Star Wars Summary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: George Lucas
Genres: Science Fiction
Released Date: May 25, 1977
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George_Lucas' mythological popcorn movie is a two-hour roller-coaster ride that has passed into movie legend. The story, for the tiny number of people not familiar with it, concerns a farm boy named Luke Skywalker (Mark_Hamill) who discovers that the used robot recently purchased by his family plays back a message from one Princess Leia (Carrie_Fisher), begging for help from Obi-Wan Kenobi. Luke asks his father's friend Ben Kenobi (Alec_Guinness) about this, and he discovers that Ben and Obi-Wan are one and the same. Kenobi tells Luke of the battle of the rebels against the ruling Empire and the spiritual energy called "The Force." Soon Luke, Kenobi, and a mercenary named Han Solo (Harrison_Ford) join forces to rescue Princess Leia from the Empire's mammoth warship, the Death Star, controlled by evil genius Darth Vader (David_Prowse, with the voice of James_Earl_Jones). George_Lucas has frequently cited the influence of several films on Star Wars, particularly Akira_Kurosawa's The_Hidden_Fortress and Yojimbo and John_Ford's The_Searchers, as well as the original Flash_Gordon serials. After Star Wars became a success, Lucas announced his intention to turn the film into a series, originally totalling nine films (later pared back to six). Consequently, most reissue prints now feature the title Star Wars: Episode IV -- A New Hope, with The_Empire_Strikes_Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983) serving as Episodes Five and Six in the serial, and Star_Wars:_Episode_I_--_The_Phantom_Menace (1999) going back to the myth's beginnings. Mark Deming, Rovi
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