The Making of Star Wars

The Making of Star Wars, sometimes known as The Making of Star Wars as Told by C-3PO and R2-D2, is an hour-long television special (49 minutes without commercials), produced and directed by Robert Guenette, which originally aired on the ABC Television Network on September 16, 1977. Star Wars producer Gary Kurtz acted as executive producer for the special.

The special features interviews with the writers, producers, and cast members of the film then known simply as Star Wars, including Kurtz, George Lucas, Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, and Alec Guinness; and is hosted by C-3PO (voiced by Anthony Daniels) and R2-D2 (performed by Kenny Baker), with voiceover narration by William Conrad. The show was produced by 20th Century Fox Television in association with the Star Wars Corporation (one of the early subsidiaries of Lucasfilm).

In addition to Star Wars and Lucas's previous films THX 1138 and American Graffiti, the special also includes footage from The Black Swan, The Mark of Zorro, My Darling Clementine, the Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe episode "Doom of the Dictator," the Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars episode "The Miracle of Magic," Twelve O'Clock High, The Dam Busters, and the Atari game Anti-Aircraft, which Fisher is seen playing during her interview.

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