Also, Esquire has more screens now than it did back then.

The Edens was in Northbrook, Illinois.

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Dallas, TX: Northpark

Dayton, OH: Dayton Mall

Honolulu: HI: Cinerama

Houston, TX: Galleria

Kansas City, MO: Glenwood

By the way, for those of you interested in this type of trivia, the longest continuous run of STAR WARS was at the Westgate in Portland, Oregon, and the highest-grossing run was at the Astor Plaza in New York City.

Dayton Mall I is closed. It was a beautiful, mid-sixties era showplace with crystal chandeliers and brass doors. Huge 1100+ seat auditorium. John Harvey was head operator there for many years. It is greatly missed.

Here is another odd take about Star Wars sequels. I have a ROLLING STONE magazine dated 8/25/77. Here is what Mr. Lucas himself says about Vader's backstory he hoped to show at a later time:

"It's about Ben and Luke's father and Vader when they are yound Jedi knights. But Vader kills Luke's father, then Ben and Vader have a confrontation, just like they have in Star Wars, and Ben almost kills Vader. As a matter of fact, he falls into a volcanic pit and gets fried and is one destroyed being. That's why he has to wear the suit with a mask, because it's a breathing mask. It's like a walking iron lung. His face is all horrible inside. I was going to shoot a close-up of Vader where you could see the inside of his face, but then we said, no, no, it would destory the mystique of the whole thing."

That is certainly different than things turned out in Empire!

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A TIME magazine from 5/19/80 says that it was a surprise that Empire was identified as EPISODE V and that the original was being retitled EPISODE IV.

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I'm sure it was no later than 1978.

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My own memory says the 1977 70mm print(s) shown at Edwards Big Newport in Newport Beach CA contained the words "Episode IV: A New Hope."

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Could be 1978, I thought it could be 1980 as well

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My guess is that later in 1977 or early 1978 it was added.

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John Scott wrote:

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I was aware that the ANY title went up prior to the release of ESB

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Michael Hunt wrote:

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First saw it in the U.K. and it definately[sic] had the Episode IV A New Hope bit at the front

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it had a wide re-release in the summer of 1978, when ANH was added

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Now, two members (one of whom was myself) contributed postings with information suggesting the tag was added after the release of THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, rather than the 1977 and 1978 dates claimed by others. Although a substantial debate never took effect, I noticed Mr. Dvoskin recently added a post offering a clarification to an earlier posting he made. Thank you, Mitchell, for having the courage to correct yourself on an open forum.

I really wonder: does anyone, particularly those members quoted above, *still* believe the tag appeared as early as '77 or '78? If you're still a bit unsure (as if my original posting in this thread didn't include enough details!), try this quote from the WASHINGTON POST:

WASHINGTON POST (May 18, 1980). From Gary Arnold's film review of THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK: "When STAR WARS is reissued, probably next summer, the prints will include the subtitle, EPISODE IV: A NEW HOPE. This adjustment may already be seen in the published screenplay, which came out last winter in an attractive book called THE ART OF STAR WARS."

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*CLOSED Dayton, OH: Dayton Mall (There were three clusters of screens in different areas in the mall. All are closed now, probably reclaimed for retail use.)

*CLOSED Honolulu: HI: Cinerama

*CLOSED Houston, TX: Galleria

*DEMO* Kansas City, MO: Glenwood