List of accolades received by Star Wars (film franchise)
Star Wars is an American epic space opera media franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the eponymous 1977 film and quickly became a worldwide pop-culture phenomenon. The franchise has been expanded into various films and other media, including television series, video games, novels, comic books, theme park attractions, and , comprising an all-encompassing fictional universe. The franchise holds a "Guinness World Records" title for the "Most successful film merchandising franchise." In 2020, the "Star Wars" franchise's total value was estimated at billion, and it is currently the  fifth-highest-grossing media franchise of all time. The eleven live-action films together have been nominated for 37 Academy Awards, of which they have won seven. The films were also awarded a total of three Special Achievement Awards. "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi" received Special Achievement Awards for their visual effects, and "Star Wars" received a Special Achievement Award for its alien, creature and robot voices. The original film was nominated for most of the major categories, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor for Alec Guinness, while all sequels  have been nominated for technical categories. "Star Wars" has the most Saturn Awards (for a film franchise) with 44 wins. "Star Wars" (1977) was originally nominated for 16 awards and won 12; the actual number of wins include a special award to reward Gilbert Taylor's cinematography, a special award to celebrate its 20th anniversary in 1997, and 1 win as a part of a compilation (Best DVD Movie Collection) for "Star Wars Trilogy" (2004) in 2005. Total Saturn Award wins for each "Star Wars" film includes: 14 wins for "Star Wars" (1977), 4 wins for "The Empire Strikes Back  (1980), 5 wins for Return of the Jedi" (1983), 2 wins for "" (1999), 2 wins for "" (2002), 2 wins for "" (2005), 8 wins for "" (2015), 3 wins for "Rogue One" (2016), 3 wins for "" (2017), and 1 win for a compilation (Best DVD Movie Collection) comprising three films ("Star Wars Trilogy") of the franchise. Music for Star Wars has earned composer John Williams most of the awards and nominations in his career: 1 Academy Awards (5 nominations), 1 Golden Globe Awards (1 nomination), 2 BAFTA Awards (2 nominations), 6 Grammy Award (11 nominations), 3 Saturn Awards (4 nominations). To the  same John Williams' music to "A New Hope" is the only Golden Globe win for the "Star Wars".