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Wars Star Wars --The Star Wars
franchise includes six popular
science-fiction films, an animated
movie, an animated television show,
several computer and video games, and
an ever-growing collection of novels.
The Star Wars phenomenon began in 1977
with the release of the first movie,
then called simply "Star
Wars." This movie was the
brainchild of film maker George Lucas,
and starred Sir Alec Guinness, Mark
Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford,
and the voice of James Earl Jones as
Darth Vader. Darth
Vader The first three movies ran from 1977
through 1983. This initial trilogy
followed the lives of (as we later
learned), the adult children of the
series' erstwhile villain, Darth Vader.
Then, in 1999, a new, second Star Wars
trilogy hit the movie theaters, looking
at early life and origins of Darth
Vader (Anakin Skywalker), and his
descent into the Dark Side. Anakin
Skywalker goes to the Dark
Side On October 30, 2012, it was
announced that Star Wars creator George
Lucas had sold his Lucasfilms company
(and all things related to Star Wars)
to Disney. Along with this stunning
announcement came word from Disney that
Star Wars VII would hit theaters in
2015. Star Wars fans immediately began
theorizing and fantasizing about what
the next movie in the Star Wars
Franchise could be about. News has trickled out of Lucasfilms,
Disney, and from the comments of
various stars from the original film
series. At last report, Carrie Fisher,
Harrison Ford, and Mark Hamill have all
confirmed that they would all be
returning in some fashion, to the new
Star Wars film. Fans also began speculating on what
the new film would be based on, with
dozens of popular Star Wars novels in
publication that, in one sense, already
formed an "Expanded Universe" from
which to draw scirpt ideas. Another interesting point, and, for
some fans, a controversial one, is the
cancellation after five seasons of the
animated Star Wars: The Clone
Wars television show. Among the
unfinished storylines in the animated
series (which Lucasfilms indicated was
part of the official Star Wars Canon,
is the fate of Anakin Skywalker's
padawan, Ahsoka Tano. The series
brought Anakins's slide toward the Dark
Side more detail and logic, and the
series ended with Ahsoka walking out of
Ani's life. Ahsoka
Tano of Star Wars: The Clone
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