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Star Wars vs. A New Hope - Which do you say and why? — Page 9

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Moviefan2k4 said:

I’ve never had a problem with the episode title for the original film, mainly because I knew that Lucas wanted to include it from the very start in 1977, but Fox wouldn’t let him. That didn’t change until it became a huge hit, and when audiences first saw the “Episode V” numeral on “The Empire Strikes Back”, they were confused. So Lucas re-released the original with its proper title in 1981, and its been called that ever since.

Not saying that’s wrong, but it seems like a convenient “George story” to blame Fox. Do you have a source for it that predates the change?

I call it just “Star Wars” personally, or if there is some need to differentiate the film from the wider cinematic universe, “1977 Star Wars.”

Try.

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Avatar: Episode 4: The Lay of the Land (ba-dum-bum)

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Krieg der Sterne 😉

I love Ghost Dog 😃

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Depends on the context. I usually say “Star Wars episode 4 - A new hope”, but if I’m talking to someone of an older generation, like my dad who saw the OT in theatres when they first came out, I say “Star Wars”.

And, then with some people, I say “Star Wars, you know, the first movie, the original one from 1977”. Because sometimes that’s the only way to make people understand which movie you mean.

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On a forum like this where everyone else is also a Star Wars nerd, I say A New Hope, because that is the clearest possible way to refer to this movie. When talking to normal people, I just say “the original Star Wars” or “Star Wars 1977” or something like that.

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“Stars Wars”, “Empire” and “Jedi” just can’t be beaten as the names for the films. Rolls of the tongue nicely, short and sweet.

Of course we live in a world where there are prequels and name changes. So I have to admit that those are not the names I always use in practice, especially when talking to my (casually interested) girlfriend about them. When speaking of the first movie, I usually refer to it like “The oldest Star Wars, that one with Luke”. “The First” would probably get her confused with the Phantom Menace, while “Star Wars” would be too general of a name nowadays.

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I don’t personally care what people call it. I feel that both ways to refer to the film are valid.

Any way to watch the original trilogy is valid, but the way they were released in the theaters is the best way to watch it.