Star Wars A New Hope Essay

Star Wars : A New Hope Essay, Research Paper

The dramatic war-like classic of a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, it is Star Wars. The reason most people go to see it is because of the THX digitally mastered sound, the new visual effects, the superb acting, but most of all the all important theme, without which, Star Wars would not be half the film that it is. But now, it has launched Lucasfilm Ltd. into a new era and taken all the world with it.

When Star Wars was first made in 1977, nobody expected it to become a big movie. George Lucas had only a small crew, a moderate number of actors without much of a reputation, the London Symphony Orchestra, and a bunch of college students to help out with the effects. But once the people started watching it and the word spread, it developed into a multimillion dollar investiture. Reason: the plot. Up to that time, the most realistic sci-fi movies ranged from B rated Ed Wood movies to the classic .Take me to your leader. films. Nothing was ever made that even compared to Star Wars. Even the Star Trek series seemed untechnological.

When the movie starts out, it takes a whole new concept to bear : a small space cruiser being chased by one that.s half the size of our planet. And then the small ship is raided by cruel looking soldiers in space suits lead by a half man half robot. The imperials, as the cruel army is called, are looking for the plans to their already built battle station, called the Death Star. Two robots escape in a pod with the plans. Now the protagonist is introduced, Luke Skywalker. A farmer on the same desert world that the robots landed on, he leads a boring life, even though he does turn out as the major protagonist at the end of the movie. When his uncle buys the robots and the one with the plans wanders off, Luke chases after it and winds up with the one who the little droid, Artoo, sought. Obi Wan Kenobi, as the man is called, tells Luke that his father was a man of great power and proceeds to explain the force, the all powerful entity that controls all people.

To people of the 70.s, this was a totally new idea. The thought of something which controls everything and everyone and can, at the same time can be utilized and controlled by those that it controls, hit many people hard on the head. But, it WAS the 70.s and that wasn.t TOO ridiculous. The story progresses and Luke finds his uncle.s and aunt.s charred remains following an imperial attack and agrees to go with Kenobi. They locate a pilot to take them to the destination planet, but find that it has been completely destroyed by the imperials. They then go to the Death Star (accidentally) and are almost captured, but then save Princess Leia, who was the woman who was carrying the Death Star plans until her ship was attacked. Before the crew can get off the Death Star, however, Obi Wan Kenobi is slain by the half robot, half man, Darth Vader in a fight. When the sextet of the two robots, the Princess, Luke, the pilot (Han Solo), and his wookie assistant (Chewbacca) arrive at the h!

eadquarters of the resistance against the imperials, otherwise known as the Rebel Aliance, Artoo displays the plans for the Death Star and an attack is planned. The Death Star.s commanders know where the rebel base is and head for it to destroy that planet. However, the attack on the Death Star is made and Luke uses the force to launch two torpedoes from his fighter space craft into the Death Star.s main reactor, and destroys it.

In this film, Episode IV, Luke is but a 17 year old young man and does not know the ways of life. When he starts out, he is but a boy who is doomed to stay on his desert planet for another year to help his uncle farm. But he hates it. Like his father, Anakin Skywalker, he has great ambitions, even though he is still a little bit selfish. Overall he.s a nice young man, but still needs to learn the lessons of life, and by joining the alliance he learns discipline and self control, not by the way we would do it, but by way of war. Even though this movie is mostly meant for pure entertainment, a conclusive aspect towards war can be drawn from it.

When Luke finds his uncle.s and aunt.s charred skeletons, his life is completely changed. He develops a dislike towards the Galactic Empire and a need to revenge his aunt.s, uncle.s, and father.s deaths. Highly motivated, he goes all out to completely save the rebellion against the imperials. This way, he is truly made a man.

Overall, Star Wars is a great movie. It.s perfect for almost any viewer and is highly thought of as one of the best movies and best trilogies ever. And even though movies have only been around for about 90 years, the Star Wars trilogy will be forever remembered as one of the best there ever was.

Quotes and Major Themes

.Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi, you.re my only hope.. -Princess Leia, pleading to Kenobi on a recorded message to help her fight the Empire

.There will be no one to stop us this time.. -Darth Vader, after invading an Alliance

ship.

.Owen, he.s too much like his father.. Luke.s aunt talking to his uncle about him.

.Your devotions to that sorcery of yours has not given you clairovoyance enough to locate that rebel base…. -An anonymous moff (high general) addressing

Darth Vader

.I find your lack of faith disturbing.. -Darth Vader addressing that sam