George Lucas doesn’t want ‘Star Wars’ films to be re-released

George Lucas hopes the movie versions of the original “Star Wars” trilogy will never be restored or re-released.

George Lucas speaks on the possibility of theatrical re-releases of “Star Wars”

If you’ve watched “Star Wars: A New Hope” since 1997, you probably saw Greedo shoot Han Solo first in the Mos Eisley cantina. But anyone who saw “Star Wars” in theaters in 1977 will tell you that Han shot it first.

This is the most famous change George Lucas made to the original three “Star Wars” films in the decades since they were released in theaters. Beginning with 1997’s “Special Edition,” Lucas added scenes and changed special effects, tweaking elements of the films until Disney acquired them in 2012. However, even Disney slightly adjusted Greedo’s duel and Han, adding a line of dialogue (“Maclunkey”) to the 2019 Disney+ version of “A New Hope”.

Fans debated the “Han shot first” scene in particular, but also raised issues with some other changes Lucas made and requested that the original theatrical versions be re-edited in some way.

But Lucas reiterated at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival that he hoped that would never happen.

“I firmly believe that the director, writer or filmmaker should have the right to make their film the way they want it to be,” he said, comparing it to Michelangelo’s process of to paint and repaint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. .

“We released the original on laserdisc and everyone was really angry,” Lucas added. “They said, ‘That looks terrible.’ And I said, “Yeah, I know you do.” This is what it looked like.

The initial LaserDisc re-release took place in 1993. The theatrical versions were later included alongside the altered versions on special limited edition DVD box sets released in 2006 and 2008. For these versions, the 1993 LaserDisc masters were not released. been retransferred, making them non-amorphous – that is, in the wrong aspect ratio.

In Cannes, George Lucas received an honorary Palme d’Or. He also commented on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in film, calling it “inevitable.”

“It’s like saying, ‘I don’t think these cars are going to work… let’s stick to horses,'” he said. “You can say that, but that’s not how the world works.”

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