woods (01/12/83)
I saw "The Verdict" last night, and they had previews for the new Star Wars movie, and it is definitely called "REVENGE of the Jedi". There seems to have been a typo somewhere that is causing all the confusion. In a brochure found in the lobby of the theatre advertising a $15 ripoff guaranteed ticket to opening day, in bold letters it said "RETURN OF THE JEDI" but farther down in the ad iut said "Revenge". On the screen preview, however, it definitely said "REVENGE OF THE JEDI" May the Force be with you, GREG ucbvax!hplabs!hao!woods menlo70!hao!woods harpo!seismo!hao!woods decvax!brl-bmd!hao!woods
crose (01/12/83)
I read in the paper that the name was to be changed to RETURN of the Jedi instead of REVENGE, Lucas (I think ) I think had been planning this all along, the name RETURN otJ was on the scripts, the reason he gave (I think, I am recalling this all from memory) was it was just another thing to keep it more secretive. They gave some figure on how much it would cost to advertise the new name and take away the old one.