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Disney ultimately decided in 2013, after acquiring Lucasfilm in 2012, to cancel the remaining releases to focus on The Force Awakens. [65] In 2019, Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm since the 2012 acquisition, stated that she would not make alterations to Lucas's original trilogy, because "those will always remain his."
The main Star Wars film series is a trilogy of subtrilogies; as it neared completion, Lucasfilm began to refer to it as the "Skywalker Saga". [1] [2] It was released beginning with the original trilogy (Episodes IV, V, and VI, 1977–1983), followed by the prequel trilogy (Episodes I, II, and III, 1999–2005) and the sequel trilogy (Episodes VII, VIII, and IX, 2015–2019).
The franchise-originating film was released in 1977, under the title Star Wars.The subtitle Episode IV – A New Hope was retroactively added to the opening crawl for the theatrical re-release on April 10, 1981, [13] [37] to align with the titling of the sequel, Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980).
Alamo Drafthouse is bringing the first three “Star Wars” movies to more than 20 cities in August with its “Return of the Trilogy” roadshow program.
A fan of the original trilogy, he had written his undergraduate thesis on their cultural impact. [12] After seeing a trailer for a cut of the DVD version of The Empire Strikes Back by a fan known as Adywan, [ citation needed ] Harmáček was inspired to create a version of the film that "undid" the various post-1977 changes and restored the ...
After Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm, it was announced in January 2014 that in 2015 the Star Wars comics license would return to Marvel Comics, [192] whose parent company, Marvel Entertainment, Disney had purchased in 2009. [193] Launched in 2015, the first three publications were titled Star Wars, Darth Vader, and the miniseries Princess Leia.
Zoom, zoom, zoom. We all wanted to be Zenon in the ‘90s. Played by Disney Channel legend Kristen Storms, the 13-year-old teen was “grounded” on earth and left to learn about the planet’s ways.
Fox released A New Hope for digital download on April 10, 2015, while Disney released the other five films. [312] [313] Disney reissued A New Hope on Blu-ray, DVD, and for digital download on September 22, 2019. [314] Additionally, all six films were available for 4K HDR and Dolby Atmos streaming on Disney+ upon the service's launch on November ...