Uploaded December 2016 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago

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George Lucas's franchise has a prequel hitting theaters today, and while everyone's focusing on it, I figured I'd take a moment to list the key aspects of a movie ending, and illustrate how some of them are used in the ending of the original Star Wars film (A New Hope).

Background music is "Griphop" by Kevin Macleod. Clips from Star Wars, The Shining, and other sites as listed!