To celebrate the 35th anniversary of Star Wars the New Yorker is asking folks to tweet (#tnyquestion) how they would summarize Star Wars to someone who has never seen it.
Here is mine,
A farm boy and Indiana Jones rescue a Princess and then kill thousands of innocent wage workers while a Raiders fan escapes
Far-flung members of a dysfunctional family finds they aren’t so different after all. With droids.
"Fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles… "
Agricultural based space opera.
winner
It’s much over-rated and I blame it for replacing a far more interesting period of American movie-making with a flood of empty blockbusters.
There you go - 140 dead.
Incest and explosions in space never seemed so tedious.
The hidden fortress in space.
c’mon man at least give Jaws the credit it deserves for making blockbusters big
Live And Let Die and Moonraker wouldn’t have been the same without him.
You can do anything you put your mind to. Some people just don’t realize that unless a puppet tells them. Only instead, its not you, just germs colonizing your cells.
There, that sums up all 6.
farmboy learns ancient power via old friend of father-begins crusade against empire by uniting rebels & destroying death star
Han shot first. The End.
Evil cyborg ninja warrior escapes as non-moon station is blowed up.
Bah, beat me to it. 
Silly, childish crap.
Isn’t that The Princess Bride?! 
And my effort:
Young hero discovers lost family members; use your powers for good; Western set in Space it is (N.B only watch first 3 episodes.)
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