Star wars empire strikes back sci fi futuristic movie film action 23. Star wars was also retitled star wars. In 1978 with george lucas a millionaire he began taking his screenplays for episodes v and vi and turning them into films. Science fiction movies from the eighties 1980 1989 including tv movies as well as stand alone mini series. Episode v the empire strikes back.
Imdbs advanced search allows you to run extremely powerful queries over all people and titles in the database. 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. Lucas believed that the bleak tone of thx 1138 led to its poor reception and therefore chose to make star wars more optimistic. Lucas said he had the idea for a space fantasy film in 1971 after he completed directing his first full length feature thx 1138.
Of all major movie genres sci fi has perhaps the most passionate devoteesjust look at the feverishly adoring fanbase of the star wars saga and marvel cinematic universe. In early 1978 lucas began working on 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. This list uses a fairly strict definition of science fiction and therefore does not include most films that deal with fantasy the supernatural or super heroes.
Find exactly what youre looking for. From star wars to the bourne franchise enjoy your new movie marathon. Science fiction is quite simply one of the most popular genres of film that we have. 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.
The creation of far away places and futuristic technology seems to be exactly what the medium of film was. 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.