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The crew of the Serenity is getting desperate. They have lain lower and lower to protect their doctor, Simon Tam (Sean Maher), and his telepathic traumatized little sister, River (Summer Glau), from the alliance, whom he rescued her from a year earlier. This has made getting jobs harder and now they are desperate. When they take River on a robbery during which Reavers (humans who have gone crazy and turned into cannibals) attack, Simon decides that its time to leave the crew of the Serenity for his and River's safety. She then mutters "Miranda" and goes berserk and nearly shoots Capt. Malcolm Reynolds (Nathan Fillion), until her brother says the safety word to put her to sleep. Reynolds decides to take them back on board for safety, only now an alliance operative (Chiwetel Ejiofor) is on their tracks and making Reynolds determined to find out what "Miranda" is and what the Alliance is hiding.
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Nathan Fillion |
Gina Torres |
Alan Tudyk |
Morena Baccarin |
Adam Baldwin |
Jewel Staite |
Sean Maher |
Summer Glau |
Ron Glass |
Chiwetel Ejiofor |
David Krumholtz |
Michael Hitchcock |
Sarah Paulson |
Yan Feldman |
Rafael Feldman |
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Joss Whedon |
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This First Episode follows the young years of Anakin Skywalker (Darth Vader). The friendship of Obi-wan Kenobi, Yoda and Qui-Gon Jinn are also central aspects. And the beginning of the rise to power of Senator Palpatine to Emperor.
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Liam Neeson |
Ewan McGregor |
Natalie Portman |
Jake Lloyd |
Pernilla August |
Frank Oz |
Ian McDiarmid |
Oliver Ford Davies |
Hugh Quarshie |
Ahmed Best |
Anthony Daniels |
Kenny Baker |
Terence Stamp |
Brian Blessed |
Andrew Secombe |
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George Lucas |
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Ten years after the 'Phantom Menace' threatened the planet Naboo, Padmé Amidala is now a Senator representing her homeworld. A faction of political separatists, led by Count Dooku, attempts to assassinate her. There aren't enough Jedi to defend the Republic against the threat, so Chancellor Palpatine enlists the aid of Jango Fett, who promises that his army of clones will handle the situation. Meanwhile, Obi-Wan Kenobi continues to train the young Jedi Anakin Skywalker, who fears that the Jedi code will forbid his growing romance with Amidala...
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Ewan McGregor |
Natalie Portman |
Hayden Christensen |
Christopher Lee |
Samuel L. Jackson |
Frank Oz |
Ian McDiarmid |
Pernilla August |
Temuera Morrison |
Daniel Logan |
Jimmy Smits |
Jack Thompson |
Leeanna Walsman |
Ahmed Best |
Rose Byrne |
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George Lucas |
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A maturing Anakin Skywalker goes to the dark side of The Force and becomes Sith Lord Darth Vader. We experience the transformation in a dark, scary yet thrilling climax. The story here logically sets up the events of Episode IV, the original 1977 Star Wars movie in which Darth Vader goes to war against his own children, Luke and Leia.
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Ewan McGregor |
Natalie Portman |
Hayden Christensen |
Ian McDiarmid |
Samuel L. Jackson |
Jimmy Smits |
Frank Oz |
Anthony Daniels |
Christopher Lee |
Keisha Castle-Hughes |
Silas Carson |
Jay Laga'aia |
Bruce Spence |
Wayne Pygram |
Temuera Morrison |
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George Lucas |
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In a distant galaxy eons before the creation of the mythical planet known as Earth, vast civilizations have evolved, and ruling the galaxy is an interstellar Empire created from the ruins of an Old Republic that held sway for generations. It is a time of civil war, as solar systems have broken away from the Empire and are waging a war of rebellion. During a recent battle techical schematics for a gigantic space station, code named The Death Star, have been unearthed by Rebel spies, and a young woman who is a dissident member of the Imperial Senate, under the cover of a diplomatic mission to the planet Alderaan, is trying to smuggle these plans to the Rebellion. But her spacecraft is attacked by a vast warship of the Empire and seized. The dissident Senator is captured, but the plans for the Death Star are nowhere to be found. While soldiers of the Empire search the nearby planet Tatooine, a series of incidents sweeps up a young desert farmer with dreams of being a fighter pilot in the Rebellion, as he winds up with the Death Star plans and also the assistance of an elderly hermit who once served as a warrior of an ancient order whose chosen weapons were powerful energy swords known as light sabers. The pair recruit a cynical interstellar smuggler and his outsized alien copilot with an ancient freighter heavily modified for combat to help them reach Alderaan - but the planet is obliterated and now the foursome must rescue the young woman held prisoner by the Empire and lead an attack by the Rebellion against the Death Star before it can annihilate all hope of restoring freedom to the galaxy.
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Mark Hamill |
Harrison Ford |
Carrie Fisher |
Peter Cushing |
Alec Guinness |
Anthony Daniels |
Kenny Baker |
Peter Mayhew |
David Prowse |
James Earl Jones |
Phil Brown |
Shelagh Fraser |
Jack Purvis |
Alex McCrindle |
Eddie Byrne |
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George Lucas |
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Fleeing the evil Galactic Empire, the rebels abandon their new base on Hoth. Princess Leia, Han Solo and the droids R2-D2 and C-3P0 escape in the damaged Millenium Falcon, but are later captured by Lord Darth Vader on Bespin. Skywalker, meanwhile, follows Ben Kenobi's posthumous command and receives Jedi training by Yoda on Dagobah. Will Skywalker manage to rescue his friends from the dark lord?
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Thriller |
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Mark Hamill |
Harrison Ford |
Carrie Fisher |
Billy Dee Williams |
Anthony Daniels |
David Prowse |
Peter Mayhew |
Kenny Baker |
Frank Oz |
Alec Guinness |
Jeremy Bulloch |
John Hollis |
Jack Purvis |
Des Webb |
Clive Revill |
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Irvin Kershner |
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Darth Vader and the Empire are building a new, indestructible Death Star. Meanwhile, Han Solo has been imprisoned, and Luke Skywalker has sent R2D2 and C3PO to try and free him. Princess Leia - disguised as a bounty hunter - and Chewbacca go along as well. The final battle takes place on the moon of Endor, with its natural inhabitants, the Ewoks, lending a hand to the rebels. Will Darth Vader and the dark side overcome the rebels and take over the universe ?
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Thriller |
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Mark Hamill |
Harrison Ford |
Carrie Fisher |
Billy Dee Williams |
Anthony Daniels |
Peter Mayhew |
Sebastian Shaw |
Ian McDiarmid |
Frank Oz |
James Earl Jones |
David Prowse |
Alec Guinness |
Kenny Baker |
Michael Pennington |
Kenneth Colley |
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Richard Marquand |
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