The Empire Strikes Back, later renamed Star Wars: Episode V � The Empire Strikes Back (May 21, 1980).Star Wars, later renamed Star Wars: Episode IV � A New Hope (May 25, 1977).The three trilogies, or 'trilogy of trilogies', that make up the Skywalker Saga, which follows the eponymous Force-sensitive family as they and the people they meet change the course of the galaxy over many decades.