Cultural impact of Star Wars

George Lucas's science fiction multi-film Star Wars saga has had a significant impact on modern popular culture. Star Wars references are deeply embedded in popular culture;[1] references to the main characters and themes of Star Wars are casually made in many English-speaking countries with the assumption that others will understand the reference. Darth Vader has become an iconic villain, while characters such as Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia, C-3PO, R2-D2, and Chewbacca have all become widely recognized characters around the world. Phrases such as "evil empire", "May the Force be with you", Jedi mind trick, and "I am your father" have become part of the popular lexicon.[2] The first Star Wars film in 1977 was a cultural unifier,[3] enjoyed by a wide spectrum of people.[4]

Cosplayers dressed as Darth Vader, an Imperial officer and two Imperial stormtroopers at Riverbend Music Center (Cincinnati/Cincinnati, Ohio)
Darth Vader, a popular plastic toy in the 80's .

Many efforts produced in the science fiction genre (particularly in filming) can now be seen to draw heavy influence and inspiration from the original Star Wars trilogy, as well as the magnitude of sequels, spin-offs, series, games, and texts that it spawned. Sounds, visuals, and even the iconic score of the films have become integral components in American society. The film helped launch the science fiction boom of the late 1970s and early 1980s, making science fiction films a blockbuster genre.[5] This impact also made it a prime target for parody works and homages, with popular examples including Spaceballs, Family Guy's "Blue Harvest" special, Seth Green's "Robot Chicken: Star Wars", and Lucas's self-proclaimed favorite parody, Hardware Wars by Ernie Fosselius.

Arts

Financial impact on Fox

20th Century Fox optioned Star Wars. When it unexpectedly became the decade's blockbuster, grossing $100 million in three months, Fox's stock soared from $6 to $25 per share and generated revenues of $1.2 million a day for the studio. Fox purchased the Aspen skiing and Pebble Beach golf corporations with the increased cash flow and still declared excess profits in 1977. Income from Star Wars re-releases, sequels, and merchandising enriched the studio in the following decades. Star Wars helped Fox to change from an almost bankrupt production company to a thriving media conglomerate.[5]

Impact on filmmaking

Star Wars fundamentally changed the aesthetics and narratives of Hollywood films,[6] switching the focus of Hollywood-made films from deep, meaningful stories based on dramatic conflict, themes and irony to sprawling special-effects-laden blockbusters, as well as changing the Hollywood film industry in fundamental ways. Before Star Wars, special effects in films had not appreciably advanced since the 1950s.[6] Star Wars was also important in the movement towards the use of computer-generated imagery in films.[2] The commercial success of Star Wars created a boom in state-of-the-art special effects in the late 1970s. There was increased investment in special effects. Companies like Industrial Light & Magic and Digital Productions were created to provide them. The 1977 Star Wars pioneered the genre pastiche, where several classic film genres are combined in one film. In Star Wars, the genres were science fiction, the Western, the war film, and the quasi-mystical epic.[5] Along with Jaws, Star Wars started the tradition of the summer blockbuster film in the entertainment industry, where films open on many screens at the same time and profitable franchises are important.[2][4] It created the model for the major film trilogy and showed that merchandising rights on a film could generate more money than the film itself.[3]

The holographic video effect associated with Star Wars served as a technological tool for CNN during its 2008 Election Night coverage. CNN reporter Jessica Yellin and musician will.i.am looked as though they were in the network's New York City studios talking face-to-face with hosts Anderson Cooper and Wolf Blitzer, when in reality, they were in Chicago at Barack Obama's rally. The process involved Yellin and will.i.am standing in front of a blue screen in a special tent, while being shot by 35 HD cameras.[7]

Another impact Star Wars made on film making was its use of the "Monomyth" or "The Hero's Journey" found in Joseph Campbell's book The Hero with a Thousand Faces. While George Lucas wrote through 4 drafts of the film, between the first and second drafts, he read Joseph Campbell's book titled The Hero with a Thousand Faces. He was surprised to find that his first draft followed many of its principles.[8] This epic structure at the deepest roots of the films was a major factor in its success. Many future films successfully adopted the monomyth, such as The Matrix trilogy, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and The Hobbit trilogy to name a few.[9]

Lucasfilm-produced mockumentaries
  • Return of the Ewok (1982): a 24-minute fictional mockumentary, focusing on the decision of Warwick Davis to become an actor and act as Wicket the Ewok in Return of the Jedi.[10]
  • R2-D2: Beneath the Dome (2002): a 20-minute mockumentary, focusing on the "true" story of R2-D2's life. It was made as a side-project by some of the crew of Attack of the Clones, released on television in three installments, and later on DVD.[11]

Parodies

The Star Wars saga has had a significant impact on modern American pop culture, both the films and characters have received official parodies in numerous films and television productions.

Official animated parodies:

Unofficial film parodies:

  • Hardware Wars, a 13-minute 1978 spoof which Lucas has called his favorite Star Wars parody.[15]
  • Spaceballs, a feature film by Mel Brooks which featured effects done by Lucas's Industrial Light & Magic.[16]

Film references:

  • WarGames (1983), David Lightman hacks into the computer company called Protovision, A deep voice in a line says "Protovision, I have you now!", A reference of Darth Vader's line from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.
  • Kevin Smith's films such as Clerks heavily reference the films, in Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Zack (Seth Rogen) and Miri (Elizabeth Banks) decide to make a pornographic film called Star Whores to get them out of debt. * Trooper Clerks

Fandom and fan films

The Star Wars fandom is the community of fans of the Star Wars film series and other related media.

The franchise has inspired many fan edits, which have gained a notable presence on the internet thanks to the advancement of social media platforms Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.[17][18] like Harmy's Despecialized Edition, there have been various memes related to specific moments in the movies themselves, like a mistranslated Chinese bootleg of Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith[19][20][21] and 'TR-8R' from Star Wars: The Force Awakens.[22][23]

The Star Wars saga has inspired many fans to create their own non-canon material set in the Star Wars galaxy. In recent years, this has ranged from writing fan-fiction to creating fan films. In 2002, Lucasfilm sponsored the first annual Official Star Wars Fan Film Awards, officially recognizing filmmakers and the genre. Because of concerns over potential copyright and trademark issues, however, the contest was initially open only to parodies, mockumentaries, and documentaries. Fan-fiction films set in the Star Wars universe were originally ineligible, but in 2007 Lucasfilm changed the submission standards to allow in-universe fiction entries.[24] Lucasfilm, for the most part, has allowed but not endorsed the creation of these derivative fan-fiction works, so long as no such work attempts to make a profit from or tarnish the Star Wars franchise in any way.[25]

Fan edits/restorations:

• Harmy's Despecialized Edition (Original trilogy) • The Phantom Edit (Prequel trilogy)

The franchise has inspired many fan edits, which have gained a notable presence on the internet thanks to the advance of social media platforms Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.[17][18] like Harmy's Despecialized Edition, there have been various memes related to specific moments in the movies themselves, like a mistranslated Chinese bootleg of Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith[19][20][21] and 'TR-8R' from Star Wars: The Force Awakens.[22][23]

The sequel trilogy has spawned some fan-edits too, while the first two films were positively received. The J.J. Abrams written and directed, finale of the Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker was so negatively received by fans that it kept generating controversial headlines for 9 months after its release. This controversy spawned multiple conspiracy and fan theories on reddit in regards to the film's production, and perceived failures, with a popular fan theory claiming that the villain Darth Sidious won at the end of the last film and possesses Rey's body by making her kill him (which he stated, as his evil plan in the film).[26][27][28][29] A reddit conspiracy theory in regards of the production of the film, created false rumors about the existence of multiple director's cuts of the film, including one whose main difference was that it included ghost appearances of Obi-wan, Anakin Skywalker, and Yoda. Although it has been argued that most fans did not believe in the existence of the alternate cut, it is believed they rather supported it as the means towards asking for a better cut of the negatively received film, as well as for a better end towards the franchise. Others, however, saw it as a parody of the movement asking for the Snyder Cut of the poorly received Justice League movie.[30][31] Abrams friend, Greg Gumberg who had cameos on the films, called the conspiracy fake.[32][33] Those conspiracy theories led to the ghosts of Anakin, Obi-wan, Luke, and Yoda, where subtly incorporated into a fan-made version of the scene, which was positively received for the way on which it seamlessly edited the Jedi ghosts into the film, by cleverly uses archive footage. Praise was especially directed towards the use of the archive-footage of Anakin Skywalker from Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. Due to how they reused footage of Anakin shocking his pregnant wife, was altered to show him heroically helping Rey, while simultaneously reminding of the character's evil past. Several websites would argue that the fan-scene was better edited than the scene in the actual film, and that Lucasfilm should add the ghosts into a future Special Edition re-release of the film, regardless of the authenticity of the rumors that spawned it.[34][35][36][28] Abrams also affirmed his dedication not to retroactively release alternate versions of the films, saying, "I feel like [when] you're done with a thing, ... that's what it is."[37]

Colin Trevorrow's leaked script-draft for the film, titled IX: Duel of Fates (that preceded Abrams involvement), received its own animated fan-film. Trevorrow himself confirmed the leak was real.[38][39][40]

Many of the fan-edits of the previous film The Last Jedi, caused controversy due to them removing all of the female characters.[41][42]

Fan documentaries:

• Elstree 1976 • I Am Your Father • The People vs. George Lucas • Plastic Galaxy • The Prequels Strike Back: A Fan's Journey

Internet parodies:

• Star Wars Kid

• Chewbacca Mask Lady

Cosplay:

Websites:

Theatre

In December 1978, an onstage Star Wars parody appeared in the form of a Broadway musical, The Force and I—the Mad Star Wars Musical.[44] A similar fan-made musical of the original 1977 film was made in 1999 in anticipation of the release of the The Phantom Menace[45] and another parody musical was announced for a March 2020 Off-Broadway production.[46]

During the winter of 2015, Chicago based theater company, Under the Gun Theater developed a parody revue which recapped all six of the Star Wars films as a lead up to the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.[47]

In November 2019, Ichikawa Ebizō XI supervised production of and played Kylo Ren in a kabuki adaptation of scenes from the sequel trilogy, which was entitled Star Wars Kabuki: Kairennosuke and the Three Shining Swords (スター・ウォーズ歌舞伎〜煉之介光刃三本〜, Sutā Uōzu Kabuki ~Rennosuke Kōjin San-pon~).[48] In addition, his son Kangen Horikoshi portrayed a younger version of Ren in the play's third act.[49]

Parody songs

Videogames
Main article: Star Wars video games

Darth Vader appears in the 2016 game Clash Royale as the Dark Prince troop. Vader, as well as Yoda and Starkiller appear as playable characters in the 2008 fighting game Soulcalibur IV.

Science
Further information: Technology in Star Wars and Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination

Impact on aeronautics
Expedition 45 Return of the Jedi crew poster

The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum had an exhibition called "Star Wars: The Magic of Myth". It was an exhibition of original production models, props, costumes, and characters from the first three Star Wars films.[54][55] In October 2007, NASA launched a Space Shuttle carrying an original lightsaber into orbit. The prop handle had been used as Luke Skywalker's lightsaber in Return of the Jedi. After spending two weeks in orbit, it was brought back to Earth on November 7, 2007, to be returned to its owner, George Lucas.[56]

The first successfully launched space-rocket, to be sent by the private spaceflight company SpaceX, was named the Falcon 1. Elon Musk used the word "falcon" within the name of the space-rocket, as a reference to the Millennium Falcon from Star Wars. The Falcon 1's success led to the fabrication of updated versions of the space rocket, in what became known as the Falcon family of space-rockets. The Falcon 1 has since been retired, in favor of the Falcon 9.[57]

Organisms named after Star Wars characters

Characters and other fictional elements from Star Wars have inspired several scientific names of organisms.

Examples include:

Politics and religion

Political impact

When Ronald Reagan proposed the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), a system of lasers and missiles meant to intercept incoming ICBMs, the plan was quickly labeled "Star Wars", implying that it was science fiction and linking it to Reagan's acting career. According to Frances FitzGerald, Reagan was annoyed by this, but Assistant Secretary of Defense Richard Perle told colleagues that he "thought the name was not so bad."; "'Why not?' he said. 'It's a good movie. Besides, the good guys won.'"[61] This gained further resonance when Reagan described the Soviet Union as an "evil empire".

In television commercials, public interest group critics of the Reagan administration's Strategic Defense Initiative program deridingly referred to the orbital missile defense project as "Star Wars". Lucasfilm originally sued to try to enjoin this usage of its trademark, and lost.[62] Explaining its decision, the court said,

When politicians, newspapers, and the public generally use the phrase star wars for their convenience, in parody or descriptively to further a communication of their views on SDI, plaintiff has no rights as owner of the mark to prevent this use of STAR WARS. ... Since Jonathan Swift's time, creators of fictional worlds have seen their vocabulary for fantasy appropriated to describe reality. Trademark laws regulate unfair competition, not the parallel development of new dictionary meanings in the everyday give and take of human discourse.[62]

When Margaret Thatcher won the 1979 general election held on May 3, the Tories took out a newspaper ad that read "May The Fourth Be With You Maggie. Congratulations."[63]

On May 4, 1995 during a defence debate[64] in the UK parliament, MP Harry Cohen related the Star Wars Day joke: "May the 4th be with you". Star Wars also made its mark in the 2001 census, when over 390,000 UK respondents entered their religion as Jedi.

On March 1, 2013, President Barack Obama spoke on the sequestration debate. He said that some people expect him to do a "Jedi mind meld" on the Republicans who refuse to deal.[65]

In the 2014 Ukrainian presidential elections the Internet Party of Ukraine tried to nominate a man named Darth Vader;[66][67] but his registration was refused because his real identity could not be verified.[68] A man named Darth Vader was a candidate at the 25 May 2014 Kyiv mayoral election and the Odessa mayoral election of the same day for the same party.[69][70] In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election the Internet Party let Darth Vader along other Star Wars characters such as Chewbacca, Padmé Amidala, and Yoda run for seats in the Ukrainian parliament.[71] In the election the party failed to clear the 5% election threshold (it got 0.36% of the votes) and also did not win a constituency seat and thus no parliamentary seats.[72][73][74]

In 2015, as a part of the decommunization process in Ukraine, a statue of a Vladimir Lenin was modified into a monument to Darth Vader at the territory of Pressmash plant in Odessa.[75][76]

In the 2020 Odessa local election a person called Darth Vader was again a candidate for mayor of Odessa (nominated by Darth Vader Bloc).[77] He scored 0,48% of the total votes cast.[78]

Religion (Jediism)
Main articles: Jediism and Jedi census phenomenon

There is a real religion based on Star Wars. Their followers follow a modified version of the Jedi Code, and they believe in the concept of The Force as an energy field of all living things, which "surrounds us... penetrates us" and "binds the galaxy together", as is depicted within Star Wars movies, although without the fictional elements such as telekinesis.[79][80] Many citizens around the world answer list their religion as Jedi during their countries respective Census, among them Australia and New Zealand getting high percentages.[81][82] A petition in Turkey to build a Jedi Temple within a University, also got international media attention.[83]

Other

Between 2002 and 2004, museums in Japan, Singapore, Scotland and England showcased the Art of Star Wars, an exhibit describing the process of making the original Star Wars trilogy.[84]

In 2013, Star Wars became the first major motion picture translated into the Navajo language.[85][86]

Several organizations worldwide now teach lightsaber combat as a competitive sport, instructing on techniques interpreted from the films, and using life-size replica weapons composed of highly durable plastic that emit lights and sounds.[87][88][89][90]

Star Wars has been the subject of several parodies in the humorous magazine Mad, a publication that frequently publishes cartoon spoofs of Hollywood films. A parody called Star Roars was published in January 1978, featuring the magazine's mascot, Alfred E. Neuman, wearing a Darth Vader helmet.[91][92]

In the 2004 Honorverse novel The Shadow of Saganami, Talbot Sector Governor Estelle Matsuko, Baroness Medusa, states that she does not want the Manticoran Marines to start looking like Imperial stormtroopers to the local systems.

During the 2012 Emerald City Comicon in Seattle, Washington, several prominent cartoon voice actors, consisting of Rob Paulsen, Jess Harnell, John DiMaggio, Maurice LaMarche, Tara Strong and Kevin Conroy, performed a parody reading of A New Hope as a radio play in each of their signature voice roles; i.e. Paulsen and Harnell as Yakko and Wakko Warner from Animaniacs, Strong as Bubbles from The Powerpuff Girls and Timmy Turner from The Fairly OddParents, LaMarche and DiMaggio as Kif Kroker and Bender from Futurama, and Conroy narrating as Batman.[93]

Star Wars sources and analogues
Main article: Star Wars sources and analogues

The plot of a second-season episode of the CW television series Legends of Tomorrow (2017), entitled "Raiders of the Lost Art", centered on the impact of George Lucas's films on the titular heroes.

See also

Notes
  1. According to the scientific publication, the genus name Han refers to the Han Chinese, and the species name solo to the species being the youngest member of its family found to that date.[59] However, Turvey has stated elsewhere that he named it after Han Solo because some friends dared him to name a species after a Star Wars character.[60]

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