What kind of film or show is it?

Star Wars is a franchise primarily composed of a series of films conceived by the American
filmmaker George Lucas in the 1970s, and produced and distributed by The Walt Disney
Company from 2012. Its plot describes the experiences of a group of characters that they inhabit
a fictional galaxy and interact with elements such as "the Force", an omnipresent metaphysical
energy field that has a "dark side" caused by anger, fear and hatred.

What is it called?

When and where was it made?

The original film, retroactively subtitled Episode IV: A New Hope, was followed by the sequels
Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983), forming
the original Star Wars trilogy. A prequel trilogy was later released, consisting of Episode I: The
Phantom Menace (1999), Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002), and Episode III: Revenge of
the Sith (2005). In 2012, Lucas sold his production company to Disney, giving up ownership of
the franchise. The subsequently produced sequel trilogy consists of Episode VII: The Force
Awakens (2015), Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (2017) and Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker
(2019). Together, the three trilogies make up what has been called the "Skywalker saga." All
nine films were nominated for Academy Awards (and the first two were awarded) and were
commercially successful. Along with the theatrical spinoff films Rogue One (2016) and Solo: A
Star Wars Story (2018), the films' combined box office revenue is equivalent to more than $ 10
billion, and is currently the second highest -Franchise of crossover movies.

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Who directed it?
George Walton Lucas Jr. (Modesto, California;
May 14, 1944), known internationally as George
Lucas, is an American filmmaker, philanthropist,
and businessman. Lucas is best known for creating
the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises and
founding Lucasfilm, LucasArts, and Industrial
Light & Magic. He served as president of
Lucasfilm before selling it to The Walt Disney
Company in 2012.

Is it based on a book or a true story?

According to the creator himself, he wanted to do
something similar to the old Flash Gordon serials
and create his own fictional universe. In addition,
George was very fond of Japanese cinema, mainly
Akira Kurosawa and the movie The Hidden Fortress (1958) was where he also got his main
ideas and concepts. The word jedi, for example, comes from Japanese cinema. For a long time,
the United States had controlled Japanese cinema, prohibiting elements that promoted the
culture of that country. In other words, they didn't want samurai movies, which is what
Kurosawa was aiming for. But once the paths of both countries were separated, Akira had a free
hand to finally carry out the stories he wanted and insurged in the genre of Gendai-Geki
(contemporary drama) and Jidai-Geki (period drama). It is from the latter that the term jedi
arises, since the term jidai is practically its phonetic transcription in English. Another of the
main sources of inspiration was Joseph Campbell's book The masks of God (1968), where he
analyzed mythology and religions from different times and parts of the world.

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Who is in it? Any famous actors or celebrities?

The original trilogy's main cast includes (from left to right) Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker),
Harrison Ford (Han Solo), and Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia).

The prequel trilogy's main cast includes (from left to right) Ewan McGregor (Obi-Wan Kenobi),
Natalie Portman (Padmé Amidala), and Hayden Christensen (Anakin Skywalker).

The sequel trilogy's main cast includes (from left to right) Adam Driver (Kylo Ren), Daisy
Ridley (Rey), John Boyega (Finn), and Oscar Isaac (Poe Dameron).

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Does it have special effects or CGI?
From camera games and models to digital creatures. Learn about the evolution of Star Wars
special effects.
From ‘Episode IV: A new Hope’ to ‘Star Wars: The last Jedi’, we have all witnessed the
greatest and most incredible saga of science fiction films ever created by George Lucas. When
the filmmaker was in the process of ‘Brain Storming’, he realized that the only way to get his
fantastic ideas to be brought to the big screen was by using various means that allowed him to
generate special effects in his videos.

Probably many did not know that the fantastic scenarios presented in the first films of the saga
were models made of cardboard, fond, fishing line and others. In the same style as a school
model, the filmmakers had to create planets, ships, deserts, and other elements, in order to
unfold the plot in the desired context. Of course, these models did not necessarily have to be
life-size; which is something even more interesting since, given the previous premise, the
filmmakers applied two techniques.
One of them was: Recording the stage (the model) without the characters and then filming the
protagonists in front of a green screen for special effects, after doing this; Which meant twice
the work, post-producers had to figure out how to paste both takes into one through editing and
post-production programs.
The other technique; which meant saving time but could not always be applied, consisted of
creating a model whose bottom is hollow, in the case of stages with a ceiling and walls. Framing
the camera, placing the model in front of it in the foreground and placing the actors several
meters behind the model in front of a green screen. What does this mean? This means that the
filmmakers played with camera shots and depth management.

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The use of extra elements such as ships, dolls, planets or whatever, could help create an even
more convincing and deep atmosphere, for this it was only enough to place it in the foreground.
While both techniques show us hard work and ingenuity, the results were extremely incredible,
but for the time. Nowadays, it may be easier for us to notice some errors regarding the assembly
of the scenographies and we can even notice that many of the elements in the scene are dolls or
have been manufactured with architectural materials.

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