Star Wars was the fourth story in the saga and was to have been called "Star Wars, Episode Four: A New Hope." But I decided people wouldn't understand the numbering system...
I'll have to go back and find it from a couple of weeks ago, but there was a quote where he stated it was the studio that forced him to drop the number from the title. Never mind that the pre-production literature, letterheads, and media packages all had the title The Star Wars printed on them - no number. As did the clapboard during filming.
Man, he can't even decide on a single lie and stick to it. Listening to Lucas discuss the past is like reading an article after it's passed through The Ministry of Truth. It changes so often, that it's hard to keep up with. He has so many of the younger fans so clouded on what really happened in the 70s, that they have no choice but to believe whatever version of the past he's belching today.
Pathetic.