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“Use the Force, Luke.” Luke switches off his targeting computer. He breathes. He feels the Force flow through him. He fires.

A New Hope (retroactively titled, though we all know it’s just Star Wars ) is the ultimate B-movie with an A+ budget. George Lucas didn’t invent a new mythology; he stole the best parts of the old one. He took Joseph Campbell’s The Hero with a Thousand Faces , dissolved it in Kurosawa’s The Hidden Fortress , and poured the mixture over Flash Gordon serials and World War II newsreels. Star Wars- A New Hope

The success of "Star Wars: A New Hope" can be attributed to the talented cast and crew, including: “Use the Force, Luke