Most miniatures in a film scene

While the films in the Star Wars prequel trilogy (1999–2004) were renowned at the time for their extensive use of digital visual effects, they also featured some equally ground-breaking achievements in the field of practical effects. For the Mos Espa podracing sequences in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999), the audience in the Grand Arena consisted of 450,000 hand-painted cotton Q-Tips – more individual miniatures than have been used in any other film sequence.

Star Wars films to date (as of February 2017):

Episode IV: A New Hope (1977, directed by George Lucas)

Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980, directed by Irvin Kershner)

Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983, directed by Richard Marquand)

Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999, directed by George Lucas)

Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002, directed by George Lucas & Jonathan Hales)

Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005, directed by George Lucas)

Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015, directed by J. J. Abrams)

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016, directed by Gareth Edwards)

Star Wars films in planning/production (as of February 2017):

Episode VIII: title TBC (2017, directed by Rian Johnson)

Episode IX: title TBC (2019, directed by Colin Trevorrow)

Untitled Han Solo Anthology film (planned for 2018, directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller)

Untitled Anthology film (planned for 2020, director TBC)