A New Hope shows its age more than the rest, its full of exposition even though show don't tell is the storytelling grade A standard, the acting is stiff aside from Ford, Cushing and Guinness, the action that is provided is nowhere near on par with the rest of the series. At least Phantom Menace had Duel of the Fates... Its definitely a product of its time and it gets my respect for starting the movement but thats not enough for me to let it slide by.