Star Wars

The Rebel Alliance steals the plans to the Death Star from the Galactic Empire, and Luke Skywalker, aided by Han Solo and Obi-Wan Kenobi, helps blow it up, receiving medals for their bravery from Princess Leia. Star Wars is a 1977 American English-language Action Adventure film featuring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing, Alec Guinness, Anthony Daniels and Anthony Forrest. Lucasfilm Ltd. was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Gary Kurtz. The motion picture is written and directed by George Lucas. 20th Century-Fox acquired the distribution rights for the film. Star Wars was released on 10th July 1980 and takes a screen time of 121 minutes. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released and became successful at box office. Star Wars was made on a budget of $11 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $775 million. Cinematography was done by Gilbert Taylor and editing by Paul Hirsch, Marcia Lucas and Richard Chew. The music was composed by John Williams. At the 1978 Oscar Awards It won 6 awards including: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Costume Design, Best Sound, Best Film Editing, Best Effects, Visual Effects and Best Music, Original Score.