Why is it so popular?

Rating: 10/10 (7 December 1998)

Why is Star Wars still enormously popular 20 years after its release? Is it the special effects? They're not much today, but awesome for the time. Was it the cool ships and light sabers? Of course that's part of the reason. Is it the acting? With the exception of Harrison Ford and Sir Alec Guinness, it's pretty bland. Is it just nostalgia of 20/30-somethings who were kids and teens when it was relelased? Sure, that's part of it.
But above all the rest, the reason Star Wars is still at the forefront of our collective consciousness is the fact that it is a modern fairy tale. A grand, sweeping film where the good guys are good, the bad guys are really bad, and good triumphs over evil even in the face of enormous adversity. That's it! We need more movies like Star Wars today... not crap like "The Saint" or "Leaving Los Vegas"