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 orders that C-3PO's memories be erased to protect the twins from their father. Anthony Daniels again reprised the role of C-3PO in "", the first installment of the sequel trilogy, which was released on December 18, 2015. The film takes place thirty years after the events of "Return of the Jedi" and reunites many of the main cast from the original trilogy. Daniels has also signed to appear in the trilogy's two sequels. C-3PO is seen with a red painted left arm but gets a gold arm in the end of the film. He has been upgraded to seven million