| From here you can download and read the various drafts and shooting scripts that were written to make each film in the STAR WARS trilogy. From George Lucas's original 1973 story synopsis to the published 1983 version of Return of the Jedi, we have most of them - unfortunately not a complete set (yet!). If you want to read more about the scripts, go to The Jedi Bendu Script List, a commented list for the true connoisseur which lists ALL the scripts ever written for the Saga.
GEORGE LUCAS: "The way I work is that I cut the movie together, I look at it and figure out what I'm missing. At that point, it's more about how the movie flows together rather than how the script flows together. I'm acknowledging more and more that a script and a movie are two different things." (Quote from Star Wars: The Annotated Screenplays, 1997, p. 319)
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| The Star Wars |
Story Synopsis |
14 pages |
May, 1973 |
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| The Star Wars |
Rough Draft |
132 Pages
191 Scenes |
May, 1974 |
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| The Star Wars |
Revised First Draft |
146 pages
191 scenes |
July, 1974 |
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| Adventures of the Starkiller |
The Star Wars - Episode One - "The Star Wars"
Second Draft |
115 pages
138 scenes |
Jan 28, 1975 |
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| The Star Wars |
From the Adventures of Luke Starkiller - Third Draft |
110 pages
229 scenes |
Aug 1, 1975 |
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| Star Wars |
The Adventures of Luke Starkiller as taken from the "Journal of the Whills" by George Lucas (Saga I) Star Wars. Fourth Draft, January 1, 1976. |
171 pages
252 scenes |
Jan 1, 1976 |
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| Star Wars |
Published Script: Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope, from
the Journal of the Whills. Public Version of Fourth Draft.
As published in The Art of Star Wars, Ballantine 1979. Labeled:
"Revised Fourth Draft, January 15, 1976." |
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Jan 15, 1976 |
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| Star Wars |
The Adventures of Luke Starkiller as taken from the "Journal of the Whills" by George Lucas (Saga I) Star Wars. Revised Fourth Draft Screenplay |
156 pages
252 scenes |
Mar 15, 1976 |
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| The Empire Strikes Back |
Shooting Script - Fourth Draft by Lawrence Kasdan |
435 Scenes |
Oct 24, 1978 |
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| Revenge of the Jedi |
Revised Rough Draft by George Lucas |
82 pages
139 Scenes |
Jun 12, 1981 |
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| The Beginning (aka The Phantom Menace) |
The Phantom Menace Third Draft - May 13, 1997 - Revised
June 6, 1997 |
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