Why Star Wars is one of the most memorable motion pictures of all time.

Rating: 10/10 (27 June 2001)

Of the critics who didn't like Star Wars, the primary reason was that Star Wars was a movie with great special effects with no substance. Star Wars is more than just the special effects. If this were so, this movie would fare a little better than Stanley Kubrick's "2001 A Space Odyssey" which appeared in 1969. "2001" had great special effects, an excellent musical score, but the movie had long periods of boredom with some exciting scenes thrown in.
The reason for the popularity of Star Wars is a unique mixture of new special effects techniques, fantastic musical score (John Williams) and character interaction. The humor and sarcasm between Luke(Hammil), Leia (Fisher), Han (Ford), combined with the special effects make this one of the most memmorable motion pictures of all time.