In a Galaxy far far away...

Rating: 8/10 (7 February 2006)

Mark Hamil plays Luke Skywaker, a young man working his uncle's moisture farm on the planet of Tatoonie, who dreams of becoming a pilot and joining the rebel alliance. "If there's a bright center of the universe, your on the planet that is farthest from".
Carrie Fisher plays Princes Leia from Alderan, who is part of the rebel alliance, a renegade movement seeking to overthrow the Evil empire which is the current government, that is run like a dictator ship. "The more you tighten your grip, the more star systems slip through your fingers".
Harison Ford plays the Smuggler Han Solo, who Runs illegal activities for the gangster Hutts. A man who seems only in any adventure for the reward he is promised, turns out to have true heart.
James Earl Jones plays a villain who uses the Dark side of the force wielding a red light saber. "A young pupil of mine until he turned to evil, betrayed and murdered your father".
Underneath the grand space ship battles, the light saber duels , and the incredible imagination of George Lucas, beats a simple story that almost anyone young or old can relate to. A movie you can watch with your kids or something you can see with your friends. Its even a good date movie, with sparks flying between Han solo and the princess, just about anyone who gives this movie a chance will enjoy it.
Even when they released the "Speical edition" in theaters several years later, The special effects upgrade to make the film more current didn't impress me that much. What did impress me was that adrenalin rush I felt for a second time, when Luke is aiming for that vulnerable place on the death star and Lord Vader is closing in ready to destroy him, all to the beat of an incredible score by Jhon Williams. This movie brings back all the joy i had seeing it as a kid and growing up with it, and to me thats the most imprecise thing a film can do, is stand up to Time.