30 years later, and still a great movie

Rating: 10/10 (7 October 2007)

Alright, judging from this vote I love this movie. This is definitely a film that raised the standard for movies when it came out. And in 1977, this was never done before. For 30 years ago, that was pretty exciting seeing all of those lightsabers coming out, the blasting ships, etc. Even though these things can be easily done now, 30 years ago this was tough. And just about everybody knows about this trilogy. Episodes IV-VI are probably the best known trilogy out of any trilogy ever made. I might be wrong, but I'm just guessing.
The plot is awesome. Here goes: A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away.... (That is a tagline, people!) there are these people in the Rebellion who are fighting against the Empire. We first meet C-3PO and R2-D2, two robots who are trying to escape the ship most of the people are in. We see a lady inserting some form of message into R2. Both of the robots escape in--you guessed it--an escape pod. The lady, who we now know as Princess Leia, is caught by the Clone Troopers. Enter Darth Vader, the coolest villain ever, who is somewhat the leader of the Empire (after the Emperor, but that's not the point). They take the Princess away to the Death Star, their space station. Oooo....
Meanwhile, R2 and 3PO land on a planet called Tattoine, and get lost. They get captured by these Munchkin-like creatures with hooded cloaks. They get sold to these two guys named Owen Lars and Luke Skywalker. Luke lives with his uncle and aunt (Beru). Luke finds something in R2. He sees the Princess (although he doesn't realize it at first) saying, "Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope." He thinks that she may be talking about old Ben Kenobi, the hermit who lives as an outcast. He finds Obi-Wan, and takes him to his house. There, they see the whole message. Luke finds out about the Force, the lightsaber, the Jedi (if I were Luke, I'd be thinking "Cool....").
To finish up this quicker, they meet Han Solo, they rescue the Princess, Obi-Wan dies, and Luke destroys the Death Star. Does that fulfill your need of figuring out how the movie goes? Anyway, watch this movie. It'll be worth your time (I think).