{"id":9920,"date":"2022-07-22T03:42:49","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T07:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/?p=9920"},"modified":"2022-07-22T03:44:05","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T07:44:05","slug":"did-empire-strikes-backs-lack-of-opening-credits-cause-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2022\/07\/22\/did-empire-strikes-backs-lack-of-opening-credits-cause-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Empire Strikes Back’s Lack of Opening Credits Cause Problems?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about movies and whether they are true or false. Click here<\/a> to view an archive of the movie urban legends featured so far.<\/p>\n

MOVIE URBAN LEGEND<\/span><\/u>: George Lucas got into trouble over the Star Wars films not having opening credits.<\/p>\n

As you are almost certainly well aware, the famous Star Wars series of movies didn’t have traditional opening credits.<\/p>\n

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You get the name of the movie studio who paid for the film…<\/p>\n

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Then you got the production company behind the film, Lucasfilm…<\/p>\n

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Then you got “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away”…<\/p>\n

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Then you get the title…<\/p>\n

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Then you get the scroll (note that the original Star Wars film had no subtitle<\/a>, just a scroll)…<\/p>\n

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Then you got right into the story of the film.<\/p>\n

It had been that way ever since 1977.<\/p>\n

As the story goes, that was a serious problem that led to George Lucas quitting the Directors Guild of America.<\/p>\n

According to CBS News<\/a> (who you would think would be a pretty good source of information, right?):<\/p>\n

In 1977, when “A New Hope” came out, the Directors Guild required all movies to begin with traditional opening credits. George Lucas had another vision for his “Star Wars” films, though. So, he paid a fine and resigned from the Guild, rather than do away with the now iconic crawl.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

First off, they got the movie wrong, as the first Star Wars film worked out fine, no problem from the Guilds…<\/p>\n

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