Star Wars- Episode Iv - A New Hope -

Lucas drafted a sprawling, confusing 200-page script that was universally rejected. He refined it, borrowing heavily from Joseph Campbell’s The Hero with a Thousand Faces , Akira Kurosawa’s The Hidden Fortress , and the aerial combat sequences of The Dam Busters . 20th Century Fox eventually greenlit the film, but with a relatively modest budget and little faith from the studio executives. Most industry insiders predicted it would be a flop—a silly kids' movie that would likely vanish into obscurity.

What separates Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope from its contemporaries is its character work. The special effects were groundbreaking (Industrial Light & Magic was literally invented to make this movie), but effects age. Characters do not. Star Wars- Episode IV - A New Hope