![]() ![]() In the "fullscreen" (4:3 aspect ratio for standard-definition television) versions of the films, the full lines of text are cut off on the sides until they have scrolled further onto the screen. Each line of the text spans the width of the screen when it enters from the bottom. Several words are in all-capital letters to stress their importance: " DEATH STAR" in A New Hope, " GALACTIC EMPIRE" in Return of the Jedi, and " ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC" in Attack of the Clones. ![]() ![]() Two typefaces are used in the text, both in yellow: News Gothic for the episode number and main body of the text, and Univers for the title of the film. Episode II: Attack of the Clones is the only film where the camera tilts up after the text. When the text has nearly reached the vanishing point it is faded out and the camera tilts down through space to a ship or planet. Each piece of scrolling text ends with a four-dot ellipsis, except for Return of the Jedi which has a three-dot ellipsis. The text scrolls up and away from the bottom of the screen towards a vanishing point above the center of the screen in a perspective projection. The logo then moves away from the camera and subsequently, the text begins with film's episode number and subtitle (with the exception of original release of Star Wars – see below) followed by a three-paragraph summary of the events occurring in the Star Wars Universe immediately prior to the incidents of the film. The opening of each film begins with the scrolling text, "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away." in blue, followed by the Star Wars logo over a field of stars. ![]()
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