The Making of Star Wars

The Making of Star Wars is a television special produced by Gary Kurtz and released by 20th Century Fox, which originally aired on the ABC Television Network on September 16, 1977.

The special features interviews with the writers, producers, and cast members of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, including Kurtz, George Lucas, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, and Harrison Ford and is narrated by C-3PO (Voiced by Anthony Daniels), R2-D2, with a voiceover narration by William Conrad.

Home video release
The special was the first Star Wars material to be released to the home video market in 1979 by Magnetic Video. The special was reissued to video in 1980 with a trailer for The Empire Strikes Back, which had been released that year. This trailer was not featured on the DVD box set issued in 2004.

In 1982, it was reissued to video by 20th Century Fox on VHS, Betamax, CED, and Laserdisc as part of a double feature with the 1980 special SPFX: The Making of the Empire Strikes Back. It was reissued seperately in Japan on Laserdisc in 1992, and was reissued as a triple feature with SPFX and the 1983 special Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi. It has not been reissued in any video format in the United States since then.

Alternate version
In 1995, a special version of this special was released to VHS as a special mail-in offer with the Kelogg Company to tie-in with the last video and laserdisc releases of the original versions of the original trilogy. This version is identical to the 1977 version but replaces William Conrad's voiceover with that of another person. This version has not been issued on DVD nor any other format.

Some portions of the special were recently edited into The Story of Star Wars, a DVD that was issued as a promotional bonus only available at Wal-Mart stores for the DVD release of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.