Historical clue formulations

• Highest-grossing movie of the 1970s — 2026-09-01
• Show of Force? — 2024-01-26
• A real cinematic tour de force? — 2021-02-06
• The American Film Institute named its soundtrack the greatest film score of all time — 2019-02-16
• Sci-fi movie that's inspired many a Halloween costume — 2017-10-30
• 1977 Lucas film — 2017-06-14
• *Astral saga that has a Darth part — 2014-01-12
• Source of the all-time best-selling movie-related toy line — 2012-04-04
• *Highest-grossing film of 1977 — 2011-02-22
• 1977 Best Picture nominee — 2001-12-01
• Top movie of 1977 — 1996-04-06
• Noted film trilogy — 1994-01-31