Perfect Sci-Fi Fantasy

Rating: 10/10 (4 July 2019)

It's hard to say how important this 1977 Star Wars movie is. Its influence is incredible, but it itself was influenced by the likes of Kubrik's astonishing 2001 A Space Odyssey.
Star Wars: A New Hope is magic from start to finish (especially the original version that was not yet unwisely tampered with by Lucas).
Key to the movie has to be the charm and chemistry of characters in combination with the Star Wars environment. You can't have one without the other, as recent, disastrous Disney failures illustrated.
The first trilogy was the great one. The "Prequels" were actually not that bad, I thought. They were deeply flawed but generally entertaining enough to be worth a watch. That was mainly down to the Obi Wan character.
As for the more recent Disney rubbish (I've seen the first two Disney movies at time of writing) - they are dire, they are certainly not worth watching, unless one wishes to indulge in hate watching.
Coming back to this 1977 movie, it earns a well-deserved 10/10 - and not many movies score that in my book.