Has a good story and cool effects, but it's soooooooooooo violent.

Rating: 10/10 (1 December 2010)

I found the various characters to be quite entertaining and the mythological allusions to be very fitting. War is always entertaining and war in space, with the grand glorious backdrop of infinite stars can only be spectacular. It was so profound an experience for my adolescent mind in 1977 that I wanted it to be real. I wanted to live in this majestic universe of black and white choices and absolute power. I am still recovering from the profound impression it had on me, 33 years ago. Arrested development is an understatement.
Many millions of words have been written about this film series but few of them deal with the morality of war; the fact that killing - no matter how inventive the device with which you execute someone - is probably a mistake. It seems that violent death is a deeply cherished aspect of our culture, a defining element in fact. Even the treacly adorable Ewoks have their heads and arms and torsos mangled as payment for their appearance in the series. Seems like a raw deal to me... Anyway, if destroying living beings is something to be celebrated, then Star Wars is a Fabulous Fête. Magnificent Mayhem. Enjoy.