After creator George Lucas sold the Star Wars franchise to Disney in 2012, a sequel trilogy consisting of Episodes VII through IX began with Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), continued with Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), and concluded with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019).
Years later, the prequel trilogy was released, consisting of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999), Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002), and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005). The original eponymous film, later subtitled Episode IV – A New Hope, was followed by the sequels The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983), respectively subtitled onscreen as Episode V and Episode VI these films form the original trilogy. The film series started with a trilogy set in medias res-beginning in the middle of the story-which was later expanded to a trilogy of trilogies, known as the ' Skywalker Saga'. The Star Wars franchise involves multiple live-action and animated films.
