Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)

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One Man's Dream

If I were to go back in time and pluck one man from our dimension and plant him in one where everybody adores Jar Jar Binks, the whole thing would not exist. No Star Wars. We would live our lives having never heard of Darth Vader and having never drooled over Princess Leia in that outfit. We would all be like that guy whom I mentioned earlier hiding under a rock in the Arizona desert. And that man, whom I utterly respect yet will continuously make fun of in this guide/review, is George Walton "screwed up Eps. 1 and 2" Lucas Jr.

Here's a quick bio of Georgie:

George Walton Lucas was born in Modesto, California to George Walton Lucas, Sr. and Dorothy Ellinore Bomberger Lucas. His father, who was mainly of British and Swiss heritage, ran a stationery store (which pretty much maintained its location) and owned a small walnut orchard. His mother was a member of a prominent Modesto family (one of her cousins is the mother of former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and director of Unicef Ann Veneman) and was mainly of German and Scots-Irish heritage.

Lucas graduated from Thomas Downey High School in 1962, where he had been an indifferent student at best and dreamed of becoming a professional race car driver. That early dream ended June 12, 1962, when he crashed his Bianchina. The car was clipped from behind while he tried to make a left turn into his driveway. The car rolled...

Wait! This guide ain't about him! You don't need to know that stuff! But, if you really love the guy, here's where to go: George Lucas on Wikipedia

But this guy really is all that matters, where the concept for Star Wars is concerned. Lucas had always been a maverick genius (NOT an oxymoron), as his remarkable student film at University of Southern California's film school THX: 1138 4EB showed.