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| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
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| 1978 | Won | Oscar |
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration John Barry Norman Reynolds Leslie Dilley Roger Christian |
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Best Costume Design John Mollo |
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Best Effects, Visual Effects John Stears John Dykstra Richard Edlund Grant McCune Robert Blalack |
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Best Film Editing Paul Hirsch Marcia Lucas Richard Chew |
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Best Music, Original Score John Williams |
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Best Sound Don MacDougall Ray West Bob Minkler Derek Ball Derek Ball was not present at the awards ceremony. |
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| Special Achievement Award |
Ben Burtt (as Benjamin Burtt Jr.) For sound effects. (For the creation of the alien, creature and robot voices.) |
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| Nominated | Oscar |
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Alec Guinness |
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Best Director George Lucas |
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Best Picture Gary Kurtz |
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Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen George Lucas |
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| 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 |
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Best Director George Lucas Tied with Steven Spielberg for Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977). |
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Best Make-Up Rick Baker Stuart Freeborn |
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Best Music John Williams Tied with John Williams for Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977). |
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Best Science Fiction Film |
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Best Special Effects John Dykstra John Stears |
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Best Supporting Actor Alec Guinness |
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Best Writing George Lucas |
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Outstanding Editing Paul Hirsch Marcia Lucas Richard Chew |
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| Nominated | Saturn Award |
Best Actor Harrison Ford |
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Best Actor Mark Hamill |
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Best Actress Carrie Fisher |
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| 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 |
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| Nominated | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Costume Design John Mollo |
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Best Film |
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Best Film Editing Paul Hirsch Marcia Lucas Richard Chew |
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Best Production Design/Art Direction John Barry |
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| 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 |
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Best Film George Lucas |
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| 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 |
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Best Motion Picture - Drama |
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Best Motion Picture Actor in a Supporting Role Alec Guinness |
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| 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 |
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Best Picture |
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| 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). |
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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). |
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| 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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