hal9...@panix.com (Robert A. Rosenberg) writes: > And then there was Star Wars (AKA: A New Hope [which was added when > the film was rereleased as part of the release of The Empire Strikes > Back]) which opened with a crawl saying Episode 4". That was just > because they were emulating the old serials where each segment was a > numbered Chapter with its own title (which often reflected the > cliffhanger being resolved or the plot point of that chapter).
co-worker at IBM would talk about Lucas attending San Jose Astronomy club meetings and bringing draft outlines for all 8 episodes (for members to review) More recent interviews with Lucas says that the first episode he chose to do, was the one most likely for getting funding. -- virtualization experience starting Jan1968, online at home since Mar1970 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN