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The release of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” on Thursday marks the beginning of the third wave in the “Star Wars” series. How does the world now compare to the world when each of the last two trilogies began?
Star Wars:
A New Hope
Released May 25, 1977
Star Wars:
The Phantom Menace
Released May 19, 1999
Star Wars:
The Force Awakens
Released Dec. 18, 2015
Director
A New Hope:
George Lucas
The Phantom Menace:
George Lucas
The Force Awakens:
J.J. Abrams (pictured here with George Lucas)
Starring
A New Hope:
Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness
The Phantom Menace:
Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd
The Force Awakens:
Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford
Harrison Ford’s age
A New Hope:
34
The Phantom Menace:
56
The Force Awakens:
73
Unemployment rate
1977:
7.1 percent
1999:
4.2 percent
2015:
5 percent
Dow Jones Industrial Average
1977:
903.24
1999:
10,887.39
2015:
17,524.91 (Dec. 15 close)
U.S. President
Governor of Illinois
1977:
James R. Thompson
1999:
George Ryan
2015:
Bruce Rauner
Mayor of Chicago
1977:
Michael Anthony Bilandic (Richard J. Daley had died just 5 months earlier)
1999:
Richard M. Daley
2015:
Rahm Emanuel
Notable NASA mission to Mars
1977:
Viking 1 and Viking 2: first color panoramas of Mars
1999:
Mars Global Surveyor achieved orbit in 1997, finished primary mapping project by 2001
2015:
New photos from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show evidence of water, scientists say.
Star Wars villain
A New Hope:
Darth Vader
The Phantom Menace:
Darth Maul
The Force Awakens:
Kylo Ren
Real-world villain
1977:
Oil prices
1999:
Irrational exuberance
2015:
ISIS
Star Wars heroes
A New Hope:
Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia, Obi-Wan Kenobi
The Phantom Menace:
Anakin Skywalker, Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Padme Amidala, Jar Jar Binks
The Force Awakens:
Rey, Finn, Han Solo, General Leia, Poe Dameron
Real world hero (OK, it’s Time’s person of the year)
1977:
Anwar Sadat
1999:
Jeff Bezos
2015:
Angela Merkel
Big movie overlord’s construction
A New Hope:
Galactic Empire’s Death Star
The Phantom Menace:
Trade Federation’s droid army
The Force Awakens:
First Order’s Starkiller Base
Major construction on Earth
1977:
Pompidou Centre in Paris
2015:
One World Trade Center
Movie tech
A New Hope:
Lightsabers
The Phantom Menace:
Podracers
The Force Awakens:
Kylo Ren’s crossbar lightsaber
Notable real-world tech
1977:
Fiber optics
1999:
Y2K bug
2015:
Self-driving cars
Apple tech
1977:
Apple II
1999:
iMac
2015:
Apple Watch
Sources: Apple, AT&T, Chicago Public Library, Council for Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, Google Finance, Illinois Secretary of State, Lucasfilm, NASA, Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Smithsonian, Time Magazine, White House, World Trade Center, Tribune archives