Talkin' About....'Star Wars': or, Straightforward Answers to Silly Questions about 'Star Wars'
(C) 2015 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment and Lucasfilm Ltd. (LFL) Someone asked this question on Quora recently: How many more Star Wars movies are left to make from the original books? My Answer: Star Wars is not a movie franchise that is based on a book or series of books. The Saga comprised of Episodes I-IX and its various TV and film offshoots got its start on May 25, 1977 with the release of the original Star Wars, which is also known by its 1981 alternate title, Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope. (Some fans use either A New Hope or ANH, but most folks just call it Star Wars. ) Now, even if you argue that a novel titled Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker was published in late 1976, almost six months before the film’s official premiere, you still have to remember that it was based on an earlier draft of the movie’s screenplay. (Herman Raucher did the same thing with his screenplay for Robert Mulligan’s Summer of ‘42. To build interest for the 1971