Incredible

Rating: 10/10 (9 April 2009)

Recently I began watching all the Star Wars movies again. I decided to begin with this one and go 4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3. About 30 minutes into this movie I decided I needed to stop and post a comment about how amazing this movie is.
First off, for this movie being over 30 years old, boy has it become timeless. The special effects, although fall short in comparison to 1, 2, and 3 are absolutely amazing for its time and don't even seem bad by today's standards.
Secondly, the the plot. The complexity is overwhelming. I first saw these Star Wars movies before the prequel trilogy came into existence, and most of the dialogue and such went over my head. As I was watching the movie again I began to realize the incredible amount of detail put into the plot. IT ALL FITS. Nothing overlaps or contradicts itself- the talk of the "old republic," the "clone wars" etc is all referenced in this first movie. This amount of detail is amazing for this being the first movie- it's like the first three movies had already been made and they were just continuing the storyline. I just found it so amazing that they were able to make all these connections to movies that they would make 30 years later- and have it ALL fit together.
If you have never seen any of these movies...watch them right now. And then watch them again. And again. They will never get old.