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. 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 US7. Star Wars the third highest grossing film series. 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 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 US4. Star Warsthe second highest grossing media franchise of all time. Rescue Heroes: The Cartoon Online. In 2. 01. 2, The Walt Disney Company bought Lucasfilm for US4. 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. The first look at the games Starfighter Assault mode has the Millennium Falcon, bright lens flares, and yes, Yoda manning a laser turret. Watch exclusive Star Wars videos, including movie clips and rare behind the scenes footage, previews, and featurettes. Directed by Seth Green, Zeb Wells. With Seth Green, Alex Borstein, Clancy Brown, Hugh Davidson. When Lex Luthors daughter runs away with her boyfriend Superboy and. Visit StarWars. com to get the all latest news and updates, and test your knowledge with fun quizzesA New Hope until May 2. Walt Disney Studios owns digital distribution rights to all the Star Wars films, excluding A New Hope. Star Wars is an American epic space opera franchise, centered on a film series created by George Lucas. It depicts the adventures of various characters a long time. 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. RC9TW_trailer_cutdown_20170717.jpg' alt='Robot Chicken: Star Wars Movie In Hd' title='Robot Chicken: Star Wars Movie In Hd' />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 whom harness the light side of the Force, and the Sith whom 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. 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 Kurosawas 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. 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 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. 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 Skywalkers 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. Vaders 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 Lukes absent father, the Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker. Obi Wan confides to Luke that Anakin was betrayed and murdered by Vader who was Obi Wans former Jedi apprentice years ago, and he gives Luke his fathers former lightsaber to keep. After viewing Leias 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 Empires planet destroying space station the Death Star. 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 Lukes 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. Not long after, Lucas hired author Alan Dean Foster, to write two sequels as novels. In 1. 97. 6, a fourth draft had been prepared for principal photography. The film was titled Adventures of Luke Starkiller, as taken from the Journal of the Whills, Saga I The Star Wars. During production, Lucas changed Lukes name to Skywalker and altered the title to simply The Star Wars and finally Star Wars. At that point, Lucas was not expecting the film to have sequels. The fourth draft of the script underwent subtle changes it discarded the Princess of Ondos sub plot, to become a self contained film, that ended with the destruction of the Galactic Empire itself by way of destroying the Death Star.