“A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away.” With that piece of text the greatest sci-fi franchise was born, and 46 years later, the words have finally been spoken on screen for the first time. When George Lucas introduced the world to Star Wars in 1977, the opening crawl of the movie became an iconic part of the franchise, detailing a summary of events that had led up to the first moments of each movie. In August, the premiere episode of Ahsoka brought back the opening crawl for the first time in a Disney+ TV series, and the latest episode took things one step further.
The first ever words seen on screen in Star Wars have finally been spoken, and opened up a whole new universe of possiblities.