Star Wars

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Star Wars is a science fantasy saga inspired from a fictional universe created by writer/producer/director George Lucas in the early 1970's. It began with the release of a film, originally titled as simply Star Wars, in mid-1977. The film, which was later retitled ', has since led to a pop culture phenomenon, spawning a series of five more feature films, and an extensive collection of books, video games, television series, and other merchandising spin-offs.

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Science fantasy - Saga - Writer - Producer - Director - George Lucas - Pop culture - Book - Video games - Television - Spin-off

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The Star Wars story employs archetypal motifs common to both science fiction and classical mythology, as well as musical motifs of those aspects. It is an excellent example of the space opera sub-genre of science fiction. The film series is widely considered to have launched the new era of high-budget, special-effects blockbuster movies that continues to this day.

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Archetypal - Science fiction - Mythology - Space opera

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In 2005, Forbes Magazine estimated the overall revenue generated by the entire Star Wars franchise (over the course of its 28-year history) at nearly US$20 billion, easily making it one of the most successful film franchises of all time.

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2005 - Forbes Magazine

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