ESB is the better directed film imo but ANH has a certain quality that has never been duplicated. I’m guessing it’s due to it being made when there was no clue to what it would become and it being the first SW movie made as well. It feels very different to me when I watch compared to the 8 that came after.
Simpler innit? No Sith, no family complications, really, no greater weight, no back story, just simple fairy tale.