Movie Review: Star Wars Episode IV a New Hope

Star Wars Episode IV, a New Hope (1977, PG): ****

A New Hope deserves to take its place among the great sci-fi epics.  When people think of Star Wars, a New Hope should be the picture that comes to mind.  In another sense, a New Hope is the classic, definitive Star Wars movie.  Considering it is the fourth installment in the saga though still the first completed, a New Hope has the task of introducing all of the characters, and putting the plot into position.  It so masterfully does it, the characters are all likeable and the plot is original and influenced many other films and stories since.  Sci-fi entertainment couldn't really get any better.  There's vast array of space ships and aliens to please anybody. A New Hope is also a technical achievement, groundbreaking for its time, which adds to the fact that it's a great movie, spawning a worldwide phenomenon.  All in all, a New Hope is a darn good example of a famous movie that fully lives up to the hype surrounding it.  Directed by George Lucas.