I have watched (some of) Episode IV, and I can assure you that the text "EPISODE IV / A NEW HOPE" does not appear in the scroll-up. Simply "STAR WARS" followed by "It is a period of civil war...". I was flabbergasted -- I've never seen that before, although I had heard that's how it appeared in 1977. Apparently by 1978 or so it had been added.
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I have watched (some of) Episode IV, and I can assure you that the text "EPISODE IV / A NEW HOPE" does not appear in the scroll-up. Simply "STAR WARS" followed by "It is a period of civil war...". I was flabbergasted -- I've never seen that before, although I had heard that's how it appeared in 1977. Apparently by 1978 or so it had been added.