George Lucas was exhausted - and had lost several pounds - when his finished work finally was to be shown to the public officially on the big screen.
The recordings had been very troublesome, and was on a budget shoestring until the end. (Did it stop at 11 M $ ?) In 1977 the movie landscape was very well mixed, but It lacked Space Adventures who was far out there.
Spielberg's "Close Encounter" from the same year did not speculate in fantasy as deep as Lucas' adventure; here we got a whole table of pure imagination and creativity from a guy who just wanted to show us the eternal battle between good and bad, dark and light, his way.
And by 1977's standards and special effects options of the era: What an enjoyable classic!
It's an adventure who has a good mood from start to finish. Great locations, great humour, great acting.
Don't want to cherish the old trilogy in front of the "sequels", but it brings heck a lot more charming and warm feeling re-seeing those 77- 83 flicks.
I leave it that way......"Star Wars" is probably one of the 10 most important movies of the 20th century.
The recordings had been very troublesome, and was on a budget shoestring until the end. (Did it stop at 11 M $ ?) In 1977 the movie landscape was very well mixed, but It lacked Space Adventures who was far out there.
Spielberg's "Close Encounter" from the same year did not speculate in fantasy as deep as Lucas' adventure; here we got a whole table of pure imagination and creativity from a guy who just wanted to show us the eternal battle between good and bad, dark and light, his way.
And by 1977's standards and special effects options of the era: What an enjoyable classic!
It's an adventure who has a good mood from start to finish. Great locations, great humour, great acting.
Don't want to cherish the old trilogy in front of the "sequels", but it brings heck a lot more charming and warm feeling re-seeing those 77- 83 flicks.
I leave it that way......"Star Wars" is probably one of the 10 most important movies of the 20th century.