A New Hope

The iconic movie. The one that started it all. The first Star Wars movie is fantastic. An unsuspecting farm boy ends up being a key player in saving the galaxy. Along the way he meets memorable characters. Not a very groundbreaking plot really but who cares, its Star Wars. So, what are my thoughts on the movie (you can probably already tell).

Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the prequels just as much as the originals and the originals just as much as the prequels, but a huge plus to the originals is the props. In this movie, all of the props, scenes, etc. it all is a miniature, a costume, or a painted cardboard set. Compare this to the prequel movies where everything and everyone is CGI, this movie holds up better than some of those do. It makes it much more believable. For this reason I am incredibly happy that episode VII will use very little CGI characters and props.

The story of this movie is fine, Luke can seem a bit, whiney, at times but it never takes away from the movie. Honestly I only have one problem with this movie, The Death Star. I mean, if you have a giant space station, why would the hole that could be the end of said space station not be heavily guarded? My problem isn't with the hole itself rather the particularly easy way of getting to the hole. The trench to get there seems needless and there is only a few turrets in that trench. I would have like 4 turrets sitting and waiting at the end of that trench that blew away anyone who came through it. Its stupid simple and seems lazy, even if it is a cool scene. All I'm asking for is a shield there, just something so a small squad of fighters can take thousands of lives with a single missile.