When the special edition of George Lucas’s film Star Wars was released in January 1997, the distributor’s press book proclaimed:. While Star Wars was a defining event for one generation, it has been embraced by new generations, assuring its place as a timeless epic of grand design and boundless fun.
Additional Links. Back to the 1980s. The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI): Star Wars. The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), also known as Star Wars, was a program first initiated on March 23, 1983 under President Ronald Reagan.
The role of Ronald Reagan`s Military Buildup in the history of the United States of America.
Apr 03, 2018 · ‘Star Wars’ Missile Defense Is Back—but Will It Work? Space-based missile tracking sensors, high-energy particle beams that zap nuclear warheads and President Donald Trump’s call for a new “Space Force” branch of the US military.
The Force is a metaphysical and ubiquitous power in the Star Wars fictional universe.It is wielded by characters in the franchise’s films and …
May 04, 2018 · Friday, May 4, is what is unofficially known as Star Wars Day. For those of you who (or whose parents) didn’t have a hard time finding a date in high college, it’s Star Wars Day because in the Star Wars series, “May the Force be with you” is a …
As ‘Star Wars’ and its sequels broke box office records, it became a kind of political shorthand in ways George Lucas never intended.
Announcement. On 23 March 1983, Reagan delivered his “Star Wars” speech, stating “I call upon the scientific community who gave us nuclear weapons to turn their great talents to the cause of mankind and world peace: to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete.”
Cold War: A Brief History Reagan’s Star Wars. On March 23, 1983, President Reagan proposed the creation of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), an ambitious project that would construct a space-based anti-missile system.
Episode IV, Star Wars: A New Hope, the film that lit lightsabers everywhere, was released 40 years ago today.For the first time, we (or at least those of us who were alive back then) met Luke and Leia, Obi-Wan and Vader, Han and Chewie, C-3PO and R2-D2.