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1977's Star Wars won 6 Oscars: Editing, Art Direction, Costume Design, Sound, Score, Visual Effects and received a special achievement award for Sound Effects.
1980's The Empire Strikes Back won 2 Oscars: Sound and Visual Effects.
No other Star Wars movie won an Oscar, despite all other four being nominated.
Star Wars won several awards at the 50th Annual Academy Awards, including Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, which went to John Barry, Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley and Roger Christian. Best Costume Design was awarded to John Mollo; Best Film Editing went to Paul Hirsch, Marcia Lucas and Richard Chew; John Stears, John Dykstra, Richard Edlund, Grant McCune and Robert Blalack all received awards for Best Effects, Visual Effects. John Williams was awarded his third Oscar for Best Music, Original Score; the Best Sound went to Don MacDougall, Ray West, Bob Minkler and Derek Ball; and a Special Achievement for Sound Effects went to Ben Burtt. Additional nominations included Alec Guinness for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, George Lucas for Best Screenplay and Best Director, although it did not win Best Picture, which went to Annie Hall.
Yes. "Star Wars" won six Academy Awards in 10 nominations and a Special Achievement award for Ben Burtt, who created the movie's sound effects. The list of nominations is as follows (Oscar wins in bold):
- Best Picture (Gary Kurtz, producer).
- Best Director (George Lucas).
- Best Supporting Actor (Sir Alec Guinness).
- Best Original Screenplay (Lucas).
- Best Original Score (John Williams).
- Best Art Direction (John Barry, Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley and Roger Christian).
- Best Costume Design (John Mollo).
- Best Film Editing (Paul Hirsch, Marcia Lucas and Richard Chew).
- Best Visual Effects (John Stears, John Dykstra, Richard Edlund, Grant McCune and Robert Blalack).
- Best Sound (Don MacDougall, Ray West, Bob Minkler and Derek Ball).
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King won the AcademyAward for Best Picture in 2003. The previous installments, TheFellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers, were both nominated forBest Picture, but lost to A Beautiful Mind and Chicago,respectively.
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"Star Wars" was nominated for won 10 1977 Academy Awards and won six (Oscar wins in bold):
- Best Picture (Gary Kurtz, producer).
- Best Director (George Lucas).
- Best Supporting Actor (Sir Alec Guinness).
- Best Original Screenplay (Lucas).
- Best Original Score (John Williams).
- Best Art Direction (John Barry, Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley and Roger Christian)
- Best Costume Design (John Mollo).
- Best Film Editing (Paul Hirsch, Marcia Lucas and Richard Chew).
- Best Visual Effects (John Stears, John Dykstra, Richard Edlund, Grand McCune and Richard Blalack).
- Best Sound (Don MacDougall, Ray West, Bob Minkler and Derek Ball).
In addition, a special Academy Award was presented to sound designer Ben Burtt for his achievement in creating the film's sound effects.
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The original Star Wars, since renamed Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope, won 6 competitive Oscars in 1977, more than any other film that year. They were all in the technical categories:
Best Art Direction/Set Decoration, Best Costume Design, Best Visual Effects, Best Film Editing, Best Music, Original Score; and Best Sound.
It also won a Special Achievement Award for sound effects.
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No, but it was nominated. It lost to Annie Hall.
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