'Star Wars Is a Religion. For Many People, Seeing It Was the Defining Moment of Their Lives' ; How Did a Space Opera Featuring Hairy Wookiees and Comedy Droids Turn Into the Biggest Film Franchise of All Time? By Tom Shone

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So when the aliens finally do arrive, touching down gently on the back garden patio, what account will we give of ourselves?

What will we say we got up to in the early years of the 21st century?

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'Star Wars Is a Religion. For Many People, Seeing It Was the Defining Moment of Their Lives' ; How Did a Space Opera Featuring Hairy Wookiees and Comedy Droids Turn Into the Biggest Film Franchise of All Time? By Tom Shone

The records will state that in the summer of 2005, as wars were waged and empires avenged and defended, a billion earthlings gathered together in the sanctity of air-conditioned cathedrals we called multiplexes for an entertainment known as Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith.

To say that Star Wars constitutes...

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