star wars operates the most successful film distribution franchise
 documentaries documentary films about star wars released by lucasfilm includethe making of star wars 1977sp fx the empire strikes back 1980classic creatures return of the jedi 1983from star wars to jedi the making of a saga 1983the beginning making episode i 2001from puppets to pixels digital characters in episode ii 2002the story of star wars 2004empire of dreams the story of the star wars trilogy 2004star wars heroes  villains 2005within a minute the making of episode iii 2005star wars the legacy revealed 2007secrets of the force awakens a cinematic journey 2016the force of sound 2018the director and the jedi 2018the skywalker legacy 2020under the helmet the legacy of boba fett 2021obiwan kenobi a jedis return 2022 see also list of star wars cast memberslist of star wars characters parodies hardware wars 1977spaceballs 1987thumb wars 1999robot chicken star wars 2007laugh it up fuzzball the family guy trilogy 2010 footnotes  references citations sources  external links official website
the 1977 selftitled film later subtitled episode iv  a new hope was followed by the sequels the empire strikes back 1980 and return of the jedi 1983 respectively subtitled onscreen as episode v and episode vi these films form the original trilogy