Academy Awards, USA 1978
Winner Oscar |
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration John Barry Norman Reynolds Leslie Dilley Roger Christian |
Best Costume Design John Mollo |
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Best Sound Don MacDougall Ray West Bob Minkler Derek Ball
Derek Ball was not present at the awards ceremony.
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Best Film Editing Paul Hirsch Marcia Lucas Richard Chew |
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Best Effects, Visual Effects John Stears John Dykstra Richard Edlund Grant McCune Robert Blalack |
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Best Music, Original Score John Williams |
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Winner Special Achievement Award |
Ben Burtt
(as Benjamin Burtt Jr.)
For sound effects. (For the creation of the alien, creature and robot voices.)
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Nominee Oscar |
Best Picture Gary Kurtz |
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Alec Guinness |
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Best Director George Lucas |
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Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen George Lucas |
BAFTA Awards 1979
Winner Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music |
John Williams
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Winner BAFTA Film Award |
Best Sound Sam Shaw Robert R. Rutledge Gordon Davidson Gene Corso Derek Ball Don MacDougall Bob Minkler Ray West Michael Minkler Les Fresholtz Richard Portman Ben Burtt |
Nominee BAFTA Film Award |
Best Costume Design John Mollo |
Best Film |
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Best Film Editing Paul Hirsch Marcia Lucas Richard Chew |
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Best Production Design/Art Direction John Barry |
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA 2012
Nominee Saturn Award |
Best DVD Collection Fox Network For Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace , Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones , Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith , The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
As part of the collection "Star Wars: The Complete Saga".
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Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA 2005
Winner Saturn Award |
Best DVD Collection For The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
As a part of "Star Wars Trilogy".
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Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA 1997
Winner Special Award |
For its 20th Anniversary.
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Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA 1978
Winner Saturn Award |
Best Science Fiction Film |
Best Supporting Actor Alec Guinness |
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Best Director George Lucas
Tied with Steven Spielberg for Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977).
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Best Writing George Lucas |
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Best Music John Williams
Tied with John Williams for Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977).
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Best Costumes John Mollo |
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Best Make-Up Rick Baker Stuart Freeborn |
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Best Special Effects John Dykstra John Stears |
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Outstanding Editing Paul Hirsch Marcia Lucas Richard Chew |
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Outstanding Sound Ben Burtt Don MacDougall Sam F. Shaw |
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Outstanding Art Direction Norman Reynolds Leslie Dilley |
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Outstanding Set Decoration Roger Christian |
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Winner Special Award |
Outstanding Cinematographer Gilbert Taylor |
Nominee Saturn Award |
Best Actor Harrison Ford |
Best Actor Mark Hamill |
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Best Actress Carrie Fisher |
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Best Supporting Actor Peter Cushing |
American Cinema Editors, USA 1978
Nominee Eddie |
Best Edited Feature Film Richard Chew Paul Hirsch Marcia Lucas |
Awards of the Japanese Academy 1979
Nominee Award of the Japanese Academy |
Best Foreign Language Film |
British Society of Cinematographers 1977
Nominee Best Cinematography Award |
Gilbert Taylor
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Directors Guild of America, USA 1978
Nominee DGA Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures George Lucas |
DVD Exclusive Awards 2005
Winner DVDX Award |
Best Menu Design Van Ling For The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
For "Star Wars Trilogy"
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Best Overall DVD, Classic Film Jim Ward For The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
For "Star Wars Trilogy"
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Evening Standard British Film Awards 1979
Winner Evening Standard British Film Award |
Best Film George Lucas |
Best Actor Alec Guinness |
Golden Globes, USA 1978
Winner Golden Globe |
Best Original Score - Motion Picture John Williams |
Nominee Golden Globe |
Best Motion Picture - Drama |
Best Director - Motion Picture George Lucas |
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Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture Alec Guinness |
Golden Schmoes Awards 2011
Nominee Golden Schmoes |
Best DVD/Blu-Ray of the Year For Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace , Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones , Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith , The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
'The Complete Saga'
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Golden Schmoes Awards 2004
Nominee Golden Schmoes |
Best DVD/Blu-Ray of the Year For The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
'Trilogy'
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Golden Screen, Germany 1978
Winner Golden Screen |
Golden Trailer Awards 2012
Nominee Golden Trailer |
Most Innovative Advertising for a Brand/Product 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Flyer Entertainment For Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace , Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones , Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith , The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
For Star Wars: The Complete Saga "Every Moment :30".
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GoldSpirit Awards 2004
Winner GoldSpirit Awards |
Best Composer John Williams Sony Masterworks For The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
for 'Star Wars Trilogy (Sony)'. Tied with Elmer Bernstein for The Great Escape (1963) in third place
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Grammy Awards 1992
Nominee Grammy |
Best Pop Instrumental Performance John Williams For The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
For the "Star Wars Trilogy".
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Grammy Awards 1978
Winner Grammy |
Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special John Williams |
Best Instrumental Composition John Williams
For the "Main Titles from 'Star Wars'" artist: John Williams
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Best Pop Instrumental Performance John Williams (music arranged and conducted by) |
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Nominee Grammy |
Album of the Year John Williams London Symphony Orchestra
For the album "Star Wars (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)".
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Guinness World Record Award 2016
Winner Guinness World Record |
Most successful book series based on a film series George Lucas Lucasfilm Lucas Licensing has recorded more than 100 million sales of Star Wars related books, with over 850 ... More Lucas Licensing has recorded more than 100 million sales of Star Wars related books, with over 850 novelizations, original novels, reference books, children's books and role-playing supplements, including 80 New York Times best-sellers. The first original novel based on Star Wars characters was Splinter of the Mind's Eye (1978), written by Alan Dean Foster (USA). |
Guinness World Record Award 2015
Winner Guinness World Record |
Highest box-office gross for a screenwriter George Lucas Lucasfilm For The Empire Strikes Back , Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi , Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace , Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones , Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith , Raiders of the Lost Ark , Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom , Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull |
Guinness World Record Award 2013
Winner Guinness World Record |
Highest box office film gross average for a director (male) George Lucas Lucasfilm For THX 1138 , American Graffiti , Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace , Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones and Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith |
Guinness World Record Award 2012
Winner Guinness World Record |
Most prolific videogame series based on a licensed property George Lucas Lucasfilm As of April 2012, a total of 279 Star Wars videogames had been released across 41 different ... More As of April 2012, a total of 279 Star Wars videogames had been released across 41 different platforms. |
Guinness World Record Award 2011
Winner Guinness World Record |
Largest fortune made from a film franchise George Lucas Lucasfilm |
Guinness World Record Award 2007
Winner Guinness World Record |
Most spoofed film series George Lucas Lucasfilm There have been direct references to the Star Wars series in more than 170 feature films, and in ... More There have been direct references to the Star Wars series in more than 170 feature films, and in countless TV shows, comics, adverts and online videos. One episode of the cartoon comedy Family Guy, "Blue Harvest" (Fox, 2007, left), was an hour-long parody of the film. A number of full-length Star Wars spoofs have been made, of which the best known is Spaceballs (USA, 1987, below left). Individual Star Wars spoof scenes have been a staple of comedy movies for more than 30 years, from Airplane II: The Sequel (USA, 1982) and Get Crazy (USA, 1983) to Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (USA, 1999) and The Simpsons Movie (USA, 2007). |
Most successful action-figure range George Lucas Lucasfilm As of 2007, the Star Wars toy lines from Kenner/Hasbro had generated more than $9 billion (£4.5 ... More As of 2007, the Star Wars toy lines from Kenner/Hasbro had generated more than $9 billion (£4.5 billion) in sales. In 1978 alone, Kenner's first range of Star Wars figures sold more than 40 million units, earning in excess of $100 million (£52 million). |
Guinness World Record Award 1997
Winner Guinness World Record |
Biggest opening weekend ever for a re-released film George Lucas Lucasfilm For The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi Shown in cinemas in 1997 as the first of Lucasfilm's 20th anniversary Special Editions of the ... More Shown in cinemas in 1997 as the first of Lucasfilm's 20th anniversary Special Editions of the original Star Wars trilogy, Episode IV: A New Hope (USA) grossed $35,906,661 (£21,903,063) in US cinemas on the weekend of 31 January-2 February 1997. A New Hope took $579,646,015 (£353,584,069) worldwide to June 1997 - the highest theatrical gross for a film re-release. |
Guinness World Record Award 1977
Winner Guinness World Record |
Best-selling single of instrumental music John Williams Meco Lucasfilm A 1977 disco arrangement of John Williams's (USA) music to Star Wars - entitled "Star Wars Theme/... More A 1977 disco arrangement of John Williams's (USA) music to Star Wars - entitled "Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band" - by record producer Meco, aka Domenico Monardo (USA), remains the only instrumental single to have reached platinum status, according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), having sold more than 2 million units. The track featured on the album Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk (1977), which outsold the original movie soundtrack and was also certified platinum. |
Hochi Film Awards 1978
Winner Hochi Film Award |
Best Foreign Language Film George Lucas |
Hugo Awards 1978
Winner Hugo |
Best Dramatic Presentation George Lucas (director, screenplay) |
IGN Summer Movie Awards 2011
Winner IGN Award |
Best Movie Blu-Ray For Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace , Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones , Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith , The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
For the "Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Episodes I - VI)" on Blu-Ray.
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Winner IGN People's Choice Award |
Best Movie Blu-Ray For Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace , Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones , Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith , The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
For the "Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Episodes I - VI)" on Blu-Ray.
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Jules Verne Awards 2007
Winner Jules Verne Légendaire Award |
George Lucas
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Kinema Junpo Awards 1979
Winner Readers' Choice Award |
Best Foreign Language Film Director George Lucas |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 1977
Winner LAFCA Award |
Best Picture |
Best Music John Williams |
MTV Movie + TV Awards 1997
Winner MTV Movie Award |
Lifetime Achievement For the Star Wars trilogy, also including Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and ... More For the Star Wars trilogy, also including Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983). Chewbacca had been played by Peter Mayhew. |
National Board of Review, USA 1977
Winner NBR Award |
Top Ten Films |
National Film Preservation Board, USA 1989
Winner National Film Registry |
Online Film & Television Association 2022
Winner OFTA Film Hall of Fame |
Character Carrie Fisher
as Princess Leia Organa
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Online Film & Television Association 2021
Winner OFTA Film Hall of Fame |
Character James Earl Jones David Prowse
As Darth Vader. The award for David Prowse was given posthumously.
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Character Harrison Ford
As Han Solo
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Character Mark Hamill
As Luke Skywalker
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Score John Williams |
Online Film & Television Association 1997
Winner OFTA Film Hall of Fame |
Motion Picture |
People's Choice Awards, USA 1978
Winner People's Choice Award |
Favorite Motion Picture |
Satellite Awards 2011
Winner Satellite Award |
Best DVD Extras For Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace , Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones , Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith , The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Star Wars: The Complete Saga
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Satellite Awards 2005
Nominee Golden Satellite Award |
Best Overall DVD For The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
For the Star Wars Trilogy.
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Best Classic DVD For The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
For the Star Wars Trilogy.
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Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America 1978
Winner Special Award |
The Webby Awards 2020
Winner Webby Award |
Social - Television & Film Lucasfilm |
Turkish Film Critics Association (SIYAD) Awards 1980
Nominee SIYAD Award |
Best Foreign Film
8th Place
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Writers Guild of America, USA 1978
Nominee WGA Award (Screen) |
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen George Lucas |