skyjedi2005 said:
Harmy said:
I see your point none but if we start demanding the "original" version of the end credits, while the other one was also made in 77 and is pretty much the same and definitely doesn't effectively change the film in any way, we would be totally playing into the cards of those who claim we are lunatics.
I actually believe that if there were two different versions during the original theatrical run, the most true original is the one that was most widely seen.
So would that be the 77 version and its release in foreign markets, or the 1981 version released many more times than the original before the 1997 changes were made.
There existed two versions of the end credits on the original film, see here: http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Credits-Leaders-Thread-was-Star-Wars-Pre-Re-release-Credit-Change-June-77/topic/12960/
If the revised credits first appeared on prints for foreign markets or on prints for the wide US release in the summer of '77 is hard to tell. If there would some day against all odds be a proper video release, it wouldn't kill me if not both credits were included, but it could easily be done as an nice extra like how it has been done on Apocalypse Now for example. I'm one of those crazy persons who consider the end credits to be a part of the film, and that's how I must be seen by others as I realize I'm in minority everytime I go to the cinema as me and the one I go with are usually left alone in the theater when the credits roll.
skyjedi2005 said:
They are identical except for the roll up being different and the starfield replacement as far as i know, i don't count minor fixes/changes to the credits as a change in the films story or soundtrack.
The 81 version is for all intents and purposes the same film, unless you are a greater nitpicker than me.
Then consider me a greater nitpicker than you. ;) The opening crawl and subsequent flyover shot in Star Wars is one of the most iconic moments in cinema history, when it was updated 4 years later, not only were the film given a new crawl and title change and an updated flyover sequence, John Williams score didn't longer match the reveal of the planet, and that always bothered me. It was Star Wars that took the world by storm not Episode IV - A New Hope.