Star Wars Star Wars Star Wars is an American epic space opera franchise, created by George Lucas and centered around a film series that began with the eponymous 1977 movie. The saga quickly became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon. The first film was followed by two successful sequels, "The Empire Strikes Back" (1980) and "Return of the Jedi" (1983); these three films constitute the original "Star Wars" trilogy. A prequel trilogy was released between 1999 and 2005, albeit to mixed reactions from critics and fans. Finally, a sequel trilogy to conclude the nine-episode saga began in 2015 with "". The first eight
Star Wars: Thrawn: Alliances featured in , a new expansion set to open at Disneyland and Disney's Hollywood Studios in 2019. In late 2018, it was announced that Timothy Zahn will write and publish another "Thrawn" sequel, titled "Thrawn: Treason", scheduled for released in summer 2019. The novel explores the crisis Thrawn encounters when he discovers that his people are in peril, forcing him to choose between loyalty to the Empire or loyalty to the Chiss Ascendancy. Star Wars: Thrawn: Alliances Thrawn: Alliances is a "Star Wars" novel by Timothy Zahn. The book is a sequel to Zahn's 2017 novel "". It focuses on