Talk:Star Wars (film)

a

What is making the letter "a" appear at the bottom left of this article? Cirt (talk) 05:08, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Images

I think it's rather odd that this is a featured article (and has even been on the main page!) when it doesn't include any screenshots from the movie. If any article can satisfy the non-free use criteria of "substantially increasing the readers understanding of the subject" then it's this one. Cavie78 (talk) 13:57, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

When the article was initially promoted it did contain fair-use images that were screenshots of the film. But since then there has been this whole free-image bru-ha-ha. And now it seems as though they are not allowed. I personally think that this is just ridiculous. It sacrifices the professionalism, artistic demonstration, and just the common sense of the article. The Filmaker (talk) 17:54, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Requested move

The following is a closed discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the proposal was do not move. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 16:19, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope → Star Wars (film) — Film was released as Star Wars, the episodes came much later. The film is commonly referred to only by its title, Star Wars. 199.125.109.126 (talk) 15:01, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

• The problem with the proposed title is that it's ambiguous. At the time the film was released, there was only one film named "Star Wars". Today, however, if someone tells me that they watched "Star Wars" it's not necessarily clear which of the movies they mean. At the time Episode 3 came out, if someone told me that they had seen "Star Wars" I would have immediately thought of the most recent one. Were the title unambiguous, I would happily support moving to the most common name. Here, however, some sort of disambiguation is going to have to be done anyway, and using the full title is a logical way to do it. It's a solution similar to the one used at Wikipedia:Naming conventions (books)#Subtitles, where Orlando: A Biography is explicitly preferred over Orlando (novel) and Orlando (book). Jafeluv (talk) 16:20, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
• Oppose Using the correct title is preferred over one with an uneeded disambiguation. TJ Spyke 23:11, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
• Support Star Wars is the correct title of the film; the additional subtitle was only added years later so its name could be consistent with other films in the franchise. In addition to being the correct release title "Star Wars" is also the common name that this movie is known by to the general public (which definitely meets WP:UCN criteria); While "Episode IV: A New Hope" is used frequently by fans, and indeed helps distinguishes from the other films, this subtitle is not widely known to the general public. As for the article title being confused with the franchise that is not likely to occur with the (film) tag at the end. If anything I think a person who is searching for the movie Star Wars and finds themselves at the franchise page could be very confused that the available redirect goes to Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope a title that person is very likely unfamiliar with. Solid State Survivor (talk) 01:12, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
• OpposeWhile "Star Wars" was the original title, The new title is much clearer, as it illustrates the chapter's position in the series, and is the current title of the film. Keytar Shredder (talk) 00:06, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
• Support. The proposed title is both the movie's original title and its common name. — AjaxSmack 22:37, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
• Suggest moving to "Star Wars (1977 film)". It would clear up any confusion decisively, while still making it easy for unfamiliar readers to find the page. WesleyDodds (talk) 01:12, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
• Comment As someone old enough (just!) to remember seeing Star Wars before all the episode stuff, I might be expected to take a traditional view and support renaming this article Star Wars (film). However, for the vast majority of its existence it's been known as Episode IV: A New Hope, and the symmetry with the other film/article names in the series appeals to me somewhat. I really don't see a big deal when Star Wars (film) currently redirects to this one. Another option would be making Star Wars redirect here and renaming the existing Star Wars article Star Wars (franchise), or "movie series" or some such, but perhaps that way madness lies... ;-) Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 03:21, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
• Oppose, my opposition to this and the retitling of the other films is detailed on Talk:Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. The Filmaker (talk) 17:58, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
• Oppose - while the film was originally titled simply "Star Wars" - it has not had that title for nearly thirty years now. This is the title of the film now, and provides the least confusion - the in-place redirects are fine as they are. TheRealFennShysa (talk) 18:21, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

boba fett

boba fett makes an apperance in this movie right? Yes he does when he they are on tatooine —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.100.147.93 (talk) 05:07, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

boba fett is only in the deuxe release (well i forgot the name) he was not in the original movie —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.34.98.148 (talk) 00:41, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Mos Isley Cantina

Someone HELP! I need the name of the song being sung in the cantina when Luke meets Han, and does anyone know who is singing it?????? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.126.26.21 (talk) 16:00, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Parodies

There are many parodies of "Star Wars", just like Spaceballs, (T)Raumschiff Surprise - Periode 1, Something, Something, Something Dark Side. Can someone make a list with movies or series parodyin' Star Wars? --84.113.33.181 (talk) 19:47, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

Ford casting

Lucas initially rejected the idea of using Harrison Ford, as he had previously worked with him on American Graffiti, and instead asked Ford to assist in the auditions by reading lines with the other actors and explaining the concepts and history behind the scenes that they were reading.

This needs to be more clear. If Lucas rejected the idea, this means he had considered it, or it had been proposed. Had he considered it for a year and finally rejected it? Or perhaps had he never considered it, so the word "rejected" is a little off? Also, why did he ask Ford to help in the auditions? This is normally a job for the "script girl". Was Ford just doing absolutely nothing that week? Was he on the payroll? Could a knowledgeable editor add a little more to this sentence to clarify these questions? Tempshill (talk) 18:39, 26 April 2010 (UTC)