George Lucas turned a simple story into a phenomenon. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope was released in 1977, and was immediately successful. The following two films completed the trilogy in the 1980s, and now the Star Wars franchise now has (almost) three trilogies, two side films (Rogue One & Solo), television shows, video games, etc, and has now been apart of Disney for over five years.And this was the film that started it all. Imperial forces, under orders from the cruel Darth Vader, are to retrieve the missing database of the Empire’s most dangerous weapon, The Death Star, which has been put into a droid and sent to the planet Alderaan. Luke Skywalker, along with Han Solo and Chewbacca, must bring the data to the Rebel Alliance, which can be the only hope left in the galaxy.This film and its trilogy have already stood the test of time. There are details in this film that even a person who has never seen a Star Wars film could recognize, from the infamous quote “May the Force be with you,” to Princess Leia’s cinnamon roll hair buns. There are numerous things in this film that are still referenced to in pop culture today.
However, one of the most famous things to have probably come out of this film has been the “Who Shot First?” debate. For those who don’t know, George Lucas, the creator and director of this amazing film (and trilogy), had the movie edited years later, to put in little clips and details that didn’t make it into the original cut. When Han shoots Greedo, in the original, Han was the only one who took a shot, whereas in the edited version, it was shown that Greedo also shot. It is complicated and confusing. To be honest, I really don’t care. I am not the crazy psycho fan that gets into all of those debates that lead into oblivion. My family and I have been Star Wars fans for a long time, and I have seen this film so many times that I feel like I’ve memorized it. We are such huge fans that my brother and I matched last year for Halloween: he was Darth Vader, I was Boba Fett. (Sorry, nerding out). If I didn’t give this film a “GOOD, GOOD” rating I would be disappointing my family and myself. (Now that I think about it, the past five minutes that you have been reading this blog, I have been nerding out. I do that when I talk about the Force)
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