This is the trilogy that started everything: the three Star Wars films released between 1977 and 1983, from the original adventure of Luke, Leia, Han, and the droids through The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. It is the spine that the entire franchise grew out of.
What holds up is the clarity of the mythology and the confidence of the storytelling: a farm boy pulled into a galactic war, a villain whose menace deepens with every film, and a middle chapter that famously darkens the tone before the rebels strike back. These three movies remain the reference point against which everything else in Star Wars is measured.
The The Original Trilogy franchise spans 3 movies in the CrossBinge catalog.
Part of Star Wars.
Movies
Key people
- Denis Lawson (Actor)
- Carrie Fisher (Actor)
- Harrison Ford (Actor)
- Mark Hamill (Actor)
- Peter Mayhew (Actor)
- Jack Purvis (Actor)
- Alec Guinness (Actor)
- Kenny Baker (Actor)
- David Prowse (Actor)
- Anthony Daniels (Actor)
- Frank Oz (Actor)
- Kenneth Colley (Actor)