Star Wars
The film is set about 19 years
after the formation of the Galactic Empire; construction has finished on the
Death Star, a weapon capable of destroying a planet. After Princess Leia
Organa, a leader of the Rebel Alliance, receives the weapon's plans in the hope
of finding a weakness, she is captured and taken to the Death Star. Meanwhile,
a young farmer named Luke Skywalker meets Obi-Wan Kenobi, who has lived in seclusion
for years on the desert planet of Tatooine. When Luke's home is burned and his
aunt and uncle killed, Obi-Wan begins Luke's Jedi training as they attempt to
rescue the Princess from the Empire.
Inspired by films like the Flash
Gordon serials and the samurai films of Akira Kurosawa, as well as such
critical works as Joseph Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Lucas began
work on Star Wars in 1974. Produced with a budget of US$11,000,000 and released
on May 25, 1977, the film became one of the most successful of all time,
earning $307 million in the
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There
is an official Web site for the Star Wars films at Star Wars.com