Star wars empire strikes back sci fi futuristic movie film action 1 2. After a fierce battle. Science fiction is quite simply one of the most popular genres of film that we have. However he has also said he had the idea long before then. Star wars is a space opera franchise created by george lucas and produced by lucasfilmthe films were distributed by 20th century fox from 1977 to 2005 and currently by disney from 2012 and onward after the acquisition of lucasfilm with lucasfilm president kathleen kennedy serving as a producer for all films released under the disney banner.
Lucas said he had the idea for a space fantasy film in 1971 after he completed directing his first full length feature thx 1138. Episode v the empire strikes back. Star wars is an american epic space opera media franchise created by george lucasthe franchise began with the eponymous 1977 film and quickly became a worldwide pop culture phenomenonthe original film later subtitled episode iv a new hope was followed by the sequels episode v the empire strikes back 1980 and episode vi return of the jedi 1983 forming what is collectively. Find exactly what youre looking for.
As such its often referenced throughout pop culture. Lucas continued the story of the jedi knights and the dark side in the empire strikes back 1980 and the return of the jedi 1983. The creation of far away places and futuristic technology seems to be exactly what the medium of film was. In 1978 with george lucas a millionaire he began taking his screenplays for episodes v and vi and turning them into films.
George lucas draws the star wars film series to a close with this dark sci fi adventure which sets the stage for the events of the first film and brings the saga full circle. This page lists references made to star wars in other movies. The franchise follows the jedi the dark side. Imdbs advanced search allows you to run extremely powerful queries over all people and titles in the database.
Star wars is a major part of our pop culture. Star wars was also retitled star wars. Star wars is an american epic space opera media franchise created by george lucasthe franchise began with the eponymous 1977 film and quickly became a worldwide pop culture phenomenonthe original film later subtitled episode iv a new hope was followed by the sequels episode v the empire strikes back 1980 and episode vi return of the jedi 1983 forming what is collectively. Lucas believed that the bleak tone of thx 1138 led to its poor reception and therefore chose to make star wars more optimistic.
This is what led to the fun and adventurous tone of the space opera.