What Is The History Of The Star Wars Films

Star Wars was one of the best films ever to take place when it arrived at the box office and continues to be popular today. Why not take a moment to follow the fascinating history of Star Wars. After a successful run in the early 1970s and box office hit American Graffiti; in 1975 George Lucas writes a basic story about the rise, fall, and redemption of Anakin Skywalker. The story is so long that it needs to be divided into 2 trilogies. The first trilogy focuses on the life of Anakin Skywalker and the second focuses on the life of Anakin's son Luke Skywalker. Since the second trilogy is so interesting, Lucas decides to record it first. He is crediting the film Universal Studios for funding his American graffiti film, but they chose to transfer it thinking it was a funny film. They could live with remorse for this decision that could cost millions of dollars in lost profits. But they would not be alone in that regret, as all Hollywood studios passed the movie. That’s out of the 20th Century Fox, who came up with $10 million to get Lucas to make his first Star Wars film a reality. In May 1977 Fox released the 4th episode of Star Wars, New Hope. The voice stopped immediately. The film was quickly recognized as the greatest journey ever made in a film. Special effects were considered very good and outstanding. In fact, nothing close has ever come to the big screen before. On opening day, the Star Wars movie played in only 32 theaters, but still produced an amazing $254,309 in ticket sales. By the end of its first game, it had become the most successful film in North American history, earning more than $290 million. Lucas reportedly received $50 million in that benefit. When Lucas cut his contract with Fox, he was very interested in controlling the film, and he was his percentage. He demanded all the rights to a fixed term and all the rights to a future order, the Star Wars sales rights, and 40% of the total amount. The deal made Lucas a millionaire. By 1978 Lucas had purchased the 1800, hectare Bull tail Ranch in San Rafael and soon production for the Star Wars sequel, Empire Strikes Back, was underway. Lucas funded it out of his own pocket and had a budget of $18 million; however, due to budget violations, the actual filming of the film cost more than $30 million. In May 1980, Empire Strike Back, hit theaters with a whopping $222 million, making it the highest grossing film of the year. In May 1983, Return of the Jedi, hit the $265 million theater in North America and Lucas decided to withdraw from Star Wars projects to further his other interests. He made a vague promise to do a Prequel Trilogy one day if the special effects were developed enough. That day came in 1994 when Lucas announced that he would be starting work on the Prequel Trilogy with a  planned release in 1998. In 1996 Lucas signed the biggest deal ever seen in the industry with PepsiCo for movie tie-ins, and later a year later announced. That, production had begun, and in May 1999 the first episode entitled, The Phantom Menace, was released, followed by Episode 2 entitled, The Attack of the Clones. Many believe that 100 years from now, Star Wars will still have fans. In fact, by then it may have grown into a pandemic.