Star Wars Fans Have Plenty to be Happy about; Movies, Merchandise
The perfect gift for any Star Wars fan would be something that shows their love and devotion for Star Wars many movies and characters. Today there is everything from Star Wars lunchboxes to Star Wars beach towels.
To date there have been six Star Wars movies: Star Wars, Empire, Jedi, Phantom Menace, Clones, and Sith. There are varying views from fans around the world as to the order one should view these remarkable movies. The list above is in the order they were released; however many people believe they should be watched in the intra-movie chronology which would be Phantom Menace, Clone, Sith, Star Wars, Empire and Jedi. Some argue the intra-movie chronology would be best introduced to younger audiences who have not seen any of the Star Wars movies in order for them to make more sense; while others argue to introduce younger audiences to the Star Wars movies in the order they were replaced originally.
Star Wars is the brainchild of filmmaker George Lucas and was first released in May of 1977. It quickly became a pop culture phenomenon and generated two more major motion pictures which were released in three-year intervals. It wasn’t until 16 years later that the pre-quarrels began to make an appearance, also in three-year intervals with the first one being released in May of 2005.
Again the Star Wars movies generated thousands of merchandise including toys, backpacks, lunchboxes, items for a day at the beach such as a Star Wars beach towel, toothpaste, kites and just about any kind of item from calculators to hand cream. The merchandising end of Star Wars was almost as big as the movies itself.
The Star Wars franchise has spawned other items besides merchandise such as media including comic books, video games, books and television shows. This is known as the Star Wars Expanded Universe.
The Star Wars movie franchise has been nominated for several Academy Awards; however Star Wars IV has won the most awards for art direction-set decoration; costume design; film editing; music – original score; sound mixing, and visual effects. George Lucas was nominated for Best Director but did not win this category. The only other win for Star Wars motion picture was for sound mixing for The Empire Strikes Back. Each and every movie has been nominated for at least one Academy award in some category with the most going to A New Hope – Star Wars IV.
There have been several cartoon spinoffs of Star Wars for the younger generation including Star Wars: Droids which featured the travels of R2-D2 and C-3PO; Star Wars: Ewoks, and Star Wars: Clone Wars which was featured on Cartoon Network.
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