Star Wars Review

The story of Star Wars is well known by all, even those who have not even seen it.  It follows the basic plot of good guy turned evil who tries to take over the galaxy but is defeated by who else but his own son.  The story does have a typical ending in which the good guys win.  Whether that is a happy ending depends on if you are an Empire or Alliance fan.  Of course, the story involves more plot details and twists and, in my opinion, is still unlike any movie or series out now.  The sci-fi genre is very popular and it seems to develop more and more stunning graphics and story lines. Look at Avatar, for example.  Say what you want about it, but while the graphics are clearly amazing, the story line leaves a lot to be desired, like cutting out an hour of it to make it bearable to sit through.  Star Wars excels in both visual (for the time) and plot aspects.  The first trilogy released starts off in the middle of the story, which can cause some confusion, but creates an interesting way of telling a story that has not been done before.  Star Wars also set off the prominent use of computer generated graphics. The whole series is set in this alternate galaxy full of exotic planets and spaceships.  That alone means that the movies must be on their A-game in terms of graphics. Since the first trilogy came out between ’77 and ’83, I never had any interactions with those films but the second trilogy, which came out between ’99 and ’05, I saw each movie in theaters more times than I would care to admit.  My mother is a huge Star Wars fan and so that means, as a child, I was forced to become one too.  There are pictures of me when I was younger of having Darth Vader shoes and a balloon of Darth Vader.  The second movie, Attack of the Clones, I saw eight times in theaters because there were free tickets on the back of cereal boxes and all had different designs so mother had to retrieve all of them.  Even to this day, I can still quote many parts of the first three movies.  Even during watching the movie for the ethnography portion, I was quoting parts of the movie and probably annoyed my roommate.  Not only does Star Wars advertisement reach to cereal boxes, but they also have conventions, comic books, action figures, birthday party themed stuff, you name it.  Even now, 7 years after the last movie was released, there are still new collectible items coming out.  Star Wars also released an animated TV series about the Clone Wars, which branches off from the main story line.  The Star Wars franchise still produces new books also, which appeals to all the age groups, like those who grew up with the original Star Wars movies or those who grew up with the newer movies.  After seeing all the films multiple times, I feel that each one still is timeless and you cannot really tell that three of them were made 35 years ago because the graphics are still believable and the plot line is still unique.

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