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Star
Wars Part
IV in a George Lucas epic, Star Wars: A New Hope opens with a
rebel ship being boarded by the tyrannical Darth Vader. The plot
then follows the life of a simple farmboy, Luke Skywalker, as he
and his newly met allies (Han Solo, Chewbacca, Ben Kenobi,
C-3PO, R2-D2) attempt to rescue a rebel leader, Princess Leia,
from the clutches of the Empire. The conclusion is culminated as
the Rebels, including Skywalker and flying ace Wedge Antilles
make an attack on the Empires most powerful and ominous weapon,
the Death Star.
In
a distant galaxy eons before the creation of the mythical planet
known as Earth, vast civilizations have evolved, and ruling the
galaxy is an interstellar Empire created from the ruins of an
Old Republic that held sway for generations. It is a time of
civil war, as solar systems have broken away from the Empire and
are waging a war of rebellion.
Princess
Leia & Luke Skywalker
During a recent battle techical
schematics for a gigantic space station, code named The Death
Star, have been unearthed by Rebel spies, and a young woman who
is a dissident member of the Imperial Senate, under the cover of
a diplomatic mission to the planet Alderaan, is trying to
smuggle these plans to the Rebellion. But her spacecraft is
attacked by a vast warship of the Empire and seized. The
dissident Senator is captured, but the plans for the Death Star
are nowhere to be found. While soldiers of the Empire search the
nearby planet Tatooine, a series of incidents sweeps up a young
desert farmer with dreams of being a fighter pilot in the
Rebellion, as he winds up with the Death Star plans and also the
assistance of an elderly hermit who once served as a warrior of
an ancient order whose chosen weapons were powerful energy
swords known as light sabers.
The pair recruit a cynical
interstellar smuggler and his outsized alien copilot with an
ancient freighter heavily modified for combat to help them reach
Alderaan - but the planet is obliterated and now the foursome
must rescue the young woman held prisoner by the Empire and lead
an attack by the Rebellion against the Death Star before it can
annihilate all hope of restoring freedom to the galaxy.
Harrisson
Ford as Hans Solo
George
Lucas
Genre: Action
/ Adventure
/ Fantasy
/ Sci-Fi
(more)
Tagline: A long time ago in a galaxy
far, far away... (more)
Plot Outline: Luke Skywalker leaves his
home planet, teams up with other rebels, and tries to save
Princess Leia from the evil clutches of Darth Vader. (more)
(view
trailer)
User Comments: The film that changed the
world (more)
Also Known As:
Adventures of the Starkiller: Episode 1 - The Star Wars
(USA) (original script 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))
MPAA:
Rated PG for sci-fi violence and brief mild language.
(special edition, DVD version)
Runtime: 121 min / 125 min (special
edition)
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Color
(Technicolor)
Sound 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: Argentina:Atp
/ Australia:PG
/ Canada:G
(Quebec) / 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:10
/ 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) / South
Korea:12 / Spain:T
/ Sweden:11
/ UK:U
/ USA:PG
(certificate #24925) / West
Germany:12 (original rating) / Canada:A
(Nova Scotia) (original rating)
Trivia: C-3PO was originally scripted as
a "used car salesman" type, and designed after
the robot from Metropolis
(1927). (more)
Goofs: Continuity: On the way to the
turbo lift to the detention area, the position of the
rifle Han Solo (dressed as a stormtrooper) jumps from shot
to shot. (more)
Quotes: C-3PO:
Did you hear that? They shut down the main reactor. We'll
be destroyed for sure. This is madness.
Awards: Won 6 Oscars. Another 28 wins
& 18 nominations (more)
Yoda
- The Master
Comments:
34 out of 38 people found the
following comment useful:-
Star wars made epic fantasy real.
For a generation of people it has defined what the cinema
experience is meant to be. Today it is probable that pc
games will offer a deeper and more satisfying
entertainment solution, but for pure visual and aural
pleasure, mixed with basic emotional manipulation, there
has never and will never be a better example of cinema
than when star wars appeared over 25 years ago. When you
think of star wars, you must remember what else was
happening at the time. In America, the war in Vietnam had
been lost. In the U.K economic disaster was occurring(a 3
day working week, and the army collecting rubbish). It was
almost like the two most technically advanced countries in
the world were going backwards. Star wars let everybody
escape from that reality and reach for a future that was
uncertain but ultimately good.
Darth
Vader
STAR
WARS EPISODE I - THE PHANTOM MENACE 1999
This
First Episode follows the young years of Anakin Skywalker (Darth
Vader). The friendship of Obi-wan Kenobi, Yoda and Qui-Gon Jinn
are also central aspects. And the beginning of the rise to power
of Senator Palpatine to Emperor.
THE
CAST
THE CREW
Star
Wars - movie poster
STAR
WARS EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH 2005
George
Lucas
Genre: Action
/ Adventure
/ Fantasy
/ Sci-Fi
(more)
Plot Outline: After three years of fighting in
the Clone Wars, Anakin Skywalker concludes his journey towards
the Dark Side of the Force, putting his friendship with Obi Wan
Kenobi and his marriage at risk. (more)
(view
trailer)
User Comments: Story + Special Effects =
Success! (more)
Also Known As:
Star Wars: Episode III (USA) (working title)
Star Wars: Episode III - Rise of the Empire (USA) (working
title)
MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for sci-fi violence and some intense images.
Runtime: 140 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Color
Sound Mix: DTS-ES
/ Dolby
EX 6.1 / SDDS
Certification: Argentina:Atp
/ Australia:M
/ Canada:G
(Quebec) / Canada:PG
(Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) /
Chile:TE
/ Czech
Republic:12 / Finland:K-11
/ France:U
/ Germany:12
/ Hong
Kong:IIA / Iceland:10
/ Ireland:PG
/ Italy:T
/ Japan:U
/ Mexico:B
/ Netherlands:12
/ Norway:11
/ Peru:PT
/ Philippines:G
/ Portugal:M/6
/ Singapore:PG
/ South
Korea:12 / Spain:T
/ Sweden:11
/ Switzerland:12
(canton of Geneva) / Switzerland:12
(canton of Vaud) / UK:12A
/ USA:PG-13
/ Brazil:10
/ New
Zealand:M
Trivia: The planet name "Utapau"
appears in the early drafts of two previous Star Wars films. In
Lucas's first draft of the very first movie, Utapau was the home
planet of Kane, Anakin and Deak Starkiller. The planet's desert
terrain eventually became the planet Tatooine. Utapau was also
the original name for Naboo in the first draft of the screenplay
for Star Wars:
Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999). (more)
Goofs: Continuity: When Mace Windu gets on the
air transport and tells Anakin to stay behind, the shadow of the
vehicle disappears in the shot when Anakin is seen alone, but
reappears in the next shot when we see the vehicle take off. (more)
Quotes:
Senator Amidala:
Obi-Wan? Is Anakin all right?
[Obi-Wan looks at her sadly and does not answer.
He brushes her hair back. Padme drops back into unconsciousness.]
(more)
Awards: 3 nominations (more)
Carrie
Fisher as the beautiful Princess Leia
Comments:
582 out of 808 people found the
following comment useful:-
Story + Special Effects = Success!, 4 May 2005
From the opening 20th Century Fox logo, the movie hits the
ground running, proving once again the CGI capabilities of ILM
and the thrills they inspire. However, unlike the first two
films, where spectacular effects were layered upon complicated,
contrived and sometimes dramatically vacant scenes executed with
some of the worst performances in memory, there is solid story
telling here. And that's the difference.
The drama builds steadily in the first act before hitting light
speed with a combination of excitement, dread, intrigue and
pain. This strong dramatic spark ignites the entire cast,
helping them turn in what are easily their best performances of
the three films. When you have a script with this kind of thump
and talented actors, the result is fun to watch. And for once,
perhaps most importantly, the special effects serve the script,
not the other way around.
Anakin's internal struggle, present from frame one, quickly
consumes him, catapulting the film towards its inevitable
conclusion. While its no surprise that the film ends on a
desperate note, there does remain a glimmer of possibility as
the story segues into the aptly titled classic "Star Wars
Episode IV: A New Hope". It's thought provoking and
inspiring.
It's also worth noting that as advertised the film is dark,
makes no apologies, and is much less child friendly then the
others. The final result with "Revenge" is
a complete film that you will never forget, a somewhat renewed
perspective on what Lucas was going for with Episodes I and II.
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