Thanks for all your reply, i understand now how it was.
It's nice to have real dedicated people who know that kind of stuff.
Thanks for the answer.
So we can say that the episode numbers starting at 4 was already part of a design and at first they didn't add it because they didn't know if the movie would be a success (speculation) and as the movie was a hit and Lucas made good money he was able to make ep5 and ep6 and then add the episode number in the title? (that would be logical from my point of view)
Now another question: when did they got the first tape out for rent/sale in the US? (because apparently in France some tape don't show the episode number in the title)
Hi everyone, i was wondering if in 77-78, when the first Star Wars movie got out in theaters, the 'Episode IV: A new hope' title could be seen at the top of the text at the beginning of the movie. Obviously, if not, the same question goes for ep5 and 6.
If it wasn't in the first trilogy in theaters, was it in the tapes releases.
I red in this forum several things about that. Some say that it was only in the ep5 that the 'episode' title was seen and some say that in 77 or 78 the movie was aired on tv with 'episode IV' in it. So was it always 4,5 and 6 or at that time they were 1,2 and 3?
Thanks for your answer