Question: Did someone besides Lawrence Kasdan or JJ Abrams write the opening crawl?
It’s fairly well known that Brian De Palma wrote and re-shaped what George had originally written for the SW77.
That’s an interesting question and in all honesty, I have no idea who actually wrote the OT crawls.
If I recall, George’s original crawl appeared in either the novelization or the comic adaptation. So, I know that the film wasn’t exactly what George wrote, but I also have no idea who re-wrote it.