Light+Sabers=Greatness

Throughout the 80's three things were dominant. Nintendo, Rock music and...Star Wars. Today I will be taking a look at, what some consider the best movie of the series. This movie was originally released on May 21st 1980 and recently was released on DVD. Gorge Lucas is known for writing dark and in-depth stories, but on this title he topped himself. I have chosen this movie because I also believe its the best of the series just because its darker, more emotional and contains one of the most historic scenes ever. Even if you haven't watched this movie, you should know what I am talking about. This film was the second one to be released in the Star Wars saga even though it was named Episode 5.

This story takes place three years after the destruction of the death star(First movie). The Empire is after the Rebel Alliance, they chase Captain Han Solo(Harrison Ford) and Princess Leia Organa(Carrie Fisher) all over the galaxy. Luke Skywalker(Mark Hamill)was able to escape and was instructed to go to Master Yoda to learn the ways of The Force. Vader plans a trap for Luke Skywalker, the bait being his friends. The story doesn't disappoint at all, the twists and turns lead up perfectly to the revelation in the last part of the movie. The story at times might feel a little bit cheesy, but you can surpass that because it just adds to how great this movie actually is.

The most notable actors in this film were: Harrison Ford, he brought Captain Han's personality out brilliantly, phenomenal acting. Mark Hammil, The emotion, the pain and how vain he was in certain scenes was amazing. It could get corny a bit, but like i said...That just added to the character. Princess Leia was also good, was a raw model of a woman, every man’ss dream...Well, okay not every mans...Only Star Wars fans dream. The voices of Darth Vader and Yoda were executed extremely well. What really amazed me though was that most of the lines Yoda said in the movie were rebirth in a game released this year (Soul Calibur IV) that just farther proves that this movie is awesome. Something else that I noticed that when I watched the movie again,The Rebel Alliance have an American accent but most of Darth Vader’s army had a British accent.

Star Wars is known for the amazing sound effects and music themes. John Williams has done it once again. The sound effects of this movie from the point of the blaster guns shooting, to the lightsabers swinging and hitting each other bring me to joy. Not a lot of people understand this but, in some movies what you hear is as important as to what you see. The opening theme sets the tone for the rest of the movie. Every time the screen shows members of The Empire, or Vader's army...you know...that something big is about to happen, just because of the music.

This movie was dark and always had that feeling of suspense. If you blink a lot, get some toothpicks because you shouldn’t miss even a split second. If you are a fan of Star Wars, you have already watched this movie so I don't know why I am talking to you, but if you accidently skipped it...Now is the time to watch it, and for those not yet introduced to the phenomenon called Star Wars this is should be your starting point.