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  • [NEWS] "Star Wars" movie cinema re-release in 2027

    From Your Name@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, July 28, 2026 14:20:36

    It sounds like it will be the ORIGINAL original (i.e. without the
    "Episode IV: A New Hope" sub-title and with Han shooting first ...
    *BUT* it remains to be seen.

    Likely "select" US cinemas only though.


    Star Wars is getting a theatrical rerelease next year
    -----------------------------------------------------
    That's not all, as Lucasfilm will also rerelease the original
    1977 Star Wars: A New Hope to celebrate the franchise's
    50th anniversary. A newly restored version of the film will
    play in theaters from February 19, 2027, for a limited time.
    The company did not reveal what improvements have been made
    to the restored version.

    The film's original release did not have the subtitle "A New
    Hope". Since its release, the original theatrical version has
    been screened very rarely. In the years after it came out,
    Lucas famously made alterations to the film, with the updated
    version being the one most fans are familiar with. The 2027
    rerelease will give fans a restored version of the film in
    theaters.


    Snipped from an article announcing new Star Wars books and audio-books <https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/2168141-star-wars-new-way-fans-original-trilogy>



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  • From Paul S Person@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, July 28, 2026 08:51:00
    On Tue, 28 Jul 2026 14:20:36 +1200, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com>
    wrote:


    It sounds like it will be the ORIGINAL original (i.e. without the
    "Episode IV: A New Hope" sub-title and with Han shooting first ...
    *BUT* it remains to be seen.

    The ORIGINAL original came out quite some time ago, paired with (some
    version of) the Abominable Botch version.

    Of course, it was from the LaserDisk, the ORIGINAL original being
    claimed to no longer exist.

    And idiotic claim, as using the LaserDisk as an editing guide and the
    material in the Abominable Botch version (or, rather the "elements"
    used for that version) would make recreating it, I should think,
    rather straightforward.

    Ironically, they did I -- VI in the same format (OK, I -- III had the theatrical version from the actual theatrical version rather than
    Laserdisk) leaving the ORIGINAL original /not/ starting with
    "Episode".

    Typical: I get /exactly what I want and now find that it doesn't match
    the rest of the set.

    The only way to win is not to play.

    More hopefully: IIRC, when /The Empire Strikes Back/ was added to the
    National Film Registry, Lucas sent the Abominable Botch version and it
    was /rejected/ as "not being the film being honored". A pristine print
    of the theatrical version showed up the next week.

    So we may yet see IV--VI in their original theatrical versions, if not
    on DVD, then at least on BD. Or not, as the case may be.
    --
    "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
    Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
    Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"

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