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The Empire Strikes Back 1980
If you asked me, any year of my life, before 1997, "which Star Wars film is the best?" I would have answered Return of the Jedi. It was the finale, the best space battle, Luke's final reckoning with Vader, with the dark choir underscoring their epic lightsaber battle.
But then, in 1997, I saw the Special Edition of re-release of Empire and realized, at 17: "This movie is great. Like, *actually* great." It's the Star Wars everyone has been chasing…
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Star Wars 1977
This, was my first movie, depending on how you feel about life beginning at conception or birth. My mom saw the re-release when she was pregnant with me. I was lucky to be raised by a huge Star Wars fan, with an older brother who was a Star Wars fan. So even in the Dark Times before 1983 and 1997, I had plenty of help keeping the passion alive (and my brother's crates of Kenner action figures he had outgrown).…
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Willow 1988
Rewatched Willow with my wife, who was born in 1990 and so has never seen it before. It hold sup so well--even the keying effects and stop motion look charming, not jarring. The swordplay is first rate, the cast is charming--including impressionist Kevin Pollak as one of the Brownies. It's a shame they didn't explore this world further in film (there are sequel novels written by X-Men scribe Chris Claremont, but books are for NERRRRDS).
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