Star Wars: A New Hope

(The Disneycember logo is shown, before showing trailer clips and screenshots from "Star Wars", Episode IV: "A New Hope")

Doug (vo): It's arguably the most popular film of several past generations: "Star Wars". What can you say about a franchise as huge as this?

(A clip from the trailer for "Return of the Jedi", showing the Ewoks attacking the Imperial Stormtroopers, is shown. Posters for "Ewoks" television series and the TV movie "Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure" are shown next)

Doug (vo): Well, I can say I was introduced to it by the Ewoks. Yep. The Ewoks Cartoon is what got me into watching these movies. Actually, even that's not true. The Ewoks Cartoon got me into watching the Ewoks movies that went to TV, then that got me into watching the actual movies.

(Back to clips and stills of "A New Hope")

Doug (vo): The reason I bring this up is that I didn't really have much hype for it. Nobody said, "This is a cinematic masterpiece! It's one of the greatest movies ever made! It's phenomenal!" Granted, I did see images from it all over the place, but, for the most part, I discovered it myself. And like a lot of people, I not only greatly enjoyed it, but found great value in just how many levels of entertainment are. Kids could watch it, adults could watch it. You could, too, name for the action or read into the symbols, admire how new it is, but also cheerfully paying homage to, laugh and cheer, while also analyzing what a very detailed mythos it is.

Story
Doug (vo): The story, as I'm assuming, most of you know, is about an evil Empire that's taking over the galaxy and wants to finish off the last of the Rebellion. A Rebels' spy named Princess Leia finds the plans to destroy their newest weapon called the Death Star, with two droids named R2-D2 and C-3PO. They come across a farmboy named Luke and a magical hermit named Obi-Wan. They realize they have to get these plans to the Rebels, so they come across a pilots named Han Solo and Chewbacca. On their way, they get snagged by the evil Empire led by the sinister Darth Vader and end up trying to rescue the Princess while also destroying the evil weapon before it destroys them.