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Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

Original title: Star Wars
  • 19771977
  • PGPG
  • 2h 1m
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Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, David Prowse, and Kenny Baker in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
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Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue ... Read allLuke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader.Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader.
IMDb RATING
8.6/10
1.4M
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POPULARITY
228
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    • George Lucas
    • George Lucas
  • Stars
    • Mark Hamill
    • Harrison Ford
    • Carrie Fisher
    • George Lucas
    • George Lucas
  • Stars
    • Mark Hamill
    • Harrison Ford
    • Carrie Fisher
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    • 2KUser reviews
    • 218Critic reviews
    • 90Metascore
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  • Top rated movie #28
    • Won 6 Oscars

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    James Earl Jones, David Prowse, and Leslie Schofield in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
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    Mark Hamill in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
    Mark Hamill in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
    Carrie Fisher, James Earl Jones, and David Prowse in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
    Carrie Fisher in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
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    Carrie Fisher, James Earl Jones, Peter Cushing, and David Prowse in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
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    Alec Guinness in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
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    Mark Hamill
    Mark Hamill
    • Luke Skywalker
    Harrison Ford
    Harrison Ford
    • Han Solo
    Carrie Fisher
    Carrie Fisher
    • Princess Leia Organa
    Alec Guinness
    Alec Guinness
    • Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
    Peter Cushing
    Peter Cushing
    • Grand Moff Tarkin
    Anthony Daniels
    Anthony Daniels
    • C-3PO
    Kenny Baker
    Kenny Baker
    • R2-D2
    Peter Mayhew
    Peter Mayhew
    • Chewbacca
    David Prowse
    David Prowse
    • Darth Vader
    Phil Brown
    Phil Brown
    • Uncle Owen
    Shelagh Fraser
    Shelagh Fraser
    • Aunt Beru
    Jack Purvis
    Jack Purvis
    • Chief Jawa
    Alex McCrindle
    Alex McCrindle
    • General Dodonna
    Eddie Byrne
    Eddie Byrne
    • General Willard
    Drewe Henley
    Drewe Henley
    • Red Leader
    • (as Drewe Hemley)
    Denis Lawson
    Denis Lawson
    • Red Two (Wedge)
    • (as Dennis Lawson)
    Garrick Hagon
    Garrick Hagon
    • Red Three (Biggs)
    Jack Klaff
    Jack Klaff
    • Red Four (John D.)
      • George Lucas
      • George Lucas
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    • Trivia
      George Lucas was so sure this movie would flop that instead of attending the premiere, he went on vacation to Hawaii with his good friend Steven Spielberg, where they came up with the idea for Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981).
    • Goofs
      When C-3PO and R2-D2 are in the control room of the Death Star, the storm troopers barge in, and one hits his head on the door. This goof was highlighted in the remastered version with a comedy "donk" sound effect.
    • Quotes

      [Han answers the intercom after comandeering an attack station]

      Han Solo: [1:15:22] Uh, everything's under control. Situation normal.

      Voice: What happened?

      Han Solo: [getting nervous] Uh, we had a slight weapons malfunction, but uh... everything's perfectly all right now. We're fine. We're all fine here now, thank you. How are you?

      Voice: We're sending a squad up.

      Han Solo: Uh, uh... negative, negative. We had a reactor leak here now. Give us a few minutes to lock it down. Large leak, very dangerous.

      Voice: Who is this? What's your operating number?

      Han Solo: Uh...

      [Han shoots the intercom]

      Han Solo: [muttering] Boring conversation anyway. LUKE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE COMPANY!

    • Crazy credits
      The film has no opening credits. Instead, the first credits seen at the end of the film are presented in the order in which they would have otherwise been shown at the start. Although by the late 1990s it was commonplace for films to not have opening credits, in 1977 it was somewhat unusual for a major film to not have opening credits.
    • Alternate versions
      In the 1997 re-release, two of the Cantina Aliens that had werewolf heads have been replaced. One was replaced with lizard-like creature while the other was replaced by a creature with elephant tusks. Both the werewolves and their replacements can seen in footage used in a supplemental DVD packaged with the soundtrack to Episode III
    • Connections
      Edited into The Man Who Saved the World (1982)

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    The Best of Sci-Fi Times,the Worst of sf Times
    Though now known as "Episode IV-A New Hope," for many of us, namely those of us who first saw this exhilarating entertainment in theaters back in '77, this will always be the first "Star Wars." We will always think of it as just "Star Wars" - plain & simple, no pretensions, no aspirations to deep film-making or high art. This is where we first met them all: Luke, Han Solo, Princess Leia, Obi-Wan Kenobi (old 'Ben'), Chewbacca, the 2 robots C3PO & R2D2 and, of course, Darth Vader. They were instant pop culture icons; you got the sense you'd seen them before somewhere, but were sure this wasn't possible. But they'd been there before in our minds. We'd read about them constantly in science fiction novels and short stories - tales of outer space civilizations, of spaceships zooming through asteroid belts, of exotic-looking aliens hanging around space ports. We'd dream about them at night and try to imagine ourselves in their midst; up until then, we could only imagine such things - there were no projected images to realize such dreams. "Forbidden Planet" from 1956 came close, and then there were the "Star Trek" and "Lost in Space" TV series, both hampered by dime store budgets and cheesy sets. We ate 'em up since there was nothing else. Then Lucas made it real.

    I remember when I first got wind of the upcoming movie, to open in May of 1977, I think. I saw the first publicized poster and bought the novel adaptation. On the poster, a young man stood with some light sword raised, a princess at his feet, numerous spaceships flying all over the place. I was in my mid-teens and felt the first pulse of building excitement as I realized all those fantastic tales I'd been reading the past few years were going to come alive on the big screen for me. It didn't disappoint. Luke Skywalker, who stood in for all the boys pretending to be on a galactic adventure, gets swept away from his mundane desert home smack dab into the middle of an honest-to-gosh galaxy-wide civil war! The strength of the narrative is / was amazing. There are no slow spots and you can't wait for the next scene during the entire experience; and, experience is the better description for it, rather than just 'movie.' You can't wait, for example, for the moment when Luke actually meets the princess; what will happen then? It's a textbook case of an exciting narrative and what I believe makes this superior to all the sequels (knowing that many feel "The Empire Strikes Back" is superior - I must disagree).

    The one character you really can't wait to see again is the ominous Vader, naturally. The instant he steps into view during the first few minutes of the story, you just know this is the ultimate villain. This is the baddest of the bad, the coolest of the cool, the supreme uber-evildoer of the entire galaxy. You just know it by his stance, by his attitude, and by the electric chill that runs through your frail form as he steps down the corridor, moving into the annals of film history with one fell swoop. You can't wait to see what he does next, what nefarious action will send someone or some planet to its doom. Sure, he seems under the control of Tarkin (Cushing) here and later, the Emperor, but you just know he's simply biding his time until he takes over the whole damn universe. There is no precedent for Vader, and nothing close to him after. He's at his best here where there's still much mystery attached to his dark frightful form, a minion of Satan and Nazi stormtroopers all rolled into one.

    This was also the movie-experience which catapulted Harrison Ford (Solo) into superstardom. He seems almost childish here, not really straining to create a character, and it's this flip charm that makes it work, against all odds. He really does appear to have stepped out of the pages of some juvenile space opera, laser guns blazing, all snide remarks and foolhardy bravado. But he also becomes the older brother figure to Luke, who cannot carry the story by himself. Hamill, whose movie career began & ended with Luke, epitomizes the center of destiny for a galaxy. Both humble and arrogant, he's perfect in the role. Fisher's main surprise is that she's not all sugar and sweet as one would expect of a princess. These three characters evolved in the next two films, but they were always at their best here, icons given life for a short period - but also forever in film. The same could be said for Alec Guinness as Kenobi, a first class act all the way. You almost believe this elderly warrior could topple an empire, given enough time. Unless he runs into Vader...
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    FAQ37

    • Why is Mos Eisley space port on Tatooine? Aren't space ports usually in space and NOT on land?
    • Why aren't droids welcome in the cantina at Mos Eisley since they serve everyone else?
    • Who called the Storm Troopers to the cantina to investigate what happened when Obi-Wan cut Ponda Baba's arm off?

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    • Release date
      • May 25, 1977 (United States)
      • United States
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      • Lucasfilm Ltd. (United States)
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      • Tikal National Park, Guatemala
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      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    • 2 hours 1 minute
      • Dolby Atmos
      • Mono
      • 70 mm 6-Track

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