A New Hope Returns to Theaters in 2027 for 50th Anniversary Celebration

[payn]

Will this one have the scene with baby Jabba?

 

[The Firebird]

They are not even going to roll out more garbage to milk the franchise this time? How many more movies are going to want to do this? Too bad we missed Chinatown last year.

When Revenge was rereleased for the 20th anniversary, it pulled $40 million. A New Hope could be even higher.

 

[schneeland]

I'd love to see the very original,which considering its the 50th anniversary, it should be! Doubt it though..

Would be nice indeed, but I also suspect that won't happen.
Still, I might actually go and watch this, assuming it's not a US-only thing.

 

[Cadence]

Story on a screening with an original print from earlier this summer...

https://www.npr.org/2025/06/20/nx-s1-5432435/star-wars-original-print-1977-bfi-london

 

[dbolack]

I'd love to see the very original,which considering its the 50th anniversary, it should be! Doubt it though..

Last I looked into this, it was widely considered "not to exist" in any real fashion any more.

 

[dbolack]

Last I looked into this, it was widely considered "not to exist" in any real fashion any more.

Per the article above - not quite, it seems, but still...

 

[ShinHakkaider]

Last I looked into this, it was widely considered "not to exist" in any real fashion any more.

Except that it DOES exist. They showed an original print earlier this year. Found in the UK, and they got permission from Lucasfilm to show it.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Except that it DOES exist. They showed an original print earlier this year. Found in the UK, and they got permission from Lucasfilm to show it.

That may be why they're being coy about this.

That was one version someone in France, I think, had found, and they're either figuring out how to obtain it (I don't think studios have indefinite ownership over prints, otherwise a lot of collectors are in a lot of trouble) or if they can get the print ready for modern distribution channels in time.

If it doesn't work out, no one's upset, they didn't announce OG print. If they do get it worked out, people lose their minds.

 

[dbolack]

That may be why they're being coy about this.

That was one version someone in France, I think, had found, and they're either figuring out how to obtain it (I don't think studios have indefinite ownership over prints, otherwise a lot of collectors are in a lot of trouble) or if they can get the print ready for modern distribution channels in time.

If it doesn't work out, no one's upset, they didn't announce OG print. If they do get it worked out, people lose their minds.

There's always the Silver Screen Edition...

 

[dbolack]

Except that it DOES exist. They showed an original print earlier this year. Found in the UK, and they got permission from Lucasfilm to show it.

I am gonna dovetail on this original comment of mine with this: What I remember finding in the last rabbit hole was this was more a matter of the cut was revised many times while it was in release. If you saw it one the second pass circuit ( which I likely did living in a literal cowtown in Western Kansas ) it was a different cut than earlier in the year/previous year.