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 the start of the film and Finn and Rose's mission on the Supremacy later on. At the end of the film, C-3PO has a brief reunion with "master" Luke Skywalker, who winks at him before confronting Kylo Ren. C-3PO makes a brief appearance alongside R2-D2 in "Rogue One", accompanying Rebel Alliance troops to Scarif alongside Princess Leia. C-3PO appears in Marvel's "Star Wars" comic series and accompanies Han Solo on a raid on an Imperial outpost in the miniseries "". After the events of "Return of the Jedi", he continues to serve Leia Organa in several novels including "". In