US Edition'Star Wars' 50th Anniversary to Include 'A New Hope' in Theaters
LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, AUG 1 – Disney will re-release Star Wars: A New Hope in theaters to celebrate the film that launched the franchise, marking 50 years since its original debut.
- To celebrate its 50th anniversary, Disney and Lucasfilm will bring the original Star Wars film back to cinemas on April 30, 2027.
- This re-release follows Disney's 2012 acquisition of Lucasfilm, which also led to multiple new Star Wars films and shows expanding the franchise.
- The 1977 original film, directed and written by George Lucas and starring Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, and Carrie Fisher, was recently screened by the British Film Institute in its original, unedited form.
- Episode IV has a lifetime domestic gross of $461 million, and the British Film Institute praised the original print's “gloriously unfaded” color during the screening.
- The limited theatrical run is intended to honor the film that launched the Skywalker storyline and is likely to draw longtime fans eager to experience the original version on the big screen once again.
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