# Star Wars VII, VIII, IX possibly to be retconned away {Warning Spoilers for other Star Wars movies}

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**Created:** [June 30, 2020, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-vii-viii-ix-possibly-to-be-retconned-away-warning-spoilers-for-other-star-wars-movies/913809 "2020-06-30T16:38:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-vii-viii-ix-possibly-to-be-retconned-away-warning-spoilers-for-other-star-wars-movies/913809/483 "2021-07-14T17:25:29Z")

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For fuck’s sake people. Referring to the 1977 movie as _Star Wars_ is reasonable. Referring to it as _A New Hope_ or _Episode 4_ is also reasonable. The only things that’s are unreasonable are:  
(a) getting insanely huffy or pretentious or self-satisfied or superior about which terminology you use  
or  
(b) not acknowledging that there are contexts or justifications for using the other terminology

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