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From: brooke@nmtvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.movies.sw
Subject: Re: Episode IV:  A New Hope
Message-ID: <297@nmtvax.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 24-Feb-85 21:07:38 EST
Article-I.D.: nmtvax.297
Posted: Sun Feb 24 21:07:38 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 1-Mar-85 21:12:27 EST
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Reply-To: brooke@nmtvax.UUCP (J. Brooke King)
Organization: New Mexico Tech, Socorro
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Summary: 

e "Episode IV:  A
New Hope" prepended to the current story line that scrolls by.

>for many of you, but could someone explain why and how this was done?
>Was it simply to make it conform to "The Empire Strikes Back"?

I think this was added because Empire was due out in the summer.  I
believe there was always a story line before and after A New Hope, but
this was not intended to be exploited at first.  It helped with concepts
about the part that would exploited, however.  Worked out rather nicely,
don't you think?

I haven't read this group before, but in case it's not been mentioned
(probably has), you will notice the subscription version of "A New Hope"
is 118 minutes while the original release is 121 minutes.  Notable
scenes such as a stormtroop squad leader ordering, "Close the blast
doors!," before Han and Chewie jump through them as they close, and he
orders, "Open the blast doors!  Open the blast doors!" are missing
parts.
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                                 J. Brooke King                         
                                 ... ucbvax!unmvax!nmtvax!brooke

Any viewpoints expressed herein are my own and not necessarily those of
the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.

P.S.  Was this message intelligible?  Really?  Oh, well.