12 Things Disney Want You To Forget About Star Wars

4. The Movies Have Episodes In Their Names

Disney couldn't have sold The Force Awakens better - $2 billion at the box office attests to that - especially considering that initially trepidation. Although there was one part of the marketing that was curious - the title. You see, despite being called Episode VII in the crawl, the film was simply Star Wars: Subtitle.

Perhaps it was reasoned that Episode VII is only powerful to people who've spent the past few decades getting hyped over the "What if?" movie and would probably see anything with Star Wars slapped on it, while those who need convincing (people like that exist, apparently) may actually be put off knowing a film is the 7th in a series, similar to how Fox originally wouldn't let Lucas call Star Wars "Episode IV".

However, it appears to run a bit deeper than that. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is being called Star Wars: Rogue One on the merchandise, suggesting this naming structure will become the norm going forward, making the spin-offs less noticably different to the major episodes. Not a bad idea when you realise that it'll be hard to get past Episode IX, although it does mean the naming of the movies across the years is woefully inconsistent.