Star Wars: Episode 4 - A New Hope

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Star Wars 4 Which is the First One But Not Really
by Michael Flanagan

HUGE

            As if written in May of 1977, upon the first theatrical viewing of Star Wars, at the age of 5 months:

               Neat.  Lots of flashing lights and people making noise and blue lights and red lights and mean man in black.  No, not Johnny Cash.  Darth.  Darth Vader.  Man in white behind sun good.  Luke.  Luke Skywalker.  And pretty lady.  Leia.  Princess Leia.  People fight, Ben dies (but not really) and things blow up.  Good guys win.  Yeah!

          Written over 23 years later, after hundreds of viewings, thousands of conversations, many many dollars spent on merchandise, and after viewing Episode 1:  The Phantom Menace:

            Star Wars:  Episode 4:  A New Hope is the best thing that ever happened to science fiction fantasy movies.  Upon my first viewing, when I was about five months old, I fell in love.  I thought it was the best thing that I had ever seen or ever would see.  (See first section of this review.) … (Yes, I knew who Johnny Cash was.)  And I was almost right.

Two things surprised me in life and were actually better than Star Wars IV, herein referred to as "Star Wars."  The first was Jennifer Henderson in the seventh grade.  The second, and more immediately relevant to a Star Wars review, was the completion of the Star Wars trilogy.  Why isn't that two things, then, Mike?  Empire and Jedi.  Well, why isn't Jennifer Henderson two things?  Wait.  Don't answer that.  But allow me to explain three movies as one beautiful perfect element in life.

Upon the success of Star Wars, George Lucas (herein referred to as George) then decided to bring his ambiguous plans of more movies to life.  He didn't know exactly what those plans were, nor exactly how to make them reality, but he knew he wanted to make more movies in the wonderful universe of Star Wars.  And how could you not?

Star Wars isn't a perfect universe.  It's got crime, war, death, lost love, and bad food.  But if that was all the movie had, probably it would be the next p.t. anderson film.  No, George added lightsabers, Death Stars, laser guns, princesses, lords, wookies, and The Force.  The fantasy creations out of George's mind led to every personal childhood fantasy of mine until the seventh grade.  Who didn't want to be a Jedi Knight?  Heck, I still do!

George made a possible and impossible future for us, and he called it fantasy, and then even went as far as to say it was a "long time ago."  But he was wrong.  It is and always has been here and now.

Which leads me to the rest of the trilogy…

[Refer to The Empire Strikes Back review for the continuation.]

Trivia:

"Vader" is Dutch for "Father."  I guess The Empire Strikes Back held no surprises for the Dutch.

Star Wars saved 20th Century Fox from bankruptcy.  This is ironic being as Fox was about to sell their stake in Star Wars as a tax shelter until an advance screening audience made them think twice.  I almost wish they did it so we could look back and laugh at them.

Ewan McGregor played Obi Wan Kenobi is Episode 1.  I bet he made his uncle proud.  His uncle, Denis Lawson, played pilot Wedge Antilles in all three original Star Wars films.

The Director's Guild of America insisted that Lucas put opening credits into the film.  When Lucas refused, they fined him.  Lucas paid the fine and quit the guild.

Burt Reynolds was originally cast as Han Solo, but he dumped the role.  Lucas gave it to Harrison Ford, a carpenter on the set.

The title "Episode IV, A New Hope" (which appears at the top of the "crawl" at the beginning) was not found in the original release of Star Wars.  It was added in the re-release to assist in the continuity with Empire.

The Tatooine scenes were filmed in Tunisia, where there is a town called, "Tatahouine."  Luke's farm house was actually some farmer's home in Tunisia.  It just looked space-like.

That's all I know for Star Wars facts, but you can find more by searching the internet.  Check this out: Relevant Websites