THE Star Wars saga, set to be revived from 2015 under new owners Disney, is one of the most lucrative franchises in cinema history, with more than $US4.4 billion ($A4.26 billion) in global takings.
Only James Bond and Harry Potter can claim bigger box office success: JK Rowling's schoolboy wizard has conjured up nearly $US7.7 billion ($A7.46 billion), although that was over eight movies, as opposed to the sci-fi classic's six, so far.
Bursting from the imagination of George Lucas, the original Star Wars movie in 1977 marked the birth of a new era of blockbuster cinema, helped along by an equally young Steven Spielberg.
The two were part of the same new generation of filmmakers influenced more by televisual technique than traditional cinema, and went on to collaborate notably on another global hit series: the four Indiana Jones films.
After directing the first Star Wars movie, which helped launch the career of Harrison Ford, Lucas brought in other filmmakers for the two sequels which completed the first triology.
"The Empire Strikes Back" (1980) was helmed by fellow Californian director Irvin Kershner, while Briton Richard Marquand took charge for 1983's The Return of the Jedi.
It was only in the late 1990s that Lucas decided to add a new trilogy of "prequels," directing himself this time to tell the story leading up to the action of the original movie.
The Phantom Menace came out in 1999, followed by Attack of the Clones in 2002 and Revenge of the Sith in 2005. Actors Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman and Hayden Christensen starred in all three.
Last February Lucas succumbed to the temptation of 3D, releasing The Phantom Menace in the new format, having its latest attempt at becoming mainstream in the digital age.
Under the $4 billion dollar deal announced Tuesday for Walt Disney Co to take over Lucasfilm, a new trilogy will be launched with Star Wars 7 in 2015, followed by two more to complete the trilogy.
After that Disney plans to produce a new Star Wars movie every two to three years, hoping to cash in on the franchise for years, and maybe decades, to come.
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