Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope
Best: The moment in the original Star Wars where Obi-Wan Kenobi explains the Force to Luke while showing him a lightsaber (and lying about his father’s death, oops) is such an important and memorable scene. So much of what we call Star Wars—the Force, Jedi, the Old Republic, the Clone Wars—is set up here in a few minutes.
Worst: This might get me kicked out of the Star Wars fan club, but the opening of Star Wars, besides the cool introduction to Darth Vader and Leia, is pretty slow and aimless. So much of the opening of that film is just wandering droids and people in the desert. I know some folks who, on a quest to finally watch all the films, have bounced off this movie before it gets going and I understand why.
