• Björn Tantau
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    253 months ago

    Because that’s the title of all subsequent altered versions of the movie.

    • Flying SquidOP
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      -63 months ago

      And in my unpopular opinion, that’s not the title.

      • Rhaedas
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        123 months ago

        As someone who watched it as a kid when it first came out, you’re correct that the title of the first movie was “Star Wars”. Also neither of the next two movie had “Episode” in their titles originally. However adding the extra in later helps when discussing the timeline with someone who hasn’t grown up with the franchise. Title changes are the least of the remastered problems with these movies, and I think came from the same era of Lucas thinking he could CGI everything and make it better.