Oscars won

Quote of today
"Nobody in their right mind thought Star Wars would work."

George Lucas
Today...
1978 Star Wars won six Oscars

This is the six wins
Best Art Direction (John Barry, Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley and Roger Christian)
Best Costume Design (John Mollo)
Best Film Editing (Paul Hirsch, Marcia Lucas and Richard Chew)
Best Music (John Williams)
Best Sound (Don MacDougall, Ray West, Bob Minkler and Derek Ball)
Best Visual Effects (ILM: John Stears, John Dykstra, Richard Edlund, Grant McCune and Robert Blalack)

And a Special Achievement Award to Benjamin Burtt, Jr. for the creation of the alien, creature and robot voices featured in Star Wars.

George Lucas was nominated to Best Directing and Best Writing
Alec Guinness was nominated to Best Actor in supported role
Gary Kurtz was nominated to Best Picture