Episode IV, A NEW HOPE It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from a hidden base, have won their first victory against the evil Galactic Empire. During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans to the Empire’s ultimate weapon, the DEATH STAR, an armored space station with enough power to destroy an entire planet. Pursued by the Empire’s sinister agents, Princess Leia races home aboard her starship, custodian of the stolen plans that can save her people and restore freedom to the galaxy….
Directed by J.J. ABRAMS Screenplay by CHRIS TERRIO & J.J. ABRAMS Story by DEREK CONNOLLY & COLIN TREVORROW and J.J. ABRAMS & CHRIS TERRIO Based on Characters Created by GEORGE LUCAS Produced by KATHLEEN KENNEDY, J.J. ABRAMS, MICHELLE REJWAN, Executive Producers CALLUM GREENE TOMMY GORMLEY JASON MCGATLIN Director of Photography DAN MINDEL Production Designers RICK CARTER KEVIN JENKINS Edited by MARYANN BRANDON, ACE STEFAN GRUBE Music by JOHN WILLIAMS Costume Designer MICHAEL KAPLAN Co-Producers PIPPA ANDERSON CANDICE CAMPOS CHRIS FURIA Visual Effects Supervisor ROGER GUYETT Special Creature Effects by NEAL SCANLAN Visual Effects Producers JANET LEWIN STACY BISSELL TJ FALLS Special Effects Supervisor DOMINIC TUOHY Casting by NINA GOLD, CSA, CDG APRIL WEBSTER, CSA ALYSSA WEISBERG, CSA CARRIE FISHER MARK HAMILL ADAM DRIVER DAISY RIDLEY JOHN BOYEGA OSCAR ISAAC ANTHONY DANIELS as C-3PO NAOMI DOMHNALL GLEESON RICHARD E. GRANT LUPITA NYONG’O KERI RUSSELL JOONAS SUOTAMO KELLY MARIE TRAN with and BILLY DEE WILLIAMS GREG SHIRLEY HENDERSON BILLIE LOURD DOMINIC MONAGHAN A LUCASFILM LTD. Production
