STAR WARS

STAR WARS

WHAT IS STAR WARS?

Star Wars is a sci-fi, epic space franchise centred on a movie series created by George Lucas. The Star Wars narrative is based on two sides the Jedi, creators of peace and the Sith, their evil and dark enemy whose soul purpose is to take over the galaxy. Their weapon of choice is, the lightsaber, and is commonly known in popular culture. the first film was released in May 25 1977, by 20th century fox and became a pop culture phenomenon. After it was made another two sequels were released, sixteen years later the first prequel trilogy of films was released the final one came out in May 19 2005. After its creation its universe expanded to books, TV series, computer and video games, and comic books resulting in a significant of the series fictional universe.

STAR WARS GAMES

In 1978 Apple Computer produced an unlicensed Star Wars game on cassette tape for its Apple II. As a "space pilot trainee", the player destroys TIE fighters using a first-person heads-up display. The first video game cartridge bearing the name Star Wars appeared that year on the RCA Studio II clones Sheen M1200 and Mustang Telespiel Computer. The first official licensed video game having the name Star Wars appeared on Kenners table-top Star Wars Electronic Battle Command game in 1979. Due to the video game crash of 1983, which temporarily killed the home console market, no further games based on the franchise were released until 1987 when UK software publisher Domark released several 8-bit versions of the Star Wars vector arcade game, followed by similar conversions in 1988 of The Empire Strikes Back machine. In 1987, Namco developed a Star Wars game for the Family Computer for the Japanese market exclusively, based on the 1977 film. In 1991, the plat former Star Wars was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Master System, Game Boy and Game Gear, and one year later, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back covered the plot line of the fifth episode of the saga. Also in 1992, Super Star Wars was released for the SNES, followed by the remaining games in the trilogy: Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1993) and Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. Now games are still being made even today such as star wars battlefront 3 2015.

10 INTERESTING FACTS

  1. The Star Wars films are said to have been inspired by Akira Kurosawa's films Yojimbo and The Hidden Fortress.
  2. The name Jedi is said to have come from Jidai Geki (period dramas) which was the name given in Japan to films about samurai.
  3. Alec Guinness who played Obi-Wan Kenobi, is an anagram of genuine class.
  4. George Lucas's birthday is not May 4 but May 14. Star Wars films have always been launched in the week after that date.
  5. In The Phantom Menace Yoda has three toes. But in three later films he has four.
  6. Commemorative Star Wars coins became legal tender on the Pacific island of Niue in 2011.
  7. The phrase I have a bad feeling about this is spoken in every Star Wars film.
  8. The name of R2-D2 was taken from the parlance of sound men in the film industry. It means the second reel of the second dialogue track.
  9. The design of the Millennium Falcon spacecraft was based on a hamburger.
  10. Yoda's face (and particularly his eyes) are said to have been modelled on Albert Einstein's.