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May the Force be with you (re-release) morePlot:
Luke Skywalker leaves his home planet, teams up with other rebels, and tries to save Princess Leia from the evil clutches of Darth Vader. full summary | full synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Won 6 Oscars. Another 29 wins & 18 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(300 articles)
Who is the Most Overrated Director? (From Rope Of Silicon. 28 August 2008, 1:48 PM, PDT)
Mid-Week Movie News Wrap Up (From Screen Rant. 28 August 2008, 12:07 PM, PDT)
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Where It All Began-----10/10 moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)more
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Adventures of the Starkiller: Episode 1 - The Star Wars (USA) (working title)Guerra de las estrellas, La (USA: Spanish title)
Star Wars IV: A New Hope (USA) (video box title)
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (USA) (reissue title (new title))
The Adventures of Luke Starkiller as Taken from the 'Journal of the Whills': Saga I - Star Wars (USA) (working title)
The Star Wars (USA) (original script title)
The Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Starkiller (USA) (working title)
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Rated PG for sci-fi violence and brief mild language. (special edition, DVD version)Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
121 min | 125 min (special edition)Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishColor:
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2.20 : 1 moreSound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | DTS 70 mm (special edition) (70 mm prints) (Europe) | DTS (special edition) | Dolby Digital (special edition) | Dolby (35 mm prints) | SDDS (special edition)Certification:
Canada:G (British Columbia/Quebec) | Iceland:L (special edition) | South Korea:All | Malaysia:U | Iceland:LH (original version) (video re-rating) | Brazil:Livre | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:PG (Nova Scotia) (special edition) | Chile:TE | Denmark:11 (special edition) | Denmark:12 | Finland:K-12 (original rating) | Finland:K-8 (special edition) | France:U | Germany:6 (special edition) | Hong Kong:I | Iceland:L (original rating) | Ireland:G | Mexico:AA | Netherlands:AL | New Zealand:PG | Norway:11 (special edition) | Norway:12 | Peru:PT | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG (special edition) | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | UK:U | USA:PG (certificate #24925) | West Germany:12 (original rating) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) (original rating)MOVIEmeter: 
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20th Century Fox promoted the film at the San Diego Comic Con, believing the attendees of that event to be the film's main target demographic. moreGoofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Luke is searching for the runaway R2D2, a rope can be seen dragging a droid that passes in the foreground from right to left. moreQuotes:
[first lines]C-3PO: Did you hear that? They shut down the main reactor. We'll be destroyed for sure. This is madness.
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How were the lightsaber effects created?Why does Obi-Wan lie about Anakin's lightsaber?
Why does Obi-Wan vanish when Vader slashes him down?
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I can never pick a favorite movie because different movies have different effects. Goodfellas is my favorite drama. Face/Off is my favorite actioner. But when it comes to pure amazement, nothing beats Star Wars. We are introduced to a whole other universe with different creatures, different lifestyles, and different history. We are dropped in the middle of an intergalactic war between an empire and a rebellion that has raged for years and left the universe in ruin. It was the most fascinating thing to see when i was eleven, but to this day i am still a Star Wars nerd.
The cast of characters includes some of the coolest, funniest, and most tragic in film, and the actors who play them fit seamlessly into this new universe. Alec Guiness is flawless as Obi-Wan Kenobi, a Jedi on the run from the evil Empire. Harrison Ford is awesome as Han Solo, a smuggler and thief who helps the gang rescue the princess. But the my favorite character of all time is Darth Vader. Not only is he the coolest bad guy, but we learn in later films why he is evil and start to feel sympathetic for him. Not to mention that badass booming voice that can make ordering a pizza sound threatening.
This was not only the beginning of the best movie series ever, but it was the beginning of my love for movies. George Lucas is a genius for being able to come up with a great story and an incredible backdrop for what was supposed to be a flop, but turned into one of the best films ever.
10/10