Why Star Wars Fans Almost Never Got To See The Film

Star Wars is such a staple of pop culture today that it's hard to imagine a time when no one took it seriously, but the space opera was thought of as quite an unlikely hit when it first became popular in 1977. In fact, we would never have been able to see the film had it not been for Lucas' previous film, American Graffiti, which gave him more freedom to make the kinds of movies he really wanted to.