Star Wars Episode Iv A New Hope Essay

The 1970s was a time where the film industry began to strive of the usage of television and its ability to presell films while reducing the possibility of losing tons of money on films. Producers began to shift genres and venture outside of the box. This set up George Lucas’s Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope to be a huge blockbuster. It took the audience’s desire and passion for technology and heroism to the next level. A shift from the traditional American West to the galaxy and beyond, “Americans were no longer willing to follow the lone cowboy” (Quart 122). The old traditional Hollywood had seemed to be long gone, especially in the 1960s, however in the 1970s, Hollywood still had the ability and resources to create worlds that paralleled

First, topic we see right off the bat in this film is slavery and segregation. The droids are the first characters seen in the film. Even though they are not actually people, they display obvious signs of sentience, emotion, intelligence, and self-awareness. We see that they are second class citizens in this universe. They are slaves to their owners and subject to segregation. This is a remarkably deep subject matter which forms the backdrop of the first few minutes of the film. This is not merely a throwaway part of the story, as R2D2's escape from his new slave masters is a key plot point and the pointed words of the bartender in Mos Eisley toward the droids that he doesn't serve "their kind" is meant to draw attention to the subject without making it the overriding subject of the film. Very quickly you understand that this universe is filled with a great deal of immorality and just as much moral ambiguity. Second theme seen in this movie is a strong female role. Even today, gender issues are still a problem in Hollywood, but Star Wars had no problem having a female character who could be on her own. Typically, movies have to rescue the princess who is usually a damsel in distress. In Star Wars, this is also a fact, although rescuing Princess Leia allows to help return to fighting the rebellion and lead it. She proves to be a hero of her own, a fighter, and a political