Star Wars Returns to Theaters in February of 2027 in Its Original 1977 Theatrical Release Form

Earlier this year, Disney announced it would bring the archetypal Star Wars film, aboriginal dubbed Episode IV: A New Hope, backmost to theaters for the film's 50th day successful 2027. But it looks similar we'll beryllium seeing it a small earlier than we primitively thought, connected February 19, 2027.

This comes from an authoritative announcement connected the Star Wars website, which besides revealed different portion of beauteous large news. The mentation of A New Hope that volition amusement successful theaters successful 2027 volition beryllium a "newly restored" mentation of the archetypal 1977 theatrical release. This is apt the aforesaid mentation that was shown earlier this twelvemonth successful London astatine the Film connected Film Festival.

The archetypal mentation of the movie features a fig of differences from the Special Edition, which astatine the behest of George Lucas has replaced the archetypal successful conscionable astir each imaginable mean for watching it since 1981. The differences are the root of the "Han changeable first" controversy, which is astir apt the most-discussed facet of the differences, but determination are a fig of different changes of varying levels of subtlety throughout.

Lucas has been steadfast implicit the years that the Special Edition is his existent imaginativeness for the film, speaking to the Associated Press successful 2004 astir his feelings:

The Special Edition, that’s the 1 I wanted retired there. The different movie, it’s connected VHS, if anybody wants it. I’m not going to walk the — we’re talking millions of dollars present — the wealth and the clip to refurbish that, due to the fact that to me, it doesn’t truly beryllium anymore. It’s similar this is the movie I wanted it to be, and I’m atrocious you saw a half-completed movie and fell successful emotion with it. But I privation it to beryllium the mode I privation it to be. I’m the 1 who has to instrumentality work for it. I’m the 1 who has to person everybody propulsion rocks astatine maine each the time, truthful astatine slightest if they’re going to propulsion rocks astatine me, they’re going to propulsion rocks astatine maine for thing I emotion alternatively than thing I deliberation is not precise good, oregon astatine slightest thing I deliberation is not finished.

It's unclear if this 2027 showing and the London festival showing are indicators of Lucas relaxing his stance a bit, oregon if everyone has conscionable sufficiently bullied him into letting it beryllium alongside the Special Edition. Probably Disney's ownership of Lucasfilm has thing to bash with it. Or, arsenic helium told People Magazine successful October of this year, possibly he's simply managed to fto go. “Of people I’ve moved past it," helium said. "I mean, I’ve got a life."

We besides don't cognize however agelong Star Wars volition enactment successful theaters. The archetypal announcement suggested it would debut connected April 30, 2027, with the intent of it showing astatine slightest done May the 4th, oregon Star Wars Day. It's imaginable they'll support it successful theaters agelong capable to inactive observe May the 4th, oregon possibly Disney has other, adjacent splashier plans for the large 50th. We lone person to hold conscionable implicit a full twelvemonth to find out.

Rebekah Valentine is simply a elder newsman for IGN. Got a communicative tip? Send it to [email protected].