On this day in 1977 George Lucas released his Jedi thriller Star Wars to the public. The movie took away seven Oscars, $461 million dollars, and billions of fans world wide. As a result of the shows success Lucas had to create the rest of the series gaining a new generation of Star Wars lovers. On Memorial Day weekend in 1977 the film grossed a grand total of $800 million in global sales. According to history.com the final movie in the epic Wars "Revenge of the Sith became the top grossing film in the United States in 2005 and second throughout the world." For this and other news may the force be with you as you go to www.foxnews.com, www.cnn.com, or www.history.com.
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