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Star Wars - Level 0

Good news. There will be a new Star Wars movie. It is called "The Rise of Skywalker". There is a trailer of it on YouTube. The trailer starts with the words: "Every generation has a legend." The new film has famous actors. One is Carrie Fisher, who died in 2016. Filmmakers used scenes of Ms Fisher from an older movie.

Star Wars is one of the most successful films ever. The first one was made in 1977. The company Lucasfilm made the first six movies. Disney bought it in 2012 for $4 billion. Now its value is about $65 billion. The first Star Wars movie changed how movies are made. Now many films use a lot of special effects.

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Star Wars - Level 1

There is good news for Star Wars fans. There will be a new movie, called "The Rise of Skywalker". There is a two-minute trailer of the movie on YouTube. It gives people an idea of what it will be like. The trailer starts with the words: "Every generation has a legend." The new film has famous actors. One is the late Carrie Fisher, who died in 2016. She will play Princess Leia. Filmmakers used scenes of Ms Fisher from an older movie.

Star Wars is one of the most successful films ever. The first one was released in 1977. The movies are still very popular today. The company Lucasfilm made the first six movies. Disney bought it in 2012 for $4 billion. Now its value is around $65 billion. The first Star Wars movie changed how movies are made. New films started to use a lot of special effects. They also had more and more action scenes.

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Star Wars - Level 2

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There is good news for Star Wars fans. There will be a new movie. It will be the ninth film. The name of the new movie was announced in Chicago. It is called "The Rise of Skywalker". There is a two-minute trailer of the movie for people to watch on YouTube. It gives people an idea of what the movie will be like. The trailer starts with the words: "Every generation has a legend." The new film has famous actors. Mark Hamill will play Luke Skywalker, and the late Carrie Fisher (who died in 2016) will play Princess Leia. Filmmakers used old footage of Ms Fisher from the movie "The Force Awakens".

Star Wars is among the most successful films ever made. The first one was released in 1977. Over forty years later, the movies are still very popular. The company Lucasfilm made the first six movies. Disney bought the company in 2012 for $4 billion. In 2018, its value was around $65 billion. A film critic said the first Star Wars movie changed Hollywood. It changed how movies were made for many years after. The original Star Wars movie created a new generation of films that used a lot of special effects and a lot of fast and exciting action scenes.

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Star Wars - Level 3

There is good news for fans of the Star Wars movies. There will be another episode. It will be the ninth film to be made. The name of the new Star Wars movie was announced in Chicago. It is called "The Rise of Skywalker". There is a two-minute trailer of the movie for people to watch. The trailer is now on YouTube. It gives people a taste of what the new movie will be like. The trailer was first posted on Twitter, with the words: "Every generation has a legend." The new film will have an all-star cast. Actor Mark Hamill will play Luke Skywalker, and the late Carrie Fisher will play Princess Leia. Fisher died in 2016, but the filmmakers were able to use previously unseen footage from the movie "The Force Awakens".

The Star Wars movies are among the most successful films ever made. The first one was released in 1977 and was made by the film-maker George Lucas. Over forty years later, they are still hugely popular. Lucas' company Lucasfilm made the first six movies. Disney bought the company in 2012 for just over $4 billion. In 2018, the total value of the Star Wars franchise was estimated to be around $65 billion. Film critic Roger Ebert said the first Star Wars movie changed Hollywood and influenced how movies were made for decades after. The original Star Wars movie began a new generation of films that used a lot of special effects and high-energy action scenes.

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