Star Wars
“A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...”
Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team together with the loveable robot duo R2-D2 and C-3PO to rescue the beautiful princess and restore peace and justice in the Empire.
How Star Wars compares
Every figure below is calculated across the whole of Star Wars, not taken from this film’s own record.
- #2 of 9
- Rank in the series by rating
- The first film
- Where it sits in the series
- 15%
- Share of the series audience
Star Wars (1977) ranks 2nd of the 9 rated films in the Star Wars series, at 8.2/10 on TMDB against a series average of 7.3/10.
It is the film that started the series, 43 years before the most recent entry, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019).
Its 22,836 TMDB ratings are 15% of the 153,734 cast across the series, more than any other film in it.
Computed by Movies in Order from The Movie Database (TMDB) collection data for Star Wars, comparing all 9 released films in the series. Last recalculated September 2026.
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