♪ (ragtime music) ♪
♪ (soft music) ♪
- (Maz Katana) Who are you? - Remnants of old sci-fi something?
- (Rey) I'm no one.
- Aah, it's Star Wars! - (Finn) I was raised to do one thing...
- Oy vey.
- (Finn) ...but I've got nothing to fight for.
♪ (music builds) ♪
- (Kylo Ren) Nothing will stand in our way.
I will finish... - Is this a Star Wars preview?
- (Kylo Ren) ...what you started. - Oh, this is the new, um...
Star Wars.
♪ (John Williams, "Princess Leia's Theme") ♪
- (Rey) There are stories about what happened.
- (Han Solo) It's true.
- There's a young Denzel in there.
- There's good lookin'.
There's handsome! Bring him on.
- Wasn't that Harrison Ford?
- "This Christmas." I'm looking forward to this.
- I can't hardly wait! Whoa!
♪ (John Williams, "The Force Theme") ♪
- (Han Solo) The Jedi...
- There's some new faces.
- (Han Solo) ...they're real. - Ooh, R2-D2.
♪ (John Williams, "The Force Theme") ♪
- Oh, don't you wish you had one of those?
- (Maz Katana) The Force... it's calling to you.
(lazer battle) - Wow.
- I'm just exhausted just watching it.
- Oh-ho-ho! (laughing)
- (Maz Katana) Just let it in.
♪ (soft music) ♪
- Can't wait to see that.
- I love that. I live for these movies.
- So that's Star Wars.
- I bet before the show opens they'll have made
their money back in promo.
- It sure looks more sophisticated.
- I haven't seen that in forever. Since my kids were little.
(movie reel clicks)
- (Finebros) Okay, so how big or not of a Star Wars fan are you?
- I'm not a big Star Wars fan.
- I'm not that much of a fan.
- Don't hate me because I'm beautiful.
I enjoyed the special effects, but I wasn't that enamored.
- I'm a big fan.
- I'm a very big fan from the originals.
- I am as big as they get, other than dressing up
and going to conventions.
I like to see the old-school guys-- what I call "the OGs"-- coming back.
- (Finebros) So Star Wars first came out in 1977.
About how old were you in 1977? - (offended) Excuse me?
- 30.
- 35.
- 29.
- About 27 years old.
- Twenty... five?
- 22.
That was my first year in law enforcement.
- (Finebros) And did you see any of the first three movies
in the movie theater? - Yeah.
- Oh yeah, definitely.
- I saw them all in the movie theater.
- Oh yeah. That boss scene was so heavy.
- I saw all of them.
Everybody expects you to have a lot of enthusiasm for it,
so you go along.
- I saw them all. Yeah. Are you kidding?
We were awe-struck by it.
- I went to a premier.
My sister was working for Mr. Lucas,
so I got to go and I got to meet people
and it was very exciting.
And Harrison Ford was a doll.
- I think I saw one of them. That was in Israel.
A movie used to go almost a year
before it came to Israel, and I guess to other countries.
Today, it probably goes right away.
- (Finebros) Would you have predicted then
just how huge Star Wars was gonna become? - No.
- Absolutely not.
- I didn't until the next one came along
and then hearing people that spoke about it
like they were talking about a religious experience.
- (Finebros) Can you take us back to what it was like
when Star Wars became this phenomenon?
Like, was it a big deal? - It was huge.
Lines around the blocks for weeks!
- I just remember people being so crazy when the new ones would come out.
They would line up in their outfits.
- It took people by surprise and they just ate it up.
I was part of it. I loved it.
- When Darth Vader goes, "Luke, I'm your father"--
oh my god, we were so freaked out.
And then Han gets frozen and it was like, "Oh my god!"
It was just so traumatic. I mean, we didn't--
you know, people were gasping and crying.
- (Finebros) So in the late 1990s and early 21st century,
three other Star Wars movies came out that was the prequels
to the original movies.
Do you remember if you saw any of those? - Uh, no.
That's the first I've heard of it.
- I think I must've missed that.
- I loved all of them. Not one let me down.
- I didn't.
I didn't want my little fantasy spoiled.
- I saw all of them, yeah.
I felt not done as well as the original.
I was disappointed.
- (Finebros) But a lot of people did not like those movies.
They made a lot of money, but a lot of people felt
they'd ruined Star Wars 'cause they just weren't made very well.
Do you think it's a good idea to bring the franchise back or no?
- I think it's a great idea, if they are starting out fresh again.
- You're gonna bring in the senior crowd, the elder crowd.
- The fact that they are bringing back the originals...
we'll all bring the kids and the grandkids
and we'll get the whole demographic covered.
- (Finebros) So the movie does star Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford,
and Carrie Fisher playing their original roles.
So we have a picture of them from the first movie,
and then a picture of them now. - Okay, let's look at that.
- Some of the original is dead already, I think.
- Oh wow.
- They aged gracefully, all of them.
- I would have not recognized Hamill there.
- I mean, Harrison Ford, come on. Cutie patootie.
- The two men have aged beautifully.
And Carrie's not done bad either.
- We all looked younger back then. (Finebros snickers)
You know, and people go, "Oh, she's really aged!"
Well, yes! So have we all.
(clang!) - (Finebros) Truth!
So a lot of people consider Star Wars to be the beginning
of massive science fiction fandom,
but you were there at the very beginning,
and here we are now, almost 40 years later
and it's still continuing.
What kinds of thoughts does that give you,
realizing it's been 40 years since you saw Star Wars
in the movie theatre? - (whispering) 40 years, wow.
I'm old. (laughs)
- Seemed like just a few weeks ago
I went to the premier, the first one.
- I saw the Holy Grail in its inception.
- I think it's really cool.
In fact, the younger generations now are gonna want to go back
and watch the first one.
- (Finebros) And last question: are you gonna see this movie?
- Yeah, I'm sure.
- I'll definitely see it.
- Yeah, I think I'm gonna see it.
- Absolutely. No question.
- Heck yeah, because I'm a fan!
- Yes, because it has the original cast in it. Come on!
- My grandchildren are gonna say, "Grandma, would you take us?"
I would.
- First chance it comes out, first chance I get.
- Yeah! (laughs) Maybe 19 times!
- Well, now that I've talked to you about it, I think I will.
Plus I wanna see Harrison Ford.
- Thank you so much for watching another episode of Elders React.
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- Goodbye.
- May the Force be with you. Goodbye.