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The Star Wars franchise's logo, introduced in the original film A New Hope
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| Creator | George Lucas |
| Original work | Star Wars (1977) |
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| Novels | List of novels |
| Comics | List of comics |
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| Video games | List of video games |
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| Radio programs | Star Wars |
| Original music | Music of Star Wars |
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Star Wars is an American epic space opera franchise, centered on a film series created by George Lucas. It depicts the adventures of various characters "a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away".
The franchise began in 1977 with the release of the film Star Wars (subtitled Episode IV: A New Hope in 1981), which became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon. It was followed by the successful sequels The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983); these three films constitute the original Star Wars trilogy. A prequel trilogy was released between 1999 and 2005, which received mixed reactions. A sequel trilogy began in 2015 with the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. All seven films were nominated for Academy Awards (with wins going to the first two films) and have been commercial successes, with a combined box office revenue of $7.471 billion, making Star Wars the third highest-grossing film series.Spin-off films include Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) and Rogue One (2016), which is the first in an upcoming series of anthology films.