Star wars return jedi sci fi futuristic movie film 17. Since its inception star wars has grown into one of the most well known franchises in pop culture history. 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. Its the final frontier the place where no one can hear you scream and a boundless backdrop that squashes any mans ego. This site also has made the franchise a trope namer for fifty odd tropes listed here.
Because the first three star wars movies were filmed at elstree studios in london many of the weapons used as the basis for props were british or readily available in britain in the late 1970s. Lucas believed that the bleak tone of thx 1138 led to its poor reception and therefore chose to make star wars more optimistic. 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. This is what led to the fun and adventurous tone of the space opera.
After a fierce battle. 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 stormtrooper marches during the training day vi 501st spanish garrison in madrid a yearly parade organized by an altruistic group in spain. However he has also said he had the idea long before then.
Or so weve been told by three of the best space movies ever. 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. Science fiction movies from the eighties 1980 1989 including tv movies as well as stand alone mini series.