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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 Star Wars audio work is The Story of Star Wars, an LP using audio samples from the original film and a new narration to retell the story, released in 1977. Most later printed novels were adapted into audio novels, usually released on cassette tape and re-released on CD.
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).
Alamo Drafthouse is bringing the first three “Star Wars” movies to more than 20 cities in August with its “Return of the Trilogy” roadshow program.
The original Star Wars trilogy, ... Release date Director Screenwriter(s) Story by Producer(s) Distributor Star Wars [e] May 25, 1977 () George Lucas:
U.S. release date Label Format Star Wars–Original Soundtrack: June 1977 20th Century: Double-LP: 1986 Polydor: CD: Star Wars Trilogy: The Original Soundtrack Anthology: 1993 Arista: Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope Special Edition: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: 1997 RCA Victor: Double CD Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (Original Motion ...
The Phantom of Menace: Star Wars Part the First: Ian Doescher: 2015-04-07 AA [b] 22 BBY Episode II – Attack of the Clones: The Clone Army Attacketh: Star Wars Part the Second: 2015-07-07 AA: 19 BBY Episode III – Revenge of the Sith: Tragedy of the Sith's Revenge: Star Wars Part the Third: 2015-09-08 AA: 13–10 BBY Solo: A Star Wars Story ...