Theatrical release: May 25, 1977. Estimated budget: $8.5 million. STAR WARS was an original selection to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1989.

"But I was going into Tashee station today to pick up some power convertors!"--Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) to his uncle Owen "Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope."--Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) in a recorded message "It's not wise to upset a wookie."--Han Solo (Harrison Ford) to C-3PO (Anthony Daniels) "Look, Your Worshipfulness, let's get one thing straight. I take orders from just one person--me!"--Han Solo to Princess Leia "May the force be with you."--Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness) to Luke Skywalker "Your powers are weak, old man."--Darth Vader (the voice of James Earl Jones) "You can't win, Darth. If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine."--Obi-Wan Kenobi

Rating: A

"...The most elaborate, most expensive, most beautiful movie serial ever made....STAR WARS is good enough to convince the most skeptical 8-year-old sci-fi buff, who is the toughest critic."

Included in the New York Times "10 BEST FILMS OF 1977"

"...Revolutionary....A miracle of editing and special effects, it remains an elating action spectacle..."

"...It's a good-hearted film in every single frame, and shining through is the gift of a man who knew how to link state of the art technology with a deceptively simple, really very powerful, story..."