Though the Force awakens in just a few days, was it really ever asleep? Since the first film’s release in 1977, the influence of the Star Wars franchise never seems to have faded.

I’ve got a bad feeling about this

  With Episode VII now on the horizon, excitement has reached a new level. Director George Lucas and many others did not feel the same kind of energy leading up to the first film’s opening, however. As a matter of fact, Lucas felt so certain of failure that he went to Hawaii to avoid the first screening. He had no idea that his movie would be the second biggest moneymaker of all time, inflation considered.

May the gross be with you

  According to the Statistic Brain Research Institute, the Star Wars franchise has made about $27 billion, all sales included. The six films themselves only account for over $4 billion. A total of 130 video games and 358 books also make up a tidy sum. However, the greatest contribution, about $12 billion, actually comes from toy sales.