A timeless classic

Rating: 9/10 (27 March 2020)

If there were no prequels or sequels or animated series, Star Wars Episode 4: A New Hope would still go down as one of all time classics. In the age of computer generated, well, everything, the effects are still dazzling.
The story of an underdog caught up in moments bigger than him have captivated us for years. From Dorothy Gale to Rocky Balboa, we want the underdog to win, especially against evil. Luke begins as a whiny farm boy, too scared to tell his over bearing farm zealot uncle to do his own work. You clean the droids, Owen, you bought them. Through a series of events, he's thrust into a civil war between an embarrassingly outmatched batch of rebels and the galactic empire, led by a psychotic tyrant and his lackey, Darth Effing Vader. Vader is a sick villain. He enjoys force choking imperial officers and torturing royalty (who, unbeknownst to him is his own daughter). Hope I didn't spoil that little nugget. The light saber battle between Vader and Obi Wan Kenobi pales to later battles but still pretty cool.
In the end, the good guys win. The baddest guy survived setting up a sequel(s). And a pop culture phenomenon is born.