History Funny / ANewHope

** It's even funnier in the novelization: The Stormtroopers lose all sense of rank and discipline and run away in the mistaken assumption that Han Solo might actually ''[[LeeroyJenkins know what he's doing]]''. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome And then they run in that dead end and everyone slowly realizes there's only one man chasing a squad of Stormtroopers...]]

** From the Disney canon ExpandedUniverse, Motti's reaction to the incident, told after the fact: ''Whatever conclusions you ultimately draw about the incident taking place between myself and Lord Vader during yesterday morning's briefing, he was wrong, and trying to crush someone else's windpipe doesn't make you any less wrong, if you're wrong to begin with. Which he was. I do not concede the argument.''

** In the 2019 version available on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and Disney+, Greedo says "Maclunkey"[[labelnote:*]] Likely meaning either "This is the end for you" or "Time to die" [[/labelnote]] before getting shot by Han.

* In an extremely dark way, there's something disturbingly funny about how ''casually'' Tarkin ordered the destruction of Alderaan. "''[in an elderly gentleman tone after previously threatening Leia in an intimidating tone]'' There. See, Lord Vader? She can be reasonable. ''[{{beat}}, turns to Admiral Motti, and '''still''' in an elderly gentleman tone]'' Continue with the operation, you may fire when ready." He sounds like a villainous BenevolentBoss who retains his coolness while personally finishing a job that was originally assigned on a subordinate who couldn't execute it properly ("See? My direct method in threatening her is more effective than your poorly executed ColdBloodedTorture."). Fast forward to 2011, Marvel Studios' ''Film/{{Thor}}'' has Loki, who said a similar thing in an equally polite tone before attempting to destroy a planet/realm ("It's good to have you back. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to destroy Jötunheim."), which makes you wonder if a cool EvilBrit character tends to act like this when they want to destroy a planet.

** Even ''more'' HilariousInHindsight: In one comic story, which wasn’t even canon in the ''Legends'' continuity, there ''was'' a second Rebel corvette, the ''[[https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Tantive_V_(CR90_corvette) Tantive V]]''-and it actually fooled the Imperials, buying Leia about an hour. Between that and having to deal with [[ItMakesSenseInContext Jar-Jar Binks' son beating up Stormtroopers while in a surprisingly convincing Princess Leia disguise]] and then, once unmasked, declaring Vader would [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith never understand]] [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi the feelings a family]] could bring someone, we have an alternative reason for Vader to be ''that'' pissed when he finally got the real ship and Leia...

* Han mocking Leia with "[[SarcasmMode Wonderful girl!]] Either I'm gonna kill her, or [[HilariousInHindsight I'm beginning to like her!]]"

*** Even better when you consider why he, despite being someone who was never much into tech in the first place, would be so unimpressed by Han's boast. [[GadgeteerGenius Remember who]] [[AcePilot his apprentice was]]. Obi-Wan's already got higher-than-the-high-ground standards for what counts as "special modifications", thus, he's seen far better.

** FreezeFrameBonus bit when Han retorts that he's made "special modifications", Ben walks into frame rolling his eyes with a "Suuuuure" expression. What could make it even funnier is the possible reason why he's unimpressed at Han's boasting. After all, his apprentice was [[GadgeteerGenius Anakin]] [[AcePilot Skywalker]]. He may not have been into tech like Anakin, but just being the latter's Master and battle partner for years alone means he's got higher-than-the-high-ground standards for what counts as "special modifications". By comparison, Han's handiwork looks like a joke.

* FreezeFrameBonus bit when Han retorts that he's made "special modifications", Ben walks into frame rolling his eyes with a "Suuuuure" expression. What could make it even funnier is the fact that he's unimpressed with Han's boast because he's seen far better. After all, his apprentice was [[GadgeteerGenius Anakin]] [[AcePilot Skywalker]]. He may not have been into tech like Anakin, but just being the latter's Master and battle partner for years means he's got higher-than-the-high-ground standards for what counts as "special modifications".

** The [[LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition Special Edition]] "Greedo shot first" cuts are just as much, either showing Greedo to have such incredibly bad marksmanship that he misses Solo ''at point blank range'' or showing Solo as [[VoodooShark dodging the shot]] in an animation that [[SpecialEffectsFailure looks like a 2-second Photoshop job]].

* Han and Chewie are being chased down a Death Star corridor by a bunch of stormtroopers. The Special Editions adds a line from one of them yelling, "Close the blast doors!" and Han and Chewie barely make it through in time. The stormtroopers are all still running towards the door, another one yelling, "Open the blast doors! Open the blast doors!" One can imagine the door operator yelling back, "MAKE UP YOUR MIND!"

** When Luke, dressed in full stormtrooper gear, first meets Leia, she ''flirts'' with him. Does she make it a habit to flirt with imperial troops? She might have been trying to present a nonchalant appearance after being tortured, as in "You think that probe was bad? You never went to Spring Break on Alderaan!"

* Han and Leia somehow finding time to start snarking at each other mere seconds after they met, right in the middle of a violent shootout that threatens to kill the lot of them.
-->'''Leia:''' This is some rescue! When you came in here, didn't you have a plan for getting out?!\\
'''Han:''' ''[points at Luke]'' HE'S the brains, sweetheart!!\\

** In fact, the very first exchange the two ever have will define their entire relationship. Leia criticizes Han's efforts, and Han mocks her "royal attitude."
-->'''Han:''' Can't get out that way! \\
'''Leia:''' It looks like you managed to cut off our only escape route.\\
'''Han:''' Maybe you'd like it back in your ''cell'', Your Highness.

-->'''Han:''' Stand back. ''[aims gun at the door]''\\

** When 3PO is telling Owen why he should buy him, we cut to R2 looking at him as if thinking "Oh, here we go".

* When Luke arrives at the [[BadGuyBar cantina]] in Mos Eisley we are given a few shots of the... ''local fauna'', where the ''least'' weird things are RubberForeheadAliens. Then Wuher the barman points at them shouting, "We don't serve their kind here!" He then clarifies that he was talking about the droids.
* Just after Obi-Wan slices a violent patron's arm off, [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight the other patrons resume chilling like it's an everyday occurrence]] (which, given that it's a "wretched hive of scum and villainy," it probably ''is''). During the shot of the dismembered arm itself, it sounds like one of them is even saying "Ewwww" like the sight is at worst just mildly gross.

** Then as he walks away, he tosses a coin to the bartender and says, "Sorry about the mess."

* Luke's attempt at practicing lightsaber skills with the remote droid. Bzap! '''"Ow!"'''

** Chewie's fantastically [[https://image.ibb.co/cFEvJb/Chewbacca.jpg smug expression as he leans back]] just screams "What? Don't believe him? Try it, and we'll see..."

* Admiral "TooDumbToLive" Motti being a complete bonehead and chewing-out Vader only for Vader to {{Force choke}} him (Tarkin saves Motti just in time by telling Vader to stop). Compounded by the fact that he [[HollywoodAtheist razzes Vader about his "sad devotion to that ancient religion"]] despite the fact that the Jedi have been almost completely gone for 19 years.
** What makes it even funnier is Vader starts walking over to Motti his body language is less "angry Sith Lord" and more "Oh for goodness' sake, ''another one''? Time to choke this bozo to teach him a lesson." Furthermore, when he says "I find your lack of faith disturbing" the snarky tone makes us imagine that he's got this little smirk on his face, and we just can't see it because of the mask.

** Later, he responded to Leia's understandably BigWhat while still keeping his cool. His line basically sounds similar with "[[ILied Did I say I wouldn't destroy your planet if you told me your base's location?]] [[ExactWords Hell no]]."
** Leia's line about Tarkin's "foul stench" is funnier considering that behind the scenes, Carrie Fisher stated how Peter Cushing, as well as being the politest fellow she'd ever acted with, "smelled of lavender."

** Made even better by Chewie's response. You can almost hear him saying "Han, don't fall for that one...[[[NoodleIncident again]]]..."
*** And then when Han says "Rich?" you can hear Chewie grunt again as if to say "Yep, I've lost him."

-->'''Luke:''' Well, more wealth than you can imagine!\\

* "[[DeadpanSnarker Aren't you a little short for a Stormtrooper?]]"

* "[[SarcasmMode Wonderful girl!]] Either I'm gonna kill her, or [[HilariousInHindsight I'm beginning to like her!]]"

* The entire sequence where Threepio ''forgets'' he's carrying a comlink, while Luke and the others are calling for help while trapped in a garbage compactor; with the ''walls closing in''. Then, when Threepio finally remembers ("I ''forgot''! I turned it off!") and tells Artoo to shut all the chutes down, and then proceeds to confuse screams of jubilation for horrified death-rattles.

* "Will someone get this walking carpet out of my way!?" followed by "No reward is worth THIS."

* Han and Chewie are being chased down a Death Star corridor by a bunch of stormtroopers. The Special Editions adds a line from one of them yelling "Close the blast doors!" and Han and Chewie barely make it through in time. The stormtroopers are all still running towards the door, another one yelling "Open the blast doors! Open the blast doors!" One can imagine the door operator yelling back "MAKE UP YOUR MIND!"

'''Obi-Wan:''' Move along.

* [[JediMindTrick "You don't need to see his identification..."]]

'''Obi-Wan:''' [[RefugeInAudacity They're up for sale, if you want them.]]

** And lest we forget, we will learn later that Vader doesn't need to do this. He can force choke the poor Captain. Considering that scene is rife with ''Film/RogueOne'' induced HilariousInHindsight moments, one can basically read this as Vader being so frustrated with everyone's DefiantToTheEnd response to him, he's not using the Force to choke Captain Antilles because he's just tired of these monkey-fighting rebels on this Monday-to-Friday spaceship.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUp-sgicMgo The Ultimate "Star Wars: A New Hope" Recap]] by Cas van de Pol.

** Even ''more'' HilariousInHindsight: In one comic story, which wasn’t even canon in the ''Legends'' continuity, there ''was'' a second Rebel corvette, the ''[[https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Tantive_V_(CR90_corvette) Tantive V]]''-and it actually fooled the Imperials, buying Leia about a hour. Between that and having to deal with [[ItMakesSenseInContext Jar-Jar Binks' son beating up Stormtroopers while in a surprisingly convincing Princess Leia disguise]] and then, once unmasked, declaring Vader would [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith never understand]] [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi the feelings a family]] could bring someone, we have an alternative reason for Vader to be ''that'' pissed when he finally got the real ship and Leia...

** R2 and 3PO's [[VitriolicBestBuds bickering]] on the ''Tantive IV'' and as they wander though the desert on Tatooine.

** Then as he walks away, he tosses a coin to the bartender and says "Sorry about the mess."
** The [[LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition Special Edition]] "Greedo shot first" cuts are just as much, either showing Greedo to have such incredibly bad marksmanship that he misses Solo ''at point blank range'', or showing Solo as [[VoodooShark dodging the shot]] in an animation that [[SpecialEffectsFailure looks like a 2-second Photoshop job]].

** In the 2019 version available on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and Disney+, Greedo says "Maclunkey" before getting shot by Han.
* While talking to Jabba in the hangar, Han walks around him and steps on his tail. Then, as he's leaving:

** What really makes the first big reveal is that, when we first see the ship, we as mere "Neanderthals" are like "Wow! Coooolll!" and the music score swells...then Luke blurts out the above line.

** Chewie's fantastically [[https://image.ibb.co/cFEvJb/Chewbacca.jpg smug expression as he leans back]] just screams "Don't believe him? Try it, and we'll see..."
** Also the fact that Chewie (and probably the entire Wookiee race) is a SoreLoser, even if his opponent won fair and square.

** What makes it even funnier is Vader starts walking over to Motti his body language is less "angry Sith Lord" and more "Oh for goodness sake, ''another one''? Time to choke an idiot." Furthermore, when he says "I find your lack of faith disturbing" the snarky tone makes him sound like he's got this little smirk on his face and we just can't see it because of the mask.

** Something sadly no longer canon: in Legends, Motti is ''Tarkin's in-law'', being a cousin of his wife Thalassa. All of sudden, Tarkin's facial expressions during the whole ordeal take a new meaning with Tarkin wondering what would be more troublesome, stopping Vader or telling his wife that her cousin was killed by Vader for being an idiot on his watch... And eventually he decided to [[HenpeckedHusband keep the wife happy]].

* In an extremely dark way, there's something disturbingly funny about how ''casually'' Tarkin ordered the destruction of Alderaan. "''[in an elderly gentleman tone after previously threatening Leia in an intimidating tone]'' There. See, Lord Vader? She can be reasonable. ''[{{beat}}, turns to Admiral Motti, and '''still''' in an elderly gentleman tone]'' Continue with the operation, you may fire when ready." He sounds like a villainous BenevolentBoss who retains his coolness while personally finishing a job that was originally assigned on a subordinate who couldn't execute it properly ("See? My direct method in threatening her is more effective than your poorly-executed ColdBloodedTorture."). Fast forward to 2011, Marvel Studios' ''Film/{{Thor}}'' has Loki, who said a similar thing in an equally-polite tone before attempting to destroy a planet/realm ("It's good to have you back. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to destroy Jötunheim."), which makes you wonder if a cool EvilBrit character tends to act like this when they want to destroy a planet.

** Leia's line about Tarkin's "foul stench" is funnier considering that behind the scenes, Carrie Fisher stated how Peter Cushing, as well as being the most polite fellow she'd ever acted with, "smelled of lavender."

** Made even better by Chewie's response. You can almost hear him saying "Han, don't fall for that one [[[NoodleIncident again]]]..."

-->'''Luke:''' Threepio, hand me those binders over there, will ya? Okay. ''[walks over to Chewbacca]'' Now, I'm going to put these on you...''[Chewie roars at him as if he's saying "Don't even try it, boy!"]'' Okay...Han, you...''you'' put those on.\\

-->'''Shann Childsen:''' Where are you taking this... ''[[ItIsDehumanizing thing]]''?
** Then Chewie pretends to freak out and attacks Childsen, while Han shouts "It's loose!" and he and Luke act like they're going to subdue him but instead shoot the guards and the cameras in the room.

* "Aren't you a little short for a Stormtrooper?"

** Or any of Threepio's interactions with [[VitriolicBestBuds Artoo]] during ''Film/ANewHope''. The original intent for Threepio was for him to be a fast-talking car salesman, but it was derailed -- arguably for the better -- when Creator/AnthonyDaniels (his actor) decided to play all of Threepio's car salesman lines completely earnestly, playing him as a [[StiffUpperLip British butler type.]] As a result, the writing shifts so that he became less snarky in the later movies.
--->'''C-3PO:''' Just you reconsider playing that message for him! ''[R2 beeps a question]'' No. I don't think he likes you at all. ''[R2 beeps again]'' No, I don't like you either. ''[R2 beeps sadly]''
** Another good Threepio moment is when after Han and Luke shoot down the pursuing TIE Fighters, everyone's celebrating with hugs and shouts of joy...except for Threepio, who's tangled up in wires. And blames it on R2.
--->'''Threepio:''' Help! I think I'm melting! This is all your fault!

** Also HilariousInHindsight, since it's Han hitting on Luke's sister (not that they know it at the time, admittedly).

* Han Solo and Chewbacca save the day...

'''Han Solo''': Yahoooooo! You're all clear kid, now let's blow this thing and go home!

-->'''Luke''': You know, between his howling and your blasting everything in sight, it's a wonder the whole station doesn't know we're here.