Grab your lightsabers and your R2 astromech droid and join us as we travel back to 1977 and the epic final battle of 'Star Wars: A New Hope.'

Keep in mind, this 12-minute battle sequence was filmed without the use of CGI, instead using some animation and good old-fashioned practical effects. And you know what?

Nearly 50 years later, this looks better than a lot of the slop Hollywood puts out these days.

Everything works: the script, the editing, the sound effects, the music.

Just cinematic perfection.

This writer wasn't even born.

Gets off your lawn

It really is mesmerizing.

We miss movies like this.

This writer is jealous of anyone who got to experience this in the theaters in 1977. There was no experience like it.

Same.

Editing can make or break a movie.

THIS.

Don't mess with a frame of this movie.

All the sequels should've learned from this.

Alas, they did not.

It really was awe-inspiring.

Lucas changed movies.

It really was, and we've lost that. This movie didn't have a massive budget, either. They did the best they could with what they had.

Yeah, we got goosbumps.