| Star Wars Trilogy |
| May 1977- Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope |
| May 1980- Star Wars Episode V: Empire Strikes Back |
| May 1983- Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi |
| May 1999- Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace |
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| Who: George Lucas, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guiness, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew and everyone in the world who saw the Star Wars movies. What: The release of the Star Wars movies. The first major science fiction movies which have influenced every faucet of culture, and especially cinema. When: The first movie was released in 1977 and in 2005 the 6th Star Wars movie (the third episode) will be released. |
| Where: The movie was released all over the world. Why: George Lucas wrote the tale of Luke Skywalker and Anakin Skywalker (Darth Vader) in 1975. He decided to split them into two trilogies. He would make the second trilogy first because he felt it was more action packed. |