Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

This was the first ever Star Wars movie, and to think of how far the series has come since then is mind boggling, but it wouldn’t have gone very far at all if it wasn’t such a great film. The story is pretty simple; Luke Skywalker leaves his destroyed home on Tatooine with Obi Wan Kenobi, his Jedi mentor in the ways of the Force and two messenger droids, R2D2 and C-3PO, in order to rescue the captive Princess Leia. Leia is a leader of an alliance of rebels against the evil Galactic Empire. On the way Luke and Obi Wan enlist the help of space cowboy Han Solo and his co-pilot the wookie Chewbacca. They infiltrate the dreaded Death Star, a moon sized space station with the power to destroy a planet, and rescue Princess Leia from the clutches of the dark lord Darth Vader. Before they are free of the space station Obi Wan is struck down by his former pupil Vader. (In a light saber fight that is not quite as impressive as their previous one.) Once safe, Luke joins a desperate attack on the space station and with the help of Han Solo destroys it, but not before Darth Vader escapes in his Tie fighter. Though Vader is still living, the Alliance can rest momentarily and Luke is a promising new fighter for their cause. That’s the story, it doesn’t sound like much, but it really is. It follows the format of the classic epics, and what with the Princess, the loner, the young hero, and the menacing villain, along with probably the most ground breaking special effects ever, This movie is really one of the best there is, and a great beginning to the concluding trilogy of the Star Wars Saga.

A+