Star wars exploded onto our cinema screens in 1977, and the world has not been the same since. after watching depressing and cynical movies throughout the early 1970s, audiences enthusiastically embraced the positive energy of the star wars galaxy as they followed moisture farmer luke skywalker on his journey through a galaxy far, far away, meeting extraordinary characters like mysterious hermit obiwan kenobi, space pirates han solo and chewbacca, loyal droids c3po and r2d2, bold princess leia organa and the horrific darth vader, servant of the dark, malevolent emperor.