Not my favourite out of the trilogy

Rating: 7/10 (10 May 2007)

I do find the plot hard to follow at times. I suppose what really matters is that the film is about good versus evil which most films have that theme running through them where two forces fight against one another and it is always good that triumphs as audiences prefer it that way so it is very much a moral tale.
This film was totally different to the other Science Fiction films coming out at the time and before, the space scenes was grand scale and impressive, it didn't look tacky like the other films I had seen up to that point. It shows how hard George Lucas worked, to achieve special effects that in this day can be done with CGI but in the time the film came out, Lucas had to be very imaginative and be able to come up with new techniques to give the film the quality it has.
I must admit, out of the trilogy, this is my least favourite. Don't ask me why but I just can't get into it like The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.
I think the casting helps the film because the actors give a convincing performance and it is not easy with some of the dialogue they have to say.
I like the fact Princess Leia is a feisty character who can pick up a gun and defend herself without needing to turn to a man to help her. It was also interesting to have a character like Han Solo who was cared more about what he could get out of the situation then how he could help people who needed him but at the end, we see there is a positive side to him because he comes to help Luke when he didn't have to. It was good to have such acting legends in the film, Alec Guinness and Peter Cushing. Vader is very sinister especially with James Earl Jones voicing him, he gives the character a menacing quality which wouldn't have worked without someone with a powerful voice to portray him.
It is shocking when Guinness dies but it was a brilliant idea George Lucas had in keeping the character in the other films by bringing him back as a type of spirit.
The music is amazing and just fits with the whole mood of the film.