• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    15
    ·
    1 year ago

    Don’t give George Lucas more credit than he deserves. “Episode IV” wasn’t even added to the opening crawl until it was re-released.

    • SSTF@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      9
      ·
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      And even then, the “IV” was meant to evoke the feeling of being dropped into an ongoing narrative, as opposed to actually being part of one. Lucas hadn’t actually set anything in stone. In 1978, he was still going with the idea that Vader wasn’t Luke’s father. That reveal in Empire Strikes Back is the most influential movie retcon of all time.

    • Dagwood222
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      1 year ago

      It was a huge deal when ‘Empire…’ came out and it had ‘Episode V’ in the title. iirc