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Star Wars Infinities: A New Hope is a 2002 four-part story arc in the Star Wars Infinities series of comic books. It is an extended alternate ending of the 1977 film Star Wars in which Luke Skywalker's proton torpedoes fail to destroy the Death Star.
Phil Brown (A New Hope), [22] Joel Edgerton (Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith, and Obi-Wan Kenobi) [22] Uncle and surrogate parent of Luke Skywalker in A New Hope, Owen and his wife, Beru, are killed by stormtroopers at their home on Tatooine. In the prequel films, Owen is the son of Cliegg Lars and stepbrother of Anakin Skywalker.
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: Episode IV – A New Hope; Star Wars (1977) #1–38, Annual #1 April 1977–May 1980 #1–6 Star Wars: A New Hope #7 New Planets, New Perils #8 Eight for Aduba-3 #9 Showdown on a Wasteland World #10 Behemoth from the World Below #11 Star Search #12 Doomworld #13 Day of the Dragon Lords #14 The Sound of Armageddon #15 Star Duel #16 ...
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).
Three series set in the prequel era were published by Scholastic for younger audiences: the 18-book Jedi Apprentice (1999–2002) chronicles the adventures of Obi-Wan Kenobi and his master Qui-Gon Jinn in the years before The Phantom Menace; the 11-book Jedi Quest (2001–2004) follows Obi-Wan and his own apprentice, Anakin Skywalker in between ...
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".
He then returns to Naboo, where he befriends the nine-year-old Anakin Skywalker , telling the boy, "We will watch your career with great interest." [ 54 ] In the 2002 sequel Episode II: Attack of the Clones , set 10 years later, Palpatine exploits constitutional loopholes to remain in office after his term expires.