When a comet passes the earth very closely, it pulls a small part of North Africa with it. Carried along is a bunch of people. Among them Angelika, who just escaped from a ruthless weapon dealer's ship, and her two brothers, who are searching her. Then there's a group of natives, who plan a rebellion against the French colonists. All these conflicts become secondary when the people finally realize that they are doomed to live together on an alien planet. However this time of peace and world-happiness won't last for long...
维德勋爵（大卫•普劳斯 David Prowse 饰）把抵抗力量赶出基地，并派出数以千计的探针寻找卢克•天行者（马克•哈米尔 Mark Hamill 饰）。抵抗力量埋伏到冰天雪地的哈斯星，卢克在一次巡逻任务中意外被雪人所俘，运用“原力”逃生后晕厥中听到欧比-旺•肯诺比（亚历克•吉尼斯 Alec Guinness 饰）要他前往狄克星寻找绝地武士尤达师傅受训。银河帝国派出大军进攻哈斯星，韩•索罗（哈里森•福特饰）携猿人丘巴卡（彼得•梅林 Peter Mayhew 饰）带莉亚公主（卡里•费什尔 Carrie Fisher 饰）和机器人C-3PO乘千年隼飞船逃生，到达韩•索罗的旧识总督蓝多•卡瑞辛（比利•迪•威廉姆斯 Billy Dee Williams 饰）的贝斯平云城暂时歇脚，却发现蓝多早与维德勋爵达成协议，出卖韩•索罗设计陷阱诱惑卢克前来。学业未成的卢克不顾尤达的劝阻执意孤身付险，一场恶战在所难免。 本片获第53界奥斯卡最佳声效奖及视觉效果特殊贡献奖，并获最佳艺术指导-布景及最佳原创电影音乐两项提名。
A warrior and a beautiful ex-convict are left to fight the galaxy's most fearsome commandos in an alien wasteland.
影片的故事背景设定在虫兽与人类20年持久战之后的一次偷袭。面对这一前所未有的灾难，人类战警挺身而出，与异形虫兽展开了一场生死搏斗，誓死守护人类家园。
