Star Wars (1977)
Star Wars (later retitled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope) is a 1977 American epic space opera film written and directed by George Lucas. The film's success gave rise to the Star Wars film franchise. It stars Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing and Alec Guinness. In the film, a group of freedom fighters known as the Rebel Alliance plot to destroy the Death Star space station, which carries a planet-destroying capability created by the Galactic Empire. This conflict disrupts the isolated life of farmboy Luke Skywalker when he inadvertently acquires the droids containing the stolen plans for the Death Star. After the Empire begins a destructive search for the missing droids, Skywalker agrees to accompany Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi on a daring mission to rescue the owner of the droids, the rebel leader Princess Leia, and save the galaxy.
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