[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B005HNV2OS][/pullquote] By 1983 George Lucas' Star Wars saga was as recognisable as any film in history. The staggering commercial success of A New Hope and the critical success of The Empire Strikes Back meant that Star Wars: Episode VI “ Return of the Jedi was one … [Read more...]
Review: Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B005HNV2OS][/pullquote] Following on from the staggering success of Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope, George Lucas released the sequel Star Wars: Episode IV - The Empire Strikes Back in 1980. Aware that the previous film had created a galaxy of characters that had … [Read more...]
Review: Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B005HNV2OS][/pullquote] In 1977 the cultural world was shaken to its foundations by a film that changed the zeitgeist for summer blockbusters, science fiction and even entertainment as whole. George Lucas, a man notoriously anti-studio, took a risk. It was a big risk. … [Read more...]
Review: Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B005HNV2OS][/pullquote] With the first two instalments of the prequel trilogy complete and the final three established almost two decades before, a lot of the basic plot elements of Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith was already known. We knew that Anakin … [Read more...]
Review: Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B005HNV2OS][/pullquote] Three years after the release of the much-maligned The Phantom Menace, George Lucas released Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones in hopes of gathering back some of his lost fans. Despite commercial success, Episode I had left a bad … [Read more...]
Review: Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B005HNV2OS][/pullquote] When Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope was released in 1977, it was hailed as an instant science fiction classic. Commercially and critically successful, it was part of the reason for the sudden popularity of sci-fi films in the late 1970s. … [Read more...]