The beginning to the greatest Sci-Fi Fantasy Fiction movie series of all time...

Rating: 10/10 (13 December 2019)

Episode IV : A New Hope (yes, these movies started at #4)
It was 1977 and i went to see it at the Mustang Drive-In theater, back when the theater experience was raw and real and you didn't get things in near-perfect condition and the sound was enough to blow you off the hood of the car.
And this is the movie that chiseled those very words in the depths of my mind.
"A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away....". Being a kid, who lived on something of a farm, that had done a lot of looking away, I felt like i had a kinship with Luke Skywalker. I had seen the trailer, on tv, back when there was just ABC, CBS, NBC, and public television and it blew me away.
Then that music....
This powerful sounds of this movie, the special effects, and the very story it's self was like nothing i had ever known. Kids, today, can't appreciate it the way i could because everything is already beyond that technological level and George Lucas was just breaking ground then and doing it for the first time.
It begins with a space battle, the little ship being chased by the huge looming cruiser. It immediately switches over to our favorite droids, R2D2 (Kenny Baker) and C3PO (Anthony Deniels).
And then the ship is boarded and a massive blaster battle begins. Seconds later, through the smoke, in walks the powerful form of Darth Vader (Dave Prowse), the dark lord of the Sith.
"R2D2! Where are you?!?" a bit of confusion and then back to the battle.
and that unforgettable voice of James Earl Jones.
"Where are those transmissions you sent?! What have you done with those plans?!"
I could do this all day but look, a lot of how good a movie is to a person is how long it can hold your excitement/interest at peak levels. Along with the awesome music of John Williams.
God, i can still smell the pop-corn.
The Empire Strikes Back was even Better and Return of the Jedi was a great. It's too bad that Lucas has to push over to the "prequel" movies after that :(
The prequels were nowhere near as good and Star Wars VII, VIII, and IX were...well, uninspiring.