Star wars empire strikes back sci fi futuristic movie film action 1. 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. Episode v the empire strikes back. This page lists references made to star wars in other movies. Lucas said he had the idea for a space fantasy film in 1971 after he completed directing his first full length feature thx 1138.
The creation of far away places and futuristic technology seems to be exactly what the medium of film was. Science fiction is quite simply one of the most popular genres of film that we have. As such its often referenced throughout pop culture. However he has also said he had the idea long before then.
Star wars was also retitled star wars. Episode iv a new hopehowever this time lucas left the directors guild and irvin kershner was the new director with lucas as the producer. In 1978 with george lucas a millionaire he began taking his screenplays for episodes v and vi and turning them into films. The sequel 1982 the movie starts with a star warsstyle opening crawl in one scene stryker is wearing an oxygen mask.
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. Though many tropes did not originate with star wars it has popularized dozens of them to the point numerous modern space opera and sci fi works contain homages to the franchise. A thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a ceo. 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. Star wars is a major part of our pop culture. 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. 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.
In the meantime he set up a state of the art special effects.