Star Wars Episodes IV – VI (Original Trilogy)

Cast

Luke Skywalker                                 Mark Hamill

Han Solo                                            Harrison Ford

Princess Leia Organa                         Carrie Fisher

Obi-Wan “Ben” Kenobi                     Alec Guinness

Darth Vader                                        David Prowse/Voiced by James Earl Jones

Anakin Skywalker                             Sebastian Shaw/Hayden Christensen (2004 DVD release)

C-3PO                                                Anthony Daniels

R2-D2                                                Kenny Baker

Chewbacca                                        Peter Mayhem

Yoda                                                  Frank Oz (Voice and puppeteering)

Papatine/Darth Sidious                     Elaine Baker/Voiced by Clive Revill

Papatine/Darth Sidious                     Ian McDiarmid (2004 DVD release)

Star wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)

            The first in the 3 part (6 part with the release of the “new” trilogy) movie series. It begins like all star wars movies do, the famous opening crawl.

It is a period of civil war.

Rebel spaceships, striking

from a hidden base, have won

their first victory against

the evil Galactic Empire.

During the battle, Rebel

spies managed to steal secret

plans to the Empire's

ultimate weapon, the DEATH

STAR, an armored space

station with enough power

to destroy an entire planet.

Pursued by the Empire's

sinister agents, Princess

Leia races home aboard her

starship, custodian of the

stolen plans that can save her

people and restore

freedom to the galaxy....

You soon find out that Princess Leia needs help from Obi-Won Kenobi and sends a droid to go find him. However Luke finds the droid first and finds part of the message meant for Obi-Won Kenobi. He brings the droid to Obi-Won and finds out he is a Jedi with great power. He joins the rebellion to fight the evil galactic empire and restore peace to the galaxy. On their adventure they meet other heroes that will help them on their journey, mainly Han Solo and Chewbacca. They also find out about the death star and make plans to destroy it. It ends with the death star finally being destroyed.

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

               In this second part of the trilogy when see the power of the empire and how the rebellion has no hope for survival.

It is a dark time for the

Rebellion. Although the Death

Star has been destroyed,

Imperial troops have driven the

Rebel forces from their hidden

base and pursued them across

the galaxy.

Evading the dreaded Imperial

Starfleet, a group of freedom

fighters led by Luke Skywalker

has established a new secret

base on the remote ice world

of Hoth.

The evil lord Darth Vader,

obsessed with finding young

Skywalker, has dispatched

thousands of remote probes into

the far reaches of space....

When find out that Darth Vader has started his quest to find the young Luke Skywalker so that he can bring him to the dark side of the force. Luke finds out through a serious of events that he must go and find a Jedi master by the name of Yoda. When the rebel base that Luke is at is attacked by the empire, Luke sets out on his quest to find this Yoda. He soon finds this master and starts his training. However he receives a vision that his friends, Han Solo and Princess Leia, are in trouble and need his help. He pauses his Jedi training and sets out to find them. However it was a trap set by Darth Vader to capture him and bring him to the emperor. When this happens you find out a surprising secret about Darth Vader.

Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)

               In this third and final episode of the trilogy we see the final and darkest chapter in Luke's life.

Luke Skywalker has returned to

his home planet of Tatooine in

an attempt to rescue his

friend Han Solo from the

clutches of the vile gangster

Jabba the Hutt.

Little does Luke know that the

GALACTIC EMPIRE has secretly

begun construction on a new

armored space station even

more powerful than the first

dreaded Death Star.

When completed, this ultimate

weapon will spell certain doom

for the small band of rebels

struggling to restore freedom

to the galaxy...

Luke makes a plan to capture his friend Han Solo from his carbonated prison. But in the process is captured himself. He and Han fight their way to freedom and in the process kill Han Solo's captor. However the rebellion finds out about a plan to make a second death star. And its almost complete. So they make a plan to destroy it. However in the process Luke is captured and brought in front of the Emperor himself. He then fights Darth Vader and wins. The Emperor tells Luke that he most kill Darth Vader for his journey to the dark side to be complete. But Luke will not do it. And so the Emperor attempts to kill Luke but Darth Vader kills him instead. With the Emperor and death star destroyed they celebrate there victory and the final credits role.

REVIEW

               This is a great Trilogy, possible one of the best of all times. It has a great story in which you feel connected to the main characters. It has drama as well with a very interesting love triangle. As well as possible the most surprising plot twists of all time. It has wonderful character development where we see a young Luke who wants to just leave his Aunt and Uncle and go fight, to this great, powerful, and Wise Jedi who wants to bring peace to the galaxy. You also see growth in Han Solo who goes from this immature smuggler to a great general of the rebellion. It also revolutionized special effects of the time. Making a huge advancement for movies

               While there aren't many things wrong with the movie one of my biggest pet peeves is towards the end. In all DVD editions of the Final movie, Return of the Jedi, they replaced Sebastian Shaw, the ghost of Anakin Skywalker, with Hayden Christensen. This did not work at all with the movie. You have this young Anakin Skywalker, who Luke has never seen before, with this old Obi-Won Kenobi and Yoda. If they were going to replace one they might as well have replaced all 3 of them.

Fun Facts about Star Wars

1. One of the most famous lines in Star Wars "Luke, I am your father" is never said. The real line is "No, I am your father"

2. Anthony Daniels, the actor who played C-3PO, and Kenny Baker, the actor who played R2-D2, hated each other.

3. Darth Sidious was originally played by a woman.

4. The line "No, I am your father" wasn’t placed in until right before the movie was sent to the theaters. All the actors where told the line was "Obi-Won is your father" and Luke's reaction was to the line. They did this because they didn’t want any rumors to go about and ruin the twist.

5. The scene where stormtrooper hits his head wasn’t found until after it was in theaters. 

Here's a video of the stormtrooper hitting his head