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....
A farm boy living on the desolate planet of Tatooine, Luke dreams of adventure. When a distress call from Princess Leia arrives in the form of a hologram played by R2-D2, Luke must decide if he's ready to answer the call to adventure.
One of the last Jedi Knights in the galaxy, Obi-Wan Kenobi asks Luke to join him on his mission to rescue Princess Leia from the clutches of Darth Vader, his old enemy. Obi-Wan recognizes Luke's natural ability with the Force, and begins to train him in the Jedi way.
Darth Vader hunts down and captures Princess Leia, who has stolen the plans for the Empire's new planet-killing space station, the Death Star. He will soon be confronted by his old master, Obi-Wan Kenobi, in a lightsaber duel, as well as Obi-Wan's new apprentice, Luke Skywalker, in a starship battle over the Death Star itself.
The ranking Imperial officer in charge of the Death Star, Tarkin seeks to discover the location of the secret Rebel base, using any means necessary to extract the information from his prisoner, Princess Leia.
A droid used to interpret the many languages used throughout the galaxy, C-3PO -- along with his counterpart R2-D2 -- become the involuntary couriers of the secret Death Star plans hunted by the Imperials.
R2-D2, a multi-purpose astromech droid, is given the Death Star's secret plans by Princess Leia just before her capture by Darth Vader. His mission is to deliver the plans to Obi-Wan Kenobi on Tatooine, a quest that will ultimately lead him to a fight over the Death Star itself.
A desolate desert planet on the outer rim of the galaxy, Tatooine is the home of Luke Skywalker, who longs to leave his dusty moisture farm and experience a life adventures among the stars.
A planet-killing space station the size of a small moon, the Death Star has become the ultimate threat to the galaxy. The Rebel Alliance seeks to destroy the Death Star with secret plans stolen by Princess Leia.
Captured by Darth Vader while attempting to deliver secret plans of the Death Star to the Rebel Alliance, Leia takes charge of her own escape from the battle station with the help of Luke Skywalker and Han Solo.
Han Solo is a rogue, a gambler, a scoundrel. He and his Wookiee co-pilot Chewbacca are hired to transport Obi-Wan Kenobi, Luke Skywalker, and the droids to Alderaan in his ship, the Millennium Falcon. He soon learns, though, that he gets more than he bargained for in helping the Rebels.