STAR WARS - EPISODE IV: A NEW HOPE (1977)
Featuring: Mark Hamill; Carrie Fisher; Harrison Ford
Director: George Lucas
This, of course, is where it all started; the "original" Star Wars film. It was also the start of one of the biggest movie franchises ever - over $4 billion worth so far!
The story begins with the galaxy in turmoil. The old republic is no more and in its place an evil empire is in power. The only remnants of the peoples once loyal to the republic is a rebel force operating from a secret planet somewhere in the galaxy. In its attempts to quell the rebellion, the current rulers developed a space station/weapon, called the Death Star, able to destroy entire planets with only one blast of its death ray. And in charge of all this is none other than one lord Darth Vader. Then, just before being captured, princess Lea (Carrie Fisher) - by now a young woman as well one of the rebel leaders - manages to get a message off to Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guiness) - who is hiding out on some other remote planet somewhere in the galaxy - to come to her and the rebels' aid. And it just so happens that her long lost twin brother, Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) finds himself on this very same planet.
When you watch this film in the sequence it is now intended, you realize just how far the film industry has come over the years. Compared to Episodes 1 to 3, the special effects in this movie look almost amateurish. But ignoring that you quickly realize what all the fuss was about when it was first released some forty years ago. And, while listening to that magnificent score by John Williams, you can really appreciate why it won seven Oscars way back in 1978. This is truly a masterpiece and one of the great classics of its era.
I humbly rate it 4 out of 5 stars.
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Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford
Alec Guiness as the original Obi-Wan Kenobi and Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker with 3CPO in the background
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