When did the first 'Star Wars' movie release? Know more details about this sci-fi film

Classic sci-fi film franchise Star Wars has amassed millions of fans all across globe. franchise has been apted into comics, merchandise and even me parks. May 4 is celebrated as Star Wars Day by die-hard fans of films. On occasion of this day, several fans wanted to know when did first Star Wars movie release. Here are all details about same. 

When did first Star Wars movie release? 

first Star Wars movie released in 1977 and was written and directed by George Lucas. This film is first instalment of wide franchise that was created ahe. title of this movie was Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Or films in original trilogies were titled Episode V – Empire Strikes Back and Episode VI – Return of Jedi. cast of its film includes Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing, Alec Guinness and Anthony Daniels among ors. 

plot of this revolves around fierce Darth Ver who kidnaps beautiful Princess Leia and rains chaos on  Galactic Empire. Luke Skywalker and Han Solo who belong to  Millennium Falcon work toger to save princess and restore peace and justice in Galaxy. It is available for streaming on Disney+ Hotstar. 

This movie series paved way for prequel trilogies. se were titled Episode I – Phantom Menace, Episode II – Attack of Clones and Episode III – Revenge of Sith. sequel trilogies came to be me later which were titled Episode VII – Force Awakens, Episode VIII – Last Jedi and Episode IX – Rise of Skywalker. Two anthology films Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Solo: A Star Wars Story were released in between as well. 

Star Wars Day celebration 

May 4 is celebrated as Star Wars Day and fans greet each or by saying "May Fourth be with you" which is a pun me on original tagline of film that says "May force be with you". Those who want to celebrate day can play several games based on films on Xbox and Play Station. People also watch films to take a trip down memory lane to reminisce early days of movies. 

Image courtesy- Screengrab from Star Wars movie trailer