Star Wars A New Hope

So years ago I told y'all that the only Star Wars film I saw was the last hour of Attack of the Clones so since today was May 4th I decided to watch Star Wars a new Hope on Disney +. I now know the context of all the tv shows and cartoons that referenced lines from this movie. I admit this movie starts off slow and I think the sound mixing is off in a couple parts, but once the party left off to the desert town with the bar the movie kept my attention consistently. For a movie in the 70s the cg is pretty good. I'm a bit disappointed with Darth Vader and the lack of lightsaber fights. I thought there would be a bunch of lightsaber fights and Darth Vader didn't seem that imposing or cool.

I also thought I was going to see that fight scene with Luke and Darth Vader fighting each other and telling him he's his father like I've seen parodied in every 90s cartoon. It was a fun film, but I was expecting more.

Bit of a pedantic nitpick on my part but since CG refers to computer generated there's absolutely no CG in the movie. Making those effects was a hell of a lot harder back then and the original Star Wars trilogy is like a master class in practical effects. Models, matte paintings, rotoscoping, make up and masks, stop motion animation, and a bunch of other techniques. Definitely worth watching videos and things on how they did it all because it's fantastic examples of classic effects and problem solving.

If you were disappointed about a lack of lightsaber fights, this is a well done fan version of that fight re-imagined.

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Originally Posted by Depression Moon

I also thought I was going to see that fight scene with Luke and Darth Vader fighting each other and telling him he's his father like I've seen parodied in every 90s cartoon. It was a fun film, but I was expecting more.

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there are two more in this trilogy but I believe they made a new hope kind of all in one because they were unsure how it would preform. So the story could stand alone if it had to. But it was successful! So there's more! The second one is my favorite. I think you'd like it! It's The Empire Strikes Back. The third is The return of the Jedi. If you have the time and want, they are fun films to watch.

I have a question though. So diod Obi-Wan naked teleported during his fight with Vader at the end?

No, he "died" and became a non-physical being, and it doesn't have to make sense because space magic

Yeah lightsiders' bodies vanish when they die. Like Santa Claus

Empire Strikes Back is so epic. You gotta watch the next two fore sure.