Starwars came out in 1977 and was an instant big hit. The grafics were and the way the movie was made was just so advanced for the time that it made it even better. Starwars has made 6 episodes (there the length of movies) so far. Disney bought out the Starwars franchise from Lukasfilms for over 4 Billion Dollars. Disney plans to come out with the 7th episode in 2015.