Note the first line...

Rating: 10/10 (2 September 2004)

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... These words compose the first line of every StarWars movie. Why is this? I have done no case study or in depth research but in my deepest sense of self I feel these words create a parallel sense of being to that of the viewer. This is not us now, this is not us in a possible future. This is something that happened far from here and a long time ago and is told for our own future benefit. It relates to us in the same sense old tales of chivalry and legend do. Such myth comes along with many generations worth of real and useful meaning being woven into a story. Generally however, these stories are only loosely based on fact. They use stretched and exaggerated truth to get across their point. The first line of Star Wars relates it to this sort of story telling. It prepares us for the Space Fantasy that follows. For, you see, Star Wars isn't about Science fiction. It's about telling an epic story. The space setting is a trivial detail in this respect though it is this very setting that breathes new life in an old tradition.