I knew Wedge (a perfectly capable British theatre actor) was overdubbed. But I didn't know about Red Leader - I think that's a credit to the American voice actor (whoever he was) - I was fooled anyway.
With all the changes Lucas has made, I'm surprised there was no enhancement to Red Leader's crash. When his fighter goes down, it just looks like a random explosion on the Death Star's surface. There's no sign of Red Leader's ship or any kind of impact at all.
@jksonny yes I wonder at Red Leader's thoughts at that moment. Did he accept death? Or did he die thinking, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" ? It's so hard to tell from the way actor's act. Maybe Lucas can explain it with an edit.
technically no. terrorism specifically refers to using terror to try to win wars, and generally means attacking non-combatants, meaning civilians. the battle of yavin would be seen as more of a bit of strategic guerrilla warfare, resulting in huge casualties on the opposing force's side. if anything, the empire acted as terrorists when they destroyed alderaan, killing millions of innocent people.
@MrPier101 Or! Peter Cushing weren't invited to the party on Alderaan and decided gatecrash it in style. Except no one understood that when he said "you may fire when ready" he meant "fire the huge keg", not the combined strength of several billion glowsticks in one go. Underlings, can't get any job done right.
Considering that the EU established that the Death Star was filled with more than just soldiers and Imperial jackasses...one might consider the Rebel attack a terrorist one.
As Commander of the Death Star, I would have evacuated all personnel into rings E-Z, with the "A" ring occupied solely by military gunning staff, and B-D as a buffer zone against high-impact explosives.
But Tarkin had other ideas above his space station.
@jacksondoherty It couldn't have been in the original theatrical release. John Williams didn't write the Imperial March theme until The Empire Strikes Back.
You know I think it would be interesting if they made an EU sidestory on that, with Luke having massive guilt for blowing up the Death Star and taking innocents with it as well.
Contrary to what the movies show, the Death Star was just more than a battle station.
@nepomusik Back in Lukes day, slaughtering uncounted numbers of faceless mooks made you a hero. Nowadays, Commander Shepard goes and blows up a star system and before you know it, they're drigging him/her in front of a tribunal for a court martial. No fair.
@nepomusik very happy cause he saved billions, maybe trillions from the potential planets the death star would've destroyed if the rebel alliance failed
@nepomusik Come on, they had the same discussion in Kevin Smith's "Clerks". All people on board the Death Star had to know the risk - they served the Empire and were bound to know what was happening. And so they would know that the Death Star was a potential target for Rebel attacks. Better think about the thousands of innocent workers who built the second Death Star...
Well to be fair, those who died with the Death Star's destruction were under what I like to call "Titanic syndrome". They overestimated the Death Star; it's said that much in the novel.
@SwordmasterKane There had to be innocent prisoners of war on the Death Star though, probably including many part of the rebellion. Still, small price to pay to keep planets from being destroyed I suppose.
@sanforddrofnas Agreed. But! the rebels knew there would be the risk of being captured or killed during the civil war, so they don't really count. As for the other innocent victims - tha blaim is on the Empire for imprisoning them and holding them onboard a potential target. You know, there were people in the dark ages who did just that on purpose - putting prisoners of war in vital areas, so the enemy would not attack them...
@nepomusik Some people actually believe the Empire is good, which is almost reasonable. ALMOST. I mean, the only remotely evil things they do in the series, aside from fighting the Rebels, are destroying Alderaan and enslaving Cloud City. The Expanded Universe handles the rest.
In many ways that's ONE thing the EU does really well, and perhaps one of the few rare things I sorta dislike about Star Wars; it goes beyond the idea of just vanilla good and evil, because life sometimes just ain't that simple.
@nepomusik That argument has little merit. The Death Star is a military installation. All military personnel knew the assumed risks when they accepted their assignments and boarded. The amount of civilians/sympathetic imperials onboard would be minimal.
Is it just me, or does Red Leaders last couple of lines (losing the starboard engine and telling Luke to set up for his attack run) sound slightly different than the original release? Sounds like it was dubbed over...some of the vocal inflections are different.
I always keep thinking about What happened at the Clone wars to the battle of Endor and end of the empire what happens years and years after it all when the Jedi order has been restored and the Remnant forces of the Empire is gone kinda funny to think about Luke the little farmer boy turns out to be the 1 who defeats the empire haha
i really liked this scene but at first i thought all the y wings died but then when there going back to the base i see another y wing i also thought wedge was going to die but instead he flys away and then 1 movie from now he returns in episode 6 in the battle of endor and is now known as red leader george lucus had a great idea of bringing back a rebel pilot and the best part is he survives that battle to wedge is awsome go red leader we love wedge!!!
@iliketobygames Um.... It could be either one. Vader, he had to relive an scene that probably made him want to puke. Or the Emperor, since he saw his big investment get blown to pieces. I'm tempted to hit the dislike button just we can say it was the both of them. XD
i really like the entire scene but im annoyed at the portrayal and scale of the entire battle. the death star used only 8 tie fighters for defence, when it has like 50000 of them inside !!!
@bandman232 See, the thing is, decelerating in space is different than in a car. Because the engines are basically all in the back (more speed etc.) to slow down you basically turn off the engine, and you would still need a lot of space to stop. Because Darth Vader uses the force, and the other two were probably not idiots, when you pulled up and slowed down, they'd smash you in that instant. Also, if you did, then you would be too late to stop the Death Star from shooting, and you would die.
@viziertim Yes but space craft use mini reverse thrusters to slow down using opposing force. Im sure the engineers in star wars would have seen that by now.
@Herufaia What amazes me is that the Death Star can't even travel to light speed, and yet it somehow got to Yavin in just a couple cut-scenes! Yet, it takes the Death Star forever just to go around a planet!
@starflame34 i got a tip for you. type in the death star in to google and look for death star-wookiepedia,the star wars wiki and read. it says it can travel at superluminal velocites so basicly it can go in to hyper space
This is what happens when you grab two random dudes and tell them to watch your back. With the TIE fighters already deployed, there's probably a reason why those two guys were just standing around twiddling their thumbs. Poor Vader. :(
why didn't luke and biggs try to protect red leader and the two fighters in the trench? they could have tried to come behind vader's fighters and attack them, but they just sat there and did nothing.
Did the 2nd Death Star take longer to blow up? B/c I doubt Luke could've flown the entire radius of this Death Star in the time it took to blow up (starting after the power generator's destruction).
@Crymson1 I'm thinking of the proton torpedos. About 10 seconds passed between between their entrace to the Death Star and the explosion (perhaps 5 seconds for the explosion). In Espisode VI, the rebel ships appeared to take longer to fly out of the second Death Star.
@xtremespeed128 The method of attack was different. Death Star I's flaw lay in a thermal exhaust port; slotting some torpedoes down it caused a quick chain reaction in the station's power supply. Death Star II's reactor was destroyed by a direct attack on its reactor using lasers. Understandably, the two methods produced results in different amounts of time.
For me the music is what makes this definitely epic. Everything, from the glorious entrance to the battle, to the desperate situation near the end with only Luke, Wedge and Biggs left, to the all or nothing situation with Luke, to the triumphant victory at the end.... I love it.
God Bless Lucas for letting this be on you tube (I'm guessing). Fuck everyone who doesn't let their stuff on. I should be able to watch any movie or tv show I want for free in one place.
@xKalamity he was probably trying to hit a certain part of the death star with his doomed x-wing, and he wanted to take as many empireans, if you will, with him
2:13, BIG MISTAKE Vader; BIG MISTAKE! (As the missions with Wedge in the Rogue Squadron games have shown) Plus, he was the only Rebel pilot to survive all 3 major battles! (Sadly, Luke only flew two times)
Okay, I have to say it just in case no one else did. HOW did Darth Vader miss hitting Luke when he fired at him ("I have you now!") BEFORE Han Solo destroyed one of his two companions?
At 0:05 Rebel pilot's helmet changes to Dacks from Empire Stikes Back.
The Y-wing pilot is Keyan Farlander (PC in the first of the X-wing series) normally a X-wing pilot, but reasigned after Luke took his fighter, and later would become a Jedi.
This is still the greatest moment in cinematic history. While there have been many wonderful stories and scenes created over the years, there is just nothing that has ever come to match it, neither before nor since.
@thehalowarthog can't really say that because Biggs only died because he used himself as a shield from Vader's lasers... so when Wedge was kinda damaged he bugged out while Biggs stayed, so I think Biggs won that one.... =/ hard to say who's better from how I see it
@gamapg Well if both of their X-wings were in great shape and they had to kill eachother with them, I'd still say Wedge would win because he could even survive this whole war and still participate in the New Republic's hunt for the remainings of the dieing Empire and the Second Galactic Civil War.
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.
the other planet is a gas giant, like jupiter, so theres no surface to hit, its all gas's and probbably go right thrue unless it some how ignited the gas. also the gas planet's name is yavin, and the rebel base is on yavin 4 which is a moon. not another planet, like endor. in episode 6 endor is the planet and the ground battle takes place on the moon which is also named endor. i'm not sure if endor has anyother moons and thats why it has the same name
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cokiemix 2 weeks ago 3
@jazzx251 lol what?
MrStig691 4 weeks ago
@jazzx251 It's funny that the actor that played him was british though...
ltflak 1 month ago
This battle simply proves that Luke Skywalker is and forever shall remain as the greatest Star Wars hero.
LightHero117 1 month ago
@jazzx251 Come back for thirds if you want limey :)
PapagenoJuan2 1 month ago
@PapagenoJuan2 No need, finished first time of asking, remember? But we can forget history by painting over the burn marks.
MrStig691 4 weeks ago
R2: *Gets shot by Vader* AAAAHH!! F%#K YOU! WHO DO I LOOK LIKE? ARTOO-PAC?!
TheChoujinVirus 2 months ago
@jazzx251
He was played by a British actor but played the part with an American accent.
Mokkari77 2 months ago
@Mokkari77
lol - not him as well!
I knew Wedge (a perfectly capable British theatre actor) was overdubbed. But I didn't know about Red Leader - I think that's a credit to the American voice actor (whoever he was) - I was fooled anyway.
jazzx251 1 month ago
Imagine all the people in the rebel base panicking when Yavin IV entered the Death Star's firing range.
MilesEdgeworth129 3 months ago
@MilesEdgeworth129 I'd fuck out of panic, hopefully there are some hot rebels...
biggrigga 2 months ago
With all the changes Lucas has made, I'm surprised there was no enhancement to Red Leader's crash. When his fighter goes down, it just looks like a random explosion on the Death Star's surface. There's no sign of Red Leader's ship or any kind of impact at all.
jksonny 4 months ago
@jksonny yes I wonder at Red Leader's thoughts at that moment. Did he accept death? Or did he die thinking, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" ? It's so hard to tell from the way actor's act. Maybe Lucas can explain it with an edit.
cbalsz 3 months ago
4:00 minutes and on are hands down some of the most epic moments ever captured on film.
Navikthered 5 months ago
This is the death star battle, not yavin
chadtrademaster 6 months ago
@chadtrademaster its called the battle of yavin, the one in return of the jedi is called the battle of endor
mattsparrow91 5 months ago
Luke:Pull out you cant doin anymore good back there Yoda: Said That She Did ...................XD LOL
Trojansfan562 6 months ago
This is totally how the English took out the Bismarck. Check it out.
AndrewInCA 6 months ago
I wonder why they filled the Death Star with so many Groud troops...needless losses of life.
You know, if you really think about it, doesnt think make th Rebels terrorists?
SpadaccinoLuciano 7 months ago
@SpadaccinoLuciano idiot
jagscalabrine 6 months ago
@SpadaccinoLuciano
technically no. terrorism specifically refers to using terror to try to win wars, and generally means attacking non-combatants, meaning civilians. the battle of yavin would be seen as more of a bit of strategic guerrilla warfare, resulting in huge casualties on the opposing force's side. if anything, the empire acted as terrorists when they destroyed alderaan, killing millions of innocent people.
MrPier101 5 months ago
@MrPier101 Or! Peter Cushing weren't invited to the party on Alderaan and decided gatecrash it in style. Except no one understood that when he said "you may fire when ready" he meant "fire the huge keg", not the combined strength of several billion glowsticks in one go. Underlings, can't get any job done right.
Xengarrith 5 months ago
@MrPier101
Considering that the EU established that the Death Star was filled with more than just soldiers and Imperial jackasses...one might consider the Rebel attack a terrorist one.
From a certain point of view.
nepomusik 4 months ago
@SpadaccinoLuciano
Excellent point.
As Commander of the Death Star, I would have evacuated all personnel into rings E-Z, with the "A" ring occupied solely by military gunning staff, and B-D as a buffer zone against high-impact explosives.
But Tarkin had other ideas above his space station.
jazzx251 1 month ago
I didn't realise Daft Punk was in control of the firing systems on the Death Star!
schwillo 7 months ago
many brave stormtroopers lost their lives on that fateful day.
brandeezy108 7 months ago
the entire timeline of star wars revolves around this one battle.
brandeezy108 7 months ago
Rebel Base:"Luke, you switched off your targeting computer. What's wrong?"
Luke:"I don't trust Windows"
TheManUnitedFTW 7 months ago 6
I think Biggs should have lived at least a little longer, they could have expanded on that character.
shooshoobob1 7 months ago
>•< vs |-o-|
ANSYS754 8 months ago
"I have you now!"
POON POON
"Whaaatt??"
miniroll32 8 months ago
The force is strong with this one !!!! use the force luke
Alexpoker26 8 months ago
I wonder if anyone notices a bit of the imperial march when the Death Star Blows up.
jacksondoherty 8 months ago
@jacksondoherty It couldn't have been in the original theatrical release. John Williams didn't write the Imperial March theme until The Empire Strikes Back.
nukedukem31 8 months ago
The xwing is obviously a disadvantage.
letsgo1lasers 8 months ago
4:40
What tpo order a cheeseburger or a big mac.I KNOW ill take a *Boom*
supergreatoli2 8 months ago
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adelnhanna 8 months ago
gotta love those plot guided missiles ;p
but i always wondered how this would be ;p
Emperor: we have a new enemy, the young rebel who destroyed the death star.
Vader: uhmmm master...some random guy named porkins blew up the death star.... is he a jedi???
Emepror:.....say what??? who's that??? thought skywalker blew it up :s
Vader: uhmmmm no....
Emperor: *facepalm* ok nvm that then
DiscusvissenRocken 8 months ago
"You may fire when ready" *epic music begins*
NottinghamForest22 9 months ago
Luke just blew up a Death Star that was inhabited by millions, not all of them necessarily bad. How do you think he feels?
nepomusik 9 months ago 8
@nepomusik like a boss
phazontofu 8 months ago
@phazontofu
You know I think it would be interesting if they made an EU sidestory on that, with Luke having massive guilt for blowing up the Death Star and taking innocents with it as well.
Contrary to what the movies show, the Death Star was just more than a battle station.
nepomusik 7 months ago
@nepomusik yeah it was a massive home/city/office/ig-88 droid
phazontofu 6 months ago
@nepomusik
Yes. Thousands of innocent prisoners of war died aboard the Death Star.
And then there were the catering staff - people like you and me who found themselves in the wrong job at the wrong time.
I find the rebels' jingoistic victory celebrations rather insensitive.
I don't trust them either - now they have power.
Before you know it, your kids will have to learn "The Force" as fact in science class.
That's somethin I'm not looking forward to.
jazzx251 4 months ago
@jazzx251 . . . Seriously?
warwatcher91 3 months ago
@nepomusik IM GOIN TO DISNEYLAND!!!
cbalsz 3 months ago
@nepomusik Back in Lukes day, slaughtering uncounted numbers of faceless mooks made you a hero. Nowadays, Commander Shepard goes and blows up a star system and before you know it, they're drigging him/her in front of a tribunal for a court martial. No fair.
SinDawg030 3 months ago 2
@nepomusik Tarkin blew up the planet Alderaan first I guess he feels even.
flakelorenz02 3 months ago
@nepomusik very happy cause he saved billions, maybe trillions from the potential planets the death star would've destroyed if the rebel alliance failed
josev731 3 months ago
@nepomusik Come on, they had the same discussion in Kevin Smith's "Clerks". All people on board the Death Star had to know the risk - they served the Empire and were bound to know what was happening. And so they would know that the Death Star was a potential target for Rebel attacks. Better think about the thousands of innocent workers who built the second Death Star...
SwordmasterKane 3 months ago
@SwordmasterKane
Well to be fair, those who died with the Death Star's destruction were under what I like to call "Titanic syndrome". They overestimated the Death Star; it's said that much in the novel.
The DS II on the other hand...
nepomusik 3 months ago
@SwordmasterKane There had to be innocent prisoners of war on the Death Star though, probably including many part of the rebellion. Still, small price to pay to keep planets from being destroyed I suppose.
sanforddrofnas 2 months ago
@sanforddrofnas Agreed. But! the rebels knew there would be the risk of being captured or killed during the civil war, so they don't really count. As for the other innocent victims - tha blaim is on the Empire for imprisoning them and holding them onboard a potential target. You know, there were people in the dark ages who did just that on purpose - putting prisoners of war in vital areas, so the enemy would not attack them...
SwordmasterKane 2 months ago
@nepomusik People die in life, it happens. get over it hippie
PapagenoJuan2 1 month ago
@nepomusik Some people actually believe the Empire is good, which is almost reasonable. ALMOST. I mean, the only remotely evil things they do in the series, aside from fighting the Rebels, are destroying Alderaan and enslaving Cloud City. The Expanded Universe handles the rest.
LightHero117 1 month ago
@LightHero117
In many ways that's ONE thing the EU does really well, and perhaps one of the few rare things I sorta dislike about Star Wars; it goes beyond the idea of just vanilla good and evil, because life sometimes just ain't that simple.
nepomusik 1 month ago
@nepomusik It still doesn't make sense to have people white-knight them, though.
Tint301 3 weeks ago
@nepomusik That argument has little merit. The Death Star is a military installation. All military personnel knew the assumed risks when they accepted their assignments and boarded. The amount of civilians/sympathetic imperials onboard would be minimal.
ImperialFilm1 2 weeks ago
The force will be with you..... always
MrSeekerofjustice 9 months ago
Is it just me, or does Red Leaders last couple of lines (losing the starboard engine and telling Luke to set up for his attack run) sound slightly different than the original release? Sounds like it was dubbed over...some of the vocal inflections are different.
homfencing 9 months ago
I always keep thinking about What happened at the Clone wars to the battle of Endor and end of the empire what happens years and years after it all when the Jedi order has been restored and the Remnant forces of the Empire is gone kinda funny to think about Luke the little farmer boy turns out to be the 1 who defeats the empire haha
Loliaz 9 months ago
stupid battle sequence. if the wingmen stayed above, they could have covered for him
Jeneral28 9 months ago
@Jeneral28 Like my father always said....ya wanna ruin the story??
homfencing 9 months ago
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mjm814 9 months ago
When they re-released this in theaters...the ENTIRE theater went nuts at 4:43!
aquaguy322 9 months ago
I had friends on that Death Star... :(
WrathChild006 9 months ago
2:33-2:35 Farewell Biggs.
Battleship009 9 months ago
I don't what epic means but yes I agree.
Battleship009 9 months ago
So basically Luje anally raped the death star with no reach around or anything??LOL wow..Lucas IS gay!:)
Mike19737 9 months ago
Okay, it was over 45 seconds, the Base should have been within range already and blown to bits!
dsperlin 10 months ago
i really liked this scene but at first i thought all the y wings died but then when there going back to the base i see another y wing i also thought wedge was going to die but instead he flys away and then 1 movie from now he returns in episode 6 in the battle of endor and is now known as red leader george lucus had a great idea of bringing back a rebel pilot and the best part is he survives that battle to wedge is awsome go red leader we love wedge!!!
MrJediknight101 11 months ago
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steviesmyths 11 months ago
Great scene people will recognize in the late 60s classic, the Battle of Britain:
steviesmyths 11 months ago
Dear Hollywood, please make films like this again. Thanks
batman2909 11 months ago
Anyone else think that Vader was gonna puke from flipping all around in that fighter of his?
starflame34 11 months ago
@ManaTatsuX What also gets me excited at that scene is the music! It sounds so epic!
starflame34 11 months ago
Now that's flying: The tie was like "Look out!" And just screwed up completely!
starflame34 11 months ago
"Luke, you switched off your targeting computer. What's wrong?"
"Nothing, I'm alright. The voice in my head said everything will be okay!"
Berengier817 1 year ago 53
@Berengier817 oh in that case we're fucked!
aguamaniac 5 months ago
4:16 epic
anonimoitaliano 1 year ago
i'm guessing whoever disliked this was either palpatine or Vader which one do you guys think???
iliketobygames 1 year ago
@iliketobygames Um.... It could be either one. Vader, he had to relive an scene that probably made him want to puke. Or the Emperor, since he saw his big investment get blown to pieces. I'm tempted to hit the dislike button just we can say it was the both of them. XD
SSDConker2 11 months ago
i really like the entire scene but im annoyed at the portrayal and scale of the entire battle. the death star used only 8 tie fighters for defence, when it has like 50000 of them inside !!!
Hibrnaldo 1 year ago
@Hibrnaldo Blame tarkin for that one. He commanded most of them.
Vader had his personal force go out because he thought tarkin was wrong about the fighter threat.
Herufaia 10 months ago
Imagine 30 rebel ships went and only 3 ships plus the falcon returned
iliketobygames 1 year ago
The one person who disliked this is Grand Moff Tarkin
Icey909 1 year ago
Someone needs to design a firework that mimics the Deathstar's explosion...it's too frickin' epic!
aquaguy322 1 year ago
These guys are morons. I would have pulled up, broke, then blasted Darth and the other two in three shots. :D
bandman232 1 year ago
@bandman232 See, the thing is, decelerating in space is different than in a car. Because the engines are basically all in the back (more speed etc.) to slow down you basically turn off the engine, and you would still need a lot of space to stop. Because Darth Vader uses the force, and the other two were probably not idiots, when you pulled up and slowed down, they'd smash you in that instant. Also, if you did, then you would be too late to stop the Death Star from shooting, and you would die.
viziertim 1 year ago
@viziertim Yes but space craft use mini reverse thrusters to slow down using opposing force. Im sure the engineers in star wars would have seen that by now.
bandman232 1 year ago
1:50 when Darth Vader and the other 2 storm their way in. It's like someone's about to get raped!
vknong 1 year ago
Rebel base 1 minute and closing.
Almost 2 minutes later: Rebel Base 30 seconds and closing
Over a minute later: Rebel Base in range
Mprator 1 year ago 5
@Mprator Rebel base 2 minutes and closing.
YOU SAID THAT TWO MINUTES AGO!
Rebel base 1 hour and closing.
WAIT WHAT!?
DEATH STAR HAS ENCOUNTERED AN ERROR AND MUST BE SHUT DOWN.
Herufaia 10 months ago
@Herufaia What amazes me is that the Death Star can't even travel to light speed, and yet it somehow got to Yavin in just a couple cut-scenes! Yet, it takes the Death Star forever just to go around a planet!
starflame34 10 months ago
@starflame34 i got a tip for you. type in the death star in to google and look for death star-wookiepedia,the star wars wiki and read. it says it can travel at superluminal velocites so basicly it can go in to hyper space
tarbis1 7 months ago
This is what happens when you grab two random dudes and tell them to watch your back. With the TIE fighters already deployed, there's probably a reason why those two guys were just standing around twiddling their thumbs. Poor Vader. :(
atolokes 1 year ago 3
Luke no-scopped that bitch >:D
ThatRandomGuy666 1 year ago 3
The second Death Star was much larger than the first one hence why it took longer for the chain reaction.
harold282 1 year ago
And fire! BOOOM!!!!
GamePadVader 1 year ago
the force is strong with this one !!!
Alexpoker26 1 year ago
4:13 Wat?! What country are you from? What aint no country I ever heard of. Do they speak English in What? ENGLISH MOTHAFUCKER DO YOU SPEAK IT!?
squashsatch 1 year ago
Darth Vader: "Wat!"
MyHugeBoxOfGames 1 year ago 6
Darth Vader did't like the video
cokiemix 1 year ago
@cokiemix I rather liked that comment...especially since it is actually just ONE person who didn't like it...so it obviously has to be him!
biggles1111 1 year ago
"You're all clear kid, now let's blow this thing and go home!"
Even now after seeing it countless times, I feel like cheering every time Han appears to save his ass. It's one of the most epic moments in film.
thombo1 1 year ago
4:13 wat
Delex2002 1 year ago 2
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Delex2002 1 year ago
you're all clear kid, now lets blow this thing and go home!
chewbacca925 1 year ago
this film is a masterstroke in exciting film editing. No wonder it won the Oscar
Gallifrey1991 1 year ago
"USE THE FORCE, LUKE"
;____;
kokubunji 1 year ago
why didn't luke and biggs try to protect red leader and the two fighters in the trench? they could have tried to come behind vader's fighters and attack them, but they just sat there and did nothing.
stefanmuth 1 year ago
Its funny how Harrison Ford's career was the only one that wasn't ruined by Star Wars :P
Fr0st1989 1 year ago
imagine all those people in the rebel base panicking because luke turned off his targeting computer
killergeeks 1 year ago 55
@killergeeks Luke turning off targeting computer= best troll of all time.
hubomba 9 months ago 3
@killergeeks He turned it off because he was getting distracted by facebook, reddit, and twitter he had on it
Roulette515 6 months ago
Did the 2nd Death Star take longer to blow up? B/c I doubt Luke could've flown the entire radius of this Death Star in the time it took to blow up (starting after the power generator's destruction).
xtremespeed128 1 year ago
@xtremespeed128 All he needed to do was turn upward. He wasn't inside the Death Star.
Crymson1 1 year ago
@Crymson1 I'm thinking of the proton torpedos. About 10 seconds passed between between their entrace to the Death Star and the explosion (perhaps 5 seconds for the explosion). In Espisode VI, the rebel ships appeared to take longer to fly out of the second Death Star.
xtremespeed128 1 year ago
@xtremespeed128 The method of attack was different. Death Star I's flaw lay in a thermal exhaust port; slotting some torpedoes down it caused a quick chain reaction in the station's power supply. Death Star II's reactor was destroyed by a direct attack on its reactor using lasers. Understandably, the two methods produced results in different amounts of time.
Crymson1 1 year ago
So "holding" off enemy fighters involves sitting there waiting for them to inevitably kill you.
Brundirks 1 year ago
@Brundirks They provided a shield for the lead fighter, yes.
Crymson1 1 year ago
@Brundirks Thats the job I want
jackkillian2079 1 year ago
If you watch 0:07 in slow mo you'll see that red ten's (the guy who blows up there) helmet is different
TheAnimations1234 1 year ago
4:43 and BOOM goes the dynamite
NickFury182 1 year ago
2:50 onwards, the reason Star Wars is better than the bible!
knailed 1 year ago
Use the force Luke, just like i showed you with those puppets but don't tell :P
Jergn12 1 year ago
For me the music is what makes this definitely epic. Everything, from the glorious entrance to the battle, to the desperate situation near the end with only Luke, Wedge and Biggs left, to the all or nothing situation with Luke, to the triumphant victory at the end.... I love it.
ForcheAlex 1 year ago 2
@ForcheAlex
It's terrific.
jazzx251 1 year ago
"The Force is strong with this one..."
Aaaaaah! Gives me the chills every time!
biggles1111 1 year ago 4
2:06, I notice Wedge isn't protesting!
clownsandjugglers 1 year ago
What's really cool is, this battle plays out sort of like a bombing run.
GarlicPudding 1 year ago
"Use the force Luke, let go Luke" Ahhhhh gets me everytime
spazman43 1 year ago
God Bless Lucas for letting this be on you tube (I'm guessing). Fuck everyone who doesn't let their stuff on. I should be able to watch any movie or tv show I want for free in one place.
Mprator 1 year ago
"It will be just like Beggars Canyon back home!" Love that line...
TooLive 1 year ago 2
Wedge needs more screen time. So does Obi-Wan.
LMJ314142 1 year ago
Ben wouldn't' shut up
Sinker861 1 year ago
I never understood the YEAHHHHHHH death of red leader
xKalamity 1 year ago
@xKalamity he was probably trying to hit a certain part of the death star with his doomed x-wing, and he wanted to take as many empireans, if you will, with him
spazman43 1 year ago
Wait a minute...all those guys that went tout to fight...and only Luke Wedge and some Random dude in a Y-wing make it back?
AZngsta2 1 year ago
@AZngsta2 any less and it would be game over man...game over!
spiderboy43 1 year ago
2:13, BIG MISTAKE Vader; BIG MISTAKE! (As the missions with Wedge in the Rogue Squadron games have shown) Plus, he was the only Rebel pilot to survive all 3 major battles! (Sadly, Luke only flew two times)
musicboy311 1 year ago
the music that starts up when the Death star reaches in range and when Luke has to shoot the exhaust port is just epic!
spiderboy43 1 year ago
you worry about those fighters, i'll worry about the tower
bluesbrother936 1 year ago
@bluesbrother936 what tower???? I never understood that.
Batou3 1 year ago
Okay, I have to say it just in case no one else did. HOW did Darth Vader miss hitting Luke when he fired at him ("I have you now!") BEFORE Han Solo destroyed one of his two companions?
Dac719 1 year ago
@Dac719 As my Dad used to say....you wanna ruin the story??
I'm more wondering how Darth didn't run right up Luke's ass when he hit R2!
homfencing 1 year ago
Vader sounded kind of like a drunk guy at 4:16.
Starwarsfreak101st 1 year ago
Turbo Laser towers make some of the coolest sounds ever.
BIGZAM0079 1 year ago
3:04 the shift in music and hearing Obi-Wan's voice tears me up every time.
fROmTh3fUTURe 1 year ago
OMFGs, did you notice the microsoft points symbol at :05
THEbloodypicture 1 year ago
I love the scene where the death star explodes!^^
Olivergreg5 1 year ago
Looking back, Wedge got lucky when that TIE only damaged his engine...
if the TIE pilot shot him down,
who knows what would have happened to Rogue Squadron and all those fighters at Endor?
for all we know, Endor might have been lost without Wedge helping Lando lead the fighter squadrons...thank goodness Wegde didnt die.
PanzerKpfwIV 1 year ago
WTF is he saying at the beginning of the video?! lol!
commandershadebetter 1 year ago
At 0:05 Rebel pilot's helmet changes to Dacks from Empire Stikes Back.
The Y-wing pilot is Keyan Farlander (PC in the first of the X-wing series) normally a X-wing pilot, but reasigned after Luke took his fighter, and later would become a Jedi.
BlackHawk38 1 year ago
This is still the greatest moment in cinematic history. While there have been many wonderful stories and scenes created over the years, there is just nothing that has ever come to match it, neither before nor since.
SequentiallyCompact 1 year ago
Honestly, Darth Vader had a million chances to shoot Luke down, but he didn't for the sake of the plot.
commandershadebetter 1 year ago
So... is biggs or wedge better? Fuck I wanna see a 1 on 1 dogfight between both of em
gamapg 1 year ago
@gamapg Wedge is obviously better! Biggs is a fuck wit for dieing out there and leaving Luke to die!
thehalowarthog 1 year ago
@thehalowarthog can't really say that because Biggs only died because he used himself as a shield from Vader's lasers... so when Wedge was kinda damaged he bugged out while Biggs stayed, so I think Biggs won that one.... =/ hard to say who's better from how I see it
gamapg 1 year ago
@gamapg Well if both of their X-wings were in great shape and they had to kill eachother with them, I'd still say Wedge would win because he could even survive this whole war and still participate in the New Republic's hunt for the remainings of the dieing Empire and the Second Galactic Civil War.
thehalowarthog 1 year ago
@gamapg well biggs is dead, but i'd put my money on wedge.
Surfer041 1 year ago
This battle never gets old
My fav since childhood
stargazer637 1 year ago
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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
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"Great shot, kid. That was one in a million!"
I'm still getting goose pimples after all these years watching the best film ever made!!
God Bless America
BodyCount1992 1 year ago
"Great shot, kid. That was one in a million!"
I'm still getting goose pimples after all these years watching the best film ever made.
God Bless America
BodyCount1992 1 year ago 4
"I HAVE YOU NOW"
ElSuperMAL 1 year ago 4
Awesome!!!
SecretSpetsnaz 1 year ago
Dam Extremist Rebellion Always stopping the Empire.
ThatAdelaideGuy 2 years ago 4
the empire should of just blown up the first planet so they would have a clear shot of yavin ....but noooo, they halft to go around it XD
Foobyking9000 2 years ago
@Foobyking9000
the other planet is a gas giant, like jupiter, so theres no surface to hit, its all gas's and probbably go right thrue unless it some how ignited the gas. also the gas planet's name is yavin, and the rebel base is on yavin 4 which is a moon. not another planet, like endor. in episode 6 endor is the planet and the ground battle takes place on the moon which is also named endor. i'm not sure if endor has anyother moons and thats why it has the same name
jakmrnd 2 years ago