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Summary: Space Opera? Fantasy? Drama? Classic.
Review: Star Wars' blend of Fantasy, Action, Sci-Fi, Drama, and so many other elements makes is a truly landmark piece. Trying to summarize the story requires that you address a person's own taste. This movie can be as easily described as a "Coming of age film from the perspective of a young space farmer" as "A legendary story of lasers and lightsabers" as "A soap opera in space". If you enjoy deep plot in movies, you may enjoy the complexity of interstellar politics in a crumbling galaxy under the foot of an Imperial opression. If you enjoy fantasy, the story of the mystical "Force" will take you away. Romance enthusiasts can appreciate an underlying love story. Special effects junkies and action fans will love the colossal space fights and abundance of action- and yes, much of the special effects hold up even now.Criticism of "flat" characters and other common complaints often only come from those who aren't open to what this movie truly is. If you're the type that always has to classify a movie as one specific genre to enjoy it, you probably won't enjoy this movie. Go into this flick with an open mind and a bucket of popcorn. And if you hate camp, yes you'll hate this flick. "Wipes" between scenes are often used to make quick transitions. Period style makes its way into characters' dress and actions in minor but not invisible ways. However, unless you're a complete movie buff, you'll never even notice these elements until much later. This legendary work comes from George Lucas in the era when he was still closely involved with Stephen Spielberg in movie making- what could be called the golden age of George Lucas. This movie was also the birthplace of ILM- Lucas essentially founded the company that has become the state of movie special effects to bring this epic movie to the screen way ahead of its time- much as Steve Jackson birthed WETA Workshop for the current Lord of the Rings Trilogy. The technology necessary to make the sheer scale of these movies pushed the industry beyond its limits- and so the directos invented new limits. I recommend this movie to people of all ages. Most of all, I reccomend it to casual moviegoers looking for a little more mystique in a movie. Fans of The Matrix, Lord of the Rings, Blade Runner, Indiana Jones, and other such groundbreaking movies fit naturaly into the Star Wars scene. If you hated the ridiculous character issues in Episode I&II but loved the action enough to see it again, you should know the origional movies don't have any such problems. Interestingly, I also reccomend this to Mel Brooks fans who don't mind watching a fairly dramatic movie. The directors do share a lot of camp and period influence if you know where to look for it. On that note, Mel Brooks fans should buy Spaceballs with this movie for a total experience- and a hilarious spoof of a great movie. Viewers who think that the potential of seeing a "space opera" is overwhelming might even want to see Brooks' Spaceballs first for a good transition into the movie. Regardless of your taste in movies, everyone should see Star Wars at least once in their lifetime. Its importance in the history of movies could be stacked beside movies as classic as Casablanca or Shaft Goes to Africa- simply in terms of historical influence. Buy it, rent it, borrow it, just see it.
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Summary: Four Stars for content, Three Stars for widscreen transfer
Review: What more can possibly be said about the original Star Wars Trilogy....George Lucas in his prime...as well as everyone else.
The Widescreen version of this package has fair transfers...but I'm just probably spoiled from DVD.
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Summary: The Star Wars Trilogy remains unbeaten!
Review: I would like to say that surprisingly, each of the three films of the Star Wars Trilogy has been my favorite at one point, which is proof of their quality. For me, each Episode provides new elements to the story, and helps the plot to progress, ultimately leading to the great finale. To this day, no other sci-fi film or franchise has reached the level of these awesome movies; not even the new Star Wars films. This Trilogy remains the best entertainment you can get.
I have only one question: when are they going to be released on DVD?!
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Summary: Star Wars Trilogy
Review: Here are somethings you will need to know, before buying
The Trilogy. It's VHS not DVD. The DVDs will not be out till about
3 to 4 years. So this is the best quality you can get.
The picture is remastered, so is the sound. Nothing like
what it could look like on DVD though, but good for
VHS. Don't buy Full-Screen, buy Wide-screen, you lose half
the picture with Full-Screen. With Wide-Screen you do have
the black bars, but you see the the whole picture. If you like this try: The Phantom Menace DVD or VHS Attack of the Clones DVD or Vhs
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Summary: Greatest Sci-fi movie ever BUT.....
Review: Lucas said THEY WILL NEVER RELEASE A NEW HOPE, THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, OR RETURN OF THE JEDI ON DVD. THAT IS THE STUPIDEST THING I'VE HEARD IN MY ENTIRE LIFE BUT GEORGE LUCAS SAYS WHAT GOES! Buy em on Ebay! Thats the only way you'll ever watch em on DVD anyway GOOD LUCK FORCE BE WITH ALL OF YOU
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Summary: A Galaxy Far Away Is Closer On DVD
Review: A long time ago, in 1977, George Lucas and his team of creative artists presented the world with the most successful, most popular and most imaginative work of science fiction ever to grace the screen- Star Wars. Originally a six part saga, Lucas decided to begin with the last installments (episodes 4,5 and 6). EPISODE 4: A NEW HOPE introduced the characters that have been a part of American culture for more than twenty years- the adventurous, pure-hearted Luke Skywalker, the mercenary but loveable Han Solo, the elegant Princess Leia, the wise Zen master Obi Won Kenobi and the evil, black-clad Darth Vader. Although to many intellectuals, Star Wars appears to be trivial fantasy, with flat, underdeveloped characters and razzle-dazzle special effects in a story without any meaning, there is more to Star Wars than meets the eye. Interviews with George Lucas have proven that he suffused the story with symbolism and classic aspects of mythology. In one level, it is a coming-of-age story and in another a saga of good versus evil. Luke Skywalker (played by Mark Hamill), an orphan without knowledge of who his father was, has lost his aunt and uncle in the hands of the overpowering military of the Empire. Obi Won Kenobi, a former pilot, guides him in the Zen way of the Force- a mysterious, spiritual cosmic force. A message from Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) via the robotic R2D2 and C3PO sends Luke and his friends on a rescue mission to save the kidnapped princess who is in the hands of the evil lord Darth Vader. Their journey takes them to a wild tavern (Mos Eisley) where alien outlaws gather for drinks. Here they meet Han Solo (Harrison Ford) who assists them on their mission by providing his ship the Millenium Falcon. The hairy, ape-dog hybrid Chewbacca is his sidekick. Although Princess Leia is saved and the powerful space station Death Star destroyed, the seemingly happy ending to this first film hides an ill omen- Darth Vader is not defeated. The special effects are striking, particularily on DVD, and the sound, the cinematography and the scenes that were cut due to time (such as Han Solo meeting with the alien mob lord Jabba The Hut) are included. George Lucas's masterpiece is at its finest.
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Summary: The Greatest!!!
Review: I never had an intrest in science fiction untill a friend showed me these movies! I recomend them to everyone. Their action - packed while combining romance too. After watching one it leaves you in suspence untill you see ESB and ROTJ!
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Summary: This better be a 6 disc set when it's finally out on DVD!
Review: First of all, Lucas better release just a simple remastered edition of the ORIGINAL film, without Jabba added and the new touches he gave for the re-releases (Disc 1). A 2nd disc could have that version on it. A 3rd disc needs to have about 8 commentary tracks (at least). A 4th disc needs to have interviews with the entire cast. A 5th disc needs to cover Star Wars merchandise. A 6th disc needs to have the film with ALL the unused footage thrown back in, including the original opening sequence (according to the script) with Luke and his friends chatting on Tatooine, or at least ALL the deleted scenes. And Lastly, it better be out pretty damn soon, before I die or something!
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Summary: The "Star Wars"Trilogy is better than ever!
Review: The Special Editions make the best even better!Added scenes and crisper sound enhance viewing pleasures.George Lucas wanted to go back and add scenes they couldn't do before due to lack of time,money or because the technology wasn't there.Recent strides in digital technology make this possible.The 3 movies look and sound better than ever!It's a must-have for any "Star Wars"fan.I love the improves sound and picture quality and so will you!THIS is the best boxed set you can buy.
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Summary: The Only 3 Good Movies Out Of The Star Wars Saga
Review: STAR WARS in general is a great story. On the other hand there are only 3 good Star Wars movies [so far I haven't seen Episode III yet]. I was dissapointed at Episodes I and II cause there are movies but they are not cause I'd say 80 percent movie is computer animated or CGI. The Original Trilogy is timeless classics, in other words they don't make movies like that anymore. I don't mind the VHS but I wish they would release these and the original version on DVD cause VHS is a old format[but yet it is a classic format] and STAR WARS trilogy is a DVD worthy movie.
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