Star Wars
Star Wars (retroactively 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 20th Century-Fox. It was the first film released in the Star Wars film series and the fourth chronological chapter of the "Skywalker Saga". Set "a long time ago" in a fictional universe where the galaxy is ruled by the tyrannical Galactic Empire, the story focuses on a group of freedom fighters known as the Rebel Alliance, who aim to destroy the Empire's newest weapon, the Death Star. When Rebel leader Princess Leia is apprehended by the Empire, Luke Skywalker acquires stolen architectural plans of the Death Star and sets out to rescue her while learning the ways of a metaphysical power known as "the Force" from Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi. The cast includes Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing, Alec Guinness, David Prowse, James Earl Jones, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, and Peter Mayhew.
Plot
Amid a galactic civil war, Rebel Alliance spies have stolen plans to the tyrannical Galactic Empire's Death Star, a massive space station capable of destroying entire planets. Imperial Senator Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan, secretly one of the Rebellion's leaders, has obtained its schematics, but her ship is intercepted by an Imperial Star Destroyer under the command of the ruthless Darth Vader. Before she is captured, Leia hides the plans in the memory system of astromech droid , who flees in an escape pod to the nearby desert planet Tatooine alongside his companion, protocol droid .
Awards
Cast
- Alec Guinness
- Alex McCrindle
- Angus MacInnes
- Anthony Daniels
- Carrie Fisher
- David Prowse
- Denis Lawson
- Eddie Byrne
- Garrick Hagon
- Harrison Ford
- Jack Purvis
- James Earl Jones
- Joe Johnston
- Kenny Baker
- Mark Hamill
- Peter Cushing
- Peter Mayhew
- Phil Brown
- Phil Tippett
- Richard LeParmentier
- Robert Clarke
- Shane Rimmer
- Shelagh Fraser
- William Hootkins