Star Wars is an American
epic space opera franchise centered on a film series created by
George Lucas. The
opening crawl is the signature device featured in every film of the series. It opens with the static blue text, "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away....", followed by the
Star Wars logo and the crawl text, which describes the
backstory and context of the film. The visuals are accompanied by the "Main Title Theme", composed and conducted by
John Williams.