I think Andrew's recollection of the original title is correct: the film was
released in 1977 simply as "Star Wars" (as its entry in the Internet Movie
Database relates: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076759/ ), albeit that the
'trademark' (I do not use that in a strict IP sense) scrolling introductory
titles were headed up "Episode IV: A New Hope".

The photograph of the stormtrooper's helmet in court is splendid, Andrew,
thanks for that. Did you try it on? A pity that they didn't have a fully
uniformed stormtrooper on hand in court to model it (that would have
appealed to the 7 year old in me!).

Martin

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