A New Hope

Original Airdate:	March 14, 1999
Writers:	Joshua Sternin, Jeffrey Ventimilia
Director:	David Trainer

The four guys go to see Star Wars, and they all love it, but Kelso's instantly obsessed. David, a former schoolmate, is back in town, and Eric's worried that he's spending way too much time with Donna. Laurie's home from college, and she's so bored that she hits on Kelso.

The four guys to see Star Wars and they all love it, but Kelso's instantly obsessed. Red's happy because Ron Milbank is back in town to re-open the plant, and Red thinks he'll be getting his old job back. David Milbank, Ron's son, is also in town, and he's spending a lot of time with Donna much to Eric's dismay; Donna assures Eric that David just wants to be friends with her. Eric's sister Laurie is home, and she's so bored that she hits on Kelso. Eric tells Donna that David's hitting on her, but she insists he isn't. Eric tells her she is naïve. Eric talks his problem over with the guys, and they agree that he should be worried. Donna tells Jackie that Eric's being a possessive, macho jerk, but Jackie likes it when a guy acts like he owns her. Eric has a Star Wars dream in which he's Luke Skywalker, and he learns from Han Solo (Hyde) that Princess Leia (Donna) has been cruising around with Darth Vadar (David). Later Eric asks Red to show him a few fighting moves. Eric confronts David and Donna, and David admits he has a romantic interest in her; Eric and David call a truce as Donna tells Eric that since he doesn't trust or respect her she's ending their relationship. David reveals that his dad's really in town to close the plant permanently, so Eric heads home to tell Red the news but lost his nerve at the last minute. He's just lost this girlfriend and learned that his dad has lost his job when Laurie announces that she's flunked out of college and is moving back home.

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