STAR WARS

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Observation:

Forget the divergences you know between Star Wars trilogies. Different explanations for the same concept, wonderful or detestable characters, quality of special effects, can count as successes or failures of the story created by George Lucas. Each phase, however, demonstrates a different worldview about each era.

Like most fans, I went through the six films waiting for the seventh, which opens tomorrow. What will await us?

A New Hope (1977) / The Empire Strikes Back (1980) / Return of the Jedi (1983)

The first film is revolutionary. It features new concepts in visual effects, design, and a story that made anyone at the time a little (or a lot) nerdier. The highlight this film deserves goes beyond production characteristics, however. He is key to understanding the visions of the world exposed in 1977, the year of release, and in subsequent films.

good x evil

Starting with the obvious. The dichotomy, common to modern society, is clear in the Galaxy. With the merit of not worrying about explanations of origin - they would come 20 years later -, Lucas presents Empire and Rebel Alliance in the midst of a key phase of the war. Darth Vader, completely black, and Princess Leia, completely white, show in their look which side we should root for – don't repeat that at home. It's a rather outdated visual device and, yes, racist, yet still functional and natural for the vision of the time.

These well-defined poles reflect humanity itself in the midst of the Cold War. United States against Soviet Union, in a divided world after the also dual World War II. Enemies have common characterizations beyond the visual ones, such as the ideology of power imposed through fear and the stormtroopers ' pathological lack of aim .

Skepticism x Religion

Admiral Motti : Any Rebel attack against this station would be a futile gesture, no matter what technical data they obtained. This station is the greatest power in the Universe! I suggest we use it!

Darth Vader: Don't be so proud of this technological terror you've built. The ability to destroy a planet is paltry next to the power of the Force.

The dialogue between Darth Vader and one of the Death Star's military leaders is just one of the scenes presenting the difficult relationship between skepticism and religion, so inherent in the 20th century. The same happens several times between Han Solo, Obi-Wan or Luke. The expansion of scientific over religious thought, one of the great movements of thought since the eighteenth century, had reached one of its peaks a few years earlier, with space exploration and the landing of man on the moon.

Obi-Wan : The Force is what gives a Jedi their power. It is an energy field created by all living beings. It surrounds and penetrates us. She holds the galaxy together.

Obi-Wan ) speech and in the new trilogy, more precisely in Episode 1, when the concept of midichlorians appears .

Geek technicalities aside, the discrepancy makes perfect sense, in the context of each time. Focusing on the original saga, we see a wise Obi-Wan , with little time available and many things to teach Luke. The boy, as smart as he is, did not grow up receiving the instruction we are used to seeing around the Jedi Council. Old Ben is empathetic when giving a simple and easy-to-understand explanation, even on a subjective topic like the Force.

This is Lucas' stance with the public. No one knew the world of Star Wars, first introduced in that movie. The planet was quite conservative – it still is – and less avid for explanatory levels of detail, if we compare it with the 2000s. Thinking about American culture, of the Protestant ideal, in the middle of the Cold War, understanding the Force as what unites everyone is easy for association with the concept of God. If you didn't ask big questions about God, you wouldn't ask big questions about the Force.

space exploration

The human imagination has always been fertile, however, few periods in history have concentrated the imagination of as many people in the universe as the years after July 20, 1969, when Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon. No wonder, eight years later comes a story that presents the imagination of human beings about outer space at an unprecedented level.

Intergalactic travel , extraterrestrial life, unthinkable technologies, and of course, lightsabers. It was all there, a model of space life capable of blowing all the minds that proposed to think even a minute about it. Many moments in the first three films focus precisely on these elements, so that the audience can absorb and dream: Luke meeting the Lightsaber; the different beings (count the time contemplating the unimaginable beings in the bar scene, in the first film, where Luke and Ben meet Han Solo) with the right to an alien band, with alien instruments; the different languages and even forms of communication; scenarios and more scenarios.

Tatooine A New Hope

Feminism

Yes, there are feminist statements in the first trilogy. Princess Leia showcases achievements in 1977 that many female characters in 2015 unfortunately still haven't achieved. Starting with the inciting incident. The most famous saga in cinema history begins thanks to Leia's movements. As we have discussed here, an inciting incident is the event that starts the story, that takes it out of rest. Star Wars unfolds as we know it from the moment Leia records a message and sends it to Obi-Wan , via the cutest robot before Wall-E , R2-D2. It is the princess's decision that allows Luke to come into contact with the robots and his destiny.

There are other interesting constructions. Leia first appears hiding from Empire soldiers – a princess and rebel leader, without guards. At the moment of her capture, she shoots (and kills) a stormtrooper , and in no time is she treated as "poor thing" while in Lord Vader's custody. She does not give up the location of the rebel base, even under torture or duress. At the time of her rescue, if Luke and Han Solo don't know what to do, or they might make a wrong decision, she imposes herself, leads, shoots, protects herself... There are demonstrations of strength, scene after scene, much more frequent than the usual ones. dependency demonstrations.

It is true that the first film still presents the atmosphere of a love triangle, the need for a romance, among other possible errors and/or offensive clichés. The Empire Strikes Back still shows a strong Leia, but increasingly attached to a script where she should be Han Solo's wife. Return of the Jedi resumes the spotlight for Leia, who annihilates the disgusting Jabba with physical force, has her kinship with Luke (soon, with the Force, revealed), in addition to several scenes where she is not just a supporting actor in the action. We can discount the negatives of 1977 and the 1980s (eg, movies fail the Bechdel Test ). More worries lie in 2015.

The ethics of choice

Probably the main theme of the entire saga. The trilogy separates good and evil, yet maintaining the flow between them. Luke can choose to become a Sith , or Darth Vader can choose to abandon that ideology.

In the dissociation between the paths, feelings considered negative – fear, anger or anxiety – are the key to falling under the dominion of evil. At the same time, Luke struggles to demonstrate, through his father, that this is not a path of no return, love is capable of returning someone to good.

While this battle sounds far from our reality, similar dilemmas are presented in closer situations, such as the young person's transition to adult life, leaving home and wanting to explore the world, choosing to commit to a way of life and everything that the choice entails (be it a career, a relationship, or becoming a Jedi).

The Phantom Menace (1999) / Attack of the Clones (2002) / Revenge of the Sith (2005)

The most recent trilogy, considered the least interesting by nine out of ten fans, takes a different path. The need created by the intention to tell the origin of the greatest villain of all time brings us a story that plunges every second into darkness - as Anakin approaches his inner Sith .

Policy

Commercial blockade imposed on a people, difficulties in overcoming the problem by rulers. It could be a newspaper headline, but it is George Lucas' choice of political setting for the Galaxy.

There are many criticisms of the complexity of the plot in Phantom Menace, due to the various interests involved, the lack of clarity of agents, who is on which side. Between mistakes and successes, this complexity translates quite well a difference between 1999 and 1977. The political world has become more difficult to analyze, interests are less visible, everyone is more suspicious.

In the story, democracy and the Republic take place before the Empire, but are displayed at a time when the public is more identified with these models. Good and evil are no longer those clear dichotomies. We are entering the era of the antihero, of the gray world, which is not just in the Galaxy, but in Anakin.

It is interesting to see that, coincidence or not, Anakin's political vision follows a growing, albeit timid, movement in the 2000s, of disillusionment and impatience with the democratic model driven by representatives of the people. There are many opportunities to see the distrust in the political class for the Jedi - has anyone seen something similar around here?

Padme

So this is how democracy dies: with a big applause – Padmé , on the demonstrations for the return of the Dictatorship

Midichlorians

In fact, the concept did not work out. It was forgotten in Attack of the Clones, and makes a brief appearance in Revenge of the Sith . The attempt to explain the Force in a biological way, however, relates well to modern times. Science dominates even more, in a presumed intellectual dispute with Religion, in the 2000s. There is a lack of patience for supernatural/abstract concepts, especially in geek productions.

Feminism

The new trilogy almost follows in the footsteps of the old one. Padmé is a queen who pretends to be a servant, explores hostile planets, makes political decisions, shoots, “kills” androids . It is her plan to rescue her palace (and consequently the planet), even though she is accompanied by two Jedi's , and her leadership of the troop during the rescue and surrender of enemy chiefs.

Just like her daughter, Leia, she loses protagonism, as the script needs her to appear in the novel, in the following films. The films pass the Bechdel Test , however, Padmé becomes a parameter for Anakin and, convenient for the story or not, it is a little annoying that she gives up her own life for the pain (immense, it is true) caused by Anakin. Point for A New Hope and Return of the Jedi, point for Phantom Menace, red mark for the other half of the saga (and probably the most hardcore fans freak out when reading this).

Racism

Mestre Windu is awesome. There are no other terms. One of the great gains of the new saga over the old one.

Jar jar

He is indefensible in any worldview.

The ethics of choice

Old movies created a cult around Jedi's , okay. It is in recent times, however, that we effectively witness the worldview of this group.

While the focus before was to make Luke a Jedi capable of defeating his father and the Sith Lord , the focus has shifted to the lifestyle, the weight of that style's choices. Mindfulness is a buzzword well aligned with the 900-year-old teachings of Master Yoda.

Patience, empathy, compassion, love, these are words that show the path of the Jedi. Peace and Justice are your eternal protégés. Anakin has difficulties because his greatest weight is in passion and fear. He knows injustice, bondage, and power. One sounds like a tool to extinguish the others, and all the teachings of the Knights of the Galaxy end up being foreign to your ear.

Anakin's political outlook is a beautiful reflection of how the choice is seen by his personality. As someone with a lot of power and a lot of fear, he only sees in the former the way to avoid the latter. Whenever power is not enough, it feeds the fear of losing. Whenever fear rises, it fuels the thirst for power.

Someone who feels this cycle would not be able to bet on something like a democracy, where he depends on the strength of others and on his own detachment. Thus arises Darth Vader and Lucas' greatest lesson.

The Force Awakens (2015)

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I tried not to access anything other than the trailers. I haven't read books or seen cartoons that complement the movies. So my curiosity is great, and I'm sure yours is too, about what awaits us in tomorrow's film.

The political world presented may be even more chaotic than it appeared in Phantom Menace or Attack of the Clones. The Sith were defeated, or not, by the lightsaber featured in the trailer.

Even in the optimal scenario, an entire Galactic Empire was defeated. Each planetary system may require different forms of government, relationships, and the Rebel Alliance didn't have that many leaders. Conquered and not exterminated peoples harbor hatred, which can make them unwilling to befriend anything. More realistically, legions of the Empire were spread across the Galaxy keeping order, and the destruction of the central power does not mean the end of a war. It was the path followed by the Alliance. Return of a Republic? Another political model? What inspiration might the current decade have given to the Galaxy?

Luke and Leia are another interesting unknown. Luke not appearing in the trailers raised several theories, but I prefer to follow what Return of the Jedi indicates. Leia ends the movie aware of the Force. She and Han Solo have a relationship. Luke, as a Jedi, must be celibate. It is likely that one of the main characters (and I bet on the girl) is the son of the most famous couple in the Galaxy.

Not having a son leaves Luke free to walk all kinds of paths, but being the only Jedi, it's only natural that he would try to train new ones and live up to the name of the movie Return of the Jedi, as was indicated by Yoda and Obi- Wan . It is likely that one of his Padawan is the holder of the new mask that we will see in The Force Awakens.

On the social side, there is the question of how Disney will portray minorities in the story. The cast already tries to balance the equation through the new protagonists, with the addition of a woman and a black man – both carrying lightsabers.

What types of conflicts and choices will be presented tomorrow, and in the next films of the saga? Until we find out, may the Force be with you.

Yann Rodrigues

Screenwriter, passionate about narratives. Editor and podcaster of Além do Roteiro.

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Star Wars:

space opera franchise created by filmmaker George Lucas, which features a series of nine science fantasy films and two spin-offs. The first film was released with just the title Star Wars, on May 25, 1977, and became an unexpected worldwide phenomenon of popular culture, being responsible for the beginning of the "era of blockbusters", which are cinematographic superproductions that are successful in the box office and saw franchises with toys, games, books, etc. It was followed by two sequels, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, released three years apart, forming the original trilogy, which follows the iconic trio of Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Princess Leia as they fight for the Rebel Alliance to overthrow the tyrannical Galactic Empire; parallel to Luke's journey to become a Jedi Knight and the fight against Darth Vader, a former Jedi who succumbed to the Dark Side of the Force and the Emperor.

After 16 years without new films, a new trilogy called prequel began in 1999, with The Phantom Menace . This journey back in time tells how Anakin Skywalker became Darth Vader and follows the fall of the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic, replaced by the Empire. It is also released at three-year intervals, with the last one released in 2005. Reactions to the original trilogy were overwhelmingly positive, while the prequel trilogy received mixed reactions from both critics and the public. Even so, all of the films were successful at the box office and received nominations or won Oscars.

In 2008, the animated film Star Wars: The Clone Wars was released, a spin-off pilot for the animated series of the same title. This year, the sum of the box office collected with the six existing episodes was released, which totaled approximately 4.41 billion dollars. After the premiere of Episode VII and Rogue One , this figure surpassed 7 billion, making Star Wars the third highest-grossing film series in history, behind the Marvel Cinematic Universe films and JK Rowling's The Wizarding World. It is the biggest franchise in movie history, with the sum of movies and products worth more than 30 billion dollars. This generated several by-products, including electronic games, cartoons, books and comics, which resulted in the creation of the expanded universe of the saga. In 2012, The Walt Disney Company purchased Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion and announced a new film trilogy, called the "sequel trilogy", a sequel that will continue the Skywalker family saga after Return of the Jedi. This trilogy will have a two-year gap between films, and in those gaps, Disney will release spin-offs in the expanded universe, which take place during the episodes of the trilogies. The first chapter of that phase, under the title of The Force Awakens , opened on December 18, 2015, receiving critical acclaim, and became the franchise's biggest debut. Followed by, Rogue One , the first spin-off released on December 16, 2016.

The old expanded universe was constructed non-canonically by Lucasfilm in 2014, and its material is now released on Disney's Legends label , which attempts to organize the expanded universe, which contain contradictory stories. Taking into account the new trilogy, which tells a different story than the old canon, Disney considered only the seven films and the Clone Wars series as canon. The new expanded universe went into effect in 2014, with the first official Star Wars product after purchase by Disney, Star Wars Rebels . Unlike Legends , the New Expanded Universe stories are overseen by Lucasfilm. Story Group , founded by Kathleen Kennedy (president of Lucasfilm ) with the aim of maintaining continuity between all products (films, books, series, comics and games) of the franchise.

History

The series began with the simple title Star Wars , written and directed by George Lucas, released on May 25, 1977 . and winning seven Academy Awards.

20th Century Fox discrediting a film that was set in space, allowed George Lucas to have full rights to the film. The success guaranteed him enough money to open his own film company: Lucasfilm , and the film was transformed into a franchise and series, earning derivative products.

In 1978, Star Wars had a TV Christmas special, The Star Wars Holiday Special aired on CBS, which was notorious for having a largely negative reception and was never shown again on television or released on DVD. George Lucas had no significant involvement in the production and expressed disappointment with the final result.

The Christmas fiasco was followed by successful sequels in theaters: The Empire Strikes Back, released on May 21, 1980, considered by critics and audiences to be the best film in the series, for its balance between dark and dramatic moments. The trilogy was closed by Return of the Jedi released on May 25, 1983, which despite commercial success received criticism for its light tone. After the release of The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars (1977) was subtitled "Episode IV: A New Hope". This happened because at the time George Lucas had announced the "prequel trilogy", released in the late 90s, and the original trilogy would be chapters 4, 5 and 6 of the saga.

In the 80s, because of the success of the ewoks among children, the TV movies were released: Caravan of Courage : An Ewok Adventure (1984) and its sequel, Ewoks : The Battle for Endor (1985). The Ewoks also got an animated series aired from 1985-87 on ABC just as the droids C3PO and R2-D2 also had an animated series on ABC from 1985-86.

George Lucas, the creator of the Star Wars series, was inspired by the mythological concept of Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey to create the series.

In the re-releases for cinema in 1997, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Star Wars, modifications were inserted in the original films, primarily motivated by the advancement of special effects technology, which allowed the realization of scenes that were impossible to be done at the time of filming . originals.

George Lucas has continued to modify the original trilogy in subsequent re-releases, such as the first DVD release on September 21, 2004. Reception of these special editions has been mixed, with fans creating petitions and edits of their own to restore copies of the original trilogy. During the "Star Wars Celebration V" convention (in August 2010), George Lucas confirmed that he would re-release the entire saga on Blu-Ray, since in January 2010, the president of 20th Century Fox, Mike Dunn , announced that the films would be released in September 2011. Discs include documentaries, interviews, deleted and unreleased footage, plus more modifications.

More than two decades after the release of the original Star Wars film, the Prequel Trilogy began with the highly anticipated The Phantom. Menace , released on May 19, 1999. Even though it was a box office success, it received mixed reception from critics and audiences. It was followed by: Attack of the Clones, released on May 16, 2002, also a box office success with lukewarm reception and finally Revenge of the Sith , released May 19 , 2005. It is the most critically and audience-praised of the prequel trilogy, and listed by Rotten Tomatoes in 2007 as one of the "100 Best Science Fiction Movies of All Time".

During production of the prequel trilogy, George Lucas said several times that he would not produce a new trilogy, or sequel to Return . of the Jedi because "the saga is about the tragedy of Anakin Skywalker, and the story ends when Luke redeems his father". While there were rumors and reports that he wrote a post-Return of the Jedi story about Anakin's grandchildren, George Lucas said these were just vague synopses without a story.

In 2003 Lucasfilm signs a contract with the animator Genndy Tartakovski for the production of a 2D animated series that would be shown on the Cartoon Network channel entitled Clone Wars , later released on DVD in two volumes. The series served as a bridge to the arrival of Revenge of the Sith to theaters, as it narrates the events that immediately precede the beginning of the third film, including the moment where Jedi Master Mace Windu manages to use the Force to press General Grievous 's chest when he entered his ship with the kidnapped Chancellor Palpatine , thus explaining the reason for your cough.

On August 18, 2008, Star Wars: The Clone Wars was released, a computer-animated film that would serve as an introduction to the TV series of the same title. Being the second animated series about the war that takes place between episodes II and III, it also aired on Cartoon Network from 2008 to 2014. The series introduced a new main character, Ahsoka Tano , Anakin's padawan . Clone Wars was replaced by Star Wars Rebels , which takes place between Episodes III and IV, the first Star Wars series released by Disney, in October 2014, currently shown on Disney XD.

In 2012, George Lucas sold the production company Lucasfilm to The Walt Disney Company for 4 billion and a new trilogy was announced. Lucas only participated as a creative consultant on the new films, stating that: "I always said I wasn't going to do anything else, and I won't, but that doesn't mean I can't let Kathleen (president of Lucasfilm) do more " . The story of Episode VII is based on a brief synopsis written by George Lucas with a screenplay by Michael Arndt , Lawrence Kasdan and JJ Abrams (also the film's director). The first film of the new trilogy called The Force Awakens , debuted worldwide on December 17, 2015, having in just 5 days revenues of 300 million in the United States and more than 600 million around the world, making it the biggest opening of all time.

In 2005 George Lucas had announced the development of a live-action TV series project (with real actors) set in the years between Episodes III and IV, but with a plot not focused on known characters but on situations of political conflicts between planets and smugglers. The project reached such a stage that some writers completed stories to be used in new episodes, but in 2011 producer Rick McCallum declared that the project would be shelved pending a better evolution of technology, aiming at reducing costs. With Disney's acquisition of the franchise, material from the live-action series would have been leveraged into Star Wars Rebels . In 2013, Disney Executive Director Bob Iger confirmed the development of two anthology films within the Star Wars expanded universe, with the first of them, Rogue One , opening on December 16, 2016. anthologies do not focus on the Skywalker family.

Episodes of the Star Wars: Force of Destiny web series take place at different times, which makes it difficult to fit them into the schedule. Also excluded are miniseries, short stories, comics and books from the official Star-Wars canon, as well as the Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge theme park (between VIII and IX). The chronology uses the fictional calendar of the Star-Wars universe in years before and after the Battle of Yavin . The Battle of Yavin IV represents the end of Episode IV, in which Luke Skywalker and the Rebels destroy the first Death Star.

Plot of the episodes

The Prequel Trilogy tells the youth of Anakin Skywalker (Darth Vader), a slave boy on the planet Tatooine , conceived (without a father) by the midi-chlorian symbiotes in his mother Shmi Skywalker. He is discovered by Jedi Knight Qui-Gon Jinn , believing him to be the "Chosen One", predicted by a prophecy to bring balance to the Force and destroy the Sith , as he is a child prodigy with piloting, engineering, precognition and high Force potential. The Jedi Council, led by Yoda, senses that Anakin's future is clouded by fear, but reluctantly agrees that Qui-Gon 's apprentice , Obi-Wan Kenobi , train Anakin after Lord Sith Darth Maul assassinate Qui-Gon . At the same time, the planet Naboo is under attack and its ruler, Queen Padmé Amidala, seeks the aid of the Jedi to repel the attack of the Trade Federation. The Sith Lord Darth Sidious secretly planned an attack to give his alter-ego , Senator Palpatine , a pretext to mutiny and overthrow the Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic and take his place (Episode I).

Promotional poster for The Phantom Menace, showing the young Anakin Skywalker (Jake Lloyd), protagonist of the prequel trilogy, with the shadow of what he will become in the future: Darth Vader

The sequel shows Anakin at age 19 having a friendly but conflicted relationship with his master Obi-Wan and tormented by strong emotions: passion and hatred, forbidden feelings for the Jedi. After having a vision where his mother is in danger, he returns to Tatooine to see her but discovers that she has been kidnapped and killed by the sand people; Anakin succumbs to hatred and coldly exterminates the sandfolk. He gives himself over to love by secretly falling in love with and marrying Padmé , now a senator, whom he was ordered to protect after she suffered an assassination attempt. At the same time, the Republic is in crisis with the Separatists - led by Lord Sith Count Dooku - but Obi-Wan discovers an army of clones created to help the Jedi defend the Republic from the Separatists, igniting the Clone Wars , planned by Sidious / Palpatine to destroy the Jedi and draw Anakin to his side (Episode II) .

Three years later, the Separatist Dooku is killed by Anakin and Padmé is revealed to be pregnant. The Jedi has a prophetic vision of his wife dying in childbirth, similar to what happened to his mother, and Palpatine convinces him that only the dark side concentrates power to save her life; he also deceives Anakin by claiming that the Jedi want to seize power from the Republic. Desperate and with his faith in the Jedi shaken, Anakin submits to the dark side by adopting the Sith name of Darth Vader, while Palpatine transforms the Republic into the tyrannical Galactic Empire - naming himself emperor for life -. Order 66 is put into effect and the clones exterminate the Jedi with the help of Vader who also kills the Separatist leaders on Mustafar ending the Clone Wars . A duel takes place between Vader and Obi-Wan , where the master defeated his former disciple , amputating his legs and abandoning him dying on the bank of a river of lava. Palpatine arrives at the scene soon after, saving Vader and placing him in a life-preserving mechanical suit. Meanwhile, Padmé dies giving birth to the twins Luke and Leia, who grow up hidden from Vader, not knowing who the real parents are (Episode III).

Palpatine 's tyranny) led by Princess Leia Organa who is with the project/plan of the Death Star stolen by the Rebels. But Vader captures Leia, who hides the plan and a message on the droid R2-D2, who then along with colleague C-3PO escapes to the planet Tatooine , where they are acquired by Luke Skywalker and his uncle and aunt. While Luke is cleaning R2-D2, he accidentally triggers Leia's implanted message, pleading for Obi-Wan 's help. Kenobi . Thus, Luke helps the droids to find the Jedi Knight who, pretending to be a hermit, under the nickname of Ben Kenobi , tells Luke to know his father. He said that Anakin was an excellent Jedi and that he was betrayed and murdered by Vader.

After Luke's uncles are killed by the Empire, he teams up with Obi-Wan and they hire smuggler Han Solo and his co-pilot. Wookiee Chewbacca to take them to Alderaan . Leia's home planet, which is later destroyed by the Death Star. After breaking into the space station, Obi-Wan sacrifices himself and lets Vader kill him during a lightsaber duel; thus allowing the group to escape with Leia and the plans that will help the Rebels destroy the Death Star. But Obi-Wan attains immortality, similar to his master Qui-Gon , and continues to communicate with Luke in the form of a luminous spectrum. Guided by Obi-Wan and with help from Han, Luke manages to use the Force to destroy the Death Star, after which he and Han are decorated by Leia (Episode IV).

Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker, the protagonist of the original trilogy and responsible for Anakin Skywalker's redemption.

Three years later, the rebels, crushed by the Empire, retreat to the planet Hoth , but are discovered by Vader and a battle ensues, the Rebel Alliance, though shattered, manages to escape. During the battle, Obi-Wan Kenobi directs Luke to go to Dagobah to find Yoda to begin Jedi training. But the training is cut short when Darth Vader lures him into a trap after freezing Han Solo in carbonite and capturing Leia, Chewbacca and C-3PO. In the trap Luke and Vader reach a gigantic and deep round ventilation and maintenance area, where Vader cuts off Luke's right hand using his lightsaber, leaving him hanging from an antenna exhausted and injured. When Vader reveals himself to be Luke's (Anakin Skywalker) father trying to seduce him to the dark side, while the Lando team, C-3PO, R2-D2, Chewie and Leia fight the stormtroopers to reach the Millennium Falcon ship . Vader offers Luke an alliance to destroy the Emperor and rule the Galaxy together. But Luke refuses to join the murderous Vader and throws himself into the abyss, falling into a ventilation system that launches him out of the suspended city, but catches on a small antenna below the city. Luke escapes with the help of Leia and Lando Calrissian , but Han is taken by bounty hunter Boba Fett . (Episode V)

A year later, Luke rescues Han Solo from gangster Jabba the Hutt and returns to finish his training, finding Yoda on the verge of death, who before passing away confirms that Vader is his father; moments later, Obi-Wan tells Luke that he must face Vader to become a Jedi Knight and finally reveals that Leia is his twin sister.

As the Rebels attack a second Death Star, Luke confronts Vader in the presence of Emperor Palpatine , who wants his son to kill his father and become his new disciple. During the duel, Luke succumbs to his rage and brutally dominates Vader, but controls himself at the last minute when he realizes that he is about to suffer the same fate as his father. Thus spares his life and proudly declares his loyalty to the Jedi, then furious, Palpatine tries to kill Luke, at this moment the vision of his son being electrocuted makes Vader recover and eliminates his master, suffering mortal injuries in the process. Redeemed, Anakin Skywalker fulfills the Chosen One's prophecy and dies in his son's arms and Luke definitely becomes a Jedi. Han and Leia finally come to terms with their relationship, as the Rebels destroy the space station and the Empire. (Episode VI)

30 years after the fall of the Empire, Luke Skywalker is missing, and in his absence the First Order has arisen, led by a creature from the dark side, Supreme Leader Snoke, who wants to regain the Empire and fight against the Resistance, led by Leia and supported by the New Republic. Poe Dameron , a Resistance pilot, goes to Jakku to meet with Lor San Tekka , a former ally who has a map of Luke's whereabouts. But the First Order arrives and captures Poe; but later he escapes with the help of Finn, a defecting stormtrooper ; the BB-8 droid runs away with the possible map of Luke's whereabouts and ends up in the hands of Rey, a scrap metal worker, pilot and with great knowledge of mechanics, who lives alone waiting for the return of her family. In the escape, Finn and Poe are hit, Poe disappears and Finn ends up finding Rey and both flee from the First Order in the Millennium Falcon . Eventually they find Han Solo and Chewbacca who were looking for the ship and they go to Maz 's Pirate Stronghold. Kanata asks for help, a Force-sensitive over 1,000 years old. Han and Leia had a son, Ben Solo ( Kylo Ren ), who fell to the dark side after being seduced by Snoke and wanting to be powerful like his grandfather Darth Vader. This was trained by Luke, but betrayed him and destroyed the Jedi Academy of

Skywalker, Luke thereafter, feeling guilty, went after the first Jedi Temple; Han and Leia ended up getting separated in the tragedy.

Daisy Ridley as Rey, protagonist of the new trilogy.

Rey eventually finds Anakin Skywalker's lightsaber in the Pirate Fortress, and has a vision in the Force, Maz Kanata says that the saber belonged to Anakin and Luke, and now "calls out" to Rey, but she rejects him and leaves. The First Order arrives at the Fortress behind the maps, with the help of the Resistance and Poe, Han, Finn and Chewbacca manage to escape, but Rey is captured by Kylo Ren . He tries to get information out of her, but she's powerful in the Force and he can't. After meeting up with Leia at the Resistance base, Han, Chewbacca, and Finn go to rescue Rey and also turn off the shields on the First Order's superweapon Starkiller , which has destroyed an entire Republic star system, while Poe and his squad attack the superpower. weapon, Rey manages to escape using her Force powers. Han and Chewbacca implant explosives in the superweapon; soon after Han finds his son and tries to bring him to the light side again, but Kylo Ren deceives the father and coldly kills him with the saber. Leia feels her death in the Force. The Resistance manage to destroy the superweapon while Finn and Rey try to flee before it explodes but are stopped by Kylo . Ren who hits Rey and duels Finn, who uses Anakin's saber, but Kylo wins and injures Finn. Rey pulls herself together, takes Anakin's saber and fiercely fights Kylo. Ren defeating him, but unable to kill him. Then, Rey escapes Starkiller in the Millennium Falcon with help from Chewbacca. The droid R2-D2, which was in hibernation mode, completes the map of the temple where Luke was and Rey goes to find him. (Episode VII).

Resistance members led by General Leia Organa abandon their main base when a First Order fleet reaches their planet. After the battle, the Resistance ships flee at lightning speed. Leia berates Poe Dameron for a counterattack that, while successful, caused the loss of many lives and ships; at the same time, Supreme Leader Snoke berates General Hux for letting the Resistance escape. Hux , meanwhile, is using a tracker that can follow ships at the speed of light, and starts a pursuit with the Resistance, which manages to keep their distance, but the ships' fuel, which also keeps the shields working, is close to running out. During an attack, Kylo Ren hesitates to shoot the lead ship of the Resistance when he senses that Leia, his mother, is there, but TIE fighters fire and destroy the command bridge, killing many of the leaders there, including the celebrated Admiral Ackbar . Leia manages to save herself using the Force, but is knocked unconscious and severely injured, and takes command from Vice Admiral Amilyn . Holdo . Disapproving of their passive strategy, Poe, Finn, BB-8 and ship mechanic Rose Tico brainstorm a plan to disable the First Order's tracking device and contact Maz. Kanata , which indicates a code-breaking mercenary (decoder, the popular "hacker") who is in a casino city called Canto Bight , on the planet Cantonica , and who wears a red flower in his lapel.

Having arrived on the planet Ahch-To with Chewbacca and R2-D2 aboard the Millennium Falcon , Rey encounters Luke Skywalker. Luke, however, even after learning of Han Solo's death, disappoints her expectations by refusing to teach her because of his frustration with Ben Solo - who became Kylo. Ren . Hidden from Luke, Rey begins to communicate with Kylo Ren through visions and telepathy. Convinced by R2-D2, who shows him the original recording of Leia asking Ben Kenobi for help , Luke resolves to initiate Rey into the ways of the Force, but also tells her of his mistakes as a Jedi Master. Luke and Kylo tell Rey different versions of the incident that led Kylo to the dark side of the Force and Luke into exile. Unable to convince Luke to join the Resistance, Rey leaves Ahch-To without him, willing to confront Kylo . Ren alone, as he still feels that there is light within him. Luke sees the spirit of his master, Yoda, who destroys the Jedi temple of Ahch-To and teaches him that failure is capable of teaching much more than success, and that he must not lose Rey.

On the Resistance ship, Amilyn Holdo reveals his plan to stealthily escape in small, camouflaged transport ships. Deeming the strategy cowardly and risky, Poe instigates a riot and arrests Holdo . Finn, Rose and BB-8 head to Canto Bight and enter a casino frequented by wealthy gun dealers. They find the man with the red flower , but are arrested by the police for illegally parking the craft. In jail, they meet DJ, who says he can crack the codes they need, in exchange for money. With the help of some slave children, they manage to escape from Canto Bight along with DJ, and they actually manage to enter the ship, but are discovered by Captain Phasma and captured - BB-8 manages to escape. Meanwhile, Rey arrives on the same First Order ship they are on and is immediately captured by Kylo . Ren , who takes her to Snoke , who proves to be far more powerful than she is. Rey tries to convince Kylo to join the Resistance. Snoke reveals that he was responsible for the mental communication between Rey and Kylo , and it was all part of his plan to destroy Luke Skywalker. Upon receiving the order to kill Rey, Kylo mentalizes the wrath to kill the enemy and tricks Snoke , killing him, using the lightsaber by telekinesis , instead of killing Rey. Kylo and Rey fight Snoke 's guards together ; After the battle, Kylo reveals that Rey's parents were two scavengers who abandoned her for booze, and asks Rey to join him in ruling the galaxy together. Rey refuses and asks him to join the Resistance. Both use the Force against each other, Rey manages to escape and Kylo declares himself the new Supreme Leader.

Finally recovered, Leia neutralizes Poe and releases Amilyn. Holdo , starting the escape in the smaller ships. Holdo sacrifices himself by remaining on the main ship to provide cover, while the other ships escape to the planet Crait , which has an abandoned former Rebel Alliance base. On the First Order ship, DJ, who was being arrested along with Finn and Rose, betrays them by revealing the Resistance's evacuation plans. First Order ships begin attacking the small Resistance ships and destroy almost all of them, but Holdo accelerates his ship at the speed of light towards the First Order ship, destroying it in a kamikaze attack. The remaining small ships manage to enter the former Rebel Alliance base on Crait . BB-8 frees Rose and Finn, who escape after defeating Captain Phasma , and join the survivors on Crait . When the First Order arrives on the planet, Poe, Finn and Rose join in an attack using old weaponry, but begin to lose the battle. Chewbacca arrives piloting the Millennium Falcon with Rey and takes the TIE fighters with him, destroying them in a chase through the caves.

Rose saves Finn, who was about to kill himself by running into the weapon used by the First Order to invade the base. Luke appears and confronts Kylo alone, giving the Resistance time to escape through the back of the base. Kylo tries to slug Luke but discovers that he is actually just a projection – Luke is still on Ahch-To . Luke challenges Kylo by telling him he is not the last Jedi, while Rey Force-levitates boulders in the back of the base, allowing the Resistance to escape. In Ahch-To , Luke, exhausted by the exertion of projection, disappears in the same way as Yoda, joining the Force. The few Resistance members escape aboard the Millennium Falcon . When questioned, Leia claims that everything the rebellion needs to rebuild is aboard that small ship where they are.

In Canto Bight , one of the child slaves who helped Finn and Rose escape was left with a ring that has the symbol of the Resistance on it. This child, without realizing it, quickly uses the Force to grab a broom, and wields it like a lightsaber while looking up at the stars in the sky. (Episode VIII)

influences and themes

The Flash Gordon series and the film The Seven Samurai by Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa were very influential in the creation of Star Wars.

George Lucas reports that he was inspired by different genres, such as: movie series , Japanese film, western film , war film, mythology; medievalism, among others.

Adventure series, especially Commando Republic Pictures ' Cody and Flash Gordon, starring Buster Crabbe ; The work of essayist Joseph Campbell strongly influenced Lucas (especially The Hero with a Thousand Faces); Medieval knights and paladins, from feudalism, also inspired several characters and concepts present in the franchise; Director Akira Kurosawa's works (including Hidden Fortress and Seven Samurai), where the term jedi is derived from jidaigeki , the name given to Japanese samurai narratives.

The final battle scenes in A New Hope are based on aerial dogfights from World War II, featured in war movies from the 1950s and 1960s. of the will.

Thematic

The Star Wars saga makes use of archetypes, common in science fiction and ancient mythology, as well as the classical music present in these genres. The use of the monomyth , also known as the Hero's Journey by the mythologist Joseph Campbell, is constant in the films: The fallen hero (Anakin\Ben Solo), the parent\child tensions (Anakin\ Obi-Wan , Luke\ Vader and Kylo Ren \Han Solo), the maidens ( Padmé \ Leia\Rey) who are not helpless but strong women, the love that endures despite adversity\separations ( Padmé \Anakin and Leia\Han). The reinterpretation of mythological archetypes is the basis of the timelessness of the films, as they focus on themes that everyone can relate to, incorporating them into modern concepts.

An example of the use of the monomyth throughout the series is the parallelism between the stories of Anakin and Luke Skywalker: Both are found still young by an elder who introduces them to a wider universe, revealing their abilities, both elders know something about their origin that they themselves are unaware of ( Qui - Gon -Jin and the prophecy about the Chosen One and Obi-Wan Kenobi and the identity of Darth Vader), both see their master killed before they have completed their training, being adopted by a master with a student/teacher relationship with the previous master (Obi-wan is Qui - Gon 's former padawan and Yoda is a former master of Qui-Gon ). Both excel in the use of the Force (Anakin surpasses his masters and Luke evolves almost without training), both are beset by strong emotions: love and anger. Anakin feels love for Padmé and anger at his mother's death and Luke feels love for his friends and anger at the death of his uncles, both see these emotions used against them in an attempt to persuade them to the Dark Side of the Force and both are saved by compassion they feel. Luke out of compassion for his father, not killing him when he had the chance and Anakin out of compassion for his son, not letting the Emperor kill him.

Ambiance

Iconic scene from the first Star Wars (1977), showing the two suns of the planet Tatooine .

The events depicted in the Star Wars universe take place in a fictional galaxy. Several species of alien creatures (often humanoid ) are depicted. Robotic droids are also commonplace, often being built to serve their owners. Space travel is common, and many planets are part of the Galactic Republic, later reorganized as the Galactic Empire.

One of the prominent elements of Star Wars is the "Force", an omnipresent energy that can be harnessed by those with the ability to do so, known as Force-sensitives. It is described in the first film produced as an "energy field created by all living beings, which surrounds us, permeates us and holds the galaxy together". It can be felt better by those who have a greater number of midi-clorians , which are a kind of micro-organisms that live in symbiosis with human beings. The Force allows its users to perform various supernatural feats, and can also amplify certain physical characteristics, such as speed and reflexes and momentum; these abilities vary between characters and can be improved through training. Though the Force is used for good, there is a dark side to it that, when tapped, fills its wielder with hatred, aggression, and evil.

The six films feature the Jedi, who use the Force for good, and the Sith , who use the dark side for evil, in an attempt to take over the galaxy. In the Star Wars Expanded Universe, many of those belonging to the dark side are not Sith , this being mainly determined by the "Rule of Two" which states that there can only be two Siths , a master and his disciple.

cultural impact

The iconic lightsaber

Star Wars revolutionized cinema and filmmaking. Here comes the concept of blockbuster (blockbuster film) with big box office and budgets. The young public was the industry's new target. The era of ''commercial cinema'' began, focused on a series of successes that generate derivative products. The numerous techniques created by Industrial Light & Magic revolutionized the special effects industry in cinema and other studios began to invest in technology. Another revolutionary company founded by Lucas to make Star Wars is Skywalker Sound , which innovated in the use of movie sound. Among the companies created by George Lucas, which later became independent, are Avid Technology, THX and Pixar Animation Studios now owned by Disney. John Williams' iconic soundtrack is world-renowned even by those who have never seen the films. The Star Wars soundtrack (1977) was elected by American Film Institute (AFI) the most memorable of all time.

The AFI also elected Han Solo and Obi-Wan Kenobi two of the 100 greatest heroes of American cinema and Darth Vader the 3rd greatest villain of American cinema. The line "May the Force be with you" was named the 8th most memorable line by the AFI and the first Star Wars was ranked 15th on the list of the 100 greatest films of American cinema by the AFI.

George Lucas, with Star Wars, had become the most successful independent filmmaker in cinema. Lucas put practically all the money earned from Star Wars into the production of The Empire Strikes Back, not surrendering to the power of the studios. In fact, Lucas was responsible for revitalizing the strength of what he always fought as an independent filmmaker.

In 2005, Forbes Magazine estimated the total income generated by the Star Wars franchise (during the course of its 28-year history) at approximately US$ 20 000 000 000.00 (twenty billion), today estimated at 30 billion, easily making it to one of the most successful film-based franchises of all time. Also in Forbes, in the list of the richest people in the world published by the magazine in 2004, George Lucas appears in 153rd place, with an estimated fortune of 3 billion dollars.

Numerous events and fan conventions are held annually in honor of Star Wars, such as Star Wars Celebration .

Star Wars fictional galaxy map

The term Expanded Universe (EU) is a generic term for licensed Star Wars material outside of theatrically released films. The material expands on the stories told in the films, and can take place at any time, from 25,000 years before The Phantom Menace or years after Return of the Jedi. Currently, these stories have been decanonized by Disney and are released under the Legends imprint . This was because in the UE there are numerous stories after the events of Return of the Jedi and this would contradict the new trilogy. Besides, UE has always been freer with some stories contradicting each other, so to ''organize'', Disney turned the old UE into Legends , non-canonical.

Affairs

The first Star Wars book predates the release of the first film, with the novelization of the first film released in December 1976, subtitled " From the adventures of Luke Skywalker". Credited to Lucas, the novelization was written by a ghostwriter, Alan Dean Foster, followed quickly by the novel Splinter of the Mind's Eye , also written by Alan Dean Foster, published in April 1978. Lofo later, novelizations of The Empire Strikes Back (1980) by Donald F. Glut and Return were published of the Jedi (1983), by James Kahn, as well as the Han Solo Adventures trilogy (1979-1980), by Brian Daley, and The Adventures of Lando Calrissian (1983) trilogy by L. Neil Smith.

Timothy Zahn 's bestselling Thrawn trilogy (1991-1993), reignited interest in the franchise and introduced popular characters Grand Admiral Thrawn , Mara Jade, Talon Karrde and Gilad Pellaeon . The first novel, Heir to the Empire, reached #1 on the New York Times bestseller list, and the series finds Luke, Leia, and Han facing off against the tactical genius Thrawn, who is plotting to retake the galaxy for the Empire . In Dave Wolverton 's The Courtship of Princess Leia (1994), set immediately before the Thrawn trilogy , Leia considers an advantageous political marriage to Prince Isolder of the planet Hapes , but she and Han marry instead. 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 a video game. The novel introduced crime lord Prince Xizor , another popular character who would appear in several other works. Other notable series from Bantam Books include the Jedi Academy trilogy (1994) by Kevin J. Anderson, the 14-book Young Jedi Knights series (1995-1998) by Anderson and Rebecca Moesta , and the X- wing series (1996) . –2012) by Michael A. Stackpole and Aaron Allston .

Publisher Del Rey took over Star Wars book publishing in 1999, releasing what would become a 19-book 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 trying to invade and conquer the entire galaxy. The Legacy Bestselling Series of the Force (2006-2008) chronicles Han and Leia's crossover with 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 . Despite no longer being canon, the story is reminiscent of The Force Awakens , where Han and Leia are the parents of Ben Solo, who became the dark Kylo . Ren .

Prequel era were introduced to 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 prior to The Phantom menace ; 11-book Jedi Quest (2001-2004) follows Obi-Wan and his own apprentice, Anakin Skywalker among The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones; and The Last of the 10-book Jedi (2005–2008), set almost immediately after Revenge of the Sith , features Obi-Wan and the last surviving Jedi. Maul: Lockdown by Joe Schreiber , released in January 2014, was the last Star Wars novel published before Lucasfilm announced the creation of the Star Wars Legends imprint .

Though Thrawn was designated as a Legends character in 2014, he was reintroduced into canon in the third season of Rebels , in 2016, with Zahn returning to write more novels based on the character, and set in the new canon.

Comics

Marvel Comics published a series of Star Wars comics from 1977 to 1986. The original Star Wars comics were serialized in Marvel's Pizzazz magazine between 1977 and 1979. The 1977 chapters were the first original Star Wars stories that were not directly adapted from the movies published in print since they preceded the Star Wars comic book. From 1985 to 1987, the children's animated series Ewoks and Droids inspired comic book series for Marvel's Star Comics imprint.

Two months after the premiere of the first film, Marvel Comics began publishing the Star Wars comic book, the first six numbers of the series were an adaptation of the film, the first of which appeared in the magazine in the seventh issue, published in January 1978.

In the late 1980s, Marvel stopped publishing comics in the franchise, which would only be published again in the following decade, the chosen publisher was Dark Horse Comics, beginning with the popular Dark Empire series (1991-1995).[88] dark Horse launched dozens of series after the original 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 Star Wars : Knights of the old Republic (2006–2010).

Following Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm , it was announced in January 2014 that in 2015 the franchise's comic book license would revert to Marvel Comics, whose parent company, Marvel Entertainment , was purchased by Disney in 2009. Launched in 2015, the three first publications were Star Wars, Darth Vader and the Princess Leia miniseries.

In 2017, IDW Publishing released the Star Wars Adventures anthology series . In 2022, the Dark Horse has returned to publishing new comics and graphic Star Wars novels .

Electronic games

The first video game was Star Wars Electronic Battle Command , released in 1979 by Kenner . In 1982, Parker Brothers published the first Star Wars video game for the Atari 2600, The Empire Strikes Back. It was followed in 1983 by the rail arcade game Atari's Star Wars shooter , which used vector graphics and was based on the Death Star race scene from the 1977 movie. The next game, Return of the Jedi (1984), used more traditional raster graphics ,[citation needed] with the follow-up game The Empire Strikes Back (1985) returning to vector graphics.

In 1991, Star Wars was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System, followed by a sequel the following year. Super Star Wars was also released in 1992, followed by two sequels over the next two years. Lucasfilm started its own video game company in 1982, known for adventure games and flight combat games set in World War II. In 1993, LucasArts released Star Wars: X- Wing , the franchise's first self-published video game and the first spaceflight simulator based on the franchise. It was one of the best selling games of 1993 and established its own series of games. The Rogue Squadron series , released between 1998 and 2003, also focused on space battles during the films.

Dark Forces (1995), a hybrid adventure game incorporating puzzles and strategy, was the first Star Wars first-person shooter. It featured graphics and gameplay unusual in other games, made possible by LucasArts ' custom game engine , Jedi. The game was well received, and was followed by four sequels. The series introduced Kyle Katarn , who would appear in several games, novels, and comics. Katarn is a former stormtrooper who joins the rebellion and becomes a Jedi, a storyline similar to Finn's in The Force Awakens .

An MMORPG, Star Wars Galaxies , was in operation from 2003 to 2011. In 2011, the game was discontinued in favor of a new Star Wars MMO to hit the market in December of the same year: Star Wars: The Old Republic .

Disney partnered with Lenovo to create the augmented reality game Jedi Challenges , released in November 2017.

In August 2018, it was announced that Zynga would publish free Star Wars mobile games.

Merchandising

Star Wars board game

The success of the Star Wars films led to the franchise becoming one of the best-selling franchises in the world. While filming the original 1977 film, George Lucas decided to pay $500,000 of his directorial salary in exchange for full ownership of the franchise's merchandising rights. The first six films produced approximately $20 billion in merchandising revenue.

Kenner made the first Star Wars action figures to coincide with the film's release, and today the original figures are highly prized. Since the 90s, Hasbro has owned the rights to create action figures based on the saga. Star Wars was the first intellectual property to be licensed in Lego history, which produced a LEGO Star Wars theme.

Lego has produced animated short films and comedy miniseries to promote its sets. Lego Star Wars video games are the most critically acclaimed.

In 1977, the board game Star Wars: Escape from the Death Star was released, not to be confused with the board game of the same name published in 1990. A Star Wars Monopoly and Trivial Pursuit themed versions and Battleship were released in 1997, with updated versions released in subsequent years. The board game Risk was adapted in two editions by Hasbro: The Clone Wars Edition (2005) and the Original Trilogy Edition (2006). Star Wars tabletop RPGs were developed: a version by West End Games in the 1980s and 1990s, one by Wizards of the Coast in the 2000s and another by Fantasy Flight Games in the 2010s.

cards have been published since the first "blue" series, by Topps , in 1977. Dozens of series have been produced, with Topps being the licensed company in the United States. Some of the card series are from movie promo photos, while others are from original art. Many of the cards became highly collectible with some very rare " promos ", such as the 1993 Series II Galaxy "floating Yoda" P3 card , which often cost $1,000 or more. While most "base" or " common card " sets are plentiful, many " insertion cards " or " chase cards " are very rare. From 1995 to 2001, Decipher , Inc. licensed, created and produced a collectible card game based on Star Wars; the Star Wars Collectible game Card Game (also known as SWCCG).

multimedia projects

shadows of the Empire (1996) was a multimedia project set between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, which included a Steve Perry novel, a comic book series, a video game, and action figures. The Force Unleashed (2008–2010) was a similar project between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope, which included a novel, a 2008 video game and its 2010 sequel, a graphic novel, a role-playing supplement, and toys.

3D relaunch

In September 2010, Lucasfilm confirmed that it would convert all six films in the Star Wars saga to 3D. According to the producer, all episodes would be re-released in theaters in this format, starting with Star Wars Episode I: The Fastasma Menace , whose re-release took place on February 10, 2012, in the United States. A spokesman for the production company said the idea is to release the films widely and possibly in most territories at the same time. Distribution would again be from Fox. In August 2012, Lucasfilm announced via Facebook that Episodes II and III would be re-released in 2013. Attack of the Clones had its premiere scheduled for September 20, 2013, and Revenge of the Sith would follow weeks later , on September 11. October 2013. Despite expectations, the conversion of Episode I to 3D format did not please fans, which resulted in a low financial return and criticism of the final result.

In January 2013, Disney canceled the release of Episodes II and III to focus efforts on new episodes of the franchise.

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