Just curious about something as it was well before I was born.
The whole "Episode V" thing. Was that something announced prior to its release? Or was it a surprise for when people first saw it? Either way, what was people's reaction to it? Did George Lucas say at that point he wanted to do a prequel trilogy down the road? Or was it just not commented on and open to speculation?
To my knowledge the original Star Wars was re-released with "Episode IV" before The Empire came out, so it was hardly a suprise anymore at that point.
shareCorrect , this was the 1st star wars movie i saw in the cinema and it was absolutely epic, the effects, sound, story , i was blown away, can still remember it to this day
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My guess is they originally intended the “Episode V” to not be taken literally. It probably was meant more like to make it seem like it was a random episode taken from a “Buck Rogers”-type serial or maybe the idea was that the original 1977 Star Wars was “episode I” and “episode II-IV” were events taking place between the events of 1977 and 1980 films (ie “the bounty Hunter we ran into on Ord Mandel”).
shareWe saw it as a sequel back then. The only knowledge we had of Empire was television ads and articles in our local newspaper.
I remember seeing a trailer a few weeks before it came to our local cinema.
Yes, we were excited!
I remember hearing back in the day about Lucas starting in the middle of a planned 9-film saga but I don't know if they announced the actual numbers of the segments until much later.
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