Star Wars Ocars

The Academy Awards or more commonly referred too as the Oscars are considered the most prestigious awards films can get - and there very hard to come by.

People often think that being nominated and not winning is not good but it is.
How the scoring system works is that a group of highly trained people in a particular field will watch lots and lots of films and give a score out of 10. The highest achieving 5 will then be nominated, and the winner of the four will be the winner - so therefore it is impressive to be nominated.

Lets see how the Star Wars films have done

A New Hope:
Wins: 7
Nominations: 4
Won: Sound Mixing, Visual Effects, Original Score, Film Editing, Art Direction on Set, Costume Design, Sound and Motion Effects
Nominated:  Director, Original Screenplay, Film, Supporting Actor (Alec Guiness)

The Empire Strikes Back:
Wins: 2
Nominations: 2
Won: Sound Mixing, Visual Effects
Nominated: Original Score, Art Direction on Set

Return of the Jedi:
Wins: 1 
Nominations: 4 
Won: Visual Effects
Nominated: Sound Mixing, Original Score, Art Direction on Set, Sound Editing

The Phantom Menace
Wins: 0
Nominations: 3
Won: -
Nominated: Sound Mixing, Visual Effects, Sound Editing

Attack of the Clones
Wins: 0
Nominations: 1
Won: -
Nominated: Visual Effects

Revenge of the Sith
Wins: 0
Nominations: 1
Won: -
Nominations: Make Up

The Clone Wars
Wins: 0
Nominations: 0
Won: -
Nominations: -

The Force Awakens
Wins: 0
Nominations: 5
Won: -
Nominations: Sound Mixing, Visual Effects, Original Score, Film Editing, Sound Editing

Rogue One
Wins: 0
Nominations: 2
Won: -
Nominations: Sound Mixing, Visual Effects


Best Film
Won: -
Nominated: A New Hope

Best Director
Won: -
Nominated: A New Hope

Best Actor
Won: -
Nominated: -

Best Actress
Won: -
Nominated: -

Best Supporting Actor
Won: -
Nominated: Sir Alec Guiness

Best Supporting Actress
Won: -
Nominated: -

Best Original Screenplay
Won: -
Nominated: A New Hope

Best Animated Film
Only the Clone Wars available
Won: -
Nominated: -

Best Original Score
Won: A New Hope
Nominated: The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, The Force Awakens

Best Original Song
Won: -
Nominated: -

Best Sound Editing
Won: -
Nominated: Return of the Jedi, The Phantom Menace, The Force Awakens

Best Sound Mixing
Won: A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back
Nominated: Return of the Jedi, The Phantom Menace, The Force Awakens, Rogue One

Best Production Design
Won: A New Hope
Nominated: The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi

Best Cinematography
Won: -
Nominated: -

Best Make Up and Hair
Won: -
Nominated: Revenge of the Sith

Best Costume Design
Won: A New Hope
Nominated: -

Best Film Editing
Won: A New Hope
Nominated: The Force Awakens

Best Visual Effects
Won: A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi
Nominated: The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, The Force Awakens, Rogue One

Other Categories not available for Star Wars to enter
Best Documentry
Best Short Documentry
Best Short Film
Best Animated Short Film
Best Foreign language film
Best Adapted Screenplay

24 awards, The 8 live action Star Wars films could have been nominate for 17 awards

The best categories for Star Wars are in order

(win/nominated) - out of 8 Star Wars live action films

Best Visual Effects (3/4)
Best Sound Mixing (2/4)
Best Original Score: (1/3)
Best Production Design: (1/2)
Best Film Editing (1/1)
Best Costume Design: (1/0)
Best Sound Editing: (0/3)
Best Film: (0/1)
Best Director: (0/1)
Best Original Screenplay: (0/1)
Best Make Up and Hair: (0/1)
Best Actor: (0/0)
Best Actress: (0/0)
Best Supporting Actor: (0/0)
Best Supporting Actress: (0/0)
Best Original Song: (0/0)
Best Cinematography: (0/0)

And there you have it, it is pretty clear that Star Wars is most acknowledged at the Oscars for its visual effects, but also Sound Mixing is pretty high and so is John William's wonderful scores.

With the Last Jedi lets up that wins an award, its been a while!
Rian Johnson has even said that Mark Hamill might get one because his acting is so good.