Star wars empire strikes back sci fi futuristic movie film action 3 2. After a fierce battle. 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. This is what led to the fun and adventurous tone of the space opera.
In 1978 with george lucas a millionaire he began taking his screenplays for episodes v and vi and turning them into films. Episode iv a new hopehowever this time lucas left the directors guild and irvin kershner was the new director with lucas as the producer. 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. 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.
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. Cloverfield has a strong sci fi pedigree as its produced by star trek and star wars. Science fiction is quite simply one of the most popular genres of film that we have.
Lucas believed that the bleak tone of thx 1138 led to its poor reception and therefore chose to make star wars more optimistic. The force awakens director jj abrams and directed by war for the planet of the apes matt reeves. The 30 best futuristic movies. Episode v the empire strikes back.
Star wars was also retitled star wars. Lucas said he had the idea for a space fantasy film in 1971 after he completed directing his first full length feature thx 1138.