![]() ![]() A lot of praise tends to go to the visuals, but to do that ignores such an important part of what gave Star Wars its distinct character the sound effects. It was a design shift that without thered never have been the equally important genre-shaping of Alien or Blade Runner. The world of George Lucas space fantasy was lived in, full of advanced science that had been used and showed its age. What Star Wars did was, ironic for a series set far away and in the past, down to Earth. Sci-fi in the seventies had been one-sided predictions it was either clean distant futures or rough dystopias. But there was also a smaller, no less potent effect it. And we're not going to deny that it had a massive influence, finishing off what Jaws started and setting up the blockbuster as the genre-defying future of cinema. ![]() Over the thirty-five years since it flew into cinemas so much has been made about how Star Wars changed the industry. ![]()
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