The commercial genius of Star Wars: A New Hope (film analysis)

12 chapter / 109 page analysis article exploring the commercial genius of the first Star Wars movie - covers story structure, characters, editing, lighting, special effects, sound design and much more. Included with this PDF are 2hrs+ worth of supplementary videos covering around 40% of the article content.

The videos are:

Environment: sets, costumes and models (15 min)

Cinematography & lighting (17 min)

Sound subtleties (18 min)

Character analysis: The Droids (15 min)

Editing psychology: screen wipes (7 min)

Special effects subtleties (13 min)

Plot holes and artistic license (26 min)

More plot holes and artistic license (7 min)

Bar fight scene analysis (8 min)