Star Wars
common name for the American military plan for destroying incoming nuclear missiles while they are still in the air; name of a science-fiction film | ||||
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STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE (STAR WARS)
A program that aims to protect the U.S. from nuclear attack by developing the capabilities to shoot down enemy missiles.
A program that aims to protect the U.S. from nuclear attack by developing the capabilities to shoot down enemy missiles.
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Star Wars
Star Wars is an epic space opera franchise and a fictional universe initially developed by George Lucas during the 1970s and expanded since that time. The first film was Star Wars (later retitled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope), which was released on May 25, 1977 by 20th Century Fox. The film became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, spawning two sequels subtitled The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Twenty-two years after the first Star Wars film was released, a prequel trilogy, set before the original trilogy, was released.
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