Starwars A New Hope
Today we will discuss the movie Starwars A New Hope. This was the first Starwars movie to be made and the fourth one in the series. It has made $?775, 398,007 world wide, surpassing Jaws as the highest grossing film of all time. The movie was released on May 25, 1977. There have been several re-releases, one of which I have. In the next few paragraphs I will describe the plot of the movie.
Ruled by Palpatine, the Galaxy is now in the grip of the Galactic Empire. Darth Vader’s image is enough to quell most outbreaks, yet the Rebellion plows on. Rebel spies have stolen plans for a secret star base called the Death Star, which has the capability to destroy worlds. Vader chases the spies to Princess Leia’s flagship, where a battle starts. Vader and his troops storm the ship and start looking for Leia. Leia is able to insert the plans into R2-D2, who escapes with C-3PO onto the desert world of Tatooine. Vader captures Leia and demands the truth of where the plans are, and threatens to destroy Alderaan. Leia lies saying the plans are on Dantooine, but Vader destroys Alderaan anyway.
R-2 and C-3PO crash land on Tatooine where Luke’s uncle Owen buys them. Owen tells Luke to dust them off, and Luke does. While cleaning the droids, Luke triggers the message Leia sent. It says she needs Obi-Wan Kenobi, but Luke only knows about the old hermit Ben Kenobi. Luke dismisses the message and heads for dinner. While eating, R2 escapes to head out for Obi-Wan. Luke and C-3PO head out after him and?are met by one of the savage Sand People. Ben Kenobi scares the Sand Person off and takes Luke and C-3PO to his home. There, Kenobi reveals himself to Luke as Obi-Wan Kenobi, a former Jedi Master. Obi-Wan and Luke set off for a ship after deciding that they need to take the plans to Alderaan?for the leaders of the Rebellion to study.
Obi-Wan and Luke go to a local cantina, where Luke offends an alien patron on accident. While the patron is about to attack Luke, Obi-Wan slices the patron’s arm off and quells any other disturbances. Obi-Wan and Luke hire Han Solo and Chewbacca to take them to Alderaan on their ship the?Millennium Falcon. They leave for Alderaan, but find nothing but rubble where the planet used to be. They follow an Empire ship (known as a TIE Fighter) to the Death Star. The ship gets caught in the Death Star’s tractor beam. They board the Death Star and set out for Princess Leia.
I think the movie was a good start for the last three Starwars movies. I never saw the original version, so I can’t judge that one. But I can judge the one I have, and I have to say it is pretty good. It must have had to have been good to make $775, 398, 007! This movie is a classic and a good one at that. If you love Starwars, you’re going to need to put this one on your list. And if you can, try to get the original. It might be worth something.
Tags: C-3PO, Darth Vader, Tatooine