Which are your three favorite scenes form Episode IV and why?
The opening scene - from the ‘long time ago’ to the Imperial Cruiser taking a million years to pass overhead…check out any crowd interviews (or even cast member interviews) from '77 and they all talk about it. So iconic and absolutely set the stage for what was to come…
The cantina. Again, one of the most talked about scenes back in the day (before its impact was all but ruined by the Special Edition Mos Eisley stuff)…it was just such a brilliant and unexpected moment - the creatures, the band etc. Again, so iconic…
The Luke/Leia swing across the chasm. Again, we’ve kind of gotten used to it over time, but this was such an iconic (I know I keep saying ‘iconic’, but it’s true) and talked about moment - really embodying the spirit of Star Wars and delivering that classic sense of adventure that Lucas was very consciously gifting to the young and the young at heart in the 70s.
But Star Wars, the original, was full of moments like these - Vader’s breathing, Artoo’s beeping, the Jawas with their glowing eyes, the hovering Landspeeder, Vader’s Force-choke, Obi Wan’s Jedi mind-trick, the Lightsaber, the holographic chess board, the hyperspace jump, the trash compactor…every moment had a special element that made Star Wars so endlessly fascinating. Very much looking forward to this film being officially available again. It’s been too long.