Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team together with the loveable robot duo R2-D2 and C-3PO to rescue the beautiful princess and restore peace and justice in the Empire.
Production
Used airplane scrap for sets—desperation births genius.
Score
Williams made orchestras feel like rock concerts.
Practical Effects
Puppet aliens that somehow aged better than CGI.
Director
George Lucas
Mark Hamill
Luke Skywalker
Harrison Ford
Han Solo
Carrie Fisher
Princess Leia Organa
Peter Cushing
Grand Moff Tarkin
Alec Guinness
Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
Anthony Daniels
C-3PO
Kenny Baker
R2-D2
Peter Mayhew
Chewbacca
David Prowse
Darth Vader (performer)
James Earl Jones
Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
Phil Brown
Uncle Owen
Shelagh Fraser
Aunt Beru
Jack Purvis
Chief Jawa
Alex McCrindle
General Dodonna
Eddie Byrne
General Willard
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lucas pitched 'space western' to confused executives; 20th Century Fox's faith was so low they let him keep merchandising rights. Whoops.
The crawl's 'Episode IV' wasn't added until 1981 re-release—Lucas always envisioned a larger saga but needed this to hit first.
1977
8.41980
7.91983
6.61999
6.62002
7.52005
7.22015
6.82017
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