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The battle for good and evil has rarely been as stunningly
brought to life as in Star Wars where a group of rebels is
battling to avoid being exterminated by the all-powerful forces
of the Emperor.
One of the leaders of the rebellion is the feisty Princess
Leia (Carrie Fisher) whose spacecraft is attacked by a star
cruiser carrying the epitome of nastiness, the black-clad
Darth Vader.
Vader knows the princess carries plans to the Death Star,
a massive space station that can destroy planets with a single
blast of its laser beam, and is out to stop her from delivering
them to rebel forces.
Via two droids - one the independent-minded R2-D2, the other
a pompous C3PO - the plans are kept out of Vader's hands and
fall into the keeping of an adventurous teenager Luke (Mark
Hamill).
Luke discovers the plans are meant for a former Jedi Knight
called Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guiness) who tells him about the
mighty natural power called The Force.
Together they hire a roguish pilot called Han Solo (Harrison
Ford) and his sidekick wookie Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew) to
take them to the rebel base on Alderan.
Things then get nasty as the Empire uses its Death Star to
its fullest and we build up to one of the most exciting finales
in film history. Use the Force Luke…
The video transfer is astoundingly good with no artifacts
and only the minutest amount of aliasing. As for the sound,
well all I can say is sit in the middle of your speaker system's
zones and just marvel at how brilliantly it uses surround.
The disc contains an excellent full-length feature commentary
featuring George Lucas, Carrie Fisher, George Lucas, Ben Burtt
(sound) and Dennis Muren (visual effects).
So was it worth waiting 27 years for a movie-theatre-like
home version of Star Wars? You betcha!
Conclusion: Movie 95% Extras 95%
Continued: DVD
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