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Star Wars
noun
- a U.S. weapons research program begun in 1984 to explore technologies, including ground- and space-based lasers, for destroying attacking missiles and warheads.
Star Wars
noun
- Formal nameStrategic Defense Initiative (in the US) a proposed system of artificial satellites armed with lasers to destroy enemy missiles in space SDI
- modifier; sometimes not capitals of, relating to, or denoting this system
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Star Wars
1- A series of popular science fiction motion pictures created by George Lucas. The first trilogy debuted in 1977 with Star Wars: A New Hope . The Empire Strikes Back and The Return of the Jedi followed in the 1980s. Prequels, Episode I: The Phantom Menace and Episode 2: Attack of the Clones , were recently released. The films are noted for combining classic themes of good versus evil with cutting-edge special effects.
Star Wars
2- A popular name, taken from the title of a film, for the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) of President Ronald Reagan . “Star Wars” involves the development by the United States of a defense in outer space against intercontinental ballistic missiles .
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Star Wars1
C20: popularly named after the science fiction film Star Wars (1977) by George Lucas
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Example Sentences
I just recently rewatched all six Star Wars movies the other day… Oh wow, from the beginning?
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Are you excited, nervous, afraid, all of the above for the new Star Wars films?
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Only one other Star Wars film has earned a PG-13 rating, the 2005 prequel Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.
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Aaron Paul may play a young Han Solo in the first Star Wars spin-off.
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An examination of some of the rumors surrounding the newest entry in the Star Wars canon.
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