Star Wars (film) inspired by the silver female robot Maria, the "Maschinenmensch" from Fritz Lang's 1927 film "Metropolis". The film was originally released in 1977 with the title ""Star Wars"". The subtitles "Episode IV" and "A New Hope" were only added to the opening crawl in subsequent re-releases. Official sources state that the change was made at the theatrical re-release of April 10, 1981. The retroactive addition of these subtitles was intended to bring the film into line with the introduction to its sequel, "The Empire Strikes Back", which was released in 1980 bearing the designation ""Episode V"". Lucas has claimed to have
C-3PO Hope", and a red left arm in "". C-3PO also appears frequently in both canon and "Star Wars Legends" continuities of novels, comic books, and video games, and was the protagonist in the ABC television show "s." In "Star Wars", C-3PO is introduced to the audience when he and R2-D2 are aboard the consular ship "Tantive IV" when it is attacked by the Imperial Star Destroyer "Devastator". When R2-D2 attempts to leave the ship to deliver a secret message to Obi-Wan Kenobi, C-3PO follows R2-D2 into an escape pod, which lands on the planet Tatooine. There, C-3PO and R2-D2 are