Rating of
3.5/4
A legend is born "in a galaxy far, far away"
The M.O.W. - wrote on 08/02/08
"Princess Leia" (Carrie Fisher) is in possession of the plans of the "Empire's" ultimate weapon, and is on her way to the secret "Rebel" base to deliver the plans for study when the ship that is transporting her is attacked and boarded by "Imperial" forces lead by "Darth Vader" (David Prowse, voiced by James Earl Jones). The princess is captured, only after putting the plans inside the "droid" "Artoo-Detoo (R2-D2)" (Kenny Baker), which is accompanied by the "protocol droid" "See Threepio (C3-PO)" (Anthony Daniels).
The two "droids" escape to the nearby planet "Tatoonie," and into the care of the "Luke Skywalker" (Mark Hamill), an orphan who is being taken care of his uncle "Owen Lars" (Phil Brown) and his wife "Beru" (Shelagh Fraser), who have been taken care of their nephew since he was very young. What "Skywalker" isn't aware of is "Artoo" is searching for who it claims is his former owner "Obi-Wan Kenobi" (Alec Guiness), and that the "droid" has a recorded message from the princess asking for his help.
After meeting up with the man he knows as "Ben Kenobi," the two, along with the two droids, discover the "Jawa" transport which sold "Luke and his uncle the "droids" attacked, with all hands killed "Kenobi" instantly recognizes the attack pattern of the "Imperial Stormtroopers" and "Skywalker" rushes back home after realizing that the "Stormtroopers" may have learned who the "droids" were sold to, only to find his home destroyed and his uncle and aunt killed.
Sometime later, The foursome buy passage on a spaceship piloted by the smuggler "Han Solo" (Harrison Ford) and his first mate "Chewbacca" (Peter Mayhew) to bring the plans to the Princess, whom they discover has been captured and ad-lib a plan to free her.
This movie is simply amazing, with good special effects, which haven't aged well in 30 years for the most part, great makeup effects and good character development. There is very little wrong with it.
The special effects, for the most part, hasn't held up that well. The space scenes are still real good, especially when there is a battle. Other special effects don't work thanks to budget constraints.
The wardrobes are really good, with exception of a few outfits. Many of the outfits look really cheap though, made with cheap materials.
The score, which was written by John Williams, has some of the most memorable tunes in motion picture history. The music really helps set the mood for many scenes and characters.
With very few exceptions, the performances are really good. A good number of the performers will be remembered for their roles in this film when they are gone. Other performances are weak thanks to some poorly written lines given to them to say.
Despite the dated special effects, and other minor problems, "Star Wars" is still one of the greatest science-fiction movies of all-time.
