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Star Wars is an influential space saga and fictional universe created by producer and writer George Lucas in the late 1970s. The saga began with the film Star Wars, which was released on May 25, 1977. The film, later called Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, became a pop culture phenomenon and spawned five more live action feature films and an extensive collection of licensed books, comics, video games, spin-off films, television series, toys, and other products — all of which are set within a fictional "galaxy far, far away."

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Darth Vader is the central antagonist in George Lucas's first three Star Wars films and Revenge of the Sith, voiced by James Earl Jones and portrayed physically by David Prowse in the original Star Wars trilogy and by Canadian actor Hayden Christensen in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. Vader is one of the most iconic villains of all time, and was listed as the third greatest movie villain of all time on a list by AFI.^[1]

The original trilogy depicts Darth Vader as a fearsome cyborg and Sith Lord who serves at the right hand of Emperor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid), leading the brutal Galactic Empire in oppressing the galaxy and hunting down the Rebel Alliance. The prequel trilogy depicts him as Anakin Skywalker, a slave boy who becomes a heroic Jedi Knight and hero of the Clone Wars. He then falls to the "dark side" of the mystical Force after Palpatine manipulates him into betraying the Jedi and destroying the Galactic Republic. In Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, the series' final chronological installment, Vader redeems himself by killing Emperor Palpatine and saving his son Luke's life, sacrificing himself in the process.

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• Luke Skywalker's name was originally supposed to be Annikin Starkiller, according to early versions of the original scripts? The name was later recycled for Bendak Starkiller. The name Starkiller was used for the protagonist of the video game Star Wars The Force Unleashed.

• The shooting location for Return of the Jedi was masked as the shooting location of the fictional film Blue Harvest? Lucasfilm allegedly wanted to avoid the publicity associated with a new Star Wars film, and even went as far as to have Blue Harvest shirts and caps made for the cast and crew. Another reason for this was people charging extra for props, sets, etc. on the films because the film was Star Wars.

In Star Wars (the original), when the Stormtroopers entered, one knocked his head on the doorway. This was completely accidental but George Lucas carried it on and added sound effects in the newest version.

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A Wookiee is a member of a race of hairy bipeds in the fictional Star Wars universe. The most famous Wookiee is Chewbacca, a companion to Han Solo. Other prominent Wookiees include Lowbacca (the nephew of Chewbacca, and a Jedi), Tyvokka, Zaalbar, Chuundar, Attichitcuk, Tarfful, and Hanharr. A common, though incorrect, spelling is Wookie (with only one trailing "e"). Another common mistake is Wokiee.

Quotes

• "Its a Trap!" -Admiral Ackbar in Return of the Jedi
• "Always two there are, no more, no less. A master and an apprentice."-Yoda in The Phantom Menace
• "You don't know the power of the dark side!" —Darth Vader to Luke Skywalker in Return of The Jedi.
• "So this is how liberty dies…with thunderous applause." —Padmé Amidala in Revenge of the Sith
• "The Force is strong with you young Skywalker…but you are not a Jedi yet." —Darth Vader in The Empire Strikes Back
• "I have a bad feeling about this." —At least one character in each Star Wars film
• "There is good in him. I know, I know, there is still…" —Padmé Amidala's dying words in reference to Anakin Skywalker, as Obi-Wan Kenobi looks on, holding newborn infant Luke Skywalker, in Revenge of the Sith
• "So be it…Jedi." —Emperor Palpatine to Luke Skywalker in Return of the Jedi
• "You were the Chosen One! It was said that you would destroy the Sith, not join them! Bring balance to the Force, not leave it in darkness!" —Obi-Wan Kenobi to Darth Vader in Revenge of the Sith
• "Apology accepted, Captain Needa." —Darth Vader, after killing Captain Needa in The Empire Strikes Back
• "Do or do not. There is no try." —Yoda in The Empire Strikes Back
• "Only a Sith deals in absolutes." —Obi-Wan Kenobi to Darth Vader in Revenge of the Sith
• "It is too late for me, son" —Darth Vader to Luke in Return of the Jedi
• "No. I am your father" —Darth Vader to Luke in The Empire Strikes Back
• "Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed. The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant, next to the power of the Force. " —Darth Vader to Admiral Motti in A New Hope
• "I find your lack of faith disturbing." —Darth Vader's dry remark as he throttles Motti, later in the same conversation
• "Mos Eisley Spaceport. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy." —Obi-Wan Kenobi to Luke Skywalker in A New Hope
• "I hope so, Commander, for your sake. The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am." —Darth Vader to Moff Jerjerrod in Return of the Jedi
• "Remember: the Force will be with you…always." —Obi-Wan Kenobi to Luke Skywalker in A New Hope
• "Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen!" —Emperor Palpatine to Darth Vader in Return of the Jedi
• "The Dark Side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities that some consider to be…unnatural" —Chancellor Palpatine to Anakin Skywalker in Revenge of the Sith
• "The Force is unusually strong with him" —Qui-Gon to Anakin Skywalker's mother, Shmi, in The Phantom Menace

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I: The Phantom Menace
II: Attack of the Clones
III: Revenge of the Sith
IV: A New Hope
V: The Empire Strikes Back
VI: Return of the Jedi

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• All nine books of the Legacy of the Force series are on book shelves. The last book came out on May 13.

• The unaltered versions of the original trilogy were released on DVD on September 12, 2006.

• Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy was released on September 12, 2006 and covers the events of the original Star Wars trilogy.

• A new comic series, Star Wars: Legacy, is set 140 years after A New Hope and will be about Luke Skywalker's descendant Cade Skywalker.

• A Star Wars live-action television series is in development, with an expected release date of 2012. There is also a new 3D animated cartoon called Star Wars: The Clone Wars which is set in the Clone Wars timeframe and is scheduled to be released in August 2008.

• The Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption demo was released.

• The Star Wars: The Force Unleashed video game was released on September 16, 2008.

• The novel Star Wars Republic Commando: Order 66 by Karen Traviss was released on September 16, 2008.

• The 3D animated cartoon called Star Wars: The Clone Wars which is set in the Clone Wars timeframe debuts on October 3, 2008.

• The novel Outcast by Aaron Allston was released on March 24, 2009.

• A new comic series, Star Wars: Invasion, by Tom Taylor and Colin Wilson set 25 years after A New Hope, during the Yuuzhan Vong Wars is launched, with the first of two online-only preview issues released on May 8, 2009.

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