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Star Wars (later retitled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope) is a 1977 American epic space opera film written and directed by George Lucas, produced by Lucasfilm and distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox. It is the first film released in the Star Wars film series and the fourth chronological chapter of the "Skywalker Saga".
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 first officially licensed electronic Star Wars game was Kenner's 1979 table-top Star Wars Electronic Battle Command. [ 209 ] [ 210 ] In 1982, Parker Brothers published the first Star Wars video game for the Atari 2600 , Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back , [ 211 ] followed soon the year later by Star Wars: Jedi Arena , the first video game ...
The original Star Wars film was re-released theatrically in 1978, 1979, 1981 and 1982. [60] All three films were released on various home video formats, including LaserDisc and VHS , until 1996. [ 61 ]
George Walton Lucas Jr. [1] (born May 14, 1944) is an American filmmaker and philanthropist. He created the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises and founded Lucasfilm, LucasArts, Industrial Light & Magic and THX.
George Lucas. George Lucas (born 1944) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, editor, and entrepreneur.His best-known work includes both the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises and establishing Lucasfilm.
Long before “Star Wars” was even a sparkle in Lucas’ eye, one of the first people in Hollywood to appreciate the potential of Jones’ gift was Andrew J. Kuehn, a smart young marketing ...
The company's films Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999), Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) are all among the 50 highest-grossing films of all time, with The Force Awakens becoming the highest-grossing film in the ...