Star Wars: The Last Command (film)

"The Explosive Conclusions Came to The Bitter End with One Last Command."

- The film's tagline

Star Wars: The Last Command is a 1993 American animated epic space opera film produced by and Lucasfilm Feature Animation, in association with  and, and distributed by. Directed by, written by , , and , and from a story co-written by , it is the third and final installment of the standalone film series, Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, following Heir to the Empire (1991) and Dark Force Rising (1992), and the novel-inspired traditional-animation film. The film's ensemble cast includes, , , , , , , , , , and.

The embattled New Republic reels from the attacks of, who has marshaled the remnants of the Imperial forces and driven the Rebels back with an abominable technology recovered from the Emperor's secret fortress: clone soldiers. As Thrawn mounts his final siege, and  struggle to form a coalition of smugglers for a last-ditch attack against the empire, while  holds the Alliance together and prepares for the birth of her Jedi twins. Overwhelmed by the ships and clones at Thrawn's command, the Republic has one last hope--sending a small force, led by, into the very stronghold that houses Thrawn's terrible cloning machines. There a final danger awaits, as the Dark Jedi Joruus C'Baoth directs the battle against the Rebels and builds his strength to finish what he had already started: the destruction of Luke Skywalker.

The Last Command premiered in Los Angeles on May 1, 1993, and was released in the United States on May 5. It went on to gross over $914 million worldwide in its original theatrical run, becoming the highest-grossing film ever at the time, a record held until the release of in 1997. Following its 20th anniversary re-release in 2013, The Last Command became the oldest animated film in history to surpass $1 billion in ticket sales and the seventeenth overall. It received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the acting, action sequences, musical score, and visual effects from Tartakovsky's direction, but criticized the story, pacing and perceived departures from the plot and themes of Dark Force Rising. It received three nominations at the, (, , and ) as well as three at the (also , , and ). It won five awards at the, including.