Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope 5/20

“We have analyzed their attack, sir. And there is a danger.”

That’s right, Tarkin!! You tell him. To hell with technology and it’s probability."

You have a lot to live up to with a name like Porkins.

“You may fire when ready.”

Tarkin is the mack daddy.

“Stand by. Stand by. Stand by.”

They should have bought the faster processors.

Hey. Chewie should have gotten a medal.

Ahem. We will restore freedom to the galaxy but frak equality.

Thanks for joining us, Time Cadet.

Thank you! Till next time… later days!

Till then, May the Force be with you. Oh wait. You don’t have midi-chlorians… Sorry.

“Will somebody get this walking carpet out of my way!” Yeah, Princess Leia is a great role model for enlightened racial attitudes in the galaxy far, far away.

On the plus side: my kids joined me on my rewatch for A New Hope. It was a day they resisted for ages (“Star Wars is boys’ stuff”) but they joined in and enjoyed it! (My ten year old, Olivia, on Grand Moff Tarkin: “He doesn’t have any cheeks!”) I may have created a monster in Elena, though, who now emphatically asks to see the next film in the series each day when she gets home from day care. I’m not sure she’s ready for Empire, though. She’s only 4. That movie gave me nightmares when I was 7!