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re: Star Wars - A New Hope: How Flawed is it?
Posted on 4/28/14 at 1:58 pm to CrippleCreek
Posted on 4/28/14 at 1:58 pm to CrippleCreek
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Yes
If that is true how is this accurate?
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A New Hope has been Ep4 since at the latest when Empire came out.
The Empire Stikes Back came out immediately after Star Wars and was even billed as a sequal and the second film in the series in advertisements. I realize that has changed now that the newer 3 movies have been released but I don't see how that could be true in the early 80s.
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Posted on 4/28/14 at 2:01 pm to DanTiger
When ESB came out, the opening crawl had it as Episode 5. Star Wars was retconned immediately to the name Star Wars: A New Hope Episode IV, and ROTJ was Episode VI in the original theatrical release.
I mean...come on dude.
I mean...come on dude.
This post was edited on 4/28/14 at 2:03 pm
Posted on 4/28/14 at 2:01 pm to DanTiger
The film was originally released as Star Wars, without "Episode IV" or the subtitle A New Hope. The 1980 sequel, The Empire Strikes Back, was numbered "Episode V" in the opening crawl. When the original film was re-released on April 10, 1981, Episode IV: A New Hope was added above the original opening crawl.
Posted on 4/28/14 at 2:03 pm to DanTiger
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If that is true how is this accurate?
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When the film was originally released in 1977, it was simply referred to as Star Wars, though supposedly, George Lucas had intended to put Episode IV: A New Hope in the opening crawl, but 20th Century Fox didn't want Lucas to do so because they thought it would confuse audiences, since there were never any other episodes released before it. After the commercial success of the original Star Wars, Lucas was able to continue with the multi-film epic he originally envisioned. The Empire Strikes Back was released in 1980 and bore the full title of Star Wars, Episode V, The Empire Strikes Back in the title crawl, although it was referred to only as The Empire Strikes Back as the title of its commercial release. It was the "Episode V" appearing in the opening crawl which originally confused those members of the audience who had not been made aware of what Lucas was explaining, that the original "Star Wars" was now intended to be the 4th part of a nine-part series. The original "Star Wars" was re-released in 1981 with a new title: "Star Wars, Episode IV, A New Hope" in the title crawl. This title appeared on all subsequent re-releases and versions from then on (though the original version was released on DVD in 2006, which shows the title crawl in its original form). All subsequent Star Wars films have followed this new naming structure, although "Star Wars" often refers specifically to the 1977 film.
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