Star Wars 1977

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 121 min

genre: saga

theme: space opera

director: George Lucas

Score: 9 / 10

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 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 galaxy ruled by the tyrannical Galactic Empire, the story follows a group of freedom fighters known as the Rebel Alliance, who aim to destroy the Empire's newest weapon, the Death Star. When the Rebel leader Princess Leia is abducted 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 the Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi. The cast includes Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing, Alec Guinness, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, David Prowse, and James Earl Jones.

Plot

Amid a galactic civil war, Rebel Alliance spies have stolen plans to the Death Star, a colossal space station built by the tyrannical Galactic Empire that is capable of destroying entire planets. Imperial Senator Leia Organa of Alderaan, secretly a Rebel leader, has obtained the schematics, but her ship is intercepted and boarded by an Imperial Star Destroyer under the command of the ruthless Darth Vader. Leia is taken prisoner, but the droids R2-D2 and C-3PO escape with the plans, crashing on the nearby planet of Tatooine.

Awards

Cast

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author	George Lucas
award	Academy Award for Best Costume Design Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Original Score Academy Award for Best Production Design Academy Award for Best Sound Academy Award for Best Visual Effects BAFTA Award for Best Original Music Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation National Board of Review: Top Ten Films Saturn Award for Best Costume Saturn Award for Best Director Saturn Award for Best Make-up Saturn Award for Best Music Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film Saturn Award for Best Special Effects Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor Saturn Award for Best Writing Special Achievement Academy Award
contentLocation	Death Star Tatooine Yavin IV
director	George Lucas
editor	Marcia Lucas Paul Hirsch Richard Chew
genre	saga
keywords	alderaan attack beru lars c-3po capture chewbacca civil war clean clone wars collect dark side darth vader droid droids falcon force galactic republic grand moff tarkin han solo hunt jabba the hutt jawa jawas jedi lightsaber luke skywalker millennium falcon mos eisley murder owen owen lars r2-d2 rebel leader record rescue sand people search space station spirit star destroyer the death star tie fighter tracking device tractor beam tusken raiders voice wookiee x-wing x-wing fighter yavin yavin 4
musicBy	John Williams
nomination	Academy Award for Best Costume Design Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Original Score Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Production Design Academy Award for Best Sound Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Visual Effects Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
producer	Gary Kurtz
productionCompany	Lucasfilm
recordedAt	Arizona California Guatemala Tunisia
theme	space opera