Star Wars: The Episodes

          In 1977 the first episode of Star Wars was released. It grossed $797,900,000 in the box office making it one of the most successful movies of all time. Originally, the movie was called Star Wars intending to be one movie. But, due to its success, it was later named Star Wars Episode 4: A New Hope. In 1980 Star Wars Episode 5: The Empire Strikes Back was released grossing $538,375,067. By this time the story was headed in a different direction than what the original story intended. The plot twisted with the revelation of Darth Vader being Luke's father. In 1983 Star Wars Episode 6: Return of the Jedi grossed $475,106,177. These box office hits were known as the original trilogy. George Lucas decided to make a prequel trilogy of Star Wars. In 1999 He released Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace which grossed $1,026,114,219. This was the highest grossing movie in all of the series. In 2002, Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones was released grossing $649,398,328. One movie was left to close the gap and complete this epic series. Star Was Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith completed the series in 2005 grossing $848,754,768. Many critics only regarded episode 4 as a true master piece while others only liked the entire original trilogy. Some like all the episodes. Fan fiction has been written filling in the plot gaps between the movies. With such popularity and success Star Wars is the most successful movie franchise in history.

Here is a link to a fan site who only supports the original trillogy:

http://originaltrilogy.com/



Work Cited
"Star Wars (1977-2005) - Box Office Mojo." Box Office Mojo. Web. 04 Apr. 2012.