The Phantom Menace came out, the dramatic backlash against its slapstick humor and precocious kid hero prompted George Lucas to argue that Star Wars was – and always had been – “for children.” He didn’t necessarily mean exclusively for children,

After four younglings discover a derelict spaceship buried beneath the surface of their home planet, they find themselves wrapped in an interstellar adventure involving lost planets, deadly secrets, and dangerous pirates.

Disney saved $570.4 million on its Star Wars saga thanks to an ingenious maneuver which led to seven of the productions generating a $1.04 billion profit at the box office.