Hello, fellow movie fans. I'm Lily Percy, and I'll be your guide this week as we talk to David Green, co-host of NPR's Morning Edition and Up First, about Star Wars Episode 4 A New Hope. Don't worry. If you haven't seen this movie, I'm going to fill you in on all the details so you won't be lost. And if you have seen this movie, welcome to an old friend. And

The have seen this movie, welcome to an old friend.

No one is more surprised than I am to still be discovering new things about the Star Wars universe. I first saw these movies as a kid, and they all kind of blend in together.

I can't really tell the difference between Empire or Jedi,

but I think the best way I would describe Star Wars Episode 4, A New Hope,

is to say that it's the very beginning of the Luke Leah Hahn storyline.

It's where we first meet Luke Skywalker, played by Mark Hamill, on his home planet of Tatouine,

bored, really disenchanted, kind of annoying the hell out of his aunt and uncle.

And he dreams of being a fighter pilot, exploring new universes and having all these great adventures

that have nothing to do with his daily work as a farmer on his planet.

It just isn't fair. Oh, Biggs is right. I'm never going to get out of here.

Is there anything I might do to help?

Oh, not unless you can alter time, speed up the harvest or teleport me off this rock.

I don't think so, sir.

And that's also where we meet Princess Leia, played by Carrie Fisher.

Leah's kind of like the Che Guevara of the Rebel Alliance.

She's trying to inspire everyone to come together to destroy the Death Star, to destroy Darth Vader,

who is the epitome of evil.

Governor Tarkin, I should have expected to find you holding Vader's leash.

I recognized your foul stench when I was brought on board.

Charming to the last.

You don't know how hard I found it signing the order to terminate your life.

...