Last night we watched Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, the next movie in the Star Wars chronological timeline after Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

This is not a review and it isn’t meant to rain on anybody’s opinion of this movie – it’s simply an attempt to articulate my own feelings about it. Your mileage may most definitely vary.

I should mention that the version we watched last night is the original version. While our copy is the crappy transfer that was all Lucas would allow on DVD (which I believe you can no longer even get), I still prefer it to the so-called “improved” version (after Lucas tinkered with it). That means, not only did Han shoot first – Greedo never even managed to get a shot off.

I saw Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope when it was first released in theaters in 1977 as simply Star Wars. I know I went back and saw it at least two more times (possibly more – my recollection is a bit hazy past the first three times). I had been reading Science Fiction and Fantasy since I was in elementary school, and watching Star Wars was a real shock to my system – not only was it the closest I’d ever come to seeing those books come to life, but the character of Leia resonated strongly with me (I was born the same year as Carrie Fisher).

Warning! Spoilers Below (if there can be such a thing as spoilers for a movie released in 1977).

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