For Star Wars nerds

Dakatsu · Post by **Dakatsu** » Wed May 30, 2007 1:48 am

In the intro to Star Wars 1/4: A New Hope, it says Star Wars, Episode IV. Was that always in, or did they add it since the New Episode 1?

zico · Post by **zico** » Wed May 30, 2007 2:01 am

It was always in there.

In fact Lucas had Episodes 4-6 in mind as the \"Second Trilogy\". Before making Episode 4 he wrote some concepts like \"Journal of the Whills\" where he described shortly how the emperor gained his power and the fall of the old republic.

Indeed he wasn't sure about the details of Episode 1-3 at this time, but the new Episodes follow this concept.

DCrazy · Post by **DCrazy** » Wed May 30, 2007 2:40 am

No it wasn't. Only when it was re-released in 1981 did it get the Episode IV marker.

zico · Post by **zico** » Wed May 30, 2007 3:12 am

There was a re-release in 81?

★■◆● how did I miss that? Oh... I wasn't born then

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Wed May 30, 2007 6:33 am

it was in there. I saw it the first time in the theater.

Palzon · Post by **Palzon** » Thu May 31, 2007 7:55 pm

Dcrazy is right. In fact, the original didn't even have the subtitle.

Gekko71 · Post by **Gekko71** » Thu May 31, 2007 8:29 pm

...are you sure that's right - when I saw it at the drive in back in 1979 it definitely had the sub-titles ...as I recall it also had the Ep IV at the start as well.

Jon the Great · Post by **Jon the Great** » Thu May 31, 2007 10:40 pm

Well it's official, there are no hardcore star wars nerds at the DBB haha

I was born in 87 but I'll guess it didn't have the episode IV title in theaters the first time.

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Thu May 31, 2007 10:42 pm

lol I sat and watched the first movie ALL DAY in the theater when it was released a second time in oh.. 78? that was like 5 showings?

Aus-RED-5 · Post by **Aus-RED-5** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 2:02 am

hehe.... I was 6 years old in 1978 when I saw it.
Hell if I could remember if it did or didn't have Ep4 at the start of the movie.

Foil · Post by **Foil** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 5:41 pm

Nope, they're right. The \"Episode IV\" was added later.

Despite rumors to the contrary, \"Star Wars\" was originally written as a single stand-alone movie. Watch it sometime just thinking of it as a single adventure film. If you don't know about everything else, it wraps everything up nicely; for all you know, the threat of the Death Star is gone, the Empire is pretty much wiped out, big celebration at the end, etc.

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 6:33 pm

...should have ended there...

Gekko71 · Post by **Gekko71** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 6:39 pm

I seem to remember Lucas saying something to the contrary - but then hs is abit of a \"history revisionist\" when it comes to his movies.

PS: Han Solo shot first!!!

Deathwinger · Post by **Deathwinger** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 9:01 am

look on google for the original star wars trailer. plainly says Star Wars....nothing else.