User:Brojam/List of Star Wars films
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Working off version - Books that can help: The Making of Star Wars: The Definitive Story Behind the Original Film and The Secret History of Star Wars
Star Wars films | |
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Based on | Characters by George Lucas |
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Starring | See below |
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Release date | 1977–present |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | Total (10 films): $1.450 billion |
Box office | Total (10 films): $9.232 billion |
- Comment: Please comment at Talk:List_of_Star_Wars_films_and_television_series#Split_Films_and_TV_Shows_into_Separate_Pages first before bringing this up for any AFC reviews. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 00:56, 22 June 2019 (UTC)
The Star Wars films are a series of American space opera films, based on characters created by George Lucas. The films have been in production since 1977, and in that time Lucasfilm Ltd. has produced and released 10 films, with five more in various stages of production. The series collectively has grossed over $9.2 billion at the global box office, making it the second highest-grossing film franchise of all time.
The first film in the franchise was Star Wars (1977), which was later subtitled Episode IV: A New Hope in 1981,[1][2]. This was followed by two sequels: The Empire Strikes Back (1980), and Return of the Jedi (1983). The opening crawl of the sequels disclosed that they were numbered as "Episode V" and "Episode VI" respectively, though the films were generally advertised solely under their subtitles. Though the first film in the series was simply titled Star Wars, with its 1981 re-release it had the subtitle Episode IV: A New Hope added to remain consistent with its sequel, and to establish it as the middle chapter of a continuing saga.[3]
More than two decades after the release of the original film, the series continued with a prequel trilogy; consisting of Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999), Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002), and Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005).[4] The animated film Star Wars: The Clone Wars was released theatrically in 2008 as a lead-in to the animated TV series with the same name.
A decade after the release of the final prequel film, the series continued again with Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015), beginning a new sequel trilogy. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was released in 2016 as the first in an anthology series of films separate from the main episodic saga.