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Get that Gungan out of the galaxy, cry fans annoyed by the character's cloying subservience and pidgin English.
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Critics may be divided about the overall merits of the "Phantom Menace," but "Star Wars" fans seem pretty uniformly peeved by the debut of Jar Jar Binks, a floppy-eared Gungan jester with protruding eyes and a Caribbean accent.
Even before the film was released, fans began begging George Lucas to delete the "computer-generated homunculus." Why does this jive-talking, subservient character whip up such fury? For one thing, "Star Wars" fans find Jar Jar's contrived clumsiness stupid. And combined with his pidgin English, Jar Jar's idiot-clowning comes across to many as racist.
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Anti-Jar Jar agitators are cropping up all over the Web. There are two "Death to Jar Jar Binks" pages, offering disparaging quotes from reviewers and proposing new scenes that would rectify the offending character's presence in the film. (The site calls Jar Jar's appearance in the movie "tragic" and begs visitors to "stop this insanity. Please write to your congressman and ask how you can help.") The Jar Jar Job Hunt site advocates eradicating the creature from coming episodes -- and even offers to help "find gainful employment for Mr. Binks somewhere outside the 'Star Wars' universe."
Around 700 people have joined the International Society for the Extermination of Jar Jar Binks -- many paying $5 to get JarJarMustDie.com e-mail addresses. Another "Jar Jar Must Die" site was so popular that it had to be pulled down for exceeding its traffic quota for a MindSpring customer site. "I've decided to buy a domain name," says webmaster Joel Reeves, "and transfer it to www.diediediejarjar.com." (There is also a National Association for the Extermination of the Gungan Race, which hopes to get rid of not only Jar Jar, but all of his relatives, too.) The domain names IHateJarJar.com and KillJarJar.com have been snapped up, and Yahoo has created a category for anti-Jar Jar pages.
Dissatisfaction with the Gungan even perforated a ring of Jar Jar Binks fan pages, where a pop-up window displaying "Quizlet results" shows that, in response to the question "Do you like Jar Jar too?" 51 percent of the 310 respondents selected as their answer, "No, Jar Jar is annoying."
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British accent. There are re-purposed photos with captions suggesting that Jar Jar's ocular bulge has something to do with dining on testicles. And a Detroit band called Damn Nation even recorded a song titled "Jar Jar Binks Must Die," which can be downloaded from their page in MP3 format.
While Slashdot readers last week voted "Die, Jar Jar, Die" as the best "Star Wars" movie, easily defeating four actual episodes in the series plus another bogus ringer titled "Attack of the Flaming Ewoks," some fans have hit upon a technological solution for Jar Jar. In the alt.video.dvd newsgroup, the hope lies with recordable DVD disks. As one poster put it: "Just think; We'll be able to take that movie, and edit the bastard right out of the picture!"
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This article is about the media franchise as a whole. For the original 1977 film, see Star Wars (film). For other uses, see Star Wars (disambiguation).
Star Wars
Created by
George Lucas
Original work
Star Wars (1977)[a]
Owned by
Lucasfilm
Print publications
Book(s)
List of reference books
Novel(s)
List of novels
Short stories
See list of novels
Comics
List of comics
Comic strip(s)
See list of comics
Magazine(s)
Star Wars Insider (1987–)
Films and television
Film(s)
* Skywalker saga
(9 films; 1977–2019)
* Star Wars: The Clone Wars
(1 theatrical pilot; 2008)
* Anthology
(2 films; 2016–present)
Full list
Short film(s)
Reflections (2018)
Television series
* The Mandalorian (2019)
* Untitled Cassian Andor series (TBA)
* Untitled Obi-Wan Kenobi series (TBA)
Animated series
List of animated series
Television special(s)
Holiday Special (1978)
Television film(s)
List of TV films
Games
Role-playing
List of RPGs
Video game(s)
* X-Wing
(4 games; 1993-1999)
* Jedi Knight
(4 games; 1995-2003)
* Rogue Squadron
(3 games; 1998-2003)
* Knights of the Old Republic (3 games; 2003-)
* Battlefront
(8 games; 2004-2017)
* Lego Star Wars
(6 games; 2005-2020)
* Other
Full list
Audio
Radio program(s)
List of radio dramas
Original music
Music
Miscellaneous
Toy(s)
Merchandise
Theme park attraction(s)
List of attractions
Star Wars is an American epic space-opera media franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the eponymous 1977 film and quickly became a worldwide pop-culture phenomenon. The franchise has been expanded into various films and other media, including television series, video games, novels, comic books, theme park attractions, and themed areas, comprising an all-encompassing fictional universe. The franchise holds a Guinness World Records title for the "Most successful film merchandising franchise."[2] In 2020, the Star Wars franchise's total value was estimated at US$70 billion, and it is currently the fifth-highest-grossing media franchise of all time.
The original film, retroactively subtitled Episode IV: A New Hope, was followed by the sequels Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983), forming the original Star Wars trilogy. A prequel trilogy was later released, consisting of Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999), Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002), and Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005). In 2012, Lucas sold his production company to Disney, relinquishing his ownership of the franchise. The subsequently produced sequel trilogy consists of Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015), Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (2017), and Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker (2019). Together, the three trilogies form what has been referred to as the "Skywalker saga". All nine films were nominated for Academy Awards (with wins going to the first two released) and were commercially successful. Together with the theatrical spin-off films Rogue One (2016) and Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), the combined box office revenue of the films equates to over US$10 billion,[3] and it is currently the second-highest-grossing film franchise.[4]
Contents
* 1 Premise
o 1.1 Fictional timeline
* 2 Film
o 2.1 Skywalker saga
o 2.2 Anthology films
* 3 Television
o 3.1 Series
o 3.2 Films
* 4 In other media
o 4.1 Print media
o 4.2 Audio
o 4.3 Video games
o 4.4 Theme park attractions
o 4.5 Multimedia projects
o 4.6 Merchandising
* 5 Themes
o 5.1 Historical influences
* 6 Cultural impact
o 6.1 Industry
o 6.2 Academia
* 7 See also
* 8 Notes
* 9 References
o 9.1 Citations
o 9.2 Sources
* 10 Further reading
* 11 External links
Premise
The lightsaber and the blaster are iconic elements of the franchise.
The Star Wars franchise depicts the adventures of characters "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away",[5] in which humans and many species of aliens (often humanoid) co-exist with robots, or 'droids', who may assist them in their daily routines; space travel between planets is common due to lightspeed hyperspace technology.[6][7][8] Spacecraft range from small starfighters, to huge capital ships such as the Star Destroyers, to space stations such as the moon-sized Death Stars. Communication is conducted via two-way audiovisual screens and holographic projections.
A mystical power known as the Force is described in the original film as "an energy field created by all living things ... [that] binds the galaxy together".[9] Through training and meditation, those whom "the Force is strong with" are able to perform various superpowers (such as telekinesis, precognition, telepathy, and manipulation of physical energy).[10] The Force is wielded by two major knighthood orders at conflict with each other: the Jedi, peacekeepers of the Galactic Republic who act on the light side of the Force through non-attachment and arbitration, and the Sith, who use the dark side by manipulating fear and aggression. While Jedi Knights can be numerous, the Dark Lords of the Sith (or 'Darths') are intended to be limited to two: a master and their apprentice.[11]
Force-wielders are very limited in numbers in comparison to the average population. The Jedi and Sith prefer the use of a weapon called a lightsaber, a blade of energy that can cut through virtually any surface and deflect energy bolts. The rest of the population, as well as renegades and soldiers, use laser-powered blaster firearms. In the outer reaches of the galaxy, crime syndicates such as the Hutt cartel are dominant. Bounty hunters are often employed by both gangsters and governments. Illicit activities include smuggling and slavery.
Fictional timeline
The Star Wars canon fictional universe spans multiple eras, including three focused around each of the film trilogies:[12]
* The Age of Republic: The era of the prequel trilogy,[c] in which the democratic Galactic Republic is corrupted by its ruler, Palpatine—secretly the Sith lord Darth Sidious. After orchestrating the Clone Wars between the Republic and a Separatist confederation, Palpatine overthrows the Republic and establishes the totalitarian Galactic Empire.[14][15]
* The Age of Rebellion: The era of the original trilogy,[d] in which the Empire is fought by the Rebel Alliance in a Galactic Civil War that spans several years, climaxing with the death of the Emperor[17] and eventually resulting in the fall of the Empire.[18]
* The Age of Resistance: The era of the sequel trilogy,[e] in which the remnants of the Empire reform as the First Order.[20] Heroes of the former Rebellion, aided by the New Republic, lead the Resistance against the oppressive regime and its rulers, the mysterious being known as Snoke and his puppet master, the revived Palpatine.[21]
The Expanded Universe of spin-off media depicts different levels of continuity, which were deemed non-canonical and rebranded as 'Legends' on April 25, 2014, to make most subsequent works align to the episodic films and The Clone Wars film and television series.[1]
Film
Main article: List of Star Wars films
The Star Wars film series centers around three sets of trilogies, which are collectively referred to as the "Skywalker saga".[22] They were produced non-chronologically, with Episodes IV–VI (the original trilogy) being released between 1977 and 1983, Episodes I–III (the prequel trilogy) being released between 1999 and 2005, and Episodes VII–IX (the sequel trilogy), being released between 2015 and 2019. Each trilogy focuses on a generation of the Force-sensitive Skywalker family. The original trilogy depicts the heroic development of Luke Skywalker, the prequels tell the backstory of his father Anakin, while the sequels star Luke's nephew, Kylo Ren.
An anthology series set between the main episodes entered development in parallel to the production of the sequel trilogy,[23] described by Disney CFO Jay Rasulo as origin stories.[24] The first entry, Rogue One (2016), tells the story of the rebels who steal the Death Star plans directly before Episode IV.[25][26] Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) focuses on Han Solo's backstory, also featuring original trilogy co-protagonists Chewbacca and Lando Calrissian and involving prequel trilogy villain Darth Maul.
Lucasfilm has a number of Star Wars movies in development, including a trilogy which will be written by The Last Jedi writer/director Rian Johnson[27] and be independent from the Skywalker saga.[28] Additionally, a film based on the Knights of the Old Republic video games was reported to be in development with Laeta Kalogridis writing the script.[29] In September 2019, it was announced that Kennedy and Kevin Feige will collaborate to develop a Star Wars film.[30] In January 2020, a film set in the era of The High Republic was announced to be in development.[31] In February 2020, a film was announced to be in development from director J. D. Dillard, and writer Matt Owens.[32] In May 2020, Lucasfilm announced that Taika Waititi had been hired to direct a Star Wars film from a script he is co-writing with Krysty Wilson-Cairns.[33]
Film
U.S. release date
Director
Screenplay by
Story by
Producer(s)
Original trilogy
Episode IV – A New Hope
May 25, 1977
George Lucas
Gary Kurtz
Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
May 21, 1980
Irvin Kershner
Leigh Brackett & Lawrence Kasdan
George Lucas
Episode VI – Return of the Jedi
May 25, 1983
Richard Marquand
Lawrence Kasdan & George Lucas
Howard Kazanjian
Prequel trilogy
Episode I – The Phantom Menace
May 19, 1999
George Lucas
Rick McCallum
Episode II – Attack of the Clones
May 16, 2002
George Lucas
George Lucas & Jonathan Hales
George Lucas
Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
May 19, 2005
George Lucas
Sequel trilogy
Episode VII – The Force Awakens
December 18, 2015
J. J. Abrams
J. J. Abrams & Lawrence Kasdan
and Michael Arndt
Kathleen Kennedy, J. J. Abrams and Bryan Burk
Episode VIII – The Last Jedi
December 15, 2017
Rian Johnson
Kathleen Kennedy and Ram Bergman
Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker
December 20, 2019
J. J. Abrams
Chris Terrio & J. J. Abrams
Derek Connolly & Colin Trevorrow
and Chris Terrio & J. J. Abrams
Kathleen Kennedy, J. J. Abrams and Michelle Rejwan
Anthology films
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
December 16, 2016
Gareth Edwards
Chris Weitz & Tony Gilroy
John Knoll & Gary Whitta
Kathleen Kennedy, Allison Shearmur and Simon Emanuel
Solo: A Star Wars Story
May 25, 2018
Ron Howard
Jonathan Kasdan & Lawrence Kasdan
Skywalker saga
Original trilogy
Main article: Star Wars Trilogy
The original trilogy's main cast includes (from left to right) Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), Harrison Ford (Han Solo), and Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia).
In 1971, George Lucas wanted to film an adaptation of the Flash Gordon serial, but could not obtain the rights, so he began developing his own space opera.[34][f] After directing American Graffiti (1973), he wrote a two-page synopsis, which 20th Century Fox decided to invest in.[35][36][37] By 1974, he had expanded the story into the first draft of a screenplay.[38] The subsequent movie's success led Lucas to make it the basis of an elaborate film serial.[39] With the backstory he created for the sequel, Lucas decided that the series would be a trilogy of trilogies.[40] Most of the main cast would return for the two additional installments of the original trilogy, which were self-financed by Lucasfilm.
Star Wars was released on May 25, 1977, and first subtitled Episode IV: A New Hope in the 1979 book The Art of Star Wars.[41] Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back was released on May 21, 1980, also achieving wide financial and critical success. The final film in the trilogy, Episode VI: Return of the Jedi was released on May 25, 1983. The story of the original trilogy focuses on Luke Skywalker's quest to become a Jedi, his struggle with the evil Imperial agent Darth Vader, and the struggle of the Rebel Alliance to free the galaxy from the clutches of the Galactic Empire.
Prequel trilogy
Main article: Star Wars prequel trilogy
Episode I: The Phantom Menace was released on May 19, 1999, and Episode II: Attack of the Clones on May 16, 2002. Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, the first PG-13 film in the franchise, was released on May 19, 2005.[48] The first two movies were met with mixed reviews, with the third being received somewhat more positively. The trilogy begins 32 years before Episode IV and follows the Jedi training of Anakin Skywalker, Luke's father, and his eventual fall from grace and transformation into the Sith lord Darth Vader, as well as the corruption of the Galactic Republic and rise of the Empire led by Darth Sidious. Together with the original trilogy, Lucas has collectively referred to the first six episodic films of the franchise as "the tragedy of Darth Vader".[49]
Sequel trilogy
Main article: Star Wars sequel trilogy
r to that of Obi-Wan in the original trilogy,[50] Luke's sister (not yet determined to be Leia),[42] Han, Leia,[54] R2-D2 and C-3PO.[40][55] However, after beginning work on the prequel trilogy, Lucas insisted that Star Wars was meant to be a six-part series and that there would be no sequel trilogy.[56][57]
Lucas decided to leave the franchise in the hands of other filmmakers, announcing in January 2012 that he would make no more Star Wars films.[58] In October of that year, The Walt Disney Company agreed to buy Lucasfilm and announced that Episode VII would be released in 2015.[59] The co-chairman of Lucasfilm, Kathleen Kennedy, became president of the company and served as executive producer of new Star Wars feature films.[60] Lucas provided Kennedy his story treatments for the sequels during the 2012 sale,[61] but in 2015 it was revealed Lucas's sequel outline had been discarded.[62][63] The sequel trilogy also meant the end of the existing Star Wars Expanded Universe, which was discarded from canon to give "maximum creative freedom to the filmmakers and also preserve an element of surprise and discovery for the audience."[1]
Episode VII: The Force Awakens was released on December 16, 2015, Episode VIII: The Last Jedi on December 13, 2017, and Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker on December 18, 2019, in many countries.[h] Episode VII was met with both critical and box office success, and Episode VIII, while also meeting critical and financial success, had a mixed reception from audiences.[64] Episode IX received a mixed reception from critics and fans, although audiences leaned more positively.[65] The sequel trilogy starts 30 years after Episode VI and focuses on the journey of the Force-sensitive orphan Rey, guided by Luke Skywalker. Along with ex-stormtrooper Finn and ace X-Wing pilot Poe Dameron, Rey helps the Resistance, led by Leia, fight the First Order, commanded by Han and Leia's son (and Luke's nephew), Kylo Ren.
Anthology films
Lucasfilm and Kennedy have stated that the standalone films would be referred to as the Star Wars anthology series[25] (though the word anthology has not been used in any of the titles, instead carrying the promotional "A Star Wars Story" subtitle). Focused on how the Rebels obtained the Death Star plans introduced in the 1977 film, the first anthology film, Rogue One, was released on December 16, 2016, to favorable reviews and box office success. The second, Solo, centered on a young Han Solo with Chewbacca and Lando as supporting characters, was released on May 25, 2018, to generally favorable reviews and underperformance at the box office. Despite this, more anthology films are expected to be released,[66] following a hiatus after 2019's The Rise of Skywalker.[67]
Television
The Star Wars franchise has been spun off to various television productions, including two animated series released in the mid-1980s. Further animated series began to be released in the 2000s, the first two of which focused on the Clone Wars. After Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm, only the later one remained canon. Three live-action Star Wars series will be released on Disney+. The first, The Mandalorian, premiered on November 12, 2019. Star Wars won the 2020 Webby Award for Television & Film in the category Social.[68]
Series
Main article: List of Star Wars television series
Series
Season
Episodes
Originally aired / released
Network
Showrunner(s)
Status
First
Last
Animated series
Droids
1
13
September 7, 1985
November 30, 1985
ABC
Miki Herman & Peter Sauder[citation needed]
Released
Special
June 7, 1986
Ewoks
1
13
September 7, 1985
November 30, 1985
ABC
Miki Herman & Peter Sauder[citation needed]
Released
2
22
September 13, 1986
December 13, 1986
The Clone Wars
Film
August 15, 2008
Theatrical release
Dave Filoni[69]
Released
1
22
October 3, 2008
March 20, 2009
Cartoon Network
2
22
October 2, 2009
April 30, 2010
3
22
September 17, 2010
April 1, 2011
4
22
September 16, 2011
March 16, 2012
5
20
September 29, 2012
March 2, 2013
6
13
February 15, 2014
March 7, 2014
Netflix
7
12
February 21, 2020
May 4, 2020
Disney+
Rebels
Shorts
4
August 11, 2014
September 1, 2014
Disney XD
Dave Filoni[69]
Released
1
15
October 3, 2014
March 2, 2015
2
22
June 20, 2015
March 30, 2016
3
22
September 24, 2016
March 25, 2017
Justin Ridge[69]
4
16
October 16, 2017
March 5, 2018
Dave Filoni
Resistance
Shorts
12
December 10, 2018
December 31, 2018
Disney Channel
Justin Ridge[70]
Released
1
21
October 7, 2018
March 17, 2019
2
19
October 6, 2019
January 26, 2020
The Bad Batch
1
TBA
2021[71]
TBA
Disney+
Jennifer Corbett[71]
In development
Animated micro-series
Clone Wars
1
10
November 7, 2003
November 20, 2003
Cartoon Network
Genndy Tartakovsky[72][73]
Released
2
10
March 26, 2004
April 8, 2004
3
5
March 21, 2005
March 25, 2005
Blips
1
8
May 3, 2017
September 4, 2017
YouTube
TBA
Released
Forces of Destiny
1
16
July 3, 2017
November 1, 2017
YouTube
Carrie Beck and Dave Filoni[74]
Released
2
16
March 19, 2018
May 25, 2018
Galaxy of Adventures
1
36
November 30, 2018
July 13, 2019
YouTube
Josh Rimes[75]
Released
2
TBA
March 13, 2020
TBA
Streaming
Roll Out
1
TBA
August 9, 2019
TBA
YouTube
Hideo Itoyanagi[76]
Streaming
Live-action series
The Mandalorian
1
8
November 12, 2019
December 27, 2019
Disney+
Jon Favreau[77]
Released
2
TBA
October 2020[78]
TBA
Awaiting release[79]
3
TBA
TBA
TBA
Pre-production[80]
Untitled Cassian Andor series
1
TBA
2021[81]
TBA
Disney+
Tony Gilroy[82]
Pre-production[83]
Untitled Obi-Wan Kenobi series
1
6[84]
2022[85]
TBA
Disney+
Joby Harold
In development
Untitled female-centric series
1
TBA
TBA
TBA
Disney+
Leslye Headland[86]
In development
Game shows
Jedi Temple Challenge
1
10
June 10, 2020[87][88]
TBA
Disney.com
YouTube
TBA
Airing[87][88]
Films
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Film
U.S. release date
Director(s)
Screenplay by
Story by
Producer(s)
Network
Star Wars Holiday Special
November 17, 1978
Steve Binder
Pat Proft, Leonard Ripps, Bruce Vilanch, Rod Warren, and Mitzie Welch
Joe Layton, Jeff Starsh, Ken Welch, and Mitzie Welch
CBS
The Ewok Adventure
November 25, 1984
John Korty
Bob Carrau
George Lucas
Thomas G. Smith and Patricia Rose Duignan
ABC
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
November 24, 1985
Jim Wheat and Ken Wheat
Thomas G. Smith and Ian Bryce
In other media
Main article: Star Wars expanded to other media
From 1976 to 2014, the term Expanded Universe (EU) was an umbrella term for all officially licensed Star Wars storytelling material set outside the events depicted within the theatrical films, including novels, comics, and video games.[89] Lucasfilm maintained internal continuity between the films and television content and the EU material until April 25, 2014, when the company announced all of the EU works would cease production. Existing works would no longer be considered canon to the franchise and subsequent reprints would be rebranded under the Star Wars Legends label,[89] with downloadable content for the massively multiplayer online game The Old Republic the only Legends material to still be produced. The Star Wars canon was subsequently restructured to only include the existing six feature films, the animated film The Clone Wars (2008), and its companion animated series. All future projects and creative developments across all types of media would be overseen and coordinated by the story group, announced as a division of Lucasfilm created to maintain continuity and a cohesive vision on the storytelling of the franchise.[1] Multiple comics series from Marvel and novels published by Del Rey were produced after the announcement.
Print media
Star Wars in print predates the release of the first film, with the December 1976 novelization of Star Wars, initially subtitled "From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker". Credited to Lucas, it was ghostwritten by Alan Dean Foster.[90] The first "Expanded Universe" story appeared in Marvel Comics' Star Wars #7 in January 1978 (the first six issues being an adaptation of the film), followed by Foster's sequel novel Splinter of the Mind's Eye the following month.
Novels
Further information: List of Star Wars books
Timothy Zahn authored the Thrawn trilogy, which was widely credited with revitalizing the dormant Star Wars franchise.
After penning the novelization of the original film, Foster followed it with the sequel Splinter of the Mind's Eye (1978). The novelizations of The Empire Strikes Back (1980) by Donald F. Glut and Return of the Jedi (1983) by James Kahn followed, as well as The Han Solo Adventures trilogy (1979–1980) by Brian Daley,[91] and The Adventures of Lando Calrissian trilogy (1983) by L. Neil Smith.[92][93]
Timothy Zahn's bestselling Thrawn trilogy (1991–1993) reignited interest in the franchise and introduced the popular characters Grand Admiral Thrawn, Mara Jade, Talon Karrde, and Gilad Pellaeon.[94][95][96][97] The first novel, Heir to the Empire, reached #1 on the New York Times Best Seller list,[98] and the series finds Luke, Leia, and Han facing off against tactical genius Thrawn, who is plotting to retake the galaxy for the Empire.[99] In The Courtship of Princess Leia (1994) by Dave Wolverton, set immediately before the Thrawn trilogy, Leia considers an advantageous political marriage to Prince Isolder of the planet Hapes, but she and Han ultimately marry.[100][101] Steve Perry's Shadows of the Empire (1996), set between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, was part of a multimedia campaign that included a comic book series and video game.[102][103] The novel introduced the crime lord Prince Xizor, another popular character who would appear in multiple other works.[102][104] Other notable series from Bantam include the Jedi Academy trilogy (1994) by Kevin J. Anderson,[105][106] the 14-book Young Jedi Knights series (1995–1998) by Anderson and Rebecca Moesta,[106][107] and the X-wing series (1996–2012) by Michael A. Stackpole and Aaron Allston.[108][109][110]
Del Rey took over Star Wars book publishing in 1999, releasing what would become a 19-installment novel series called The New Jedi Order (1999–2003). Written by multiple authors, the series was set 25 to 30 years after the original films and introduced the Yuuzhan Vong, a powerful alien race attempting to invade and conquer the entire galaxy.[111][112] The bestselling multi-author series Legacy of the Force (2006–2008) chronicles the crossover of Han and Leia's son Jacen Solo to the dark side of the Force; among his evil deeds, he kills Luke's wife Mara Jade as a sacrifice to join the Sith. Although no longer canon, the story is paralleled in The Force Awakens with Han and Leia's son Ben Solo, who has become the dark Kylo Ren.[113][114][115][116]
Three series set in the prequel era were introduced 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 The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones; and the 10-book The Last of the Jedi (2005–2008), set almost immediately after Revenge of the Sith, features Obi-Wan and the last few surviving Jedi.
Although Thrawn had been designated a Legends character in 2014, he was reintroduced into the canon in the 2016 third season of Rebels, with Zahn returning to write more novels based in the character, and set in the new canon.[117][118]
Comics
Main articles: Star Wars comics and List of Star Wars comic books
Marvel Comics published a Star Wars comic book series from 1977 to 1986.[119][120][121][122] Original Star Wars comics were serialized in the Marvel magazine Pizzazz between 1977 and 1979. The 1977 installments were the first original Star Wars stories not directly adapted from the films to appear in print form, as they preceded those of the Star Wars comic series.[123] From 1985–1987, the animated children's series Ewoks and Droids inspired comic series from Marvel's Star Comics line.[124][125][126] According to Marvel comics former Editor-In-Chief Jim Shooter, the strong sales of Star Wars comics saved Marvel financially in 1977 and 1978.[127] Marvel's Star Wars series was one of the industry's top selling titles in 1979 and 1980.[128] The only downside for Marvel was that the 100,000 copy sales quota was surpassed quickly, allowing Lippincott to renegotiate the royalty arrangements from a position of strength.[129]
In the late 1980s, Marvel dropped a new Star Wars comic it had in development, which was picked up by Dark Horse Comics and published as the popular Dark Empire series (1991–1995).[130] Dark Horse subsequently launched dozens of series set after the original film trilogy, including Tales of the Jedi (1993–1998), X-wing Rogue Squadron (1995–1998), Star Wars: Republic (1998–2006), Star Wars Tales (1999–2005), Star Wars: Empire (2002–2006), and Knights of the Old Republic (2006–2010).[131][132]
After Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm, it was announced in January 2014 that in 2015 the Star Wars comics license would return to Marvel Comics,[133] whose parent company, Marvel Entertainment, Disney had purchased in 2009.[134] Launched in 2015, the first three publications were titled Star Wars, Darth Vader, and the limited series Princess Leia.[135][136][137]
First announced as Project Luminous at Star Wars Celebration in April 2019, full details of a publishing initiative called Star Wars: The High Republic were revealed in a press conference in February 2020. Involving the majority of the current officially licensed publishers, a new era set 200 years before the Skywalker Saga will be explored in various books and comics. These include ongoing titles by Marvel and IDW Publishing, written by Cavan Scott and Daniel Josй Older respectively, that will both premiere in August 2020.[138]
Audio
Soundtracks and singles
Further information: Music of Star Wars
John Williams composed the soundtracks for the nine episodic films; he has stated that he will retire from the franchise with The Rise of Skywalker.[139] He also composed Han Solo's theme for Solo: A Star Wars Story, which John Powell adapted and composed the rest of the score of.[140] Michael Giacchino composed the score of Rogue One.[140] Williams also created the main theme for Galaxy's Edge.
Audio novels
Further information: The Story of Star Wars and List of Star Wars books
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. More recently, audio-only novels have been released, not directly based on printed media.[citation needed]
Radio
Further information: Star Wars (radio)
Radio adaptations of the films were also produced. Lucas, a fan of the NPR-affiliated campus radio station of his alma mater the University of Southern California, licensed the Star Wars radio rights to KUSC-FM for US$1. The production used John Williams's original film score, along with Ben Burtt's sound effects.[141][142]
The first was written by science-fiction author Brian Daley and directed by John Madden. It was broadcast on National Public Radio in 1981, adapting the original 1977 film into 13 episodes.[143][141][142] Mark Hamill and Anthony Daniels reprised their film roles.[143][141]
The overwhelming success, led to a 10-episode adaptation of The Empire Strikes Back debuted in 1983.[144] Billy Dee Williams joined the other two stars, reprising his role as Lando Calrissian.[145]
In 1983, Buena Vista Records released an original, 30-minute Star Wars audio drama titled Rebel Mission to Ord Mantell, written by Daley.[142][146] In the 1990s, Time Warner Audio Publishing adapted several Star Wars series from Dark Horse Comics into audio dramas: the three-part Dark Empire saga, Tales of the Jedi, Dark Lords of the Sith, the Dark Forces trilogy, and Crimson Empire (1998).[146] Return of the Jedi was adapted into 6-episodes in 1996, featuring Daniels.[141][146]
Video games
Further information: Star Wars video games and List of Star Wars video games
The Star Wars franchise has spawned over one hundred[147] computer, video, and board games, dating back to some of the earliest home consoles. Some are based directly on the movie material, while others rely heavily on the non-canonical Expanded Universe (rebranded as Star Wars Legends and removed from the canon in 2014). Star Wars games have gone through three significant development eras, marked by a change in leadership among the developers: the early licensed games, those developed after the creation of LucasArts, and those created after the closure of the Lucasfilm division by Disney and the transfer of the license to Electronic Arts.
Early licensed games (1979–1993)
The first era began with the first officially licensed electronic Star Wars game: Kenner's 1979 table-top Star Wars Electronic Battle Command.[148][149] In 1982, Parker Brothers published the first Star Wars video game for the Atari 2600, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back,[150] followed soon the year later by Star Wars: Jedi Arena, the first video game to depict lightsaber combat. They were followed in 1983 by Atari's rail shooter arcade game Star Wars, with vector graphics to replicate the Death Star trench run scene from the 1977 film.[151] The next game, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1984), has more traditional raster graphics,[152] while the following Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1985) has vector graphics.[153]
Nintendo's Star Wars in 1987, a different Star Wars in 1991 and Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back in 1992 are platform games for the Nintendo Entertainment System, but the first one never saw release outside Japan. Super Star Wars in 1992 is a platform game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, with two sequels over the next two years.
LucasArts and modern self-published games (1993–2014)
Main article: LucasArts
EA Star Wars (2014–present)
After its acquisition by Disney, LucasArts ceased being a developer and video game rights were reassigned to Electronic Arts, marking the start of the third era. Games made during this era are considered canonical, and feature more influence from the Star Wars filmmakers. Disney partnered with Lenovo to create the augmented reality video game Jedi Challenges, released in November 2017.[168][169] In August 2018, it was announced that Zynga would publish free-to-play Star Wars mobile games.[170] The Battlefront games received a canonical reboot in 2017. Jedi: Fallen Order was released in November 2019.
Theme park attractions
Main article: List of Star Wars theme parks attractions
In addition to the Disneyland ride Star Tours (1987) and its successor, Star Tours: The Adventures Continue (2011), many live attractions have been held at Disney parks, including the travelling exhibition Where Science Meets Imagination, the Space Mountain spin-off Hyperspace Mountain, a walkthrough Launch Bay, and the night-time A Galactic Spectacular. An immersive themed area called Galaxy's Edge (2019) opened at Disneyland and opened at Walt Disney World in mid-2019.[171] A themed hotel, Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser, is currently under construction at Walt Disney World.[172]
Title
Park(s)
Opening date
Closing date
Status
Star Tours
Disneyland
January 9, 1987
July 27, 2010
Closed
Tokyo Disneyland
July 12, 1989
April 2, 2012
Disney's Hollywood Studios
December 15, 1989
September 7, 2010
Disneyland Paris
April 12, 1992
March 16, 2016
Star Wars Weekends
Disney's Hollywood Studios
1997
2015
Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination
Multiple locations
October 19, 2005
March 23, 2014
Jedi Training Academy
Disneyland
July 1, 2006
November 15, 2015
Disney's Hollywood Studios
October 9, 2007
October 5, 2015
Star Tours: The Adventures Continue
Disney's Hollywood Studios
May 20, 2011
N/A
Operating
Disneyland
June 3, 2011
Tokyo Disneyland
May 7, 2013
Disneyland Paris
March 26, 2017
Star Wars: Hyperspace Mountain
Disneyland
November 14, 2015
May 31, 2017
Closed
Hong Kong Disneyland
June 11, 2016
N/A
Operating
Disneyland Paris
May 7, 2017
Star Wars Launch Bay
Disneyland
November 16, 2015
Disney's Hollywood Studios
December 4, 2015
Shanghai Disneyland Park
June 16, 2016
Jedi Training: Trials of the Temple
Disney's Hollywood Studios
December 1, 2015
Disneyland
December 8, 2015
Disneyland Paris
July 11, 2015
Hong Kong Disneyland
June 25, 2016
Star Wars: A Galactic Spectacular
Disney's Hollywood Studios
June 17, 2016
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge
Disneyland
May 31, 2019
Disney's Hollywood Studios
August 29, 2019
Star Wars: Millennium Falcon - Smugglers Run
Disneyland
May 31, 2019
Disney's Hollywood Studios
August 29, 2019
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance
Disney's Hollywood Studios
December 5, 2019
Disneyland
January 17, 2020
Multimedia projects
A multimedia project involves works released across multiple types of media. Shadows of the Empire (1996) was a multimedia project set between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi that included a novel by Steve Perry, a comic book series, a video game, and action figures.[102][103] The Force Unleashed (2008–2010) was a similar project set between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope that included a novel, a 2008 video game and its 2010 sequel, a graphic novel, a role-playing game supplement, and toys.[173][174]
Merchandising
Main articles: Kenner Star Wars action figures, List of Kenner Star Wars action figures, Star Wars: The Vintage Collection, Lego Star Wars, Star Wars trading card, and Star Wars role-playing games
George Lucas made much of his fortune by retaining his rights to the franchise's merchandising.
The success of the Star Wars films led the franchise to become one of the most merchandised franchises in the world. While filming the original 1977 film, George Lucas decided to take a $500,000 pay cut to his salary as director in exchange for full ownership of the franchise's merchandising rights. By 1987, the first three films have made US$2.6 billion in merchandising revenue.[175] By 2012, the first six films produced approximately US$20 billion in merchandising revenue.[176]
Kenner made the first Star Wars action figures to coincide with the release of the film, and today the original figures are highly valuable. Since the 1990s, Hasbro holds the rights to create action figures based on the saga. Pez dispensers began to be produced in 1997.[177] Star Wars was the first intellectual property to be licensed in Lego history.[178] Lego has produced animated parody short films and mini-series to promote their Star Wars sets.[179] The Lego Star Wars video games are critically acclaimed bestsellers.[180][181]
In 1977, the board game Star Wars: Escape from the Death Star was released,[182] not to be confused with the board game with the same name published in 1990.[183] A Star Wars Monopoly and themed versions of Trivial Pursuit and Battleship were released in 1997, with updated versions released in subsequent years. The board game Risk has been adapted in two editions by Hasbro: The Clone Wars Edition (2005)[184] and the Original Trilogy Edition (2006).[185] Three Star Wars tabletop role-playing games have been developed: a version by West End Games in the 1980s and 1990s, one by Wizards of the Coast in the 2000s, and one by Fantasy Flight Games in the 2010s.
Star Wars Trading Cards have been published since the first "blue" series, by Topps, in 1977.[186] Dozens of series have been produced, with Topps being the licensed creator in the United States. Each card series are of film stills or original art. Many of the cards have become highly collectible with some very rare "promos", such as the 1993 Galaxy Series II "floating Yoda" P3 card often commanding US$1,000 or more. While most "base" or "common card" sets are plentiful, many "insert" or "chase cards" are very rare.[187] From 1995 until 2001, Decipher, Inc. had the license for, created, and produced the Star Wars Customizable Card Game.
Themes
See also: Star Wars sources and analogues
Star Wars features elements such as knighthood, chivalry, and Jungian archetypes such as "the shadow".[188] There are also many references to Christianity, such as in the appearance of Darth Maul, whose design draws heavily from traditional depictions of the devil.[189] Anakin was conceived of a virgin birth, and is assumed to be the "Chosen One", a messianic individual. However, unlike Jesus, Anakin falls from grace, remaining evil as Darth Vader until Return of the Jedi. According to Adam Driver, sequel trilogy villain Kylo Ren, who idolizes Vader, believes he is "doing what he thinks is right".[190] George Lucas has said that the theme of the saga is redemption.[191]
The saga draws heavily from the hero's journey, an archetypical template developed by comparative mythologist Joseph Campbell.[189] Each character—primarily Anakin, Luke, and Rey—follows the steps of the cycle or undergoes its reversal, becoming the villain.[192] A defining step of the journey is "Atonement with the Father".[193] Obi-Wan's loss of a father figure could have impacted his relationship with Anakin,[194] whom both Obi-Wan and Palpatine are fatherlike mentors to.[195] Luke's discovery that Vader is his father has strong repurcussions on the saga and is regarded as one of the most influential plot twists in cinema.[196] Supreme Leader Snoke encourages Kylo Ren to kill his father, Han Solo.[190] Kylo uses the fact that Rey is an orphan to tempt her into joining the dark side.[197] According to Inverse, the final scene in The Last Jedi, which depicts servant children playing with a toy of Luke and one boy using the Force, symbolizes that "the Force can be found in people with humble beginnings."[198]
Historical influences
Political science has been an important element of Star Wars since the franchise launched in 1977, focusing on a struggle between democracy and dictatorship. Battles featuring the Ewoks and Gungans against the Empire and Trade Federation, respectively, represent the clash between a primitive society and a more advanced one, similar to the Vietnam-American War.[199][200] Darth Vader's design was initially inspired by Samurai armor, and also incorporated a German military helmet.[201][202] Originally, Lucas conceived of the Sith as a group that served the Emperor in the same way that the Schutzstaffel served Adolf Hitler; this was condensed into one character in the form of Vader.[203] Stormtroopers borrow the name of World War I German "shock" troopers. Imperial officers wear uniforms resembling those of German forces during World War II,[204] and political and security officers resemble the black-clad SS down to the stylized silver death's head on their caps. World War II terms were used for names in the films; e.g. the planets Kessel (a term that refers to a group of encircled forces) and Hoth (after a German general who served on the snow-laden Eastern Front).[205] Shots of the commanders looking through AT-AT walker viewscreens in The Empire Strikes Back resemble tank interiors,[206] and space battles in the original film were based on World War I and World War II dogfights.[207]
Palpatine being a chancellor before becoming the Emperor in the prequel trilogy alludes to Hitler's role before appointing himself Fьhrer.[204] Lucas has also drawn parallels to historical dictators such as Julius Caesar, Napoleon Bonaparte, and politicians like Richard Nixon.[208][209] The Great Jedi Purge mirrors the events of the Night of the Long Knives.[211] The corruption of the Galactic Republic is modeled after the fall of the democratic Roman Republic and the formation of an empire.[212][213]
On the inspiration for the First Order formed "from the ashes of the Empire", The Force Awakens director J. J. Abrams spoke of conversations the writers had about how the Nazis could have escaped to Argentina after WWII and "started working together again."[20]
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The aerial warfare of WWII inspired the space fights
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The flag and symbolism of the Empire resembles those of the Nazis
Cultural impact
Main article: Cultural impact of Star Wars
The Star Wars saga has had a significant impact on popular culture,[214] with references to its fictional universe deeply embedded in everyday life.[215] Phrases like "evil empire" and "May the Force be with you" have become part of the popular lexicon.[216] The first Star Wars film in 1977 was a cultural unifier,[217] enjoyed by a wide spectrum of people.[218] The film can be said to have helped launch the science-fiction boom of the late 1970s and early 1980s, making science-fiction films a mainstream genre.[219] The widespread impact made it a prime target for parody works and homages, with popular examples including Hardware Wars, Spaceballs, The Family Guy Trilogy and Robot Chicken: Star Wars.
In 1989, the Library of Congress selected the original Star Wars film for preservation in the U.S. National Film Registry, as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."[220] The Empire Strikes Back, was selected in 2010.[221][222] 35mm reels of the 1997 Special Editions were the versions initially presented for preservation because of the difficulty of transferring from the original prints,[223][224] but it was later revealed that the Library possesses a copyright deposit print of the original theatrical releases.[225]
Industry
The original Star Wars film was a huge success for 20th Century Fox, and was credited for reinvigorating the company. Within three weeks of the film's release, the studio's stock price doubled to a record high. Prior to 1977, 20th Century Fox's greatest annual profits were $37 million, while in 1977, the company broke that record by posting a profit of $79 million.[207] The franchise helped Fox to change from an almost bankrupt production company to a thriving media conglomerate.[226]
Star Wars fundamentally changed the aesthetics and narratives of Hollywood films, switching the focus of Hollywood-made films from deep, meaningful stories based on dramatic conflict, themes and irony to sprawling special-effects-laden blockbusters, as well as changing the Hollywood film industry in fundamental ways. Before Star Wars, special effects in films had not appreciably advanced since the 1950s.[227] The commercial success of Star Wars created a boom in state-of-the-art special effects in the late 1970s.[226] Along with Jaws, Star Wars started the tradition of the summer blockbuster film in the entertainment industry, where films open on many screens at the same time and profitable franchises are important.[228][218] It created the model for the major film trilogy and showed that merchandising rights on a film could generate more money than the film itself did.[217]
Film critic Roger Ebert wrote in his book The Great Movies, "Like The Birth of a Nation and Citizen Kane, Star Wars was a technical watershed that influenced many of the movies that came after." It began a new generation of special effects and high-energy motion pictures. The film was one of the first films to link genres together to invent a new, high-concept genre for filmmakers to build upon.[229] Finally, along with Steven Spielberg's Jaws, it shifted the film industry's focus away from personal filmmaking of the 1970s and towards fast-paced, big-budget blockbusters for younger audiences.[207][230][231]
Some critics have blamed Star Wars and Jaws for "ruining" Hollywood by shifting its focus from "sophisticated" films such as The Godfather, Taxi Driver, and Annie Hall to films about spectacle and juvenile fantasy, and for the industry shift from stand-alone, one and done films, towards blockbuster franchises with multiple sequels and prequels.[232] One such critic, Peter Biskind, complained, "When all was said and done, Lucas and Spielberg returned the 1970s audience, grown sophisticated on a diet of European and New Hollywood films, to the simplicities of the pre-1960s Golden Age of movies... They marched backward through the looking-glass."[232][233] In an opposing view, Tom Shone wrote that through Star Wars and Jaws, Lucas and Spielberg "didn't betray cinema at all: they plugged it back into the grid, returning the medium to its roots as a carnival sideshow, a magic act, one big special effect", which was "a kind of rebirth".[231]
The original Star Wars trilogy is widely considered one of the best film trilogies in history.[234] Numerous filmmakers have been influenced by Star Wars, including Damon Lindelof, Dean Devlin, Roland Emmerich, John Lasseter,[235] David Fincher, Joss Whedon, John Singleton, Kevin Smith,[229] and later Star Wars directors J. J. Abrams and Gareth Edwards.[236] Lucas's concept of a "used universe" particularly influenced Ridley Scott's Blade Runner (1982) and Alien (1979), James Cameron's Aliens (1986) as well as The Terminator (1984), George Miller's Mad Max 2 (1981), and Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–2003).[229] Christopher Nolan cited Star Wars as an influence when making the 2010 blockbuster film Inception.[237]
Fan works
Main article: Star Wars fan films
The Star Wars saga has inspired many fans to create their own non-canon material set in the Star Wars galaxy. In recent years, this has ranged from writing fan fiction to creating fan films. In 2002, Lucasfilm sponsored the first annual Official Star Wars Fan Film Awards, officially recognizing filmmakers and the genre. Because of concerns over potential copyright and trademark issues, however, the contest was initially open only to parodies, mockumentaries, and documentaries. Fan fiction films set in the Star Wars universe were originally ineligible, but in 2007, Lucasfilm changed the submission standards to allow in-universe fiction entries.[238] Lucasfilm has allowed but not endorsed the creation of fan fiction, as long as it does not attempt to make a profit.[239]
Academia
As the characters and the storyline of the original trilogy are so well known, educators have used the films in the classroom as a learning resource. For example, a project in Western Australia honed elementary school students storytelling skills by role-playing action scenes from the movies and later creating props and audio/visual scenery to enhance their performance.[240] Others have used the films to encourage second-level students to integrate technology in the science classroom by making prototype lightsabers.[241] Similarly, psychiatrists in New Zealand and the US have advocated their use in the university classroom to explain different types of psychopathology.[242][243]
See also
* Speculative fiction portal
* Film portal
* Science fiction portal
* Architecture of Star Wars
* 501st Legion
* Jedi census phenomenon
* Jediism
* List of space science fiction franchises
* List of Star Wars creatures
* Music of Star Wars
* Physics and Star Wars
* Star Wars Celebration
* Star Wars Day
* Star Wars documentaries
* Star Wars: The High Republic
* The Story of Star Wars
* Technology in Star Wars
* Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki
Notes
1.
* The film's release was preceded by its novelization in November 1976.
* * Most existing spin-off media was made non-canon and rebranded as 'Legends' in April 2014.[1]
* * The prequels feature a relatively sleek and new design aesthetic in comparison to the original trilogy.[13]
* * The original trilogy depicts the galaxy as dirty and grimy in George Lucas's depiction of a "used universe".[16]
* * The sequel trilogy made a return to what J. J. Abrams called "the wonderful preposterousness" of practical effects that were used to create the original trilogy.[19]
* * Lucas started by researching the inspiration behind Alex Raymond's Flash Gordon comic, leading him to the works of author Edgar Rice Burroughs—the John Carter of Mars series in particular.[34]
* * Played by Jake Lloyd as a child in Episode I
* * Each film was released two days later in the U.S.
9. * In his early drafts, Lucas used the plot point of a dictator staying in power with the support of the military. In his comment (made in the prequel trilogy era) Lucas attributed this to Nixon's supposed intention to defy the 22nd Amendment,[210] but the president was actually impeached and never ran for a third term.
References
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* * "Star Wars – Box Office History". The Numbers. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
* * "Mark Hamill talks Star Wars 7, 8 and 9!". MovieWeb. September 10, 2004. Retrieved October 18, 2008.
* * "George Lucas' Galactic Empire". TIME. March 6, 1978. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
* * Kerry O'Quinn. "The George Lucas Saga Chapter 3: 'The Revenge of the Box Office'". Starlog #50, September 1981.
* * Gerald Clarke. "The Empire Strikes Back!". Time, May 19, 1980. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
* * Warren, Bill. "Maker of Myths". Starlog. No. #237, April 1997.
* * Kerry O'Quinn. "The George Lucas Saga Chapter 1: 'A New View'", Starlog #48, July 1981.
* * Lucas, George (1997). Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. Del Rey. p. i.
* * "George Lucas talks on Star Wars sequels 7, 8 & 9". Killer Movies. September 13, 2004. Retrieved October 18, 2008.
* * "George Lucas Done With 'Star Wars' Fanboys, Talks 'Red Tails'". The Huffington Post. January 17, 2012. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
* * Nakashima, Ryan (October 30, 2012). "Disney to make new 'Star Wars' films, buy Lucas co". Yahoo!. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
* * Block, Alex (October 30, 2012). "Disney to Buy Lucasfilm for Billion; New 'Star Wars' Movie Set for 2015". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
* * "George Lucas & Kathleen Kennedy Discuss Disney and the Future of Star Wars". YouTube.com. Lucasfilm. October 30, 2012. Retrieved March 28, 2019. I have story treatments of VII, VIII, and IX ... and I have complete confidence that [Kathy]'s going to take them and make great movies.
* * Breznican, Anthony (November 20, 2015). "George Lucas on 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens': 'They weren't keen to have me involved'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 28, 2019. [T]hey looked at the stories and they said, 'We want to make something for the fans' ... So I said, 'All I want to do is tell a story of what happened'.
* * Sciretta, Peter. "Interview: J.J. Abrams Talks About Abandoning George Lucas' Treatments and Lessons of the Star Wars Prequels". Slashfilm. Retrieved March 28, 2019. I came on board, and Disney had already decided they didn't want to go that direction. So the mandate was to start from scratch.
* * For a sampling of the reviews, read the following:
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* Griffin, Michael (September 11, 2013). "Good Things Come In Threes: Great Movie Trilogies". Hollywood.com. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
* Ellwood, Gregory; Eggersten, Chris; Fienberg, Dan; McWeeny, Drew; Lewis, Dave (April 25, 2013). "10 of the best movie trilogies of all-time | 1. Star Wars Episodes IV – VI". HitFix. Archived from the original on May 21, 2014. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
* * Pond, Steve (February 21, 2014). "Why Disney Fired John Lasseter – And How He Came Back to Heal the Studio". TheWrap. The Wrap News Inc. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
* * Hopkins, Jessica (February 27, 2011). "The film that changed my life: Gareth Edwards". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
* * "Christopher Nolan's Star Wars Inspiration". ContactMusic.com. July 16, 2010. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
* * "Filmmaker Kevin Smith Hosts 'The Official Star Wars Fan Film Awards' on SCI FI Channel; George Lucas to Present Special Honor". Business Wire. April 23, 2002. Retrieved March 28, 2008.
* * Knapton, Sarah (April 7, 2008). "Court to rule in Star Wars costume battle". The Guardian. UK. Retrieved April 15, 2008.
* * Hesterman, Sandra (December 1, 2011). "Multiliterate Star Warians : the force of popular culture and ICT in early learning". Australasian Journal of Early Childhood. 36 (4): 86–95. doi:10.1177/183693911103600412. ISSN 1836-9391.
* * Thompson, Stephanie (November 1, 2006). "The science of Star Wars: Integrating technology and the Benchmarks for Science Literacy". Science Scope. Washington, D.C.: 55. ISSN 0887-2376.
* * Friedman, Susan Hatters; Hall, Ryan C. W. (December 1, 2015). "Teaching Psychopathology in a Galaxy Far, Far Away: The Light Side of the Force". Academic Psychiatry. 39 (6): 719–725. doi:10.1007/s40596-015-0340-y. ISSN 1042-9670. PMID 25933645.
243. * Hall, Ryan C. W.; Friedman, Susan Hatters (December 1, 2015). "Psychopathology in a Galaxy Far, Far Away: the Use of Star Wars' Dark Side in Teaching". Academic Psychiatry. 39 (6): 726–732. doi:10.1007/s40596-015-0337-6. ISSN 1042-9670. PMID 25943902.
Sources
* Arnold, Alan (1980). Once Upon a Galaxy: A Journal of the Making of The Empire Strikes Back. Ballantine Books. ISBN 978-0-345-29075-5.
* Bouzereau, Laurent (1997). The Annotated Screenplays. Del Rey. ISBN 978-0-345-40981-2.
* Kaminski, Michael (2008) [2007]. The Secret History of Star Wars. Legacy Books Press. ISBN 978-0-9784652-3-0.
* Rinzler, Jonathan W. (2005). The Making of Star Wars, Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. Del Rey. ISBN 978-0-345-43139-4.
* ——— (2007). The Making of Star Wars: The Definitive Story Behind the Original Film (Star Wars). Del Rey. ISBN 978-0-345-49476-4.
Further reading
* Decker, Kevin S. (2005). Star Wars and Philosophy. Open Court. ISBN 978-0-8126-9583-0.
* Campbell, Joseph (1991). The Power of Myth. Anchor. ISBN 978-0-385-41886-7.
* Henderson, Mary (1997). Star Wars: The Magic of Myth. Bantam. ISBN 978-0-553-10206-2.
* Cavlelos, Jeanne (1999). The Science of Star Wars. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0-312-20958-2.
* Nancy R. Reagin, Janice Liedl, ed. (2012). Star Wars and History. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-470-60200-3.
* Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination. National Geographic & Boston Museum of Science. October 2005. ISBN 978-0-7922-6200-8.
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