{"product_id":"0786936866421","title":"Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope","description":"George Lucas' mythological popcorn movie is a two-hour roller-coaster ride that has passed into movie legend. The story, for the tiny number of people not familiar with it, concerns a farm boy named Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) who discovers that the used robot recently purchased by his family plays back a message from one Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher), begging for help from Obi-Wan Kenobi. Luke asks his father's friend Ben Kenobi (Alec Guinness) about this, and he discovers that Ben and Obi-Wan are one and the same. Kenobi tells Luke of the battle of the rebels against the ruling Empire and the spiritual energy called \"The Force.\" Soon Luke, Kenobi, and a mercenary named Han Solo ({|Harrison Ford|}) join forces to rescue Princess Leia from the Empire's mammoth warship, the \u003ci\u003eDeath Star\u003c\/i\u003e, controlled by evil genius Darth Vader (David Prowse, with the voice of James Earl Jones). George Lucas has frequently cited the influence of several films on \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e, particularly Akira Kurosawa's \u003ci\u003eThe Hidden Fortress\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eYojimbo\u003c\/i\u003e and John Ford's \u003ci\u003eThe Searchers\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the original \u003ci\u003eFlash Gordon\u003c\/i\u003e serials. After \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e became a success, Lucas announced his intention to turn the film into a series, originally totalling nine films (later pared back to six). Consequently, most reissue prints now feature the title \u003ci\u003eStar Wars: Episode IV -- A New Hope\u003c\/i\u003e, with \u003ci\u003eThe Empire Strikes Back\u003c\/i\u003e (1980) and \u003ci\u003eReturn of the Jedi\u003c\/i\u003e (1983) serving as Episodes Five and Six in the serial, and \u003ci\u003eStar Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace\u003c\/i\u003e (1999) going back to the myth's beginnings.","brand":"Walt Disney Video","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47186194301168,"sku":"0786936866421","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/0786936866421_p0.jpg?v=1763865002","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/0786936866421","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}