Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
1977, PG, 121 min.
Directed by George Lucas, Starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness.

Luke Skywalker (Hamill) attempts to save Rebel Alliance leader Princess Leia (Fisher) from the sinister Darth Vader in this first installment of the original Star Wars trilogy. It became the highest-grossing film of all time until the release of E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial in 1982.

This article appears in June 3 • 2011.

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