# Ron Howard narrates Star Wars: A New Hope, and it's absolutely perfect **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 3, 2018, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-howard-narrates-star-wars-a-new-hope-and-its-absolutely-perfect/813525 "2018-05-03T17:40:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-howard-narrates-star-wars-a-new-hope-and-its-absolutely-perfect/813525/1 "2018-05-03T17:40:27Z")
[Arrested Development meets Star Wars, by way of common thread, Ron Howard.](https://www.polygon.com/2018/5/2/17312718/star-wars-narrated-by-ron-howard-arrested-development) Love the “Mr. F” when Boba Fett comes on screen. And Pete Rose! ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-howard-narrates-star-wars-a-new-hope-and-its-absolutely-perfect/813525/2 "2018-05-03T17:45:20Z")
I don’t get the Pete Rose reference, but I also never watched Arrested Development…is that an in-joke? I seem to remember a plotline in the show about Michael Cera in love with his sister or something? Did they use Pete for that plotline? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-howard-narrates-star-wars-a-new-hope-and-its-absolutely-perfect/813525/3 "2018-05-03T17:51:20Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > I don’t get the Pete Rose reference, but I also never watched Arrested Development…is that an in-joke? > > I seem to remember a plotline in the show about Michael Cera in love with his sister or something? Did they use Pete for that plotline? Close. It’s a reference to George Michael diving head-first into second base with his cousin. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-howard-narrates-star-wars-a-new-hope-and-its-absolutely-perfect/813525/4 "2018-05-03T17:58:06Z")
“And that’s why you always leave a note.” ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-howard-narrates-star-wars-a-new-hope-and-its-absolutely-perfect/813525/5 "2018-05-03T18:02:44Z")
Saw it yesterday and loved it. They need to do all the movies. It works so well. Totally need to see Arrested Development to get it, though. Otherwise, it just seems like quirky narration. Tom ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-howard-narrates-star-wars-a-new-hope-and-its-absolutely-perfect/813525/6 "2018-05-03T18:20:12Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Close. It’s a reference to George Michael diving head-first into second base with his cousin. Gotcha. Thanks!