Opening crawl

have they ever used years in opening crawls??? like do they say, "Ten years have passed since..______"

they never used it because it was never relevant to the plot.
between eps 2 & 3, the galaxy turns from peaceful to a hellhole in
the span of three years. i think that is worth explaining.

I'll forward it to lucas ¬¬

i bet that the word blood will be used in the real crawl to portray darkness, like:

"the blood of many jedi knights has been spilled in the terror that has ravaged the galaxy blah blah blah"

Ok youre all wrong: this just from the OS

War! The Republic is crumbling
under attacks by the ruthless
Sith Lord, Count Dooku.
There are heroes on both sides.
Evil is everywhere.

In a stunning move, the
fiendish droid leader, General
Grievous, has swept into the
Republic capital and kidnapped
Chancellor Palpatine, leader of
the Galactic Senate.

As the Seperatist Droid Army
attempts to flee the besieged
capital with their valuable
hostage, two Jedi Knights lead a
desperate mission to rescue the
captive Chancellor....

That's it, no questions.