Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope When I think of the Science Fiction genre, movies like E.T. and the Star Wars saga first come to mind. Sci-fi films are usually, though not always, set in the future. Or quite often involve time travel of some sort. As a genre it’s common for Sci-fi to have advanced technology like spaceships and robots, even flying cars, and in Star Wars case, laser swords. Though many are usually scientific, sci-fi relies heavily on imagination, production designs, and excellent special effects. Stars Wars: Episode IV is a film that has foreign planets in a galaxy far, far away, and full of alien life forms. Though, unlike the Alien films, most of these aliens seem to be more of the friendly nature. Luke and Han seem to take up an impossible quest to save Princess Leia from the seemingly all-powerful villain Darth Vader, and in the end triumph over said ‘evil’. …show more content…
David Prowse, Peter Cushing, James Earl Jones, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker and Peter Mayhew co-star in supporting roles. Star Wars: Episode IV was written and directed by George Lucas, it was produced by Gary Kurtz, with Lucasfilm and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation as its producing companies. The visuals in this movie were amazing, especially for its time. I’ve only seen the touched up, enhanced version recently, but I can remember watching Star Wars: Episode IV on VHS as a child and just being so fascinated by all the different aliens and creatures in it. The spaceships, the droids, and Luke’s speeder are things that always stuck out to me. The art direction of this film, with the things mentioned above is one that I think will always stand as an example for what a sci-fi should