The first page of the Sourcebook has a title crawl similar to those at the start of the films. It says....
I loved it when I first read it, and I love it today. I've used it before, in my games. At the start of a new campaign, I'd print this out, all doctored up to look like the title scrawl on a movie, and hand it to my players.
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...
A great Rebellion burns across the vast
reaches of space. It is a Rebellion against
tyranny, against oppression, against the evil
monster which the Empire has become.
In the Rebellion, a pitifully few valiant men,
women and aliens, known as the Alliance, wage
a desperate war against the overwhelming armies
and ships of the Emperor, ruler of a thousand-
thousand worlds. Outnumbered and outgunned, the
Rebels fight on, with only their great courage--and
the mystical power known as the Force--offering even
the slimmest chance of victory.
This is the galaxy of the Rebellion. It is a galaxy of
wonderous aliens, bizarre monsters, strange Droids,
powerful weapons, great heroes, and terrible villains. It is
a galaxy of fantastic worlds, magical devices, vast fleets,
awesome machinery, terrible conflict, and unending hope.
This is the galaxy of STAR WARS!
I loved it when I first read it, and I love it today. I've used it before, in my games. At the start of a new campaign, I'd print this out, all doctored up to look like the title scrawl on a movie, and hand it to my players.