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17 Things You Never Knew About the Original Star Wars Trilogy

7. A New Hope Took Three Years of Pre-Production

1977’s Star Wars: A New Hope (the full title of the original Episode IV) went through three years of pre-production and wasn’t even ready when the time came to actually start shooting. There were tons of issues with everything from costumes to travel. Some of the crew had to triple up in hotel rooms. However, all the struggles were worth it as the super-successful film set the gold standard for visual effects in a pre-CGI world.

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