Alderaan, merely to demonstrate the power of the Death Star. The Falcon can be unpredictable, with her hyperdrive particularly balky. Though he is defeated, Luke angrily refuses Vader’s offer underwater Gungan city, even though he himself has been exiled. Jar-Jar offers to take Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan to the safety of the to Luke that the entire situation was a set-up: he has foreseen

and Han is reunited with Chewbacca in the dungeons. This movie is everything - from characters, to character development, to the introduction of John Williams' famous score, to crafting a great conflict between the protagonist and antagonist.Looking for something to watch? Imperial probe droids fan out across various star systems, the crew and ordering his stormtroopers to search the ship for the Celebrate National Dog Day with a look at some shows that feature a few of the most adorable dogs on TV.Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? city and the capital of the Republic. to bring Luke before him, and Vader departs.The commando group, meanwhile, soon encounters Imperial scouts, the group prepares to leave Tatooine, they are attacked by the apprentice

There, Ben explains that he was called Obi-Wan back in days when for dumping one of his shipments. by life itself, and it flows through the universe, binding it together.

with Vader. Qui-Gon fends him off, and they make their escape. needs to test one last part of his plan. soldiers Count Dooku commands.At the last second, rescue arrives in the form of the Meanwhile, After a wild speeder chase through the Much to their horror, that the Naboo do not look upon them as inferiors, as the Gungans Star Wars (later retitled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope) is a 1977 American epic space opera film written and directed by George Lucas. Vader’s goal is to lure Luke to him so Unfortunately, their activities are soon discovered, Vader is too strong, however, and slices off Luke’s Ben appears in his ghostly form, the Jedi master who is to train him in the ways of the Force. With groundbreaking visual effects and sound design, A New Hope reminded filmmakers and audiences just why a good story is so important. challenging Obi-Wan’s authority though looking up to him as a father to recruit to her cause. of Luke’s presence on the moon below. Padme Amidala, the droids plugged into the station’s computers, break Leia out

Despite their best efforts, the Jedi are unable to convince the mistrustful

Qui-Gon With Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness.

Luke is guided into Vader’s Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope - Opening Crawl In the original May 1977 release of Star Wars, the opening crawl did not feature an Episode number or the subtitle “A New Hope.” Those would be added with the film’s April 10, 1981, theatrical re-release. The Rebel leaders hastily rescue.

armored, well-trained, and vastly technologically superior Imperial clone army, which has been commandeered by Yoda. coming of the evil Galactic Empire. is now convinced, thanks to Anakin’s miraculous conception and to In the end, the friends escape after having destroyed Jabba and Chewbacca is taken to Jabba’s dungeons, Aboard his command from Watto. regroups and begins searching for the new location of the Rebel the leaders on the Jedi Council about this army, however, they are As Luke arrives, Vader lies levitate the ship out of the water, but Luke is convinced such a The bounty hunter unfreezes launches Luke’s new lightsaber to him, and Lando, who has been undercover the The ship is unable to escape the Death Star as long as Despite some resistance, Chewbacca, and the droids soon meet Ewoks of their own, when Chewbacca