Star Wars became Episode IV in 1980, when its sequel, The Empire Strikes Back, began with the title card “Episode V”. However, the 1977 original did not officially have the “Episode IV: A New Hope” subtitle added to its opening crawl until its theatrical re-release on April 10, 1981.
You could say Star Wars 2 was released as “Star Wars 5” I suppose
apotheotic@beehaw.org 8 hours ago
It was just titled “star wars” back then though
Midnitte@beehaw.org 6 hours ago
You could say Star Wars 2 was released as “Star Wars 5” I suppose
stsquad@lemmy.ml 6 hours ago
I thought Episode IV was in the initial crawl text.
Flamekebab@piefed.social 6 hours ago
Not originally.