The evil Darth Sidious enacts his final plan for unlimited power -- and the heroic Jedi Anakin Skywalker must choose a side. After a millennia, an ancient evil returns seeking revenge. Skip Navigation Disney. Log In. Kaminski rationalizes that these exaggerations are part publicity device and part security measure—with the series and story radically changing throughout the years, Lucas would emphasize that its current embodiment was the original intention; with the series previously existing as different and often contradictory forms, this makes audiences view the material only from the perspective that Lucas wishes them to view the material, and it also may protect against outrage that such a popular storyline was being changed post-release after being cherished by so many.
Information on the screenplays comes from many sources. Most of the drafts of Star Wars were leaked to the public in and have circulated since then. Information on the prequel scripts is comparatively more scarce, but a number of making-of books give insight into the writing process and early drafts.
The prequels' drafts are largely similar to the final films due to Lucas exploring ideas in the art department rather than on paper. In , George Lucas began writing his prequel trilogy, which was to be made in the coming years. Lucas would revisit Tunisia, Africa and have more problems there as his Star Wars past came to haunt him.
However, this time Lucas filmed all non-location photography in Leavesden Studios , England. After wrapping up filming, Lucas started finishing the special effects and other small things. This would eventually be his last film filmed on regular film.
After his film was released on May 19, , Lucas soon started writing Episode II while The Phantom Menace broke box-office records and grossed more than million dollars worldwide, despite poor reviews and reaction to the acting and general appearance of characters, in particular the much-maligned Jar Jar Binks. However, when the film was released, many people criticized Lucas's many love scenes and Hayden's portrayal of a "whiny" Anakin.
The film was grossed less than Spider-Man and was the 2 film of the year grossing only million dollars in North America and becoming the second lowest grossing Star Wars film of all time.
Anakin turns to the dark side, the Jedi Order is destroyed and Palpatine becomes Emperor. It would be a heartfelt moment when the last scene was finished and the cast left on their separate ways foreseeable the premiere in May The film received praise from critics as well as fans.
The logo for Celebration IV. After the completion of the prequels, Lucas began work on various Star Wars projects, including a new Clone Wars animated series , a live-action series , and a 3D conversion of all six films. However, the live-action series was put on hold due to budgetary issues.
Disney announced that it would produce a sequel trilogy as well as various standalone films. Disney chief executive and chairman Bob Iger told the Financial Times that the deal would slightly reduce returns to shareholders over the next two years, but that it would become profitable for them in , once Episode VII was released.
Effective immediately, the only Star Wars information considered canon was material from the six original films, the the Clone Wars film , the The Clone Wars television series , certain material from the official Star Wars website, and material released after that date, with certain noted exceptions, generally products that continued stories that had begun in the Expanded Universe, but had not yet finished. Writers of future titles would be able to draw upon material from the Expanded Universe for their stories, but this material would only be considered canon within its new context.
The Lucasfilm Story Group was created to ensure that for the first time all material released would fit together as part of an official canon, rather than the previous system of material released outside of the films containing obvious contradictions. A large slate of new releases was announced, including various new novels and games. It was written and directed by Rian Johnson.
The line "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. It is alluding to the classic fairy tale line "Once upon a time, in a land far, far away…" and variations thereof.
It may reflect that the films are to be interpreted as the myths of the future, as opposed to literally meaning that the events take place in the past. Lucas himself intentionally left the details open to interpretation.
The saga shows an "ancient" galactic civilization thousands of years old. The setting is totally unrelated to Earth , the Milky Way Galaxy or reality, which gives it more liberty, in a sense.
The Star Wars galaxy prominently features humans that look like those from Earth. Their civilization was able to develop space travel, terraform, build ecumenopoleis , and build space colonies , years "ago," according to the Expanded Universe. The titular Star Wars originally referred to the Galactic Civil War which takes place in the original trilogy. Star Wars also merges science with supernatural elements that strongly relate to epic stories and fairy tales e.
While the scope of Star Wars history spans many thousands of years among all of the Star Wars history recorded and over 36, years in all the fiction produced to date from Dawn of the Jedi to Star Wars: Legacy , the films span only two generations. Later novels from a series dubbed The New Jedi Order opened up the Star Wars setting with alien beings known as the Yuuzhan Vong that came from a different galaxy, much to the surprise of some fans.
All species and events prior to this series considered only one single galaxy. The prequel trilogy specifically tells the tale of Anakin Skywalker, Luke and Leia's father, a former Tatooine slave who is trained as a Jedi after the Battle of Naboo but gradually turns to evil and becomes Darth Vader. The films draw extensively on archetypal figures and themes of classical literature. They are based on the concept of " the Force ," an energy that can be controlled by someone born with innate ability and trained to perfect his, her, or its skill.
The Force can be used to move objects, read or control minds, or even influence the outcome of large battles. A person trained in the use of the "light side" of the Force for good is a Jedi; someone trained in using the "dark side" for evil is a Sith. The original idea for Star Wars was conceived in the early s and went through many revisions, providing plenty of material for the films. The original Star Wars movie Episode IV was first released in , but the novelization was released six months earlier, in There were originally to be nine films in three trilogies some accounts claim twelve films in four trilogies ; however, Lucas has stated that he does not intend to make any more Star Wars films after Episode III.
George Lucas announced he would not be directing the films but would serve as a creative consultant. All of the original films were shot at, among other locations, Elstree Studios.
Episode I was filmed at Leavesden Studios and the subsequent prequels were filmed in Sydney , Australia. Tunisia has served as the location for filming scenes set on the desert planet Tatooine. George Lucas has tinkered repeatedly with the original trilogy. For the Special Editions of Episodes IV through VI, the films were extensively cleaned up and restored, and Lucas took this opportunity to make a number of changes , adding previously cut scenes and new effects.
Further changes were made for the films' initial DVD release in September In , Lucas finally released the original trilogy in unaltered form on DVD. At a ShoWest convention in , George Lucas demonstrated new technology and stated that he was planning to release all six films in a new 3D film format, beginning with A New Hope in This did not materialize, but on September 28 , , the official site announced the 3D release of Star Wars : Episode I The Phantom Menace coming to theaters in Lucas also hinted in the past that he would release his definitive, often called "archival," editions of all six Star Wars films in one set on a next-generation home-video format in These "archival" editions were never released, or announced.
Despite the Disney's purchase of Lucasfilm Ltd. Fox was also to retain theatrical, nontheatrical, and home video rights worldwide for the franchise's five subsequent films, which Lucasfilm produced and financed independently, through May , at which time ownership was to transfer to Disney. This complex relationship between Fox and Disney, particularly in regards to Fox's perpetual rights to Episode IV, was to create an obstacle for any future boxed set comprising all nine films.
Splinter of the Mind's Eye. The Expanded Universe or EU is the continuation of the movies. It plays a major role in the storyline. One can read books from the prequel era, between the movies, or post-Episode VI. There are also several books dealing with the lives of Han Solo and Lando Calrissian just before the movies. There are even books about the briefly shown Wedge Antilles. In the Expanded Universe, the Galactic Empire suppresses alien species because most Imperials are xenophobic , but this idea appears in the films only subtly or, arguably, not at all.
The idea of the Empire enslaving aliens is an analogy to racism. In the Young Jedi Knights series, there is even an example of reverse discrimination , when a group of aliens form the "Diversity Alliance" seeks revenge on all Humans , by means of a viral plague, for the crimes of the Empire.
Young Jedi Knights also deals with drug abuse, the homeless, and effects of disability; it is more prone to discussing modern issues than any other Star Wars series. The post-Episode VI EU has often been criticized as being too dark and depressing, such as the Yuuzhan Vong invasion that kills several major characters, and trillions of deaths in the war.
Critics often point to the fact that George Lucas wanted a saga with an ultimately happy ending, yet the current direction of the EU indicates a revival of the Sith that even Luke Skywalker cannot stop. The saga chronologically begins with the so-called Big Bang , the creation of the universe. Over billions of years, the galaxy slowly formed. The earliest Expanded Universe stories chronologically are those in Dawn of the Jedi. Thousands of years later, series about the training of Obi-Wan Kenobi and the Naboo Crisis introduce the characters and situations that form the backbone of the story told in the films.
The story then revolves around the Skywalker family and their friends and adversaries. The Skywalkers are involved in every important event from that point forward. The first three of these are live-action, and were originally made for TV, though the Ewok film was shown in theaters in some locations outside the U.
Rogue One and Solo are live-action standalone films. An originally minor detail, the Wookiee food wookiee-ookiees became a cult symbol in the Star Wars fan universe, spawning plays on its name such as wookiee-cookiees a Star Wars —themed dessert. The term "Wookiee hooky" was used by media to reference high absenteeism to see a recently released Star Wars film. Additionally, other filmmakers with no connection to Lucasfilm have made films that salute, document, parody, or unofficially extend Star Wars.
Mel Brooks ' Spaceballs parodies Star Wars and some other science-fiction works. Animation formed another component Star Wars. Ewoks featured the adventures of the Ewoks prior to Return of the Jedi. A live-action TV show was announced by Lucasfilm in , but little more has been heard since then.
Star Wars —based fiction predates the release of the first movie, with the novelisation of A New Hope by Alan Dean Foster but credited to George Lucas released some months before the film itself. Foster also wrote the first original Star Wars novel, Splinter of the Mind's Eye , the publication of which inaugurated a very successful literary spin-off franchise.
The six Star Wars movies have provided a basis for over a hundred novels. The first galaxies were formed around a billion years after the big bang, so that cuts out a billion years. The films depict many star systems with mature planets and intelligent life.
It took the solar system about million years to form, and it formed 4. There are also fully formed multicellular creatures of many different shapes and kinds. It took about 2 billion years for single-celled organisms to evolve into multicellular organisms, and another billion years before those took the form of life that we could recognize as creatures.
Although it took billions of years for life to evolve on Earth, that does not mean the process would always take billions of years. The first eukaryotic cell is thought to have formed from a bacterium entering a prokaryotic cell and living symbiotically rather than being destroyed by its host cell.
This was a random fluke that took millions of years to happen. If that event had happened on the first day of prokaryotic life, it could have shaved off a significant chunk of time for evolution. Altogether, this means that Star Wars needs to be at least 9 billion years after the big bang. This leaves plenty of years before the current time about 4. Figuring out where the Star Wars galaxy is in the history of the universe is harder than trying to pinpoint planets in the history of their development.
For instance, we see many terrestrial rocky planets and a few gas giants. A planet such as Mustafar is very volcanically active and has lava flowing all over its surface; Mustafar is probably in its earliest stages of development.
In a similar fashion, Hoth could be an Earth-like planet in the heart of an ice age. By Andrew Liszewski. Image: Lego. List slides.
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