What can i say? An American classic!

Rating: 10/10 (23 January 2011)

Long ago in a galaxy far away, there lived an evil empire under the iron-law of a dastardly dictator named Darth Vader (Voiced by James Earl Jones and played by David Prowse). He kidnaps the lovely Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) and sends out her loyal androids C-3PO (Voiced by Anthony Daniels) and C-3PO (Kenny Baker) to the planet Tatoonie where farmboy Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamil) finds them and notices the video message C-3PO accidentally plays as it's meant for Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guiness) who is Leia's only hope for he takes them to him. Obi-Wan with Luke and the droids head to a sleazy bar where they meet cool-as-hell space captain Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and tough furball brute Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew)as they all join forces together to rescue the princess then have a plan to destroy the Death Star.
What is there to say about this movie? it's a complete masterpiece of film and changed American cinema forever as it has became one of the biggest crowdpleasers of all time. George Lucas always had this idea for years as he was influenced by Metropolis, 2001, Akira Kurasowa's films mainly Hidden Fortress, Star Trek and Frank Herbert's Dune novels and combined them brilliantly. He originally wanted to sell this idea to Universal or United Artist but they rejected it so Fox got the rights and filming started, it has became one of the most successful films of all time among audiences and critics as it even got an academy award nomination for best picture in 1978. Great performances, memorable dialog, awesome special effects and quality storytelling makes this a cinematic treasure everyone in their life must see. It spawned 2 sequels, 3 prequels, re-issues, spin-offs, merchandise, a fanbase and influenced pop culture as we know it much like Star Trek has.
I love how it combines a bit of Sci-fi, a bit of fantasy, a bit of western, a bit of world history redone in Sci-fi, a bit of action/adventure and that kind of thing. This movie is a movie that every kid in their life must watch like i did back in the 80's and introduced me to film in a good way on VHS.