When I talk to my 14yo nephew about the Star Wars movies, he’s not really that big a fan and has a hard time remembering which Episode number goes by which subtitle. At one point, he asked me why I don’t just call them by their episode numbers, and I said that it wasn’t until the prequels came out that their numbers even were on the box or that Star Wars was marketed as A New Hope.
Then I showed him images of OT posters and VHS boxes to prove my point.
God those were awful posters.
😕 I thought they were some of the nicest work Drew Struzan did for the OT. I think the SW poster was especially beautiful. The posters were the best thing about the SEs, IMO.
On topic: lately, I’ve been calling it “SW 77” to avoid confusion (referring to the 77 original, of course and not the 97 SE abomination). The SEs soured me on calling it ANH years ago.