Episode IV: A New Hope

screenplays

Here is a list of original textual sources known to exist for what eventually became Star Wars - Episode IV: A New Hope. As these were the first treatments and screenplays to be developed for the Star Wars saga, many story elements found in these early documents appear not only in the first film, but throughout all the later films. Some of the texts are publicly available and can be downloaded here.

Partial handwritten outline entitled "Journal of the Whills" (no date)     Handwritten list of characters (no date)     Handwritten list of planets (no date)     The Star Wars - synopsis (no date)     The Star Wars, May 1973 - treatment typed from original notes   .txt - 13 KB The Star Wars, May 1974 - rough draft   .txt - 263 KB The Star Wars, July 1974 - first draft   .txt - 252 KB The Adventures of Luke Starkiller. Episode I: The Star Wars, January 28, 1975   .txt - 275 KB Original handwritten notes, January 30, 1975     The Adventures of Luke Starkiller. Episode I: The Star Wars, May 1, 1975 - story synopsis     "THE STAR WARS" From The Adventures of Luke Starkiller - Third Draft - August 1, 1975*   .txt - 229 KB From the Adventures of Luke Starkiller as taken from the "Journal of the Whills." SAGA I: The Star Wars, January 1, 1976 - fourth draft with George Lucas's original notes     The Adventures of Luke Starkiller as taken from the "Journal of the Whills." Saga I: The Star Wars, January 1, 1976 - fourth draft     Fourth draft, Battle, retyped January 1, 1976. Copy of original retyped version with final changes and suggested scene numbers     Fourth draft, Battle, retyped January 1, 1976. Copy of original new pages with suggested scene numbers     Fourth draft, Battle, retyped January 1, 1976 (Int. Luke's starship)     Fourth draft, Battle, storyboard numbers, January 1, 1976. (Ext. space around the fourth moon of Yavin)     The Adventures of Luke Starkiller as taken from the "Journal of the Whills." Saga I: The Star Wars, March 15, 1976 - revised fourth draft with George Lucas's original notes     The Adventures of Luke Starkiller as taken from the "Journal of the Whills." Saga I: The Star Wars, March 15, 1976 - revised fourth draft   .txt - 350 KB Revised fourth draft, pages 55-68, April 13, 1976 (Int. Death Star - corridor)     Revised fourth draft, Greedo dialogue Add. February 5, 1977 (Greedo scene title cards)     Public Draft*   .txt - 241 KB Public Draft with Special Edition supplement*

*not listed in Star Wars - The Annotated Screenplays