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How Star Wars ruined Hollywood

Forty years ago today, director George Lucas unleashed his dream about a fantastic universe filled with brave warriors, devoted robots and exhilarating space battles. But the success of the epic series has come at a creative cost for the movie industry.

Blockbuster space opera has spawned an army of imitators at the cost of original stories

How Star Wars ruined Hollywood

7 years ago
Duration 2:53
While Star Wars fans are celebrating the 40th anniversary of the sci-fi epic CBC's Eli Glasner explores the dark side of Hollywood's blockbuster space series.

Forty years ago today, Star Warsopened in just 43 cinemas.Soon enough, the sci-fiepic was playing hundred of screens and a franchise was born.

With time, the Star Warsfilms earned billions of dollars at the box office and changed the way movies are made. But there is a dark side to its success.

In the video above,CBC'sEliGlasnerexploresthe consequences of Hollywood's blockbuster space series.