Star Wars Plot Formula

If you want to make your own Star Wars movie, here's the formula:

1. Opening crawl fades into the stars with an explanation of what is going on.
2. Film opens with action sequence(s) space battle
3. Light-saber action
4. Search sequence(s)
5. Action sequence(s) in space
6. Shoot-out sequences
7. Monster(s) attempt to kill good guys
8. R2-D2 has a heroic moment
9. The heroes blow something up
10. All the films have a high-speed chase sequence
11. New villains introduced
12. Main hero suffers tragedy
13. Droids damaged, destroyed or in disrepair
14. Bad guys die
15. New planets or moons introduced
16. Damage to the body
17. Good guy(s) dies in the first and third episode of the trilogy
18. One giant battle sequence
19. New star ships introduced
20. Villains capture at least one of the good guys
21. Jedi Mind Trick
22. Each film features a chasm or a deep pit of some kind
23. Characters ride on something, usually an animal
24. In each film, at least one character says, "I have a bad feeling about this."
25. In each film, at least one character says, "May the Force be with you."
26. Appearance of a new bounty hunter
27. Introduction of a new Force power
28. Small midget-sized characters
29. Film ends with celebration or heroes gathered together

If you want to see how the formula is applied, visit the Star Wars and Indiana Jones Plot Formulas page.

Caution: The page contains spoilers about Episode III.