My all-time favorite movie

Rating: 10/10 (3 February 2001)

"Star Wars" is the best movie that I've ever seen. It's been my favorite ever since I saw it when I was a kid. And it still is today. This is the ultimate sci-fi classic that takes place "a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away." I love everything about "Star Wars". It has some of the most memorable characters for a motion picture. Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), Han Solo (Harrison Ford), Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher), Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness), Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew), Darth Vader (David Prowse, with the voice of James Earl Jones), and my personal favorites: C-3PO (Anthony Daniels) and R2D2 (Kenny Baker) are characters in the grand tradition of great movies. I'll never forget these characters for as long as I live. The story is excellent, which focuses primarily on a young man (Luke Skywalker) who becomes an interplanetary hero with the help of a wise old man (Obi-Wan Kenobi), a beautiful princess (Princess Leia), a cocky spaceship pilot (Han Solo) along with his wookie sidekick (Chewbacca), and a pair of robot friends (C-3PO and R2D2) as they do outer space battle against a powerful force (and a powerful villain in Darth Vader). The action scenes and special effects are outstanding. This movie features some of the most astonishing special effects that I've ever seen. "Star Wars" broke new grounds in special effects technology when it was made back in the mid-1970s, and the effects got an advancement 20 years later when new footage turned up in the 1997 re-release of the film. The new special effects featured in the 20th anniversary "special edition" could not be done in the 1970s because the effects technology wasn't as advanced back then as it is now.
Writer-Director George Lucas thought that the effects would be more advanced in the future so he shot some extra scenes, then he would put the new effects into the mix as soon as the special effects technology became more advanced. The "special edition" was more brilliant than ever. And the sound was more improved. This movie won 7 Oscars and to my knowledge it deserved every one of them. I think this is the greatest movie of all-time. It's sequels ("The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi") and prequels ("The Phantom Menace" and the upcoming Episodes II and III), as good as they are, can never top this one. No other motion picture can top it. "Star Wars" will always be hands down my favorite movie.
**** (out of four)