Episode Essays

seven Star Wars films features a fictional universe spanning planets and star clusters far, far away; yet all its filming took place on the very real planet of Earth. The original trilogy presented arguably the vastest array of planetary geography. Episode IV: A New Hope opens with the desert planet of Tatooine. The next film, The Empire Strikes Back, introduces the frigid planet of Hoth. Return of the Jedi is set on the forested moon of Endor. Of these three Outer Rim planets and moon, all the scenes

completion of filmmaker George Lucas's epic, six-installment Star Wars saga set "a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away." The new film, Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, filled the gap between the segment that introduced Star Wars to the moviegoing universe back in 1977, Episode IV: A New Hope, and the two prequels Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999) and Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002). Revenge of the Sith tied the saga together, revealing how and why Anakin Skywalker, a prodigy of the Force

“Star Wars: Episode VIII” has officially started its production, Disney announced on Monday video clip teasing the return of Luke Skywalker. The production announcement for “Star Wars: Episode VIII” shows Rey (Daisy Ridley) and Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) coming facing each other. The scene in the teaser shows a different perspective on their meeting shown in the last part of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” according to Us Weekly. Aside from Luke Skywalker’s return, Disney also revealed the cast

Thing Findings of within Star Wars: Episode Four The 1977 movie, Star Wars Episode Four: A New Hope begins in space during a battle between good (The Rebels) and evil (The Empire) where a princess named Leia is captured and taken hostage by the Empire, however, before she is taken to protect the Rebels she sends off her loyal droids companions R2-D2 and C-3PO with blueprints of a plan to destroy the Empire's planet-sized ship, the Death Star. R2-D2 and C-3PO land on a nearby planet called Tatooine

Star Wars Episode 4 VS 1 Star Wars is one of the most popular movie franchises ever, and more importantly, one of my favorites. These movies paved he way for future films, and influenced tons of generations of people. Each movie has its own things better than the other, some more than others. Now, I know that the Phantom Menace was the worst prequel, but that's too bad. I'm going off of the first chance that the producers got for the originals, and the prequels. The total domestic gross for

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977), written by George Lucas, follows Luke Skywalker (played by Mark Hamill) as he stumbles upon a R2D2 droid that contains information including blueprints of the Death Star for Obi-Wan Kenobi (played by Alec Guinness). After Luke’s aunt and uncle are killed by the storm troopers looking for the stolen plans, Luke joins Obi-Wan with the help of Han Solo (played by Harrison Ford) and they rescue Princes Leia (played by Carrie Fisher) then destroy the Galactic Empire’s

In 1977 when Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope was released it sparked his career and led him on the path to become a cult star. Mark Hamill starred as Luke Skywalker probably one of the most iconic roles in film history and after that he never escaped the role. Even though he

The "Star Wars" franchise is one of the most-awaited film of all time. The seventh film of the series, "Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens," will hit the theaters in less than two weeks. Kathleen Kennedy, the president of Lucasfilm, said that iconic director George Lucas has already seen the final product as per Movie Pilot. She confessed that Lucas said, "liked it” and she also mentioned that the filmmaker will attend the movie premieres of "Star Wars 7: The Force Awakens" in Los Angeles

John Williams, the acclaimed American director, born in 1933, has made his name almost an institution in the world of cinema. The origin Yorker composer has written songs and has over 100 movies to music throughout his career, in addition, it is widely recognized as one of the best and most influential film composers of the twentieth and twenty-first century. A Williams, you 'll be credited as one of the forerunners of the new revival of "leitmotiv" in cinema, this after his fall from stardom when

In Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope directed by George Lucas produced in the United States and released 1977 is an science fiction film that demonstrates the beginning adventure of a young man name Luke Skywalker who plays an important role of maintaining peace in the galaxy. He comes in contact with few friends on his quest to learn the force under a mentor he meets name Obi-Wan and struggles to progress throughout his training due to the antagonist, Darth Vader. Lucas had a goal to make this film

Science fiction fans and movie lovers alike took to the theaters this weekend in outstanding numbers to see the freshly-released Star Wars: Episode IV- A New Hope. The movie raked in over 1.5 million dollars in just 43 theaters and three day, which puts it on track to make up its entire 11 million dollar budget in just two weeks. Why is this film creating such a splash? The story line is an epic heroic tale, inspired by some of the greatest heroic tales in all of human history. But beyond the exceptional

the National Student Film Festival. In 1967, he got a scholarship from Warner Brothers to watch the making of Finian's Rainbow (1968). This lead him to make his own company, Lucasfilm, in 1972. Lucas started writing the screenplay for Star Wars: Episode IV- A New Hope from 1973 to 1974. Lucas was inspired by Flash Gordon and the Planet of the Apes films. For the visual effects that were needed in the movie he established ILM (Industrial Light & Music) as well as Sprocket Systems, later known as

Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens is the triumphant return of Star Wars to cinemas. The last live action Star Wars film, The Revenge of the Sith, came out nearly eleven years ago. Since then the Star Wars franchise has created three animated series and three animated movies. The plot of The Force Awakens begins with a droid named BB-8 who has a map to Luke Skywalker. Both the First Order, the bad guys, and the Resistance, the good guys, are looking for it. BB-8 got the map from his master

One more episode before the Christmas break, "Star Wars Rebels" Season 3 Episode 9 "Visions and Voices" trailer is already out. Fans will be treated once again with the adventures of the much-loved rebels lead by Ezra (voiced by Taylor Gray), Sabine (voiced by Sabine Wren) and Kanan (Freddie Prinze Jr.). "Haunted by visions of Maul, Ezra has to journey across the galaxy," the "Star Wars Rebels" Season 3 Episode 9 synopsis reads, per IMDb. "Upon arriving at his destination, he has to participate

outside. My first viewing of Star Wars wasn’t actually the first one movie, but the sequel. I walked in on my cousins watching it on a petite TV at my grandmother’s house. They were in the midst of the movie, so I watched the remainder of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. During the climax, you learn that Darth Vader is Luke Skywalker’s father. This revelation changed everything for me and I scantily knew the characters. I didn’t know who Han Solo was or why he was getting frozen in Carbonite

music, mainly composed by John Williams, gives depth to the storyline and is something that fans of all ages will always remember. The specific Star Wars movie that I have chosen to analyze is Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, which was released on May 25, 1983. In Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, music is used throughout the movie to illustrate points of excitement, grief, and intensity. Also, the music ties in with the characters and their emotions. This is done through

Story: 3 The first two episodes are decent, building up the premise. We are introduced to the protagonist Kirito and the concept of the death game. Soon enough, we are told that a month has passed and two thousand players have died offscreen. ...Wait, not even a short montage or anything? Apparently not. Anyway, these two episodes are pretty much the only decent ones, so savor them while you can. The third episode begins to show more serious problems. We are supposed to form an emotional bond to

but to ensure that his family will be left with some sort of income after he passes away. Breaking bad is one of those shows where time flies because of how entrained you are; therefore, you can 't stop watching because of how suspenseful every episode is and you never want to miss a second of it. Kate powers is a writer 's assistant/ coordinator for breaking bad she said “The writing, the

12-year-old couldn't fail to appreciate.” In other words, sexuality was not straightforward in television at that time. The characters Laurie, Eric’s sister, and Kelso, Eric’s friend, in That 70’s Show could both be considered sex fiends. In the episode “Red’s Last Day,” Kelso cheats on his girlfriend Jackie to have sex with Laurie. Broadcasting something so explicit in the 1970’s would have been shocking and out of the social

Series three, episode one of the Netflix Original Black Mirror, entitled "Nosedive," follows a protagonist, Lacie, on her journey to fame and social class success. The episode is a dark depiction of this generation 's society and the direction it is heading. The episode outlines the point that people are living in the now of social media and disconnecting from the reality of genuine relationships and success. Regression notions and rhetorical devices are flung throughout the episode to create emphasis