The first Star Wars movie came out nearly 50 years ago. Here's when "A New Hope" was released, plus the subsequent sequels and prequels.

Daisy Ridley, star of the Star Wars sequel trilogy, has talked about the impact of playing Rey on her acting career. Ridley broke out as a major movie star when she was just in her 20s with the ...

British taxpayers have funded a £200,000 study on the environmental impact of the Star Wars films and the carbon footprint of R2D2. The project, titled The Environmental Impact of Filmmaking ...

Sure, they're from a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, but words and phrases from Star Wars have taken on a life of their own in modern English. For the first time, a study reveals how deep ...

Don’t get me wrong – “Star Wars” was a winning combination for its time. The effects were groundbreaking and have held up better than the computer generated stuff in the remastered versions (Han shot ...

Thibodeau found that “Star Wars” resonates with Indigenous artists through three themes that connect Navajo culture to a movie with an enduring impact on pop culture: force, anti-imperialism ...

Dave Filipi, director of film and video at Ohio State University’s Center for the Arts, said Star Wars is such a cultural touchstone that it’s hard to know what to compare it to.

Star Wars Year by Year: A Visual Chronicle is a fun romp through the three-plus decades that the Star Wars saga has captivated our culture. If you have a Star Wars fan in your universe, pick up a ...

The Star Wars news left all of them, much like the planet Alderaan, in the dust. As we try to quantify the appeal of that trailer, let’s start with the obvious. • Words: 15.

On May 25, 1977, “Star Wars," an $11 million science-fiction movie, opened in about 40 theaters across the United States. As we celebrate the 30th anniversary of this classic tale of good versus ...