Star Wars is an all time classic movie that influenced generations of fans with its characters, score, and editing that created a legacy unlike any film before. Star Wars had the luxury of an all star cast that gave a heart to a far off galaxy. John Williams incredible score was able to bring a futuristic movie to audiences with a classic feel. Although, it was the award winning editing team transformed Star Wars into the iconic film we have today. Together all of these factors made the story George Lucas had in his head into a living breathing reality on the screen and what a beautiful reality it was. The Star Wars story wouldn't be the legend that Star Wars is today without its lovable cast of characters. In film critic Roger Ebert’s words,
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“Just as accelerated rhythmic editing can emphasize a climax, it also helps create a type of narrative climax on its own.”(Linton Davies) They not only turned little toy props into larger than life space stations, but the editors also set the pace for the movie. Truly an amazing pace it was as we went from one story beat to the next giving it just enough time to breathe while pushing the story forward all at the same time. Not once does the movie seem to drag if anything it seems to speed up as the viewer slowly realizes the journey their on is coming to an all to soon end. The editors also created many of the most iconic things in movie history turning plastic props into a moon sized destroyer of worlds, gave us giant explosions unlike anything seen on the big screen before, turned little models into star fighters a kid could only dream of flying, and created the most iconic movie prop ever turning some plastic into the legendary weapons of the Jedi and Sith the lightsabers. Star wars is probably the best culmination of all its parts humanity will ever see in a film as the star studded cast, timeless score, and an academy award winning editing team come together to form what many consider to be the greatest film of all time. It is a classic in every sense of the word that can still be enjoyed by people of all ages,
“Just as accelerated rhythmic editing can emphasize a climax, it also helps create a type of narrative climax on its own.”(Linton Davies) They not only turned little toy props into larger than life space stations, but the editors also set the pace for the movie. Truly an amazing pace it was as we went from one story beat to the next giving it just enough time to breathe while pushing the story forward all at the same time. Not once does the movie seem to drag if anything it seems to speed up as the viewer slowly realizes the journey their on is coming to an all to soon end. The editors also created many of the most iconic things in movie history turning plastic props into a moon sized destroyer of worlds, gave us giant explosions unlike anything seen on the big screen before, turned little models into star fighters a kid could only dream of flying, and created the most iconic movie prop ever turning some plastic into the legendary weapons of the Jedi and Sith the lightsabers. Star wars is probably the best culmination of all its parts humanity will ever see in a film as the star studded cast, timeless score, and an academy award winning editing team come together to form what many consider to be the greatest film of all time. It is a classic in every sense of the word that can still be enjoyed by people of all ages,