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Star Wars was re-released theatrically in 1978, 1979, 1981, and 1982, [229] with the subtitles Episode IV and A New Hope being added in 1981. Kurtz said that Lucas and his creative team had been planning on renaming ' Star Wars ' since Empire 's production. [230] The film was digitally remastered with some altered scenes in 1997 for a theatrical re-release, dubbed the "Special Edition". Since its original release, the film has also been dubbed and subtitled into numerous languages. In 2010, Lucas announced that all six previously released Star Wars films would be scanned and transferred to 3D for a theatrical release, but only 3D versions of the prequel trilogy were completed before the franchise was sold to Disney in 2012. [231] In 2013, Star Wars was dubbed into Navajo, making it the first major motion picture translated into a Native American language. [232] [233] Jenkins, David. "Gareth Edwards: The Last Detail". Little White Lies. Archived from the original on December 27, 2017 . Retrieved January 19, 2018.

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a b Ross, Alex (July 21, 2020). "The Force Is Still Strong with John Williams". New Yorker. Archived from the original on November 1, 2020 . Retrieved November 19, 2020. Lucas had the idea for a space-fantasy film in 1971, after he completed directing his first full-length feature, THX 1138. [49] Originally, Lucas wanted to adapt the Flash Gordon space adventure comics and serials into his own films, having been fascinated by them since he was young. [50] He later said: Star Wars: The Changes". DVDActive.com. Archived from the original on December 23, 2010 . Retrieved September 27, 2010. At the Cannes Film Festival following the completion of THX 1138, Lucas pushed towards buying the Flash Gordon rights, but they were already tied-up with Dino De Laurentiis. [51] Lucas later recounted: Metz, Cade (May 25, 2012). "The 35th Birthday of Star Wars? It Died 15 Years Ago". Wired.com. Condé Nast Publishing. Archived from the original on October 25, 2014 . Retrieved October 25, 2014.

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During production, the cast attempted to make Lucas laugh or smile, as he often appeared depressed. At one point, the project became so demanding that Lucas was diagnosed with hypertension and exhaustion and was warned to reduce his stress level. [5] [112] Post-production was equally stressful due to increasing pressure from 20th Century-Fox. Moreover, Hamill's car accident left his face visibly scarred, which restricted re-shoots. [112] Post-production [ edit ] Steven Spielberg said he was the only person in the audience to have enjoyed the film in its early cut screening. Sietz, Dan (April 18, 2013). " 'Peter Cushing: A Life In Film' Is A Genre Geek's Dream". Uproxx. Archived from the original on May 12, 2014 . Retrieved May 9, 2014. Clips were also released for the Movie Viewer toy projector by Kenner Products [260] in cassettes featuring very short scenes, including Assault on Death Star, Battle in Hyperspace, Danger at the Cantina, and Destroy Death Star. [261] Glenday, Craig, ed. (2011). Гиннесс. Мировые рекорды 2012[ Guinness World Records 2012] (in Russian). Translated by Andrianov, P.I.; Palova, I.V. Moscow: Astrel. p.211. ISBN 978-5-271-36423-5. Lucas said, "I've always been an outsider to Hollywood types. They think I do weirdo films." [48] According to Kurtz, Lew Wasserman, the head of Universal, "just didn't think much of science fiction at that time, didn't think it had much of a future then, with that particular audience." [64] He said that "science fiction wasn't popular in the mid-'70s ... what seems to be the case generally is that the studio executives are looking for what was popular last year, rather than trying to look forward to what might be popular next year." [65] Kurtz said, "Although Star Wars wasn't like [then-current science fiction] at all, it was just sort of lumped into that same kind of category." [64]

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See also: Changes in Star Wars re-releases The introductory graphics for the film feature Suzy Rice's Star Wars logotype; the film's cinematic re-release in 1981 added Episode IV and A New Hope to the head of the opening crawl. a b c Clarke, Gerald (May 30, 1977). "Star Wars: The Year's Best Movie". Time. Vol.109, no.22. New York City: Time Inc. p.58. Star Wars Biography: Ralph McQuarrie". StarWars.com. Lucasfilm. Archived from the original on August 22, 2006 . Retrieved October 1, 2006. Ford: Star Wars boosted my career". Daily Mirror. Trinity Mirror. May 20, 2010. Archived from the original on June 11, 2014 . Retrieved May 20, 2014.Swenson, Kyle (May 3, 2019). "Why didn't Chewbacca get a medal? Star Wars actor's death reignites a heated debate". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286 . Retrieved July 14, 2021. Star Wars Definitive Edition laserdisc interview, 1993. "In the process of re-writing [ Star Wars], and thinking of it as only a film and not a whole trilogy, I decided that Ben Kenobi really didn't serve any useful function after the point he fights with Darth Vader... I said, 'you know, he just stands around for the last twenty-five percent of the film, watching this air battle go on. '" Star Wars was originally slated for release on Christmas 1976; however, its production delays pushed the film's release to mid-1977. [126] Editor John Jympson began cutting the film together while Lucas was still filming in Tunisia; as Lucas noted, the editor was in an "impossible position" because Lucas had not explained any of the film's material to him. When Lucas watched Jympson's rough cut for the first time, he disliked what he saw. J.W. Rinzler wrote that "Jympson's selection of takes was questionable, and he seemed to be having trouble doing match-cuts." Lucas was prepared to give Jympson more time; Jympson disliked Lucas's working style. [127] As production went on, Lucas still disapproved of Jympson's cut and fired him halfway through the film's production. He commented: "Unfortunately it didn't work out. It's very hard when you are hiring people to know if they are going to mesh with you and if you are going to get what you want. In the end, I don't think he fully understood the movie and what I was trying to do. I shoot in a very peculiar way, in a documentary style, and it takes a lot of hard editing to make it work." [128] After attempting to persuade Jympson to cut the film his way, Lucas replaced him with Paul Hirsch, Richard Chew, and his then-wife, Marcia Lucas, who was also cutting the film New York, New York (1977) with Lucas's friend Martin Scorsese. Richard Chew considered the film to have been cut in a slow, by-the-book manner: scenes were played out in master shots that flowed into close-up coverage. He found that the pace was dictated by the actors instead of the cuts. Hirsch and Chew worked on two reels simultaneously. [5] [129] Despite Lucas's efforts, his crew had little interest in the film. Most of the crew considered the project a "children's film", rarely took their work seriously, and often found it unintentionally humorous. [5] [118] Actor Baker later confessed that he thought the film would be a failure. Ford found it strange that "there's a princess with weird buns in her hair", and called Chewbacca a "giant in a monkey suit." [5]