Star Wars is one of the most famous film franchises of all time. In many ways, the films are like no others. George Lucas, Star Wars' creator, used a number of different techniques and forged a path for many films to come.
One of Star War's most well-known attributes is its opening sequence. The movies start off with a shot of a starry night and the film's theme song starts to play.
Then yellow opening credits start to roll out from the bottom of the screen. They start out large and shrink into the distance after the audience has read them. Many many parodies have been done of these opening credits.
Lucas actually had trouble getting permission to use such credits though. He had to pay a fine and resign from the Directors Guild because they were trying to make him use conventional opening credits.
It should be noted that after the credits roll, the camera pans across the starry night sky. This, too, had never been done before. Stars were always shot with a motionless camera.