Gold Five to Red Leader, lost Tiree, lost Hutch, THEY CAME FROM BEHIND!"
Love that line.
One thing I never understood, why would they tell Porkins to eject. Who was going to pick him up? The survival suit only lasts for so long in space and they were trying to blow up a space station the size of a small moon, the explosion is massive. The man was toast either way haha.
CaptainVandus 1 month ago 3
NOOOOOOO PORKINS 2:20
brunotopo 1 month ago
7:28
"I'm gettin' laid!!!"
mguy091 1 month ago
0:31
"Red 3 Standing by"
Lucas is a NASCAR fan.
Guy has the 'stache and racing checkers on his helmet...
Maybe he was meant to be a shoutout to Earnhardt?
mguy091 1 month ago
7:56 YEAAAHH.
Blackthorne2010 1 month ago
Wedge Antilles The Hero !!!! because in the Comics he would a future commandor of Rogue Escadron Luke Skywalker is so Cool . Long live for Rebel Allliance !!!!
CaporalMichelson 1 month ago
1:00 " This is it boys ! "
texasholdemholden 1 month ago
Hankheavy, standing by!
hankheavy 2 months ago
see, if it were me at 7:20, and i knew i was unlikely to survive, i would have slowed down as quickly as possible and try to make the ties run right into me.
MrPier101 2 months ago
@MrPier101 This is before SWBF2. ;)
Wengl3 2 months ago
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oldpainless316 2 months ago
Any ever notice the entire battle scene is noticeably longer than the amount of time until the rebel base is supposed to be in range?
Mprator 2 months ago
probably Lucas didnt care enough. Think Wedge would of become leader anyway
oldpainless316 2 months ago
Vader shot down Tiree (Gold Two) and Jon Vander (Gold Leader) in the trench, then shot down Davish Krail (Gold Five) as he attempted to escape.
Gold 5 Seems to have taken the role of Gold leader before his demise.
oldpainless316 2 months ago
@oldpainless316 Wait, but then why didn't anyone refer to Luke as Red Leader as he seemed to be the last man standing. Or was a leftover X-wing not making the run get the role?
ltflak 2 months ago
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oldpainless316 2 months ago
@ltflak
It was just a mistake, don't worry about it.
Mokkari77 2 months ago
is gold leader the guy thats says were too close loosen up or the one saying stay on target. because i think its the one saying stay on target but at 4:17 the guy talking says he is gold leader (the one that dies second and says to loosen up)
Jango747 2 months ago
@alekzander2010 hahahahha, nice one
Stevezor187 2 months ago
@ 2:07 The fat guy is named Porkins?
manderfulify 2 months ago 10
@manderfulify yep
chtucker18 3 weeks ago
Fake and Gay since there can be no sound in vacuum
MangaWoW 2 months ago
I ruined a Star Wars VHS tape by watching this part too many times as a kid
dccmpbll 3 months ago
Red One 1 Standing By!
Red 2 standing By!
Red 3 Standing By!
Red Octobor Shtanding by
alekzander2010 3 months ago
Porkins looks like he is having a high blood sugar attack in his cockpit. Either that or he just finished eating a whopper and is out of breath.
Sleeper362 3 months ago
cover me porkins!
copy that meat shield up!
twanbosman11 3 months ago
"this is gold leader my voice sounds retarded through the radio"
twanbosman11 3 months ago
man.....what i would give to be part of Black Squadron if star wars was real. Down with the alliance!
TalonMercenary 3 months ago
Red Devil Standing By!
RED MAN Standing by!
Paladin1441 3 months ago
Red Ranger Standing By!
sonicman2500 3 months ago
They actually named the fat guy Porkins. I never noticed it until Family Guy.
IdleDrifter 3 months ago
RED OCTOBER STANDING BY!
mrsnygg94 3 months ago 2
there are a lot of shots from the original version that I actually prefer to the Special Edition version; and I am NOT a Star Wars purist
RizDub 4 months ago
Episode 4 was really good. The music in this episode was so AWESOME.
shumpu123 4 months ago
I am so used to seeing the 97 cut the the original cut is kind of hard to watch. But I still love the original because it still blows your mind.
tomcat2285 4 months ago
porkins lol
slipknotmaggotful 5 months ago
red pancake standing by (look it up)
spartancolonel 5 months ago
0:30 "Red THREE standing by??!!" His stache, the checkered helmet?! It should be "Earnhardt standing by." Figures. Lucas is an admitted NASCAR fan actually.
aquaguy322 5 months ago
It's great so see again the original version of the movie. No digital postprocessing :)
Great old times!
thompsonp3 5 months ago
love the echo the giant lasers make..
in space
tomfewchuk 5 months ago
Just a few days and i will see all this in HD :D
SignedbytheHammer 5 months ago
Over 30 years old and the X-wing still look badass.
bobbiebob575 6 months ago
Apparently, they don't teach people how to count in Star Wars.
ReachManA239 6 months ago
hmm, is it me or do the 'newer' CGI scenes (like Y-Wings in background) look worse than the original special effects?
Darastrixx 6 months ago
2:21 transcript:
"I can hold it"
"NO! PULL UP!"
"No! I'm all rig-OH MY GWAAAA*incomprehensible noises*
Awesome.
gamexmasterxfire 9 months ago
Wedge Antilles. So underrated...
delta1O5 11 months ago 50
@delta1O5 He's a legend. I had always wondered why they dubbed his voice during this movie but let him have his normal voice during Episode VI, but now I think it was to show how he'd matured and become a leader in the interim time.
Shyyrn 8 months ago
@delta1O5 have you read any of the x wing books hes like space chuck norris
xDXPxJOEx456x1 4 months ago
@delta1O5 Haha, yeah, have you read the EU?
CFaux220 2 months ago
@delta1O5 yep, him + biggs both, my two favourite rebels.
that's why i legally changed my surname last year to darklighter.
nobody's recognized it yet. i don't really expect them to, either. =0( poor biggs.
taffysaur 1 month ago
This battle needed a "I have a bad feeling about this..."
diner59 1 year ago
@diner59 I think if it said that then it would have made it seem like the rebels didn't believe in what they were doing
Bladerunner93 1 year ago
Although this is my least favourite film of the first three, I do admire how hard they tried to bring the Battle of Yavin to life. Favourite shots in this sequence are those of the cockpits - they were very well designed.
SamusDrake 1 year ago
@SamusDrake
Weird. The climax of the first movie is arguably the most exciting.
MattAlbie 1 year ago
@MattAlbie
I feel that ESB and ROTJ are far better films, but the Battle of Yavin is great. Certain shots were restricted due to the technology at the time, but the pacing and energy makes up for it. The bit where Vader closes in on Luke was definitely the best bit of the whole film.
The other good bit in this film is where Luke and Co shoot up the front end of the Prison block. Its so over-the-top I always end up laughing! ^_^
SamusDrake 1 year ago
@SamusDrake Beats the prequels at least
swik9880 6 months ago
@swik9880
Funny, I watched AOTC and ROTS back-to-back this moring.
I personally feel George Lucas is a mediocre director of actors and episodes 1-4 do not light a candle to the far superior direction of Irvin Kershner and Richard Marquand in ESB and ROTJ. George has good ideas and is in tune with what the audience wants, but he cannot relate to actors.
Out of episodes 1-4...I think I would have to go with ROTS.
SamusDrake 6 months ago
@SamusDrake Hey man, as long as we agree that TPM was bad, its all cool.
swik9880 6 months ago
@swik9880
TPM was the worst effected by George's direction. As soon as I heard he was to direct the first prequel, I knew it would be as dull as his previous Direction efforts.
What angered me most was that he didn't listen to overwhelming critical response for TPM and still went ahead and directed the remaining prequels. He should have turned over direction to Steven Spielberg, who did a far better job on Indy4.
SamusDrake 6 months ago
@SamusDrake On that subject, I liked Indy4 until they got to the part with the monkeys. If they hadn't done that, It would be on my movie shelf.
swik9880 6 months ago
@swik9880
LOL, I remember coming out of the cinema, and there was this guy and he was like "No...No..." and his mates were trying to comfort him with "C'mon, it was a good film!" and then he just went "FACKING MONKEYS! NO! THATS IT! ITS DEAD TO ME!". The guy could have been straight out of Sons of Anarchy, but the poor sod really needed a hug! It was if his woman had run off with another man! o_O
SamusDrake 6 months ago
@SamusDrake
Haha that's exactly what my friend was like. Except he said something like "I'm gonna go sit in a corner, think about The lost ark, and weep over this catastrophe"
swik9880 6 months ago
@swik9880
LOL! ^_^
SamusDrake 6 months ago
@SamusDrake but was very weak. No offense.
killer92173 6 months ago
@killer92173
Thats cool mate. ^_^
SamusDrake 6 months ago
'Eject' lol
Kitificationable 1 year ago
Damn, that Tie Fighter turned Porkins into Chicharones. :(
oldschool1 1 year ago
red october standing by
StuntedSnail 1 year ago
god red six is so fat its no surprise his fighters shaking all the time
ironhidewatson 1 year ago
Big Red standing by
BeyondLame 1 year ago
@BeyondLame Red October standing by
ironhidewatson 1 year ago
lol the fat guy died first
tonychet2s 1 year ago
@ 2:18 Eject? Where, into space? Never noticed that before
TwistedKestrel 1 year ago 10
@TwistedKestrel their suits have a self energy field that maintains atmosphere arround the pilot, but the cold of the space can kill the pilot if he isn't rescued quickly. But tha'ts a better chance than dying in the explosion of a starfighter
Darsh51 1 year ago
@Darsh51 Would they be deaccelerated if they ejected, or do they maintain the velocity that they were travelling in the fighter?
TwistedKestrel 1 year ago
@TwistedKestrel I dunno, but i guess they do, if no that would be pointless, maybe the inertial compensators work on that point, but you know, i don't have the full knowledge of starfighters technology, i'd be rich if i did^^
Darsh51 1 year ago
@TwistedKestrel they have force fields around the thier seats its in comic books aswell as books
skycaprob 6 months ago
@TwistedKestrel You know what question I have?
When the Millenium Falcon escaped from the Death Star, it went into hyperspace.
So, in pursuit, did the Death Star do into hyperspace as well?
It reached Yavin IV within a matter of less than a week.
ultramegaunknown 3 months ago
@TwistedKestrel in X-wing Alliance when you died your character ejected and was recovered by a shuttle later.
CFaux220 2 months ago
@TwistedKestrel That's part of the attack strategy. he was nothing but a projectile all along.
DatMafiaKitteh 2 months ago
@TwistedKestrel That's what the flight suit they're wearing is for. It'll keep them alive until a shuttle can pick them up. Though, that close to an exploding Death Star is going to kill Porkins anyway.
ArdenWolfwatcher 2 months ago
@ArdenWolfwatcher yeah because that helmet sure will keep your head intact during your stay in space...
Draious 2 months ago
@Draious I'd be more concerned about trying to breathe
oldpainless316 2 months ago
@ArdenWolfwatcher Although, if you're totally honest, that flight suit is only good for four or five minutes of exposure to space. If they HAD a shuttle, "Piggy" (Porkins' nickname, according to Star Wars: X-Wing Novel #4, "Wraith Squadron") might have survived, but as it is, this was a do or die (quite possibly do AND die) mission, so you're quite right that ejecting wouldn't have done him any good.
Karthos1000 2 months ago
@TwistedKestrel it's possible he ment 'eject from your assult/dive' because a second later he says 'pull up'
cartledgej 2 months ago
@cartledgej Maybe hes saying Jek pull up as its his first name. I just cant see the ejecting into space logic
oldpainless316 2 months ago
@oldpainless316 could be, but watching the subtitles on the DVD, he says 'eject'
cartledgej 2 months ago
Always liked the S-Foils into attack position shot in this original version better.
Philtheguy 1 year ago
...THXU for uploading the original SW not that "special edition" crap with all the unnecessary CGI...
SteveSabbai 1 year ago
I'm sure your wondering what gold five says at 5:42 , he is saying Gold five to read leader, lost Tiree lost Dutch, which were his two wing mates at the battle of yavin, i honestly thought he was saying lost firing lost touch, or something like that :P,
comment if you want more XD
TheObeseGungan 1 year ago
Porkins is the greatest character of the Star Wars universe!
wheeljak 1 year ago
Dude I am sorry, but what the fuck is wrong with your audio?Vader does not sound like he should at all!
TheRealBitterbub 1 year ago
@TheRealBitterbub I think (though I might be wrong) darkpraying's used the original edit of Star Wars, as in the one that was released in 1977 and not a remastered version. In each of the remastered versions they would have changed the special effects, the sound effects, and some of the dialogue, so that would explain why Vader sounds different
01Nick1988 1 year ago
"Look at the Size of that thing"
"This is red Five, I'm going in"
"Luke, pull out"
LOL
lgmmrm 1 year ago
Colossus3999 1 year ago 2
NO PORKINS!
ChrisBromley 1 year ago
Why is the audio always messed up in these videos!
thehalowarthog 1 year ago
If anyone wants to know where Lucas got the idea for the Death Star attack Trench Run - watch the 1956 war film the 'The Dambusters' about the RAF's attack of the German dams in the Rhur valley.
There's a video on here called 'Dambusters a la Star Wars' that really illustrates how Lucas ripped it off completely.
Pheonixfromtheshale 1 year ago
@Pheonixfromtheshale didn´t really steal it he simply got inspired by that movie. Many directors today get idea´s from each other. GL inspired the guy who did alien to make his astronauts looking like truckdrivers
SuperAnime4life 1 year ago
@Pheonixfromtheshale dambusters was completely based off of something that really happened, lucas just looked at Different Cultures and War Films (Origional war films) and put it in the movies
lgmmrm 1 year ago
@lgmmrm: If you watch the Dambusters scene with the attack of on the Sorpe Dam and the Death Star Trench Run scene, you'll see that Lucas even swiped the dialogue for the Dambusters!
Dambusters: "How many guns you think, P for Popsie"?
Starwars: "How many guns you think Gold 5"?
Dambusters: "I'd say theres 10 guns, some in the fields & some on the towers"
Starwars: "Say about 20 guns, some on the surface, some on the towers"
Thats not a homage...thats a rip off!
Pheonixfromtheshale 1 year ago
@Pheonixfromtheshale
I honestly don't see the big deal about this. So what if he was inspired by that? He has a right to use that dialouge. And I'm sure he informed the makers of the movie that he did so.
So shut up and watch. Leave if you don't want to. Just quit being a prissy dumbfuck.
logorex 1 year ago
@Pheonixfromtheshale - also 633 squadron , in the cinema in 1977 my older brother moaned that the death star battle was like the dambusters and 633 squadron both together - he was a war movie buff
chisacat 1 year ago
@chisacat everyones aware of the dambusters rip off that is star wars, remember - smart people learn from things other smart people have already figured out - i.e. how to make an effective scene about attacking a solid target instead of the usual dogfighting.
TheBlitz1 1 year ago
"Cover me Porkins" Lol :)
osmos360 2 years ago 2