Pop Culture: Star Wars
History of Star Wars: Premiere
47 Years Ago
7 min readMay 26, 2024
The original Star Wars movie premiered on May 25, 1977.
Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away…
…in Berkeley, in November 1976, I picked up a new science fiction novel called “Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker” by George Lucas. I did not know then that it was…