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Star Wars

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Film and Media Atlas. "Star Wars." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-media.interactiveatlas.org/works/star-wars.

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Film and Media Atlas. (n.d.). Star Wars. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-media.interactiveatlas.org/works/star-wars

BibTeX

@misc{filmandmediaatlas-star-wars,
  author = {Film and Media Atlas},
  title = {Star Wars},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-media.interactiveatlas.org/works/star-wars},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

George Lucas's 1977 space fantasy, whose record-breaking release remade the economics of Hollywood around the summer blockbuster, the franchise and the merchandising empire. Its effects house, Industrial Light and Magic, founded for the production, went on to drive the visual effects industry for decades.

Facts

Release Year

1977 1

Country

United States 1

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Film

Source Encyclopedia Britannica

Sources

1. Encyclopedia Britannica

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