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movie review - Star Wars: A New Hope

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

This is a number about a young man who's swept up in big events when he buys a droid with a bad motivator. He winds up spear-heading a tiny but fierce rebellion against the galaxy-spanning empire that's crushing everyone around them. This is the film that brought us light-sabers, personal spaceships, "use the force", Darth Vader, Storm Troopers, and about a hundred standard movie bits and pieces that turn up everywhere.

This movie also single-handedly rescued Hollywood from a long decline and caused an explosion of movie theater construction. And it set an entire generation on a path of constant movie-watching (look how many thumbnail reviews I've written in the past month!) -- a real game-changer, it seems.

I was six when I first saw this one; it is responsible for my tastes in movies - what else can I say, I love it to this day.

Strongly recommended.