What if Star Wars, being the relatively independent film that it was at the time, tanked upon it's release? The second I thought about it, I started imagining how my life, in whatever way, would be different. Granted it would most likely become a cult classic of sorts but imagine all the things on each of your lives that would be different. Imagine if there never was:
an Empire Strikes Back or ROTJ - sequels possibly, but nothing in the vein of the actual sequels and probably really not good
Revisions - this site wouldn't exist, few of you would know each other, GL might have possibly moved on to become a respectable individual
EU - very very few books, games, toys (this seems unimaginable to me)
Prequels - meh...
No fighting for a decent DVD release of this film. It would get standard treatment (for an old cult classic with no real demand)
I know I missed a lot of things here. Let's try to get a list going of what things in your life or the world would be significantly different if SW flopped and history was changed. (this is also why time travel disturbs me)
ummm....discuss?