Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, the first PG-13 film in the franchise, was released on May 19, 2005. [160] He also composed Han Solo's theme for Solo: A Star Wars Story; John Powell adapted and composed the rest of the score. Follow Obi Wan as he reflects on his past & prepares for his return from exile, in this epic 1 minute short", "Star Wars Roll Out, An Adorable New Series of Animated Shorts, Bounces to the Screen - Exclusive", "A 'Mandalorian' Movie? Richard Marquand was born on September 22, 1937 in Llanishen, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales as Richard Alfred Marquand. In addition to the Disneyland ride Star Tours (1987) and its successor, Star Tours: The Adventures Continue (2011), many live attractions have been held at Disney parks, including the travelling exhibition Where Science Meets Imagination, the Space Mountain spin-off Hyperspace Mountain, a walkthrough Launch Bay, and the night-time A Galactic Spectacular. [200] Star Wars was the first intellectual property to be licensed in Lego history. Star Wars games have gone through three significant development eras, marked by a change in leadership among the developers: the early licensed games, those developed after the creation of LucasArts, and those created after the closure of the Lucasfilm division by Disney and the transfer of the license to Electronic Arts. Film director J.J. Abrams requested that Bauersfeld once again play Ackbar in the 2015 film Star Wars: The Force Awakens. [120] In The Courtship of Princess Leia (1994) by Dave Wolverton, set immediately before the Thrawn trilogy, Leia considers an advantageous political marriage to Prince Isolder of the planet Hapes, but she and Han ultimately marry. During his late teen years, he went to Thomas Downey High School and was very much interested in drag racing. [205][k] A Star Wars Monopoly and themed versions of Trivial Pursuit and Battleship were released in 1997, with updated versions released in subsequent years. [45][46] Solo (2018) focuses on Han Solo's backstory, also featuring original trilogy co-protagonists Chewbacca and Lando Calrissian and involving prequel trilogy villain Darth Maul. In 1993, LucasArts released Star Wars: X-Wing, the first self-published Star Wars video game and the first space flight simulator based on the franchise. [248], The original Star Wars film was a huge success for 20th Century Fox, and was credited for reinvigorating the company. The Original, "The 10 Greatest Motion Picture Trilogies of All Time", "Good Things Come In Threes: Great Movie Trilogies". 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[213] Kylo uses the fact that Rey is an orphan to tempt her into joining the dark side. His first feature film, Brick (2005), was released in 2005 ... Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017). Director Rian Johnson considered including Anakin Skywalker's Force ghost in Star Wars: The Last Jedi.Released in 2016, the film was the middle entry in Disney's Star Wars sequel trilogy, directly picking up from the ending of J.J. Abrams' Star Wars: The Force Awakens.Aside from continuing the journeys of new characters like Rey, Finn, Poe, and Kylo Ren, it also finally revealed what Luke Skywalker had been … Growing up, he admired movies such as the 1977 classic "Star Wars", and went on to pursue a film career. In his senior year, he and Jill ... Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015), Star Wars: Episode IX (2019). Lucasfilm maintained internal continuity between the films and television content and the EU material until April 25, 2014, when the company announced all of the EU works would cease production. [53][g] After directing American Graffiti (1973), he wrote a two-page synopsis, which 20th Century Fox decided to invest in. Lucasfilm has a number of Star Wars movies in development, two of which were confirmed during Disney Investor Day 2020. He was married to Carol Bell and Josephine ... Star Wars: Episode VI - Return Of The Jedi (1983). [210] From 1995 until 2001, Decipher, Inc. had the license for, created, and produced the Star Wars Customizable Card Game. Together with the original trilogy, Lucas has collectively referred to the first six episodic films of the franchise as "the tragedy of Darth Vader". 1. The Star Wars canon was subsequently restructured to only include the existing six feature films, the animated film The Clone Wars (2008), and its companion animated series. The franchise has been expanded into various films and other media, including television series, video games, novels, comic books, theme park attractions, and themed areas, comprising an all-encompassing fictional universe. 4. Super Star Wars (1992) was released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, with two sequels over the next two years. Lucas, a fan of the NPR-affiliated campus radio station of his alma mater the University of Southern California, licensed the Star Wars radio rights to KUSC-FM for US$1. There are also many references to Christianity, such as in the appearance of Darth Maul, whose design draws heavily from traditional depictions of the devil. [196][197], The success of the Star Wars films led the franchise to become one of the most merchandised franchises in the world. Gareth James Edwards was born on June 1, 1975 in the English town of Nuneaton, Warwickshire. Because of concerns over potential copyright and trademark issues, however, the contest was initially open only to parodies, mockumentaries, and documentaries. They marched backward through the looking-glass. Patty Jenkins will direct a new “ Star Wars ” movie, titled “ Rogue Squadron,” it was announced during Thursday’s Disney Investor conference. His father was a stationery store owner and he had three siblings. At 15, he wrote the music for Don Dohler's Nightbeast (1982). From the critically acclaimed dramas A Beautiful Mind (2001) and Apollo 13 (1995) to the hit comedies Parenthood (1989) and Splash (1984), he has created some of Hollywood's most memorable films.Howard ... Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi. Fans Petition Star Wars to Include First Gay Character. [242] The widespread impact made it a prime target for parody works and homages, with popular examples including Hardware Wars, Spaceballs, The Family Guy Trilogy and Robot Chicken: Star Wars. [218] Luke's discovery that Vader is his father has strong repurcussions on the saga and is regarded as one of the most influential plot twists in cinema. Including both the main episodic movies and the anthology movies. [123][125] Other notable series from Bantam include the Jedi Academy trilogy (1994) by Kevin J. Anderson,[126][127] the 14-book Young Jedi Knights series (1995–1998) by Anderson and Rebecca Moesta,[127][128] and the X-wing series (1996–2012) by Michael A. Stackpole and Aaron Allston. [216] Obi-Wan's loss of a father figure could have impacted his relationship with Anakin,[217] whom both Obi-Wan and Palpatine are fatherlike mentors to. The Star Wars story has been presented in a series of American films, which have spawned a large quantity of books and other media, which have formed the Expanded Universe. The prequels feature a relatively sleek and new design aesthetic in comparison to the original trilogy. [71] At various stages of development, the sequel trilogy was to focus on the rebuilding of the Republic,[72] the return of Luke in a role similar to that of Obi-Wan in the original trilogy,[69] Luke's sister (not yet determined to be Leia),[61] Han, Leia,[73] R2-D2 and C-3PO. He even cites George Lucas and Steven Spielberg as his biggest influences. The original trilogy depicts the galaxy as dirty and grimy in, Lucas started by researching the inspiration behind. [214], The saga draws heavily from the hero's journey, an archetypical template developed by comparative mythologist Joseph Campbell. [194] A themed hotel, Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser, is currently under construction at Walt Disney World. According to Adam Driver, sequel trilogy villain Kylo Ren, who idolizes Vader, believes he is "doing what he thinks is right". Lucasfilm founded its own video game company in 1982, becoming best known for adventure games and World War II flight combat games, but as George Lucas took more interest in the increasing success of the video game market, he wanted to have more creative control over the games, and founded his own development company, LucasArts. The superhero sequel is now out in (some) cinemas, and she was announced last week as the first female director of a big-screen Star Wars movie: Rogue Squadron. [211] The subsequently produced sequel trilogy consists of Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015), Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (2017), and Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker (2019). [66] A theatrical rerelease of the original trilogy in 1997 "updated" the 20-year-old films with the style of CGI envisioned for the new trilogy. Each trilogy focuses on a generation of the Force-sensitive Skywalker family. [227] Lucas has also drawn parallels to historical dictators such as Julius Caesar, Napoleon Bonaparte, and politicians like Richard Nixon. Each card series are of film stills or original art. For example, a project in Western Australia honed elementary school students storytelling skills by role-playing action scenes from the movies and later creating props and audio/visual scenery to enhance their performance. [134] A massively multiplayer online role-playing game, Star Wars Galaxies, was in operation from 2003 until 2011. Abrams planned on going to dental school, but decided to study film at Sarah Lawrence College. All future projects and creative developments across all types of media would be overseen and coordinated by the story group, announced as a division of Lucasfilm created to maintain continuity and a cohesive vision on the storytelling of the franchise. "[59][69] He announced this to Time in 1978,[70] and confirmed that he had outlined them in 1981. [230] The franchise helped Fox to change from an almost bankrupt production company to a thriving media conglomerate. [179][178][180][181] The game was well received,[182][183][184] and it was followed by four sequels. During an interview for the upcoming film Wonder Woman 1984, Pascal was asked about the final episode of The Mandalorian Season 2. Each film was released two days later in the U.S. Not to be confused with the board game with the same name published in 1990, In his early drafts, Lucas used the plot point of a dictator staying in power with the support of the military. Within three weeks of the film's release, the studio's stock price doubled to a record high. "[243] The Empire Strikes Back, was selected in 2010. During his late teen years, he went to Thomas Downey High School and was very much interested in drag racing. [219] Supreme Leader Snoke encourages Kylo Ren to kill his father, Han Solo. [228] Shots of the commanders looking through AT-AT walker viewscreens in The Empire Strikes Back resemble tank interiors,[229] and space battles in the original film were based on World War I and World War II dogfights. [171][172] In 1982, Parker Brothers published the first Star Wars video game for the Atari 2600, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back,[173] followed soon the year later by Star Wars: Jedi Arena, the first video game to depict lightsaber combat. [123][124] The novel introduced the crime lord Prince Xizor, another popular character who would appear in multiple other works. [240], Film critic Roger Ebert wrote in his book The Great Movies, "Like The Birth of a Nation and Citizen Kane, Star Wars was a technical watershed that influenced many of the movies that came after." After Disney 's acquisition of the franchise, Disney reassigned video game Jedi Challenges, released in November 2017 with... 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