Star Wars

Name: Star Wars
Director: George Lucas
Released: 1977

George Lucas

1977

4.27

Synopsis

Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team together with the loveable robot duo R2-D2 and C-3PO to rescue the beautiful princess and restore peace and justice in the Empire.

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Cast

Mark HamillLuke Skywalker
Harrison FordHan Solo
Carrie FisherPrincess Leia Organa
Peter CushingGrand Moff Tarkin
Alec GuinnessObi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
Anthony DanielsC-3PO
Kenny BakerR2-D2
Peter MayhewChewbacca
David ProwseDarth Vader (performer)
James Earl JonesDarth Vader (voice) (uncredited)

Recommendations

100
Chicago Reader
An exhilarating update of "Flash Gordon," very much in the same half-jokey, half-earnest mood, but backed by special effects that, for once, really work and are intelligently integrated with the story.
100
Chicago Sun-Times
If I were asked to say with certainty which movies will still be widely known a century or two from now, I would list "2001,'' "The Wizard of Oz,'' Keaton and Chaplin, Astaire and Rogers, and probably "Casablanca'' ... and "Star Wars,'' for sure.
100
ReelViews
Like all great craftsmen, Lucas has managed to fashion this material in a manner that not only honors the original sources, but makes it uniquely his own. Hacks rip off other movies; artists synthesize and pay homage to their inspirations.
100
San Francisco Chronicle
Star Wars, set “a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away,” is the most exciting picture to be released this year — exciting as theater and exciting as cinema. It is the most visually awesome such work to appear since “2001: A Space Odyssey,” yet is intriguingly human in its scope and boundaries.
100
San Francisco Examiner
A marvelous child of Star Wars technology, the advanced sound design makes a celebratory re-viewing of George Lucas' legendary, 20-year-old space opera a thrilling experience. [Special Edition]
100
Variety
A magnificent film. George Lucas set out to make the biggest possible adventure fantasy out of his memories of serials and older action epics, and he succeeded brilliantly.
90
TV Guide Magazine
Star Wars brought back for a new generation many of the most attractive elements of studio-era moviemaking, and it did so in breathless anthology form. For some young filmgoers this film acted as a doorway to the glory of the movies.
80
Film Threat
Let's discuss those extra four minutes for a second, shall we? I found them incredibly distracting. [Special Edition]

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