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Post #167765

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MTHaslett
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The legendary "Starkiller Ranch" Thread
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Date created
4-Jan-2006, 1:52 PM
None of them were called "Episode I"

Edited to add: The idea of "Star Wars" came from Trooperman, and now I'm in love with it. The simple reason is that it helps establish "Episode I" as a stand alone movie. Calling the first movie "Episode I" demands sequels. Those movies in your example, InfoDroid, come from book series. And they aren't "Episodes". Star Wars came out as a rollicking sci-fi adventure -- that's what the real "Episode I" should be. Not a bunch of exposition and set-ups which is what TPM turned out to be.

Unless someone comes up with a "gotta have it" title, using "Star Wars" with no "Episode" has charm and is the only place such a "reinstituting" of the first release crawl can happen.

If a "gotta have it" title comes up -- okay. But Episode ONE the CHosen ONE or The Phantom Menace sure don't cut it for me. Call me stubborn, but I like Trooperman's idea.