I. ˈStar Wars 1 BrE AmE noun [uncountable]
an informal name for SDI
II. Star Wars 2 BrE AmE
(1977) a very popular US film made by George Lucas, the first in a series of six films about people in the future who live in a distant part of the universe. The film describes the battles between the forces led by Luke Skywalker and those led by the evil Darth Vader. The good characters in the film are helped and protected by a magic power called The Force, and they sometimes say to each other ‘The Force be with you’. It is known for its exciting and impressive ↑ special effect s . There are also several non-human characters, including a talking ↑ robot called R2D2.