In case you were wondering how to reduce two minutes to seven sentences, here's my attempt to boil 7-8 hours of Star Wars down to seven sentences (the real trilogy, not that CG saturated swill we were fed a few years ago).
1) Luke Skywalker is an honest but naive teenager who daydreams of trekking through the galaxy whilst stuck working on his Uncle's moisture farm.
2) Luke's home is near the spaceport Mos Eisley, a sort of galactic crossroads on the planet Tattooine, which lies on the fringe of the Galactic Empire.
3) After his Uncle Owen purchases a couple of droids, Luke discovers a hidden message from a princess seeking the help of Obi Wan Kenobi; after finding Obi Wan in the desert, Luke returns to find his home destroyed and his aunt and uncle slain.
4) Hot with dreams of revenge and hopes of helping the Rebel Alliance against the Empire, Luke and Obi Wan enlist the help of Capt. Han Solo at Mos Eisley and embark on a journey in which Luke must overcome his fears to first rescue the princess and then challenge the ultimate supremacy of the Empire.
5) When Luke and co. are ambushed at the Sky City, Luke is nearly vanquished by Commander Darth Vader, but finds that the evil Vader is in fact his biological father.
6) After a near escape, Luke and the Rebel Alliance regroup and take the fight to the empire; Luke, while in the custody of and nearly killed by the emperor of the empire, appeals to the innate humanity and love of his father who then gives his own life to kill the emperor and save his son.
7) Luke returns from battle a grown man who can forgive his father and live on in a newly liberated galaxy.
Obviously much has been omitted, yet the arc of the story remains relatively intact. Notice how every sentence is talking about Luke? Well, Luke is our hero, Luke is our story. Yoda and Han Solo and Lando Calrissian are cool, but they only serve to support our main character in unfolding his arc and, by proxy, the arc of the story.
Now it should be relatively easy to boil any 2 minute idea down to seven sentences, no?
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