re: M/TV hot takes

The original Star Wars is a slightly above-average science fiction action adventure. It has some good special effects for the time, like the spaceship battle scenes. But it also had some embarrassingly bad parts like the space cantina scene - many of "creatures" were obvious fake costumes that look like felt and plastic, and the music the band plays is absurd and tries way too hard to be cute...no matter how backward an alien culture, they don't like that kazoo crap. Nothing in any of the films justifies the mythology and fan worship built around the franchise.