Star Wars: A New Hope | 1977 | US Lobby Card
Star Wars: A New Hope, later retitled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, is a 1977 epic science fiction film written and directed by George Lucas and was produced by Gary Kurtz. Star Wars is the first instalment in the original Star Wars trilogy, the first of the franchise to be produced and the fourth episode of the Star Wars saga. The film stars Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing, Alec Guinness, David Prowse, James Earl Jones, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker and Peter Mayhew. The storyline focuses on the Rebel Alliance, led by Princess Leia, and its attempt to destroy the Galactic Empire's space station, the Death Star. This conflict disrupts the isolated life of farmhand Luke Skywalker who inadvertently acquires a pair of droids that possess stolen architectural ...