STAR Wars fans have been rejoicing at the news that the franchise's first film, A New Hope, is coming alive in a film concert series.

Taking place all around the country this year, Star Wars Live will make the series' debut on Thursday November 29 at the BIC.

Fans will be able to watch the first released film in the ongoing interstellar franchise, with the Oscar-winning musical score performed by a live orchestra.

Grant Watmuff, from Disney Music Group, said: “We’re delighted that Star Wars fans will have the opportunity to experience the music of the movie performed live to picture in the UK for the first time.

"From the opening fanfare to the final note, John Williams’ score for Star Wars: A New Hope is a genre defining master class of cinematic composition.”

The Star Wars saga has inspired audiences around the world with its mythic storytelling, captivating characters, groundbreaking special effects and iconic musical scores composed by legendary Williams, for which he has earned an Academy Award for Best Original Score.

Williams is well known for scoring all eight of the Star Wars saga films, beginning with 1977’s Star Wars: A New Hope for which he earned an Academy Award for Best Original Score. His scores for Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi,and Star Wars: The Force

Awakens each were nominated for Oscars for Best Original Score. Star Wars: The Last Jedi was released on December 15, 2017, and was the UK & Ireland’s biggest film of 2017.Williams has won five Academy Awards®, four Golden Globe Awards, seven British Academy Film Awards, and 22 Grammy Awards. With 50 Academy Award nominations, Williams is the Academy’s most nominated living person and the second most-nominated individual in history, after Walt Disney. In 2005, the American Film Institute selected Williams' score to 1977's Star Wars: A New Hope as the greatest American film score of all time. The soundtrack to Star Wars: A New Hope also was preserved by the Library of Congress in the National Recording Registry, for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." Williams was inducted into the Hollywood Bowl's Hall of Fame in 2000, and he received the Kennedy Center Honors in 2004, the National Medal of Arts in 2009, and the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2016. Williams has composed the scores for eight of the top 20 highest-grossing films at the US box office.

Star Wars A new Hope with live orchestra is at the BIC Windsor Hall, on

Thursday, November 29 at 7.30pm.