When did the Star Wars Rebels TV series first air?
Star Wars Rebels
The series premiered as a one-hour television film, "Spark of Rebellion", on October 3, 2014, on Disney Channel prior to the premiere of the series on October 13 on Disney XD. The first season consisted of 14 episodes (released as four shorts, a film, "Spark of Rebellion", and 13 regular episodes) and the series features new characters along with ones from the original trilogy. The second season of 20 episodes premiered on June 20, 2015, with a one-hour television film, "The Siege of Lothal". The third season of 19 episodes premiered on September 24, 2016, with another one-hour television film, "Star Wars Rebels: Steps Into Shadow". On April 15, 2017, during "Star Wars" Celebration, it was announced the fourth season would be its last: it premiered on October 16, 2017, with another one-hour television film, "Heroes of Mandalore", and its final episode aired on March 5, 2018.
Star Trek: Discovery
Star Trek: Discovery is an American television series created for CBS All Access by Bryan Fuller and Alex Kurtzman. It is the first series developed specifically for that service, and the first "Star Trek" series since "" concluded in 2005. Set roughly a decade before the events of and separate from the timeline of the concurrently produced feature films, "Discovery" explores the Federation–Klingon war while following the crew of the USS "Discovery".
Star Wars: Rebel Assault
Star Wars: Rebel Assault is a rail shooter video game developed and published by LucasArts for DOS, Apple Macintosh, Sega CD and 3DO Interactive Multiplayer systems, set in the Star Wars universe. Released in 1993, it is the first CD-ROM-only game to be published by LucasArts. The game's story focuses on a young pilot called Rookie One as He or She is trained by, and subsequently fights for, the Rebel Alliance in the Galactic Civil War.
List of Star Wars: The Clone Wars episodes
The season four premiere, consisting of "Water War" and "Gungan Attack", was broadcast on September 16, 2011, and attracted viewers, the lowest premiere viewing of all seasons. The season finale, "Revenge" was broadcast on March 16, 2012, attracting 2.03 million viewers.
The season five premiere, "Revival", was broadcast on September 29, 2012, and attracted viewers. Season five consisted of 20 episodes instead of the normal 22 episode count. The season five finale, "The Wrong Jedi", was broadcast on March 2, 2013, and attracted viewers. Unlike the first four seasons, the episodes for Season 5 were released to DVD and Blu-ray in Chronological order as opposed to Broadcast order.
Episodes from the sixth season of the series were released on March 7, 2014 on Netflix.
John Jackson Miller
In October 2012, Del Rey announced that Miller would write "Star Wars: Kenobi", a novel about Obi-Wan Kenobi's life on Tatooine. The book was released on August 27, 2013 in hardcover, and debuted at #12 on the "New York Times" hardcover bestseller list. Miller subsequently wrote "", which was published in 2014, a prequel to the animated television series "Star Wars Rebels", which premiered on Disney XD in fall the same year. It is the first novel of the new canon that is replacing what is now known as "Star Wars Legends".
Anos Rebeldes
Anos Rebeldes (Rebel Years) was a popular telenovela which first aired on the Brazilian television Rede Globo on July 14, 1992. It was the first serial drama to highlight themes and stories of political violence and the repressed who were under the military regime. There are many themes that were first introduced to Brazilian television with this show including themes of censorship, cultural memory, and torture. This television program was set in the authoritarian regime of the 1960s and portrayed the time period through the lives of a group of high school students who had to come of age in this era. This group of students are friends who all go to the college Pedro II in 1964. The show focuses on João, and Maria Lúcia, two lovers whose opposite political views cause an ongoing struggle between identity and love. João, an idealist, eventually joins the armed struggle, while Maria Lúcia is an individualist who has little tolerance for the risks attached to the leftist social fight against the dictator’s regime.Other Characters include:
List of Star Wars films and television series
"Rogue One" is set directly before "Episode IV: A New Hope" and focuses on the eponymous group of rebels who obtain the plans to the Death Star. Its laser was developed by scientist Galen Erso (played by Mads Mikkelsen) after the Empire forcibly abducted him, separating him from his daughter Jyn. Galen secretly sends a defecting Imperial pilot to deliver a message warning of the weapon's existence and revealing its weakness to his rebel friend Saw Gerrera. Under the false promise of her father's liberation, Jyn agrees to use her ties to help the Rebel Alliance retrieve the message from Saw, now the paranoid leader of an extremist cell of rebels.
Star Wars (film)
"Star Wars" debuted on Betamax, CED, LaserDisc, Video 2000, and VHS between the 1980s and 1990s by CBS/Fox Video. The final issue of the original theatrical release (pre-Special Edition) to VHS format occurred in 1995, as part of "Last Chance to Own the Original" campaign, available as part of a trilogy set and as a standalone purchase. The film was released for the first time on DVD on September 21, 2004, in a box set with "The Empire Strikes Back", "Return of the Jedi", and a bonus disc of supplementary material. The films were digitally restored and remastered, and more changes were made by George Lucas. The DVD features a commentary track from Lucas, Ben Burtt, Dennis Muren, and Carrie Fisher. The bonus disc contains the documentary "Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy", three featurettes, teasers, theatrical trailers, TV spots, still galleries, an exclusive preview of "", a playable Xbox demo of the LucasArts game "", and a "Making Of" documentary on . The set was reissued in December 2005 as part of a three-disc limited edition boxed set without the bonus disc.
Battlestar Galactica
The first episode of the TV series (the long pilot TV movie) was broadcast on September 17, 1978. However, about 30 minutes before the end, that broadcast was interrupted by the announcement of the signing of the Egyptian–Israeli Camp David Accords. After the interruption (which was nearly an hour in length), the episode picked back up where it left off.
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back is a television documentary special which originally aired on CBS on September 22, 1980. Hosted by actor Mark Hamill, it is a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the special effects (SP FX) in the second "Star Wars" film, "The Empire Strikes Back", which was released that year. The special was written by Richard Schickel and directed by Robert Guenette, who had both previously worked on the 1977 special "The Making of Star Wars".
Star Wars (film)
"Star Wars" and its ensuing film installments have been explicitly referenced and satirized across a wide range of media. "Hardware Wars", released in 1978, was one of the first fan films to parody "Star Wars". It received positive critical reaction, went to earn over $1 million, and is one of Lucas's favorite "Star Wars" spoofs. Writing for "The New York Times", Frank DeCaro said, ""Star Wars" littered pop culture of the late 1970s with a galaxy of space junk." He cited "Quark" (a short-lived 1977 sitcom that parodies the science fiction genre) and "Donny & Marie" (a 1970s variety show that produced a 10-minute musical adaptation of "Star Wars" guest starring Daniels and Mayhew) as "television's two most infamous examples". Mel Brooks's "Spaceballs", a satirical comic science fiction parody, was released in 1987 to mixed reviews. Lucas permitted Brooks to make a spoof of the film under "one incredibly big restriction: no action figures."
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)
In early 2013, Lucasfilm announced that "The Clone Wars" would be "winding down". Super RTL, a German TV network, began airing the episodes on February 15, 2014. The sixth-season episodes were made available in the U.S. for streaming on Netflix, along with the entirety of the series, beginning March 7, 2014. A project known as "The Clone Wars Legacy" adapted unproduced story arcs into other formats, such as comics and novels. In , Lucasfilm announced at San Diego Comic-Con that the series would be revived with 12 new episodes to be released on Disney+.
Lego Star Wars: Droid Tales
In the aftermath of "Return of the Jedi", the rebels celebrate their victory against the Galactic Empire by having C-3PO and R2-D2 share their previous encounters throughout the Clone Wars, their affiliation with the "Ghost" crew from "Star Wars Rebels", and their activism against the Galactic Empire. During this time, C-3PO pursues a mysterious person who has abducted R2-D2 which is later revealed to be Lando Calrissian. However, 3PO, R2 and Chewbacca (who was enlisted by 3PO to help find R2) are captured by General Veers and a few surviving Stormtroopers but the trio manage to escape with the help of Admiral Ackbar and return to Endor to celebrate with their friends."Lego Star Wars: Droid Tales" premiered on August 21, 2015 on Disney XD in Australia and New Zealand.
Rebel Alliance
The Disney TV series "Rebels" depicts the rebellion against the Galactic Empire beginning five years before "A New Hope" and fourteen years after the fall of the Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order in "Revenge of the Sith". The show focuses on a motley group of rebels (all of whom have been affected by the Empire in one form or another) that band together aboard a freighter starship called "Ghost". By the end of the first season, it is revealed that there are various clandestine cell systems that are resisting the Empire. Senator Bail Organa of Alderaan and former Jedi Ahsoka Tano both play a pivotal role in coordinating these splinter cells into a legitimate threat capable of challenging Imperial rule. Funded primarily by the Royal House of Alderaan, the alliance began to allocate resources towards a united front against Imperial rule.
Star Wars
In November 2017, Bob Iger discussed the development of a "Star Wars" series for Disney+, due to launch in 2019. It was announced in March 2018 that Jon Favreau, who voiced characters in "The Clone Wars" and "Solo", will produce and write one of the television series. Entitled "", it will be set three years after "Return of the Jedi" and center on a lone gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy. Production on 10 episodes of the series began in October 2018, with a reported budget of $100 million.
List of Star Wars species (P–T)
This is a list of "Star Wars" species, containing the names of fictional sentient species from the "Star Wars" franchise beginning with the letters P through T. "Star Wars" is an American epic space opera film series created by George Lucas. The first film in the series, "Star Wars", was released on May 25, 1977 and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, followed by four sequels and three prequels. Many species of alien creatures (often humanoid) are depicted.
In Galactic Basic, the Paaerduag is an "individual" formed by two symbiotic races that are joined as one. However, two voices create the actual name of their race, and four ears hear the true sound of it. The larger, more mobile, aspect of the Paaerduag looks like a humanoid, with long, slender arms and legs, and a head about as broad as its body, however, its voice is unheard by human ears. The smaller aspect of the Paaerduag rides upon the larger in a backpack, of sorts, facing to the rear, and looks remotely like a humanoid with a slender, almost dog-like face, and two sets of eyes. It is capable of being heard and understood. Instead of referring to itself as "I" or "me", it uses the term "we", instead.
Superstars of Wrestling
"Superstars of Wrestling" was the first and only independently produced wrestling U.S. television program. Prior to the development of the internet, television audiences were often subject to region-specific programming. The series allowed wrestling fans to watch promotions outside their local areas for the first time. It was considered a groundbreaking concept at the time. Initially available to Atlanta, Georgia it eventually spread to wrestling fans across the country. Chris Bridges of "Banks County News" called it "a teenage pro wrestling fan’s dream come true". Among its fans included runner Scott Ludwig, NWA Anarchy promoter Charles Anschutz, manager Dave Wills, best known as the "Crying Wrestling Fan", and wrestling historian Brian Shields.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)
"The Clone Wars" premiered on October 3, 2008 at 9 p.m. on Cartoon Network. "The Clone Wars" on Cartoon Network is shown in a 16:9 (1.77:1) aspect ratio, cropped from its original aspect ratio (OAR) of 2.35:1 (as seen in the UK Sky Premiere screenings). The show began airing on Adult Swim on March 14, 2009, making the series the first Cartoon Network series to simultaneously air on both Cartoon Network and Adult Swim.
Marvel Television
Marvel's first live action TV licenses were for Spider-Man with the character in The Electric Company's Spidey Super Stories segments (1974–1977), CBS's "The Amazing Spider-Man" series (1977–1979) and Toei's tokusatsu style "Spider-Man" series (1978–1979). "The Amazing Spider-Man" pulled in reasonable ratings but was canceled in 1979 by CBS as they did not want to be known as the "comic book" network as they had already had three comic book based shows, choosing to stay with "The Incredible Hulk", as it had the better ratings.
Rey (Star Wars)
Star Wars Rebels (2014)
Henry Gilroy
As of 2016, Henry Gilroy is the co-executive producer of the "Star Wars Rebels" TV series.
Star Wars Day
To celebrate the premier of "The Empire Strikes Back" in the United Kingdom, advertisements proclaimed May 20th as "Empire Day" . Incidentally, there used to be an Empire Day that celebrate the British Empire, and "Empire Day" the Galactic one at least, was confirmed in an episode of the television show, "Star Wars: Rebels".
Star Trek: The Animated Series
Star Trek: The Animated Series ("ST: TAS"), originally aired as Star Trek and as The Animated Adventures of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek, is an American animated science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry. It originally aired from September 8, 1973 to October 12, 1974 on NBC, spanning 22 episodes over two seasons. The second series in the "Star Trek" franchise, it is the first sequel to "". Set in the 23rd century, when Earth is part of a United Federation of Planets, it follows the adventures of the Starfleet vessel USS "Enterprise" as it explores the Milky Way galaxy.
Ewoks (TV series)
Ewoks (also known as Star Wars: Ewoks) is an American/Canadian animated television series featuring the Ewok characters introduced in "Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi" and further explored in "" and its sequel . The series was produced by Nelvana on behalf of Lucasfilm and broadcast on ABC, originally as part of "The Ewoks and Adventure Hour", and then by itself. The series ran for two seasons of 13 half-hour episodes between 1985 and 1986.
Star Wars: A New Dawn
Set eight years after the events of the 2005 film "" and seven years before "Star Wars Rebels", "A New Dawn" introduces the television series characters Kanan Jarrus and Hera Syndulla.
Star Wars (1977 comic book)
Star Wars is a comic book series published by Marvel Comics from April 12, 1977 to May 27, 1986. Featuring classic "Star Wars" characters Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, Chewbacca, C-3PO, and R2-D2, the first six issues adapt the May 1977 film "Star Wars". The series chronicled their subsequent adventures for 107 issues and three annuals, including a six-issue adaptation of the 1980 sequel film "The Empire Strikes Back" in 1980–1981. The "Star Wars" comic was originally written by Roy Thomas with art by Howard Chaykin.
List of Star Trek: The Original Series episodes
This is the first television series in the "Star Trek" franchise, and comprises 79 regular episodes over the series' three seasons, along with the series' original pilot episode, "". The episodes are listed in order by original air date, which match the episode order in each season's original, remastered, and Blu-ray DVD box sets. The original, single-disc DVD releases placed the episodes by production order, with "The Cage" on the final disc. This list also includes the stardate on which the events of each episode took place within the fictional "Star Trek" universe.
Star Wars Rebels
Fourteen years after the fall of the Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order in "" and the rise of the Galactic Empire, a motley group of rebels unite aboard a freighter starship called the "Ghost" and conduct covert operations against the Imperial garrison on and around the planet Lothal and on other planets in the galaxy that are menaced by the Galactic Empire.The first two episodes, titled "Spark of Rebellion", premiered on October 3, 2014, on Disney Channels worldwide and on Family Channel in Canada. In Australia, the series premiered on October 17 on Disney XD. "The Siege of Lothal" premiered on June 28, 2015, and the second season debuted on October 18. In Canada, the series premiered on October 19 on the DHX-owned Disney XD. However, due to DHX Media losing the rights to Disney content, the show was later moved to Disney Channel. The second season premiered on November 7 and it was moved to the Corus-owned Disney XD channel on December 1.
Star Wars comics
Early reports in May 2014 suggested that Marvel would announce two new ongoing "Star Wars" comic series at the San Diego Comic-Con. In July 2014, Marvel announced three new series at SDCC: "Star Wars", "", and the limited series "". The initial series, "Star Wars", was released in January 2015, with "Darth Vader" debuting in February, and "Princess Leia" in March. Several other limited series followed, including "" (April 2015–March 2016), "" (July–October 2015), "" (September–October 2015), "" (October–December 2015), "" (January–May 2016), and "" (June-November 2016), as well as the one-shots "" (November 2015) and "" (April 2016).
List of Star Trek: The Original Series episodes
"Star Trek" was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One starting on July 12, 1969 with the episode "Where No Man Has Gone Before". The first episode broadcast in color was "" on November 15, 1969. The episodes were broadcast in a different order than in the United States and were originally aired in four seasons between 1969 and 1971. The BBC edited the episodes for broadcast by showing the title sequence first, then the teaser segment that aired before the titles in the United States, then the rest of the episode. These edited episodes aired until the 1990s, after which the BBC was supplied with NTSC videotape transfers of the first season instead of new film prints, resulting in a substandard picture, and with edits originally made for syndication in the United States. Viewer complaints led to the BBC obtaining film prints for the subsequent two seasons.
Dave Filoni
Filoni is serving as an executive producer of "Star Wars Rebels", which debuted in fall 2014, alongside Greg Weisman and Simon Kinberg. For the first 2 seasons he also served as its supervising director. He appointed Justin Ridge as his successor for the remainder of the show, though he still remained as executive producer. Filoni departed as supervising director in September 2016 when he was given the job as overseer of all future and current Lucasfilm Animation projects.
List of Star Wars comic books
The "Star Wars Rebels" comic strips are set in-between episodes of the Disney XD television show of the same name. The first 37 strips were published in the monthly Germany, UK, and U.S.A. "Star Wars Rebels Magazine" issues, which debuted in January 2015. The UK and U.S.A. versions were discontinued in 2016, with the German version being discontinued in 2017. Starting with #38, the strips are now published in the bimonthly German magazine "Star Wars Rebels Animation". Trade paperback volumes have also been released in Germany and France.
Star Wars: Droids
In the UK, BBC Television bought rights to screen the series in its entirety between 1986 and 1991 as part of the Children's BBC programming strand. The entire series was shown twice within this time (in 1986 and 1988 to coincide with the full release of the "Star Wars" trilogy as well as Droids on VHS). "The Great Heep" only made one showing in 1989 on BBC's "Going Live!", which was a Saturday morning children's show—it was split into two parts over two weeks. Different episodes from different cycles were also screened across the five-year licence, with the Trigon cycle being shown in full in early 1991 on another Saturday morning children's show called "".
List of Star Wars films and television series
The original "Star Wars" film opens with a Rebel spaceship being intercepted by the Empire above the desert planet of Tatooine. Aboard, the deadliest Imperial agent Darth Vader and his stormtroopers capture Princess Leia Organa, a secret member of the rebellion. Before her capture, Leia makes sure the droid R2-D2 will escape with stolen Imperial blueprints and a holographic message for the Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi, who has been living in exile on Tatooine. Along with , R2-D2 falls under the ownership of Luke Skywalker, a farmboy who has been raised by his aunt and uncle. Luke helps the droids locate Obi-Wan, now a solitary old hermit known as Ben Kenobi. He reveals himself as a friend of Luke's absent father, Anakin Skywalker, who was Obi-Wan's Jedi apprentice until being murdered by Vader. He tells Luke he must also become a Jedi. After discovering his family's homestead has been destroyed by the Empire, they hire the smuggler Han Solo, his Wookiee Chewbacca and their space freighter, the "Millennium Falcon". They discover that Leia's homeworld of Alderaan has been destroyed, and are soon captured by the planet-destroying Death Star. While Obi-Wan disables its tractor beam, Luke and Han rescue the captive Princess Leia. Finally, they deliver the Death Star plans to the Rebel Alliance with the hope of exploiting a weakness.
The first rough draft, titled "The Star Wars", introduced "the Force" and the young hero Luke Starkiller. Annikin appeared as Luke's father, a wise Jedi knight. The third draft replaced (a deceased) Annikin with Ben Kenobi. Some months later, Lucas had negotiated a contract that gave him rights to two sequels. By 1976, a fourth draft had been prepared for principal photography. The film was titled "The Adventures of Luke Starkiller, as taken from the Journal of the Whills, Saga I: The Star Wars". During production, Lucas changed Luke's name to Skywalker and shortened the title to "The Star Wars", and finally just "Star Wars". At that point, Lucas was not expecting the film to warrant full-scale sequels. The fourth draft of the script underwent subtle changes to become a self-contained story ending with the destruction of the Empire in the Death Star. The intention was that if the film was successful, Lucas could adapt Foster's novels into low-budget sequels. By that point, Lucas had developed a tentative backstory to aid in developing the saga.
"Star Wars" exceeded all expectations. The success of the film and its merchandise sales led Lucas to make "Star Wars" the basis of an elaborate film serial, and use the profits to finance his filmmaking center, Skywalker Ranch. After the release of the first sequel, the original film was subtitled "Episode IV: A New Hope" for a rerelease in 1981.
The Rebel (2016 TV series)
The Rebel is a 2016 British comedy series on Gold starring Simon Callow in the title role. The show is based on "The Rebel" cartoon in "The Oldie" magazine by Andrew Birch. It began airing in June 2016. In total, 9 episodes have aired as of May 2018.
Shared universe
The "Star Wars" film series was created by George Lucas, produced by his self-funded production company Lucasfilm. It originated with the film "" (1977), followed by two sequels under the subtitles "" (1980) and "" (1983); together, those three films are known as the original trilogy and focuses on Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Princess Leia. The prequel trilogy composed of "" (1999), "" (2002), and "" (2005) expanded the series into a Saga, and focused on Luke Skywalker's father Anakin Skywalker, new cast members portrayed younger versions of characters from the Original trilogy, while other actors returned to their original trilogy roles. On television, the lore was expanded through animation, the animated film titled "" (2008) served as the pilot of an (2008-2014). Lucas was deeply creatively involved in the previously mentioned works, but he ceased creative involvement with the "Star Wars" franchise in 2014. Lucasfilm announced that from April 2014, only such previously mentioned works would be considered canonical, along all of the fictional works released after such date. The animated series "Star Wars Rebels" (2014-2018), was the first work released after. A sequel trilogy formed by "" (2015), "" (2017) and the upcoming "" (2019) featured many returning cast members along newcomers. The films’ main saga is conformed of the original, prequel, and sequel trilogies. A concurrent spin-off film series, known as the anthology films, expands the stories of plot points and characters from the main series. Additionally the series expanded into video games, comics, and novels, telling original stories based on the franchise, classifying it as an imaginary entertainment environment, where the films share the same continuity as all the other media formats, regardless of the different media formats. Lucasfilm's "Story Group" coordinates a cohesive story-telling and ensures consistency and synergy by avoiding plot holes between all the film and non-film works. The "Star Wars Legends" brand is used to brand all the re-prints of non-canonical works (television films, animated series, video-games, comics, and novels) of the franchise which were produced and/or ceased production before April 2014. Lucas himself considered the "Legends" works as non-canonical because considered them to diminish his films meaning by not adhering to his vision. Albeit, Lucas did include a few of the "Legends" elements that he supported within his works, such as characters and places which made those included elements canonical. Storytellers after Lucas have also incorporated "Legends" elements in their stories, sometimes with the help of the original creators.
Angry Birds Star Wars II
Angry Birds Star Wars II is a puzzle video game, a crossover between "Star Wars" and the "Angry Birds" series, that was released on September 18, 2013. The game is the seventh "Angry Birds" game developed by Rovio Entertainment. The game is a sequel to "Angry Birds Star Wars" and is based on the "Star Wars" prequel trilogy, as well as the television show "Star Wars Rebels".
Robot Wars (TV series)
The show was first broadcast on BBC Two from 20 February 1998 to 23 February 2001, on BBC Choice from 8 October 2001 to 7 February 2003 (later repeated on BBC Two), on Channel 5 from 2 November 2003 to 28 March 2004 before being revived in 2016 and broadcast on BBC Two from 24 July 2016 to 7 January 2018. To date, the show has been broadcast as 10 main series each centred around a single competition, two "Extreme" series with several unconnected events and several special episodes.
Superman
"Adventures of Superman", which aired from 1952 to 1958, was the first television series based on a superhero. It starred George Reeves as Superman. Whereas the radio serial was aimed at children, this television show was aimed at a general audience, although children made up the majority of viewers. Robert Maxwell, who produced the radio serial, was the producer for the first season. For the second season, Maxwell was replaced with Whitney Ellsworth. Ellsworth toned down the violence of the show to make it more suitable for children, though he still aimed for a general audience. This show was extremely popular in Japan, where it achieved an audience share rating of 74.2% in 1958.
The Rebel (South Korean TV series)
The Rebel () is a South Korean television series starring Yoon Kyun-sang, Chae Soo-bin, Kim Ji-seok, Lee Ha-nui and Kim Sang-joong. It aired on MBC every Monday and Tuesday at 22:00 (KST) from January 30, 2017 to May 16, 2017.
The Rebels (TV series)
The first and only season of "The Rebels" began airing during the 1975–76 United States network television schedule in 1976. It consisted of a total of thirteen episodes.
Changes in Star Wars re-releases
In 1989, the original release of "Star Wars" was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry of the United States Library of Congress. In 2014, the National Film Registry still did not have a copy of the 1977 film; director George Lucas refused to submit a copy, stating that he no longer authorized the release of the theatrical version. Lucasfilm offered the altered 1997 Special Edition release, but the Registry refused it as the first published version must be accepted. The Library of Congress, however, received a 35mm print of the film, without the "A New Hope" subtitle and subsequent alterations, in 1978 as part of the film's copyright deposit.The first film was released in 1977 under the title "Star Wars". The subtitles "Episode IV" and "A New Hope" were retroactively added to the opening crawl in a subsequent release. Accounts differ as to when this change occurred. Some, including Lucasfilm, date the addition to a theatrical re-release on April 10, 1981, while others place it much earlier at the re-release in July 1978. This change was made to bring the original film in line with the titling of its sequel "The Empire Strikes Back", which was released in 1980 with the subtitle "Episode V".
Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003 TV series)
Star Wars: Clone Wars is an American animated television micro-series set in the "Star Wars" universe and adapted, directed, produced and by Genndy Tartakovsky. Produced and released between the films "" and "", it is the first of many works to explore the conflict set between the two known as the Clone Wars, and directly leads to the events of "Revenge of the Sith". The show follows the actions of various characters from the "Star Wars" prequel trilogy, notably Jedi Knights and clone troopers, in their war against the battle droid armies of the Confederacy of Independent Systems and the Sith. The series is notable for introducing the character of General Grievous to the "Star Wars" universe.
Star Wars Rebels
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes gave an approval rating of 100% for all four seasons, based on 9 reviews for season 1, 5 reviews for season 2, 6 reviews for season 3, and 6 reviews for season 4, with an average rating of 8.17/10 for season 1, 7.5/10 for season 2, 9.0/10 for season 3, and 9.28/10 for season 4. On Metacritic, the first season has a weighted average score of 78 out of 100 based on 4 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". IGN and "Variety" in particular had strong praise for the pilot film, "Spark of Rebellion", with their only criticism being the appearance of the Wookiees in the film, being cited as not all that impressive compared to the rest of the animation.
Star Trek
Star Trek is an American space opera media franchise based on the science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry. The first television series, simply called "Star Trek" and now referred to as """", debuted in 1966 and aired for three seasons on the television network NBC. It followed the interstellar adventures of Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and his crew aboard the starship USS "Enterprise", a space exploration vessel, built by the United Federation of Planets in the twenty-third century. The "Star Trek" canon of the franchise includes "The Original Series", an animated series, five spin-off television series, the film franchise, and further adaptations in several media.
Star Wars: A New Dawn
Star Wars: A New Dawn is a "Star Wars" novel by John Jackson Miller, published in September 2014. A prequel to the animated television series "Star Wars Rebels", it introduces the characters Kanan Jarrus and Hera Syndulla. "A New Dawn" was the first novel published in the franchise after Lucasfilm redefined "Star Wars" continuity in April 2014.
List of Star Wars Rebels characters
"Star Wars Rebels" is an American 3D CGI animated television series produced by Lucasfilm Animation. Set fourteen years after the events of "" and five years before "Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope", the series follows a motley group of rebels conducting covert operations to thwart the sinister Galactic Empire.
Star Wars Holiday Special
"The Star Wars Holiday Special" was mostly forgotten after its only airing in 1978, until some time in the early-to-mid-1990s when individuals came forward and offered original videotape recordings of the TV airing. These have since been duplicated and reduplicated so that most copies of the special available today are based on second- to sixth-generation VHS dubs. Some of these fan-made copies include the original commercials that aired during the show, as well as the news breaks; the most notable news item was the sentencing of William Kampiles. One such recording from WCBS-TV in New York City featured anchor Rolland Smith teasing a story on "fighting the frizzies" for that night's 11 p.m. news, an ID which itself has gained popularity over the years on the Internet and television shows such as "South Park".
Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed
Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed ("TLR") is a TV documentary which premiered on The History Channel in May 2007. It was produced by Prometheus Entertainment in association with The History Channel and Lucasfilm Ltd. The executive producer and director was Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Kevin Burns.
Star Wars Resistance
On April 26, 2018, the series was officially announced and scheduled for a Fall 2018 debut. The show was created by Dave Filoni, veteran Lucasfilm animation worker, who previously directed the 2008 film "", developed , created, developed, and executive produced "Star Wars Rebels", and in 2017 became the head of Lucasfilm Animation. Filoni said the show was influenced by anime, and by his grandfather's experiences in World War II. By August 1, 2018, Polygon Pictures was selected as the animation production company.
Star Wars
The first was written by science fiction author Brian Daley and directed by John Madden. It was broadcast on National Public Radio in 1981, adapting the original 1977 film into 13-episodes. Mark Hamill and Anthony Daniels reprised their film roles.
Phoenix Five
Phoenix Five is an Australian science fiction television series which first screened on the ABC in 1970. It was later also screened on the Seven Network. It was part of a trilogy and followed on from the six part serial "The Interpretaris" in 1966 and seven part serial "Vega 4" in 1968. However, it had 26 standalone episodes produced to make it viable as a syndicated series. Each of the series had different crews and casts but took place in the same future and used the same space organisation and miniatures, much as "Star Trek" did in the '80s and '90s, thus making it the first TV sci-fi franchise.
Star Trek: The Next Generation (season 1)
The first season of the American television science fiction series "" commenced airing in broadcast syndication in the United States on September 28, 1987, and concluded on May 16, 1988, after 26 episodes were broadcast. Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the crew of the Starfleet starship "Enterprise"-D. It was the first live-action television series in the franchise to be broadcast since "" was cancelled in 1969, and the first to feature all new characters. Paramount Television eventually sought the advice of the creator of "Star Trek", Gene Roddenberry, who set about creating the new show with mostly former "The Original Series" staff members. An entirely new cast were sought, which concerned some members of "The Original Series" crew, as Roddenberry did not want to re-tread the same steps as he had in the first series to the extent that well known "Star Trek" aliens such as Vulcans, Klingons and Romulans were banned at first.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
In January 2016, it was confirmed that Starz would hold the U.S. premium television rights for "The Force Awakens", having been released just before the end of Starz's output deal covering most Disney-released films, which includes releases through the end of 2015. "The Force Awakens" began broadcasting on all Starz networks on September 10, 2016. The equivalent rights in Canada were held by Netflix.
Star Wars: Bloodline
With the 2012 acquisition of Lucasfilm by The Walt Disney Company, most of the licensed "Star Wars" novels and comics produced since the originating 1977 film "Star Wars" were rebranded as "Star Wars Legends" and declared non-canon to the franchise in April 2014. A new series of novels, aligned with the continuity of the films and the canon TV series "" and "Star Wars Rebels", began publication in September 2014. "Bloodline" was announced as "Star Wars: New Republic: Bloodline" in October 2015 at the New York Comic Con panel for the publishing initiative. An excerpt was released on February 4, 2016, and the novel was published by Del Rey Books on May 3, 2016.
Star Trek: The Original Series
The series was produced from September 1966 to December 1967 by Norway Productions and Desilu Productions, and by Paramount Television from January 1968 to June 1969. "Star Trek" aired on NBC from September 8, 1966, to June 3, 1969, and was actually seen first on September 6, 1966, on Canada's CTV network. "Star Trek"s Nielsen ratings while on NBC were low, and the network canceled it after three seasons and 79 episodes. Several years later, the series became a "bona fide" hit in broadcast syndication, remaining so throughout the 1970s, achieving cult classic status and a developing influence on popular culture. "Star Trek" eventually spawned a franchise, consisting of six television series, thirteen feature films, numerous books, games, and toys, and is now widely considered one of the most popular and influential television series of all time.
Star Wars comics
Formerly branded as part of the " Star Wars Expanded Universe" or the "Expanded Universe", which was used to brand everything besides the films, the "Star Wars" comics have been produced by various comic book publishers since the debut of the 1977 film Star Wars. An eponymous series by Marvel Comics began in 1977 with a six-issue comic adaptation of the original film and ran for 107 issues and three "Annual"s until 1986, featuring stories happening between the original trilogy films, adapting "The Empire Strikes Back" before going back to original stories and ending with an adaptation of "Return of the Jedi"; despite good sales, the series ended due to George Lucas not wanting to explore the events set after his films. Then Marvel, from 1985 to 1987, published two short-lived series based on the "Star Wars" animated series "" and "". Briefly, the publishing rights were to Blackthorne Publishing, whom released a three-issue run of 3-D comics from 1987 to 1988. Then, three years later, the rights to publish "Star Wars" comics were acquired by Dark Horse, who published the limited series "Star Wars: Dark Empire" in 1991 which explored the time after "Return of the Jedi", with Dark Horse ultimately produced over 100 "Star Wars" titles until 2014, including manga adaptations of the original trilogy of films and the 1999 prequel "The Phantom Menace". The comics happening before, between, and after the films and produced before April 2014 were branded as the "Star Wars Expanded Universe" until April 2014, when they were all branded as "Legends", ceased further publications and were declared non-canonical to the franchise.
Star Wars (1977 comic book)
Issues #1–6 featured an adaptation of the events of "Star Wars" by Roy Thomas and artist Howard Chaykin. Original stories began appearing as of issue #7 (January 1978) by the same creative team. Writer Archie Goodwin and artist Carmine Infantino took over the series as of #11 (May 1978). The series occasionally included stories which took place before the events of the film, such as issue #17 (November 1978) featuring Luke Skywalker on Tatooine, and #24 (June 1979) with Obi-Wan Kenobi. A six-issue adaptation of the 1980 sequel film "The Empire Strikes Back" by Goodwin and artists Al Williamson and Carlos Garzon appeared in issues #39–44 (September 1980–February 1981). Williamson was offered the "Empire Strikes Back" adaptation upon Lucasfilm's specific request, as "Star Wars" creator George Lucas had an appreciation of Williamson's EC Comics and "Flash Gordon" work. Goodwin said in 1996:
The "Empire" adaptation appeared in three other formats: as a magazine ("Marvel Super Special" #16), an oversized tabloid edition ("Marvel Special Edition Featuring Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back"), and as a paperback book. Writer David Michelinie and artist Walt Simonson became the new creative team with issue #51 (September 1981). An unused "John Carter, Warlord of Mars" story, which had sat in inventory after Marvel had cancelled that series, was rewritten and redrawn, and published in "Star Wars" #53 (November 1981). Ron Frenz became the regular artist of the title starting with #71 (May 1983). Marvel's adaptation of "Return of the Jedi" (October 1983–January 1984) appeared in a separate, eponymous four-issue limited series as well as in "Marvel Super Special" #27 and in a mass market paperback. Starting in 1984, the "Star Wars" series was primarily written by Jo Duffy. Art for the final year-and-a-half of the series was by Cynthia Martin.
Star Wars Holiday Special
The special was broadcast in its entirety in the United States only once, on Friday, November 17, 1978 (the week before Thanksgiving), on the television network CBS from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm, Eastern Standard Time (EST), pre-empting "Wonder Woman" and "The Incredible Hulk". It was also broadcast on the Canadian television network CTV from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm, Eastern Standard Time., in New Zealand on TVNZ, and in Australia on the Seven Network.
Star Wars (2015 comic book)
Star Wars is an ongoing "Star Wars" comic series published by Marvel Comics since January 14, 2015. Originally written by Jason Aaron with art by John Cassaday, it is set between the 1977 film "Star Wars" and its 1980 sequel, "The Empire Strikes Back". The series features classic "Star Wars" characters Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, Chewbacca, C-3PO, and R2-D2. It was one of three new "Star Wars" comics by Marvel announced in July 2014, along with "" and the limited series "".
NPR Playhouse
Beginning on March 1, 1981 , the "Playhouse" production of the first of the "Star Wars" radio dramas, a 13-part 6½-hour version of the original "Star Wars" film, generated the largest response in NPR's history, with an audience averaging over 750,000 listeners per episode. A 14th episode was produced for this series consisting of an audio documentary of the production. The series author, Brian Daley, also wrote the script to the audio drama "Rebel Mission to Ord Mantell", which precedes "The Empire Strikes Back" and succeeds "Star Wars: A New Hope".
The WB
Many, though not all, of The WB's programming during its eleven-year run as a television network was produced by corporate cousin Warner Bros. Television. The network's schedule during its first two seasons – the 1995 midseason (when it inaugurated its initial Wednesday lineup) and the first half of the 1995–96 season (when the network expanded its programming to Sundays) – consisted entirely of sitcoms; the first drama series to debut on the network was the primetime soap "Savannah", which debuted in February 1996 and ran for two seasons until its cancellation in February 1997. The WB's first reality series was the U.S. adaptation of "Popstars", which ran for two seasons from 2001 to 2003.
The Rebel (TV series)
On August 18, 2015, Timeless Media Group released "The Rebel- The Complete Series" on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time. The 11-disc set contained all 76 episodes of the series as well as bonus features.
Star Wars comics
Marvel's "Star Wars" comics were also reprinted in the UK as a weekly black and white comics anthology by Marvel UK which, in addition to the "Star Wars" strips, included other Marvel strips such as "The Micronauts", "Deathlok", "Star-Lord", "Warlock" and "Tales of the Watcher". The weekly UK issues split the stories from the US monthly issues into smaller installments, and it usually took around three weekly issues to complete a US monthly issue. The UK comic also published original "Star Wars" stories by British creators. "Star Wars Weekly" #1 was published with a free cut-out X-wing fighter on February 8, 1978. It became "The Empire Strikes Back Weekly" from issue #118 in May 1980, and then became a monthly title from issue #140 in November 1980, reverting to the title "Star Wars" with issue #159 in July 1982. The monthly comic ran until issue #171 in July 1983, when the numbering was reset at #1 for "Return of the Jedi Weekly", which was the first time the UK comic had been printed in color. This is the title and format that remained until the last issue (#155) was published in June 1986. Further original content was published in issues #94–99, #104–115, #149, #153–157. Throughout this eight-year period, Marvel UK also published several "Star Wars" "Annual"s and "Special"s.
Clone trooper
Captain Rex, CT-7567, leads Torrent Company of the 501st Legion, often under the command of Jedi General Anakin Skywalker and Jedi Commander Ahsoka Tano. He first appears in "The Clone Wars" film and its related television series, and he is the primary clone trooper character of the series. Rex later appears in the "Rebels" television series, set fourteen years after "Revenge of the Sith". Now a much older man because of his accelerated aging, he lives on the wasteland planet Seelos and hunted worm-like joopa with Wolffe and Gregor before they are offered a place in the Rebel Alliance.
Star Wars
Lucasfilm and Kennedy have stated that the standalone films would be referred to as the "Star Wars" anthology series (albeit the word anthology has not been used in any of the titles, instead carrying the promotional ""A Star Wars Story"" subtitle). Focused on how the Rebels obtained the Death Star plans introduced in the 1977 film, the first anthology film, "Rogue One", was released on December 16, 2016 to favorable reviews and box office success. The second, "", centered on a young Han Solo with Chewbacca and Lando as supporting characters, was released on May 25, 2018 to mixed reviews and underperformance at the box office. Despite this, more anthology films are expected to be released.
Return of the Rebels
Return of the Rebels (originally titled The Eagle Rock Rebels Ride Again) is a 1981 American made-for-television drama film starring Barbara Eden, Don Murray, Christopher Connelly, Robert Mandan, Jamie Farr and Patrick Swayze. It originally premiered on CBS on October 17, 1981.
List of Star Trek: The Original Series episodes
"Star Trek"s first season comprised 29 episodes, including the two-part episode "", which includes almost all of the footage from the original pilot, "The Cage". Other notable episodes include "Balance of Terror", which introduces the Romulans; "Space Seed", which introduces Khan Noonien Singh and serves as the basis for ""; "Errand of Mercy", in which the Klingons make their first appearance; and the critically acclaimed, Hugo-Award-winning episode "The City on the Edge of Forever", which features Kirk, Spock, and McCoy traveling into the past through the Guardian of Forever.
The show's 26-episode second season began in September 1967 with "Amok Time", which introduced actor Walter Koenig as Russian navigator Pavel Chekov, and granted viewers the first glimpse of Spock's homeworld, Vulcan. The season also includes such notable episodes as "", which introduces the evil "mirror universe"; "Journey to Babel", featuring the introduction of Spock's parents Sarek and Amanda; and the light-hearted "The Trouble with Tribbles", which would later be revisited in a 1973 episode of "" and a 1996 episode of "". The season ended with "", an attempt to launch a spin-off television series set in the 1960s. 
After "Star Trek"s second season, NBC was prepared to cancel the show due to low ratings. Led by fans Bjo and John Trimble, "Trek" viewers inundated NBC with letters protesting the show's demise and pleading the network to renew the series for another year. After NBC agreed to produce a third season, the network promised Gene Roddenberry that the show would air in a favorable timeslot (Mondays at 7:30 p.m.), but later changed the schedule so that "Trek" would air in the so-called "death slot"—Friday nights at 10:00 p.m. In addition to the "mismanaged" schedule, the show's budget was "seriously slashed" and Nichelle Nichols described the series' eventual cancellation as "a self-fulfilling prophecy".
The Marvel Super Heroes
The Marvel Super Heroes is an American animated television series starring five comic-book superheroes from Marvel Comics. The first TV series based on Marvel characters, it debuted in syndication on U.S. television in 1966.
Kanan Jarrus
The comic-book "Kanan" ran for 12 issues and was published by Marvel Comics, the series is set during the events of the first season of "Star Wars Rebels" and focuses on Kanan Jarrus having flashbacks to his time as a Jedi Padawan (when he was known by his real name Caleb Dume). Two story arcs were produced each ran for six issues, the first arc "The Last Padawan" focused on flashbacks which happened at the same time as "" showing where Kanan was when Order 66 happened and the clone troopers betrayed and killed most of the Jedi, including his Jedi Master Depa Billaba. While the second arc "First Blood" flashbacks focused on how Kanan was assigned under Depa Billaba's mentorship, as well as Kanan's first battle along clone-troopers, in the Clone Wars, where he made a friendship with a clone trooper, it features an appearance from Rae Sloane a character from the novel "Star Wars: A New Dawn", as well as one from Fenn Rau a mandalorian character who would later appear in "Star Wars Rebels".
Star Wars Resistance
The series debuted in the United States on Disney Channel on October 7, 2018, with Disney XD airing the series later in the United States and worldwide, with the exception of all live-action shows are sold by Disney Channel in Southeast Asia.
Greg Weisman
Weisman was also executive producer on "Star Wars Rebels" (2014), alongside Dave Filoni and Simon Kinberg, but left the series after the first season.
The Rebel (TV series)
The Rebel is a 76-episode American western television series starring Nick Adams that debuted on the ABC network from 1959 to 1961. "The Rebel" was one of the few Goodson-Todman Productions outside of their game show ventures. Beginning in December 2011, "The Rebel" reruns began to air Saturday mornings on Me-TV.
Kings Row (TV series)
Kings Row is an hour-long American television period drama which was broadcast on ABC between September 13, 1955 and January 17, 1956 as part of the wheel series "Warner Bros. Presents". The first of twenty filmed shows produced for ABC, between 1955 and 1963, by Warner Bros Television, under the supervision of executive producer William T. Orr, "Kings Row" is also the only one among those shows to be structured in the form of a straight drama, rather than as a western or a detective/adventure series which represented 14 of the 20 productions.
List of Star Wars films and television series
The Ewoks from "Return of the Jedi" were featured in two spin-off television films, "" and "". Both aired on ABC on the Thanksgiving weekends of 1984 and 1985, respectively. Warwick Davis reprised his debut role as the main Ewok, Wicket, in both.
Wrinkles (radio series)
Wrinkles was a radio comedy series produced and broadcast in the United Kingdom by BBC Radio 4 for two series of six episodes each in 1980 and 1981. It is notable as the first series written solely by the writing team of Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, who would go on to create the internationally successful television sitcom "Red Dwarf".
Star Wars expanded to other media
In April 2014 Lucasfilm officially decreed prior expanded universe content non-canonical, and christened it "Star Wars Legends", with a new company division, Lucasfilm Story Group, ensuring that all forthcoming comics, books, games and other media were non-contradictory and true to one another, other canonical media, and the story of the films themselves. From that point onward the official "Star Wars" canon was clarified to include the "Star Wars" theatrical films and "The Clone Wars" animated film and TV series. Works which have since been produced include the "Rebels" animated TV series, the 2015 film "" and its 2017 sequel "", the 2016 anthology film "Rogue One", the 2017 video game "Star Wars Battlefront II", the 2018 film "", and a number of novels and comic book series.
Star Trek
"Star Trek: Voyager" ran for seven seasons, airing from January 16, 1995, to May 23, 2001, launching a new Paramount-owned television network, UPN. It features Kate Mulgrew as Captain Kathryn Janeway, the first female commanding officer in a leading role of a "Star Trek" series, and Commander Chakotay, played by Robert Beltran.
X-wing Rogue Squadron: The Rebel Opposition
X-wing Rogue Squadron: The Rebel Opposition is a four-part story arc in the series of comic books written by Michael Stackpole & Mike Baron. The first issue was published on 1 July 1995 by Dark Horse Comics. The story is set in the "Star Wars" galaxy approximately one year after the Battle of Endor in "Return of the Jedi", and five years after the Battle of Yavin in "Episode IV: A New Hope"
List of Star Wars: The Clone Wars episodes
The hour-long premiere episode of "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" aired on October 3, 2008, and set a new record with Cartoon Network as their most-watched series premiere, attracting total viewers. The season finale, "Hostage Crisis", was broadcast on March 20, 2009, and the original broadcast received viewers. The has the production codes 1.01, 1.03, 1.04, and 1.18. Season 1 depicted the attempts of the Republic and the Separatists to gain the allegiance of many planets and moons.
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV series)
Inspired by the success of "Star Wars", Universal began developing "Buck Rogers" for television, spearheaded by Glen A. Larson, who had a production deal with the studio. Production began in 1978. Initially, Larson and Universal had planned on making a series of "Buck Rogers" TV movies for NBC. The pilot for Larson's other science-fiction series, "Battlestar Galactica" (1978), had been released theatrically in some countries and in key locations in North America, and had done well at the box office. Universal then opted to release the first "Buck Rogers" TV movie theatrically on March 30, 1979. Good box-office returns led NBC to commission a weekly series, which began on September 20, 1979, with a slightly modified version of the theatrical release.
List of Star Wars species (F–J)
This is a list of "Star Wars" species, containing the names of fictional sentient species from the "Star Wars" franchise beginning with the letters F through J. "Star Wars" is an American epic space opera film series created by George Lucas. The first film in the series, "Star Wars", was released on May 25, 1977 and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, followed by four sequels and three prequels. Many species of alien creatures (often humanoid) are depicted.
The Falleen, a Star Wars species, are a race of human-like reptilian people who come from a world called 'Falleen' in the Midrim region of the galaxy. They can change the color and hue of their skin to convey their emotional states and can also affect the emotional state of others. Males of the race have strong pheromones which can attract women of many humanoid species easily. The females have the same talent. The Falleen seldom leave their world due to the belief that their species is superior to all others. A notable minor (villain) character from this race is Prince Xizor. Another major villain was Darth Karrid of the Old Republic.
The Young Rebels
The Young Rebels is an American adventure TV series that was broadcast by ABC as part of its 1970 fall lineup on Sunday night at 7:00 p.m Eastern time.
Troops (film)
Troops is a 1997 short mockumentary film directed by Kevin Rubio that debuted at San Diego Comic-Con International on July 18, 1997 and was subsequently distributed via the internet. The film is a parody of "COPS", set in the "Star Wars" universe. In the film, Imperial stormtroopers from the infamous Black Sheep Squadron patrolling the Dune Sea on the planet Tatooine run into some very familiar characters while being filmed for the hit Imperial TV show "Troops". In a Reddit AMA in January 2018, Rubio stated that "Troops" is acknowledged by George Lucas as a canonical installment in the "Star Wars" franchise.
Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003 TV series)
The series aired on Cartoon Network for three seasons consisting of 25 episodes from 2003 to 2005, and was the first "Star Wars" television series since "Ewoks" in 1986. The first two seasons of "Clone Wars", known together as "Volume One", were produced in a two- to three-minute "micro" format, while the third and final season consisted of five fifteen-minute episodes making up "Volume Two". Both volumes were later released on home video edited as feature-length films. Since release, the series has received critical acclaim and won multiple awards, including the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program twice for both of its volumes.
Star Wars Rebels
A few days after the series finale was aired, IDW Publishing released the seventh issue of the long-running "Star Wars Adventures" multi-era comic book series, which contained the first of a two-part comic arc, set between the second and third season, in which the Spectres embark on a mission to save a rare endangered bird from Imperial custody. The second part appeared in the next issue, which was released on March 28, 2018.
Star Wars: Princess Leia
Star Wars: Princess Leia is a five-issue "Star Wars" comic book limited series, centered on Princess Leia immediately following the events of the 1977 film "Star Wars". In the story, Leia and Rebel pilot Evaan Verlainem attempt to rescue the survivors of the planet Alderaan's destruction from the Empire. Announced alongside the ongoing comics "Star Wars" and "", the series was published by Marvel Comics from March to July 2015 with Mark Waid as writer, Terry Dodson as artist and Jordie Bellaire as colorist.
Star Wars comics
Original "Star Wars" comics were also serialized in the Marvel magazine "Pizzazz" between 1977 and 1979. The 1977 installments were the first original "Star Wars" stories not directly adapted from the films to appear in print form, as they preceded those of the "Star Wars" comic series. The first story arc, titled "The Keeper's World", was by Thomas, Chaykin, and Tony DeZuniga, and was later reprinted by Dark Horse Comics. The second story arc, entitled "The Kingdom of Ice", was by Goodwin, Simonson, Klaus Janson, Dave Cockrum, and John Tartaglione. The final two chapters were scheduled to be printed in issues 17 and 18, but the magazine was cancelled after the 16th issue. Marvel UK reprinted "The Keeper's World" in "Star Wars Weekly" #47–50, and "The Kingdom of Ice" (including the previously unreleased chapters) in "Star Wars Weekly" #57–60, between 1978 and 1979.
Stars Over Hollywood
Stars Over Hollywood was an anthology series of "original comedies and light dramas" produced by Revue Productions. Revue's first television series, it was a filmed in Hollywood and aired on the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) from September 6, 1950 to August 29, 1951. There were a total of 50 episodes.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)
On March 11, 2013, it was announced that "The Clone Wars" would be "winding down" to focus on the "Star Wars" sequel trilogy and a new series, "Star Wars Rebels". On February 13, 2014, Netflix announced that starting on March 7, 2014 they would begin the US distribution of the entire TV series, including some previously unreleased director's cuts, and the previously unaired new season dubbed "The Lost Missions". The latter also became available for purchase on digital video stores, such as iTunes, in .
Star Wars (radio series)
In 2012, The Walt Disney Company acquired Lucasfilm and all the rights to "Star Wars". Disney made an announcement in 2014 that previous works set in the Expanded Universe (including comics, novels and videogames) were to be re-branded as "Star Wars Legends", and confirmed that only the existing cinema films, "" and "Star Wars Rebels" television series were to be considered canon, "the immovable objects of Star Wars history, the characters and events to which all other tales must align".
Star Trek
"The Animated Series" won "Star Trek"s first Emmy Award on May 15, 1975. "Star Trek: TAS" briefly returned to television in the mid-1980s on the children's cable network Nickelodeon. Nickelodeon's Evan McGuire greatly admired the show and used its various creative components as inspiration for his short series called "Piggly Wiggly Hears a Sound" which never aired. Nickelodeon parent Viacom would purchase Paramount in 1994. In the early 1990s, the Sci-Fi Channel also began rerunning "TAS". The complete "TAS" was also released on Laserdisc format during the 1980s. The complete series was first released in the U.S. on eleven volumes of VHS tapes in 1989. All 22 episodes were released on DVD in 2006.
Star Wars Holiday Special
The Star Wars Holiday Special is a 1978 American musical science fiction television film set in the "Star Wars" galaxy. It stars the original film's main cast, Chewbacca's family, and introduces Boba Fett, who would appear in later films. Directed by Steve Binder, it is the first official "Star Wars" spin-off film, and is set between the events of the original film and "The Empire Strikes Back".
List of Star Wars films and television series
The idea for the movie came from John Knoll, the chief creative officer of Industrial Light & Magic. In May 2014, Lucasfilm announced Gareth Edwards as the director of an anthology film, with Gary Whitta writing the first draft for a release on December 16, 2016. The film's title was revealed to be "Rogue One", with Chris Weitz rewriting the script, and Felicity Jones in the starring role. Ben Mendelsohn and Diego Luna also play new characters, with James Earl Jones returning to voice Darth Vader. Edwards stated, "It comes down to a group of individuals who don't have magical powers that have to somehow bring hope to the galaxy." The film was the first to feature characters introduced in animated "Star Wars" TV series, namely ""' Saw Gerrera, portrayed by Forest Whitaker. The movie received generally positive reviews, with its performances, action sequences, soundtrack, visual effects and darker tone being praised. The film grossed over million worldwide within a week of its release.
I've Never Seen Star Wars (TV series)
I've Never Seen Star Wars is a comedy chat show broadcast on BBC Four (2009 episodes) and BBC Two (2011 episodes), first broadcast on 12 March 2009. Created and produced by Bill Dare and hosted by Marcus Brigstocke for the 2009 episodes and Jo Brand for the 2011 special episode, each episode features a celebrity guest trying out new experiences. Based on the original radio version broadcast on BBC Radio 4, the title comes from the fact that Dare has never seen the "Star Wars" films. An eight part series was recorded in March 2009, with guests including John Humphrys, Esther Rantzen, Rory McGrath and Hugh Dennis.
Star Trek: The Next Generation
The "Star Trek" franchise originated in the late 1960s, with the "Star Trek" television show which ran from 1966-1969. "Star Trek: The Next Generation" would mark the return of "Star Trek" to live-action broadcast television.
Star Trek
The series' newfound success led to the idea of reviving the franchise. Filmation with Paramount Television produced the first post original series show, "". It ran on NBC for 22 half-hour episodes over two seasons on Saturday mornings from 1973 to 1974. Although short-lived, typical for animated productions in that time slot during that period, the series garnered the franchise's only "Best Series" Emmy Award as opposed to the franchise's later technical ones. Paramount Pictures and Roddenberry began developing a new series, "", in May 1975 in response to the franchise's newfound popularity. Work on the series ended, however, when the proposed Paramount Television Service folded.
Star Wars expanded to other media
Two spin-off television films focusing on the life of the Ewoks, creatures introduced in "Return of the Jedi", aired in 1984 and 1985. The 1985 animated television series "" (released on DVD in 2004 as "Star Wars Animated Adventures: Droids") featured the exploits of R2-D2 and C-3PO, the droids who have appeared in all the Saga films. The series takes place between the events which were to be depicted in "" and the original "Star Wars" (by then subtitle, "A New Hope"). In 1986, Marvel Comics' Star Comics imprint published a comic book based on the cartoon series under the name "Star Wars: Droids". The bi-monthly series ran for eight issues. The American/Canadian animated television series "Star Wars: Ewoks" aired for two seasons between 1985 and 1986. In 1985, Star Comics published a bi-monthly "Ewoks" comic, based on the animated series, which ran for two years, ending with issue #14. Like the TV series, this was aimed towards a younger audience. It was produced along with "Droids", which was based on the "Droids" animated series.
Star Wars comics
Charles Lippincott, Lucasfilm's publicity supervisor, initially approached publisher Stan Lee at Marvel Comics in 1975 about publishing a "Star Wars" comic book prior to the film's release as a means to appeal to its most likely audience. Lee initially declined to consider such a proposal until the film was completed, and was only persuaded otherwise in a second meeting arranged by Roy Thomas, who wanted to edit the series. Since movie tie-in comics rarely sold well at that time, Lee negotiated a publishing arrangement which gave no royalties to Lucasfilm until sales exceeded 100,000. At that point, legal arrangements could be revisited. Issue #1 of "Star Wars" was released for sale on April 12, 1977, and Marvel published the series from 1977 to 1986, lasting 107 issues and three "Annual"s. According to former Marvel Editor-In-Chief Jim Shooter, the strong sales of "Star Wars" comics saved Marvel financially in 1977 and 1978. Marvel's "Star Wars" series was one of the industry's top selling titles in 1979 and 1980. The only downside for Marvel was that the 100,000 copy sales quota was surpassed quickly, allowing Lippincott to renegotiate the royalty arrangements from a position of strength.
Lego Star Wars
The first Lego "Star Wars", released in 1999, included model 7140, the first Lego X-wing. "Star Wars" was the first intellectual property to be licensed in Lego Group history. The first few sets based on the original trilogy were released in 1999, coinciding with the release of "". Sets based on the prequel trilogy ("Episodes 1" to "3") of "Star Wars" would follow, starting with "". As each new film in the prequel trilogy neared its release date, Lego issued new models of ships and scenes in those films, as well as additional sets from the original trilogy. Lego also produced models based on "", which was released early in 2008. Sets based on "", "Rogue One", "", and "Star Wars Rebels" have also been produced.
Star Wars Celebration
This event was one of the most anticipated due to the December 2015 release of "" with most news and info on the film being kept secretive prior to the event. The entire celebration was broadcast live online free via www.starwars.com and the "Star Wars"' YouTube channel. The long-awaited second teaser trailer for the "" premiered on April 16, 2015, during the opening panel of the event which also included many of the stars of the upcoming film, new and old, director J.J. Abrams along with producer and president of Lucasfilm, Kathleen Kennedy. The following day, fans were treated to the trailer for the upcoming videogame, "" while on the third day the trailer for the second season of "Star Wars Rebels" made its debut. The Celebration closed out its fourth and final day with fans being shown an exclusive teaser trailer for "Rogue One", which was released in December 2016. This is the first of three anthology films, which are also known as the stand-alone or origin story films.