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Boris Godunov
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Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
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And what confusion are you alluding to? Who the hell would get confused by it? |
Oh, I dunno, someone saying wasn't it cool in Star Wars when Yoda... and someone else saying, fool, that was in Empire, not Star Wars! And then having to say you meant the series, not the first film! |
Oh come on. If one starts saying "Yoda," it's pretty much a given you're talking any movie but ANH. Only a lawyer with his head up his ass would be so pedantic.
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As the man on the street what they think of Episode IV of Star Wars. They'll know what you are talking about. |
 Suuuuuuuure they would. That you think the every day person is so enshrined in the geekisphere to know this is beyond laughable.
Most people don't have a clue as to the episode numbers, they know them by the theatrical release names. And that would be "Star Wars" for the first film. I own a VHS from the mid-80s of Star Wars, and it doesn't say on the cover either "episode 4" or "A New Hope." All it says is "Star Wars."
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JohnT
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Mar 1999
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He had to officially change the names so he could legally refer to the first film as "Episode 4: A New Hope" in, you know, legal documents. Like merchandising agreements, profit-sharing documents, and a whole host of other issues.
He insisted that any future mention of SW by his company and those who wanted to deal with them go by their new name. He also has the power to grant access to more... compliant... newspeople, one of the conditions was, I'm sure, to get the new nomenclature right. That's how he got the "message" out - through good old fashion arm-twisting leading to "proper" (in his eyes) media exposure.
Surely you're not so niave as to think good ol' boy Lucas is beyond such a thing?
I mean, ****, you were what, 17 when the first movie was re-released? You're part of the "lost generation", the group that grew up between trilogies - of course you don't remember what the films were called, legally and otherwise, when they were released. 
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Imran Siddiqui
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The Potterverse
Jan 1970
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He had to officially change the names so he could legally refer to the first film as "Episode 4: A New Hope" in, you know, legal documents. Like merchandising agreements, profit-sharing documents, and a whole host of other issues.
He insisted that any future mention of SW by his company and those who wanted to deal with them go by their new name. He also has the power to grant access to more... compliant... newspeople, one of the conditions was, I'm sure, to get the new nomenclature right. That's how he got the "message" out - through good old fashion arm-twisting leading to "proper" (in his eyes) media exposure. |
And... this magically changed what people called the movies because? What, you really think everyone is that much of sheep and was beguiled by a few toys and newspaper articles? Are you serious?
One of reasons to change it was that people were already referring to it as Episode 4, if not "A New Hope". Like I said, quite confusing to refer to the entire series as Star Wars and reserve that name for one movie as well. It needs something else to set it apart.
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