A long time ago [38 years to be exact] in a land far, far away [the known as Hollywood], a certain film was released that took the world by storm. The film opened in fewer than 32 theaters on Wednesday the 25th but quickly broke all box office records after expanding to more theaters on Thursday and Friday.
Yes, "Star Wars" (now titled as "Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope) was released 38 years ago on this very day and... well, what else can I say? It's "Star Wars". We've all seen it and we all love it for its imagination, creativity, story and epicness. It was a film that inspired a whole new generations of filmmakers like Christopher Nolan, David Fincher, Peter Jackson, and Ridley Scott to enter the world of film, including myself. It's a film that Roger Ebert called "an out-of-body experience" and was one of the first films to be selected for preservation as a part of the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
No matter what we can say about how horrible the prequels were, this franchise continues to inspire us in so many different ways and is an important landmark in film history. The legacy continues this December but let us, right now, remember the first film in this great universe that stole our hearts all those years ago.
This definitely was a new hope for cinema. Happy 38th anniversary!
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