How Star Wars ruined Hollywood
Forty years ago today, director George Lucas unleashed his dream about a fantastic universe filled with brave warriors, devoted robots and exhilarating space battles. But the success of the epic series has come at a creative cost for the movie industry.
Blockbuster space opera has spawned an army of imitators at the cost of original stories
Forty years ago today, Star Wars opened in just 43 cinemas. Soon enough, the sci-fi epic was playing hundred of screens and a franchise was born.
With time, the Star Wars films earned billions of dollars at the box office and changed the way movies are made. But there is a dark side to its success.
In the video above, CBC's Eli Glasner explores the consequences of Hollywood's blockbuster space series.