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For its 50th anniversary, the original theatrical cut of Star Wars will be released in theaters in Feb 2027 (maybe even IMAX). Han shoots first, no weirdly svelte Jabba.

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Jason KottkeMOD

See also Star Wars 4K77:

97% of project 4K77 is from a single, original 1977 35mm Technicolor release print, scanned at full 4K, cleaned at 4K, and rendered at 4K.

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John P.

Back in the 1990’s some friends in Rehoboth Beach had a VHS copy of the original cut, and we loved the Luke-exiting-Xwing scene at the end where it REALLY REALLY sounds like Luke shouts “CARRIE” as Leia jumps into his arms.

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