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- V isual effects have come a long way since Star Wars took home the first Academy Award for Best Visual Effects in 1978. Revisit everything from a galaxy far, far away to a dream near you with a look at every Visual Effects Oscar winner since the award’s inception.
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The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi received Special Achievement Awards for their visual effects, [4] [5] and Star Wars received a Special Achievement Award for its alien, creature and robot voices.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences first recognized the technical contributions of special effects to movies at its inaugural dinner in 1929, presenting a plaque for "Best Engineering Effects" to the first Best Picture Oscar winner, the World War I flying drama Wings.
- A New Hope
- The Empire Strikes Back
- Return of The Jedi
- The Phantom Menace
- Attack of The Clones
- Revenge of The Sith
- The Force Awakens
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- The Last Jedi
- Solo: A Star Wars Story
The top Academy Award-winning Star Wars film, this motion picture was nominated for ten Oscars and won six. These included Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Costume Design, Best Sound, Best Film Editing, Best Effects (Visual Effects), and Best Music (Original Score).In addition, Ben Burtt got a Special Achievement Academy Award for Sound Effe...
The well-known Star Wars sequel was nominated for three Oscars: Best Sound, Best Scoreand Best Art Direction. In the end, it only ended up winning one, taking home Best Sound. It did also, however, win a Special Achievement Award for Visual Effects.
The third of the original trilogy, this film was nominated for Best Original Music Score, Best Sound Mixing, Best Product Design and Best Sound Editing, though failed to win any of these awards. Similar to its predecessor, however, it did win a Special Achievement Award for Visual Effects.
Despite being nominated for three Oscars, this first installment of the Prequel Trilogy failed to win any awards. It was nominated for Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Mixing and Best Sound Editing.
Attack of the Clones was only nominated for one Academy Award, Best Visual Effects, and unfortunately did not win.
Sadly, just like its predecessor, the third installment of the Prequel Trilogy also failed to win an Oscar, after being nominated for Best Makeup.
Released in 2015 after a 10 year Star Wars hiatus, the first movie of the Sequel Trilogy was nominated for four Academy Awards: Best Original Music Score, Best Visual Effects, Best Film Editing and Best Sound Editing. It too, however, failed to win an Oscar.
This critically acclaimed Star Wars spin-off movie was nominated for two awards: Best Sound Mixing and Best Visual Effects. However, the fresh take on the franchise didn’t do much to impress Oscar voters. The film did not win an award.
This second installment of the Star Wars sequel trilogy racked up four nominations, this time for Best Original Music Score, Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Editing, and Best Sound Mixing. Unfortunately, the Oscar drought continues for Star Wars. The Last Jedifailed to win a single award.
Despite receiving some critical acclaim, Solo is considered by many to be the first box office “bomb” in the Star Wars franchise. It did manage to garner one Oscar nomination for Best Visual Effects, but lost out to First Man.
Feb 20, 2015 · V isual effects have come a long way since Star Wars took home the first Academy Award for Best Visual Effects in 1978. Revisit everything from a galaxy far, far away to a dream near you...
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- “A New Hope” (1977) Dir: George Lucas. Starring: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness. “Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire’s world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader.”
- “Empire Strikes Back” (1980) Dir: Irvin Kershner. Starring: Hamill, Ford, Fisher, Billy Dee Williams. “After the Rebels are overpowered by the Empire, Luke Skywalker begins his Jedi training with Yoda, while his friends are pursued across the galaxy by Darth Vader and bounty hunter Boba Fett.”
- “The Force Awakens” (2015) Dir: J.J. Abrams. Starring: Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Ford. “As a new threat to the galaxy rises, Rey, a desert scavenger, and Finn, an ex-stormtrooper, must join Han Solo and Chewbacca to search for the one hope of restoring peace.”
- “Return of the Jedi” (1983) Dir: Richard Marquand. Starring: Hamill, Ford, Fisher, Ian McDiarmid. “After rescuing Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt, the Rebels attempt to destroy the second Death Star, while Luke struggles to help Darth Vader back from the dark side.”
May 2, 2019 · At the 2016 Academy Awards, Star Wars: The Force Awakens was nominated in five categories: Film Editing, Original Score, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, and Visual Effects. It won none of them.
I think 2001: A Space Odyssey had better special effects than Star Wars. Jurassic Park was aslo a milestone in visual effects. The next great movie after LOTR has already happened. Avatar was a great achievement in terms of visual effects.
