

If you want to nitpick, maybe it takes a little while to get going. But if we’re being fair, there’s very little bad about A New Hope. It’s about remembering what’s good, and bad, about each original film, leading into Episode VII. These articles are about focusing on the Star Wars films with a fresh set of eye, not being distracted by changes made after the fact. Quick note: because simply too much has been, and will be, written about the Special Editions, I watched the original originals. Welcome back to our Star Wars movie rewatch! Advertisement Having finally finished the prequels (Read about them here, here and here ) it’s time revisit the original 1977 Star Wars, aka Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. Questions like, how did Anakin Skywalker become Darth Vader? What were the Clone Wars? The problem is, that’s exactly the opposite of what made the original film so great.

The Star Wars prequels were all about answering questions.
