The movie that spawned a generation of geeks, addicts and
quasi-religious zealots was also the film that revolutionised
Hollywood's Special Effects and lit the touch-paper of a new
commercial fire that's still burning today. A mishmash hybrid of myth,
western, Kurosawa and Joseph Campbell, it somehow manages to be a joy -
pure and absorbing, visually mind-blowing, the quintessential slice
of space opera that defined a generation. It gave us Harrison Ford. And
the best John Williams Oscar-winning score EVER! What more could
anyone ask? May the force be with you.
