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When Star Wars was first released in 1977, the opening title crawl was actually a 6-foot-long piece of black paper with yellow text. The camera was then moved across the paper to give the illusion that the text was in motion.

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When Star Wars was first released in 1977, the opening title crawl was actually a 6-foot-long piece of black paper with yellow text. The camera was then moved across the paper to give the illusion that the text was in motion.

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