For over three decades, fans have been hoping Disney would do this: deliver exactly what they want for the Star Wars universe. Since the original film debuted in 1977, Star Wars has revolutionized science fiction movies. George Lucas’s epic space saga quickly became a cultural phenomenon, and each subsequent installment has solidified its iconic status.
As a lifelong Star Wars fan, I was pretty upset when things started changing after Return of the Jedi. George Lucas always had a bigger picture in mind, and when he finally got to tell it with Episode I, he actually went back and tweaked the original trilogy to fit his new vision. It was a shock when the original Star Wars from 1977 was re-released in 1997 – two years before The Phantom Menace came out – with a bunch of changes. It just didn’t feel quite the same anymore.
The Real Star Wars Movie Is Finally Returning To Theaters
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In 2027, fifty years after the first Star Wars movie came out, the film will be back in theaters, but with a different presentation than audiences have seen for the past three decades. When the prequel trilogy was released, Lucasfilm updated the original films with computer-generated imagery and other effects to make them consistent with the newer movies.
The 1977 film made some changes to the original story that have consistently upset fans, like altering the famous scene where Greedo shoots first and adding the character Jabba the Hut. These changes have frustrated longtime fans for years, and have also prevented newer viewers from experiencing the films as they were originally intended.
Entire Generations Of Star Wars Fans Never Got To See The Original Films
The original Star Wars movie came out in 1977 and its sequel trilogy concluded in 1983. Almost 15 years later, in 1997, the film was retitled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope and some changes were made to it.
As a huge Star Wars fan, it really bothers me that George Lucas didn’t just leave the original films alone. He went back and changed them – not just tweaking things, but completely retitling and adding scenes as he saw fit. It means that a story so many of us grew up with was altered, and anyone discovering the films now, or starting with the prequels and sequels, is missing out on the original, untouched version. It’s like a piece of film history got rewritten, and I wish we could all see what it was like before the changes.
Despite later versions on video, DVD, and Blu-ray, the alterations remained, and the original version of the movie became unavailable.
Will The Restored Version Of Star Wars (1977) Be Available On Disney+
Even though Disney+ can offer different cuts of movies, it still hasn’t made the original Star Wars films available, preventing fans from revisiting the versions that started it all.
There’s a chance the film’s original version will be shown in theaters for its 50th anniversary, and if that happens, it might finally become available on Blu-ray, DVD, and streaming services like Disney+.
That’s just a guess, and it doesn’t seem like the original version of the film will be shown anywhere except for a few cinemas participating in the 50th anniversary celebration of Star Wars‘ start.
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