The Battle of Yavin Part 2 of 2

[Jumanji089]

The thing i never got is why noone on standby went to cover the fighters during the attack run. Anyone couldve went behind those fighters and shot them down.

[TenchiFanatic3]

So did any one else see that vader was toying with red leader by shooting out one side of his engines and then did'nt shoot him down but shot his other side and made him crash instead ... back in the day when he was evil :3 and had to follow bad guy rules....."What!?"

[vknong]

Valid points there. But then it would have been harder for the TIE fighters to shoot them down? And I thought the Rebel fighters were small enough to avoid the turbolasers?

[plaidchuck]

Wedge was like "Later byatch!"

[vknong]

Why couldn't they have attacked the Death Star from a different angle? Then they wouldn't have needed to fly all the way through the trench :)

[MrDavidFILM]

@vknong It would have taken just as long to fly from a different angle as it took for them to just run the trench... So they just chose what they felt was the best choise.

[PhsykoOmen]

@vknong going down the trench avoided all the surface turbolaser batterys aswell. a straight run is better then dodging shit all the time.

[plaidchuck]

goddamn the music made this movie. Could you imagine it any other way?

[riddlemeth1s]

:07 "Luke, at that speed will you be able to pull out in time?"

[Anakinskynader]

Why didn't gold seven attack the tie fighters from behind? Was he too far away?

[DarthAnakinMaul]

Is this theatrical?

[rabbitfourone]

@0:31 whoa!!!! looks like we got a badass over here!

[Kcoyote3]

Whenever I turn off my GPS in my car I say, "Luke you've switched off your targeting computer. What's wrong?".

[zizwop]

@Kcoyote3 That's funny, we always use to say 'Red 5, I'm going in' whenever we would do something daring.

[aseriousman91]

Wait, who was the random Y-wing pilot that survived? And why don't he and Wedge get a medal?

[UltraLaserStorm]

YAY!!! IT EXPLODED! Go Obi-Wan! :P

[glynamus]

lucas, its your film but nothing was wrong with the first one. why not make something new and fun instead of rehashing this once good film which has been turned into a joke becouse of your constant changing everything in it??????????? did you run out of creative thought?

[sdmgres]

wait, luke and wedge survived, but who was in the other y-wing???

[inflames2121]

@sdmgres Keyan Farlander, flying as Gold Seven

[kichelis]

that tie fighters was the reason the death star blew up he hit vader for no reason!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!....he should get a medal

[hilarioph]

On the blu-ray. They add some voices from the

new hope compeer to the dialog they never did in the 70's?

[texasholdemholden]

why didn't chewbacca get a medal? he risked his life too, and probably convinced han to help.

[bjggjb]

@texasholdemholden He got a lifetime supply of bananas instead. (Or would that be dog biscuits?)

[Mprator]

When Vader's ship is spinning you can hear him breathing, in whatever the latest version is you can't anymore.

[DatMafiaKitteh]

Why didn't Red-2 swing back around into the trench behind Vader's little farce?

[htbetsy]

Thank you for uploading the film's original cut. At 1:59, we hear the orchestral score above everything else -- heightening the desperation of the trench run. For the Special Edition, someone decided to monkey with sound levels, so we're distracted from the real focus of our ears by a louder BOOP BOOP BOOP of the targeting computer. It's an insignificant thing, but it's one of a thousand examples of George Lucas' contempt for detail.

[Mokkari77]

@htbetsy

Wow, it takes a lot to bug you.

[CFaux220]

So who here knew that the gunner that said, "Stand By...Stand By" was doing everything he could to delay the shot? turns out he felt so bad about the destruction of Alderaan that he tried to but the alliance time to destroy the Death Star in a Redemption = Death kind of way. 

[glynamus]

wookiee needs a medal no doubt. unfair he didnt get one. pft

[nyctoo]

Y NOT CHEWBACCA?

[glynamus]

everyone stay at their post except wedge. wedge panics, and leaves while the others stayed on target knowing they was going to get killed for. it. wedge needs to be taken to a court martial

[captainjjb84]

@glynamus Wedge becomes one of the rebellion's best pilots later on. He helps destroy the second Death Star!

[CFaux220]

@glynamus Luke told him to leave, everyone else was dead dude. besides that he is one of the best pilots in the alliance, and the only pilot with TWO death stars painted on his X-wing. in fact, they had to paint red ties on his fighter to indicate squadrons of fighters he's killed, rather than individual pilots.

[The6thSimpson]

@glynamus yeah but without him they would never have destroyed the second death star.

[NicolosoGano]

I started crying at 2:00

[Vykkdraygo713]

This movie was a fine example of special effects that UPLIFT the story rather than strangle it.

[DanVelinski]

You know, you think the Death Star control room would be more brightly lit. Can you imagine trying to explain to Darth Vader that you blew up his favorite Star Destroyer because you have bad night vision and hit the wrong button? I realize they glow, but it still seems like a safety issue.

[CFaux220]

@DanVelinski yeah the death star is OSHA's wet dream. all the platforms with no rails, the dark lighting, i mean sheesh.

[DanVelinski]

@CFaux220 No crap. Easily accessible garbage chamber that can crush people who fall in, plus there's a monster-thing in there. The whole thing can be blown up by firing a torpedo down a single port. Blast doors that take forever to open and close. Good thing this happened a long time before OSHA, in a galaxy far, far away from OSHA. If they had inspected the place, the Rebels might not have been able to blow it up.

[CFaux220]

@DanVelinski The station would be filled with more citations than missed storm trooper shots, and THAT'S saying something.

[DanVelinski]

@CFaux220 The Empire wouldn't be able to afford the Death Star. Darth Vader and the Emperor would be going through financial reports, trying to fit it in the budget. "Lord Vader, we can afford it if we hire a less impressive voice actor for you." "Emperor, we need to cut down on the amount of makeup you use if we want to pay for this." That's probably a deleted scene we'll see in the 50th Anniversary Edition.

[CFaux220]

@DanVelinski Haha! one can only hope!

[veson231]

And that's how I saved Christmas.

[glynamus]

you can hear luke say carrie when he returns from the yavin battle.

[Smael64]

3:09

What?!

[koolmspellednaim]

It was fun to see the original Battle of Yavin, not the special edition (or latter). The extra special effects don't really add much in terms of enjoyment.

[Colossalparadox]

"Luke you switched off your targeting computer, what's wrong?" Luke: It's the Mac wheel of death!! It's just keeps spinning and showing me pretty colours!

"You should've changed it Windows 7, it's a PC and it was my idea"

[UnleashthePhury]

Ok, so this has always bugged me... In the throne There's very clearly a room full of people, so why the Hell are the first two rows of people cardboard cutouts?? START THE SHOT TEN FEET CLOSER

[JangosAgony502]

What Chewie ACTUALLY was saying:

5:10

Face Front, dammit!

6:12

What, yall forgot how to clap?

6:22

Annnnnd, CUT!

[burtonrules123]

cant WAIT for these movies to come out on bluray. i purposly held off watching star wars cuz i knew in a year they would be coming out on bluray, only a few more weeks!

[scruby]

@burtonrules123

I hope they release it without Jabba the Hutt digitally added

[CptChaos47]

"Luke, at that speed, will you be able to pull out in time?"

That's what she said.

[glynamus]

how come everyone else had to "stay on target!" except Wedge???? shouldnt Wedge stayed with Luke.  Wedge should get writen up and sent to a military prison for cowardice.

[pacman5698]

ORIGINAL EDITION YAAAAAAAAAY!!!

[swik9880]

Wedge is so damn lucky Vader didn't have ADD.

[captainjjb84]

This is probably one of the best scenes if cinema!

[TheOp879]

let'ssee out of 30 fighters only 3 r left. when did the other 21 get shot down. the 9 that were shown getting destroyed i have accounted for but what about the rest.

[kenpalmer1965]

@TheOp879 I kind of know what you mean. I thought the exact same thing when I first saw the movie and many times thereafter. But still it was a great battle despite being costly to the rebellion in the amount of fighters and pilots they lost.

[TheOp879]

@kenpalmer1965 oops i meant to say 18 not 21.

[MrWINNSLAW]

"I loved this movie from the Summer of '77 on up to the present day!"

[snukka]

I love the Genuine happiness when they get back from blowing up the the Death Star

[TheGirlWhoGames]

poor design flaw...why didnt that hole just get covered up by a ton of thick metal plus a sheild around it that could only be destroyed from the inside???

[luathien]

@TheGirlWhoGames If you're inquiring about the first Death Star, that hole was needed to eject heat buildup directly from the station's core reactor. Clog it up with a ton of brick and a shield and that's like overfilling a balloon with hot air with no way for the excess to have a way out. The second Death Star was designed to have millions of thermal exhaust ports in order to avoid that flaw.

[TheGirlWhoGames]

@luathien ah...i remember hearing this from somewhere else as well.

[delta1O5]

Thank God for the rebels that Vader picked some random pilot that was probably a janitor in a pilot trooper uniform that swerves like crazy as soon as he's shot at. Janitor pilot trooper, hero of the rebellion. Recognized slightly less than Wedge Antilles.

[SWEETWILLKINGSTON]

3:08 Vader sounds like Gene Simmons saying "WHAT!"

[FalconFlight54]

3:11 vader said "what?" then the pilot looked up and BAM he is floating TIE toast.



[FalconFlight54]

3:11 vader said "what?" then the pilot looked up and BAM he is floating TIE toast.

[diner59]

When Luke fired the proton torpedo, he was probably thinking "This is for Ben...This is for Biggs...This is for all the Rebels you've killed today, you evil scum!"

[SteveSabbai]

@ 2:20 "Luke, you switched off your targeting computer whats wrong?" Luke: "Its this new microsoft operating system! I keep getting a blue screen! Im going to switch over to Linux!"

[Intelus]

@SteveSabbai

3:23 *click*

Windows needs your permission to use this device:

- Proton torpedo

[Allow] [Cancel]

Luke: OH SHI-!

[OminousLatinUsername]

@SteveSabbai Lol 1997

[silentf0e]

@SteveSabbai Best comment ever

[gangstermaori]

The wookiee does not get a medal. I hope he was not expecting one.

How embarrassing!

[Blackdrake1]

@gangstermaori Leia wanted to give him one but he's too tall for her to reach over his neck.

[RobinHood3000]

@gangstermaori They were going to have Princess Leia appear in Episode V with her arms torn out of their sockets, but it wasn't in the effects budget.

[TeunisD]

@gangstermaori The wokiee.... what a racists.

[KillerKoala56]

If i was commanding the death star, I would destroy the red planet to have a clear shot at the base

[ejpbruel]

@KillerKoala56 Jep. And then you'd have to wait a full day for the damn thing to recharge. Glad they got that problem worked out with the new version, hm?

[StarwarsGeneral]

@4:11 if you listen closely

its CARRIE!

not HEY!

[TheBlitz1]

the music is fuckin so good man you my fire when ready DUM DUM DUH DUH DUM

[Xiolablu3]

I wish there was more 'realistic' chatter in the prequels.

'Coming in .35'

'Stabilizer broken loose again'

'passing through the magnetic field'

All great additions which make it seem more realistic. Totally not there in the prequels :(

[TheBlitz1]

@Xiolablu3 the prequels are for kids not for adults like the original movies

[membucks]

I wonder if Porkins got a his own holiday on Yavin after this

[stickmanpwner64]

I like how every like every rebel in the base came to thank luke.

[Gondor3124]

5:57 It meens like "How you doing?" :) .