Star Wars IV by Zaharina Velazquz

STAR WARS Episode IV: A New Hope
Directed & Written by George Lucas (1977)

This film was the first of the six film saga. It starred Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, and Harrison Ford. The story is set "a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away..." and follows former farm boy Luke Skywalker. As Luke accidently acquires the Rebel Alliance's droids he is pulled into the war. The Rebel Alliance are a group of freedom fighters plotting to destroy the Death Star created by the evil Galactic Empire with stolen information from the space station. R2-D2 and C-3PO, the droids Luke found, were carrying all the stolen Death Star plans and were being searched for by the Empire. This leads Luke to Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, where his training, the journey to Princess Liea and saving the galexy begins.

Awards Won:

• Oscar for Best Director (1977)
• Oscar for Best Picture (1977)
• Oscar for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (1977)
• Oscar for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (1977)
• Oscar for Best Costume Design (1977)
• Oscar for Best Effects, Visual Effects (1977)
• Oscar for Best Film Editing (1977)
• Oscar for Best Music, Original Score (1977)
• and many more....

Importance:
This film is important to the 1970s because it brought many innovations to the film world. Not only did it introduce never before seen special effects but it had ground-breaking changes in editing and in the sci-fi/fantasy genre. Besides being really cool and high-tech (in the 70s), Star Wars became the highest grossing film not only in the United States but around the world, betting the then best Jaws.
Star Wars is a six film saga that is still really popular today. The newest installment to the saga was Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith which came out in 2005. The whole saga has become a icon to film and will forever be along the best of the best. Without it film would not have been the same and all those special effects we love and adore would have taken longer to develope or would still be in the process of being thought up of.