Star Wars

Released 1977
Stars Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing, Alec Guinness
Directed by George Lucas

Back when the best that computer animation could do was Space Invaders. Back before toy companies did all-out marketing blitzes to capitalize on hit films. Back when Industrial Light & Magic was run out of George Lucas's garage. Back then, on that weekend in May, Star Wars really did blow the majority of American minds out there.

If anything, Star Wars ushered in the realistic-looking sci-fi production. Before, everything in futuristic space movies looked too squeaky-clean, as if dust and grime became extinct in the future. Now, we have the battle-scarred R2-D2, a sandy Land Speeder, and a Millennium Falcon with a few bugs in the system. And all the props and scenery were high-dollar stuff. You could actually believe that this took place in some faraway galaxy. The story was well thought out, too.

Summary by Py Thomas