in the opinion of this reviewer, until Star Wars was released in 1977, science fiction films were reduced to shallow symbolism disguising to a greater or lesser degree a series of repetitive plots. But Star Wars was different. It offered us a return to imaginative voyages in space and confrontation with intelligant life on other planets. Unlike the other science fiction films of the decade, Star Wars presented technogy as having solved rather than aggravated ecological problems. The special effects created to simulate apecd vehicles hurtling through the blackness of the universe were reminiscent of the artistic standards set by 2001.