Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
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Directed by	George Lucas
Written by	George Lucas
Produced by	Gary Kurtz Rick McCallum (Special Edition)
Starring	Mark Hamill Harrison Ford Carrie Fisher Peter Cushing Alec Guinness
Cinematography	Gilbert Taylor, BSC
Edited by	Richard Chew Paul Hirsch Marcia Lucas
Music by	John Williams
Distributed by	20th Century Fox Lucasfilm
Release dates	May 25, 1977 (USA) October 27, 1977 (Australia) December 27, 1977 (UK)
Running time	121 minutes (original) 125 minutes (Special Edition)
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$11,000,000

Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope (initially named Star Wars) is a science fiction movie. It is the first film in the Star Wars saga. The movie was released in 1977 and also incorporates adventure, action and drama.

Plot

Princess Leia Organa is a prisoner of the evil Empire. She was captured by Darth Vader, who is helping the Empire stop a rebellion, by using the Death Star. Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Han Solo work together to rescue her. They are helped by the droids (or robots) R2-D2 and C-3PO. With the princess, they try to stop the Empire and bring peace and happiness to the galaxy.

Release dates

Country	Premiere
United States	25 May 1977
France	19 October 1977
Italy	20 October 1977
Australia	27 October 1977
Spain	7 November 1977
Greece	8 November 1977
Portugal	6 December 1977
Netherlands	15 December 1977
Finland	16 December 1977
Sweden	16 December 1977
Mexico	23 December 1977
Argentina	25 December 1977
Colombia	25 December 1977
Denmark	26 December 1977
Norway	26 December 1977
Ireland	27 December 1977
Uruguay	1 January 1978
Hong Kong	26 January 1978
United Kingdom	29 January 1978
Brazil	30 January 1978
Taiwan	7 February 1978
West Germany	9 February 1978
Peru	23 February 1978
South Korea	1 June 1978
Japan	30 June 1978
India	1 July 1978
Iceland	9 July 1978
Iran	20 July 1978
Slovenia	18 August 1978
Turkey	1979
Poland	30 March 1979
Hungary	16 August 1979
Singapore	10 July 1980
Bulgaria	26 April 1982
Soviet Union	September 1990
Czechoslovakia	25 July 1991

Special Edition

Country	Premiere
United States	31 January 1997
Taiwan	13 February 1997
Belgium	19 March 1997
France	19 March 1997
Yugoslavia	19 March 1997
Australia	20 March 1997
Germany	20 March 1997
Spain	20 March 1997
Netherlands	20 March 1997
Austria	21 March 1997
Brazil	21 March 1997
Switzerland	21 March 1997
Colombia	21 March 1997
Finland	21 March 1997
United Kingdom	21 March 1997
Ireland	21 March 1997
Israel	21 March 1997
Iceland	21 March 1997
Italy	21 March 1997
Mexico	21 March 1997
Norway	21 March 1997
Poland	21 March 1997
Portugal	21 March 1997
Romania	21 March 1997
Sweden	21 March 1997
Uruguay	21 March 1997
South Africa	21 March 1997
Venezuela	26 March 1997
Argentina	27 March 1997
Bolivia	27 March 1997
Chile	27 March 1997
Czech Republic	27 March 1997
Hong Kong	27 March 1997
Croatia	27 March 1997
Hungary	27 March 1997
New Zealand	27 March 1997
Peru	27 March 1997
Slovenia	27 March 1997
Bulgaria	28 March 1997
Greece	28 March 1997
Lebanon	28 March 1997
Lithuania	28 March 1997
Latvia	28 March 1997
Panama	28 March 1997
Thailand	28 March 1997
Turkey	28 March 1997
Jamaica	2 April 1997
Denmark	4 April 1997
South Korea	12 April 1997
India	18 April 1997
Egypt	28 April 1997
Malaysia	1 May 1997
Singapore	29 May 1997
Estonia	30 May 1997
Japan	31 May 1997
Indonesia	17 June 1997

Cast

• Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker
• Harrison Ford as Han Solo
• Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia Organa
• Alec Guinness as Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi
• David Prowse as Darth Vader, voiced by James Earl Jones
• Anthony Daniels as See Threepio (C-3PO)
• Kenny Baker as Artoo-Detoo (R2-D2)
• Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca
• Peter Cushing as Grand Moff Tarkin
• Denis Lawson as Red Two (Wedge)

Related pages

• The Phantom Menace
• Attack of the Clones
• Revenge of the Sith
• The Empire Strikes Back
• Return of the Jedi

Other websites

• Official website
• Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope on IMDb
• Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope at AllMovie
• Star Wars at the Movie Wiki