This is how old I am: I will NEVER call the first Star Wars film "A New Hope," get your bullshit retcon away from me, it is and always shall be Star Wars, forever and ever amen

[theowashere@mastodon.social]

@scalzi k gramps

[lufberydrew@tenforward.social]

@scalzi AMEN! My lame claim to fame is that I have seen every Star Wars film in the theater.

[scentedmeat@norcal.social]

@scalzi same

[earthtopus@mspsocial.net]

@scalzi I like how "old enough" works both for as a description of just how far back in time the retitling was, and also serves as a warning signal for a reactionary opinion about name changes (which one also sees about, say, Pluto)

[highlandlawyer@mastodon.social]

@johnhattan @scalzi
For all practical purposes it was only released in UK cinemas in 1978...

[mossman@social.vivaldi.net]

@david_chisnall @scalzi I had an A4-sized soft cover "Star Wars storybook" (should still be in a box somewhere) which must have been created while the film was in final edit or something. It's based on production stills with accompanying text and I'm sure there were images/events in there which I never saw on the screen - or maybe it's just because Lucas kept cutting things around for TV edits and whatnot. E.g. there's a page of Luke and Biggs doing stuff on Tatooine before the droids even show up which I don't remember being in the final cut.

[faduda@mastodon.ie]

@scalzi Remember the happy era when it was a story of how any farm boy could grow up to destroy the evil empire, and not the story of the chosen son of Evil Jesus?

[culturaiconica@mastodon.social]

@scalzi Haha, same, but most around my age also does that... guess it's a "kids these days" kinda thing.

[penguintoot@twit.social]

@scalzi @jsnell Stood in line 3 hours 3x to see “Star Wars” in 1977, when the spaceship flew over our heads at the beginning we knew it was going to be very special. And it always was

[meganl@mas.to]

@scalzi Ditto, man, ditto. #GenX

[fdr@mstdn.social]

@scalzi and Han shot first

[corb_the_lesser@mastodon.social]

@scalzi The first film's success opened the door to more films and the "New Hope" label. The rather odd of idea of making prequels to provide backstory for "Star Wars" triggered the name change. That backstory might have been provided via flashbacks in sequel films.

[stefanejones@dice.camp]

@scalzi Dang straight!

[mostlytato@mstdn.social]

@HighlandLawyer @johnhattan @scalzi
As a young child, that was an amazing experience. I remember my jaw dropping with the opening space battle scenes, I'd never seen anything like it.

[jimfl@hachyderm.io]

@scalzi I’m almost afraid to ask what your feelings on Episode IV are…

[stonebear2@hachyderm.io]

@fdr

That's damn right. Han Shot First Dammit ️.

@scalzi

[dan@axillae.telent.net]

@jay @scalzi "Highlander: there should have been only one"

[genex@sfba.social]

@scalzi - always got confused when they started calling it that. It's just Star Wars!

[napili@hachyderm.io]

@scalzi what do you call "Revenge of the Jedi"?

[lunarloony@dosgame.club]

@scalzi Boba Fett wandered around a bit, had one line, and then died