13 Things You Learn Rewatching Star Wars: A New Hope

1. This Will Be The Last Happy Ending For A While

The final shots of A New Hope (which again mirror those of The Phantom Menace) see our heroes medal-clad (apart from Chewbacca, who for some reason doesn€™t have one) and receiving the adulation of hundreds of members of the Rebel Alliance, stood in formation in front of them and lapping up the acclaim for €˜destroying€™ the Death Star, courtesy of Luke€™s one-in-a-million shot (the execution of which is staged brilliantly). It€™s all very rousing, and, as the credits roll, one is left with an overwhelming sense of victory, of happiness. Savour it, because this is the last semblance of that particular emotion the franchise will conjure until the dénouement of Return Of The Jedi, nearly two whole films later (Ewoks aside). From there, it€™s the darkness of The Empire Strikes Back, and the prophetic bleakness of the majority of Jedi, with the idea of a stirring, crowd-pleasing blockbuster vanishing into the rear-view mirror of the franchise€™s sweeping tragedy.
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