Star Wars is an American epic space media franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the eponymous Star Wars A New Hope 1977 film and quickly became a worldwide pop-culture phenomenon. The franchise has been expanded into various films and other media. The Star Wars franchise depicts the adventures of characters “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away” in which humans and many species of aliens co-exist with droids. They may assist them in their daily routines and space travel between planets is common due to lightspeed hyperspace technology.