--- title: 'Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977)' type: 'film' director: 'George Lucas' released: '1977-01-01' runtime_minutes: 121 certification: 'PG' genres: - 'Action' - 'Adventure' - 'Science Fiction' - 'Drama' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/star-wars-episode-iv-a-new-hope-1977' review_count: 1 fandom_rating: '8.00/10' fandom_stars: '4.00/5' imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076759/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977) 1977 · PG · 121 min · Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Drama · United States Original title: Star Wars Part of: Star Wars original trilogy ## Synopsis Star Wars is a 1977 American epic space opera film written and directed by George Lucas. Produced by Lucasfilm Ltd. and distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox, it is the first film in the Star Wars franchise and the fourth chronological chapter of the "Skywalker Saga". Set in a fictional galaxy under the rule of the tyrannical Galactic Empire, the film follows a resistance movement, called the Rebel Alliance, that aims to destroy the Empire's ultimate weapon, the Death Star. When the rebel leader Princess Leia is captured by the Galactic Empire, Luke Skywalker acquires stolen architectural plans for the Death Star and sets out to rescue her while learning the ways of a metaphysical power known as "the Force" from the Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi. The film stars Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing, Alec Guinness, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, David Prowse, and James Earl Jones. ## Credits - **Director:** [George Lucas](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-lucas) - **Screenplay:** [George Lucas](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-lucas) - **Producer:** [George Lucas](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-lucas), [Rick McCallum](https://cinepixo.com/people/rick-mccallum), [Gary Kurtz](https://cinepixo.com/people/gary-kurtz) - **Editor:** [George Lucas](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-lucas), [Paul Hirsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-hirsch), [Marcia Lucas](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcia-lucas), [Richard Chew](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-chew) - **Original Music Composer:** [John Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-williams-2) - **Director of Photography:** [Gilbert Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/gilbert-taylor) ## Cast - [Peter Cushing](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-cushing) as Wilhuff Tarkin - [Mark Hamill](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-hamill) as Luke Skywalker - [Alex McCrindle](https://cinepixo.com/people/alex-mccrindle) - [Richard LeParmentier](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-leparmentier) as Admiral Motti - [Carrie Fisher](https://cinepixo.com/people/carrie-fisher) as Princess Leia - [Robert Clarke](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-clarke) as Wullf Yularen - [Shane Rimmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/shane-rimmer) - [Garrick Hagon](https://cinepixo.com/people/garrick-hagon) - [Anthony Daniels](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-daniels) as C-3PO - [Shelagh Fraser](https://cinepixo.com/people/shelagh-fraser) as Beru Lars - [Harrison Ford](https://cinepixo.com/people/harrison-ford) as Han Solo - [Jack Purvis](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-purvis) - [James Earl Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-earl-jones) as Darth Vader - [Angus MacInnes](https://cinepixo.com/people/angus-macinnes) - [Phil Tippett](https://cinepixo.com/people/phil-tippett) ## Criticism on CinePixo Fandom rating: **8.00/10** (4.00 of 5) from 1 review — the plain average of every published rating. - **8.0/10** — [Watch It for the Dents](https://cinepixo.com/reviews/watch-it-for-the-dents) by Amara Osei, 2026-08-19 > Its power is entirely material — scuffed panels, a scuba regulator's wet rasp, Tunisian glare, an orchestra refusing to apologise — and none of it needs the mythology industry that grew up around it. Official site: https://www.starwars.com/films/star-wars-episode-iv-a-new-hope Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/star-wars-episode-iv-a-new-hope-1977 Film facts: Wikidata (Q17738); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.