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Star Wars was completed less than a week before its May 25, 1977, release date. With all of the film's elements coming together just in time, Lucas described the work as not so much finished, but "abandoned". [157] Star Wars began production with a budget of $8 million; the total budget eventually reached $11 million. [158]
The main Star Wars film series is a trilogy of subtrilogies; as it neared completion, Lucasfilm began to refer to it as the "Skywalker Saga". [1] [2] It was released beginning with the original trilogy (Episodes IV, V, and VI, 1977–1983), followed by the prequel trilogy (Episodes I, II, and III, 1999–2005) and the sequel trilogy (Episodes VII, VIII, and IX, 2015–2019).
The franchise-originating film was released in 1977, under the title Star Wars.The subtitle Episode IV – A New Hope was retroactively added to the opening crawl for the theatrical re-release on April 10, 1981, [13] [37] to align with the titling of the sequel, Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980).
Star Wars in print predates the release of the first film, with the November 1976 novelization of Star Wars, initially subtitled "From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker". Credited to Lucas, it was ghostwritten by Alan Dean Foster . [ 147 ]
Disney is shaking up its release calendar, adding a new “Star Wars” movie and “Moana” live-action adaptation to the schedule and delaying the next three “Avatar” movies by a year. At ...
Today, Disney finally dropped the premiere date: August 23. But don't worry, you won't have to wait all summer to catch a glimpse of Star Wars' new star. The first glimpse of Star Wars: Ahsoka is ...
After the release of the first sequel, the original film was subtitled Episode IV: A New Hope in the screenplay released in the 1979 book The Art of Star Wars [30] and for all subsequent rereleases beginning with a theatrical rerelease in 1981.
Skeleton Crew, Disney+’s next live-action Star Wars series, will premiere a day earlier than anticipated. The streamer has announced that the Jude Law vehicle will launch on Monday, Dec. 2 at 9 ...