star wars episode iv was released first because it was the first film.
star wars episode iv was released first because it was the first film.
why was star wars episode iv released first?
first film
the opening crawl in the first "star wars" film is very different from lucas's original intention. the original text, used in the rough cut he showed to friends and studio executives in february 1977, appears in the marvel comics adaptation of the film. when originally released in may 1977, the first film was simply titled "star wars", as 20th century fox forbade lucas to use a subtitle because it could be confusing, since there had been no other "star wars" movies prior to 1977. in addition, it was not certain if the film would be followed with a sequel. when "the empire strikes back" was released in 1980, the episode number, "episode v", and subtitle "the empire strikes back" appeared as the first two lines of the opening crawl. to match its sequel's crawl, the episode number "episode iv" and subtitle "a new hope" were added for the film's theatrical re-release in april 1981. the original version, without the subtitle, was not released again until the 2006 limited edition dvds. also, it should be noticed that the original version of "episode iv"'s crawl does feature a lowercase "r" for "rebel spaceships", as, at the time, "rebel" (in its "star wars" meaning), just like "imperial", was not considered some sort of demonym-like adjective as it is now.
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