(n.) A series of three dramas which, although each of them is in one sense complete, have a close mutual relation, and form one historical and poetical picture. Shakespeare's " Henry VI." is an example.
Example Sentences:
(1) The 'prequel' trilogy, featuring Anakin Skywalker's fall to the dark side and the much-maligned Jar Jar Binks, was released between 1999 and 2005 but Lucas has developed the franchise far beyond those six original films.
(2) Peter Mayhew, who played Han Solo's wookiee sidekick Chewbacca in the original Star Wars trilogy, stood at an impressive 7 ft 2" and also had what might be described as broad facial features.
(3) Alfred was previously portrayed by Michael Caine in Christopher Nolan 's Dark Knight trilogy and the late Michael Gough in the earlier Tim Burton and Joel Schumacher movies.
(4) Critical verdict The Tin Drum catapulted Grass to the forefront of European fiction and since then he has been Germany's "permanent Nobel candidate"; of the remainder of the Danzig trilogy, Cat and Mouse is the best regarded.
(5) If only she could have foreseen the levels of excitement and anticipation surrounding Star Wars: The Force Awakens , the seventh instalment, in which she will return alongside co-stars from the original trilogy including Harrison Ford and Mark Hamill.
(6) An edited naturalism appeared for Roots, the first play of the Wesker trilogy; and for The Kitchen, abstraction: plates, simple structural blocks and sound and light effects were enough to make the audience see a workplace.
(7) Following his role in Gods and Monsters, McKellen went on to shoot what would prove his most popular role, as Gandalf in the Oscar-winning Lord of the Rings trilogy .
(8) So when he made the second trilogy, which described events that took place before the first series, they were confusingly titled as episodes I, II and III.
(9) And the same applies to movies like Star Wars, which, three trilogies in now, is standing on two generations of giants’ shoulders.
(10) A compelling new documentary, The Thrilla in Manila, is unflinching in the way it documents the systematic racial abuse Ali directed against Frazier for the next five years - culminating in the final fight of their epic trilogy in 1975.
(11) The usually golden C-3PO himself is also shown sporting a silver leg in parts of the original trilogy.
(12) Despite the success of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy, there was a whiff of snobbery.
(13) The Laidlaw trilogy is one of the finest things in modern fiction, in the Chandler and Simenon class."
(14) Now he's finished Bish Bosch, which he considers to be the final instalment in a trilogy, is he going to work on something completely different?
(15) It is expected to be the first of a trilogy based on James' novels.
(16) The spur to the public debate on the death penalty stemmed from a trilogy of miscarriages of justice In 1950, Timothy Evans was unjustly hanged on the evidence of a neighbour, John Christie, who was subsequently convicted of murder, in a house they shared in west London.
(17) The forthcoming Lego Movie - due out in February- will reportedly feature tiny plastic versions of several of the best known figures from Lucas's original trilogy.
(18) Perhaps the most relevant of Achebe's works to my generation is No Longer at Ease , the second book of his trilogy, which powerfully exposed the difficulty of navigating a world where one is expected to partake of western secular education and all the values and privileges that comes with it, and still be hostage to the commanding beliefs of one's own culture.
(19) From his brutal Pusher trilogy to the weird and wonderful anti-biopic Bronson , these films are more like art installations, shimmering with stylish violence and near-hallucinatory moments.
(20) My trilogy is going to be put on at the Royal Court.