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Star Wars prequel trilogy
Star Wars prequel trilogy: Episodes I–III (1999, 2002, 2005), written and directed by George Lucas, telling Anakin Skywalker's fall to Darth Vader; known for pioneering digital cinematography, mixed-to-improving reviews, and later fan reappraisal.
Star Wars sequel trilogy
Star Wars sequel trilogy: Episodes VII-IX, The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi, and The Rise of Skywalker (2015-2019), Lucasfilm's Disney-era Skywalker Saga conclusion, announced in 2012, commercially successful but marked by abandoned George Lucas treatments, unplanned storyline, and critical divisiveness.
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999), George Lucas's prequel-trilogy opener starring Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, and Natalie Portman; record-breaking 1999 box office, over 1,900 VFX shots, Jar Jar Binks, Darth Maul, mixed reviews.
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002), George Lucas's second prequel film starring Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, and Hayden Christensen; the first blockbuster shot entirely on digital cameras, beginning the Clone Wars.
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith is a 2005 space opera film written and directed by George Lucas, in which Anakin Skywalker becomes Darth Vader.
Star Wars: Starfighter
Star Wars: Starfighter is an upcoming standalone Star Wars film directed by Shawn Levy, starring Ryan Gosling as Kade Auberon, set five years after The Rise of Skywalker, releasing May 28, 2027.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) is Lucasfilm Animation's first CG-animated theatrical film, directed by Dave Filoni, introducing Ahsoka Tano and Captain Rex and launching the Cartoon Network series.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Star Wars: The Force Awakens, also styled Episode VII – The Force Awakens, is a 2015 space-opera film directed by J.J. Abrams and the first Star Wars sequel-trilogy film.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Star Wars: The Last Jedi, also marketed as Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi, is a 2017 American space-opera film directed by Rian Johnson.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is a 2019 American science fiction film, the ninth and final episode of the Skywalker saga, directed by J.J. Abrams.
Star!
Star! is a 1968 American musical biography film directed by Robert Wise and starring Julie Andrews as Gertrude Lawrence, one of the era's most expensive box-office failures.
Starbright (film)
Starbright is a 2026 American fantasy adventure film directed by Francesco Lucente, starring John Rhys-Davies, Diego Boneta, and Alexandra Dowling; 148 minutes, PG-13, limited release February 27, 2026, originally announced in 2010 with a different cast.
Starchaser: The Legend of Orin
Starchaser: The Legend of Orin is a 1985 animated science-fiction film directed by Steven Hahn and written by Jeffrey Scott, the first full-length animated feature in stereoscopic 3-D, about slave miner Orin's rebellion against Zygon.
Starcrash
Starcrash (Scontri stellari oltre la terza dimensione) is a 1978 Italian-American science fiction film directed by Luigi Cozzi, starring Caroline Munro, Marjoe Gortner, and David Hasselhoff, a cult Star Wars-era space opera released by New World Pictures in 1979.
Stardust (1974 film)
Stardust (1974) is a British musical drama, sequel to That'll Be the Day, directed by Michael Apted, written by Ray Connolly, starring David Essex as rock star Jim MacLaine of the Stray Cats, with Adam Faith, Larry Hagman, Keith Moon, and Dave Edmunds; it won the 1974 Writers Guild screenplay award.
Stargate (film)
Stargate is a 1994 science fiction film directed by Roland Emmerich and co-written with Dean Devlin, starring Kurt Russell, James Spader, and Jaye Davidson. It grossed $196.6 million worldwide and launched the Stargate franchise, including Stargate SG-1.
Stargate: The Ark of Truth
Stargate: The Ark of Truth (2008) is a direct-to-DVD MGM film, written and directed by Robert C. Cooper, that ends Stargate SG-1's Ori arc as SG-1 seeks the Alteran Ark of Truth in the Ori home galaxy.
Stargirl (film)
Stargirl (2020 Disney+ film), Julia Hart's adaptation of Jerry Spinelli's 2000 YA novel, starring Grace VanderWaal as Stargirl Caraway; released March 13, 2020, distinct from DC's Stargirl TV series.
Starlet (film)
Starlet is a 2012 American independent drama, Sean Baker's fourth feature, co-written with Chris Bergoch. Dree Hemingway plays Jane, an adult film performer who finds money in a yard-sale thermos and befriends 85-year-old Sadie (Besedka Johnson, debut role) in the San Fernando Valley; released by Music Box Films, grossing $146,222.
Starman (film)
Starman (1984) is John Carpenter's sci-fi romance starring Jeff Bridges and Karen Allen: an alien answers Voyager 2's invitation, is shot down over Wisconsin, clones a widow's dead husband, and races to Arizona. Columbia Pictures; Bridges earned an Oscar nomination.
Starman (upcoming film)
Starman is a cosmic science-fiction thriller directed by Josh Wakely. It stars Brendan Fraser as Tom Adams, a technologist on a Mars mission, and Jeff Daniels.
Starmania (musical)
Starmania is a 1978/1979 French-language rock opera by Michel Berger and Luc Plamondon, the first of its kind in French, starring France Gall and Daniel Balavoine, with hits like Le Blues du businessman and Le Monde est stone; revived by Thomas Jolly in 2022.
Starry Eyes
Starry Eyes is a 2014 American body-horror film by Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer, starring Alex Essoe as an aspiring actress whose Faustian deal with a satanic Hollywood production company transforms her physically and mentally; premiered at SXSW 2014.
Starry Is the Night
Starry Is the Night (今夜星光燦爛, Gam ye sing gwong chan lan) is a 1988 Hong Kong drama-romance directed by Ann Hui, starring Brigitte Lin, George Lam, and David Wu; the first Hong Kong film to unambiguously depict the 1967 riots, produced by Shaw Brothers and Tomson Films.
Starship Troopers (film)
Starship Troopers is a 1997 American science fiction war film directed by Paul Verhoeven, loosely adapted from Heinlein's 1959 novel, in which soldiers fight giant alien insects.
Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation
Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation is a 2004 direct-to-video military sci-fi horror sequel directed by Phil Tippett, written by Edward Neumeier, about troopers besieged by parasitic control bugs at outpost Hotel Delta 1-8-5.
Starship Troopers 3: Marauder
Starship Troopers 3: Marauder (2008) is a direct-to-video sci-fi action film, the third live-action Starship Troopers movie, written and directed by Ed Neumeier, starring Casper Van Dien as Col. Johnny Rico and introducing the Marauder mech suits.
Starship Troopers: Invasion
Starship Troopers: Invasion (スターシップ・トゥルーパーズ インベイジョン) is a 2012 CG animated sci-fi film directed by Shinji Aramaki, produced by Sola Digital Arts for Sony Pictures Stage 6, continuing the 1997 film with Johnny Rico, Carmen Ibanez, and Carl Jenkins.
Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars
Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars is a 2017 CGI-animated sci-fi film, fifth in the Starship Troopers series, directed by Shinji Aramaki and Masaru Matsumoto, written by Edward Neumeier, with Casper Van Dien and Dina Meyer voicing Rico and Dizzy.
Starsky & Hutch (film)
Starsky & Hutch (2004) is a Todd Phillips action comedy starring Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson as the Bay City detectives, adapted from the 1975-1979 ABC series; it grossed $170.2 million worldwide and scored 63% on Rotten Tomatoes.