“A long time ago in a
galaxy far, far away”. Have you ever heard or seen this phrase in the opening
scene of a movie? If not, it means you have never seen a Star Wars movie.
Star Wars is an
American epic space movie franchise created by George Lucas, who started
writing the first movie of the saga in 1973.
It debuted four years
later and the first film was followed by 2 sequels every three years.
At the beginning he
didn’t expect all the success he got so he had to start planning the script of
the sequel.
In 2012 this franchise
was bought by Disney that decided to make a sequel trilogy and three spin offs.
But only the first
movie has been released while the second one in the sequel trilogy is going to
come out in December.
This is the third most
profitable franchise made up of films, books, cartoons, videogames and comic books.
THE SETTING, THE FACTIONS AND THE ETERNAL FIGHT
The Star Wars
franchise takes place in a nameless galaxy at an indefinite time in the past where
aliens, humans and droids (that assist them in their daily routines) coexist.
Despite this, technology is very developed in fact there are space ships and
incredible weapons like light sabres and dark stars.
In the three trilogies
3 different kinds of governing body are shown: Galactic Republic, Galactic
Empire and New Republic.
The key element of the
Star Wars galaxy is the Force described as an energy field created by a ling
thing that surround us, penetrates us and binds the galaxy together. So rarely
babies are given this incredible gift connected to the force and with training
they are able to do incredible things.
Unfortunately, the
force is used by two factions: the Jedi who joins the light side and the Sith
who uses the dark side.
The plot of this saga
follows the eternal fight between good and evil (Jedi and good people against Sith
and who follows them).
STAR
WARS-EPISODE V: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
Among all the films in this saga there is one that, in
our opinion, is the best, and its name is “EPISODE V-THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK”.
The story is set three years after the destruction of
the Death Race by Luke and now the Rebel Alliance has settled on the ice planet
Hoth while the Imperial fleet of the evil Darth Vader is sifting the galaxy to
their research.
In the meantime, Luke Skywalker sees the force ghost
of Obi-Wan Kenobi, his deceased mentor, who invites him to go to Yoda, the last
Jedi Master, who lives on the Dagobah system. Then Luke, with the droid R2-D2,
starts training under Yoda.
The Empire manages to find the Rebels who must escape;
then Han Solo and Princess Leila, with
the Wookie Chewbacca and the droid C-3PO, decide to go to Cloud City, which is
ruled by Lando Calrissian, an old friend
of Han’s. However, when they arrive they are caught by
Darth Vader who had set a trap.
While he is training, Luke sees a premonition of Han
and Leia in danger and, consequently, he
goes to Cloud City to save them, but when he arrives he finds Darth Vader who
tries to convert him to the dark side of the Force. They fight and during the
battle Darth Vader reveals that he is his father, Anakin Skywalker. Luke, horrified
by the truth, intentionally falls off into an air shaft.
At the same time Han is transformed into a block of
carbonite and he is taken to Jabba the Hutt, a famous criminal, by the bounty
hunter Boba Fett.
So Lando and Leila with Chewbacca, R2-D2 and C-3PO
save Luke and they decide to go to Jabba to save Han.
We suggest you watch this incredible saga if you like sci-fi
and adventure, also because these movies
are part of a cult and have
revolutionized the way of making cinema, inspiring famous producers like Ridley
Scott, Peter Jackson and Joss Whedon.
Star Wars is an epic saga. It's a cult for sci-fi nerds, but also great cinematography. Which is your favourite movie from the series?
ReplyDeleteReally like this saga, always stimulated my imagination as a kid and still today I like to go back and rewatch the old movies or find new material, like comics or new informations.
ReplyDeleteNice post
Thank you!!
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