The History of Star Wars- by Steven Voytilla By stevenvoytilla Period: 1975 to 2020 The History of Star Wars May 25, 1977 Episode IV: A New Hope was released May 25, 1977 as the first Star Wars movie May 21, 1980 Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back was released May 21, 1980 May 25, 1983 Episode VI: Return of the Jedi was released May 25, 1983 May 19, 1999 Episode I: The Phantom Menace was released May 19, 1999 May 16, 2002 Episode II: Attack of the Clones was released May 16, 2002 May 19, 2005 Episode III: Revenge of the Sith was released May 19, 2005 Dec 18, 2015 Episode VII: The Force Awakens was released December 18, 2015 Dec 16, 2016 Rogue One was released December 16, 2016 Dec 15, 2017 Episode VIII: The Last Jedi was released December 15, 2017 May 10, 2018 Solo: A Star Wars Story was released May 10, 2018 2019 Star Wars is currently the second-highest-grossing film series of all time making $9,307,186,202