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Star Wars - Wikipedia. Star Wars is an American epicspace operamedia franchise, centered on a film series created by George Lucas.

It depicts the adventures of various characters "a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away". The franchise began in 1. Star Wars (later subtitled Episode IV: A New Hope in 1.

It was followed by the successful sequels The Empire Strikes Back (1. Return of the Jedi (1. Star Wars trilogy.

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A prequel trilogy was released between 1. A sequel trilogy began in 2. Star Wars: The Force Awakens. All seven films were nominated for Academy Awards (with wins going to the first two films) and have been commercial successes, with a combined box office revenue of over US$7. Star Wars the third highest- grossing film series.[5]Spin- off films include the animated Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2. Rogue One (2. 01. The series has spawned an extensive media franchise including books, television series, computer and video games, theme park attractions and lands, and comic books, resulting in significant development of the series' fictional universe.

Star Wars also holds a Guinness World Records title for the "Most successful film merchandising franchise". In 2. 01. 5, the total value of the Star Wars franchise was estimated at US$4. Star Warsthe second highest- grossing media franchise of all time. In 2. 01. 2, The Walt Disney Company bought Lucasfilm for US$4.

Star Wars films, beginning with the release of The Force Awakens in 2. The former distributor, 2.

Century Fox, retains the physical distribution rights for the first two Star Wars trilogies, owns permanent rights for the original 1. A New Hope until May 2. Walt Disney Studios owns digital distribution rights to all the Star Wars films, excluding A New Hope.[1. Setting. The Star Wars franchise takes place in a distant unnamed fictional galaxy at an undetermined point in the ancient past, where many species of aliens (often humanoid) co- exist. People own robotic droids, who assist them in their daily routines, and Space travel is common. The spiritual and mystical element of the Star Wars galaxy is known as "The Force". It is described in the original film as "an energy field created by all living things [that] surrounds us, penetrates us, [and] binds the galaxy together".[1.

The people who are born deeply connected to the Force have better reflexes; through training and meditation, they are able to achieve various supernatural feats (such as telekinesis, clairvoyance, precognition, and mind control). The Force is wielded by two major factions at conflict: the Jedi, who harness the light side of the Force, and the Sith, who use the dark side of the force through hate and aggression. Theatrical films. George Lucas, the creator of Star Wars, the director of A New Hope and the prequel trilogy, and the script supervisor of both the original and prequel trilogies. His work in the original film earned him Academy Award nominations, for best director, screenplay and film. In 2. 01. 4, Lucas ceased creative involvement with the franchise.

Original trilogy. In 1. 97. 1, Universal Studios made a contract for George Lucas to direct two films. In 1. 97. 3, American Graffiti was completed, and released to critical acclaim including Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Original Screenplay for George Lucas.

Months later, Lucas started work on his second film, by starting the script draft, The Journal of the Whills told the tale of the training of apprentice CJ Thorpe as a "Jedi- Bendu" space commando by the legendary Mace Windy. After Universal rejected the film, 2. Mission: Impossible Full Movie on this page. Century Fox decided to invest on it.

On April 1. 7, 1. Lucas felt frustrated about his story being too difficult to understand, so he began writing a 1. Akira Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress, this draft was renamed The Star Wars. By 1. 97. 4, he had expanded the script into a rough draft screenplay, adding elements such as the Sith, the Death Star, and a protagonist named Annikin Starkiller.

Numerous subsequent drafts would go through numerous drastic changes, before evolving into the script of the original film. Lucas insisted that the movie would be part of a 9- part series and negotiated to retain the sequel rights, to ensure all the movies would be made. Tom Pollock, then Lucas' lawyer writes: "So in the negotiations that were going on, we drew up a contract with Fox’s head of business affairs Bill Immerman, and me.

We came to an agreement that George would retain the sequel rights. Not all the [merchandising rights] that came later, mind you; just the sequel rights. And Fox would get a first opportunity and last refusal right to make the movie."[2. Lucas was offered $5. Later the offer was increased.[2.

Star Wars was released on May 2. It was followed by The Empire Strikes Back, released on May 2. Return of the Jedi, released on May 2. The sequels were all self financed by Lucasfilm.[2. The opening crawl of the sequels disclosed that they were numbered as "Episode V" and "Episode VI" respectively, though the films were generally advertised solely under their subtitles.

Though the first film in the series was simply titled Star Wars, with its 1. Episode IV: A New Hope added to remain consistent with its sequel, and to establish it as the middle chapter of a continuing saga.[3. The plot of the original trilogy centers on the Galactic Civil War of the Rebel Alliance trying to free the galaxy from the clutches of the Galactic Empire, as well as on Luke Skywalker's quest to become a Jedi. A New Hope. The main cast members of the original Star Wars trilogy, who reprised their characters in supporting roles on the sequel trilogy; from left: Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, and Harrison Ford (SDCC, July 2. Cosplays of bounty hunter Boba Fett (left) and sith lord Darth Vader (right), antagonists characters in the original trilogy (Fett has been digitally inserted into all director cuts of A New Hope since 1. Vader's backstory became a central plot point in Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, and the basis of the prequel trilogy.

Near the orbit of the desert planet Tatooine, a Rebel spaceship is intercepted by the Empire. Aboard, the deadliest Imperial agent Darth Vader and his stormtroopers capture Princess Leia Organa, a secret member of the rebellion. Before her capture, Leia makes sure the astromech R2- D2, along with the protocol droid C- 3. PO, escapes with stolen Imperial blueprints stored inside and a holographic message for the retired Jedi Knight Obi- Wan Kenobi, who has been living in exile on Tatooine. The droids fall under the ownership of Luke Skywalker, an orphan farm boy raised by his step- uncle and aunt.

Luke helps the droids locate Obi- Wan, now a solitary old hermit known as Ben Kenobi, who reveals himself as a friend of Luke's absent father, the Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker. Obi- Wan confides to Luke that Anakin was "betrayed and murdered" by Vader (who was Obi- Wan's former Jedi apprentice) years ago, and he gives Luke his father's former lightsaber to keep.[3. After viewing Leia's message, they both hire the smuggler Han Solo and his Wookiee co- pilot Chewbacca to, aboard their space freighter the Millennium Falcon, help them deliver the stolen blueprints inside R2- D2 to the Rebel Alliance with the hope of finding a weakness to the Empire's planet- destroying space station: the Death Star.[1. For The Star Wars second draft, Lucas made heavy simplifications. It added a mystical energy field known as "The Force" and introduced the young hero on a farm as Luke Starkiller. Annikin became Luke's father, a wise Jedi knight. The third draft killed the father Annikin, replacing him with mentor figure Ben Kenobi.

Later, Lucas felt the film would not in fact be the first in the sequence, but a film in the second trilogy in the saga. The draft contained a sub- plot leading to a sequel about "The Princess of Ondos", and by that time some months later Lucas had negotiated a contract that gave him rights to make two sequels.