How some ‘Star Wars’ stories have transferred to real life

How some ‘Star Wars’ stories have transferred to real life

There are elements of these ancient, distant George Lucas stories that might seem like science fiction but are, in fact, science reality.

Just 48 years ago, film director George Lucas used the phrase “A long time ago, in a very, very distant galaxy” as an introduction to the first Star Wars film, later entitled Episode IV: A New Hope. But at least four important aspects of the Star Wars saga are much closer, both in time and space, than Lucas was left to glimpse. First, the possibility of adding blue food coloring to milk was already possible at the time of the premiere of the fir…

How some ‘Star Wars’ ideas became real-life science

Just 48 short years ago, movie director George Lucas used the phrase “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away” as the opening to the first Star Wars movie, later labeled Episode IV: A New Hope. But at least four important aspects of the Star Wars saga are much closer—both in time and space—than Lucas was letting on. One, the ability to add blue food coloring to milk, was possible even at the time the first film came out. But in 2024, Star Wars…