Nearly 40 years after its release, the effects here not as amazing as they were in 1977, but the cinematic experience is just as wonderful. With the same narrative propulsion that kept bringing Flash Gordon fans back to those 1930s serials, Star Wars races ahead with drive that delights us and keeps us wanting to know what happens next. Added to that, a variety of settings and characters keeps us watching, like in Flash Gordon, and John Williams’ music stimulates our emotion throughout.
Star Wars IV is pure, classic cinematic fun. It has a finger on common concerns and values like family, friendship, and longing, and the film isn’t devoid of ideas either. But the movie has a distillation of story-telling that’s a tremendous to experience and that will undoubtedly appeal to many for a very long time.
