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95
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91
Critics' score based on 13 reviews.
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Lucas pretty much created space ships and possibly our future. This, is one of the most fantastic films ever made. I mean the story and action is... zing, the humor like the bar scene and such. Even though it was made over 30 years ago, it will never be forgotten and will always...always be a classic. Full Review

February 07,2012
nataliecox8

Great Film! Enough Said.

November 12,2011
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Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope is a very good sci-fi movie. I have to go see the sequels now that I saw this one. Great casting and awesome special... affects (for 1977) makes a good movie. Full Review

February 15,2009
Videogamepro79

if you are over 17 years old ... and this all means somthing to you..its time to grow up ..your planet is dying.. think of your home .. not fake... ones Full Review

December 04,2008
Ballbreaker0716

the best starwars. visuals are superb and story is solid. it shows how getting a taste of pure power and bribe you to want more. it describes humans... these days:abusive to power by grieving for more and using it abusively and by showing what consequences it all ends up with. Full Review

August 25,2008
Mkmiketunney
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The aerial dogfight Dykstra and Stears have helped Lucas perfect as his climactic piece de resistance looks more exciting than its antecedents in live-action war movies. It’s the most gorgeous stylized combat sequence since the underwater battle at the end of "Thunderball," a project that won an Oscar for Stears.Full Review

Washington Post

The aerial dogfight Dykstra and Stears have helped Lucas perfect as his climactic piece de resistance looks more exciting than its antecedents in live-action war movies. It’s the most gorgeous stylized combat sequence since the underwater battle at the end of "Thunderball," a project that won an Oscar for Stears.Full Review

Gary Arnold
Washington Post

Star Wars' has three crucial elements going for it and they've traveled time like troopers -- it's a terrifically entertaining war story, it has memorable characters and it is visually compelling. What more do we want in movies, anyway? [Special Edition]Full Review

Peter Stack
San Francisco Chronicle

If I were asked to say with certainty which movies will still be widely known a century or two from now, I would list "2001,'' "The Wizard of Oz,'' Keaton and Chaplin, Astaire and Rogers, and probably "Casablanca'' ... and "Star Wars,'' for sure.Full Review

Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times

Like all great craftsmen, Lucas has managed to fashion this material in a manner that not only honors the original sources, but makes it uniquely his own. Hacks rip off other movies; artists synthesize and pay homage to their inspirations.Full Review

James Berardinelli
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