(We excluded rereleases and special editions.)
(And who needs back-to-back special effects when you could geticonic one-linersthat even non-watchers recognize?)
Harrison Ford in ‘Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope’; Jake Lloyd in ‘Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace’; BB-8 in ‘Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens’.Credit:courtesy everett collection (3)
Peter Mayhew and Harrison Ford in ‘Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope’.Everett Collection
Dave Prowse in ‘Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back’.Lucasfilm
Tim Rose (right) in ‘Star Wars: Episode VI — Return of the Jedi’.Everett Collection
Natalie Portman in ‘Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace’.Everett Collection
Hayden Christensen and Natalie Portman in ‘Star Wars: Episode II — Attack of the Clones’.Everett Collection
Ewan McGregor in ‘Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith’.ILM/20th Century Fox
Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford in ‘Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens’.David James/© 2015 Lucasfilm Ltd
Felicity Jones and Diego Luna in ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’.Jonathan Olley/Lucasfilm
Daisy Ridley in ‘Star Wars: Episode VIII — The Last Jedi’.ILM/2017 Lucasfilm Ltd.
Alden Ehrenreich and Joonas Suotamo in ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’.Jonathan Olley/2018 Lucasfilm Ltd.
John Boyega and Naomi Ackie in ‘Star Wars: Episode IX — The Rise of Skywalker’.Jonathan Olley/2019 Lucasfilm Ltd.
