Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope

This film introduces the characters of Luke Skywalker and
Princess Leia, as well as the iron fisted regime of the Galactic Empire. On
Tatooine, Luke's home planet, the exiled Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi, in the guise of a
kindly old hermit named Ben Kenobi, watches over him. When Luke realizes his
Jedi potential, he teams with Han Solo, joins the Rebels, destroys the Death
Star and rescues Leia from Darth Vader. However, Obi-Wan dies in combat with
Darth Vader.

Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back

After the Alliance experiences a devastating defeat at the
hands of the Empire on Hoth, Luke Skywalker goes to receive training from the
Jedi Master Yoda. However when Princess Leia and Han Solo are captured by the
Empire on Bespin, Luke attempts a rescue only to be confronted by Darth Vader.
His battle with the Dark Lord ends in Luke's defeat, and he receives the horrifying
revelation that Darth Vader is in fact the former Anakin Skywalker, his father.
Leia manages to break free with the help of Han's old friend; Lando Calrissian;
but Han is himself taken away.

Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi

After rescuing Han Solo from the gang lord Jabba the Hutt, Luke visits a dying Yoda, who confirms Vader's revelation and reveals that there is another surviving Skywalker before expiring. Obi-Wan Kenobi's spirit appears and elaborates, and Luke deduces that his sister is in fact Leia. While the Alliance engages the Empire in a battle against the second Death Star above Endor, Luke confronts Vader and the Emperor Sheev Palpatine; the Sith mastermind who engineered the creation of the Galactic Empire and the fall of Anakin Skywalker. After a brutal duel with Luke, in which he is defeated and shown mercy, Vader shakes off the Dark Side of the Force and becomes Anakin Skywalker again, destroying Palpatine and saving Luke's life at the cost of his own.

The Phantom Menace

The saga begins with a child Anakin Skywalker, the future
Darth Vader, being discovered by Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn, who senses the boy's
enormous potential. It is here that Skywalker first encounters the legendary
Obi-Wan Kenobi, who himself is still but a pupil. As the first film unfolds,
key characters appear, such as Padmé Amidala, R2-D2, C-3PO, Yoda, and the
villainous Sheev Palpatine, who is a mere Senator in the Galactic Republic at
the time. After a debate with the Jedi Council, one which includes the possible
resurface of the Sith in addition to Skywalker, it is decided that Anakin will
not be trained as a Jedi. At the end of the film, the Sith, Darth Maul, leads
an attack against the Jedi on Naboo, and only the tragic death of Qui-Gon at
his hands persuades the Jedi to reconsider their decision. Anakin Skywalker
then becomes Obi-Wan's apprentice in the ways of the Force.

Attack of the Clones

Over the course of the next two films, the Clone Wars begin
between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems.
Episode II starts with mysterious attempts on Padmé Amidala's life. While
Obi-Wan Kenobi investigates the attacker, Anakin takes Padmé off Coruscant to
her home planet of Naboo. During the course of her protection, the two become
entwined in a romantic relationship, furthering Anakin's future fall from the
Jedi ways. Meanwhile, Obi-Wan discovers that, for years, Kaminoans have been
growing and training clones for use by the Republic. This discovery also brings
Jango Fett and his son Boba out of hiding. The two escape to Geonosis, where
Obi-Wan follows them and discovers the leaders of the Confederacy of
Independent Systems, including fallen Jedi Master Count Dooku.

Revenge of the Sith

The film opens with a brutal attack on Coruscant. General
Grievous leads the attack, while Count Dooku holds the Supreme Chancellor
hostage. When Clone War veterans Skywalker and Kenobi are dispatched to rescue
him, Dooku is killed but the droid general escapes. Palpatine has managed to
gain almost unlimited power over the Galactic Senate, and Anakin, who is pushed
closer and closer to the dark side of the Force, has become close friends with
him, deeply troubling his fellow Jedi. His secret wife, Padmé Amidala, is
pregnant and stays at her apartment on Coruscant as Obi-Wan leaves for the
Utapau system to search for Grievous. Leading an army of clones, Kenobi finds
and destroys the droid general.