Star Wars

Rating: 8/10 (3 October 2007)

George Lucas could have done the world a favor and let Darth Vader die at the end of A New Hope. I was 31 in 1977 and, though I thought the film was okay, I was not swept away like the kids. I thought much of the dialogue was stiff and unemotional. Carrie Fisher had little if any charisma. Harrison Ford was the only one who did. The weird names and bizarre creatures are hard to digest after a while. Star Wars plots are inconsequential. Only nerds, dorks and geeks know them. It is the characters we remember: Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, Obi-Wan, C3PO, R2D2 and Chewbacca. My favorite may be Obi-Wan. He is the one with perseverance, the one who waits years to set things right. Ultimately, he sacrifices himself for the cause.