In honor of 'Star Wars' day, take a look back at our reviews of each of the movies from 1977 to 2019.
The highlight of the new film is, as it should be, something new. It’s a new character, Yoda, a little green man who is a cross between a leprechaun and an old Chinese warrior. Yoda is a wise old Zen master, who assists Luke with his training to become a Jedi knight, training begun in the first film by wise old Ben Kenobi ... The non-human stars of the film — the robots and Chewbacca — remain the most lovable creatures in a family film since the Tin Man, Lion and Scarecrow in “The Wizard of Oz.
It will remind old-time radio listeners of the creaking door of the ‘Inner Sanctum’ show, and it serves the same purpose. Both are doorways to adventure... And before this portion of the ‘Star Wars’ saga is history, let us take time to praise the principal performers. In a recent Tribune interview, George Lucas said, quite correctly, that the acting in special effects-filled adventure movies is typically and unfairly downgraded.
As for the acting... Nobody is as irritating as Jar Jar or the child Anakin were in “Phantom Menace,” and if Anakin and Amidala are not classic lovers — if one of their scenes suggests “The Sound of Music” with armadillos — they’re pretty enough to win us over. Oz’s Yoda and Anthony Daniels’ C-3PO are likably wise and Christopher Lee makes almost as fabulously cruel a villain as James Earl Jones’ Vader.
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