A Retrospect Review

Rating: 7/10 (18 February 2020)

I originally saw the film at the theater in 1977 when I was 21 years old. I thought it was a great movie, but not the best movie I ever saw. I've seen it two more times since - once on video back in the early 1990s and yesterday on HD TV 43" screen. I can honestly state that my feeling towards this film hasn't changed over the years.
I was never a Princess Leia fan. Her changing accent throughout annoyed the heck out of me the first time and I was surprised it still does today. Carrie Fisher (may she rest in peace) was not all that great of an actress IMHO. She just couldn't pull off the whole sexy-rebel-princess. Come on...she watches her home world blow up and just stands there?
The dialogue was sophomoric but maybe that was intentional and based on the demographics group it was targeting, i.e. teenage boys.
Fortunately for Harrison Ford, his acting improved greatly after Star Wars: A New Hope. I think his looks carried him through most of the film. Pretty much the same goes for Mark Hamill.
All in all, it was a good movie which I enjoyed, but I've never understood the massive hype and fanaticism.