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Star Wars Is An American Epic Space Opera Media Franchise Created by George Lucas

George Lucas created the Star Wars franchise which began with the 1977 film and has since expanded to include two trilogies of films, two spin-offs, books, video games, and theme park attractions taking place in a detailed fictional universe. The franchise is the second highest grossing of all time and most successful in merchandising, with a total value estimated at $65 billion in 2018.

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Star Wars Is An American Epic Space Opera Media Franchise Created by George Lucas

George Lucas created the Star Wars franchise which began with the 1977 film and has since expanded to include two trilogies of films, two spin-offs, books, video games, and theme park attractions taking place in a detailed fictional universe. The franchise is the second highest grossing of all time and most successful in merchandising, with a total value estimated at $65 billion in 2018.

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Star Wars is an American epic space opera media franchise created by George Lucas.

The
franchise began with the namesake eponymous 1977 movie and quickly became a worldwide
pop-culture phenomenon.

The first film, later subtitled Episode IV: A New Hope, was followed by two successful sequels,
Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983); forming
the original Star Wars trilogy. A subsequent prequel trilogy, consisting of Episode I: The
Phantom Menace (1999), Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002) and Episode III: Revenge of
the Sith (2005), completed what Lucas later called the "tragedy of Darth Vader". Finally, a
sequel trilogy began with Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015), continued with Episode VIII:
The Last Jedi (2017), and will end with Episode IX in 2019.[1] The first eight films were
nominated for Academy Awards (with wins going to the first two released) and were
commercially successful. Together with the theatrical spin-off films Rogue One (2016) and Solo
(2018), the series has a combined box office revenue of over US$9 billion,[2] and is the second-
highest-grossing film franchise.[3]

The film series has spawned into other media, including television shows, video games, books,
comics, theme park attractions and themed areas, resulting in a significantly detailed fictional
universe. Star Wars holds a Guinness World Records title for the "Most successful film
merchandising franchise". In 2018, the total value of the Star Wars franchise was estimated at
US$65 billion, and it is currently the fifth-highest-grossing media franchise of all time.

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