STAR WARS (Episode 4) Princess Leia is held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to quell the rebellion against the Galactic Empire. Luke Skywalker and Captain Han Solo team together with the loveable droid duo, R2-D2 and C-3PO, to rescue the beautiful princess and restore justice in the galaxy.

THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (Episode 5) The battle to save the galaxy from the evil Empire rages on as Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia and Chewbacca fave attack by the Imperial forces. While Han and Leia escape, Luke sets off to Dagobah in search of Yoda. Only with the Jedi Master's help will Luke survive when the dark side of the Force takes him into a life or death duel with Darth Vader.

RETURN OF THE JEDI (Episode 6) After rescuing Han Solo and Princess Leia from certain doom at the hands of crime lord Jabba the Hutt, Luke rejoins Yoda. For only by completing his Jedi training can he become a true Jedi Knight and defeat Darth Vader and the dark side of the Force. Creatures from all over the galaxy rally in an attempt to defy the Galactic Empire in this final chapter of the Star Wars Trilogy.

THE PHANTOM MENACE (Episode 1) Turmoil has engulfed the Galactic Republic. The taxation of trade routes to outlying star systems is in dispute. Hoping to resolve the matter with the blockade of deadly battleships, the greedy Trade Federation has stopped all shipping to the small planet of Naboo. While the Congress of the Republic endlessly debates this alarming chain of events, the Supreme Chancellor has secretly dispatched two Jedi Knights, the guardians of peace, to settle the conflict...

ATTACK OF THE CLONES (Episode 2) Ten years have passed since the events of The Phantom Menace. and Queen Amidala of Naboo is now a Senator. She has come to Coruscant to cast an important vote regarding the Republic's construction of an army to fight a growing Separatist alliance When her life is placed in danger through an assassination attempt. Anakin Skywalker, the apprentice of Jedi knight Obi-Wan Kenobi, is appointed her bodyguard and asked to escort her back to Naboo Meanwhile, Kenobi is sent by Mace Windu and Yoda to a remote, storm ridden planet called Kamino where the resident race has been constructing an army of clones. Whilst there he learns of the bounty hunter Jango Fett and his allegiance with Count Dooku, a powerful ex-Jedi who is now the apprentice to Darth Sidious.

REVENGE OF THE SITH (Episode 3) Three years after the onset of the Clone Wars, the noble Jedi Knights have been leading a massive clone army into a galaxy-wide battle against the Separatists. After the kidnapping of Chancellor Palpatine, Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi is dispatched to eliminate the evil General Grievous, while Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker's growing friendship with the Chancellor becomes frowned upon by the Jedi order, and dangerous to the Jedi Knight himself. When the sinister Sith Master Darth Sidious unveils a thousand-year-old plot to rule the galaxy, the fate of Anakin, the Jedi order, and the entire galaxy is at stake.

Extracts taken from 'A Guide to the Star Wars Universe' by Bill Slavicsek, Published by Boxtree Limited.