History YMMV / ANewHope

** So did Leia, apparently.

* ExecutiveMeddling: Lucas revealed in an interview that the reason why Greedo shoots first in the re-made version was to prevent a PG-13 rating, which didn't exist in 1977.

** [[spoiler:Not only did Luke's father become ''Darth Vader'', but we later see in ''AttackOfTheClones'' that, the same day Owen met Anakin, Anakin killed a whole tribe of Tusken Raiders out of anger. Evidently he's afraid Luke will do something like that. And in the Expanded Universe, Luke becomes Palpatine's apprentice for a while.]]

** Also, Darth Vader, later revealed to be the father of Luke Skywalker, had Luke's Uncle and Aunt murdered by stormtroopers, meaning he had his (step)brother killed. Several years later, with ''TheLionKing'', Simba's father ends up killed by his uncle. The connection between the two? Both Vader and Mufasa (Simba's father) were portrayed by JamesEarlJones.

* HilariousInHindsight: Obi Wan's line that the blaster marks are too precise for Sand People and must be from Stormtroopers gets funnier as the series goes on. We see (Justified and not) [[ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy stormtroopers miss nearly everything they shoot for]], while the Tuskens are able to hit pod racers moving at hundreds of [=MPH=] in ''{{The Phantom Menace}}''.

* OffstageVillainy: The Empire as a whole. They do some pretty evil things with that Death Star, but we never hear much of how they affect the rest of the Galaxy. A deleted scene between Luke and Biggs explores this somewhat.
* SpecialEffectsFailure: The infamous "Han Shot First" scene is a victim of this in the remastered editions. The digital editing isn't so great at convincing you that Greedo shot first, and Han's attempted "dodging" is particularly bad.

* WinTheCrowd: For many, it was [[VisualEffectsOfAwesome the first Star Destroyer shot]].
* Woolseyism[=/=]BilingualBonus: In the Italian versions of the movie, the Death Star was called the Morte Nera, which means the "Black Death." It's a very fitting name, as like the Death Star, the Black Death also resulted in a large extermination of people in Europe.

** Given what we later discover about Vader's [[YouHaveFailedMe policy on employee mistakes]] in the next movie, Admiral Motti comes off as ''exceptionally'' stupid for picking a fight with Vader, especially by mocking the religion ''the Emperor holds to''.

** It doesn't even look so much like "dodging" as much as it does "Greedo misses ''at point blank range''.

* OffstageVillainy: The Empire as a whole. They do some pretty evil things with that Death Star, but we never hear much of how they effect the rest of the Galaxy. A deleted scene between Luke and Biggs explores this somewhat.

* AwardSnub: It losing Best Picture to ''AnnieHall''.

* MagnificentBastard: Arguably, Grand Moff Tarkin is the true BigBad of the film, and the deadpan way he orders the destruction of Alderaan as if he was simply asking one to take out the trash is truly something to behold, especially coupled with a nice dash of ILied.

* MisBlamed: Vader did not destroy Alderaan. Tarkin did.

* AwardSnub: It losing BestPicture to ''AnnieHall''.

* AwardSnub: It losing BestPicture to ''AnnieHall''. YourMilageMayVary though since ''AnnieHall'' is considered by many to be a terrific film and a classic in its own right.

* CompleteMonster: Tarkin, naturally.

** Given what we later discover about Vader's [[YouHaveFailedMe policy on employee mistakes]] in the next movie, "Sorcerer's Ways" guy comes off as ''exceptionally'' stupid for picking a fight with Vader, especially by mocking the religion ''the Emperor holds to''.

-->'''Tarkin''': [[ILied Oh, you're far too trusting]].

** [[spoiler:Not only did Luke's father become ''Darth Vader'', but we later see in ''AttackOfTheClones'' that, the same day Owen met Anakin, Anakin killed a whole tribe of Tusken Raiders out of anger. Evidently he's afraid Luke will do something like that]].

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: This is some fans' reaction to the Special Edition, particularly the above-mentioned Greedo Shot First scene.