Why Did Star Wars Start On Episode 4
Olivia Luz
The first episode and number was empire they didn t change star wars until the 1981 rerelease.
My question is why did star wars begin in the middle of the series. But george lucas decided to make the three prequels then he started to call them. Episode 4 seems an odd place to start instead of episode 1. According to george lucas star wars is specifically about the tragedy of anakin skywalker.
Author michael kaminski writes in the secret history of star wars that lucas decided to start with the fourth episode due to technical and storytelling reasons he further explained lucas had a. Then empire strikes back and later return of the jedi.
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