Award of the Japanese Academy |
| Best Foreign Language Film |
BAFTA Film Award |
| Best Costume Design |
| Best Film |
| Best Film Editing |
| Best Production Design/Art Direction |
| Best Sound |
Best Cinematography Award |
DVDX Award |
| Best Menu Design |
Evening Standard British Film Award |
| Best Actor |
| Best Film |
Golden Schmoes |
| Best DVD/Blu-Ray of the Year |
Golden Trailer |
| Most Innovative Advertising for a Brand/Product |
GoldSpirit Awards |
| Best Composer |
Grammy |
| Album of the Year |
| Best Album of Original Score written for a Motion Picture or Television Special |
| Best Instrumental Composition |
| Best Pop Instrumental Performance |
Guinness World Record |
| Best-selling single of instrumental music |
| Biggest opening weekend ever for a re-released film |
| Highest box office film gross average for a director (male) |
| Highest box-office gross for a screenwriter |
| Largest fortune made from a film franchise |
| Most prolific videogame series based on a licensed property |
| Most spoofed film series |
| Most successful action-figure range |
| Most successful book series based on a film series |
Hochi Film Award |
| Best Foreign Language Film |
Hugo |
| Best Dramatic Presentation |
IGN People's Choice Award |
| Best Movie Blu-Ray |
Jules Verne Légendaire Award |
Readers' Choice Award |
| Best Foreign Language Film Director |
LAFCA Award |
| Best Music |
| Best Picture |
MTV Movie Award |
| Lifetime Achievement |
OFTA Film Hall of Fame |
| Motion Picture |
Satellite Award |
| Best Classic DVD |
| Best DVD Extras |
| Best Overall DVD |
Special Award |
This first "Star Wars" film(though later sub-titled 'Episode IV') was a groundbreaking, box office shattering breath of fresh air to the cinemas, and science fiction in particular, which had gotten bogged down in bleak Dystopian futures. Nothing wrong with that in some cases, but moviegoers craved more, and got it with this extremely exciting tale of youth rebellion against an evil galactic empire led by Darth Vader(I though he was a robot at first viewing as a youngster!
Might as well get it out there. Sci-fi "almost" never age well, and this is no exception.
From the perspective of more than 50 years ago, it was a great movie.
The first Star Wars film showcases the best aspects of the film series right from the start. It's not hard to see how it has evolved into such a huge franchise.
I think it's obvious why this movie was so big at the time it was released and is still popular nowadays. What I liked the most about this film was lots of colorful characters.
(5 out of 5 stars).Star Wars will forever be the first true science fiction classic.
It's the original ground-breaking movie... that was then ruined by idle hands.
I have a book entitled "Alternate Worlds: The Illustrated History of Science Fiction" by James Gunn published in 1975. It describes the culture of science fiction B.