There is no such thing as perfect...

Rating: 9/10 (19 June 2006)

...but there are those films that come close.
Seeing it now with the perspective of today's movie-making abilities, including CGI and advances in blue-screen techniques might make one wonder what it was all about. But seeing it through the eyes of a 12 year old in 1977 Star Wars beat absolutely everything I had seen up until that point, and the rolling update that has started each of the six episodes committed to film so far always bring back the sensation I remember having the first time I saw it.
Combat in outer space, aliens of all shapes, and Meco's disco-fied version of the title theme - Mr Lucas has certainly let down his loyal fan base with the prequels, but those of us who were there at the beginning will forgive him that on the basis of how we felt back then.