Slightly disturbing

Rating: Null/10 (26 November 2006)

Mark Hammil Harrison Ford Steve Buscemi
Star Wars is a sci-fi adventure set in a distant galaxy in the year 1975. It is the story of Luke (Hammil) and his Danish friend, Han (Ford).
Luke and Han, together with Han's pet, Chewie (named because of his chronic habit of biting off the limbs of any human he comes near) travel the galaxy looking for the Dilithium crystals used to power their spaceship. Along the way, they meet a professional wrestler who calls himself simply "The Force" who helps Luke and Han strong-arm their victims into giving up their crystals.
"Star Wars," a sequel to the 1986 sci-fi thriller "The Ice Pirates" is an enjoyable film, but it may be too harsh for some younger viewers. At one point Han and Luke meet up with young Anakin Skywalker, a slave who lives on the desert planet of Nevada. Luke convinces Anakin that he is his father, then inexplicably cuts off Anakin's hand at the wrist using his "Electronoprojection Energy Sword of Death" (that's what they call it). Anakin screams in pain as blood sprays like a fire hose - but Han and Luke only stand by and laugh like hyenas.
This makes it difficult to sympathize with the main characters, and also makes it hard to understand why the filmmakers have been attempting to market this film to children.
But in the end, Star Wars gives the viewer everything he would expect from a Hollywood space opera, and more. I give the film two stars.