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[[File:star_wars_title_card.jpg|frame|Are you hearing the [[Fanfare]] just looking at this? If not, then [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG5OsfOuEy0 you should.] ]]

 

[[Mentors|With guidance]] from Obi-Wan and later Yoda, Luke learns the ways of [[The Force|mystic powers]] of the Jedi and brings down [[The Empire]]. Along the way, he [[The Reveal|discovers]] that Darth Vader, [[The Dragon]] of the [[Evil Overlord|Emperor]], [[Luke, I Am Your Father|is his father]] Anakin Skywalker, and the [[Romantic False Lead|(not) love-interest]] [[Damsel in Distress|Princess]] is his [[Separated at Birth|twin sister]]. And none of these are spoilered because [[Late Arrival Spoiler|you should know already]] that [[It Was His Sled]].

 

* ''Star Wars Episode IV: [[A New Hope]]'' (1977)

* ''Star Wars Episode V: [[The Empire Strikes Back]]'' (1980)

* ''Star Wars Episode VI: [[Return of the Jedi]]'' (1983)

 

 

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The second trilogy to be released was chronologically the first. Essentially an extended prequel, it centered on Luke's father, Anakin Skywalker, and his growth from a young slave on a remote planet into a powerful Jedi Knight. It showed how [[Evil Chancellor|Senator/Chancellor Palpatine]] (the [[Big Bad]] of the Original Trilogy) gained supreme power through [[Evil Plan|complex schemes]], and Anakin's [[Start of Darkness|corruption]] at his hands. It also showed Obi-Wan's story in training Anakin and the fall of the Jedi Order, with Obi-Wan and Yoda becoming [[Last of His Kind|the last of their kind]].

 

* ''Star Wars Episode I: [[The Phantom Menace]]'' (1999)

* ''Star Wars Episode II: [[Attack of the Clones]]'' (2002)

* ''Star Wars Episode III: [[Revenge of the Sith]]'' (2005)

 

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Lucas has long argued that the prequel's story existed in some form or another from the beginning of the saga, as the films featured the subtitles, ''Episode IV-VI'' (although the subtitle "''Episode IV''" wasn't in the first Star Wars film until its 1981 video re-release). ''A New Hope'' and a few elements of the original trilogy also make slightly more sense when seen against the [[Backstory]] in the prequels, though others are more complicated. The original trilogy was released to theaters again in 1997 for the [[Milestone Celebration|20th Anniversary]], featuring a few new special effects, cleaning up a few perceived [[Special Effects Failure|Special Effects Failures]], added some deleted scenes and tweaked some original scenes. The films were slightly tweaked once more for the 2004 DVD release and changed to better match the Prequels by replacing Boba Fett's voice with Jango Fett's, replacing Clive Revill as the Emperor with Ian MacDiarmid, and replacing Sebastian Shaw as Anakin's ghost with Hayden Christiansen.

 

 

 

''[[Star Wars]]'' was inspired by the 1930s serials and comic strips of ''[[Flash Gordon (comic strip)|Flash Gordon]]'' and ''[[Buck Rogers]]''. And by [[Isaac Asimov|Asimov's]] ''[[Foundation]]'', most manifested in the Imperial capital of <s>Trantor</s> Coruscant and the concept of the decaying [[The Empire|Galactic Empire]] itself. And by ''[[Space Battleship Yamato]]'s'' [[World War II]] naval battles [[In Space]], and [[Akira Kurosawa]]'s mystical samurai heroes and bumbling sidekicks. (Kurosawa's film ''[[The Hidden Fortress]]'' was particularly influential on Lucas.)

The films also have some predecessors in SF literature. Frank Herbert's ''[[Dune]]'' novels (especially the first two or three books) provided some inspiration, notably for the desert planet Tatooine. Also, [[E. E. "Doc" Smith]]'s ''[[Lensman]]'' pulp SF series suggested the concept of a superpowered psychic galactic police force. Basically every single ''Star Wars'' trope is [[Older Than They Think]], but the film did [[Follow the Leader|popularise them]], and many modern [[Space Opera]] or [[Sci Fi]] shows and movies (or just about anything and everything) contain [[Homage|homages]] to ''Star Wars''.

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The popularity of the series has led to many parodies and spoofs. These are some notable ones:

* ''[[Blue Harvest|Family Guy Presents Laugh It Up Fuzzball]]''

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== #-H ==

* [[Action Girl]]: Padmé and Leia are the only major female characters in their respective trilogies, and they make the most of it. Several female Jedi and bounty hunters embody this trope as well, especially in the EU.

* [[Aerith and Bob]]: From Qui-Gon Jinn to ... Luke.

* [[Agony Beam]]: Force Lightning.

* [[All According to Plan]]: Many bad guys throughout the series use this phrase, most notably the Emperor.

* [[Always Save the Girl]]: [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|Yeah, nice going there, Anakin!]]

* [[Ambiguous Robots]]: General Grievous has shades of this.

* [[Anti-Hero]]: Han in ''[[A New Hope]]''. He is [[It's All About Me|mostly self-serving]] until [[Changed My Mind, Kid|he comes through for them in the end.]]

** [[The Chosen One|Anakin Skywalker]] is the dark and edgy type.

* [[Arc Words]]: Many, including various psychobabble about under/overestimating the power of the Force/dark side etc.

** "I've got a bad feeling about this."

** "May the Force be with you."

* [[Ascended Extra]]: With how much [[Expanded Universe]] material is being written, we're well on our way to ''every single background character from the films'' getting names and thorough backstories. The winners for this are Wedge and Boba Fett. IG-88 has a ''Shadows of the Empire'' [[That One Level|level]] as well.

* [[Ascended Fanboy]](s): The 501st Legion, the world-wide "definitive Imperial costuming organization," was rewarded for their service by being canonically named as Vader's Praetorian Guard, as well as being made the "stars" of ''[[Star Wars Battlefront]] 2''.

* [[Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence]]: When they die, Jedi can choose to become one with the Force.

* [[Asteroid Thicket]]: The asteroid chase from ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]''; revisited in ''[[Attack of the Clones]]'' with the rings of Geonosis.

* [[Author Appeal]]: A society of warrior-sages who, as per [[Word of God]], can have all the sex they want so long as they don't get too attached.

* [[Author Catchphrase]]: "I've got a bad feeling about this."

* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: The Jedi Order and the Sith both embody this trope, as the stronger Force-users tend to be the highest ranked. The Sith explicitly codify it by making "promotion" based on [[You Kill It, You Bought It]].

* [[Auto Doc]]: Bacta tanks.

* [[Avoid the Dreaded G Rating]]: The reason for that scene in ''[[A New Hope]]'' where Luke discovers his aunt and uncle's horrifically charred remains. Justified, as George Lucas had no way of knowing at the time that standards would be tightened for G-rated movies within the next few years, so if he didn't shoot that scene and got a G rating back in 1977, he could've earned a PG rating if he submitted it in 1981 regardless.

* [[Badass]]: Lots and lots of characters.

* [[Badass Army]]: The Jedi and Sith, and the Grand Army of the Republic, when they aren't being put through [[Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy]].

* [[Badass Beard]]: Many, many examples.

* [[Badass Normal]]:

** Han Solo can't use the Force, but he gets the drop on Darth Vader, takes the Millennium Falcon through nigh-impossible manoeuvres, and knocks the galaxy's most feared bounty hunter into the Sarlacc (albeit accidentally) while blind.

* [[Bare Your Midriff]]: Padmé in her [[Action Girl]] attire.

* [[Battle Couple]]: Han and Leia, and Anakin and Padme in ''[[Attack of the Clones]]''.

* [[The Battlestar]]: Most large capital ships carry fighter squadrons as well as their own heavy armament. Star Destroyers and their counterparts, the Corellian Cruisers, are the basic examples.

* [[Being Watched]]: Jedi can detect this.

{{quote|"You feel like what?"

* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: Han and Leia.

* [[Best Friends-in-Law]]: Since Han and Leia will presumably get married, Luke and Han become this.

* [[Big Bad]]: It's Emperor Palpatine/Darth Sidious [[The Man Behind the Man|overall]], but each movie has a specific main antagonist.

* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: Han's return to save Luke in ''[[A New Hope]]'' is probably the best-known example, but there are many.

* [[Bigger Bad]]: [[The Dark Side]].

* [[Bilingual Dialogue]]: Han apparently speaks (or at least understands) a variety of languages, including Huttese, Rodian, and Wookiee. Lando and Nien Numb communicate this way in ''Return of the Jedi''. R2-D2 does this constantly, since he only speaks Binary.

* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: A staple of the series. In fact, ''A New Hope'' has the only unambiguously happy ending.

* [[Bizarre Alien Biology]]: Several near-human or rubber-forehead species, as described in the Expanded Universe. There's some even more bizarre stuff in the EU.

* [[Bizarre Human Biology]]: Humans, as well as all other living species in [[The Verse]], possess "midi-chlorians", mysterious organelles which have some intricate connection to [[The Force]].

* [[Bloodbath Villain Origin]]: Anakin's first task after being christened Darth Vader is to lead the attack on the Jedi Temple.

* [[Bottomless Pits]]: Every single movie, multiple times even. Entire cities have been built in bottomless pits. The Emperor is particularly fond of them {{spoiler|and dies when Vader throws him into one}}.

* [[Breakout Character]]: R2-D2.

* [[Canon Immigrant]]: A'plenty. TIE Bombers in ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'', Boba Fett in ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'', Aayla Secura in ''[[Attack of the Clones]]'', and the ''Outrider'' in the [[Special Edition]].

* [[Captain Obvious]]:

** Ric Olie from the prequels.

** For a droid programmed for etiquette and protocol, C-3PO has an uncanny ability to put his foot in his metaphorical mouth.

* [[Civil War]]: One spanning the entire galaxy.

* [[Clingy Costume]]: Darth Vader's armour is also a life-support system, and cannot be removed outside a special chamber.

* [[Common Tongue]]: Basic for humans (and by extension the Republic/Empire) and individual languages for each species.

* [[Constructed World]]

* [[Cool Sword]]: Lightsabers.

* [[Corrupt Politician]]: Senator Palpatine got elected. Emperor Palpatine did not.

* [[Crushing the Populace]]: The Galactic Empire rules by fear, as expressed in the Tarkin Doctrine and exemplified by the destruction of Alderaan.

* [[Crystal Dragon Jesus]]: The Force.

* [[Daddy Had a Good Reason For Abandoning You]]: Anakin with his children. Considering he thought they were ''dead'', he can be forgiven for not looking for them sooner.

* [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]]: Palpatine.

* [[Data Crystal]]: Holocrons.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Han Solo would be the most obvious one, but it seems old Obi-Wan was something of a snarker in his younger days. Even as an old man he's still able to spar with Han though:

{{quote|'''Han:''' Damn fool, I knew you were gonna say that.

* [[Death-Activated Superpower]]: How "Force Ghosts" are created.

* [[Democracy Is Flawed]]: Then-Senator Palpatine uses the political mire of the Galactic Senate to ignite his scheme of overthrowing the Jedi and Senate to establish a Sith Empire.

* [[Despite the Plan]]:

{{quote|'''Han:''' So how we doin'?

'''Luke:''' Same as always.

* [[Digital Head Swap]]: Done for Count Dooku's light saber battles (justified, given Christopher Lee's age). It's particularly [[Uncanny Valley|eerie and distracting]] as Christopher Lee's head seems to float above his stuntman's shoulders independent of his movements.

* [[Disney Villain Death]]: Palpatine. Then again, when he reached the bottom, he also ''blew up''.

* [[Divine Chessboard]]: The Light Side versus the Dark Side of the force, through the Jedi and Sith.

* [[Doesn't Like Guns]]: Obi Wan, who considers blasters "clumsy and uncivilized", and prefers [[Elegant Weapon for a More Civilized Age|more elegant weapons]]. [[Combat Pragmatist|Until he's forced to use one]].

* [[Downer Ending]]:

* [[The Drag Along]]: C-3P0 in every movie.

* [[Dragon with an Agenda]]: Darth Vader might as well be the [[Trope Maker]]. See [[We Can Rule Together]].

** Also, as a minor background event, C-3PO helps Obi-Wan burn a bunch of slaughtered Jawas in a funeral pyre in one scene in ''A New Hope'' as Luke returns from discovering his aunt and uncle's charred remains.

** In ''Revenge of the Sith'', we only see Padme's funeral procession to the amphitheatre where Qui-Gon's funeral was held, though as inferred from Yoda's dialogue before the scene her body is subsequently buried along with a keepsake of her husband Anakin following the funeral proper.

* [[Dull Surprise]]: Although there are arguably some instances of it in the original trilogy too, this is taken to new levels in the prequels.

* [[The Dutiful Son]]: Or daughter in this case. Luke seems to think Leia is this, being in the Rebellion while he was on Tatooine.

* [[The Empire]]: One of the best known examples, and a [[Trope Codifier]] in many ways.

* [[Epic Movie]]

* [[Everything's Better with Princesses]]: Leia.

* [[Evil Brit]]: Tarkin, and most of the Empire.

** In the original trilogy, this trope was invoked intentionally, and in fact was created in the editing room. Aside from the lead actors (who were mostly Americans), all of the small parts and background extras in the three films were played by Brits. This was natural, since the trilogy was shot at a studio just outside London. Most of the "good" or "neutral" characters in the films (such as the Rebel pilots, or the cantina bartender) later had their voices dubbed over by American actors, but the sound editors retained the natural English accents of the Imperial [[Mooks]] for dramatic effect.

** Subverted by Mon Mothma, who has a British accent and is head of the Rebellion.

** And by C-3PO, thanks to Anthony Daniels' narrow escape from overdubbing.

* [[Evil Counterpart]]: [[The Dragon|Vader]] is [[The Hero|Luke's]] counterpart and [[Big Bad|Palpatine]] is [[Big Good|Yoda's]].

* [[Evil Old Folks]]: Palpatine, Tarkin, Dooku and Vader. Averted with [[Cool Old Guy|Obi-Wan]] and [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|Yoda]].

* [[Evil Overlord]]: Most Sith Lords (most of whom are also masters), though Darth Vader (an apprentice) is the first and arguably most definitive [[Evil Overlord]] to be introduced.

* [[Expanded Universe]]: [[Star Wars Expanded Universe|One of the first major ones.]]

* [[Exposed Extraterrestrials]]: Wookiees in general and Chewbacca in particular.

* [[Face Heel Revolving Door]]: {{spoiler|Anakin}}.

* [[Famous Last Words]]: Many.

* [[Fanfare]]: The iconic opening music.

* [[Fantastic Aesop]]: [[The Dark Side]] is made of this trope.

* [[Fantastic Fragility]]: The Death Star, both versions.

* [[Fantastic Honorifics]]: The Grand Moffs lean more into [[Fantastic Rank System]], but there are also the Jedi honorifics of "Padawan learner" and so on.

* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Anakin towards the Sand People. In the EU, human supremacy is the policy of the Empire, to explain why there were no Imperial aliens in the movies.

* [[Fantastic Rank System]]: The Empire's rank system includes Moffs and Grand Moffs. The Expanded Universe adds more fantasy ranks.

* [[Fixed Forward-Facing Weapon]]: The Death Star's [[Earthshattering Kaboom|planet-killing]] superlaser.

* [[Flaunting Your Fleets]]: Several examples throughout the series.

* [[Flaw Exploitation]]: Anakin/Vader's love for his family; Luke's for his friends.

* [[Floating Head Syndrome]]: On the most recent [[DVD|DVDs]].

* [[Flynning]]: Oh so much, but [[Justified Trope|justified]] as lightsabers are a [[One-Hit Kill]] weapon, so the emphasis of most combat styles is on avoiding being hit while creating an opportunity to strike.

* [[Forgotten Fallen Friend]]: Most of Biggs Darklighter's scenes were cut from the original release of ''A New Hope'', resulting in some dissonant cheerfulness from Luke after he destroys the Death Star considering that his best friend had just died.

* [[Futuristic Superhighway]]: The prequel trilogy shows [[Flying Car|flying cars]] driving in seemingly designated "lanes" on Coruscant.

* [[Gambit Pileup]]: Palpatine's intricate plans are legendary throughout the series, but there are others that famously compete with his. Specifically, Vader, Luke, and the Rebel leaders all run their own gambits in ''Return of the Jedi''. In order, the Rebels and Vader are [[Out-Gambitted]] by Palpatine, who is in turn [[Out-Gambitted]] by Luke.

* [[Generican Empire]]: The Galactic Republic, replaced by the Galactic Empire, replaced by the New Republic...

* [[Good Old Ways]]

* [[Good Republic, Evil Empire]]

* [[Graying Morality]]: The first trilogy. ''A New Hope'' has mostly clear-cut heroes and villains (except for [[Lovable Rogue]] Han Solo). In ''The Empire Strikes Back'', we learn that Obi-Wan lied to Luke about his father. In ''Return of the Jedi'', Luke is told that he must kill his own father or the Emperor will win.

* [[Hannibal Lecture]]: Palpatine is especially fond of giving them, but Dooku and Tarkin also get to.

* [[Hated Hometown]]: Luke and Anakin [[Like Father, Like Son|both]] feel this way about Tatooine.

* [[Have a Gay Old Time]]: There's a whole page of lines that sound sexual but aren't on Wookieepedia.

** {{spoiler|Vader}} sacrifices his life to save Luke from the Emperor.

* [[Highly-Conspicuous Uniform]]: White armored Stormtroopers on a forest moon. What?!

* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: Many villains such as Palpatine, Tarkin and Jabba die due to their own arrogance and hubris.

* [[Hollywood Healing]]: Luke and Anakin are very active for people with prosthetics. Medical technology in the Republic is far superior to anything we have today.

** Much of the Death Star attack at the climax of ''[[A New Hope]]'' comes from ''[[The Dam Busters]]'', down to the dialogue in places.

** The medal ceremony scene at the end of ''[[A New Hope]]'' is almost frame-for-frame out of the infamous Nazi propaganda film ''[[Triumph of the Will]]''.

* [[How Can Santa Deliver All Those Toys?]]: This was brought up in a concept album, not the holiday special.

* [[Huge Holographic Head]]: The Emperor.

* [[Human Aliens]]: Near-human aliens, some of which have a common ancestry.

* [[Humanoid Aliens]]

* [[Humans Are White]]: There are precisely two black people in the original trilogy: Lando, and Grizz Fix, an X-wing pilot who gets a quarter second of screen time (''dying'') in ''Jedi''. The prequels are slightly better about this. Slightly. Blue skin is still more common than black, but at least there's Mace Windu, the galaxy's second biggest badass, among the black characters.

* [[Humongous Mecha]]: The AT-series walkers.

* [[Spanner in the Works|Hydrospanner In The Works]]

 

== I-Q ==

* [[Iconic Logo]]

* [[Icon of Rebellion]]: The Rebel Alliance's emblem.

** In the prequels, Count Dooku serves as the figurehead of the rebel Separatists.

* [[Impossibly Cool Weapon]]: About half the weapons in the movies, but the lightsabers and the Death Stars deserve special note.

* [[Impractically Fancy Outfit]]: Amidala's regal outfits, which are so expensive Obi-Wan suggests bargaining with them to buy parts for her ship's hyperdrive.

* [[Inhumanly Beautiful Race]]: The Diathim from the moons of Iego are known as "angels" and Anakin describes them as "the most beautiful creatures in the universe" (relaying stories he'd heard from spacers).

* [[In the Blood]]: In this case, it's midichlorians, and evil.

* [[Ironic Echo]]: The scene where Vader has to choose between saving luke or letting him die is a mirror of the scene with Mace in the Chancellors office, and the consequences both large and small scale are also identical.

* [[I Shall Taunt You]]: The Emperor is an expert at this, but all of the villains do it routinely.

* [[I Will Tear Your Arms Off]]: According to Han, Wookiees have a tendency to do this when they lose at games.

* [[Jacob Marley Warning]]: Obi-Wan and Yoda to Luke before leaving to face Vader. Also, Vader himself is this to Luke when he realizes how closely Anakin's history mirrors his own.

* [[La Résistance]]: The Rebel Alliance.

* [[Large Ham]]: [[World of Ham|The entire cast at times]], but primarily Palpatine, Jabba, and '''[[Brian Blessed]]'''.

* [[Made of Phlebotinum]]: ''[[Star Wars]]'' could nominally be considered this trope, especially a planet like Coruscant, for example. [[Subspace or Hyperspace|Hyperdrive]], [[The Force]], [[Flying Car|levitating vehicles]], [[Frickin' Laser Beams|laser weapons]] and [[Laser Blade|swords]]...there wouldn't be much left to this [[The Verse|'verse]] if you subtracted the [[Phlebotinum]].

* [[Magic by Any Other Name]]: The Force is probably the most famous example.

* [[Martial Pacifist]]: Although the Jedi don't hesitate to use violence when necessary, they try hard not to kill unless there is no choice. As well, Jedi don't believe in the use of pre-emptive violence.

* [[Master Apprentice Chain]]:

* [[Master Swordsman]]: Many, including but not limited to Palpatine, Dooku ([[All There in the Manual|who is described as such in the script]]), Yoda, Mace Windu, Qui-Gon (described as one of the only Jedi able to duel Mace to a draw consistently), Obi-Wan, Anakin...

* [[Meaningful Name]]: Ever notice how some of the Sith names take a sinister word starting with "in" and just chop the "in" off? (in)vader, (in)sidious? Coincidence? I don't think so!

** Most/all Sith names are some form of a sinister word.

* [[Medieval Stasis]]: The franchise takes place over tens of thousands of years (e.g. ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]'' is set four thousand years before ''Episode I'') and yet there is little to no technological or cultural development in that time. <ref>Aside from the Death Star, but we know how that turned out.</ref>

* [[Merchandise-Driven]]: The franchise may not have started that way, but it definitely ended up there. There are about six different versions of the medical droid that works on Luke at the end of ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]''.

* [[Merchant City]]: There's a reason Mos Eisley attracts [[Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy|scum and villainy]] of all types.

* [[Mid-Atlantic Accent]]: Carrie Fisher [[Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping|slips in and out of]] this accent in ''[[Star Wars]]'':

{{quote|''Daahth Vadah. Ohnly you could be soh bohld.''}}

* [[Mind Over Manners]]: The Jedi's responsible use of their suggestion and telepathy powers.

* [[Misguided Missile]]

* [[Model Planning]]: The Death Star attack planning sessions in both ''A New Hope'' and ''Return of the Jedi'' are holographic versions of this trope.

* [[National Weapon]]: The Jedi Order uses [[Laser Blade|lightsabers]]. The various incarnations of the Sith Order also use lightsabers, universally colored red.

* [[Neck Lift]]: Vader does this to the captain of the Tantive IV.

* [[Nice Hat]]: Padmé has a few.

* [[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain]]: Palpatine torturing Luke, which drives Vader to intervene and kill Palpatine to [[Papa Wolf|save his son's life]].

** In the prequel trilogy, Anakin is the Rogue and Obi-Wan is the Noble.

* [[No Body Left Behind]]: Obi-Wan and Yoda fade away when they die, leaving behind empty robes. Notably, Vader's body does not disappear. However, it's implied that while his body was in the funeral pyre, Vader learned from either Obi-Wan, Yoda, or Qui-Gon (the latter who learned the trick years after his own death) how to become one with the Force, so his burning body might have simply faded away during the funeral pyre instead of turning into ashes. This theory is supported when Anakin's Force ghost appears with those of Obi-Wan and Yoda.

** Yoda also only has one name, and so does Dooku.

* [[Not Now, Kiddo]]: C-3PO, especially in the EU.

* [[Not So Different]]: Luke and Vader, and by extension the Jedi and the Sith. Palpatine [[Hannibal Lecture|lectures]] Anakin about this.

* [[Not Wearing Tights]]: The Jedi Order.

* [[Once an Episode]]: Every film features a gigantic space battle and at least one lightsaber duel, which is usually around a pit of some sort.

* [[One Product Planet]]: As with any good space opera, Star Wars provides plenty of examples of this: Coruscant is a Capital, Bespin and Kessel are Mines, Endor houses a Superweapon, the First Death Star itself was a Superweapon, Genosis is a Factory world, Tatooine is a minor Underworld, and Yavin and Hoth were Strategic locations. Naboo was Blockaded for a while.

* [[Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping]]: Leia is introduced as having a <s>British</s> Coruscanti accent, but it changes into <s>American</s> Corellian.

* [[Opening Scroll]]: [[Trope Codifier]].

* [[Palette-Swapped Alien Food]]: Blue milk.

* [[Papa Wolf]]: Ironically (since he is the villain, after all), Vader. All of his actions in retrospect turn out to be for the purpose of protecting his son from the Emperor, and that's what motivates his [[Heel Face Turn]].

* [[Parental Abandonment]]: [[Captain Obvious|Luke. It's a major plot element.]]

* [[Pint-Sized Powerhouse]]: Yoda.

* [[Politically-Incorrect Villain]]: Much of the Imperial brass. [[Manipulative Bastard|Palpatine]] himself is not necessarily, if only because he probably sees ''everyone'' but himself as pawns.

{{quote|'''Han''': Even if I could take off, I'd never get past the tractor beam.

'''Obi-Wan''': Leave that to me.

** Obi-Wan himself gets his only profanity in the entire series in the same film when he uses the term "damn fool idealistic crusade" to describe what Uncle Owen thinks of his mission as he introduces Luke to the Jedi religion.

** Also, Han to Leia: "[[What the Hell, Hero?|What the hell are you doing?]]"

{{quote|'''Rebel technician''': Sir, your tauntaun will freeze before you reach the first marker.

* [[Precursors]]: Most prominently the Celestials who built Centerpoint(as well as the entire Corellian system) and the Maw, and the Rakata who created the first true galaxy-spanning civilization with Infinite Empire and are responsible for modern galactic civilization having the hyperdrive. Many other lesser examples such as the Killiks, who we now know were one of the slave races that the Celestials used to make <s> Centerpoint</s> Qolaraloq and the Maw.

* [[Prequel in the Lost Age]]: The prequels are set before and during the Clone Wars and the downfall of the Old Republic, and feature the Jedi Order as it was before the Purge.

* [[Prodigal Hero]]: [[The Obi-Wan|Obi Wan Kenobi]] exiles himself to watch over little Luke Skywalker from a distance, and then returns to the first line to be his mentor.

* [[Psychic Radar]]: The Jedi and the Sith both get to use their mental powers to look for people; usually each other. The most famous example is Darth Vader sensing the presence of Obi-Wan on the Death Star.

* [[Psychological Torment Zone]]: The Dark Side cave.

* [[Ray Gun]]: Blasters and the turbo lasers.

* [[Rebel Leader]]: Princess Leia.

** "Put that thing away, you're going to get us all killed!"

* [[Red Right Hand]]: The yellow eyes of the Sith, and Palpatine's epithelial deformity.

** Unsurprisingly they are indeed wearing orange-to-red flight suits.

* [[Refuge in Cool]]: Most of the franchise is loaded with [[Rule of Cool]].

* [[Right in Front of Me]]: Luke and Yoda; also Qui-Gon and Anakin.

* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: Anakin slaughters the whole Tusken tribe that tortured her mother to death in ''[[Attack of the Clones]]''.

* [[Rock Beats Laser]]: Notoriously, the Ewoks are able to defeat seasoned Imperial troops despite their primitive technology. With some help from blaster-toting rebels. To be fair, the Ewoks did have a terrain advantage (both that they blend in better, and that smaller, more agile creatures are less hindered by all the foliage), backed up by extensive knowledge of said terrain, traps that have been laid out in advance, and no doubt a rather large amount of hubris on the part of the Imperial troops (would ''you'' take an Ewok as a serious threat if you hadn't seen the movie?).

* [[Royal Mess]]: Naboo has an elected queen. Leia is considered a princess despite being adopted.

* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]: Padmé is the queen of Naboo and leads the assault to take back the palace, and fights on Geonosis as the planet's senator.

* [[Rubber Forehead Aliens]]: Twi'lek, Cereans, Chevs, Zabrak, Khommites, etc.

{{quote|"Who fights with a purple lightsaber anyway?"}}

* [[Samuel L. Jackson]]: Naturally, he gets one of the most [[Badass]] roles.

* [[Sensor Character]]: Anyone Force-sensitive can sense the presence of other Jedi, Sith, etc., as well as powerful emotional outbursts from normal people.

* [[Sentient Cosmic Force]]: The Force is this.

* [[Serial Prostheses]]: Anakin loses a hand in ''Attack of the Clones'', and then loses most of his remaining limbs in ''Revenge of the Sith''.

* [[Series Mascot]]: Darth Vader, starting some time in [[The Nineties]]. Before then, C-3PO and R2-D2 seemed to have filled the role, albeit to a lesser extent.

* [[Serkis Folk]]: In the prequels and the various re-edits of the original trilogy, which drew much criticism [[Nostalgia Filter|from older fans]].

* [[Sidekick Ex Machina]]: Chewbacca hijacks an Imperial walker and rescues Han and Leia during the Battle of Endor.

* [[Single Biome Planet]]: Every planet besides Naboo: Tatooine (desert planet), Hoth (arctic planet), Coruscant (urbanized planet).

* [[Slave Mooks]]: The clones, in some people's point of view, and droids. An intelligent, self-aware, disposable, engineered worker race who must be brain wiped every few months else they get uppity.

* [[Smug Snake]]: Jabba the Hutt. Han offers to pay his debts to him and Jabba refuses to listen; when Leia and Luke warn Jabba that they could defeat him, Jabba and his minions do not take them seriously at all. Even when being led to the Sarlacc pit Luke says "this is your last chance; free us, or die." Jabba and his minions still refuse to take them seriously. Jabba is offered so many warnings and so many chances for alternatives that for him to still keep ignoring the heroes makes his [[Karmic Death]] all the more satisfying.

* [[Sonic Stunner]]: This well-established genre-SF trope is overshadowed by the blasters, but present.

* [[Space Jews]]: Watto.

** The Sand People are Space Apaches apparently.

* [[Spanner in the Works]]: The Imperial officer who orders his compatriot to hold his fire as the escape pod passes simply because he believed there was no way to verify if a living being was inside the pod and, thus, whether the pod was launched by accident or by design.

* [[The Spock]]: The Jedi ideal.

* [[Standard Establishing Spaceship Shot]]: The [[Trope Codifier]].

* [[Standard Evil Empire Hierarchy]]

** Galactic Empire:

** Confederation of Independent Systems:

* [[Standard Sci Fi History]]: The trope is invoked in the movies, with the Decline and Fall of the Republic, Interregnum of the Galactic Empire, and with the Empire's end the Formation of the New Republic.

* [[Standard Starship Scuffle]]: Especially in the space battles in ''Revenge of the Sith'' and ''Return of the Jedi'', but present to some extent in many of the films.

* [[Standard Time Units]]

* [[Starfish Robots]]: While many droids come in varieties more akin to the humanoid C3-PO, others look like the strange "trash bin on wheels" R2-D2, while still others have such surreal designs that it's difficult to compare them to any real life object.

* [[The Starscream]]: Vader only sides with Palpatine because he has no other options, and plots to overthrow him with Luke's help.

* [[Sudden Sequel Heel Syndrome]]: Anakin, from the perspective of anyone who watches the movies in internal chronological order.

* [[Summer Blockbuster]]: The [[Trope Codifier]], along with [[Steven Spielberg]]'s ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]''.

* [[Supernatural Martial Arts]]: A lot of the Force powers.

* [[Super Reflexes]]: A common ability for Force users.

* [[Surpassed the Teacher]]: The entire Sith philosophy of Rule of Two is for the apprentice to eventually surpass and kill his mentor, assuring that the Sith can only grow stronger.

* [[Survival Mantra]]

* [[Tactful Translation]]: How C-3PO translates Jabba the Hutt's discussion with a disguised Princess Leia.

* [[Target the Audience]]: The posters for ''A New Hope'' and ''Return of the Jedi''.

* [[Tempting Fate]]: Plenty of examples throughout the series, but [[Smug Snake|Motti]]'s "this station is now the ultimate power in the universe" remark takes the cake; and Tarkin's "[[Famous Last Words|I think you overestimate their chances]]" must earn a close second.

* [[Terms of Endangerment]]

* [[Terra Deforming]]: This seems to have happened to Coruscant at some point.

{{quote|''' {{spoiler|Vader}}''': "That name no longer has any meaning for me."}}

* [[That's No Moon]] : The Death Star.

{{quote|"Where is Padme? Is she safe? Is she all right?"

* [[Thicker Than Water]]

* [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works]]: Especially when you have telekinetic powers.

** Palpatine attempts to kill Vader's son right in front of him.

** Dooku taunts Anakin during their last fight, [[Insult Backfire|which only makes him madder and more aggressive]].

* [[Tragic Hero]]: Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader is a textbook example of this trope.

* [[Tree-Top Town]]: The Ewok village on Endor and the Wookiees' dwellings on Kashyyyk.

* [[Triang Relations]]: Luke/Leia/Han are either type 4 or type 7. (Does Leia like Luke or not?) Lando also likes Leia, but it doesn't appear to be reciprocated.

** On the non-romantic front, [[Ho Yay|except in]] [[Fanon]], Obi-wan/Padmé/Anakin is type 7, with the Jedi code (as drilled into him by Obi-Wan) telling Anakin his feelings for Padmé are wrong. [[Fanon]] puts them in... all the situations where there is at least one mutual attraction.

* [[Troperiffic]]: It could be said that the whole purpose of the [[George Lucas Throwback]] is to celebrate tropes. The entire series is [[Trope Overdosed]].

* [[True Companions]]: The Heroes of Yavin: Luke, Han, Leia and friends.

* [[Two Roads Before You]]: Luke has to choose between staying on Dagobah and completing his training with Yoda, or going to rescue his friends on Cloud City.

* [[Tyrant Takes the Helm]]: Palpatine gradually does this throughout the prequels, culminating with him declaring himself Emperor in ''[[Revenge of the Sith]]''.

* [[Unfortunate Names]]

* [[Unintentional Backup Plan]]: Over the course of the movies. Qui-Gon's original plan was for Anakin to bring balance to [[The Force]]. However, he ends up falling to the Dark Side and it seems that he won't. In ''Return of the Jedi'', however, he does bring balance to the Force by ensuring that the last of the evil aspect of the Dark Side of the Force dies (and subsequently burns) with him; his son destroys the last vestiges of Vader by burning him on a funeral pyre according to Jedi customs (and it's implied that Anakin's body simply faded away under a minute after the pyre was lit).

** Also lampshaded by Carrie Fisher in the commentary for [[Return of the Jedi]]:

{{quote|"[Han/Harrison] wears the same outfit for three flicks. And I was complaining that I wear, like, six outfits. And my mother, Natalie Portman, she wears three million. She walks through a doorway and there’s another outfit. It’s like the Liberace of sci-fi changing of clothes."}}

* [[Used Future]]: The original Trilogy is the [[Trope Codifier]]. To quote the page: "''Star Wars'' more or less defines the trope". See [[Creepy Cleanliness]], above.

* [[Used to Be a Sweet Kid]]: Anakin before he went over to [[The Dark Side]]. The prequels fill this in.

* [[Villains Never Lie]]: Palpatine never lies. Nor does Dooku. Or more accurately, [[Cassandra Truth|they tell the truth in a way that makes you believe a lie]].

* [[Villain Takes an Interest]]: Emperor/Luke, and Vader/Luke, from Luke's POV.

* [[Voice of the Legion]]

* [[War Is Glorious]]

* [[Warrior Monk|Warrior Monks]]: The Jedi.

* [[We Are as Mayflies]]: "Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter..."

* [[We Can Rebuild Him]]: Numerous characters replace severed limbs with artificial ones, but Vader is the only one to end up with ''all'' of his limbs being replaced.

* [[We Can Rule Together]]: Vader offers this to Luke, and Dooku to Obi-Wan. Both refuse.

* [[What's a Secret Four]]: The original trilogy has it in spades: What's the Kessel Run? What's a womprat? What does that droid do? What are those aliens? What was Aunt Beru cooking there? However, over thirty years of fandom and the [[Expanded Universe]] have filled in details for virtually anything that appears on the screen.

* [[Why Don't Ya Just Shoot Him]]: During his fight with General Grievous, Obi-Wan's lightsaber is lost, and he fights him using the Force, despite there being a convenient blaster at his feet. [[Chekhov's Gun|He eventually does]].

* [[With Friends Like These...]]: R2-D2 and C-3P0. Although the [[Bilingual Dialogue]] means we don't know just how much hostility R2 reciprocates, occasionally C-3P0 quotes him: "Don't call me a 'mindless philosopher'...", and tells him to watch his language.

* [[Woman in White]]: Leia, a lot of the time, to the point where Carrie Fisher speculated that Leia's favorite color is white. Padmé less frequently.

** Luke also manages some gambits of his own. Mostly of the [[Trojan Prisoner]] variety.

** The Clone Wars. After all their effort and sacrifices, Palpatine's plan would have given him full power whether the Republic and Jedi had won or lost.

* [[You Could Have Used Your Powers for Good]]

* [[Youth Center]]: Luke hangs out in one in a deleted scene from ''[[A New Hope]]''.

** On the "looks old" end of things, we have the motif of cybernetic hands now that we're entering the age of embryonic stem cells, and the vector graphics on the tactical display and targeting computer in ''[[A New Hope]]''.

 

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