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Original 'Star Wars' Cut Will Be Shown at a Theater for First Time in Decades (petapixel.com)

submitted 7 months ago by FenrirIII@lemmy.world to c/star_wars@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/36266872

No CGI Jabba the Hutt.

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[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 32 points 7 months ago

...will be shown at a theater in London this summer.

[–] bazus1@lemmy.world 25 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I've been looking forward to this for a long time

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I bet we have.

[–] bazus1@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

[insert murder noises]

[–] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 18 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm sure George is totally pleased with this one.

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 18 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The main motivation behind George re-releasing slightly different versions of his trilogy was always to make more money. If he gets a cut he won't mind.

[–] lordnikon@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

Don't forget it was also to fuck over his ex wife who edited and imo saved the movie.

[–] NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.com 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I bet someone is going to bootleg it lol

[–] hardcoreufo@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago

No need. Look for Star wars 4k77 or 4k83. I don't think 4k80 is complete. Or look up harmys despecialized.

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

I don’t get the reluctance to just give fans what they want.

I found my holy grail thrift find of a box set a few weeks ago, and am working to digitize it for my own collection.

Like yeah, I know there were changes even before the CGI stuff - apparently there were different audio tracks and lines in some theatrical releases? - but there’s enough people who have been pretty vocal about their desire for unaltered versions. I want my original Jabba’s palace scene, I want Han Solo to shoot first, I don’t want Hayden Christiansen force ghost.

I get Lucas is an “auteur” with a vision, but I also want the shit I remember watching as a kid getting hyped for the Phantom Menace.