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Academy Awards, USA |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|
|
1978 |
Won |
Oscar |
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
John Barry
Norman Reynolds
Leslie Dilley
Roger Christian
|
Best Costume Design
John Mollo
|
Best Effects, Visual Effects
John Stears
John Dykstra
Richard Edlund
Grant McCune
Robert Blalack
|
Best Film Editing
Paul Hirsch
Marcia Lucas
Richard Chew
|
Best Music, Original Score
John Williams
|
Best Sound
Don MacDougall
Ray West
Bob Minkler
Derek Ball
Derek Ball was not present at the awards ceremony.
|
| Special Achievement Award |
Ben Burtt (as Benjamin Burtt Jr.)
For sound effects. (For the creation of the alien, creature and robot voices.)
|
| Nominated |
Oscar |
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Alec Guinness
|
Best Director
George Lucas
|
Best Picture
Gary Kurtz
|
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
George Lucas
|
| |
|
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|
|
1997 |
Won |
Special Award |
For its 20th Anniversary.
|
| |
|
1978 |
Won |
Saturn Award |
Best Costumes
John Mollo
|
Best Director
George Lucas
Tied with Steven Spielberg for Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977).
|
Best Make-Up
Rick Baker
Stuart Freeborn
|
Best Music
John Williams
Tied with John Williams for Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977).
|
Best Science Fiction Film
|
Best Special Effects
John Dykstra
John Stears
|
Best Supporting Actor
Alec Guinness
|
Best Writing
George Lucas
|
Outstanding Editing
Paul Hirsch
Marcia Lucas
Richard Chew
|
| Nominated |
Saturn Award |
Best Actor
Harrison Ford
|
Best Actor
Mark Hamill
|
Best Actress
Carrie Fisher
|
| |
|
American Cinema Editors, USA |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|
|
1978 |
Nominated |
Eddie |
Best Edited Feature Film
Richard Chew
Paul Hirsch
Marcia Lucas
|
| |
|
Awards of the Japanese Academy |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|
|
1979 |
Nominated |
Award of the Japanese Academy |
Best Foreign Language Film
|
| |
|
BAFTA Awards |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|
|
1979 |
Won |
Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music |
John Williams
|
| BAFTA Film Award |
Best Sound
Sam Shaw
Robert R. Rutledge
Gordon Davidson
Gene Corso
Derek Ball
Don MacDougall
Bob Minkler
Ray West
Michael Minkler
Les Fresholtz
Richard Portman
Ben Burtt
|
| Nominated |
BAFTA Film Award |
Best Costume Design
John Mollo
|
Best Film
|
Best Film Editing
Paul Hirsch
Marcia Lucas
Richard Chew
|
Best Production Design/Art Direction
John Barry
|
| |
|
British Society of Cinematographers |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|
|
1977 |
Nominated |
Best Cinematography Award |
Gil Taylor
|
| |
|
Directors Guild of America, USA |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|
|
1978 |
Nominated |
DGA Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
George Lucas
|
| |
|
Evening Standard British Film Awards |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|
|
1979 |
Won |
Evening Standard British Film Award |
Best Actor
Alec Guinness
|
Best Film
George Lucas
|
| |
|
Golden Globes, USA |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|
|
1978 |
Won |
Golden Globe |
Best Original Score - Motion Picture
John Williams
|
| Nominated |
Golden Globe |
Best Director - Motion Picture
George Lucas
|
Best Motion Picture - Drama
|
Best Motion Picture Actor in a Supporting Role
Alec Guinness
|
| |
|
Golden Screen, Germany |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|
|
1978 |
Won |
Golden Screen | |
| |
|
Grammy Awards |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|
|
1978 |
Won |
Grammy |
Best Album of Original Score written for a Motion Picture or Television Special
John Williams
|
| |
|
Hochi Film Awards |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|
|
1978 |
Won |
Hochi Film Award |
Best Foreign Language Film
George Lucas
|
| |
|
Hugo Awards |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|
|
1978 |
Won |
Hugo |
Best Dramatic Presentation
|
| |
|
Kinema Junpo Awards |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|
|
1979 |
Won |
Readers' Choice Award |
Best Foreign Language Film Director
George Lucas
|
| |
|
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|
|
1977 |
Won |
LAFCA Award |
Best Music
John Williams
|
Best Picture
|
| |
|
MTV Movie Awards |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|
|
1997 |
Won |
MTV Movie Award |
Lifetime Achievement
"Chewbacca"
For the Star Wars trilogy, also including Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983).
Chewbacca had been played by Peter Mayhew.
|
| |
|
National Film Preservation Board, USA |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|
|
1989 |
|
National Film Registry | |
| |
|
People's Choice Awards, USA |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|
|
1978 |
Won |
People's Choice Award |
Favorite Motion Picture
|
| |
|
Satellite Awards |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|
|
2005 |
Nominated |
Golden Satellite Award |
Best Classic DVD
For the Star Wars Trilogy.
Also for Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983).
|
Best Overall DVD
For the Star Wars Trilogy.
Also for Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983).
|
| |
|
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|
|
1978 |
Won |
Special Award | |
| |
|
Writers Guild of America, USA |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|
|
1978 |
Nominated |
WGA Award (Screen) |
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen
George Lucas
|
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