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Star Wars is created by George Lucas. It is an epic space opera that depicts the adventures of different characters from “a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away." Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope released in 1977 and was the film to start the franchise and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon. A New Hope was the followed up by two successful sequels, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, they are known as the original trilogy. Between 1999 and 2005 Lucas Film released the prequel trilogy and during 2015 a sequel trilogy began with The Force Awakens.

Over the 40 years Star Wars expanded from the movies into comic books and video games, further expanding its fictional universe and satisfying its fans with more content. In 1991 Dark Horse Comics got rights to publish Star Wars comic books and continued the Star Wars saga in the pages of comic books.

In 2008 Disney aired an animated tv show called Star Wars: The Clone Wars, this was set in between the events of two of the prequel trilogies Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. The Story was centred around Anakin Skywalker and Obi Wan Kenobi and their adventures during the Republics war against the Separatists. The tv show aired from 2008 until its cancellation in 2014, it had 6 seasons in total.