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In the latest episode of our on-going series , Ryan George reveals what ( probably ) happened in George Lucas ' originalpitch meetingforStar state of war : Episode IV - A New Hope . as luck would have it at the time the motion picture was just calledStar Wars , so he did n’t have to explicate the whole " Episode IV " thing .
Released in 1977,Star Warswas made with a meager production budget and without much in the way of star exponent . A newcomer call Mark Hamill was selected to represent the hero , Luke Skywalker , while a pre - Indiana Jones Harrison Ford was cast as rascally smuggler Han Solo and a completely unknown actress called Carrie Fisher had her hair coif strangely to flirt the role of Princess Leia Organa . The movie ’s best known stars were Peter Cushing , who play the nefarious Grand Moff Tarkin ( a role he would later reprise posthumously , thanks tosome very creepy-crawly CG engineering ) and Sir Alex Guinness , who played space thaumaturge Obi Wan Kenobi .
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Now , more than forty years later , Star Wars fans are getting hyped for the release ofStar Wars : Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker , which will finally wrap up the Skywalker saga - evenbringing back Emperor Palpatinefor a proper farewell . Like a passel of things these days , Star Wars is now the belongings of The Walt Disney Company , and the House of Mouse is n’t planning to let Star Wars end any time presently . While the franchise will be take a rupture for a few age afterThe Rise of Skywalker , there are three - yes , three- new trilogies in development .
To retread ( because it can be difficult to keep up),Game of Thronesshowrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are developing a Star Wars trilogy , whileStar Wars : The Last Jedidirector Rian Johnson is working on another , andAvatarproducerLaeta Kalogridis is write a script for a moviebased on theKnights of the Old Republicvideo biz , which could potentially become its own trilogy .
It may be for the best that Star Wars will soon be moving on to ley new , as there ’s already been raft of monkey done with the original trilogy of movies - first by add a crew of CGI alien into the mix , then revealing Darth Vader ’s origins in the prequel trilogy , and now passing the woolly mullein to a new coevals of wedge in the sequel trilogy . With billions now grossed at the box agency over almost a dozen sequels and spinoffs , Star Wars has for sure proven to be the little sci - fi moving-picture show that could .
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