Graffiti -1138

Rating: 10/10 (2 November 2019)

George Lucas is the James Dean of film directors. Three iconic films and then out. What many people fail to notice is that his third film is an amalgam of his first two. If you took the kids from American Graffiti and dropped them into the world of THX-1138, you'd get Star Wars. The scene where the Imperials fail to fire on the escape pod and the stormtroopers discuss the new BT-16 are straight out of THX. Meanwhile Harrison Ford reprises Bob Falfa in his '55 Chevy and Luke is clearly Terry the Toad eager to waste time with his friends at Mel's drive-in/Toshi Station. Cindy Williams was nearly the princess too!