Star Wars (1977)

Director:

George Lucas

Writer:

George Lucas (written by)

Release Date:

25 May 1977 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

May the Force be with you (re-release)

Plot:

Luke Skywalker leaves his home planet, teams up with other rebels, and tries to save Princess Leia from the evil clutches of Darth Vader.

Plot Keywords:

Number In Character's Name | Outer Space | Hyperspace | Hitman | Evil Empire

Awards:

Won 6 Oscars. Another 29 wins & 18 nominations

Cast

Mark Hamill	...	Luke Skywalker
Harrison Ford	...	Han Solo
Carrie Fisher	...	Princess Leia Organa
Peter Cushing	...	Grand Moff Tarkin
Alec Guinness	...	Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
Anthony Daniels	...	C-3PO
Kenny Baker	...	R2-D2
Peter Mayhew	...	Chewbacca
David Prowse	...	Darth Vader
James Earl Jones	...	Darth Vader (voice)
Phil Brown	...	Uncle Owen
Shelagh Fraser	...	Aunt Beru
Jack Purvis	...	Chief Jawa
Alex McCrindle	...	General Dodonna
Eddie Byrne	...	General Willard

Also Known As:

Adventures of the Starkiller: Episode 1 - The Star Wars (USA) (working title)
Guerra de las estrellas, La (USA: Spanish title)
Star Wars IV: A New Hope (USA) (video box title)
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (USA) (reissue title (new title))
The Adventures of Luke Starkiller as Taken from the 'Journal of the Whills': Saga I - Star Wars (USA) (working title)
The Star Wars (USA) (original script title)
The Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Starkiller (USA) (working title)
Guerra de las galaxias, La (Argentina) (Chile) (Colombia) (Mexico) (Panama) (Peru) (Spain) (Venezuela) [es]
Guerre des étoiles, La (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
Stjärnornas krig (Finland: Swedish title) (Sweden) [sv]
Междузвездни войни (Bulgaria: Bulgarian title) [bg]
гБ╦ГДМШЕ бНИМШ (Soviet Union: Russian title) [ru]
A Guerra das Estrelas (Portugal) [pt]
Csillagok háborúja (Hungary) [hu]
Guerra de les galàxies, La (Spain: Catalan title) [ca]
Guerra de les galàxies: Una nova esperança, La (Spain: Catalan title) (reissue title) [ca]
Guerra nas Estrelas (Brazil) [pt]
Guerre des étoiles - Un nouvel éspoir, La (Canada: French title) (TV title) [fr]
Guerre stellari: Episodio IV - Una nuova speranza (Italy) (reissue title) [it]
Gwiezdne wojny (Poland) [pl]
Hvezdné války (Czechoslovakia: Czech title) [cs]
Hviezdne vojny (Czechoslovakia: Slovak title) [sk]
Hviezdne vojny IV - Nová nádej (Czechoslovakia: Slovak title) (long title) [sk]
Krieg der Sterne (West Germany) [de]
Krieg der Sterne - Episode IV: Eine neue Hoffnung (Germany) (new title) [de]
Ratovi zvezda - Nova nada (Serbia) [sr]
Ratovi zvijezda (Croatia) (video title) [hr]
Star Wars: Епизод IV - Нова Надежда (Bulgaria: Bulgarian title) [bg]
Star Wars: Episode IV - Neue Hoffnung (Germany) (video title) [de]
Star Wars: Epizoda IV - Nová nadeje (Czechoslovakia: Czech title) (long title) [cs]
Star wars IV - Tähtien sota: Uusi toivo (Finland) (video box title) [fi]
Star wars: Épisode IV, la guerre des étoiles (France) (TV title) [fr]
Star wars: Episodio IV - Una nueva esperanza (Spain) (new title) [es]
Stjörnustríð (Iceland) [is]
Stjernekrigen (Denmark) [da]
Sutâ wôzu: Aratanaru kibou (Japan) [ja]
Tähtien sota (Finland) [fi]
Yildiz savaslari (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]

MPAA:

Rated PG for sci-fi violence and brief mild language. (special edition, DVD version)

Runtime:

121 min | 125 min (special edition)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | DTS 70 mm (special edition) (70 mm prints) (Europe) | DTS (special edition) | Dolby Digital (special edition) | Dolby (35 mm prints) | SDDS (special edition)

Certification:

Canada:G (British Columbia/Quebec) | South Korea:All | Iceland:LH (original version) (video re-rating) | Brazil:Livre | Iceland:L (special edition) | Malaysia:U | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:PG (Nova Scotia) (special edition) | Chile:TE | Denmark:11 (special edition) | Denmark:12 | Finland:K-12 (original rating) | Finland:K-8 (special edition) | France:U | Germany:6 (special edition) | Hong Kong:I | Iceland:L (original rating) | Ireland:G | Mexico:AA | Netherlands:AL | New Zealand:PG | Norway:11 (special edition) | Norway:12 | Peru:PT | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG (special edition) | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | UK:U | USA:PG (certificate #24925) | West Germany:12 (original rating) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Tikal National Park, Guatemala

Company:

Lucasfilm

Trivia:

C-3PO was originally scripted as a "used car salesman" type, and designed after the robot from Metropolis (1927).

Goofs:

Continuity: The shot of R2-D2 being propped for reading the Death Star plans is a mirror image.

Quotes:

[first lines]
C-3PO: Did you hear that? They shut down the main reactor. We'll be destroyed for sure. This is madness.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Meet the Spartans (2008)

No words to say

There's not much to say about this movie this is *THE* movie that changed it all.

It's my favourite movie, and not only among the quadrilogy, among all movies; it has everything that can be great in a movie, great characters, great story, great sights, great special effects (they don't show 23 years) and a mythological background that made us dream for decades now, and that'll keep us dreaming for a long, long time. Maybe the characters I liked most in this one are Old Obi-Wan Kenobi, wonderfully portrayed by Alec Guinness, and Han Solo, Harrison Ford's first important role, they're both great.

Not to mention John Williams' wonderful score, without of it, the movie wouldn't have been this great it's a perfect mix, that's what it is!