Star Wars (1977)

Director:

George Lucas

Writer:

George Lucas (written by)

Release Date:

25 May 1977 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

May the Force be with you (re-release)

Plot:

Luke Skywalker leaves his home planet, teams up with other rebels, and tries to save Princess Leia from the evil clutches of Darth Vader.

Plot Keywords:

Invented Language | Wilhelm Scream | Alien Race | Incest Kiss | Aerial Combat

Awards:

Won 6 Oscars. Another 29 wins & 18 nominations

Cast

Mark Hamill	...	Luke Skywalker
Harrison Ford	...	Han Solo
Carrie Fisher	...	Princess Leia Organa
Peter Cushing	...	Grand Moff Tarkin
Alec Guinness	...	Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
Anthony Daniels	...	C-3PO
Kenny Baker	...	R2-D2
Peter Mayhew	...	Chewbacca
David Prowse	...	Darth Vader
James Earl Jones	...	Darth Vader (voice)
Phil Brown	...	Uncle Owen
Shelagh Fraser	...	Aunt Beru
Jack Purvis	...	Chief Jawa
Alex McCrindle	...	General Dodonna
Eddie Byrne	...	General Willard

Also Known As:

Adventures of the Starkiller: Episode 1 - The Star Wars (USA) (working 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))
The Adventures of Luke Starkiller as Taken from the 'Journal of the Whills': Saga I - Star Wars (USA) (working title)
The Star Wars (USA) (original script title)
The Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Starkiller (USA) (working title)
Guerra de las galaxias, La (Argentina) (Chile) (Colombia) (Mexico) (Panama) (Peru) (Spain) (Venezuela) [es]
Guerre des étoiles, La (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
Stjärnornas krig (Finland: Swedish title) (Sweden) [sv]
Междузвездни войни (Bulgaria: Bulgarian title) [bg]
гБ╦ГДМШЕ бНИМШ (Soviet Union: Russian title) [ru]
A Guerra das Estrelas (Portugal) [pt]
Csillagok háborúja (Hungary) [hu]
Guerra de les galàxies, La (Spain: Catalan title) [ca]
Guerra de les galàxies: Una nova esperança, La (Spain: Catalan title) (reissue title) [ca]
Guerra nas Estrelas (Brazil) [pt]
Guerre des étoiles - Un nouvel éspoir, La (Canada: French title) (TV title) [fr]
Guerre stellari: Episodio IV - Una nuova speranza (Italy) (reissue title) [it]
Gwiezdne wojny (Poland) [pl]
Hvezdné války (Czechoslovakia: Czech title) [cs]
Hviezdne vojny (Czechoslovakia: Slovak title) [sk]
Hviezdne vojny IV - Nová nádej (Czechoslovakia: Slovak title) (long title) [sk]
Krieg der Sterne (West Germany) [de]
Krieg der Sterne - Episode IV: Eine neue Hoffnung (Germany) (new title) [de]
Ratovi zvezda - Nova nada (Serbia) [sr]
Ratovi zvijezda (Croatia) (video title) [hr]
Star Wars: Епизод IV - Нова Надежда (Bulgaria: Bulgarian title) [bg]
Star Wars: Episode IV - Neue Hoffnung (Germany) (video title) [de]
Star Wars: Epizoda IV - Nová nadeje (Czechoslovakia: Czech title) (long title) [cs]
Star wars IV - Tähtien sota: Uusi toivo (Finland) (video box title) [fi]
Star wars: Épisode IV, la guerre des étoiles (France) (TV title) [fr]
Star wars: Episodio IV - Una nueva esperanza (Spain) (new title) [es]
Stjörnustríð (Iceland) [is]
Stjernekrigen (Denmark) [da]
Sutâ wôzu: Aratanaru kibou (Japan) [ja]
Tähtien sota (Finland) [fi]
Yildiz savaslari (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]

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)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

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:

Malaysia:U | Canada:G (British Columbia/Quebec) | South Korea:All | Brazil:Livre | Iceland:LH (original version) (video re-rating) | Iceland:L (special edition) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | 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: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) | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | UK:U | USA:PG (certificate #24925) | West Germany:12 (original rating) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Tikal National Park, Guatemala

Company:

Lucasfilm

Trivia:

According to an interview with George Lucas, originally Luke was a girl, Han Solo was an Alien, the wookiees were called Jawas, and R2-D2 and C-3PO were called A-2 and C-3.

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.

Quotes:

[first lines]
C-3PO: Did you hear that? They shut down the main reactor. We'll be destroyed for sure. This is madness.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "Family Guy: Chitty Chitty Death Bang (#1.3)" (1999)

Where It All Began-----10/10

I can never pick a favorite movie because different movies have different effects. Goodfellas is my favorite drama. Face/Off is my favorite actioner. But when it comes to pure amazement, nothing beats Star Wars. We are introduced to a whole other universe with different creatures, different lifestyles, and different history. We are dropped in the middle of an intergalactic war between an empire and a rebellion that has raged for years and left the universe in ruin. It was the most fascinating thing to see when i was eleven, but to this day i am still a Star Wars nerd.

The cast of characters includes some of the coolest, funniest, and most tragic in film, and the actors who play them fit seamlessly into this new universe. Alec Guiness is flawless as Obi-Wan Kenobi, a Jedi on the run from the evil Empire. Harrison Ford is awesome as Han Solo, a smuggler and thief who helps the gang rescue the princess. But the my favorite character of all time is Darth Vader. Not only is he the coolest bad guy, but we learn in later films why he is evil and start to feel sympathetic for him. Not to mention that badass booming voice that can make ordering a pizza sound threatening.

This was not only the beginning of the best movie series ever, but it was the beginning of my love for movies. George Lucas is a genius for being able to come up with a great story and an incredible backdrop for what was supposed to be a flop, but turned into one of the best films ever.

10/10