I was once talking to a colleague and made the mistake of saying that I didn't think that Star Wars was the greatest film ever made and that George Lucas was an overrated director. After spluttering for a good 20 seconds he responded "that's because you weren't the right age when it came out". In 1977, I was ten and queued around the block to see Star Wars when it was first released and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I also read all the books, including "Splinter of the Mind's Eye" and watched the first two sequels at the cinema when they came out. I'm pretty sure that I was exactly the right age. My colleague, on the other hand wasn't even born in 1977!
Funnily, I'm pretty sure I enjoyed Battlestar Galactica even more because that was in
Sensurround and it made your seats shake! I guess, that's kids for you :)
Important, influential and fun but not the greatest film ever made. George Lucas is still overrated and a cynical dick to boot.
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